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A Brony Life

by 4428gamer

Chapter 64: Blitz's Human Story (Episode 5)

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Hey every pony and welcome back! And I am proud to say welcome to the new intro! *Camera pans around, showing a completely new intro. Which was actually in Canterlot Castle Courtyard*

Yes, we have moved locations! Good news about it, we have a new addition of the intro to make things a little more interesting! Sad thing is... We couldn't bring most of the intro decorations with us. So yeah... Still, it'll be pretty interesting here! We still got the important additions with us, so that's what matters!

Anyway moving on, time to start the new segment! My Little Dares! With that said, let's bring in the two characters we'll need for this intro! Twilight and Applejack!

Applejack: Alrighty, ya finally got rid a that no good Trixie!

Actually, no. She and Dino couldn't make it because of a different dare that was going on right now. And since it's gonna take a while, I sent them off early.

Twilight: What was the dare?

Sent in from Christ's Disciple: Dare: I dare Trixie to go around the world in an upside down plane that is flown by Dino.

Twilight: Wait a second, so Trixie is being flown around by Dino?! Can't that kill her?!

Don't worry! I had Dino trained by one of the best and safest flyers around!... And by that, I mean the pilot from The A Team.

*uses author power to show vision of Trixie in an upside down jet, being flown by Dino. Who was sticking his head out the window with his tongue in the air like a dog*

Trixie: Zeke, I swear by Starswirl's Grave, I will get you for this! *Dino starts doing barrel roll after barrel roll with the jet, Trixie's face starting to turn green from nausea before vision fades*

Applejack, and Me: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Twilight: She's still going to live right?!

Oh yeah, Dino might have gone a little crazy, but they'll be fine. I mean, they've already flown 75% around the world. And the speed they're going, they should make it back before tomorrow.

Applejack: Hoowee, this is gettin' mighty interestin' already! What's the next dare?!

Glad you asked Applejack, because this one includes you and Twilight! And don't worry; it's not dangerous like Trixie's dare.

Applejack: Well that's a relief. What is it? Race ta see who can get the most apples? Rodeo? Me in her in NASCAR? What?

Sent in from Sunblast X: Dude, I dare Twilight and Applejack to make out with each other for 2 whole minutes :)

Twilight and Applejack: UHHHHHH... *AJ and Twilight just keep looking completely caught off-guard. Having no words.*

Come on you two. It's only two minutes. Then it'll be over for good!

Twilight: *glares at me* Do you expect us to actually go through with this?!

Well, you two both signed the contracts! And the fourth sentence on the third paragraph clearly stated, "Dares may also include Yaoi and Yuri pairings between any characters of the story."

Twilight: When I saw that, I didn't think any pony would actually pair me up with any pony else! I thought it would've avoided me completely!

Well too late to back out now I'm afraid. So please hurry up and make-out already.

Applejack: *They glared daggers at me for several seconds before turning to one another* Hey Twi?

Twilight: *gulps* Y-Yeah?

Applejack: You gotta amnesia spell back at the library right?... *Twilight simply nodded* ...Alright... Let's just get this over-Mmf! *suddenly, their lips connected*

*I stopped the two of them from wasting any more time by using my author powers to push the two of them into one another, making them start kissing. They didn't move away though, knowing that there was no way out of it. So instead they just kept making-out* Alright, while that's going on let's do the top comments... *I say awkwardly as the sound of them making-out doesn't stop*

3: Swift Lightning. Yeah, I'd probably last for about five minutes watching the CMC too! I am not cut out to be a baby sitter at all. Also, yeah. The reason behind the CMC not being in that many chapters is mainly because I just never found that many places to do so. But I assure you that they'll get some more frequent parts as time goes on.

2: Christ's Disciple. Really? Well then I guess that makes you Rarity's best friend because she's always hoping for some pony to offer to watch the CMC like Fluttershy did. So that'd make you an automatic friend of hers.

And as for Applejack, something tells me that she's not really able to focus on much else but getting the dare over with. In fact, they got about thirty seconds left. So how are they holding up?

*Turns around and sees that Applejack and Twilight are still making-out. Only, they were going at it a little more as they both fell to the ground, now using tongue*

Well then, either they're starting to enjoy it or they've forgotten just who they're making-out with. Either way, twenty seconds left. Let's finish the top comment and wrap this up!

