A Brony Life
Chapter 29: The Winds of Change (Episode 4)
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And with just that said!... I actually don't have anything more to say, so let's start off the chapter!
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As Opal pounced for me, none of the three CMC were fast enough to stop her. She was right there. Right behind the door. I didn't blame them for this, how could I? They didn't have any control over Opal. Rarity didn't even have that much control over Opal and she took care of her.
I closed my eyes and waited for the inevitable, knowing I wasn't getting out of this in time. Opal was already jumping towards me before I could realize it.
But as I kept waiting for Opal to finally do me in, nothing hit me. I opened one eye and saw an opened umbrella in front of me. "Don't worry Blitz!" The raccoon assured me.
I was stunned. Surprised to say the least at the raccoon's reaction time. Apparently, the millisecond he saw Opal on the other side of the door, he was already springing into action. He had opened the umbrella right when Opal was in front of it, and the force of said umbrella sent Opal back to the doorway.
"You!" Opal hissed at the raccoon in a way that sounded like she had mixed emotions.
"Yep, me." The raccoon said with a sly smile. As the cat looked at us through a clawed hole in the umbrella, she tried to think of what to do. "Well... Bye!"
In one quick motion, the raccoon picked me up, me being lighter and half his size, and jumped off of Apple Bloom towards the window. Once he landed on the window frame, he jumped out the window and to the ground outside the clubhouse.
The fall was around a ten foot drop, so the raccoon used the umbrella to help land us easier. Sadly, with the claw marks, it didn't float us down. The marks were just big enough to keep us from floating away. Still, it slowed down the fall so it didn't hurt as much as it would.
"Come on! That feline nemesis of ours isn't going to give up that easy!" The raccoon said as he got up and put away his umbrella in his golf pack. I got up next and we started running in some random direction. Towards the farm in Sweet Apple Acres.
Back in the clubhouse though, Opal had already ran out the door, leaving the CMC to start running out after her. "Come on Cutie Mark Crusaders! We have to help the raccoon and Blitz!" Scootaloo said as she ran for her scooter with the wagon attached to it.
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle were close behind, jumping in the wagon. Scootaloo then flapped her wings, going as fast as she possibly could. They could see Opal in the distance, with Blitz and the raccoon farther ahead. Scootaloo went after Opal first, knowing that she was the problem. Sadly, by going so fast on the rough ground, made a wheel on her scooter fall off.
"Oh Come On!" Sweetie Belle said, cursing their bad luck with her catchphrase.
As we kept running, we heard Sweetie Belle yelling back at the clubhouse. "Darn it! Something happened to them!" The raccoon said, looking back.
"They'll be fine!" I assured him. "But we won't if we stop running! Come on, we gotta lose Opal!" I reminded him.
Since we got a good head start, the cat in question was a good distance from us. About twenty feet behind. But if we even stopped for a rest, then Opal would be on us.
"Over there!" The raccoon pointed ahead. He was pointing to something that I was actually kind of happy to see. A dog. Winona to be exact. With the time I spent staying in the barn at Sweet Apple Acres, I knew that Winona was Applejack's dog. She was pretty well-trained and really friendly. Almost just like my old dog Alex. Minus the well-trained part anyway.
"That's Winona! She can help us!" I told him.
"Glad you agree! Now come on, no time to lose!" He told me as we made a 'B' Line for the dog.
Once we got close enough where she picked up our scent, she turned to us. "Blitz? That you?" She asked us. It was kinda funny. She had a slight western accent, but nothing close to Applejack's. It was more of urban western accent, while Applejack had an obvious western one.
Still, I didn't have time to make a note of it as we were running for our lives, so I just answered her as quickly as possible. "Yeah! Long story short, Twilight's spell gone wrong! Opal thinks I'm a snack! Help us!" I said as we ran over.
"Opal?" She asked. She looked behind us, and saw Opal running right after us, with no signs of slowing down. "Yikes, that's horrible! Doesn't Opal know your not a real mouse?!" She asked as she started running towards us, trying to meet us halfway.
"Don't think she cares!" The raccoon answered.
