Chapter XV: Some Kind of Joke

"Ok… So you like Rarity and Rarity likes Trenderhoof but Trenderhoof likes Applejack?"

"Uh-huh…"

"Jesus Christ… It's one of them complicated things about love again. But does Applejack likes Trenderhoof back?"

"No."

"Wow… This is more harder than I thought. Look, I'm not that much of a love doctor but let's continue this tomorrow, I'm exhausted as hell. Is that alright for you?"

"Hmmm… Well okay, I suppose we can take a rest and continue this tomorrow."

"That's the spirit! Go get some sleep now."

Spike nodded as he went to sleep on the couch with Rarity, squeezing himself to her arms to keep him warm.

I'm kinda worried about him, and about the vision that I had. Or was it? I wasn't sure about it, but it seemed so vivid, like I was really there watching him bleed to death. I tried to not think about it, it was creepy enough to scare the living daylights out of me though. Let alone the things that are going to happen in the future…

I stretched my arms and went back to my position when I sleep. The floor is hard, but comfy though.

I closed my eyes and I was fast asleep…

Night Forge Library,

After when Ryan disappeared and teleported back to Pony Ville,

"GAH! Why must you ruin everything for me?! It was going so well and yet you interrupt me… " Dark shouted in anger and irritation. Green stepped forward and tried to reason with Dark,

"Dark, you have to understand that you can't rut him forever! He has to be free once in a while and he has friends to see too!"

Dark glared at his father with threatening eyes, "I don't care about his life! I want him to be mine forever! TO BE MY LOVER FOR ETERNITY!"

Green stepped back in fear. She wasn't being reasonable. The feeling of ceasing her daughter's evil ways was strong; it has to stop, right here, right now. "But how?" He asked himself. It's impossible to fight her though, she was stronger than him. Will he tell her about Ryan's secret? No, it would be too risky and it would put Ryan in danger.

"Dark, just calm down, we have to end this!"

"NO! I WILL NOT STOP FINDING HIM! WHY MUST YOU STOP ME?!" Incomprehensible…

"Because he already—" Green's sentence was cut when two Nightcolt guards interrupted their fight. Green sighed in relief, he almost said it, and he almost said the secret which is now safe for now…

"Are you Dark Fusion?" One of the Nightcolts asked. Green had this uneasy feeling that something really bad is going to happen OR WORSE…

"Yes, yes I am. What do you want from me?" She replied,

"Given the authority, we chose you as The Princess of the Nightmare Unicorns. This crown is yours." He levitated the crown and placed it on her hoof. This sudden decision shocked all of the ponies in the library; Green, frozen in shock, tried to think about what Outer-Equestria will be with Dark as their princess.

"I… am chosen as the Princess of the Nightmares and the colts?"

"After former Princess Cold Dusk was transformed into a Sprawl and now wanders around Outer-Equestria to hunt for victims. Every year, we had a contest on which Nightmare is the strongest unicorn here in Outer-Equestria. The results, however, showed that there is no strong unicorn here except you, so we have come to give this crown to you." They explained,

Dark tried to think about all of this for a minute. She grew an evil smirk, "I'll do it. I'll become your princess…" She let out an evil laugh after her sentence, and placed the crown on top of her head. Suddenly, a black aura began to engulf her, when suddenly, a white light surrounded her. The light was gone and as the ponies in the room looked at Dark, she has now grown wings and now became an alicorn. She is as tall and slender as Celestia, horn grew longer and her appearance changed etc.

Green never saw this coming. His daughter has now become a princess of Outer-Equestria! He is proud but scared of her the same time.

Green had this bad feeling, A REALLY BAD FEELING that something really bad is going to happen. And he didn't like it…

Dark turned around to face her family, "Aren't you going to kneel to your highness?" He had not misheard, he felt defeated, so he doesn't have a choice. Every pony in the room kneeled to her.

"Hihihihi… Now that I am a Princess, I can finally see my lover and rut for eternity! How wonderful!" She giggled. Green's heart skipped a beat; he should've seen this sooner. And now, Ryan is in great danger. If Dark knows that Ryan is in love with another pony, she'll go insanely mad! The situation was getting tense enough, so he tried to think of a plan to get Dark away from Ryan as soon as possible.

"May we introduce ourselves Princess? My name is Wind Crush, and this is Thornfall. But you may call us Wind and Thorn."

"Great! You two will be my body guards!"

"Princess, a while ago, you mentioned a lover? Who is he?"

"The strange creature that came into town, that's him. His name is Ryan Wilson."

"That creature?! The one who—"

"Enough chit-chat! Let's go outside now." She said in mixture of pride and excitement. Green sighed in relief,

"Father, what will Dark do next?" Red asked him. The feeling of apprehension washed over Green…

"I don't know, dear. Let's just hope that Dark doesn't get evil enough or corrupt with power… We have to go home now, it's getting late." He said to her daughter. Red nodded, and then they hurriedly went outside to get back home.