1: Justus80. Go all Mufasa on them? How would that work? One's a chicken, the other's a dictionary, and the third one is a farm-girl. Something tells me that the 'Kings of the Past' Speech won't really make much sense here.

Well, that's all for this intro! And to wrap this up, it's time for all TwiJack fans to move on. Applejack! Twilight! You two can stop now.

*After breaking up the two-minute make-out session, they were both very red in the face. They had their manes and tails were all messed up, and Applejack's mane band was gone. As well as her hat on Twilight's head now*

Twilight: Okay...Glad that's...Over... *she said, trying to catch her breath*

Applejack: Yeah...Now let's hurry...And find that spell... *She was trying to catch her breath too*

Oh yeah, about that...You see, I kind of sort of...Hid the book that had that spell in the Crystal Castle.

Twilight and Applejack: WHAT?! *They started glaring at me*

Hey, don't worry about it! Shining Armor has it with him! I told him to give it to Twilight the next time he saw her... After she explains just why she needs it! *I then burst into laughter*

Twilight: Err... *knowing it was a lost cause; she just turned and headed for the train station. With Applejack right behind her. Both still redder than a tomato, and both forgetting that Twilight was still wearing Applejack's hat*

Oh, that's going to be awkward for all three of them. Four, if Cadance is there! Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed the intro! And don't forget those dares!

I'll be writing a list of all the dares that I've yet to do, so don't worry if yours didn't get picked! I can only do two an intro so they won't outweigh the story. This one being an exception since it's the premiere of the My Little Dares segment. Anyway, bye for now every pony!

Intro Area Decorations to Date: A very realistic sky with a sun in the middle, A baby pony-sized T-Rex with a top hat named Dino, the TARDIS, a giant golden statue of Stepony (Pony Stephano) who is wearing a Trixie shirt, and a silver Lucario statue standing right next to Stopony.

Disclaimer (As told by Trixie): Zeke does not own MLP. All he owns is this idea, Blitz, Dino, RJ, Jumpy, and anything else that he's personally created throughout the story. That not including the three background characters that belong to three of the readers that read this story!


Blitz's POV

As I tried to figure out just how to respond to what I had heard, Applebloom took a step back nervously. She didn't know how I would react, while the others just didn't know what the problem was. They just kept looking back and forth between me and Applebloom, trying to figure out just what they were missing. And even if they didn't know just what it was, I was furious.

The only reason I hadn't reacted yet was this. I didn't know what exactly to be mad about, or who I should be angry at. I mean I already knew that Applejack was somewhere on the list, but what about the three of them? They hadn't really done anything wrong. Because, they couldn't control finding out about this.

"Why did Applejack tell you?" I asked calmly, that being the only question I could really ask.

"Actually, she didn't tell me. I heard her talkin' about it ta herself and by the time she found me, I had already told Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle. Sorry Blitz." She apologized.

I just sighed though, knowing that I couldn't blame her or the others at all. They didn't do anything wrong. "Don't be. You did nothing wrong. But, you didn't tell any pony else did you?" I asked, making sure.

"Nope!" Applebloom said, being straight to the point about that.

"Good." I told her, calming down now. "Well, nothing to worry about I guess. Sorry I scared you all." I apologized myself, knowing that I was being a little jerkish to them.

"Scared us?! Pfft!" Scootaloo said, acting brave. "You didn't scare us!" She added. Then she thought of something. "So, what is a human anyway?" She asked.

"Well... I guess you could say that their smaller, bland colored versions of a Minotaur." I told them.

"So, you were a small Minotaur before you were a pegasus?!" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Yeah. Guess you could say that." I agreed, Sweetie Belle being right for the most part.

"Do you have a picture of you as a human? Because I don't know what a small Minotaur would look like." Applebloom said.

"No, but I can try to draw one. Here, I'll show you all in the Rec Room. I have a chalkboard in there to draw on." I said, walking towards the room. But as I did, they just ran past me, running through the Rec Room door to look around.

"WOAH!" They all said at once, amazed by what it looked like. Games in every corner of the room, along with other stuff like...

"What's in that cabinet?!" Sweetie Belle asked, hoping that it would be something just as cool as the rest of the room. And when she opened it, she gasped. "HOT CHOCOLATE?!" She said loudly, seeing about five cups of still steaming-hot chocolate in the cabinet.

"Hey, what about this?!" Scootaloo asked, seeing that part of the wall looked weird. Like a square shape was cut into the wall. And when she pushed the bottom part of the square, the wall flipped over, revealing it to be a revolving chalkboard. "Cool!" She said.