"Wasn't asking you!" Winona said with a slight growl. I noticed that she was slightly aggressive with the raccoon, but I didn't say anything. As soon as we got near her, we both jumped up, landing on her back.
She growled a little more, but didn't say anything as she turned around and started running for Applejack's house. Sadly, with the extra weight on her back she was just a tiny bit slower with Opal. Who noticed herself and tried to catch up.
"You two are too heavy! Get off you annoying little robber!" Winona yelled at the raccoon. At this point I was starting to see a pattern. No animal or pony knew his name. The CMC called him Mr. Raccoon, while Winona just gave him an insult as a name.
"Winona, he's helping me out! Besides, he's in this as bad as I am!" I said, talking about Opal being after us. I didn't know if Opal really was planning to go after this raccoon or not, but either way he was still helping out.
"Err... Fine! But if Opal catches us, I hope you know who to point a finger to!" Winona told me. She kept running, the house at least two minutes from how fast we were going.
"Oh, I wouldn't worry about Opal catching us! You just worry about getting us to that house of yours Winona! I'll worry about the feline enemy!" He said with a slight 'heroic' ness in his voice. He reached in his golf bag and pulled out... a boomerang.
"What's a boomerang gonna do?!" I asked him. With how bumpy the ride was from here to Applejack's house, that thing was worthless.
"This! Watch your pretty little head Winona!" He warned as he aimed it and threw it ahead of us. With some skill, it turned around in mid-air and came right back for us, but with a few apples in the way.
The boomerang cut the small stems that held the apples up to the tree and the apples started to wiggle, but didn't fall down yet. He caught the boomerang and quickly put it away. "What did..."
Before I could question what he just did, the answer came to me. Or should I say to Opal? Right after we passed under the apples, they finally gave in and snapped off from the branches they were on. And right as Opal got under them, all three apples hit Opal right on the head, making her trip and fall behind.
I saw this and couldn't help but laugh at the cat's dumb face as she fell to the ground from the few bonks to the head. And by the way she acted when she snapped out of it, I could tell she wasn't about to become the next Sir Isaac Newton any time soon.
"Now tell me that wasn't helpful without lying!" The raccoon challenged us.
"Err..." Winona growled at him. "You wasted three perfectly good apples!"
Wow... Just... Just wow. "Really? That's the best you could up with?" I asked out loud. Whatever happened between these two must've made Winona mad at him. She came up with the worse excuse ever.
"Whatever! Point is, were here!" Winona changed the subject, pointing out the fact that we were coming up to the house. She ran up to the door and we jumped off. She scratched at it, making the farm girl we've been trying to get to answer.
"Winona, there ya are!" She looked and saw us, then frowned. "Ah, so you no good little thief came back to steal a few more apples did ya?! And ya even have the nerve ta come back with a pal?! Well, let's see how you two like the warm welcom' my broom has for y'all!" Applejack told us as she got a broom from behind the door frame!
"Applejack, it's me! Blitz!" I yelled out before she could hit us senseless.
"Blitz? That really you?" Applejack asked, hearing my voice. She took a good look at me.
"Yes! See?!" I pressed down on my ear, and started playing country music that I knew wouldn't really be looked down upon that much. Good Time, by Alan Jackson.
After about the first twenty seconds, I clicked the song off. That was enough to convince her that I was me. Along with get me very confused looks from Winona and the un named raccoon.
"Alright, yer Blitz alright. But what happened to ya?" Applejack asked me.
"GET! BACK! HERE!" I heard a very aggravated hiss from behind, seeing Opal still coming at me. Does that cat ever let up?!
"I'll tell you inside!" I said running in. The raccoon followed in close behind, getting a few angry looks from Applejack and Winona for it. Then they followed behind us, closing the door so Opal couldn't get in.
"Why is Opal all the way out here?!" Applejack asked me as she went over to us. She picked me up and put me on her back, taking me to the kitchen so I could stand on a counter.
