A Brony Life
Chapter 9: Old Mare Crankle
Previous Chapter Next ChapterWell, with this chapter beginning, we move onto the third day! What's going to happen today? War on changelings? Cotton candy clouds? Something so insignificant you probably wouldn't expect it? Probably the last one, but what do I know? Anyway, with all of that mini monologue finished, let us begin.
Disclaimer: I do not own the following things: MLP, Earth, a brain, stylish looking carpets, stuff like that! I have no idea why I put carpets in that list... I'm probably getting a bad case of Pinkie Personality or something... Oh well, CHAPTER TIME!
Another day, another comfortable night on the hay bale. Oh well, time I do something without me falling in love, or any other unsuspected problem. Okay so the first thing on my imaginary to do list is get a job. Second, get my own house. Third, ask if I can have this hay bale as a be- you know what, screw the hay bale, I'm getting to addicted to sleeping on this thing.
Without warning, I took off flying out the window. I saw Big Mac headed towards the barn, and stopped when he saw me flying out. Guess he was coming over to wake me up or something. Oh well, guess I just made his job easier. Especially since it would take a bull horn to the face just to wake me up.
As I flew over Ponyville I saw them all walking around. You know, why was it exactly that I got wings again? I was never fast or anything like that when I was a human, but here I am with wings. I'm not complaining or anything, but I still didn't get the connection. Maybe it was the personality or some kind of mental connection.
After a while of flying around, I landed on a cloud and just watched the whole city. There was some kind of market place, a clock tower, a construction site, the town square, tons of places. Out of all of that, I focused on the construction stuff the most. I always like building stuff, but I never really focused on it that much with everything else that went on in my life.
"What's up Blitz?" I turned around and saw Rainbow Dash land on a cloud that was nearby mine.
I just shrugged. "Eh, nothing. Just bored. Besides hanging out with all of you guys, I got nothing to do. I think I should find something, like a job. That, and my own place." I explained.
After a few seconds, Rainbow Dash spoke up. "Ya know, they say there's an abandoned old house just outside of Ponyville that way." She said, pointing towards one direction.
"Really? That's convenient. Just how abandoned is it?" I asked.
"It's pretty run down, so it needs to be fixed up. The Ponyville Construction Crew always says there going to fix it, but they don't for some reason." She said as she shrugged. She said 'some reason' sarcastically. So it was obvious that she knew what it was.
"And that reason is?" I asked, curious to know.
"You mean you don't know?" She asked. I shook my head and she smirked at me. "Well, the reason is that they say it's haunted by a pony called Old Mare Crankle. Legend says, any pony that goes inside, never comes out!" She said, trying to scare me.
I simply smiled at that. "Cool. Maybe while I'm there she'll make me cookies or something." I said, making Rainbow Dash smirk at me,
"Oh, she makes cookies alright. For her VICTIMS!" She stomped on the cloud she was on, making thunder sound off to make it sound more 'terrifying'.
I shook my head. "Tsk tsk tsk. You can't fool me Rainbow Dash. I just can't be tricked." I told her. She shrugged.
"Fine. Don't believe me. Just don't come crying to me when you hear the rattling of old pony bones coming from the house." She said, trying to act all spooky.
"Fine, I'll believe you. If you admit your scared of the haunted house." I pointed to her and put air quotes around 'haunted house' with my hooves. It was obvious she still wanted to prank me.
"Pfft, I'm not scared of the Crankle House." She said, looking off to the side.
I flew over an looked her right in the eyes. "Oh yeah? Prove it. I dare you to go in the Crankle House and wander the house for one whole hour. Do that, and make it back alive," I said with a spooky demeanor. "And I'll believe that you're not afraid of the house." The whole thing wasn't meant to scare her, it was just to catch her before she even had a chance to play some joke on me.
She bit her lower lip in thought. There was no way she would be able to wrap me in this. "Fine. You want me to go in the Crankle House? Your on! But, to prove your not a wimp, your coming too." Rainbow Dash said.
"Sure. And while were at it, lets invite the others to go through the house with us." I said sarcastically. Why would I agree to go in the same time as her? She would probably end up 'disappearing' and I'd be a sitting duck.
"Actually, that's a great idea!" Rainbow Dash yelled out. What did I just do?
"Your kidding right? I was joking! With sarcasm!" I said, trying to get her to come back to her senses. There was no way on Earth or Equestria some of them would come without needing an ambulance to wheel them out of some Rainbow Dash planned haunted house.
"Duh, I knew that. But it's still a great idea! I'll get Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack. You get Twilight, Spike, and Pinkie Pie, along with seeing the mayor about getting the house! This is going to be so cool!" Before I could stop her from thinking of whatever dumb idea was going through her head, she flew off.
I stomped the dark cloud I was on in frustration with my left hoof, but something odd happened then. The electricity in the cloud went into my metal arm, making it turn into a normal cloud. "What the..." The strange thing was, I didn't feel anything. I mean, I felt my arm buzzing with the electricity, but it didn't hurt. Either way, this was getting WAY to wierd. I didn't know what to say and just sat there, staring at my arm which had electricity zapping around it.
"What's going on?!" finally blurted out, to shocked to say anything. I had to get this lightening off of me! But HOW?! Wait! Lightning goes into the ground if it makes contact with it right?! Maybe if I just land on the ground it'll go away!