"Blitz? What's this weird table thing here?" Applebloom asked, standing on top of the billiards table. "And why's there grass growin' on it? Are ya tryin ta grow apple trees on a table?!"

"No, that's a pool table." I corrected her.

"Pool? But you can't swim on a table." Scootaloo said, confused.

"Well that's what most humans call it. It's actually called a billiards table. It's a game humans like to play." I told them.

"I wanna play!" Sweetie Belle said, running over with a cup of cocoa.

"Me too! Maybe we can get Cutie Marks in being the first Billiard Ponies ever!" Scootaloo said with a grin.

"That's a great idea Scootaloo! Blitz, can ya teach us how ta play?!" Applebloom asked with so much excitement.

"Uh..." I started, not sure how to respond to any of this. They were going from one thing to another, so amazed by all the human stuff I had in here.

"Wait a second, what's that thing on the wall?!" Applebloom asked, all of them jumping off the table and running over towards the dart board on the wall.

"I think it's a clock..." Scootaloo said, not having much of a clue.

"But the numbers are all out-of-order. Clocks have numbers that are in numerical order from one to twelve." Sweetie Belle corrected them.

"What are you, a dictionary?!" Scootaloo asked, getting annoyed by her freaky knowledge of stuff.

"It's called a dart board." I told them. "And it works like this..." They all turned to see that I had a dart in my hoof as I tried to aim it at the board. They all got out-of-the-way and I threw it, getting it close to the middle, but ended up just getting a seventeen.

"Maybe that's what we'd be good at!" Applebloom thought out-loud to the others.

"Maybe our Cutie Marks would look like one of those pin things Blitz threw!" Sweetie Belle added.

"Oh man, what else is there to earn our Cutie Marks in here?!" Scootaloo asked, getting even more excited. Since I had so much stuff in here that they have never even seen before, they thought of all kinds of ways to get their Cutie Marks.

But as they tried to think of something, they eventually thought of something and turned to me. "Hey Blitz? How'd you get yer Cutie Mark?" Applebloom asked.

"Huh?" I asked, looking at my own Cutie Mark since they were talking about it. Of course it never changed since I got it, so I was just looking at it to jog my memory. It was a normal grey gear cog, with small sparks emitting from it. Kind of like sun rays you'd expect a four-year old to draw on a picture of the sun.

"Well uh... Actually, I don't know." I answered, not lying about it. I honestly never knew where it came from. Sure I knew what it meant, but that was it.

"What?!" Sweetie Belle asked with a shocked expression, her voice cracking especially as she said that. "What do you mean you don't know?!"

"Well I had it with me when I became a pony so... Yeah. Humans don't have Cutie Marks, so it just... came when I became a pony I guess." I told them.

"Wait, humans don't have Cutie Marks?!" Scootaloo asked with shock. "How do they know when they've found their special talent?!"

"Well... That's hard to explain. I guess I'll go ahead and say... we don't. At least, most of us don't. We might find a bunch of stuff we're good at, but that doesn't make it our special talent because it's not what we do for a living. A human might find out that they're really good at... bowling for instance." I said, knowing that both Equestria and Earth had bowling. "But they don't bowl for the rest of their lives. In fact, they might rarely bowl at all in their lives." I told them, trying to find the kindest but most truthful way to say it.

"But..." Sweetie Belle started. "What about you're Cutie Mark? Even if you just got it when you became a pony, then doesn't that mean you knew your special talent when you were a human?" She asked, curious about that.

"It's not that simple you see-" But as I tried to come up with an answer on how she was wrong, I realized that there wasn't one. She had a point, if I had a Cutie Mark that actually related to what I was good at, that meant that I had a special talent.

It was building and upgrading anything I wanted to. The gear of my Cutie Mark resembled showing what I wanted to build, and the sparks of my Cutie Mark showing that I upgraded stuff as well. Especially since Equestria didn't have much to any electronics besides speakers, DJ booths, and, of course, me myself.

"Actually, you got a point there Sweetie Belle." I admitted, not having a way to argue with her. "Guess I did find out what my special talent was. I just never realized it when I was human…"

"So can you tell us the story behind finding out what you were good at?!" Scootaloo asked, wanting to know. "Of course it won't be as good as Rainbow Dash's, but it still might be the second best!" She said, not taking any enthusiasm away from the second part of what she said.

