'Geez, you alright, Brae?" a husky female voice groaned.

"Stop calling me that! It's Braeburn! I'm not a colt any more! Hey, i've even lost the accent." a loud male voice shouted.

"Cut that shit out . . ." I moaned. Who the fuck names their child Braeburn?

"Vinyl, I think she's waking up! Are you awake?" someone started to shake me. I instinctively smacked them. I got up and glared at two ponyish looking creatures. One was tan with orange and light orange mane and tail hair that was slightly messy. It was male. The other was female and was white with light and dark blue stripes in her wild mane and tail hair. She also had on cool black shades.

"Hey there pal! I'm Vinyl Scratch. This here is Braeburn. Whatcha doing out here?" the female ponyish thing asked.

"Uh . . . why do you need to know?" I sneered. Vinyl smirked.

"Because your in the Everfree Forest which is filled with horrible beasts." she said simply.

"Horrible beasts? Whatever. Where am I?" I grumbled. Braeburn grinned and pointed ahead.

"If we go that way, we'll be in Ponyville!" he said fairly loud. Wow. With that name, I knew they definetly were ponies. We walked that way. It felt odd walking. It was almost like I was on four legs. Wait, how am I alive anyway? I thought. I eyed the two ponies walking alongside me. I noticed Vinyl had a horn sticking out of her head. Is she . . . ? Naaaaaaaaaah!

We approached a town and kept walking. A couple ponies stared at me. They were all shades of colors and had tattoos on their asses. I looked at Vinyl's ass. It had a musical note on it. Braeburn had a single red apple on his. Yuck, I hate fruit. Meat is the best. Except for sweets though, they are the BEST!!!!!

"What are those tattoos on their asses Vinyl?" I asked. Vinyl didn't give me a confused look at all.

"Those are cutie marks. They mark your special talent. My special talent is in DJing." she answered.

"Mine is in farming! I left home, though. It's in Apaloosa. We do apple farming and we made peace with the buffalos and-"

"Shut the hell up. I figured as much since your ass has an apple on it!" I growled.

"Someones grumpy." Braeburn whined. I glared at him.

"No shit!" I snapped. I noticed other ponies looking at me. "What the hell are you looking at!?"

"You look weird bro. C'mon i'll show you! To the boutique!" We (or should I say 'they') galloped to god knows where and dragging me in the process. We entered a fancy- looking shop filled with pony gowns and suits along with hats and foot (or hoof? I wasn't sure) wear.

"why are we in a-" I was cut off by a horned pony (was she a unicorn too?)

"Ooooooooooooooh! A new customer! How are you darling? You look magnificent! I love the 'dark' look!" a white pony with perfect dark blue mane and tail hair with dimonds for cutie marks said. She's all over me! i thought miserably.

"Hi. Do you have a mirror?" I asked in a flat tone.

"Why, of course darling!" the pony nodded happily. She put a large mirror in front of me with magic from her horn.

"Are you a unicorn!?" I blubbered. The pony nodded with a giggle.

"Well, it's quite obvious dear. Also, your friend is one too."

"Yea it's just that yours looks so beautiful with those magical sparks and all . . ." I said. The unicorn blushed.

Yuck!!!!!!! Gotta suck it up. This could result in free clothes and such. I looked into the mirror and gasped when I saw my reflection. I was black with bat wings and a long, cat- like tail and pointy cat ears. I had blue eyes with cat- like pupils and red mane hair that fell on my shoulder in light curls. I was beautiful in a weird pony\ Alitis Cat Daemon way. I felt like smiling.

"I'm gorgeous!" I exclaimed. I turned to the unicorn. "Thank you  . . . um . . ."

"Oh!" the unicorn snapped out of her trance. "You may call me Rarity or miss Rarity if you prefer."

"Okay, Rarity. I'll be coming back soon for the cutest outfits. Later."

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UNKNOWN POV

"See, that's her! She'll be mine and you'll get to overthrow those princesses of yours. Is it a deal?" I asked the large mare in front of me. The mare narrowed her eyes at me.

