A Few Good Mares: The legend continues.
Chapter 16: Is it me or did it get cooler?
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I woke up to a usual morning with Twilight and my cat at my side. Oddly enough Pal was sleeping in the bed, in the covers, between us. Something must have gotten to him.
"Pal? He what are you doing?" I asked moving my head up. When my blanket fell down I felt a cold breeze. "Oh shit... Twilight you feel that?"
"Hmm?" she asked waking up. "Feel what?"
"It's cold. Gaaahhhh.... Frost." I grabbed my pajama pants, bathrobe, and slippers. I walked outside to see the house was sparkly clean (no pun intended Twilight.) and Frost, wearing white and purple striped pj's, using a duster to swipe the roof. "Hey. What are you doing?"
"Repaying your hospitality. I'm cleaning your room."
"When did you wake up?"
"I didn't go to bed at all."
"Frost you really need some sleep."
"I don't need to actually. My body is never tired."
"Okay. Next question. Why is it colder?"
"I thought it was too hot for you."
"No it was just right."
"But you were both sweaty and panting last night."
"Yeah... um... that wasn't the temperature. Look just get down so we can talk."
"Okay. Catch me." she jumped from the wall and landed in my arms. "Good reflexes."
"You don't even know."
"*gasp*!"
"What now?"
"Your ears! They're gone!"
"Oh shit!" I covered my head. "Okay! I was going to show you later but now might be good."
"Why? Do you have a rare disease?"
"No." I showed her my real ears and tail. "I'm a anamorphic being."
"Wow. So your an outcast like me?"
"Yeah except I don't lower my roommates thermostat to 40 degrees!"
"I'm getting pretty hungry. Do they have fish here?"
"At lunch, yeah."
"Oh... hmm... I guess I'll go fishing!"
"No you don't!" I said stopping her from leaving. "Just come with us to the cafeteria. You have a lot of things to learn Frost."
"Yay! Learning!" she's happier than Twilight when I gave her a dictionary for her birthday. We all got dressed and went down to the cafe and grabbed some waffles.
"What are these things?" she asked taking a bite out of her waffle.
"It's a waffle, darling." said Rarity beside her. We already introduced her to the group with a musical. You know one of those things when we all dance in sequence and say 'Welcome to our family!'
"It's delicious. How does one make a waffle?" she was using her hands and not a fork. "Aw... I'm all sticky!" she had syrup all over her mouth and fingers. I had to look away as I cried laughing.
"Are you crying?" whispered Twilight.
"It's just... so sad." I had to giggle under my breath. Niko beside me had his head down in his arms as he laughed. Fluttershy had a handkerchief in her hand as she cleaned up snow.
"Can you... use a fork next time please?" asked Shy shyly.
"Sure!" she made one out of ice from thin air and tore through the waffle without making a mess. We all looked at each other awkwardly. "Did I do something wrong?' she asked.
"Do it again!" we all wanted to see this happen. A girl eat a waffle in 2 seconds. Not even Pinkie could do that.
"Dude." Niko said while pulling my head in so we could have a private chat. "Where did you find a girl this cute?"
"She's a new student! Twilight and I helped her out! She's living with us."
"I'm going to ask her out."
"Really? I thought you were gonna ask out Lilith. Now you've gone an broke her heart."
"Come on. Do you see all of those guys checking her out? She's cuter than Lilith."
"Not in my books."
"Wish me luck."
"Wish you luck."
"Don't get smart with me!"
"Duh... I'm not smart all of a sudden..."
"Asshole."
"Love you too bro. No homo."
"No homo." He let go of my head (no homo) and I went back to talking with Twilight.
"So Frost... how's it going?" he asked. Nice... real nice Niko. For a man who is stronger than anyone else here, that was weak.
"I just thought about something." said Twilight. "If they date, either Frost moves out, or Niko moves in!"
"I don't mind others as long as we still have time together." i told her as we locked eyes.
"I'll hold you to that." We went to move in for a kiss when Brandon popped up and pushed our heads together.
"BRANDON!" we both yelled while moving back. I ended up hitting Niko who had his torso half-way across the table as he was talking to Frost.
"Oh, sorry bud." I turned around and saw what I had done. I made him move up and kiss Frost. She had this massive blush on her face and didn't know what to do. When he freaked out and jumped back, Frost had her hands on her face as her blush got redder and redder. I mean at one point she was just pale white. Whiter than Twilight actually, and now she just got a kiss from a stranger. *sigh* Fuck my life...
"Dammit Dustin!" Niko yelled while grabbing me by the neck and shaking me back and forth. Frost still hadn't said anything. Guess she was embarrassed. "I ought to beat you stupid you prick!"
"Hey hey, it's not my fault man! Total accident!" Man I feel horrible. Worst than the time we all decided to work together on Fallout 3... that fucking bridge.
Not to long ago...
"Go go go!" shouted Niko as I held the controller. I was hiding behind a deserted car on a bridge.
"No man! Bridges are fucking evil!"
"Just do it! Just do it you wimp!" said Nathan on the couch.
"Don't take any chances." said Kelly beside him.
"I am not a wimp! Watch and learn bitches!" I yelled as I ran around the car. It was all quiet. "Okay... guess I'm lucky." I had the ghoul and super mutant partners whose names I can't nor don't want to remember. I put away my hunting rifle, I shit you not, as soon as I did some assholes opened fire on me. I turned around and got behind the car as I watched the ghoul guy get his head blown up. "And they got a sniper rifle."
"Shoot him!"
"With what?"
"I don't know!"
"You're useless Brandon!"
"Watch me puny human!" yelled the large yellow guy.
"No! Muscles don't go out there! I need you alive!" I yelled at the TV. He ran around the car and fell through a hole in the bridge falling to his death. "MOTHERFUCKER!"
"You ain't getting out of here alive." said one of the raiders as he walked towards me with a baseball bat.