"Well, there goes any chance of me having an ego..." I mumbled, frowning at what she said. "What was so great about her story anyway?" I asked.

"It was the greatest story ever because it was the first time she ever did a Sonic Rainboom! You know, where a giant circular colorful blast of colors appears in mid-flight around her, and Rainbow Dash goes faster than any pony ever wished they could! Leaving behind this awesome rainbow streak behind her!" Scootaloo explained to me, going full fan girl on Rainbow Dash's Cutie Mark story.

"Circular Rainbow..." I said to myself, suddenly remembering something. And that's when it hit me! The very first day I came home from physical therapy to help use my new fake arm. That was when I started to remember about what had all happened that day. And what had happened after that.

"You know what, I think I might actually know when I discovered my special talent." I told them.

"REALLY?! TELL US! TELL US!" They all yelled out, excited to hear about my story. The fact that I was a human wanting me to tell them even more so, since it took place with me as a human.

"Are you all sure about that? It might start out a little sad at first." I told them.

"We'll be fine! Just tell it!" Applebloom said.

"I don't know..." I said, starting to have second thoughts.

"PLEASE?!" They all asked, trying to guilt trip me a second time with all of them looking so very sad with their group of pouting faces.

"Girls... Won't work, remember?" I asked, really surprised that they were trying this whole act again.

They all sighed sadly, making coming to that realization. I saw that if I didn't tell them the story, they would be bored to tears here. This meaning that there was a bigger chance of stuff getting broken.

"Well, I guess you three can take it. Besides, your sisters did think that you were grown up enough to spend the night in the club house by yourselves." I said, coming up with a reason to tell them.

"Yes!" They all said, having a group high-hoof. They then ran over to the cabinet with the fresh cocoa to get some and running back, Applebloom getting one for me.

"Thanks Applebloom." I said, taking the cocoa. "And for added effect..." I then put my hoof over a tile on the ground and pressed it, making the fireplace in the room light up. This helping to add to the effect of my story. Along with getting the CMC to be amazed by yet another cool trick. Honestly, they were really easily-impressed.

"Alright, I guess I'll start then. Let's see... It all began when I was at my house by myself and my pets. With my family still either at work, or at school."


Flashback five years ago. Twelve Year Old Zeke's POV

"Uh... I'm so bored..." I mumbled to myself as I set on the couch by myself, all alone in this house with only my dogs to keep me company. One a boxer named Alex, and the other a Boston Terrier named Lilo.

And as I tried to figure out just what I could do, I laid down on the couch in the living room. With my fake arm lying lifelessly on the arm of the couch. It had been about four months since that stupid accident, and ever since I've been staying with my Dad. My mean, uncaring Dad.

The reason I was at home by myself was because everyone else was gone at either school or work. My Dad worked from noon to eight at night. And since my step-mother was an elementary school teacher at my step-brother's school, they didn't come home until six.

Once I got back from the hospital like a week ago, I was out of school for the next month or two. I was supposed to take that time to get used to my fake arm and how to use it. The one thing that wouldn't let me forget what happened to my Mom, and it was permanently stuck to my arm. Reminded me of the game God of War.

"Stupid roof! Who built it anyway?!" I yelled out of nowhere, knowing that the only weird look I would get was from Alex, who was just lying on the floor besides the couch.

"People that build stuff are jerks! They think that what they build is actually good enough, when it can easily fall apart out of no where!" I continued to yell out.

And the only answer I got in response was the sound of drills, hammers, and trucks delivering more building materials. This only made me angrier.

"Did Dad really have to move all of us to a brand new street, where houses are still being built all around us?! It's always so annoying, and they never shut up until you have to go to bed! And sometimes, they even work through the night! Those guys are all so...So...SO... Lucky that I don't curse!" I finally ended, not having it in me to just start swearing to myself.

This was something else. Even if I wanted to swear at something, or someone at school, I couldn't even do it on instinct. Something heavy falls on my foot, I just say 'Dang it!' or 'Crap!'

I knew that I was only twelve, but I just couldn't do it. I couldn't even bring myself to write the word, or spell it out. I just said 'The D word', like a freaking four-year old. And I hated that I couldn't do that because it made me feel like such a wimp.

At this point, I knew that I was just complaining to myself, to Alex if anyone. But it didn't matter. By now it was pretty obvious to me that complaining was never going to help anything. And I had already cried every tear I had in me after the accident. That just left me without anything to do but just count my losses. Which I couldn't even do with all this stupid construction noise!

