Fuck her lack of sleep thanks to Ze and Nova! This was far worse! She remembered everything yesterday, and her kissing Fluttershy was not referenced in her mental capacity. Maybe she got drunk for just a split second.....Yeah, right. In fact, Rainbow Dash knew for a FACT that she had never kissed Fluttershy, or any mare, for that matter.

Nova chuckled. "You swing that way, eh, Dashie?" Ze should probably have told him it might not have been the best idea to say that....But hey, it's his funeral if he wants to piss her off.

"Nova...." Dash began, still looking at the picture. "I'm going to be very nice for right now and not get the sudden urge to hurt you....Don't make me change my mind." Nova gulped. She was definitely serious, the tone in her voice was the most intimidating it had been since he met her.

"Ze does not want to be hurt, either," Ze intervened. "But he has to ask....Why would you kiss Fluttershy?"

Rainbow Dash threw the newspaper on the cloud she was standing on. "I'm gonna tell you two this ONCE, and only ONCE.....I did. Not. Kiss. Fluttershy. If I did, I would have remembered it!"

Nova decided to make another bold move. "Then why is there a picture of you two swappin' spit in the newspaper?"

Dash sighed. "I don't know....I think somepony set me up!"

Ze and Nova traded nervous looks. "Who do you think did it?" Ze asked.

"I think I have an idea...." Dash answered, staring off in the direction of the Everfree Forest. "Follow me, you guys!" She now had a vengeful look in her eyes, and flew up into the sky.

"Follow you?" Nova said. "We still can't fly!"

"You're gonna have to learn soon." Dash said, crossing her arms impatiently. "I can't baby you two with those stupid piggy-back rides. They were starting to hurt my back..." She rubbed her back tenderly.

Nova chuckled. "You're a wussy pony."

Dash sent him another glare. "I could break your neck and you wouldn't even notice." Dash noticed the scared look on Nova's face, and giggled. "Awww, come on! I couldn't hurt you guys!"

"Thew..." Nova and Ze said simultaneously, wiping sweat from their foreheads.

"Unless.....You're into that kind of stuff." Dash said with a smirk, causing gasps from Nova and Ze. "Comeon, losers!"

"Give Ze and James a second." Ze said, walking away from Dash so she couldn't eavesdrop on their conversation.

"Dude.....She's kinky!" Nova whispered, his eyes beaming with excitement. "She likes hurting!"

"AND THAT'S A GOOD THING?!" Ze said in a loud whisper.

"Well.....Yeah." Nova said, snickering.

"Why do you want to have sex with a Pony?!" Ze asked what he had been wanting to for a long time. He certainly wondered what was wrong with his friends....

"The fuck you talking about?" Nova said, quirking an eyebrow. "She's all yours."

"WHAT!?" Ze replied, getting frustrated.

"I gotta ask ya, though...." Nova interrupted. "Why a pony? And why.....HER? She's cool and all, but it just seems like you'd want someone liiikkeee....Rarity."

Ze's eyes bulged at such an accusation. "ZE WANTS NO PONY....."

"Bullshit, asshole!" Nova said, now showing his teeth. "I planned this shit! YOU TWO WILL HAVE BABIES!"

"WHAT?!" Ze replied, about ready to punch his friend for being so stupid. "ZE WILL NOT BE HAVING ANY BABIES WITH A PONY!"

Nova shook his head, sighing. "Don't you think about screwing this up, Romeo....You wanted the skittles...You're gonna get the skittles."

"You're......YOU'RE INSANE!" Ze exclaimed, throwing his front hooves against his face in frustration.

"I'm insane?" Nova replied, laughing. "You're the one who wants to lick a pony's butthole....So don't even START with me."

Rainbow Dash tapped her foot impatiently against the air. She knew what these two were talking about, her, of course. She couldn't blame them.....But they were wasting precious time. She had a lead on who took that picture....But whoever it was, had somehow altered it to make it look like Dash was kissing one of her best friends....Everything about that sentence sounded so....Wrong. Equestria was not exactly technology-savvy. It's not like they had Photoshop....

"That comment I made probably set them off..." Dash thought. "I should probably stop leading them on...There's no way either of them like me." Dash frowned. Ze and Nova were humans after-all.....Like CM Punk said, on Earth, they date their own kind, not ponies.