"Oh you had better fuck off!" said Nathan throwing popcorn at the TV. I looked at it and ate it off the floor. "Dude! Did you just eat that?"
"5 second rule?" asked Niko.
"No, more like a 5 minute rule. A few germs never hurt anybody."
"Actually countless people have died that way." said Kelly. We all looked at him with confusion. I ignored him and watched at the game was about to fuck me over. Then a giant deathclaw ran over and cut the raider into pieces.
"Oh thank god! He's here to save me!" I said happily. He ran down the bridge and continued killing all the raiders until it was just me and him. He turned and started running towards me. "Dammit!" he fell through the same hole as the super mutant. "How convenient..." I ran down the bridge to see half of it was gone. "What the fuck?! How did the deathclaw get up here?"
"It spawned." said Nathan. "But that's not a good thing."
"I know it's not!"
"What level are you?"
"Like 20 something. I don't care. Look I can jump off the bridge and land in the lake below."
"DUSTIN NO!" they all yelled while standing as I landed in the water. It took 3 seconds for me to scream as I was chased out by mirelurks.
"AAAHHH! Crab people!" I drew my brass knuckles and started punching them in the face.
"Use a knife or shiskebob!" yelled Brandon. "Don't punch it!"
"I leveled up the unarmed attacks not the melee ones!"
"Why would you do that?"
"So I could save inventory space!" I killed all of the crab people. "Was that bad?" I walked around the hill and was attacked by an albino radscorpion. "Oh shit fuck!" I punched it and it stood there. It was giving me one of those telepathic messages like 'For shame...' then it stabbed me once and I died. "Gaaaahhh! Fuck this game!" I got up and went to the kitchen.
Back to current times...
"Dustin? Hey Dustin!" he said shaking me still. "Did I shake you too hard? You alright man?"
"Huh?" I shook my head and looked around. "Sorry I spaced out. What happened?"
"You spaced out for ten minutes dude."
"Sorry."
"Whatever, you helped me win a date." I looked over to Frost who nodded her head with a gentle yes. I looked to my right to see Brandon knocked out on the ground. I raised an eyebrow and looked him in the face. "I knocked him out." I looked at his hands holding onto my collar and back to him.
"Don't you dare punch him!" said Twilight grabbing me from behind.
"I'm not!" he said letting go of me. Now someone else was holding me. While she hugged my back and everyone at the table continued their conversations, I took a few more bites out of my waffle while looking out the window, spacing out again. This time I saw Murphy walking. He walked past the table of teachers while holding something within his hands. What is this man planning? "Twi... let go."
"Why?" she asked. I pointed to the teacher. "Want to find out what he's up to?"
"Yes I do." We both got up and left the table as no one noticed us. We sneaked behind the clueless man who was holding a large tube in his hands. A wrench fell out of a crack and he nearly jumped out of his skin while turning around and picking it up immediately. We followed him as we walking into his room and we watched through the crack he left in his door. He summoned his armor and removed the helmet taking the tools and began working on the mouth section of it.
"What's he doing?" whispered Twilight.
"Maybe he did something yesterday and damaged it. I don't think that's magic Twilight."
"You saw how he summoned it."
"...Strange." he stopped and opened the door.
"Dustin! Twilight! Come in!" he said as we walked in. He closed and locked the door behind us. "How... may I help you two today? Hmm?" He looked at us with a smile. He wasn't wearing glasses.
"I thought you wore glasses." said Twilight before I got to say it.
"I wear them when I'm not wearing my helmet. You see when time went by me, I eventually lost some of my sight."
"Just how old are you?" I asked him.
"Ehhh.... I'd say around 3,000 years." Twilight and I sat down on his bed next to him. "It's a long story. One that I will never tell."
"Aw... Come on man. You don't have to hide it."
"No? Do you hide your tiger blood?"
"How did you-?"
"I know everything. Also I know your dad and mom." he said while working on his helmet.
"What are you doing?" asked Twi.
"Fixing the Voice Manipulator. You guys all easily recognized me last night. *sigh* It's a pain... and I'm not scheduled for a tune-up until November."
"Tune up?" I asked him.
"Yep!" he took his hand on knocked on his chest making a metal noise. "I have a robotic heart container. Think of it like... an actually helpful peacemaker."
"Sounds... painful. Horrible... where are you from?" she asked.
"It'd be best if I didn't say. Too personal. Too painful. Let's just leave my past out of all of our future conversations, alright?"
"Did we strike a nerve?" I asked him.
"The only one I know." he finished working on his helmet and put it back on. "Recognize me?" he asked. His voice sounded different and unrecognizable. Something you'd expect, yet something you've never heard before. We shook our heads no. "Good!" then the class bell rang. "Time for class!" he said while making his armor disappear with a snap of a finger. "Get going!" he said grabbing his messenger bag and bow tie. He wore his vest over his school uniform.
"Are you wearing a bow-tie?" asked Twilight.
"Bow-ties are cool." he said tying it while running through the halls. How one does that, I'll never know. Twilight and I went to David's class. This time, the classroom was filled like it should be.
"Okay class, will everyone help me welcome our new student, Frost Tundra." he said presenting the cute girl who was now donning a school uniform. "Also an old friend of mine began working in school yesterday. However most of you didn't even bother coming to class, so welcome your new science expert, Murphy O'Schavver." he said as our other teacher walked in.
"Hey kids!" he said happily.
"Are you wearing a bow-tie?" asked Rarity with a tone of disgust.
"Yes, Bow-ties are-"
"Don't say cool. Dustin here says the same thing. They are so hideous!"
"Excuse me Rarity."
"How did you know my name?"
"How did your dress come along this year?"
"What-?"
"I know everything my dear. Oh wait... darling, as you put it." We all had smiles and laughed as he teased Rarity.
"Bet you don't know everything!" said Dash standing up.