"Well long story short, and for the third time now..." That second part I mumbled quietly. I took a breath, the short story still going to take a while. "Me and the others went to the park for the Pony Pet Playdate thing. Twilight accidentally used the wrong spell on me, I'm a mouse, and Opal wants to eat me. So far, I've been clawed at, thrown around, skateboarded into a rock, floated around by an umbrella, eating by Gummy, regurgitated by Gummy, nearly eaten by both Opal and Owloliscious, nearly chocked to death by a bear hug from Scootaloo, and have fallen to my death not once, not twice, not thrice! But four times!" I said, releasing the breath of air I had in me.
I looked at all of them, and saw that they all had the same exact expression. Shocked. "Boy howdy, that sounds like an awful lot that's happened! Gee, ya miss one Pony Pet Playdate..." She said to herself.
"The funny part is it's only been an hour." I told her. That left her speechless again, but she recovered even quicker this time.
"Well, yer safe now. Where's Twilight and the others?" She asked me.
"I told them to go to the library and find the reverse spell. Hopefully they can hurry up cause the smell of cheese is starting to drive me insane." I joked. They all chuckled a little at that.
"Well, we better get ya back ta Twilight. Before Opal finds a way in here. Why did she look so mad any how?" Applejack asked.
"I might've... Plucked four of her whiskers off and used them to build my get away ride." I explained, trying to sound slightly innocent.
"How you did that, and still aren't eaten is what's surprising me." The raccoon said.
"As much as I hate to admit it, the little thief here's right. I haven't met nearly any animal nor pony that's fearless enough to take Opal on. And rip off four of her whiskers no less." Winona admitted.
"Yeah, well let's just say that my craftiness is the only thing I've relied on my whole life." I admitted myself.
"Well come on Blitz. Times a wastin!" She told me. She took off her hat and gestured for me to jump on her head where I'll be safe. I jumped on and she put her hat back on. "Heh, ironic ain't it?" She asked, talking about the whole poisonous joke thing.
"Oh, you have no idea..." I said.
"Now Winona? Can you distract Opal out there?" Applejack asked.
"You bet!" She replied, though Applejack only heard a bark and a happy nod.
"Thanks Winona! I can always count on you! And raccoon?" She turned to him, glaring at him when she saw him reaching for a fresh apple fritter. She just gave up and sighed. "Just take one apple fritter and come on! I don't want ya takin anythin else from Sweet Apple Acres." She said to him. She knew that by this point, he was helping in some way. That, and she had enough of the little robber stealing from her family's farm.
"Eh, I can live that." He said as he grabbed one fritter and hopped on her back.
As soon as he was on, she and Winona made for the door. Winona jumped out first, running off in some random direction. Luckily, Opal was blinded by rage and went after her, thinking I was going with her.
Applejack then came out and started heading for Ponyville, making good time too.
As we neared Ponyville, I relaxed a little. "Well, at least it's just smooth sailing from here. Right?" I asked as I came out from underneath Applejack's hat and sat on top of it.
"Yeah..." The raccoon agreed as he finished up the fritter. "Hey, can you tell the Apple Farmer Pony I said thanks for the food?" He said as he relaxed, enjoying the ride.
"Sure. Hey Applejack, the raccoon says thanks for the fritter." I translated.
"Yer welcome raccoon. Glad ya liked it." Applejack said. She mauve not liked the raccoon for stealing apples from her farm, but I guess she was still glad he enjoyed the fritter.
"Hey look, there's the library! Were gonna make it! Finally!" I said happily. Man I have never been so happy to see a library before.
But fate just wouldn't let me off the hook that easy would it? Right when we were just a few feet from the door to the library, which was opened a crack for me to come in, a freak gust of wind came and hit all three of us. It wasn't strong enough to blow affect Applejack or the raccoon, but it was strong enough to blow Applejack's hat right off her head. And guess what little temporary rodent went up with it?
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?!" I yelled out, angry that fate just couldn't let me off easy.
"Blitz!" Applejack yelled out. Sadly out of all times to leave it behind, she left her rope at home. So there was no way she could catch me and the hat.
"Huh?" Twilight stepped out from inside the library. "Applejack, what's going- Blitz!" She started to ask Applejack what she was doing here, when she saw me high up in the air on top of the hat.
That's when the rest of them came out. "Oh no, Blitz!" Rainbow Dash called out.