"Err...SHUT UP!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, jumping off the couch with so much anger it felt like I just sprouted wings and flew off of it.

But after I said that, the most unbelievable thing happened. They actually went quiet! Not truck was driving around, no electrical saws to be heard. Not even one lone hammer. All was quiet...

"Finally. Maybe now I can just take a nap or something." I said, lying back on the couch. Leaning my head against the pillow and closing my eyes. Even if they just stayed quiet for five more seconds, I would be grateful enough.

Five. It was still quiet. So quiet, I was able to hear the house settle a little bit. This scaring me a little because of the incident, but I ignored it none the less.

Four. Not one sound to be heard. Not even the dogs making a sound. I would've said that Alex wasn't breathing if it wasn't for the fact that I could see him breathing as he kept sleeping.

Three. I can't even hear a bird chirping. That alone was pretty great within itself.

Two. WHAT WAS THAT?! I COULDN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SILENCE OF EVERYTHING! Hahaha…

One. Wow, they might actually make it through a whole five- "vvvvvvVvvVvVVVVvVVVVVVV-BOOOOOOOOMMMM!" Suddenly, a loud sound came out of nowhere, followed by- cheering?! This making me and my dogs jump up in surprise.

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"OF! FREAKING! COURSE! I yelled out, jumping off the couch for the last time. Whatever that stupid sound was, it sounded like an explosion! Out of all noises that could've happened, it was an explosion followed by applause?!

"What's even going on out there?!" I asked as I got to the doorway, putting on my shoes and light jacket before getting to the door. My jacket not to keep me warm since it was around eighty degrees outside. It was only to hide my left arm, which had no hair on it because it was artificial. I wanted to try to hide from everyone that I was around, because it was a dead giveaway.

So facing the door, I tried to use my fake arm to open it, giving it some practice like the physical therapist said. But as I did, I overshot it and ended up ramming my hand just above the doorknob and lock.

Sighing in slight annoyance, I carefully dropped my hand onto the handle. Annoyed that something like opening a door was as hard as a prize machine.

Still, with my hand on the handle I turned the doorknob and started opening it... A little too fast though. Because before I could get out-of-the-way, I swung the door open, making the doorknob hit me directly in the gut. This knocking all the wind out of me. The noise of all this alerting the dogs as they ran down and tried to get outside through the front door.

Sadly for them, my legs were still working as I blocked the way with my right foot. Not hitting them or anything, just keeping them from getting out.

"Stay here guys, I'll be right back." I told them, making my way through the door and closing it. Keeping them from getting outside. Because that wouldn't end well for anybody.

I sighed in relief, glad that the giant chore of opening a door was over. And looking around to try to figure out where the closest groups of builders were, when I saw something in the sky.A circular rainbow.

One that didn't hit the ground either. Instead, it was in a complete whole circle in the air. And it was growing as if it just emitted from something in the middle. And to be completely honest, it looked so...so...Stupid!

"HEY! Wait a minute!" Scootaloo cried out in anger.


Current Blitz's POV

"You take that back!" Scootaloo asked, angry about what I thought of the story.

"Take what back?" I asked, generally confused by what she meant.

"Take back what you said about the Sonic Rainboom being stupid! Right now!" She demanded, getting up from the floor and glaring at me.

"I can't take it back!" I told her. Frowning at her, but not getting mad per say.

"Why not?!" She asked, still glaring.

"One, it happened five years ago! I was twelve! And two, I didn't know it was a Sonic Rainboom! I just thought it was a weird rainbow!" I defended, not having any reason to take back what I said.

"How could you not know it was the legendary Sonic Rainboom?!" She asked, not believing me for a second.

"Do Sonic Rainbooms not exist in the human world?" Sweetie Belle asked, confused about it.

"Nope. It only exists here as far as I know." I told them, being really serious about that.

"Oh yeah..." Scootaloo said, sitting back down. "Wait! If it doesn't exist in your world, then how'd you see it?" She asked, raising an eyebrow at me.

"I don't think it was the same rainbow Scootaloo. Besides, it happened so long ago, I don't think that may have even been what it really looked like." I said, trying to get back to the story. But in all honesty, I was certain that it really was Rainbow's Sonic Rainboom. But if I told them that, then I wouldn't have an answer as to why that was really there. So that left me having to just lie about that.

