The Man Inside the Colt

Chapter 7: Getting A little Wet Part 2

I looked over the check list, ”Let’s see… back pack. Check. Food. Check. Teacher having a bad case of heat so class is cancelled until next week. Check. A wonderful sunny day. Check.”

Standing outside of the house, I smiled at how wonderful the weather was.

“Bye mom!” I yelled, turning to the entrance of the home, “I’ll be back this afternoon!”

With that said I headed for the park where I planned to meet up with the dragon boy. With those horrible dreams passed, I don't think anything could ruin my day.

“You got to be fucking kidding me!” I said, as I stopped a good distance from where I was to meet Spike. “What the fuck is she doing here… actually what are they doing here?”

I spied a group of mares surrounding Spike, and purple menace was in the middle glaring at me from the distance. I kept my face neutral and concentrated on Spike. It was better to not judge too much into things, it would just cloud up my mind if I did.

“Hey Spike!” I greeted, turning to each mare I nodded as I said their names, “Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow, Pinkie, Twilight and… I’m sorry but I don’t think we’ve ever met.”

I looked at a light pink maned pegasus, hiding behind the group. Her yellow wings fluttering just slightly, when I directed my attention towards her.

“So ah… what’s going on?” I asked since no one, said anything. Honestly I was hoping for Spike to step up and say something, but he just looked down avoiding all eye contact. Instead it was purple face that stepped forward with a scroll in her hand.

Just what is this?” Twilight thrusted the scroll into my face.

Raising an eyebrow, “Well… it’s a piece of paper rolled up and…”

“Not that!” She cut in, turning the scroll so I could see the golden seal with my name .

Taking the scroll from her, I observed the seal starting to glow then fade. It broke and the ribbon holding it all together fell to the floor.

I carefully opened the document, careful as to keep anyone of them from reading it.

To my faithful student Button Mash,

I hope the books have been helpful in your goal towards restoring the use of magic for the Earth Pony tribe and hopefully the Pegasi as well. I am awaiting for your report on the subject.

Right now however, there are more pressing matters to address.

Luna, my dear sister, has just informed me why she acted the way she did during her court.

I know young colts, such as yourself have… urges and that my sister has blindly entered your dream without knowing such things. I would have asked you come and explain yourself, but my sister has told me of your predicament and I must say, it must have been such traumatizing thing to have almost died.

Though I would advise not repeating such actions, especially to a Princess. Even if you have a couple more years till you reach adulthood, please refrain from embarrassing my sister.

Sincerly,

Celestia

I stared at the letter, and at the scowling face of the unicorn in front of me. Folding the scroll, I stuffed it into my pocket.

Taking off my pack I retrieved a pencil and a notebook. Keeping it so that I could write and keep the mares from seeing it.

Dear Princess Celestia,

I have no idea what you're talking about. I mean your sister entering my dreams! I didn’t even know that was possible. I mean if you could, it would be extremely creepy, not to mention an invasion of privacy.

Personally, if your sister can enter dreams, I think she has seen plenty of sick twisted, but really kinky shi… stuff. Anyways, if what you wrote is true, then I am not sorry about it. Well to you anyways.

Luna was amazing last night, and she was able to give me a fantasy worth reliving. If she wants an apology, I will get on my knees and beg for her forgiveness.

If not, she knows where to find me.

On another note.

Your student? I haven’t once agreed to do such a thing. Bad enough my mom wants to hitch me up to a bunch of mares now, the last thing I need is for more drama in my life.

Not that I don’t mind you providing me with all the books on magic, but I must revoke your title as student.

Since you actually have to be my teacher for me to be called that, and seeing that I don’t have set schedule where we meet up each week for some lesson plan or something. You cannot simply call me your student.

Maybe researcher, but student. Never.

Sincerly,

Button Mash

P.S. After you read this can you send another letter to Twilight? She’s staring at me with the intent to do bodily harm, and I have plans to pal around with Spike. Seriously please cause it looks like she would do something rash in the next five minutes or so.

P.P.S. Thanks for the books. They have been really helpful and I hope to break ground in a month or so. But seriously, send a letter to Twilight or something. She is really scary right now!!!

“Aaand. there.” I said, aloud, folding the letter I walked past the silently fuming unicorn to the dragon. “Send this off will you.”