But in all honesty....Rainbow Dash made the comment, because she herself, liked Nova. She wasn't interested in Ze.....Because he reminded her of Trixie, and Trixie and Dash weren't exactly the best of friends just yet. But Nova had a certain...Flare to him. He was funny as hell, first of all, a lot more funny than Ze, Ze was just annoying. Dash liked Nova's beard, it wasn't too scraggly, but it definitely wasn't peach fuzz. If Pinkie Pie one day retired from the prank business, Nova and Rainbow Dash could become the new Tandem of Hilarity in Ponyville. They would reign supreme with their comedic Minds, which Rainbow Dash could tell, Nova had a strong comedic sense about him, although she wondered if he was too.....Immature for her. But Dash would DEFINITELY change her naughtiness for Nova.

Rainbow Dash was so developed in her thoughts, she didn't realize Nova and Ze were watching her for about a minute, before Nova finally spoke up. "HEY, BLUE-BALLS!!!!" Nova screamed, startling Dash out of her thoughts. "Get the cock out of your ear and LET'S GOOOOOOOHUBLUBLUBLBUBLBLUUUU!!!!"

Dash couldn't but laugh at the way Nova talked. "What's a "HUBLUBLUBLUBLUBLUBLUBLUBLUUUUUU?" She asked, snickering at the way it sounded when she said it.

"Nova has a.....Rather odd way of speaking his mind..." Ze answered, looking over at his friend, who was standing up, his hooves at his hips proudly.

"Yeah...." Nova said, soaking in the compliments, atleast he thought they were compliments. "I'm fucking fancy...."

Dash laughed at how silly he was. The more she thought about it....The more she contemplated if Nova and Pinkie would be better together than the two of them.....

"Naaaahhh...." Dash thought. "Pinkie wouldn't be a good girlfriend to ANYONE."

"You still thinking, bitch?!" Nova said, himself now impatient.

"Yeah!" Dash said, flying down and getting in Nova's face. "What you gonna do about it?!"

Nova would not back down. "I'LL RAPE YOU." He answered in the most serious voice he could muster, which wasn't that serious.

Dash cringed. He'd better not try to do that during their first date..... "Uuuuhhh, yeaaahhh..." Dash replied, not knowing what to say. "Forget I said anything!" With that, Rainbow Dash went to the sky, and gestured at the guys to follow them, so they did.

Ze and Nova weren't professionals just yet, but they were getting better, Dash could tell. For example, first day of practice, they both crashed for a combined total....Of 132 times. Yesterday, they only crashed 21 times. By the end of the week, they should get the hang of it. After-all, flying wasn't as hard as everyone says it is, the only people who say that are Unicorns and Earth Ponies. All you need is a good sense of direction, and you should have no problem.

Ze and Nova were now alongside Dash, but that's only because she was flying slow enough to where they could easily catch up. She looked at Nova, and smiled at him, but Nova just had a disgusted, yet funny look on his face, almost like he was screwing with Dash. This is why she couldn't wait for Nova to become a natural at this....Once a day, she would plan an afternoon fly between the two of them, No third-person dialogue from Ze....Just Nova, and Rainbow Dash. The hardest part would have to be that Dash would have to set up the flights without giving Nova the idea that they were actually dates. She would just tell him that she would like to give him a grade on his skills every day, but he would probably ask why Ze wouldn't have to do it. In that case, Dash would say that Ze is too good for practice.

"Yeah!" Rainbow Dash said aloud. "Perfect plan!" She then realized that those words were supposed to stay inside of her head.....She realized Ze and Nova were looking at her like she was weird.

"What plan?" Ze said, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah!" Nova exclaimed. "You gonna try to rape us?!"

Dash laughed. "You're so odd, Nova....No, it's my plan to make you both AWESOME fliers!" She grinned happily at how smoothly she got around that. The guys didn't suspect a THING.

Ze smiled hopefully. "How?" He asked with a smile.

"Simple." Dash began explaining. "Starting tomorrow....I'm going to have one on one training session with you both. We will work on the same attributes we did as a group, but this time...You two wont be together."

"Why won't we be together?" Ze asked. "Damn....He's too curious." Dash thought.

"Because..." Dash continued. "It might help you both learn quicker if you're separated. Because I've noticed, you two goof off A LOT during training....I think it's screwing up our training resume."

"Finally!" Nova said, throwing up his hooves in the arm, as if thanking good. "This asshole is screwing up my chance to be a FUCKING AWESOME PEGASUS!"

"You are doing the same...." Ze retorted, scowling. "That is a great idea, Rainbow Dash."