Green hoped that Ryan will be fine, but a part of him tells him that he should help him right away. Somehow…

Back at Sugar Cube Corner, 9:00 AM in the Morning…

I woke up with another headache, but this time it's worse than last night. Damn these parties, it hurts my brain so bad that I can't even think straight!

"Ughh… My head hurts so badly." I whispered to myself but as I opened my eyes, I saw Pinkie licking whip from my bare chest down to my stomach. Shocked, I pushed her away and stood up.

"OH JESUS! What the hell Pinkie! What in the name of the Lord are you doing?!" I chided her. Last night, I saw an alicorn Dark Fusion in the bathroom and next thing in the morning a pink pony licking whip cream off my chest?! AW ARE YOU SHITTING ME?!

"I'm eating breakfast, silly! What do you think I'm doing?" she replies,

Lost in sense of hope, I claimed to her "Pinkie… Look, you like me that much, do you?" I asked her and she nodded yes.

I face-palmed, "I'm sorry but I'm committed to Fluttershy. I'm bound by faithfulness and I can't make love with another pony unless we don't love each other anymore, that's the kind of man I am. I'm sorry, you understand right?" I said to her. She didn't respond, instead she kept staring at me.

"Uhhhhh… Pinkie, are you alright?" I shook her but she didn't respond. Suddenly, she walked out of the door.

"I'llgoaskherrightaway!" Her words were so fast I couldn't even understand her. Confused, I walked up to the couch where Twilight, Rarity and Spike are sleeping and sat down in between them. Using my telekinetic abilities, I caught my polo and wore it then grabbed a glass of water and drank it; thinking about the extraordinary things that happened last night, the creepy alicorn and the vision… Am I on meth? No, drugs don't exist in this world.

My reflection was cut short when Twilight woke up, mane and tail messed up, and nonetheless she looked cute.

"Good morning, Sleeping Beauty. Did you sleep well?" I asked gently. She slowly opened her eyes and gave me an exhausted smile. I smiled at her back,

"Ryan, *yawn* you're up early." Her voice was weak from the partying but it was clear.

"Come on; let's go hang out with Fluttershy and the others."

"Ok, let me just brush my mane for a second." She then jumped out of the couch and went to the bathroom. Looking at my right were Rarity and Spike cuddling. I mean COME ON! Wouldn't they make a great couple? The feelings of fear and happiness mixed in my belly, it was unnerving.

Realizing that my wondering was getting ridiculous, I woke up Spike from his slumber.

"Yo, Spike. Wake up dude, time to go."

"Hey, man. Good morning. *yawn*." He greeted me as he stretched his limbs and yawned.

"Wow… I'm getting hungry. I'm going to eat some delicious gems."

"Gems?"

"Yeah."

"Strange, the dragons I knew only eat meat."

"Well, I'm not one of them."

"I suppose so. I never knew or even seen that a dragon would eat gems. Let alone those kinds. Like the ocean and its sea creatures, different yet similar to each other."

"That's deep, man."

"Nahhhh… Yeah, well… Yeah, sometimes I go into deep thinking and say non-sense deep things like that."

"Weird…"

"It can't be that weird."

"Hmmm… Nope, totally weird."

"Hey, I have something to tell you."

"What?"

"Last night, I saw an alicorn on the bathroom mirror."

"Whaaat? No way, the only alicorns I know are Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and Twilight."

"Yeah, I know. But this alicorn is strange; she looked at me like she was going to rape me!'

"Wait… Are you sure that this alicorn isn't the pony that's been after you, Dark is it?"

"Dark? Hell no, that would be impossible as shit!"

"Ummm… Ryan, are you sure you're not hallucinating?"

"I AM NOT! I was pretty sure that I saw an alicorn on the bathroom mirror."

"Ooookay… I believe you."

"You don't"

"What do you mean I don't, of course I believe you!"

"My ring can be a lie detector, y'know."

"Oh…"

Spike and I had a long conversation while waiting for Twilight to come out the bathroom. While talking, Ray walked in.

"Yo! Wassup, brotha?!" Ray greeted me. I waved at him back,

Curious, I asked him "Where have you been, dude?"

"Oh, I just went for a quick jog with Dash outside."

"Oh…"

"Well, if you need anything, I'll be just in the kitchen eating with Dash. Gotta get some of those delicious cupcakes Pinkie baked. See ya' dude!"

Ray walked to the kitchen with Dash staring at him dreamily, like a fan girl living the dream with her favorite celebrity. Kinda weird though…

Twilight walked out of the bathroom looking quite fixed, "Let's go?" she asked. I nodded to her, when suddenly a black butterfly landed on my nose.

"Oh hey look, a butterfly." I announced,

"Wow, it looks beautiful!" Spike praised the butterfly,

"Heh, it kinda likes me. You think that I should keep it?"