"I'm sure I do. How's your Sonic Rainboom coming along?" Dash sat down and put her head in her hands in annoyance. "Also you had better start studying Ms. Dash, I have a important quiz today, which since only two people decided to come to my class, will be very hard for most of you. Except you Frost, your new here."
"Thanks!" she said happily.
"Bet you don't know what Derpy likes." said Colgate in the corner. Murphy gave her a stare into her soul and pulled out a muffin from thin air. He tossed it to the blonde girl who happily ate it.
"Then finish my Physics problem." David said on the board. "Like old times Gr-... Murphy." did he mess up Murphy's name? Odd... David handed him a piece of chalk as Murphy faced the board. I heard 'Eye of the Tiger' in the distance somewhere as he took a stance.
"We meet again, you evil algorithm you." he held the piece of chalk up like a dagger from the heavens and went to write on the board when the scribbles David put up actually moved.
"Not today madman!" said the drawings as the hopped off the board. Murphy chased them outside and we all heard what sounded like screaming, when the teacher walked back in with white marks all over his body.
"Got away..." he mumbled as he handed David the chalk. "Cheeky bastard." he mumbled as he wiped the dust off of him.
"Heheh... hey Dustin." whispered Brandon. "He was covered in white stuff." This earned a chuckle from me. I usually don't laugh at his bad jokes. Twilight smacked my arm when I chuckled to myself. Murphy decided to leave so David could teach which was pointless to me and Twilight since we already finished his lesson. I looked over to my left and saw Niko flirting with Frost. Glad that worked out. Now if I keep my good luck up, maybe I can get her to move in with him by the end of the day. So if Lily ever decides to move in, she's got a place that doesn't involve her sleeping with a guy.
"Dustin." whispered Applejack.
"Yeah?"
"Can ah ask you for a favor?"
"Of course AJ. What do ya need?"
"I need you to help me tonight. I'm trying a new formula for mah apple pie and I don't want to mess it up."
"So you're willing to poison me?"
"No that's not what ah meant!"
"It's alright AJ... I love your apple pie. Sure, I'll be over." I went back to reading the Highschool of the Dead graphic novel I hid in my textbook. I went back to reading until I got bored and threw it back into my bag. I decided to just lean back in my chair and relax.
"What the fuck are you doing?" asked Brandon.
"Relax, I'm only chillin'."
"Do you already know what we're learning about?"
"Aye."
"How?"
"Twilight and I came in to class yesterday."
"Help me out here!"
"Nah."
"Oh come on you daft Irishman!"
"Hey, don't go and throw my heritage under the bus."
"Come on! Don't make me bribe you!"
"Look man. I want to have a normal day. Just one day without any chaos or something happening. Understand?"
"*sigh* Fine. Asshole."
"Oh quit being a bitch."
"Me? You!"
"No you."
"Don't play Arby n' the chief on me!"
"LOL."
"*sigh* I hate you. I'll just ask Twilight..." he looked over to see her reading her textbook. "...never mind." I closed my eyes and started to sleep. I didn't have a dream this time, no I had a vision. I wonder what it was about? I saw me and my twin sister in an air-shaft wearing robber's clothes.
"God! I'm sweating my ass off here because I'm holding your stupid fuckin' rope!" said Lilith.
"Will you stop bitching about the rope?"
"Why did we sneak in here anyways?"
"So we could steal 'it' back!"
"Oh yeah. Do we need the rope?"
"Yeah! Spies on TV use rope all the time!"
"This is your worst idea ever!"
"Oi! Shut it!" I said tapping her on the head with the flashlight. She started wrestling with me in the vent until some screws started falling out. "Jesus fuckin' Christ!"
"Oh boy..."
"WAKE UP!" I woke up from my dream as it started to get good. I looked around to see the kids leaving the classroom. I sit here and talk to Brandon about having a normal day and I still have crazy dreams. I just need to rest more. It's just that school started a month ago and I guess I still haven't settled in. Oh well! Look on the bright side! I got Niko a date! "Dustin you've been sleeping for hours!" said Twilight. She woke me up.
"I have?" I asked wiping drool from my cheek. She walked over and helped me up. "*yawn* What time is it?"
"Time for practice!"
"Alright!" I ran to the range with her. The kids we're all doing their things. You know... you had the popular kids in the corner who refused to do magic, you had the prep-y kids all excited. That kind of thing. I climbed up and focused my balance on my pole. "Focus...relax...breathe...deep breaths."
"Come on new girl!" said one of the bullies to Frost down below. I opened one eye to see Butch. "Show me what you can do!"
"Oh...um...I'm still trying to control it." she said truthfully.
"What a weakling!" I summoned a shadow kunai and threw it in his back. "AAAAHHH! Dustin!"
"Back of Deloria." I warned him as I dismounted the pole (no homo, seriously another one.) "Get away from her, or I'll put you in the hospital with Paul."
"You don't scare me Shafer."
"I don't want to. Just leave Frost alone, or else."
"Or else what?"
"Niko." He was confused so he turned around to see Niko. He picked him up and slammed him into the ground. Strength magic man... it's does wonders against your enemies. I mean yeah I'm a pretty beast wizard but it's hard to compete against raw power like that. "Hey man."
"Hey. Frost you alright."
"Yeah. Why was he being so hostile?"
"That's just Butch being a bully."
"I don't like bullies." While they talked I went back to my training. I teleported from position to position perfectly until I felt a brick bash against my skull. I landed on the ground and covered my head as I looked up to see Butch holding another brick. He's one of the best shots here.
"Aw... what's wrong pretty boy? Cat got your tongue?" he asked as he chucked another brick. I ducked under this one but I did feel blood dripping from my head. "Hahahahaha! Your pathetic!"
"Me? Your the idiot who takes orders from a bitch like Trixie!"
"Hey you leave her out of this."
"Dumb motherfucker..."
