#11

It wasn't long before Kusanagi had a plate of eggs and toast in front of him, we all stared at him as picked up the fork next to the plate and carefully stabbed the eggs. I stood with my back leaning against a wall, a bead of sweat crawling down the side of my face as he managed to finally pick up a piece of egg and looked at it as if he had been threatened. Flutters and Applejack kept their attention on the piece of egg as he neared it to his mouth. He finally managed to put into his mouth and give it a few munches. Despite him tasting it, he didn't express any feeling.

"So, how is it?" Asked Flutters leaning over the table a little with the best smile she could create. Kusanagi closed his eyes and gently stabbed another piece of egg and aimed it at Flutters causing her lean away. I pushed myself away from the wall and leaned onto the table waiting to hear his opinion, with Applejack also leaning in closer with her ears perked straight up.

"… You wanna know something?" Kusanagi inquired opening his eyes with a smile lighting up his face, causing us all to become alert even Angel leaned forward.

"What?" Flutters asked.

"As my first ever time eating food, I'll admit, it went beyond my expectations!" He said placing the fork in his mouth and eating the piece of egg. I immediately smiled along with everyone else as he began picking piece after piece and finishing the eggs and toast.

After finishing his meal and drinking some water, which he hesitated to drink for at first, he looked up at me with an all-too curious look. I looked back at him with the same look as he looked around at the ponies who were now looking at him the same way before he turned back to me.

"Hey Ben, do they by any chance know about your actual eating habits," He inquired, I didn't get his point at first but he began to signalize foods that I knew all too well: Chicken, Ribs, Burgers, and other American favorites. I quickly shook my head and waved at him to lose the idea, but he pressed on it more.

"Tu sabes, Carne, Pollo, Hamburgesas, no jueges con migo (You know, Meat, Chicken, Hamburgers, don't play with me)" He said switching his language to Spanish which caught me off guard but allowed for me to communicate without the ponies knowing anything.

"Si lo se, pero a ellas no estàran bien con eso (I know, but they might not be alright with it)" I replied back causing him to nod his head in agreement, or so I thought.

"What are y'all two sayin' to each other!?" Applejack asked, get our attention. Flutters agreed with her as they looked at us two waiting for an answer.

I didn't want to lie again so I waited for Kusanagi to answer for me but regretted it immediately when he gave the "I'm dumb" smile. I gave him a stern look but that only made his smile widen. I couldn't explain how much I wanted to punch his face in when he stuck his tongue out and turned to Flutters who was slightly amused by his actions.

"Hey Flutter Shy, did you know Ben has a strange thing for meat?" He said causing Flutters to look down for a moment before getting back up to him. I looked at Flutters who was actually interested in what he had to say, before switching to Applejack who had a worried expression on her face, I refused to look at her and turned my sight back at Kusanagi. Even If I felt like I could adjust to not eating meat, I honestly would have problems doing so since my meals back then were 95% meat and the other five was anything edible.

"What does that mean?" Flutters asked with her face the slowly began to grow fearful. I didn't like how she was starting to react to her coming closer to her new discovery but I knew Kusanagi was just enjoying himself, preaching about me. I already knew there was no turning back from all the questions that are bound to come and gave up on trying to stop him.

"Oh well, may as well let him preach," I thought as leaned in to hear how he was gonna spill it. He smiled when he noticed me and extended his arm out for a fist bump.

"No te preocupes, se lo que hago…mas o menos (Don't worry, I know what I'm doing… more or less)He said giving me a reassuring nod. Somehow, I couldn't find a way to not bump him, it was probably because he was the only one I could actually "Fist" bump.

"Ta bien (Okay)," I said bumping our fists. He immediately turned back to Flutters and Applejack who were a little more than over-curious and opened his mouth.

"Okay, to start off, Ben probably has so many secrets that he probably has an album about them," He said looking over-enthusiastically, I instantly chuckled a little realizing how right he was, I had plenty for a year's worth of telling. My sight was quickly moved to the ponies who were observing me carefully.

