Mysterious Alicorn
Chapter 8
By Aponymous
It was time to leap into action, Placing candles and setting the table. After everything was set up I checked the clock, Fluttershy was supposed to arive in a few minutes.
I sat there for about 5 minutes staring at the wall before I heard footsteps approaching, more than one set. I raced to the window to see Fluttershy approaching... With three fillys following closely behind. Realizing that my plans for the night weren't happening I quickly started running around the room, blowing out candles and opening curtains. By the time I was done it almost looked like I wasn't planning anything.
I sat down on the couch and tryed to look nonchalant. The door creaked open and three fillies ran inside, closely followed by Fluttershy. They ran around the room energeticly and were talking amoungst each other so fast they seemed to be talking at the same time... maybe they were. I sat there stareing at them and after a few moments they seemed to take notice of me
"Who is that?" one of them chimed in
"This is my freind Shadow Horn"
"Is he called that cause his horn is weird?" The small unicorn asked
I frowned and looked up at my horn, it hadn't really occured to me that my horn was different than other ponys. I had made the observation that other unicorn's horns were the same color as their coats, but I assumed there were ponys with horns the same color as their manes like me.
Fluttershy goes to answer but is interupted by the small pegasus
"Why does he have wings and a horn?"
Fluttershy once again trys to answer but is once again interupted by the third small fillie
"Why doesn't he have a cutie mark?"
I once again frown and look at my flank.
The other two fillies seem to notice this as well because they look at my flank and seem intrigued by this.
Fluttershy gets about halfway through her answer this time before they start introducing themselves
"Hi, I'm Sweetie Bell" The small unicorn fillie says
I smile and wave
"I'm Scootaloo"
I smile and waved again...
"I'm Applebloom" The small earth pony said, before the other two ran up next to her and together they said
"And we are the Cutie Mark Crusaiders!"
They seemed to expect something from me... I smiled and waved again, not sure how to respond.
"Caint you talk mister?" Applebloom asked, looking concerned.
I shook my head no.
"Well, This looks like a job for..." Sweetie Bell began
"CUTIE MARK CRUSAIDERS DOCTORS!" the other two screamed.
Before I could do anything they were climbing onto the couch and reaching for my snout, wrenching it open and trying to see inside my throat.
"It's to dark! Sweetie Bell!"
Sweetie Bell started concentrating hard and a small light sparked out of her horn, shining into my throat While all this as happening Fluttershy was standing behind them looking Horrifyed.
"Girls" She started before being cut off
"Girls" She said again, slightly more forcefully, still being ignored
"GIRLS!" She half screamed, finally getting the fillies attention.
"What did Cherilee teach you about personal space?"
The fillies hung their heads low and climbed off of me, I gave Fluttershy an appreciative look and rubbed my jaw.
"Not to make people uncomfortable..." They said in unison
"Thats right, now what do you say?"
"Sorry..." They said, still hanging their heads in shame.
I smiled at them and waved a hoof in a nonchalant manner and just like that their mood changed again, back to running around the house, playing. Fluttershy walked up to me
"Sorry about that, they can be a bit of a handfull..."
I did my best *Why are they here face* but it may have come out as a half smile, half grimace with a head angle and raised eyebrows...
Somehow she got the message.
"Rarity asked me to take care of them so that she could get some peace and quiet."
I smiled even if only half heartedly..
"Well... I have to unload these saddlebags, I went grocery shopping after the spa."
As she walked into the kitchen I sighed, resigning to the idea that my plans for the night wouldn't come into fruition. Just as I composed myself the fillies ran back into the room then straight out the front door to the yard. Fluttershy poked her head through the door looking worried.
"Would you mind watching them while I finish unloading these, please?"
I gave her the most confident smile I could then braced myself and stepped outside.
The fillies where pretty much doing what I had expected. Applebloom was chasing Scootaloo, who was riding on her scooter.
"Give that back!" Applebloom said, laughing despite the slight anger in her tone.
"MRPHHMHH" Scootaloo replied around the bow held firmly in her mouth
Sweetie Bell was sitting on the sidelines, rolling on the ground laughing.
I however, had no idea what to do, so I just stood there, making sure no one got hurt (to the best of my ability) until Fluttershy stepped out next to me.
"They weren't to much trouble, where they?" She said, looking mortified to have to have asked anything from anypony.
I just smilied at her, my first lie.
"Thank goodness"
I was just about to *respond* when the three of them ran up to me.
"How come you don't have your Cutie Mark yet?" Applebloom asked with the bluntness of a mallet.
I shrug
"What do you want it to be?"
I just shrug again and gesture to them
"I don't know what I want as mine..."
"Neither do I..."
"Me neither..."
I looked at them and did my best to try and guess what their Cutie Marks might be, after a few seconds I went with the most obvious.
I gestured at Scootaloo and then at her scooter
"What? You wanna try my scooter? I think your a bit big for that..."
I put a hoof to my face and gestured at my flank, then the scooter.
"You want a Cutie Mark in scootering? That doesn't even make sense."
I sigh and give up.
"That's not a word"
"What are you a dictionary?"
"WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP CALLING ME THAT."
They argued for a little while before going back to playing
After about an hour of running around in the yard the Cutie Mark Crusaiders seemed a bit worn out, so we got a picnic basket together and headed up for a grassy gnoll overlooking most of ponyville.
As the sun set you could see Canterlot off in the distance, juxtaposed against the light red sky, the lake looked as though it was a mirror, the shining sun reflecting off. As Celestia's sun was setting the Cutie Mark Crusaders where running around with sticks, trying for fencing Cutie Marks.
I looked over at Fluttershy who was staring out over the landscape, taking in the sight. The urge to just lean in and kiss her was overwhelming, but I settled for just staring at her.
Without warning she turned to me and meet my gaze and smiled. I quickly looked away and felt heat running into my cheeks. I continued to look straight foward, feigning interest in the rolling landscape.
I heard Fluttershy chuckle and my blush deepened. She began to say something when the fillies walked up to us and said
"Can we go to the lake, we wanna try snorkeling."
Fluttershy looked at me and I smiled and gave her my best *Not up to me* face.
"Sure, lets go get ready."
I gestured for them to go ahead and started cleaning the picnic up.
As I placed the empty dishes into the basket my eyes wandered and I saw large, sturdy rock laying on the ground.
Why don't practie levitating STABLE things at home?
Twilight's words rang in my head and I approached the rock and started channeling my magic, picturing the rock lifting from the ground into the air.
The rock started to shake and lift from the dirt, and once in the air was revealed to be more of a boulder. Slowly the boulder started to crack and groan, before halting and falling back to the ground with an audable *Plop*. I frown and try to focus my magic on it again, this time without floating or shaking, the rock started glowing red and slowly, started to dissolve. With a shocking realization I realized it was melting and stopped using my magic. The Boulder stopped glowing red and became solid again, leaving a mishappen rock. Carefully I approached the rock and felt it with my hoof, cold.
My magic just keeps getting weirder... I think.
There you go! :)