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The Preservation of Innocence (part 14)

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Created: 2025-08-24 00:55:52
Updated: 2025-08-24 00:57:23
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  1. 1.
    >by the time you all got out it was near dusk
  2. 2.
    >damn no wonder you felt so tired
  3. 3.
    >no food, all that damn standing and possibly getting executed
  4. 4.
    >even applejack was nearly about to pass out
  5. 5.
    >as you board the train with AJ you notice the other 4 standing outside
  6. 6.
    >”yeah, our train comes after yours”
  7. 7.
    >makes sense
  8. 8.
    >both you and AJ wave at them before turning around to go to your seats
  9. 9.
    >applejack doesnt even look at you and passes out immediately on the seat
  10. 10.
    >the train doesn’t depart for another 5 minutes so you just sit and think
  11. 11.
    >but then suddenly and idea hits you
  12. 12.
    >there’s seriously nothing going on anymore
  13. 13.
    >no big wars and stuff
  14. 14.
    >well, besides all the stuff Chryssy talked about
  15. 15.
    >note to self, don’t call her that to her face
  16. 16.
    >but doc quite literally fixed the plague or whatever the hell it was called essentially over night
  17. 17.
    >maybe a little time off could do you some good
  18. 18.
    >the ticket puncher guy comes up to punch your tickets
  19. 19.
    “Here can I borrow that for a second”
  20. 20.
    >you grab the pen out of his front pocket before her could respond
  21. 21.
    >you write ‘be home late - Anon’ on your ticket and slide it between applejack and the seat
  22. 22.
     
  23. 23.
    >https://youtu.be/09nSAD0t2lQ?t=5 (boys night out)
  24. 24.
     
  25. 25.
    >you bolt out of the train and tap the point like your playing tag
  26. 26.
    >he immediately chases after you leaving shining and cadence with the dumbest looks on their faces
  27. 27.
    >you try to run down the street but your tiredness starts to catch up with you
  28. 28.
    >you slow down to a jog and eventually he tags you back only for the both of you to switch to a walking pace
  29. 29.
    >you and doc walk for a little bit
  30. 30.
    >the sun fully set and now it’s gotten pretty dark out
  31. 31.
    >”we’ve been on our feet all day anon, let’s just find somewhere to sit”
  32. 32.
    >his hushed voice accentuates his fatigue
  33. 33.
     
  34. 34.
    >after trying to find a proper bench while walking, you eventually give up and sit against one of the bigger buildings in canterlot
  35. 35.
    >the two of you sit quietly for some time, of course fatigue playing a role, but also due to being at a loss of what the current situation truly is
  36. 36.
    >”guess i’ve got quite a lot of work ahead of me huh…”
  37. 37.
    “Yep…”
  38. 38.
    …
  39. 39.
    >”you think things are gonna blow over and go back to normal soon?”
  40. 40.
    >”I mean, producing those pills is mostly just crushing the stuff and throwing it in pill capsules, supply likely won’t run out even if all of us got ill”
  41. 41.
    >it takes more effort than normal to respond
  42. 42.
    “Yeah… I guess if you’ve got the literal cure and you know you can get it to where it’s needed, sounds like we win, right?”
  43. 43.
    >doc thinks for a while
  44. 44.
    >”besides some economic BS, I think this will blow over too, besides, it’s only one city, by the time we uh”
  45. 45.
    >doc rubs his head
  46. 46.
    >”do the pills ‘n stuff, even if it spreads, we’ll out produce whatever the infection rate is”
  47. 47.
    >”worst case scenario is maybe some ponies will have to eat some other food than their special little imported stuff for a while”
  48. 48.
    >the both of you chuckle at the sheer catastrophe that would be for all those stuck up big wigs who’ve never dealt with mild inconveniences before
  49. 49.
    “Welp, sounds like it’s case closed then i think”
  50. 50.
    >”well not entirely, we still don’t have any information on what’s going on outside our borders”
  51. 51.
    >”If there’s stuff going on in vanhoover after the whole changeling hive got wiped, then it’s likely that the path of infection was east and then south”
  52. 52.
    >you both sit there staring at the stars for awhile
  53. 53.
     