"Don't worry, I got him!" The raccoon called out. They all turned to him, hearing his chattering. When they did, they saw him pull out a small fishing pole that was just big enough to fit in his golf bag. He held it with both hands and brought back his arms over his head, then brought them forward, casting the perfect cast which stuck to Applejack's hat.
He held on and started reeling it in, the wind going against him as it tried to blow me away. I held for dear life on that hat, trying not to let go.
The wind just got stronger though, and it got to the point where the raccoon was starting to be pulled by the wind to.
He soon got an idea though. He jumped off Applejack and landed on the ground. Then he took the fishing rod and jammed it into the ground, anchoring me and the hat along with it. "Blitz! Your going to have to trust me on this! On the count of three, I want you to let go of the hat!" He yelled to me.
Only me, and to some extent Fluttershy, could understand him. So I went ahead and translated by answering to him with, "Are you nuts?! Why would letting go of the hat be a good idea?!" I scream asked him.
"Just trust me! One..." He reached for his pack, trying to get something.
Knowing that I was pretty much out of options, I had no choice but to follow along with whatever he was planning. I couldn't hold onto this hat much longer anyway.
All the others just watched from the sidelines as the raccoon tried to single handily save my life. Only four of them could fly, and those four were Owloliscious, Tank, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash. Tank probably didn't trust his flying that well and didn't want to make anything worse. Fluttershy was too scared to do anything but watch in fear with her eyes covered by her hooves. Owlolisious was to light to fly after me. And Rainbow Dash was making sure the lighter animals like Angel and Gummy weren't about to get caught in the wind.
"Two..." The raccoon called out as he pulled something out of his golf bag.
As he did, Opal and Winona came over to the group, seeing me in the air. Winona was watching helplessly too, hoping I would by okay. Opal however, was watching with a smile, wondering just how to eat me as soon as I got back to the ground either the easy way or the hard way.
"Three!" I looked back at the raccoon and saw he had another on of his tools in his hand. The slightly ripped umbrella. He threw it closed up like a javelin towards me, it aimed above my head. That's when his plan was clear to me.
I let go of the hat and jumped up, grabbing the umbrella that soared right over my head. I went flying with it, the freak wind stopping all of a sudden. It was almost as if, the wind was doing this just for its own entertainment.
Wasting no time, I opened up the umbrella and I immediately slowed down. The rip in the umbrella still made me go down quickly, but I was still going slow enough to the point where I would be just fine.
"Wow, great thinking!" Twilight praised the raccoon. He gave her, along with the rest of them a two finger salute as he pulled out his boomerang. He aimed it and threw it, hitting Applejack's hat which was still floating in the air. It started to spin around, getting tangled up in the fishing line. That made it start to fall out of the sky. He caught his boomerang as it came back and went over to the hat, getting his line free of it.
Meanwhile, I landed back on the ground. I closed up the umbrella and brought it over to the raccoon. "I think this is yours."
He shook his head. "Nah, it's that Rarity unicorn's remember?" He said. He took it from me and tossed it over to Rarity, who caught it with her magic.
"My goodness, whatever happened to my beloved parasol?!" Rarity asked as she looked over the claw marks.
Once again, the question was answered itself as a cat pounced me to the ground. She just plain out hissed at me, ready to eat me at long last.
But luckily, Twilight was already fixing that problem. After charging up her horn, and fired a magical beam at me, finally changing me back into the cypony I originally was.
Opal backed up a few steps as she saw me turn back. I frowned at her, both of us knowing that I had the upper paw now. Or should I say hoof? "Bark." I said simply.
That made her run back over to Rarity, scared out of her mind that I was about to get my revenge on her. If I put her through so much trouble and pain as a mouse, Opal couldn't even begin to think of what I could do as my normal cypony self.
"Opal darling, you have a lot to apologize for." Rarity said, giving her a stern look. Opal just ignored her though as she curled up into a ball and rested on her back, having enough for today.
"Opal doesn't have to apologize Rarity. Besides, I think I got about even with her for everything she's been through." I said.
"Ta think this all started cause we all wanted to help ya get a pet." Applejack said out loud.
"Yeah, no kidding. And after all this I never even got around to trying to think of what kind of pet I wanted." I answered. But after I said this, I felt something land on my back. The raccoon.