Dash smiled. "Eh, I'm used to it."

Nova rolled his eyes. "Smug bitch..." He thought. "That's why Ze and her are PERFECT together!"

Meanwhile.....

Twilight's Library....

A knock was heard at the door, and of course, Twilight was studying at the time, so now she would have to put it on hold. "Coming!" Twilight announced as she trotted over to the door. She opened it up with her magic, and what was at her doorstep...Is something Twilight would classify as "An abomination."

It was Marcus, dressed up in his Pinkie Pie getup, looking as ridiculous as ever. Twilight couldn't help but chuckle, no matter how rude it was.

"H-hello, Marcus..." She said, holding her hooves over her mouth so laughter wouldn't escape. "What can I-help you with?"

Marcus was about to answer, but before he could, Austin showed up next to Twilight. He heard "Marcus" and wanted to come talk to his friend.....Ehh, now he just wanted to laugh at his friend.

"WHAT IN THE...." Austin said, his eyes wide. "Marcus? Is....Is that you?"

Marcus sighed. He was used to this, atleast Austin wasn't laughing, like everyone in town was.....Marcus had to fight the urge to punch every pony in town...

"Please.....Don't laugh..." Marcus said, shaking his head.

"How could I laugh?" Austin replied. "This isn't funny....It's....BRUTAL."

"That's what I was thinking when I put it on...." Marcus mumbled. "Apparently your pony friend here thinks it's funny..." He was staring at Twilight, who was still holding in her laughter.

"I'm so sorry, Marcus!" Twilight apologized sincerely. "It's just that....I didn't expect you to be the type to play dress up." She snickered.

Marcus groaned. "Atleast you're holding in your laughter....Everyone else in town had a fucking field day...."

"I'm sorry to hear that." Twilight said, her laughter all but leaving, now she just felt sorry for the poor guy. "Did Pinkie Pie tell you to wear this?"

Marcus said nothing, just nodded sadly. "She had to take Gummy to the dentist...So now lucky-ass me has to pass out these invitations." Twilight used her magic to grab an invitation, she began reading it.

"She does realize..." Austin informed. "That Gummy has no teeth....Right?"

"Don't hurt your brain too much..." Marcus suggested, rolling his eyes. "I've yet to fully grasp what that pony is all about...."

Twilight giggled. "Pinkie is just a free spirit." She explained. "She lives life to the fullest, and just wants everyone else to help live it with her."

"I understand she's happy and all..." Marcus replied. "But I mean....She just makes me scratch my head....Today, I saw her close a hole that came out of friggen nowhere!"

Austin's eyes bulged once again. "Wow....Really?"

Marcus nodded. "That girl has some weird mental issues. I ain't gotta problem with her, she's nice and all...A bit too nice, but she just....I just don't get it."

"Just give her a chance, Marcus." Twilght suggested. "Don't worry about how odd her antics are. She's the funnest pony in Ponyville, and a great and helpful person to know!"

"I just.....Think it will take awhile to get used to such a happy thing. I'm not used to it." Marcus said, shrugging.

Twilight frowned. "You just don't trust her....Do you? Including any of us?"

Marcus was surprised, impressed, and worried. Twilight hit the nail right on the head. "How did you...."

"She's Twilight, dude." Austin said, laughing. "She's one smart girl!"

Twilight blushed. "Well, I wouldn't say.....Yeah, I'm pretty smart!" She boasted.

"I want to trust you ponies, believe me..." Marcus continued. "But what your species did....It....Took a big toll on me...." He looked down at the ground in remembrance.

Twilight frowned. Austin was her favorite human, so far at least, but Marcus was definitely the most intriguing Human...Due to his background. Twilight was itching to know about his past. What could have happened that was so horrible that he would run off in tears?

"I'm not going to pressure you into to telling me..." Twilight said. "But, are you ever going to reveal your secret to us?"

"It will be hard...." Marcus replied. "But if I keep it bottled up inside of me, I'll just be a miserable little asshole for the rest of my life...."

Twilight blinked in confusion. "So....Is that a yes?"

Marcus nodded. "It's a yes. Just give me some time, though, okay?"

Twilight smiled, nodding understandingly. "You take all the time you need, Marcus. But let me just say....You can trust us with any secret you have. We will not make fun of you. Even though you humans have only been here a few days....We consider you good friends already."