"Come on man. Why you gotta hate?" He pulled another brick from the wall and chucked it, this time nailing me in the ribs. "What's wrong? You not going to fight today?" I watched as ice spread from the ground and slowly froze him on his way up. "What the... what's going on! What the f-" he couldn't finish as he was completely frozen. I looked past him to see Frost.
"Frost what have you done?!" I yelled grabbing the brick he threw at me and started hacking away at the ice.
"Defending my friends."
"He could die!" I busted the ice around his face as he breathed deeply.
"Oh thank god... I couldn't breathe..." he said slowly. His face was pale.
"Frost get him out of there!" I commanded.
"But he's going to hurt you!"
"We don't kill each other!" I didn't mean to sound like a jerk but she took this too far. I broke off most of the ice leaving him to do it himself. "Frost please..." she made all the ice disappear as Butch fell to the ground shaking violently. "That was too close. Butch you alright?" I asked trying to get him up.
"Get away from me you freaks!" he cried getting up and running away, pushing me down in the process. I crawled up as Niko congratulated Frost on dispatching my bullies. That's the only side that everyone saw. She saved the day. From my perspective...she almost killed Butch. If I hadn't acted...God...just thinking about it... she really needs to control her magic. I wiped the blood from my head and used my magic to heal the wound. I didn't practice for the rest of the day, I just placed my back against the wall and rested.
"Man..." said Kay walking up to me. "She almost killed him didn't see?"
"I'm afraid so Kay." I said standing up. "Something's wrong with this picture."
"That's not the worst part. Rumor is that she moved in with you and Twilight."
"The rumor's true." I looked up at the sky and watched a jet move through the clouds.
"What are you looking at?"
"Just thinking..."
"About?"
"Cody."
"Your older brother right?"
"He hasn't written to my family in 3 years. He was in the air-force as well. Just looking at the sky makes me think about him sometimes."
"Sorry to hear that. We never get to have any private time do we? When was the last time we really talked? 6th grade?"
"That's when you two decided to move."
"Hahahaha... not my choice dude."
"No... it wasn't."
"How did those years treat you? Your friends leaving you."
"It was shitty. One of the worst school moments of my life. The only two worst than that is the time Derpy lit me on fire, and from kindergarten."
"Ahhhh... the incident of '99."
"...Fuck you."
"Hahahahaha!"
"It's not funny."
"No... I guess it wasn't for you."
"Theirs nothing funny about other people crying!"
"Sometimes there is!" she yelled at me.
"...Wow Kay. You've changed."
"No Dustin. I grew up. Maybe you should try it sometimes." she said walking away as I stared at her angrily. I don't think I've ever been so mad in my life. I wanted to yell at her... but I'd make the situation worst than it is. I sighed again and rested against the wall. She made me madder than Trixie! I mean yeah Trixie's a jealous bitch but... at least she has a heart. I wonder if Kelly changed too... what happened to them at their new town? What could take such a nice kid like Kay and turn her into this?
"You alright?" asked Twilight who knelled beside me.
"No Twilight, I'm not."
"What's wrong?"
"I think I just lost a friend..."
Murphy's Classroom
We walked into his class as he continued to cook toast on a hot plate. All the kids laughed at him for being different. I think originality is something good to look for in a person! I saw Rainbow put a thumbtack in his chair as well...
"Alright class." he said turning around. "Many of you don't know me, so allow me to introduce... no wait... I did earlier. Hmm... Okay. So... time for the quiz. This will be not so hard for two of you, the others... just try to not fail horribly." Great vote of confidence from a teacher. He decided to sit down...
"Okay now we..." he stopped talking and stood up. He reached back and pulled out the painful tack from his bum. "Which one of you thought it would be okay to
"What?! Why the fuck are you blaming me?!"
"No... I just don't like you. Hey why don't you take a step outside? We don't curse during school hours."
"Grrrrr...." he marched outside and slammed the door behind him.
"...Asshole." *class laughter* "Okay let's finish your test as I give Mr. Deloria a zero for his first assignment. Nobody slams my door." he walked over and opened it to let Butch in. When he walked in Murphy slammed the door. "Nobody..." *more class laughter* "I'll give two more minutes to finish the test."
"Oh come on!" shouted Brandon.
"Brandon it's a 3 question quiz."
"And I don't know any of these things on it!"
"Well maybe if you take your dick out of your hands and pay attention that problem wouldn't happen, would it?"
"W-what?!"
"I'm just messing with you." Two minutes we're up. "Alright people. Pencils down." he walked around and picked up all the papers. "F...F...F...F... another F...C?" he looked up to Frost. "You know I said you didn't have to take it."
"Did I do good?"
"You passed Frost. F...F...another F... F...F...F...F...F...F......F- Mr. Deloria." He said looking at Butch. "...F...F...another C?" he looked up to Niko. "Not too bad Niko. The following people I want to go outside. Frost, Niko, Twilight, and Dustin. Everyone else, grab a textbook, flip to page 37, and do some studying on half-lives. You will take another quiz at the end of the class so I don't have to put an F in the grade-books. Everyone okay with that?"
"Yes!" they all said happily while pulling out books. No one wants to fail. Murphy opened the door for us. He sleeve was kinda rolled up as I saw a large stitched scar. Just who is he?
"Okay so you 4 are the only ones that passed. I'm automatically giving all of you an A so great work. I'm giving you all the rest of the day off."
"Yes!" we said as we walked in and grabbed our bags.
"Hold on... Frost I need to talk to you in private."
"Oh... okay!" What's he going to do to her? I knew it! He is a freak! Nah... that's just me thinking like an asshole. We hid around the corner and eavesdropped on him. "Did I do something wrong?"
"Yes you did. I saw what happened at practice. Frost you almost killed another student!"
"But-"
"I know you don't want your friends hurt, but you need to control your powers. So I'm going to tell you a secret on how to do that." he got on his knees and whispered something we couldn't hear.
"I never thought about that! Thanks Mr. O'Schavver!"
"Meet me here at 9!" he said waving and walking back inside. "Whose ready for a quiz?"