"Alright, I guess that makes sense." Scootaloo said, stopping her interrogation. "But don't you dare say that rainbows are stupid or lame ever again! Or else, I'll tell Rainbow Dash!" She threatened.

And knowing that she probably would, I just nodded. "Fine, I won't say that. But I can't take back what I said five years ago." I told her.

"Alright, fine." She said, backing down for good. "So what happened next?" She asked, wanting to get back to the story.


Twelve Year Old Zeke's POV

So after the odd-looking rainbow faded away, I started looking around for the nearest builders to talk to. Hoping that they would at least shut up, or quiet down for like ten minutes so I could at least fall asleep. Then they could make all the noise they wanted.

As soon as I looked at the house being built-in front of ours, I saw three builders just talking on the curb while the rest of them were putting up the first floor wall parts.

"Hey!" I called out to them, making my way across the street towards them. I honestly couldn't care less if I was gonna get yelled at for going over. I already was going to get yelled out by my Dad about something or another.

"Bale!" One of them called out, making a joke out of it. This making the other two laugh along with him in amusement.

"Not funny!" I yelled out, getting over to them. "What was that explosion?!" I asked, angry about all the noise.

"Oh that? Well, Driller here says that it might've been that donut rainbow thing." He told me with an amused look.

"Yeah right, stop lying! What was it really?!" I asked them, not believing them for an instant.

"Don't know kid." He answered with a shrug. "But that rainbow sure was pretty cool looking huh?" He asked.

"I don't care about the stupid rainbow!" I yelled out at them, getting annoyed at how they were goofing off. "Shouldn't you all be working on the house?! You know to make sure whoever lives in it won't get crushed?!" I reminded them.

"Hey, I'm the foreman around here!" The same guy said. "I'm just having a chat with these guys for a bit 'fore the frames are ready to be nailed in." He explained.

"Shouldn't you be in school kid?" 'Driller' asked. What kind of name was that anyway?

"Well... Kinda." I admitted, not really wanting to say why.

"Do your parents know you skipped school?" The foreman guy asked.

"Hey, I didn't skip school!" I defended.

"You sick then?" He asked.

"NO!" I answered, even though I was starting to get sick of his questions already.

He scratched his chin in thought. "Expelled or suspended?"

"No and no!" I answered for both those things, getting angry at him.

"Hmm..." He hummed in thought as he scratched his chin to help think of an answer. Driller and the other guy just watching. He finally stopped scratching his chin and looked back at me. "You injured then?"

I opened my mouth to say another no, already having my answer ready since he kept getting it wrong. But for this one, he was actually right.

"Ah, so that's it!" He said out-loud, happy to get the answer right. "So what happened that was so bad that you had to stay out of school? You look fine to me." He noted.

Not wanting to answer, I just mumbled it to the point where no one but me knew what I was saying. "Mttm mke mrm..."

"What was that?" He asked, wanting to know.

"motma make mrm..." I mumbled again, still no one else able to get it.

"One more time little guy. And with feeling!" He said, getting on my nerves by calling me little guy.

"I said I gotta fake arm! Okay?!" I yelled out, angry that he wanted to know it that badly.

"Oh man..." He started, a little shocked by that. "I-I'm sorry kid." He said, not thinking it was that bad. "But hey, it looks just fine to me!" He said, gesturing to my right arm. Which was my real arm.

"This is my fake arm." I said, rolling up my left arm sleeve, showing a hairless arm with the knuckles, wrist, and elbow looking a little fake since that's where the metal had to bend. Meaning that's where the joints were.

"W-well see?! It looks so life-like that I mistook it for your real arm!" He made up.

"Liar." I said, pulling my sleeve back down.

The other one that wasn't Driller then started laughing. "Wow, even little kids know when you're lying Foreman!" He said as he kept laughing.

"Hey, shut it Crowbar!" He yelled out, a little angry that the guy was laughing at him.

"Crowbar? Driller? What's with the weird names?" I asked, confused about that.

"Nicknames make the job a little more interesting. So we give others nicknames based on what they look like, and what they're good at doing." He explained.

"That sounds stupid." I said without much emotion.

"And you say stupid a lot, you stupid kid." He said, copying my emotion. "So what did you want again?" He asked, forgetting.

"I want you guys to be quiet for just ten minutes so I can fall asleep. I've had a long day trying to learn how to use this stupid arm." I told them, hoping that they would.

