The Bad Hero
Chapter 8: Meeting Twilight
Previous Chapter Next ChapterTwilight was sitting at her castle, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the strange creature that had entered their world. She had been reading about new spells to try out for well over an hour passed the time he was supposed to show up. She wondered if she might have a way to communicate with him from a distance, hence the spell book. She eventually found a spell that would allow her to communicate with others telepathically so long as she knew exactly who she wanted to talk to. After thoroughly looking the spell over she figured it was worth a shot. He horn lit up and she focused on the person she wanted to speak to, picturing him in her mind in vivid detail. Eventually she started to hear what sounded like music.
"Umm, hello?" Suddenly the music stopped playing and she got a reply.
"What the fuck? Who is this? The fuck are you doing in my head?" Tumor thought, wondering if anyone could actually hear him.
"Sorry to bother you, but is this Tumor?" She asked.
"Twilight? Don't you know how dangerous it is to be inside of the head of someone like me. You'll go in one way and come out the other as a whole new fucking person." He explained. He wondered what all she could see in there. "Hey, if you're in my head can you tell me what you find? A lot of the shit in there is a complete mess. And if you see doctor fishy, kill him. I don't care if you have to stick a harpoon in his ass, just end him."
She remained silent for a moment, slightly confused. I'm not actually in your head, I'm just using a telepathy spell so I can speak to you"
"Dammit! What do you want?" He asked.
"I was just wondering when you were going to be down here."
"In a bit, I'm buying cloths."
"That's fine, just get down here as soon as you can please."
"I can't find them."
"What? What do you mean you can't find them?"
"I can't find them, there's only soup." He explained with slightly irritation.
"What do you mean there's only soup?"
"It means there's only soup, bitch!"
The insult irked Twilight, causing her to raise her voice. "Well then get out of the soup isle!"
"Don't you fucking shout at me!" He went quiet as he walked to the next isle. "There's more soup."
"What do you mean there's more soup?"
"I mean there's just more soup, dumb-ass!" He yelled.
Twilight took a breath to calm down. "Go into the next isle." She said calmly.
"There's still soup."
"Where are you right now?" She asked, getting annoyed with the conversation.
"I'm at s00p."
"What do you mean you're at s00p!?"
"I mean I'm at s00p!"
"What store are you at!?"
"I'm at the soup store!"
"Why are you buying clothes at the soup store!?"
"FUCK YOU!!!"
Twilight cut off the telepathy spell and buried her face in her hooves. "Oh my CELESTIA!" She shouted, leaning back and falling onto the floor. She was too mad right now to care about any pain that came with it. Suddenly she heard an explosion, causing her to jump back up. She ran to the door and opened it to find out what had happened. In the distance she could see a new building outside of ponyville that had just been demolished. There was no fire, no flames, just a massive crater in the center of the building. She noticed a large sign falling to the ground, landing just in front of her castle. She walked over and read it aloud. "The S00p Store..."
Twilight sat on a chair just opposite of Tumor, staring him down angrily. "You know, you're lucky that no pony got hurt in that."
"And you're lucky you didn't piss me off enough for that to be a lot more deadly. Maybe next time you should take into mind my explosive temper." He said, intentionally trying to make her feel like an ass.
"Well maybe you shouldn't have an explosive temper."
"Well maybe you should stop being a bitch!" He shouted, standing up aggressively as his body started to glow a bright red.
She flinched and held up her hooves. "Okay, okay, calm down. I'm sorry." She said, despite knowing that she was in the right.
Tumor took a breath and sat back down, the glow slowly retreating back into his body. "Why am I here again?"
"Because, I'm curious about you and your world. I want to know what it's like and since you got here if it would be possible for others to show up." She explained.
Tumor's eyes widened. He hadn't thought about if others could end up here like he did. "Girl, if other conduits can get here, then you can kiss this fucking world goodbye."
She stared at him with worry washing over her features. "Why?"
They sat there for hours upon hours as he explained to her what his world was like and how the people in it behaved in excruciating detail. He told her about the explosion, the plague, the beast, MacGrath, the war, and lastly about his own death. She didn't say a word, just sat there listening intently. It was as if she was trying to memorize every word that came out of his mouth. "That's about all I can tell you."
"...wow..." She couldn't say much else. She was at a loss for words.
"I know, right? It's pretty crazy." He could practically see the gears in her head turning and the light bulb popping over head.