"NOOO!" yelled all the kids.
"Alright... 5 more minutes?" We all decided to call it a day and hang out in the cafeteria. It's always awesome if your the first ones in their, so you get the best food. Still... I wanted to talk to Twilight about our new teacher. I feel like I've seen him before...
"*gasp* My dream!" I said a little out lout.
"What are you talking about?" asked Twilight.
"The dream with the nameless man! That was our teacher! I remember now! Murphy isn't his real name."
"How do you know?"
"Because he told god that he knew the perfect fake name! That's what it has got to be!"
"Did you finally go insane?" asked Niko.
"No! It's just...forget about it." I almost spilled his secret. Man he's probably kill me! I mean he gives everyone this look with his blue eyes, they're so weird. It's like you can see all the stars from space in them. Where as with his helmet on, it's like the eternal fires from the sun can be seen from those orange eyes. And those stitches I saw... and last night... he called the other teacher a monster but... maybe he's the monster. Nah... I'm thinking of the worst possible scenario right here.
"Dustin." whispered Twilight as we sat on the other end of the table from Niko and Frost. They wanted some 'alone' time. "Did you see those stitches too?"
"Yeah I did. What did he do? Cut his arm off last night or something?"
Last night... Grimm's POV
"I'm almost there." I whispered as I sneaked back to my room after ditching the kids. I ran as soon as I saw my door and closed it behind me. "Yes!" I looked down to see my left arm was gone and that I closed the door on it. "*sigh* Dammit." I walked outside and picked it up. Down the hall, I saw Celestia wearing a nightgown and holding a piece of cake. "Hi!" I said waving my dismembered arm in the air. She panicked and ran away. "Goodnight!"
"For shame Grimm." said David walking by me.
"Bite me." I walked back inside and grabbed the stitching kit. If it wasn't for David I wouldn't have gotten a job here. You see... after the worlds died, God offered me a friend to bring back to life. I could only choose a friend that had an important part to due with my timeline... David. So he's immortal like me, Celestia, and Luna. But the two girls have amnesia so they don't remember us even though they we're born in year 1. However I've remained close friends to Queen Faust over the years. We watch over her daughters, and she doesn't remove us from existence.
"Hey Grimm." said David knocking on the door. "I need you to do me a solid."
"What?" I asked reattaching the arm and stitching it tightly. I put my shirt on to hide all of my other scars.
"I need you to..."
Current times...
"I bet he's like a science failure!" said Twilight.
"And the scientist gave him that armor?"
"...Hmm...Then how about a mad royal guard?"
"I doubt it. I've seen plenty of guard armor. Like Shining Armor."
"Well the only other solution is if he's like some sort of cross-world warrior who can't be stopped by death and has the power of immortality. But I find that highly unlikely."
"Hey guys." said Brandon sitting across from us with a tray. "Finally got out."
"You pass?"
"C." he said taking a bite from his sandwich. Then all of our friends joined our table. I didn't talk to Kay or Kelly, for I felt betrayed by them. I looked in the distance and saw Murphy and David laughing while in line. David had an arm around Celestia, Luna stood behind them, and Murphy had his hands in his pockets like always. I decided to ignore them though... I don't want to get to involved with him. He's obviously trouble.
"No I'm not." he said walking by me. I looked up to see he wasn't in the line anymore. I turned around to see he was gone.
"What?" I turned around again and he was sitting across from me at our table.
"I'm not trouble. My mother had me tested." We all looked at him with fear. "And no Twilight, I'm not some immortal warrior. That's preposterous... What? Did I say something?"
"How do you know what we're talking about." said Twilight.
"Sonic Waves. I could hear you from miles away." he said while putting his arms behind his head.
"So that's your magic huh?" I asked him.
"Yes. Well... that's only one of them."
"Come again?" asked Nathan.
"...What? Am I suppose to tell you guys what my powers are or what I really am? Didn't you read article 23 in the school handbook? No reveling your true nature. That's what it says." he said while pulling out a book. "...But rules are meant to be broken eh? Hahahaha..." He even laughs at his own jokes?
"I don't laugh at my jokes."
"You can read my mind?"
"No."
"Oh...Wait a minute..."
"Hahahahaha! You kids are fun. I didn't have that kinda fun in my youth." he said cracking his back. "Man...I'm not getting any younger."
"Then just how old are you?" said Rainbow with a tone of curiosity in her voice.
"Hmm...good question. Let's see... I was born in 1995... of my last world... and I came here in year 1... so I'm a little over 2,000 years old."
"Last world?" asked Twilight.
"Yeah. Equestria. It's...gone now."
"What did you do then?" I asked him.
"Well up until this point, I was in every war. Roma, Sparta, even Vietnam. Yeah."
"I knew I saw you before!" said Twilight out loud. She pulled out a book of Vietnam sights and opened it to show a drawing of a man in armor similar to the one he wears, standing on the end of the boat, leading all of the soldiers into battle. "I have more books with you in it!"
"Glad to see I have a fan." he said while scratching the back of his head.
"So let me get this straight... you've been here on our world this since the very beginning?!" asked Rainbow.
"Pretty much, yeah!"
"Why?" asked Kay.
"Someone had to do it. Besides I wasn't alone." he said pulling out a purple necklace with a red star on it. "I had someone watching over me." His smile vanished. He stared in the locket that he wore around his neck with sadness. "Anymore questions?" he asked regaining his smile.
"Oi! Murph!" said a voice from behind. He turned to see David. He made notions with his hands and said "Solid." Murphy nodded and left our table.
"I think we asked some personal questions." I said to my friends. They all nodded in agreement.
Grimm's POV
"Alright, what do you need man?" I asked my friend.
"You to help me out. You remember the deal?"
"Yeah I do. How does it feel?"
"What?"
"To get back with Celestia. After all this time."
"It feels amazing! And you...you...Grimm I'm so sorry."