So I started flying as fast as I could towards the ground, but I felt like I was flying down like a bullet! I barely kept myself from face planting into the ground from the speed! When I did land I put my left front hoof in the ground, and the electricity went away. I took a deep breath and calmed down, knowing it was over, but I couldn't help but fall to the ground in relief.
"What was that?!" I shot up and saw Spike right there in front of me.
"Uh... Uh... I don't know what you're talking about!" I finally said. Yeah, that was convincing. You just flew out from the sky going faster than a rocket, and you don't know what happened? Smart Blitz. Real smart.
"I mean, how did you just fly towards the ground about three-quarters as fast as Rainbow Dash's Sonic Rainboom!" Spike exclaimed with excitement.
"Wait! I knew I was going FAST, but I didn't know it was THAT fast!" I yelled out, standing up immediately. I went that fast
"Yeah! You left some yellow light behind you and everything!" We both sounded like we were both little kids watching a giant firework on the fourth of July.
"Spike? Spike where did you go?" Twilight saw us and came over. "Oh, hey Blitz. Did you happen to see what that flash of yellow was?" She asked curiously.
"Yeah! It was me!" I yelled out.
"What? But... How? How were you going that fast?" She asked, still curious.
"Well... I don't really know actually. I was looking around Ponyville on a cloud over head and then Rainbow Dash was talking about Old Mare Crankle's house, and took off. I was mad that she wouldn't stop and come to her senses, so I stomped on the thunder-cloud with my metal leg in frustration, and then I absorbed the electricity! Next thing I know, I rocketed down here so I could get rid of the electricity that was in my arm." I explained to them
"Wow. Your like a living lightning rod!" Spike yelled out. Twilight nudged him, trying to get him to stop talking, but he didn't. "It's like you have robot powers!" He exclaimed.
As Twilight covered up his mouth with her hoof, I closed my eyes in thought, then opened them. "Wow, your right." I agreed.
That's when they realized the other thing I said. "W-wh-wait! Rainbow Dash talked about Old Mare Crankle's house? W-why would she talk about that?!" Spike asked, scared about the name.
"Yeah, I was asking if she knew somewhere I could stay, so I wouldn't be taking up space in Applejack's barn, and she said that the house outside of Ponyville was abandoned. She tried to scare me, but I didn't fall for it. Long story short, I made a sarcastic joke about all of us going in, she took it seriously, and now she wants all of us to check out the house." I summed up.
"Why would you give her that idea? That house is haunted!" Spike said, trying to shake me to add onto effect.
"Oh come on. Whether ghosts are real or not, the house won't be haunted." I explained.
"Oh thank you, somepony who listens to the facts! See, there is no such thing as ghosts Spike!" She said, gesturing to me.
"I never said that. Until there is proof that there is, or isn't ghosts, I'm on the fence about it." I clarified. My mother always told me a story about a 'friendly ghost' that visited her, but I was a kid at the time so I didn't know what to think of it. I still don't actually.
She shrugged, not really minding. "Oh well, at least you have a reason to be with or against the idea." Twilight said. She then got an idea. "Spike, we need to go to that house!"
Spike looked like he was paler than a ghost itself. "Your kidding, right Twilight?!" He asked while shivering his tail off.
"No Spike. If we go in that house, we can prove once and for all to everypony in Ponyville that there is no 'Old Mare Crankle' spirit." Twilight said.
"Well, whether there is or not, I'm going to try to live there. I think it's about time I get my own place to live." I informed them, happy that I was actually going to get something accomplished the day I went out to do it.
"Wait a second! Your going to live in that house?! Are you insane?!" Spike asked, shocked and scared half to death.
"Yeah. I figured if there really is a ghost in that house then maybe it can help keep everything from getting to quiet and boring." I said, laughing a little. Twilight giggled and Spike just looked at us like we were crazed mental patients.
"Well, if you can fix that house from falling apart, then that wouldn't be a bad idea. You just need to get the deed from the mayor." Twilight pointed out.
"Yeah, Rainbow Dash told me about that. She said that I needed to get that, and convince you two along with Pinkie to come." I told her, catching her up to speed.
"Sure, we'll come." Twilight spoke to both of them.
"Sorry Twilight, but I can't come. I have to... watch the library!" Spike yelled out, trying to excuse himself.
"It's okay Spike. We won't be gone that long." Twilight assured Spike.
"Okay... Well I still need to help Rarity! She needs to find more gems for her latest outfit." Spike made another excuse.
"Nope. Rainbow Dash is getting Rarity to come with all of us. You don't need to help her." I informed Spike, smirking since I knew he was trying to get out of it.
He glared at me slightly, knowing I pointed that out for the fun of it. "You know, it kinda sounds like your asking us come just because Rainbow Dash asked you to." Spike pointed out, smirking.
"What did you just say?" I asked, mad. That dragon better not be saying what I think he's saying, or else I'll try and see what else I can do with my lightning powers.
"Come on you two, we need to get Pinkie Pie and the deed so we can prove that this legend is just a rumor." Twilight interrupted, already heading out towards the mayor's office.
We looked back at the other and nodded, calling a silent truce. We caught up to her and continued on our way.
Pretty interesting indeed. Well, with all of the group coming to the house, what will they find in that house? Oh the possibilities of a T rated story... Who knows what I'm going to put for something that's horror related? I think I'm still suffering from Pinkie Personality, so even I don't know what I'm going to write yet. Or do I? Anyway, review!
Question of the chapter: Do you believe in ghosts?