"I just thought of something!" She jumped out of her seat and moved so she was standing right in front of Tumor. "You said you're an energy conduit, so you absorb any and all types of energy whether you're being attacked or doing something as simple as walking. That's why I've sensed so much magic inside of you. You're body is recognizing it as an energy and it's soaking it all up into you."
"Wait, hold on. You're saying that there's magic inside of me and that you can feel it?" He asked.
She nodded. "Yes, which was why I wanted to talk to you. I could sense a great deal of magic within your body and now I know why." She said with a smile, but her smile quickly. "But, you also have something else in you, something powerful. It feels strange, like it's polluted or something."
"That could be the ray field energy, the stuff that makes conduits. Maybe I got what I needed to activate my powers and absorbed whats left." He said that as a joke to scare her, but was sadly mistaken.
"That's it!" Tumor raised his brow at her as she spoke. "You have that inside of you and if you unleash it you could create more like you." She seemed pretty proud of herself. "We should try it some time."
"Fuck no!" Her happy expression immediately dropped. "Didn't you hear a word I fucking said? Only certain people can become conduits, they have to have a specific genetic mutation. Anyone else will die. Not only that, but it will start the plague all over again. People, ponies, everything! They will all get sick and die you fucking moron!"
"Oh...right." She said as tears started filling her eyes. "I'm sorry, I didn't think about that."
"Well next time pay more attention to detail before you get everyone here fucking killed." He just watched as she sunk to the floor. He stood up and walked for the door, but stopped as he grabbed the handle. "It's not your fault. You didn't know. Don't jump into things you don't understand, Twilight. Sometimes it's not as great as you might think. Everything we do, regardless of your intentions, it comes with consequences." With that he left.
Carrot Top and Derpy were at the house reading. It was starting to get late and they wanted to wait for Tumor to get home before going to bed. They knew very well that he could take care of himself, but that didn't stop them from worrying. Their heads turned to face the door when they heard the sound of his footsteps, the new boots he got from Rarity tend to make some noise whenever he moves around. They got up to greet him as he opened the door and locked it behind him.
"What took you so long?" Carrot Top asked.
"Yeah, you've been gone all day." Derpy followed up.
"Well I went to the store, got a telepathic message from Twilight, we got into an argument, I got mad and somehow my anger made me explode. I mean that literally to, the soup store is gone." He said the last part quickly before continuing. "Anyway, I went over to the castle, got nagged at by Twilight, I told her everything she wanted to know, she came up with the stupidest idea of the fucking century, I yelled at her, then left." He took a deep breath and sighed before flashing a bright smile. "I made a princess cry today and survived, my life is officially perfect." He walked over to the couch and took a seat, pulling out his flask to take a quick drink before leaning back and relaxing.
The two mares stared at him in surprise. "You made Princess Twilight cry?" Derpy asked.
Tumor let out a soft belch. "Yep."
"Why?" Carrot Top asked.
"She wanted me to use the ray field energy in my body to see if we could make conduits here, that's fucking why." He explained.
"What's wrong with that?"
"Are you all fucking mental? If I do that than it will kill anyone who doesn't have the conduit gene and start a god damn plague. Anything and everything will fucking die!" He couldn't believe he had to explain this again. In his world it was common knowledge, but then again this wasn't his world. That didn't make it any less aggravating though. "Look, I'm not in the mood for this. If you need me I'll be in the basement." He got off of the couch and walked to the basement door. As he entered he closed the door behind him and descended into the darkness.
Carrot Top looked at Derpy. "Why has he been so stressed out lately? I mean, I'm used to him being an ass all the time, that's the norm for him. But lately he seems so much more irritable."
Derpy shrugged. "Maybe he's just getting tired of everpony asking about what his home was like. It seems like everywhere we go he has to tell over a dozen ponies. You've heard the stories he's told, that's not something I wouldn't want to tell everypony."
"You're probably right. They're forcing him to relive those memories every time they ask. That's not something I would want either. I'd probably spend every night trying to forget."
They were both starting to feel sorry for him, they wanted to comfort him. However, they knew better than to go near him when he was upset. That's kind of why they blew off the whole Exploding Soup Store thing. It was already late and they decided to call it a night, walking to their individual rooms to get some rest.
Tumor sat silently in the basement. He made one of his hands glow with his red energy, just eyeing it as he felt his powers flowing through his body. He thought about what Twilight had said earlier about making more conduits. He didn't want that. He didn't want to repeat the history of his world here. Most of all though, he didn't want anymore power hungry assholes trying to make him into their slave.
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I'm at s00p- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVDRnDyZWDo
I couldn't help myself, it was too great and I thought it would be funny to add it to my story.