"It's alright, it's alright. She died peacefully in that fire. Not many can say the same thing."
"Now Twilight's back..."
"It's alright. Her soul is back on Earth, and she's with me. Just... a different, more handsome me. I'll move on one day. Don't worry about that."
"...No hard feelings?"
"No hard feelings man!" I said brofisting him. Honestly I never forgave myself. Even to this day, I still fought the good fight. Not many would be willing to say that. Most either quit half way through, commit suicide, or go insane. I'm far from insane. Not even close to falling within it's twisted grasp. God... that memory...
"I'm sorry!" I yelled to Twilight as I stood in the heavenly armory. When I was done talking to her, David and I would return to Earth.
"Don't be. You did everything you could."
"You didn't deserve it Twilight..."
"Shh... It's okay. You we're the best out of any of us. Your a true good stallion."
"Man."
"Whatever. Point is... don't let this fall on your shoulders. It's a new world. God said that we'd all be reincarnated as time flies by."
"...Yeah it will."
"But will we ever see each other again?"
"I'm afraid I don't know. Even so, you'll be with a better guy I hope."
"Dustin I-"
"Don't say that. Don't say that name. It's not mine."
"...Murphy. Please allow me to just say..." she moved up and kissed me. "...I love you." she said turning into a large collection of sparkles. I held her hand as she slowly faded away.
"No! Not now! No..." I fell to my knees holding her. I usually don't cry. I haven't for a long time. "*sniff* I love you too." I said as she disappeared. She left a purple medallion in my hand with her cutie mark on it. I closed my eyes and let my tears fall. This was my fault... and she's paying for it. Everyone knew it was my fault.
"Saint Grimm. Are you ready to land?" asked one of the angels in the armory.
"Twilight..." I looked down to see her sparkles fused with my armor. It was more shiny, and felt stronger too. Even in death, she wants to help me out.
"Grimm!" yelled the angel.
"What? What do you want?!"
"You need to move on."
"Fuck off..."
"It's time to protect your new world."
"I said fuck off!" I yelled standing up. "I know what I have to do. Do you? Can you say the same?"
"...Just do your damn job you fucking reject." she said while marching off. The angels hated me. They feared me. They hated why God putted the world in my hands.
"Harsh." said David walking beside me. He was wearing similar armor to mine, except without the orange cape and a different helmet with no horns. "I'm sorry man. I know it doesn't mean much..." he said taking the medallion from my hand and attaching it around my neck. "...But she loved you more than anything. Your a good man Grimm."
"Thanks David."
"No problem dude. Let's take off." we both spread our wings and jumped out the large hanger door in the armory beginning our decent to the ground. I was playing 'Shoot to Thrill' in my helmet. "Do you really need to play that music?"
"What's wrong with rock?"
"Nothing! Your not playing loud enough!"
"Hahahaha!" I laughed as I turned it up until we landed. Then I felt an actual smack.
"I'm talking here!" said David in front of me.
"Awww man. I was having an awesome flashback."
"Which one?"
"The great drop of '01."
"That was an awesome flashback. Do you want to finish?"
"Nah... I bet I'll have an entire chapter about a flashback after this is all said and done."
"Right. Then let's talk about my plan. You pretend to be a robber, and I'll protect Celestia by defeating you in honorable combat!"
"...I have a few problems with your plan."
"What?"
"Wouldn't Celestia beat me up?"
"I'll handle it."
"Okay. What do I wear?"
"Your spy outfit preferably."
"Awwwwwww..."
"You had something better in mind?"
"I'm still a shape-sifter my man."
That night...
*cough*
I coughed into my mittens. It was freezing outside so I had to wear my winter gear. I knew just who I should turn into to scare Celestia. I told David and he agreed. Speaking of David... where is he?
"That was fantastic!" said Celestia as they walked out of the movie theater.
"Glad you liked it." he said getting a kiss from her.
"I'm so glad you asked me out. I was scared you wouldn't."
"You mean...?"
"That I had a crush on you? Yeah I did. God your handsome."
"I appreciate it." Come on man! Say the password I told you to say. "Hey do you like 'Alvin's monkey bread'?" That's it.
"What?" she asked as I jumped out disguised as Nightmare Moon.
"I have returned!"
"Gah! I thought I banished you!" she said stepping back. "Did you possess my sister again you foul demon?"
"No... I wanted to see you for myself." David tackled into me and threw us both over a bench. "Ow." was all I said to him.
"I'm sorry!" he said through his teeth as he began to beat me.
"Ow ow ow ow! Not cool! You don't hit a lady!" he grabbed my arm, ripped it off, and began beating me with it. Eventually I played dead.
"Wow... That was amazing!"
"It was? I mean yes! It was amazing!"
"Take me home, hero. I have something waiting for you." I waited for them to leave before I opened my eyes again.
3... Oh man... this is going to suck balls.
2... FUCKSALT!
1... I slammed the limb back into it's place. I also had a nice little talk with Dusty! Oddly enough he was giving Twilight a piggy-back ride.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH! OW! GGGGGAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH FUCK!" I stood up and kicked the bench out of frustration. I popped all my bones back in place and picked up my arm. "I just stitched that back too." I turned back into my normal form and walked back to my room. He didn't leave any marks in the fight, luckily, but he did break one of my back teeth. I used a holding spell to fix it. I walked outside and waited out of their room. "It's 10 o'clock. Come on... uphold your deal man..."
"Murphy!" he said opening the door and greeting me. "Thanks man! I owe you!"
"You didn't say you would actually hit me!"
"Sorry about that. Got carried away."
"You know I'm more than happy to help you but I can't do it if you mess up my bread and butter." I said making motions with my hands about my face.
"I said I was sorry! How can I repay you? Want me to hook you up with Luna?"
"Two things wrong with that. 1. I'm still not ready. 2. She's a student, I'm a teacher."
"So? She's only a thousand years younger than Celestia."