"He isn't wrong," I said looking over to Kusanagi who had retracted himself back to his chair and was signaling me to continue with his hand. "Well, I'm bound to get caught either way,"

"What Kusanagi meant earlier was that I'm an Omnivore, you ever heard of it?" I said giving Flutters and Applejack time to ponder the question. After a few seconds Flutters raised her hoof leaping out of her seat.

"Yeah, Twilight once said something about that, she says it's rare to find one near here!" She said with an excited tone, Applejack added with an agreement. I looked at them more calmly now.

"Oh, so you know about our eating habits?" I asked causing Flutters to float back down with her hoof on the side of her head. My smile grew a little wider as I saw that they had no idea.

"I don't know…" She replied looking at Applejack but she was just as clueless as she was. I cleared my throat and got their attention to reveal the answer to their questions: They all turned to face me.

"Well, an Omnivore is a hybrid between a Carnivore and Herbivore," I said bluntly. They quickly reverted their looks of excitement and looked at the table, still puzzled.

"Carnivore...?" Flutters asked still looking at the table.

"Yeah, Meat, Chicken, that stuff," Kusanagi said kicking his feet up on the table ledge. Flutters quickly placed her hooves over her mouth in unison with Applejack and Angel. I looked away for a moment before turning back: This was how I expected it to be

"Ben…that isn't true…is it?" Flutters asked giving me a look of faith. I hated to have to answer her, especially with her looking at me like that, but I can't just keep building lies anymore.

"It's true," I said straight forward, Flutters and Applejack became too stunned to speak or conversate. I turned my sight to Kusanagi, he glanced at me before lifting his leg up to the ceiling.

"HEY!" He yelled slamming his heel straight onto the table, terrifying Flutters and Applejack. Flutters maintained her balance on the chair with her wings but Applejack fell backward and rolled to the wall.

"I thought you said you would accept him for who he is?" Kusanagi said lowering his leg and lifting himself off his chair. Flutters looked up to me with her mane covering most of her face, only allowing me to see one of her eyes and a half smile.

"I know and I wouldn't lose trust in Ben, it's just something I didn't expect from him, that's all," She said smiling back at Kusanagi. Kusanagi glanced at her for a split second before quickly turning his attention away from her and to me, looking a tab bit uncomfortable.

"Yeah, I knew that!" He said not looking back at Flutters or Applejack and placed his hand on my shoulder.

"Yo, Ben, I've gotta go, see ya!" He said disappearing into his dark sphere and flowing into me. I couldn't feel his presence around me anymore but it was clear he was inside me from the over powering feeling that surged through me. Flutters and Applejack were now next to me and had their casual looks on.

"Hey Applejack, what are you doing today?" I asked knowing she would respond with a work based activity, she gently smiled and lifted her hat off the floor where she had a tumble and put it on.

"I gotta "Buck" some trees for the morning," She said looking up at me with a hopeful look, meaning she knew I would go to help. I cracked my knuckles and smiled.

"Alright then, I need to pay you back for your tree anyway," I said returning back the smile.

"Great, we've got enough time to do it before noon,"

"Nice!"

I looked back at Flutters who gathered a satchel from a corner and placed it on her back.

"I need to go get some things," she said loading some coins into a pocket of the satchel.

"Alright then, I guess we're all off, bye Flutters," I said dismissing myself and going through the door of the house to expose myself to the world. The weather was perfect like the days before, but I tell the weather would get stormy later on: I've always had this knack for predicting the weather and I've never failed at it. Applejack got a head of me and signaled me to follow.

After walking for about twelve minutes, I decided to test my luck with the weather on Applejack.

"Hey, Applejack, Wanna play a little game?" I asked looking straight ahead of me, despite her looking at me.

"Umm…Yeah, sure, what's the game?"

"Well, I'm just gonna test my luck against your knowledge," I said chuckling a little still looking forwards, even so, I could tell Applejack was confused.

"Yer gonna do what?"

"Exactly, listen to this," I said pointing my finger to the sky and squinting at it.

"Do you have any idea when it's gonna rain?" I asked finally looking down at her, she gave me an awkward look before sighing.

"Not for a few weeks according to the Princesses, we had a tiny drizzle yesterday though," She said turning her focus to the sky. I grinned and chuckled loudly.