"Yeah sure, why not?" Twilight said,

"I'm going to call you… Storm!"

"What a great name,Ryan!"

"Thanks!"

Suddenly, the butterfly flew around excitedly. Strange, I thought ponies only understand me… And the butterfly is weird, something about it is telling me that I should get rid of it.

"Nahhhh…." I thought.

"Hey Twilight, I gotta tell you something." I grabbed her attention.

"Last night when I was in the bathroom, I saw an alicorn on the mirror looking at me seductively. She is like as tall and slender as Celestia."

"Uhhh… Another alicorn?" She asked, I nodded yes back. And then she trotted towards me and placed a hoof on my head.

"Ryan, are you feeling okay?"

"I AM! MOTHER OF JESUS H. CHRIST! I saw an ALICORN ON THE GODDAMN BATHROOM MIRROR WHILE LOOKING AT ME LIKE SHE WANT TO FUCKING RAPE ME! OH JESUS CHRIST, YOU DONE IT THIS TIME!"

"Why? What happened?" She asked. I was hyper-ventilating…

"Anxiety… It's getting to me… Fuck… I need some fresh air… Gah!" I ran out the door as I tried to calm myself down. Heart beating fast, senses sharpening, hyper-ventilating… Shit, I never thought I would have an anxiety attack… God… SHIT!

"Motherfucker… God… Damn it…" I was still calming myself down…

"Okay, okay… I guess we can believe you. Calm down, Ryan."

"Alright, do your books have information about that other alicorn?" I asked her, still recovering from the anxiety.

"Not that I know of, but I'll try to look for it." She said to me. Finally calming down, I sat down on the couch.

"Yeah, I don't believe him." He whispered to Spike,

"Ryan has anger issues, Twilight. The least that you can do is to believe him."

"I CAN FUCKING HEAR YOU BOTH!" I shouted at them.

"How…"

"Dude, you're whispering too loud! WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I AM, SOME KIND OF DUMBASS?! SHIT HERE WE GO AGAIN!" Another anxiety attacked me as I scolded them. I grabbed a glass of water and drank it just to calm me down.

"Look, when I see it, I believe it. You understand? So I saw a fucking alicorn on the bathroom mirror."

"Okay! Okay…" Twilight spoke,

"Please… Try to *pant* *pant* understand… I have anxiety… so please don't put too much pressure on me…"

"Well, it's alright Ryan. I understand." She forgave me. Ray finished eating and walked in the living room.

"Yo, is everything alright? Ryan, you okay dude? I heard you shout a while ago."

Putting my arms on the back of my head, I relaxingly said, "I'm fine, man."

"Oh fiddlesticks! I have to get going; I gotta dash, see ya'!" I grabbed my bag and waved at them as I ran out the door.

I slowed down, walking through the streets of Pony Ville. Noticing how colorful the cottages and ponies are, how beautiful.

In all of my life, I never thought that I would end up in another universe like this. I thought that this world was only fantasy, created by adults to entertain children but by the looks of it, not only children will be attracted to it but to teenagers and grown men. That is, of course, a guess. Maybe, in my world, there is a cartoon about all of this; about the adventures of the Mane 6…

I laugh inside silently, wondering how I am going to leave and return. But I can't just leave Fluttershy! I can't just leave them… My friends…

Choices like this are pretty difficult for a teen like me. Whether to leave my friends, who are like my family or leave my real family?

Well, I'll leave that for now. I'll decide later…

Suddenly, my deep-thinking was cut when I bumped into somepony.

"Ugh… I am terribly sorry, ma'—" I opened to eyes only to see that Fluttershy was the one that I bumped into.

"Fluttershy? I am really sorry for bumping into you. Here, let me help you up."

"Oh no, it's really my fault for not looking where I'm going."

"Nahhh, I was thinking deep and I got lost in my train of thought and I didn't see where I was going."

"O-oh… Okay…"

"Hey, 'Shy… Can I visit your place?"

"S-sure! Why not!" Her voice was weak on the last part. I smiled and grabbed her hoof to help her up.

"Oh… What a beautiful butterfly you have there, Ryan!" She praised. She must've noticed Storm on my shoulder, flapping its wings gently. But when Fluttershy touched it, it used its wings to slap her hoof away.

"EY! Whoa, whoa, whoa… What the hell, Storm?! What did you do that for?" It didn't reply to me.

"Tsk… Come on Fluttershy, let's go to your cottage." I said to her as we walked towards the direction of Fluttershy's cottage.

Storm was getting too suspicious for me and I don't know why. Is this one of Dark's tricks? No, that's impossible. Dark wouldn't arrive here, and how could she?

I removed my ring… Its power is too strong for me to handle, so I kept it in my pocket and I will only use the ring for emergencies. Everything that happened to me so far was like some kind of joke… The vision, the alicorn, Storm acting suspicious and etc. It was like a prank pulled on me, which I didn't like. I hope everything goes back to the way it was…