"She's only a thousand years younger than me."
"Then what do you want?"
"Hmm... didn't you say that you we're taking the girls to Disneyland?"
"Yeah? Oh no... oh no."
"Oh yes."
Saturday...a week in the future
"We having fun yet?" asked David who stood beside me outside one of the rides that the girls wanted to get on. I had a Mickey Mouse hat with 'Sally' written on it and was eating some cotten candy. "Why did you take that girl's hat?"
"They didn't have one with Grimm on it."
"Then why not Murphy? Or Dustin? Or John for fucks sake!"
"Fine." I said dumping it in the trash and grabbing another kid's hat with 'Pete' on it. "Better?"
"Much."
"Whatever." A ride went past us with the kids screaming. "Puke alert." I grabbed the same boy's umbrella and opened it above us making all the puke transfer to him.
"Nice save man."
"Thanks." I looked down at the pissed off kid. "Oh... uh... sorry Pete." he kicked me in my shin. "Ow! You little fucker!" I began to chase him around the park.
"*sigh* I wish the story would go back to a week ago..."
Current times... Dustin's POV
"Man... why would they do that?" I asked Twilight as we walked out of the theater.
"It was just a joke Dustin."
"You don't put a bomb in a man's fish taco. That's just wrong." I looked over down the road to see Murphy holding his arm and stitching it back on. "Oh my god! Look!"
"His arm fell off! Dustin catch me..." she said fainting in my arms. I put her around my back, like a kid, and walked to him. "Hey Mr. O! How's it going?"
"FUCKSALT!" he yelled reattaching his limb. Hate in his eyes."Eeeerrrrr... I'm fine. Thanks for asking!" And now he's happy again.
"Um... are you fine?"
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHH! OW! GGGGGAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH FUCK!" he stood up and kicked the bench in half.
"I'll take that as a no then." I quietly walked away and headed back home. I lowered Twilight on the couch and made her a cup of tea.
"Oh...I feel light-headed." she said while removing her scarf. "Dustin?"
"In here hon."
"Did I pass out? *yawn*"
"Yeah. Here's some tea."
"Thank you." she began sipping on it as I handed her the Daring Do book she was reading. "I have to read this book before Rainbow asks me for it for a week."
"Is that the only reason why?"
"I mean it's a good book, but I hate being forced to read."
"I hate being forced to watch a chick-flick with you."
"You weren't forced! Besides I saw you cry."
"It's not funny. She had issues!"
"I enjoyed you hugging me and crying into my shoulder."
"Oh man..."
"It takes a true man to cry Dustin."
"Your going to make me cry again."
"*giggle* It's alright."
"Not it's not...*sniff* I haven't cried like that since the time Mickey died in Rocky 2."
"That was sad. Wanna hug?"
"...Yeah." I said moving from my chair and hugging the beautiful girl on the couch. Then Niko walked out of Frost's bedroom with her. Both donning their pajama pants.
"Hey guys I... oh is he having a moment?" he asked Twilight.
"Yeah. But he's strong." she said patting my head.
"What happened?"
"Chick-flick."
"That all?"
"He also remembered Mickey from Rocky 2."
"...Why?" Niko cried while running into the bathroom. It hurt him worst than me. After a good ten minutes of crying, I got over my sorrow.
"So I'm thinking of making that room my permanent room." said Frost. "If... you guys don't mind."
"No it's cool." said Twilight. "No pun intended. We only take up half the room in the kitchen cabinets anyways."
"I got more news." said Niko walking out of the bathroom. "I've decided to move in!" Twilight and I looked at each other and nodded.
"Okay, but you have to keep the place clean, and do your fair share of chores." I told both of them. "If you can keep those two things on your agenda then you may stay for as long as you like. I'll tell Celestia so she can rent out you room."
"No, let Twilight do that." he said. "I need help moving my things over."
"Alright. I got you covered. We'll do this in the morning before school, alright?"
"Thanks man. Do you guys still get up at 5?" asked Frost.
"Yes." we said simultaneously.
"What time do you bath?"
"...like 5?" said Twilight. I shrugged and agreed with her.
"We'll get up at 5:30 then." said Frost. Was she always planning ahead? That must be how she survived on her own. Organization. In that case, Twilight would always be a survivor.
"I think it's time for bed." said Twilight. I was still kinda worried about my best friend living with me, but he's a good guy. I'm glad everything's working out. Twilight's right. I need to sleep more often. I looked at the clock to see it was ten. That's pretty early compared to me passing out around 11. But maybe I'll feel better. An extra hour will make me less sour. That's what my mom taught me.
Grimm's POV
Well... I imagine myself being at an amusement park on Saturday. I could always go for the amusement, mess with kids, and maybe even punch the dick in the Donald costume. I laid back on my bed and lit a cigarette up. They calmed me down, especially when I thought about 'her'. She moved on... but... I just don't have it in me. I just hate letting things go. Especially the good things like all the fun we use to have. Sometimes I wish I stayed being Static Wielder... but I think everything worked out in the end, just as God planned.
I moved up from the bed and cut on the light switch to see all the trophies I had decorated the room with. Various helmets, various jewelry, weapons, pictures, you name it. Yet the one I treasured most, I kept around my neck. I stood up and picked up the gas-mask with the khaki shemagh attached to it. I received this when I fought in Vietnam. I was the poor sod who had to infiltrate the compounds. I put it back on the shelf and picked up the extremely damaged Advanced Suit helmet. They found this after I died. The rest of the suit was destroyed.
*Knock knock knock*
"Come in." I said putting the helmet back on the shelf. Dustin and Twilight walked in. "What's up?"
"Hey Murphy." they said sitting down on my bed.
"What? You two got more questions?"
"We saw your arm get ripped off."
"Yeah. But it's fine now."
"It doesn't hurt?" asked Twilight.
"It only hurts for the 5 seconds it takes for me to reattach it. Nothing more to it."