I held the letter in front of the hesitant dragon , he looked around at the silently judging group. Their eyes however were focused on the folded piece of paper n my hand.

“Spike,” I said, this grabbed the dragon’s attention, I looked into his eyes. “The sooner you send this… the sooner we can go.” I smiled to reassure the kid. “Trust me.”

Spike nodded, wrapping his hand around the crudely made letter. He took a deep breath.

“Spike what are you doing!” Twilight yelled walking up to the dragon, her hands outstretched trying to intercept the letter.

Though it was too late as Spike spewed emerald flames unto the piece of paper. I followed the wisp of green smoke as it flew towards the castle.

“You know...” I said, in the silence that followed. “If I didn’t know that would happen… I would probably be mad right now.”

Turning towards the purpled scaled reptile, I asked. “So… what do you want to do while we wait?”

“Wait?” A raspy voice spoke up from the group of mares, I turned my attention towards the rainbow maned mare, “Wait for what?”

“For the Princess’ letter of course,” I answered, turning my attention back to Spike, “So what do you want to do?” He looked around at the group of mares staring at him and thus he remained silently looking at the ground. I sighed, taking my pack off I retrieved a container, “How about we snack on some cookies?”

"You have cookies!” Pinkie screamed, hopping in front of me. She stared at the plastic container as I slowly opened it.

“Yeah… just help yourself to some.” I barely finished as the mare’s pink hand went into the container, with a handful of cookies leaving its confines. Looking inside the vessel, half of its contents was missing. Turning my gaze towards the pink Cookie Monster, I witnessed her shoving the handful of sweets into her pink jaws.

“Wow,” I said, staring and hearing the crunching of each morsel, “that was nearly half of the cookies I brought with me… how did you even fit that in your mouth?”

My question was left unanswered, since everyone now stared at the pink mare. Her eyes grew wide and drool began to escape her lips. She swallowed and I watched her bulge as the cookies headed down to her stomach.

She turned her gaze towards, me mouthing the word ‘More’. With that I felt a wall of pink slam into me, and I was now staring at the blue sky.

From my new perspective on the ground, I watched as the mare held my container half-full of cookies. Each and every morsel entering her pink maw.

With the last piece in her stomach she looked down at me with a crazed look. Bending down, she whispered into my ear, “I want more.”

“I-I don’t have any more!” I said, shivering from her sudden fascination with my face.

“You lie,” She whispered, she sniffed my face, “you have crumbs all over.”

“I… What?”

I closed my eyes not from fear of bodily harm, but how I wished it was the case. For the first few seconds, I watched as her tongue began licking whatever she believed landed on my face.

I don’t even know if anyone even tried to help me, but if I was them, I’d stand there and gawk at what was happening.

A loud boom echoed through the field.

I tried to open my eyes, but I only saw pink and felt the warm liquid that fallowed.

Princess Celestia!” I heard the shrill voices of mares.

“Hello my little po…nies...” I heard the Princess greeted the mares.

“Hey can someone hel…” I was cut off, something sweet and warm entering my mouth. Opening my eyes I saw Pinkie had entered my mouth, her tongue explored the contours of my mouth.

Somehow I didn’t fight it, she tasted like sweet vanilla mixed with dark chocolate. It was strange, yet savory, and instinctively I joined in.

Wrapping an arm around the mare we stayed there, me enjoying that sweet saliva of hers. Pinkie however, was a mystery to me. She could easily break free of my hold, but yet we stayed like that for sometime.

“Ahem… am I interrupting something?”

We turned our attention towards the white Alicorn, and when realization struck us Pinkie broke my ride through flavor town. She pushed off my chest sitting upright with that big smile of hers.

“Princess Celestia!” She gasped, her hands squeezing my chest, “When did you get here?”

“A few minutes ago.” Celestia giggled, eyeing the mare and then turning her attention towards me. “If you don’t mind miss Pie… I have some business with that colt you're sitting on.”

“No problem at all Princess!” Pinkie said, hopping off my chest and acting like nothing had happened. She rejoined her friends, all of which stared at the pink mare with wide eyes and slacked jaws.

I turned my attention towards the Princess. “Just so you know… I do mind.”

Celestia smiled, and I felt my body grow weightless. I floated into the air, with the golden aura surrounding my body. I turned in the air until I was standing upright again, and then it ended.