"The princesses word against mine, oh boy! This is gonna get interesting," I said sparking Applejacks curiosity, she quickly inquired about what I meant. I just gave a quick glance to the sky and started walking backward to face her while still continuing on the way.

"You see, I can tell it's gonna rain tomorrow in the afternoon," I exclaimed causing her laugh to herself strongly and shake her head in amusement, I found her faith in me amusing. My smile grew wider with every second of her laughing at my talent.

"I know yer daring, but not insane," She said huffing huge breaths of air and wiping away a tear or two. I shook my head and twirled myself around to face in the same direction as her.

"Okay then, wanna bet on it?" I asked keeping my grin printed on my face but Applejack wasn't fazed one bit.

"Sure, and ya wanna know what?"

"What?"

"If ya win, I'll let you do as ya please with me!" She said way too over confident, her words made my mind go to some places where it shouldn't be but that just made me more tempted to bet.

"Okay, and if you win, you can do what you want with me!" I said betting my own body on the line but I guess it was the right approach since she stopped and raised her hoof to me. I knelt down and placed my hand around her hoof and gripped it firmly.

"Deal!" We said in unison and continued on the way to her place.

(A few minutes later)

Someone told me long ago,"

"What?"

There's a calm before a storm, I know!"

"What are yer singin'?"

It's been comin' for some time when it's over so they say, it'll rain a sunny day, I know! Shinin' down on that water!"

I want to know! Have you ever seen the rain?

I continued my rendition of "Have you ever seen the rain?" by Clearwater Revival, it was one of the songs I could sing very well and use in a time like this. I could tell that Applejack was impressed despite not wanting to take the taunt. We continued down the path to her home and in perfect timing too, since I reached the last lyrics of the song when we reached the entrance to her "ranch".

"Have you ever seen the rain, comin' down on a sunny day,"

"Wow, where'd ya learn a tune like that?" Applejack asked as we walked into a passing of apple trees and into a clearing where a barn was visible.

"My dad used to play it to me when it rained outside…hmm…if only I had a guitar," I said causing Applejack to instantly turn to me and over-excitedly speak.

"WHAT!? Ya can play guitar!? She asked giving me a huge smile. I couldn't deny my impressive skill with any instrument: Guitar, Drums, Piano, etc.

"Yeah! I might even impress you with these magic fingers," I said smoothly moving my fingers in a rhythm, her smile increased and she turned around to find a bunch of buckets in front of her.

"Maybe you'll show me…what the…oh…I guess we'll have to do this first," She said quickly sliding a bucket over to me. I saw the bucket sliding towards me and lifted foot it brought it down on an edge of the bucket, flinging it into the air, allowing me to catch it.

"Looks like you're ready!" She said impressed by the little move. I held the bucket in my hand to show that I was ready for instructions. She looked up to notice the sun nearly hitting noon. Her expression changed in a second and she started giving instructions rapidly.

"And then…"

"Hey-hey-hey! Calm down! Maybe we might still make it if we just do it faster!" I said trying to stop her from losing it. She stopped for a few second and took a deep breath.

"Yeah, We might…AHH! Who am I kidding, we won't make it by noon, they are expecting a load by noon!" She said giving up on chill and entering a panic mode. I decided to leave her to her panic and start on doing the job.

I walked up to the nearest tree and threw the bucket down. The tree wasn't that thick but seemed to have a shit-ton of apples, so I thought of a way to drop them. I made a fist and gently punched the tree and once I got my aim and balance, I threw my hand behind me.

"Okay, let's hope for a good result!" I yelled throwing my fist to the tree causing it, along with many other trees, to shake violently. I stared at the tree with an awkward silence for a few seconds before…

Tap-Tap-Tap-Tap-Tap x 1000*

"What the hell," I whispered as I noticed every bucket was full to the brim with apples and that none of the apples had hit the ground.

"Sir Isaac Newton, wouldn't approve of this," I joking stated as I kept my fist imprinted into the tree and a small smile being to grow on my face. I stared at the dozens of buckets full of apples and noticed that all the trees had dropped their apples. I then focused at the sun to see that I hadn't wasted even a minute doing this.

"HOW THE HAY DID YOU…?"

"Don't ask, I'm not even sure what I just did, let's just get these apples ready for shipment,"