"Whoa! Cool helmet!" said Dustin picking up the destroyed space helmet. "Where did you get this?"
"It was what I use to wear, however, I was caught in an unfortunate accident." He tossed it over to Twilight.
"Mr. O'Shavver... these wounds... wouldn't they kill you?"
"...Yes."
"What happened?"
"I died. Stayed dead for 3 years apparently. However, for me, it was merely a matter of minutes."
"I thought you said-"
"I am immortal, yes. Invincible is more likely the word to describe me. You said you wouldn't tell your friends about me."
"Sorry 'bout that." he said scratching his head. "So... um... what's up with the purple necklace?"
"It was a gift."
"I know that, I mean why do you always wear it?"
"Why do you ask the most personal questions?"
"Oh I'm sorry man-"
"It's alright. I got this from my lover. Like I said, she's gone now."
"What was her name?" asked Twilight.
"Her name was..." Oh come on! Think...think... "Midnight." There we go! Aha! Come on kids! Hurry up and leave. I need to help out Frost with her problem and it's almost 9!
"Okay. One more question." said Twilight. "Why are you lying?"
"Excuse me?"
"Midnight's not her name. I can tell by the expression on your face." She reads too many books. "What's her real name?"
"*sigh* Her real name was Twilight."
"Really?!" she said happily.
"Yeah. She's dead now, anymore questions?" I said in a mean tone. I didn't want to put up with it anymore.
"No. I think we're good." she said walking outside. "We wanted to talk since tomorrow's Saturday." I got the day off? Fuck yes! Finally! "Bye."
"Bye." said Dustin following her. I went back to my classroom and met up with Frost. I could tell that Niko, Dustin, and Twilight we're following me.
"Hey kid." I said grabbing my wallet.
"What can we do to control my magic?"
"First you got to be able to not control it. Follow me, I'll show you." We went outside and headed for the Ye Olde Pub. It was my favorite bar in Canterlot. I took her inside and bought a couple pitchers of beer.
"I'm too young!"
"Nonsense! Now, when you get drunk, your powers will not be in control anymore. You're going to fight that. Do it right, then you should have it all under control. Now drink up." I looked out the window to see the 3 kids in the distance behind a bush with binoculars. I watched as Frost took a sip from a pitcher.
"Bleh! It's really bitter!"
"That means it's working! Keep on drinking!" I said pouring myself a glass.
2 minutes later...
"CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG!!!" everyone in the bar cheered for the little girl who was downing her 4 pitcher in a row. Not going to lie, that's true talent right there. "WHHOOOOOO!" she finished it off and held the pitcher high.
"Yay!" said the pitcher. It even had eyes. I guess it was a magic pitcher. "Wait! No no no no!" she slammed it in the ground making us all fall silent. Then in about 3 seconds... "WWWHHHHHOOOOO!"
"M-Murph *hic* Is it working?" she asked.
"It sure is. Follow me outside." I took her out to where the temperature was perfect for her to practice. I choose the best times. "Now in a few seconds your powers will go crazy." I said lighting a cigarette. "Your assignment, is to keep it under control. Fail, and everyone will die."
"WHAT?!"
"Nah, I'm just joking. You might die however."
"WHAT?! *hic*"
"I'm kidding again. Seriously, good luck." I jumped behind the bench and watched as her powers kicked in. Ice spread over most of Canterlot. Snow fell and I watched as a twister/blizzard surrounded the little girl.
"What the fuck have you done?" yelled Niko.
"Nothing. I didn't tell her to chug 4 pitchers. But hey! The more the merrier!" I kicked my feet up.
"You had better stop it!" he threatened.
"No. This is all her."
"Murphy!" said Twilight as she and her boyfriend ran up. "How do we stop her?"
"We don't. Well we can, but she'll get it done. In about 8 seconds, she'll have total control of her powers."
"Your a madman!" Niko yelled throwing a punch. I easily caught the fist and threw him over me into the snow pile.
"Learn your place." I told him.
"Yes sir." he said while standing up. 8 seconds ended, and so did the twister. There stood Frost victoriously.
"It worked!" I said standing up.
"How do you know?" asked Dustin.
"Because she would have died if it didn't work!" They all looked at me with fear in their faces. I walked over and picked the girl up. "Hey there kiddo."
"Did I do it?"
"You tell me."
"I feel horrible."
"That's just the hangover kicking in. You'll be fine in the morning." I handed her to Niko and also gave him some pills. "Give these to her before she goes to bed." I said handing her over.
"What are they?" he asked.
"Hangover medicine?" asked Twilight.
"...Your good." I told her. She was always good. Could read me like a book too... Huh... I just made the greatest Twilight pun ever! She can read me like a book! "Hahahahahahahahaha!"
"You jerk!" she yelled dumping me in a pile of snow. "You made me sick!"
"That was all you. I bought one pitcher... Hmm...speaking of buying... I need to go pay my tab."
"Wait!" said Twilight as I went to walk inside. "I have more questions!"
"Why do you have so many?"
"I'm determined to find out just who you really are!" Twilight's determined as ever.
"Oh hey look! Celestia's raising the sun!" They turned around and I ran inside. I payed the check and went outside to see the kids were gone. I teleported to my room and threw myself on the bed happily thinking about how I did a good job. Frost has control now, and hopefully that is less kids that are susceptible to death. I closed my eyes and thought back... back to that day when the world was a giant playground, and I was the new kid, eager as always. Those days...were amazing...
It might just be me, but I'm getting more chapters out. Quicker than usual. I do believe it's a good thing, now that I can focus on the story. I mean I won't write a chapter everyday and upload it, I'm only human and can do a few things at a time. I'll probably keep up my pattern and get 1 or 2 chapters out a week. You can't rush someone's imagination. Also just a head's up, the next chapter is going to be mostly flashbacks about Dustin and David and their impact on Earth's history. it's going to be sooo awesome! ~ Static Wielder.
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