Chapter 6
Twilight's Confession
The opening ceremony and the Equestria Games had ended for now and there was to be another game tomorrow. Ponies were exiting the stadium and everypony was talking about either Neo or the games.
The mane 6 had met up with each other outside the stadium, Spike and Chucky were with them as well. The Cutie Mark Crusaders went over to see them. Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow Dash were very proud of them carrying the Ponyville flag across the field.
Rarity said to Sweetie Belle, "You're my little superstar, you were fabulous."
Applejack said to Applebloom, "Made me sit up proud like a cornstalk in August!"
Rainbow Dash said to Scootaloo, "Ya done good squirt."
"You three really were wonderful," said Twilight. "But does anypony know what was going on with Spike?"
"He sure seemed to be having a tough time of it out there," said Applejack.
"He put things right in time, though, thanks to Neo," said Rarity.
"He sure did," said Twilight. "I wonder what that stuff was that he had Spike drink. That had to have been what got him to light the torch."
"We'll ask Neo when we see him," said Rainbow Dash. "By the way, he was so awesome during his performance."
"He was fabulous, and those songs were just stunning," said Rarity.
"He made this the best Equestria Games ever," said Applejack.
"But Neo sure had some trouble during the Mortal Kombat match," said Rainbow Dash. "For the first time ever having one of those at the games, I was pretty sure Malachi was going to win.
"Dear, I thought Neo was going to lose," said Rarity. "But he got back up and won, I wonder how he did it."
"Actually, he won because of me," said Twilight. "I didn't want him to be embarrassed. So I cast a secret spell that gave him more strength and healed him a little so he could win."
The ponies were surprised about that.
Rarity made a concerned look, "Oh, dear. Have you told him?"
"No, I haven't had a chance to see him," said Twilight. "But he might have figured it out on his own."
"You gotta tell him just in case," said Applejack.
"I know," said Twilight. "I'm just afraid of how he'll take it. I know what pride he takes in a job well done, especially when it's a performance or a Mortal Kombat fight."
"Psst, here he comes now! Act casual!" said Rainbow Dash.
The ponies saw Neo coming towards them and he looked kind of confused. Rainbow Dash quickly put on a pair of sunglasses and went Neo approached the ponies, she said, "Sup?"
Twilight saw how confused Neo looked, she said to him, "Neo, is everything okay?"
"I guess. I don't know," said Neo. "The weirdest thing happened down there."
"Yeah, about that, I..."
Neo cut her off and said, "Don't worry about it Twilight. My brother and I put up a good fight and he did his best. He's a very good warrior."
Twilight sighed with relief, "Oh, thank Celestia, I was afraid you might be upset."
"What for, we put on a good fight for everypony."
Spike came up to Neo, "Hey Neo, what was that stuff you had me drink that helped me light the torch?"
The ponies were curious as well, they focused their attention on Neo, Neo said, "It was a bottle of charcoal starter."
"What's charcoal starter?"
"It's a liquid that makes fires stronger. I knew that if you drank lighter fluid, it would charge up your fire breath and help you light the torch."
Spike smiled, "Thanks a lot dude. I really needed it."
Spike hugged Neo's feet and the ponies awed at Spike.
Then 2 crystal ponies passed by Neo and his friends, they saw Neo and smiled.
One of the crystal ponies said, "Look, it's the great and honorable Neo the Brave and Mighty."
The crystal ponies approached Neo and asked for his autograph and he didn't mind at all. He was constantly being asked to sign autographs from various cities across Equestria.
While he was signing the autographs, one of the crystal ponies said, "How you saved our Empire last time you were here was really amazing!"
"Thank you," said Neo. "And I hope you enjoyed my performance at the Equestria Games."
"Oh you were amazing," said the crystal pony, "You've made this year's Equestria Games the best Equestria Games in the history of Equestria."
"And I loved your triumph over your bother during the Mortal Kombat match, that really was amazing," said the other crystal pony.
"Oh, it was nothing, I just got lucky," said Neo.
Neo gave the crystal ponies their sighed autographs. They thanked him and walked off feeling happy.
Then Twilight said to Neo, "Neo, may I have a word with you for a moment please?"
Neo and Twilight went over and stood a few feet away from their friends.
"What is it Twilight?" asked Neo.
"I have something I need to tell you about your Mortal Kombat match," said Twilight.
"What about it?"
"Neo, this might be hard for you to accept, but…. I was the reason you won the match."
Neo was confused, "What are you talking about?"
"When Malachi almost beat you, I cast a secret spell that helped you win."
"You did what?!"
"I'm sorry for doing that to you. I just wanted to help you win."
"But why?"
"I just couldn't stand to see you lose in front of 100's of ponies."
She put her hoof under Neo's chin and said, "You understand, don't you?"
Neo felt bad, he felt like his brother should have won. To him, Twilight helping him win the match made him feel like he should have been disqualified.
Neo sniffled, "I... I need to be alone right now."
Neo walked off, feeling heartbroken,
"Neo…. I'm sorry," Twilight said in concerned tone as he walked off.
Twilight and her friends felt very concerned about Neo. They were worried about what he might do now.
Neo walked down the road going back to the Crystal Palace where he was staying.
As he walked down the road, a crystal pony followed him and said, "O Great and Honorable Neo the Brave and Mighty, can I get your autograph?"
Neo, feeling no pride for himself replied, "Sorry. You should probably ask somepony special instead."
Neo walked off, leaving the crystal pony feeling disappointed.
Neo went to see Malachi for a second. He told Malachi that Twilight was the reason for why he won the match and Malachi should have won, but Malachi told Neo that he didn't care who won the match, he just wanted to participate in the match for all the ponies. Neo was happy to know that Malachi felt good about himself, but Neo did not feel good about himself. Instead, he felt disappointed in himself.
Then Neo went back to the Crystal Palace. He went into his room, the bottle of red wine was still in there. Neo poured a glass of red wine and started drinking.
Neo sat in his room feeling very disappointed in himself and he drank 3 glasses of red wine. As Neo sat on the couch and drank his wine. Am idea came to him, he thought about something that he could to do to make him feel better about himself.
End of chapter 6.