"So you want us to be quiet and not do any work for ten minutes just so you can get your beauty sleep huh? Hm..." He said, pretending to think if he could or not. But I already knew that he wouldn't do it because of how he said so.

"Hey Foreman!" One of the workers that were holding up some wall spoke up.

"Yeah Ruler?!" He asked, calling someone else by their 'nickname'.

"Walls are up! We need one of you to come here and nail em in!" He said, it sounding more like a command than a statement.

"Nail em in huh?..." He said. "Got it, I'll send the most qualified person I can over in a second!" He then turned to me. "You do know why we have to make all this noise, right kid?" He asked me.

"Yeah. To build the houses..." I admitted, knowing that I wasn't getting any quiet.

"Good answer. So how do you feel like helping?!" He asked, sounding completely sincere.

"Wait a second! You sure that's a good idea?! This kid's gotta still be in Elementary School!" Crowbar said. "We can't let him do that!"

"Hey, I'm in sixth grade!" I defended. It was only three months before the school year was over, meaning that I was almost in seventh grade.

"Come on! The poor kids stuck without anything to do, and he's got a fake arm! Give him some slack!" He argued, whispering to keep me from hearing although I still heard him perfectly.

Crowbar then sighed, shaking his head at this whole idea. "If we get caught, this was all your idea." He said.

"Great! So how about it kid?!" He asked, turning back towards me with a smile.

"Okay, but stop calling me kid! The name's Zeke!" I told him with a frown.

"Alright, I'll stop calling you kid. Now go on, try to get a nail in little guy! You know how right?" He asked.

I just gave him a boring look and started talking sarcastically. "Oh gee, I think I forgot how to use the hammer." I said.

"Oh well, you'll remember sooner or later! Now go on!" He said, giving me a hammer and a pair of weird-looking sunglasses and moving me towards the wall where the guy was standing. Who just gave the foreman a questionable look before just turning back towards me.

"Alright well, see the little tick marks here? Put on your safety glasses, take a nail, and hammer it in where the marks are drawn. Got that?" He asked me, trying to make sure I wouldn't mess it up. And as he did, he got a nail and held it out to me. Having the next one ready after I got the first one done.

I put on the glasses and took the nail, just wanting to get this over with so I could go back to my house. And getting the nail in place and moving back the hammer, I hit the nail. But it barely moved at all.

"Hey kid! Tap it in place first, and then start hitting it in!" The Foreman told me, giving me a tip.

"Oh, okay." I said, understanding how to do it now. So tapping it into place, I tried to hit in. But after like five swings, it still barely moved an inch. This getting me mad.

"You're doing it all wrong Kid." The foreman explained, calling me Kid again. Which was making me even more angry. "You don't just move your wrist back and forth. You need to use your whole arm Kid." He explained further.

"Alright, got it. And stop calling me 'Kid'! It's stupid!" I said, really getting angry on that as I brought my arm back and swung forwards. Hitting the nail the right way finally and... It still didn't go that far in. "This is getting annoying..." I muttered, mad at how I wasn't able to hit it.

"You gotta hit it harder than that kid!" The foreman guy yelled to me, purposefully calling me kid.

"I said to stop calling me kid! My name's Zeke!" I yelled back, angry.

"Whatever kid! Until a kid like you can hit the nail in, you're just gonna be a kid! So try to hit it harder! KID!" He kept saying kid over and over, getting on my nerves.

Wanting to prove that I wasn't just a kid, I took my anger out on the nail. Hitting it dead-on with as much strength as I could use, not even wanting to hold back since he made me so angry. Which is just what he was trying to do. Only, I hit the nail in with a way that none of them expected. With the fist from my fake arm.

And because I hit it with my fake arm instead of with the hammer, I basically punched a nail into place. And it only took one hit too. Luckily, I didn't split or ruin the wood either.

As soon as I turned around to face them all though, I saw them with shocked expressions. That's when I realized just what I did. I used my metal arm in front of them all. In just one solid second I went from them seeing me as a little kid trying to hammer a nail, to a freak.

I dropped my hammer to the ground and opened my mouth to say something, anything to try to convince them that I wasn't a freak. But it was pointless. They all saw what just happened. And I wasn't going to be able to convince them otherwise.


And so ends the second part of the episode. Hopefully this episode is good so far, and I hope you all liked it! And with that said, until tomorrow every pony! Can't wait to read your dares and QotC's!

QotC: We all know that letting non-construction workers onto a work site isn't allowed. But if you were allowed to help, would you?

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