“Does our meetings always have to involve me getting ma… marehandled with magic?” I asked, dusting off grass and dirt.

“No… but it does seem as such.” Celestia walked up to me, helping with the dirt removal.

“So why are you here anyways?” I asked, staring into her single uncovered magenta eye. That mane of hers always covered just one eye. ‘I wonder what’s behind that mane of hers’

“Oh… why this of course,” Her smile faded, turning to a frown. “I don’t understand why you refused to become my student.”

As she uttered those words a loud gasped echoed around us.

I ignored it, turning to the letter then the Princess, “I thought I clearly stated it in the letter.”

Celestia sighed, opening it to read the contents again. She returned her gaze towards me, “I see what you mean… so I have a proposition.”

“And that is?” I asked, raising an eyebrow.

“That I offer you a room at the Castle so…” She began, as her frown turned to a smile.

“Nooope.” I cut in, as a gasp sounded around us again. “Thanks but no thanks Princess. I’m happy living here in this small town. Sure we barely have anything to do and all the ponies get up in your business, but it’s the friendly kind of thing. Not the ‘I’ll use your weakness to take advantage of you’ type of thing. So please whatever it is you are planning to do… I ain’t going!”

I crossed my arms, my chest heaved from my sudden outburst. It was dead silent around us, and everypony’s, plus dragon, eyes were on me. Then I just realized what I just said, who I said it to.

'Well I'm fucked... stupid school-girl rape fetish Sparkle ruining guy time.' I stared into the alicorn's magenta eye, "Look... I'm sorry for my little outburst... but it's just that I'm having a hard time with this." I pointed at the group of wide eyed, slack jawed mares and dragon, "So if you don't mind... I'm going to have some fun while I still have daylight left." Turning to Spike, "Sorry for dragging you into this." Facing the Alicorn again, "I'll have a report sent in the next couple of weeks... again sorry."

With that said, I walked away from the group. I didn't want to deal with this shit right now, my mind has been clustered with information on magic that I really need this break to unwind.

'I really wished these ponies would mind their own business... you wouldn't harass the messenger for someone's mail just cause it wasn't yours.' I stared up to the heavens, clouds lazily floated through the sky, "Really glad I'm not Spike right now." I grinned and tried to keep the laughter from spilling at the bullet I just dodged, "Can't believe they fell for that... haha... I am such an asshole."

I started to hum an old song I used to play when I was in a happy mood, "Blood... Blood... Your forgotten cause you died... death is laughing from your downfall... nah naaah naaaaa.... you’re dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. Hmm hah ahhhh... your ending is forgooootteen.... Oh this place looks nice."

I made my way towards a creek bed, with a dead tree next to it. The creek was dry and the tree was black and long dead. I walked around the tree checking for tracks, just incase any snakes would pop out of the many burrows surrounding the dead oak.

"Might be a possum... or a coon." I said aloud, observing the various tracks going back and forth from the tree. "These look fresh... I probably have some time before they get back."

I looked over the fresh set, or what looked like the newest set of tracks. I couldn't tell how long they were set, but they looked recent. I maybe have a the couple hours to set up for lunch before they came back.

Moving a few feet from the tree, I sat under the shade the dead tree made. I could have chosen a spot with a much shader tree, but the sandy creek bed made such a wonderful spot.

Throwing a blanket on the ground, I began unpacking the magic burner I built and the various ingredients.

Funny thing about magic devices, you can find a bunch of useful parts in the junkyard and rig a working magic appliance together. Strange how easy it was to bring all this together. Just needed a crystal, magic coil, and parts from an old stove. For such a conservative town they throw out a lot of useful parts.

Placing a pan on the top, I flipped the switch and set the knob to high. Still can't believe Tesla's energy thing actually worked here. That dam really produced a lot of electricity, sending it as far as Appleloosa.

"So happy I prepped the noodles before," I smiled, adding the veggies and spices. When I was waiting for those books to arrive I thought I'd try my hand at making noodles. First attempt was terrible, with the fifth ending the same way, but when you have time on your hands and a craving for a certain eastern recipe. You make noodles... still need to make a pasta roller. Hand cutting these things is just too time consuming.

Adding the yellow strands into the pot, I exclaimed. "This is gonna be good."