He then chattered something, but since I was a pony again, I couldn't understand him. He then looked to Fluttershy after some of the other pets said something, and talked to her.
"Oh. I think what he's trying to tell you is that he would like to be your pet." Fluttershy translated.
"Really?" I looked to the raccoon on my back and he nodded. I thought to myself and tried out the idea in my head.
In more ways than one, I was a lot like a raccoon, so it kind of fit. They were clever, crafty, and could stay up during the night if they wanted. With all that, plus the fact that we were kind of friends already with how much he saved my skin, I came to a decision.
"Alright then. But I think your going to need a name if you don't already have one." I told him. He took off his hat and scratched his head before putting it back on backwards. He then shrugged then pointed at me and made a shooting notion as if his hand was a gun. I took this as him saying, 'Okay, shoot.'
"Alright then..." I tried to think of something good. I tried to think of what this raccoon reminded me of. The one thing I kept coming back to was what made him original.
He always carried around that golf bag. He had a backwards baseball cap on, and wore a second mask over his furred one. Then he kept carrying around stuff like an umbrella, a boomerang, and a fishing pole.
That's when I got the idea for a name. "How about... RJ?" I asked him. It made so much sense when I said it. He reminded me so much of the movie Over the Hedge with the raccoon RJ. He had a golf bag too, with a bunch of random stuff in it. They were basically one in the same.
He made a face that looked like he was thinking then answered by testing something out himself. He jumped up on my head and pressed down on my ear, making it play a sound. It was a 'DING!' that you would here from a game show if you were right. So it can play more than just music huh? That's good to know.
"Seems like he likes it." Twilight noted.
"Yay! Guess that means that Gummy has a new friend!" Pinkie said as she held up her pet gator.
Sadly, not all of them were satisfied as Winona growled a little. "It's alright there Winona. RJ won't steal anythin else from Sweet Apple Acres anymore. Right Blitz?" Applejack asked me, looking to me.
Great, now I had to make sure RJ didn't steal anything. Guess that means that I'll have to watch that. "I'll do my best to make him watch that." I promised. But if all he stole from them was apples and other kinds of food, then that was probably because he was hungry. That, I could take care of.
RJ simply chuckled a little as he jumped back and leaned against my metal tail, using it as a bed of sorts with his pack as a pillow. But as he closed his eyes, Rarity spoke up.
"Done." All of us looked to Rarity as she held up her parasol, which was now hemmed and stitched up so well, you couldn't notice. I guess she had a sewing kit or something in her pocket. "Excuse me RJ?" He opened one eye, and saw that the parasol was fixed up. "Do you want this back? I wouldn't particularly mind returning it to you."
After he said that, RJ got up and nodded. He then jumped on my tail, using it to catapult himself over to the umbrella. He did a few front flips in the air and landed perfectly in front of Rarity and got it from her, checking it out.
"Woah, that was awesome!" Rainbow Dash admitted.
"You have no idea." I told her as I went over to the rest of the group.
RJ then chattered at Rainbow Dash. Then remembered and chattered to Fluttershy. As he went over behind me, we all looked over to Fluttershy
"O-oh... He said to watch this..." She said to us.
I stayed put, having a decent idea of what RJ was about to do. And just like I predicted, he jumped on my tail, making it go down like a loaded catapult. Then by itself, it flung him high in the air.
As soon as he was flying, he started doing flips and other tricks. And as soon as he got to the arch of where he was brought up, he opened up the umbrella, staying up in the air. He balanced himself on the handle, and kept one hand on the neck, giving us all a two-fingered salute.
He then started spinning the umbrella to a point where it was side-ways in mid air. Then he gave one final swing to it, making it go perfectly upside down. There, he balanced himself on the end of the handle with one hand alone.
They all cheered at his show-offy performance. And from just that little show he put on, I knew that he was going to fit in just fine.
And there you have it folks! I think that this episode turned out well, but again it's all of your opinion. I hope you all enjoyed the chapter as much as I did writing it! And with all that said, I'll see you all next time!
QotC: With the kind of pets you can get in Equestria, what kind of pet would you want?