Marcus' neck jumped back in surprise. "But....I'm a madman...Something horrible happened to me, I'm unstable...And you ponies consider me....As a friend?" He was actually very happy to hear such. He had friends, but he just figured these ponies would be weary of him.

"Of course!" Twilight exclaimed happily. "You aren't a madman....Or even unstable, Marcus. You just have a lot of weight on your shoulders right now...And once you release all of this tension, you will feel a lot better. You may not think we have a clue what you went through, and we don't....But I promise you, me and my friends will be there for you. You humans are honored guests, and we will make sure that you are happy throughout your stay."

"Wow..." Marcus said, although it was almost as soft as a whisper. A few tears started to form in his eyes. He felt like hugging Twilight as hard as he could, but his trust was not that high yet. Marcus even went so far as to smile.

"Thank you, Twilight Sparkle..." Marcus said, a droplet of tear escaping his eye. "I will see you and your friends at the party." He walked off quickly, it was already bad enough that he had cried in-front of her, and one of his friends. He just hoped, for Austin's safety, he didn't tell anybody else that he cried. But either way, Marcus felt good about himself right about now. He had friends he didn't even know.

"They'd better not expect me to ACT friendly with them for now, though..." Marcus thought, setting off to deliver his next invitation.

Twilight smiled. "Success!" She thought. She could make the devil herself feel secure....

Austin was still shocked. "I can't believe it...." He said slowly. "Marcus is such a sour-puss, and yet, you made him smile! YOU MADE HIM CRY!"

Twilight smiled. "Nopony deserves to feel alone...I'm glad that he was able to trust my words. His tears prove that he now trusts us, even if just a tiny bit more."

Austin chuckled. "You're amazing, Twi...." He didn't mean it like you would THINK he meant it, though. Twilight and Austin would never be anything more than friends....Austin had a wife....And never would he cheat on her. His parents taught him a long time ago, that Cheaters never win....And Austin still believed that quote to this day.

Twilight blushed some more. She loved talking to Austin, she had learned so much about him and where he was from, that she could write an entire novel about the History of Earth. And yes, she did have feelings for him...But she knew he had a wife, a wife he was very loyal too. Twilight promised she would never come between love, she was not one of those tramps you find on the side of a Trail in Detrot, she had genuine feelings for Austin, but if he didn't have them for her, she wouldn't show them.

Many minutes Later....

Sweet Apple Acres....

Marcus had reached his second destination, but as he approached Sweet Apple Acres, he couldn't help but fear for his sanity....He realized that Freddie lived here, and would most likely see him dressed up in.....THIS. What's worse is that Freddie would surely tell the rest of Equestria about how much Marcus enjoyed dressing up like ponies, which was completely false! And what's even worse than that, is when they got back to earth, Freddie's gums would be flabbin' about this day, you couldn't shut the guy up! His mouth ran 24 hours a day, and the only way it would halt, is if Marcus launched his fist into it, which he was very close to doing to other ponies, anyway.

Marcus sighed deeply, and knocked on the front door, a few moments later, and the door was opened. "Shit..." Marcus thought. His worst nightmare was now a reality. Standing in front of Marcus, was Freddie....And noone else.

Freddie scanned Marcus from top to bottom, all the while stifling laughter. It didn't take long, though, and unlike Twilight, Freddie erupted in a roar of laughter. The sight of seeing Marcus like this made Freddie want to jump through a ring of fire....It was so worth getting taken away from Earth to see this.

"He-hey....MARKIE PIE!" Freddie exclaimed, falling at Marcus' hooves. Marcus just groaned. This was going to suck....

"You tell anyone about this...." Marcus replied. "And that rooster on your head, is gonna be made into a nugget!" Marcus was serious, he was rotten to the core. If you pissed him off enough, he would do anything it took to make your life hell, and Freddie knew this better than anyone, but this was just too great of an opportunity too pass up!

Of course, Freddie had to be a smart-ass. "You can't fry hair, dumbass..." He retorted, snickering.

"YOU KNOW WHAT THE HELL I MEAN!" Marcus yelled, although not even Marcus's screams could wake up Granny Smith, who was asleep in her rocking Chair.

Freddie shook his head. "What you doing here, Markie Pie?" He snickered, causing Marcus to groan once more.

"Pinkie....Told me to pass this shit out." Marcus answered, dumping an invitation on Freddie's head, it stuck right in the spikes of his Fauxhawk. Yes, the hairstyle had advantages.

"Why the fuck you dressed like her, then?" Freddie asked, still chuckling. "You pussy whipped already, or what?"