"I hope so... it smells delicious." I froze as I heard the voice behind me, turning slightly there in all her splendor was the Princess of the sun. Sitting on my blanket, pouring herself a cup of my apple blossom tea , with lemon. She takes a sip, and smiled, "This is delicious... though I hope your food turns out the same way."

Turning my attention back to the pan, my eye twitched from the sudden interloper.

“So,” I began, I kept my focus on the pan, “why are you here again… I mean you do have a country to run.”

“I’m on break actually,” She responded, I heard the sound of her sipping away at the tea… my tea.

“Really… so you decide to spend your break with me?” I asked, as I turned the burner off. I turned with the steaming pan in hand, “Seems kind of suspicious if you ask me.”

“We’ll I didn’t.” She smiled, as I laid the food onto two plates.

“You're not getting a second helping,” I said, as I grabbed two forks from the pack and handed her one, “I only brought enough for two.”

"It’s fine.” She said, levitating the fork and plate towards her.

I just sighed and began to feast on what should have been my lunch, at best it was now a late brunch. ‘Stupid pony Princess throwing off my schedule… wait a minute that was Twilight that did that… but it was her letter… fuck it they’re both to blame.’

“Mhmm… this is delicious,” Celestia said, turning her attention towards me, “I hope it’s not much trouble to ask for the recipe.”

“Not at all Princess,” I said, as I stabbed into the noodles, “But…”

“But what?” She asked, raising an eyebrow.

“There’s a price,” I said, causing the mare to look at me wide eyed. Normally I could never tell if a person was wide eyed or not, but with these cartoony eyes, it wasn’t a hard task.

“And that is?” She twirled her hand, coaxing me to go on.

“I need information… on certain materials!” I said, with the fork I twirled the noodles unto the metal prongs. “It seems that I need to make a wa… scepter of sorts.”

“Scepter?” Celestia raised an eyebrow, “I believe it was a wand…”

“No!” I yelled, my eye twitched, “It’s a scepter and that’s final!”

“Okay,” Celestia bent down, she tried to seem nonthreatening, but all I saw was her cleavage, “Are you alright?”

I took a deep breath, it did very little for my heart felt like it slammed against my chest, “Yeah… I’ll be fine. It’s just that… I really don’t like wands.”

“And why would that be…?”

“It’s personal,” I cut her off, turning my gaze towards the food, “I really don’t want to talk about it.”

“I see… so about these materials?” She quickly changed the subject, “What do you need?”

“Not much,” I responded, taking a sip of tea, “it’s stuff that I can gather from around here… but I need info on some of them.”

“I see… um Miss Pie,” Celestia turned her head to the side, I did the same and there was the pink mare with a tupperware clutched in her hands, “What are you eating?”

“A browny,” She said, as she popped another piece into her pink maw, “Really delicious brownies… want one?”

“Don’t mind if I do,” The alicorn smiled, a piece levitated from the bowl towards the mare. She took a bite, “Mhmm… these are good… but I thought you we agreed to give me time with Button.”

“Oh we did,” Pinkie vigorously nods, “We gave you ten minutes with the colt before Twilight decided to follow.”

I blinked, staring at the pink snack thief and then the Alicorn, “I’m just going to finish my food.”

“I think that would be the best.” Celestia smiled, but I may have seen a twitch somewhere.

We both returned to our meal, quietly eating all the while the pink mare was gobbling the sweets away. I put her on my list of mares to be wary of, she stands on third, right next to Applejack and then Twilight as the leader.

Applejack is really scary, especially after seeing her kick down a tree and stop a cart that hurtled down a hill… with her body. Not someone I’d fuck with.

Consuming the last noodle, I took a sip of my tea… “I’m out of tea,” I said, as I checked the thermos, “Well… now what am I supposed to do?”

“If it’s liquid you need,” Celestia’s horn glowed a golden hue, and I flight mode once I saw it, “I can gather water…”

In mid sentence I ran for the tree, where I made a full circle behind the dead oak.
“You're not getting me!” I screamed, as I hid behind the oak. I paused once I noticed the mares behind the tree, “Quick! Hide me!”

I pushed my way into their little huddle, right behind Applejack and as a good measure behind yellow as well.

I didn’t look from my safe spot, in that yellow quivering mass. Since I wrapped my arms around her waist to use as a shield. I was pretty sure that Celestia wouldn’t use her magic on her prized student and friends… I hope.