"How do I know if this is a trick? I cant just trust you like that." The mares voice sounded odd.

"Bi- er I mean miss- why don't you trust me? My world is coming to an end so it's not like i'll drag you with me to paradise or whatever." I said in a low voice. The large mare stared at me with those odd cat eyes that matched mine.

"What's to stop me from overthrowing Celestia now? Why do I need your help?"

"I'll warn the princess of your arrival then."

"You'd try to defy me!? I am royalty! I cannot be threatened by a strange pony!"

"I wont if you go with the plan, man. Geez." I rolled my eyes.

"Very well. It is my sole decision that I agree to your arrangements."

"That's what you think . . ." I chuckled. "I don't know when I said you had a choice but to comply."

"Hmm?" the mare looked at me questionably. I forced a warm smile.

"Nothing miss." This was a piece of cake! Everything's coming together as planned.

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RUBY'S POV

I scanned the quiet town for somewhere to eat. A building that looked bright and foodish caught my eye.

"Hey, Vinyl, lets go in there." I said, pointing a hoof. Braeburn and Vinyl looked at the building.

"Nah. You'll see some sweets later if you stay long enough." the DJ chuckled. Huh???

"Yea! Lets go to Sweet Apple Acres! I bet Big Mac and Applejack's evening pies are ready!" Braeburn hollered excitedly.

"No." I growled. "I need to know where I get get a map of this town. Then, we'll get sweets." The mare and the stallion looked at each other knowingly and grinned at me.

"Follow me!" Braeburn chirped. He galloped away with Vinyl and (unfortunately) I. We stopped in front of a huge tree with a door and windows on it. What the fuck?

"Why are we here? I asked for a FUCKING map!!!!!!!" I nearly screamed at Braeburn. His smile faltered a bit but it was still prominent. My temper was rising now. Why I auta-

"Um . . . can I help you guys?" a young, male voice reached my ears. I turned around to see a short little purple dragon.

"A dragon . . . huh." I mumbled, cocking my head. Vinyl Scratch smiled and made a dismissive motion.

"She's new in town. She needs a map." the dragon looked confused at her statement.

"A map? Hasn't Pinkie gotten to her yet?" he asked. I raised a brow.

"Who?" the dragon smiled broadly and ushered us in.

"You'll see!" he chuckled. "Twilight! Got some visitors for ya!" A purple unicorn with blue bangs and a six pointed star cutie mark (that was what Vinyl called them right?) came down some stairs.

"Oh, hello. Who are you?" she looked me up and down.

"So, your Twilight? Are you an exotic pet owner or something?" I asked, ignoring her question.

"What? No. Well . . . I guess since I have a pet owl and Spike has a pet phoenix . . . then yes. Oh, and I am Twilight Sparkle by the way. My . . . your ears are different and OH that tail!" Did she realize she answered my questions out of order?

"Who's Spike? I was talking about your dragon too, Twilight."

"The dragon is Spike. he's my assistant in running the library!" Twilight beamed. "What did you come here for again . . ."

"She's Ruby!" Braeburn giggled. I have never heard a guy giggle before.

"She's here for a map." Vinyl added coolly. Twilight went to a shelf of books. Boy does she have alot.

"Here! Also, since your staying a while, go to Sweet Apple Acres later. You'll meet all my friends and we'll see each other again!" the purple mare handed me a map and led us to the door.

"Wait, but who's Pinkie?" I blurted out. Twilight gave me a I- know- something- you- don't look.

" Oh, you'll find out soon enough." she said mischievously with a coy smile.

I walked away from the library with a grumpy wave to Spike and Twilight. Who the hell was Pinkie? Why wouldn't anybody tell me instead of acting all mysterious and crap?

"Don't worry Ruby. You'll find out soon. You heard Sparkle." Vinyl reassured me, noticing my mood.

"Ha! You'll be surprised out of your socks! You just wait!" Braeburn added.

"Great . . . just great." I frowned more. There is one thing that I hate more that Jason.

Than my old best friend.

Than the war in my world.

And even more than not getting my daily dose of sweets

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