Marcus gritted his teeth. "Easy, Marcus..." He thought. "Keep your cool....Grimace here isn't gonna break me down. I am more level-head than him, I know it!"

"I'm dressed like this..." Marcus explained. "Because that bitch, is NUTS. She wanted to take her toothless alligator, to the Dentist!"

Freddie laughed. "I'd figured you'd be used to this by now."

"FUCK NO." Marcus yelled. "I saw her close a portal to fuck knows where this Morning! I can't get used to insanity...."

"Jeez, dude...." Freddie replied, a worried look on his face. "You need alcohol more than I do...."

"I guess that's why I got drunk yesterday..." Marcus said, looking at the ground. "Hey, Freddie..."

"Yeah?" Freddie said, now reading the invitation.

"Yesterday...At the meeting....Did I....Do anything.....Odd?"

"Liiiikkkkeeee?"

"Oh, I don't know....Try to...Have sex with Pinkie?"

Freddie laughed. "Oh fuck no, dude."

"Thew....Thank god..."

"You tried to rape her, though."

Marcus's eyes bulged. "......WHAT....DID YOU SAY.....?"

"Yup. I couldn't believe it either, but you were saying how cute she was and how her ass was yours." Freddie laughed. "I need to teach you how it's done, son....You were too...Forceful, gotta play your cards, dude."

"I wasn't trying to rape Her! I was the alcohol talking!"

Freddie rolled his eyes. "That's what they ALL say....I also need to teach you how to come up with better excuses."

"How do you even Know this?! Weren't you drunk too?!"

"Duh..." Freddie replied, laughing. "But when you've drank as much as me, you still know what's going on around you. You can ask Austin, ask Punk, ask Ryback!"

Marcus gulped. "Ry-ryback....?"

"Yup. He knocked your ass out when you came onto Pinkie."

Marcus immediately shielded his eyes. He couldn't believe it....Yanking Pinkie's tale and getting scolded was bad enough, but he had a drunk Ryback after him yesterday! No wonder his back was so sore!

"I have to give him this invitation next..." Marcus said, realizing his next worst nightmare was going to come into play soon.

Freddie whistled. "Damn, sucks to be you....Atleast you don't hear two family members making out upstairs all day....." Freddie's eyes bulged as soon as he finished the sentence. Noone was supposed to know about that, dammit!

"....What?"

Freddie panicked. "Umm...Nothing! Later, dude!" Freddie quickly shut the door, right in Marcus' face.

"The hell was he....." Marcus tried to think. "I probably don't even wanna know..." With that, he walked off, ready to deliver the next invitation.

Meanwhile....

The Everfree Forest....

Rainbow Dash landed right by the grave of Kenny, right behind were Nova and Ze. "Wow!" Rainbow Dash said, impressed. "You two didn't even crash!"

"Yeah...But we still suck ass." Nova said, kicking at the ground.

"You're getting better! Don't beat yourself down!" Dash said, putting her hooves around their shoulders. "So you zig-zagged out of control a bit....You didn't crash even ONCE! That's something to be proud of."

"Ze will be a pro before Ze knows it!" Dash cringed at Ze's third-person gabble.

"No doubt!" Dash said, grinning. "You and Nova both!"

"Now, what the hell we doing here?" Nova said, looking around at the creepy forest.

"I just need to check something out..." Dash replied, setting her sights on the mound of dirt. "Help me did, you two." Dash went over to the dirt, and started prying her hooves into the ground. Ze and Nova shrugged, and soon joined.

With three ponies, it took less than a minute to dig up the contents of the grave. Ze and Nova looked on in shock, as they realized that there was a dead body beneath all that dirt.

"Dash...." Nova said quietly. "You killed him?"

Dash immediately gasped in shock. "No! I found him like this!"

"It's okay if you are a murderer, Dash..." Ze said, patting her on the shoulder.

Dash quickly brushed the hoof off. "I swear, guys. I came here yesterday, because I got a note from someone that told me to meet them Here, and when I got here....This....Kid.....Was dead."

"Poor dude...." Nova said, frowning. "But, why we digging him up again?"

"I just wanted to check something out..." Dash said, as she started shuffling through Kenny's coat pockets. Within a couple of seconds, Dash found what she was looking for. What she now held in her hoof, gained an angry look on her face.

"That little BASTARD..." Dash growled, she had found the photographer of that damn picture! Because what Dash was holding in her hoof,

....Was a camera.

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