“Button!” Celestia's motherly voice was overheard from my pounding chest, “I please come out and… Girls?”

“P-Princess!” Twilight said, and I just held onto my shield tighter, “It’s such a surprise to see you.”

Even I could feel the sigh that Celestia released, “It’s good to see you too Twilight… but right now I have a colt to deal with.”

“Like hell you do!” I yelled, from behind my soft, feathery, quivering shield, “No way I’m coming out with that horn of yours glowing.”

"Please," Celestia said, I could hear the crunching of dirt as she approached, "I promise I won't..."

"Throw me to a wall!" I yelled, and gasps rang out around me, "You have no idea how much that hurts!"

I heard her sigh, "Believe me if I had known you were only defending yourself... I wouldn't have done so."

I peaked from my hiding spot to stare at the mare and the how everyone moved out of the way. Looking at my shield, she was hiding behind her pink mane and quivering in my grip, 'Damn... I feel really bad right now.'

Letting go of my meat shield, I walked around to be in front of the virtual Goddess, "Well I do have to kinda..." I rubbed the back of my head, "I understand what you mean... I mean I did try to knock out your sister."

Again a loud gasped was heard around me, but I kept my gaze on the white Alicorn.

Celestia giggled, "Yes... I do believe choking my sister would warrant such action."

She continued to smile and giggle, I eventually joined her, "Yeah.... though to be fair... I was just going to knock her out."

Again another gasp, I ignored it as Celestia started to move and I followed. She turned slightly, "Will you girls join us... it's much easier to eavesdrop when you don't have to hide."

She continued to move towards the picnic area with me following. 'I really hope Pinkie hasn't eaten the rest of my snacks.'

As the blanket came into view, I spotted something move inside my pack. It continued to move even though we were so close to it, and somehow no one else noticed this, but that didn't matter to me right now.

Something was in my pack and eating my food, I just had to deal with these assholes ruining my day. Now something was eating... what do I have left in there? Fuck it I ain't letting this slide.

Running past the Alicorn, I dove for the pack to cut off it's escape, "Gotcha!"

Whatever was inside, started to panic and claw it's way out. I calmly moved the sack up, and whatever was inside fell to the bottom. Slowly opening the pack, "Is that a raccoon." I shook the sack a bit to keep it disoriented, "Yup... that's a raccoon."

Instead of trying to claw it's way out, the little fella crawled into a ball. It was cute to a degree, since it laid on my cupcakes.

"What am I thinking," I said aloud, staring at the little guy and the ribs that can be seen from it's coat, "you are just hungry aren't you?"

I laid the pack on the ground and the little guy ran out. I watched as it dove into the burrows of the tree. I turned to my now frosting filled pack, 'If I was my old self... I'd still be the nice guy... stupid starving animal.'

The mares were looking at me as I walked past them, towards the tree with my pack in hand. I dumped the cupcakes in the entrance, for the little fella.

Turning around, I joined the mares at the blanket. Pinkie was looking at me with wide eyes, and tears in her eyes.

Rainbow mane stepped forward, "Dude... why'd you do that?"

"It looked hungry," I said as I started to wrap up the dirty plates and burner with the blanket all except the thermos. Stuffing it all into the frosting filled sack, I turned to the Princess, "Don't know about you... but I'm going for a hike... we can talk about what I need while we walk or you can head back to your castle."

Celestia smiled, "I'm sure my aids can handle everything."

"You sure?" I asked, walking towards the woods with the mare following, "Don't you have some pressing matters to deal with or some political mumbo jumbo?"

"Not at all," She responded, slowing her pace to match mine, "when you've lived as long as I have... you tend to let everything run on it's own and delegate when necessary."

"Wow," I said, whistling at her comment, "here I thought you were an amazing godlike entity... instead you're just as lazy any other pony."

I turned and smiled at the mare, her face in shock but slowly replaced by her laughter.

"Haha... you are a very interesting colt!" she laughed, she turned to look at me, "It's so nice to have someone to actually talk to!"

She smiled and continued to walk forward, and I fell into step. I turned around for a brief moment and spot the mares frozen in place. Twilight in particular had her hair standing, with her eye twitching continuously.

I just shrugged and made my way to the woods with the Princes next to me.