  54. 54.
    “You’d think canterlot would have had an outbreak way before vanhoover or even the changelings though”
  55. 55.
    “I remember the cloud went right towards the soldiers when I first saw it”
  56. 56.
    …
  57. 57.
    >”huh, oh yeah, if i remember right, all of us came back to canterlot but when we got here, we set up more on the outskirts of town, so we were essentially quarantine unintentionally, besides, infection was obvious anyways”
  58. 58.
    >”if cadence told your story as accurately as i think she did, then you’ve got some kind of stupid luck, when you got it infected it took a LOT longer for it to develop, probably no source of magic to build off of, seems the main issue with you was just the sheer amount your immune system had to deal with once the disease failed to develop”
  59. 59.
    >you go back to star gazing again for a few minutes
  60. 60.
    >”fuck dude im tired, do you think we missed the last train?”
  61. 61.
    >you’re not sure about the train schedules
  62. 62.
    >but the fact that it’s so late out as well as how long you’ve been sitting out here for, there’s a good chance your stranded for the night
  63. 63.
    “Im sure we did…”
  64. 64.
    …
  65. 65.
    >”wanna go drinking? Neither of us have anything important to do anyways, any treatment distribution plans won’t involve me, even i can’t comprehend taking care of that and the treatments already been put into production, just need to scale it”
  66. 66.
    >”and i’m sure you’re not gonna be doing much shooting anymore, so wadda ya say?”
  67. 67.
    >honestly, you’re beat
  68. 68.
    “Fuck it, but im keeping it light”
  69. 69.
    >but that doesn’t mean you can’t compromise
  70. 70.
     
  71. 71.
    >finding bars is easy
  72. 72.
    >if the business has it’s lights still on this late at night, it’s either a hotel or a bar
  73. 73.
    >and bars aren’t nearly as big as hotels
  74. 74.
    >”on me tonight anon, besides, i gotta pay you back for last time”
  75. 75.
    >you both smirk remembering last time
  76. 76.
    >”you know anon, I’ll buy some of that hard cider off of you, that stuff is the best”
  77. 77.
    >you had almost forgotten about borrowing that for a moment
  78. 78.
    “oh, yeah, that cider wasn’t really mine to take, can’t sell it to you without pissing off AJ”
  79. 79.
    >”wait, seriously?”
  80. 80.
    “Yep, hope she doesn’t find out it was us, i should definitely go find those bottles we left behind and hide them somewhere just in case”
  81. 81.
    >doc giggles like an idiot after hearing that
  82. 82.
    >”alright, well next time i’ll just bring some stuff with me then, I don’t really use my salary for much more than buying new equipment”
  83. 83.
    >you and doc just sit at the bar drinking, doc more so than you
  84. 84.
    >”does the stuff chrysalis was sayin’ freak you out at all”
  85. 85.
    >doc’s gettin tipsy at this point
  86. 86.
    >but he brings up a valid point
  87. 87.
    >”that sounds like consciousness dude, like it was talkin’ to her an’ tautin’ her er somethin’, y’know, when it talked about kirin and the uh… other ones that i don’t remember”
  88. 88.
    >shit, that actually sobered you up a lot hearing that
  89. 89.
    >doc lifts his head and notices your shock then set his head back on the table but laying it sideways facing you
  90. 90.
    >”oh calm down bud, that whole smoke-ghost thing has gotta just be it’s method of spreading, if we’ve got the cure then eventually it ain’t gonna have anywhere to go and it’ll pitter out”
  91. 91.
    >”it looks a lot less scary than it really is ‘non, so quit yer bitchin’ an relaaaaaax”
  92. 92.
    >he’s got a good point
  93. 93.
    >chrysalis never mentioned those ghost things being able to interact with the world besides infecting new hosts and turning into clouds that get blown by the wind
  94. 94.
    >infact, it just goes to show how powerless it is if it has to rely on the breeze to move around right?
  95. 95.
    >who knows who cares, cures finished and that disease will be on the decline
  96. 96.
     
  97. 97.
    >after awhile of just sipping your drink and doc staring off into the distance, you figure it’s best to leave this place and maybe get a hotel or something
  98. 98.
    >doc already paid for everything so you try to coax him into getting up
  99. 99.
    >he does, albeit in a very uncoordinated fashion
  100. 100.
     
  101. 101.
    >he wobbles as he walks, unable to maintain a proper direction
  102. 102.
    “I’m honestly starting to think you have a drinking problem”
  103. 103.
    >he doesn’t even listen as he walks ahead of you aimlessly
  104. 104.
    >you catch up to him a little so hoping he’ll pay attention then
  105. 105.
    “Look dude, we gotta find a hotel or something, it’s really late and I don’t wanna stay up much longer, AJ’s gonna be pissed with me as it is”
  106. 106.
    >he finally notices you talking
  107. 107.
    >”wuh… dude… les jus getta chariot home”
  108. 108.
    >doc’s a cool dude
  109. 109.
    >but a retard when he’s drunk
  110. 110.
    “Assuming we COULD get a chariot, there’s no way in hell you would get back home on a single chariot”
  111. 111.
    “Me on the other hand, maybe, do they even go as far out as ponyville from here?”
  112. 112.
    >he stares straight ahead at you, but more so like he’s looking past you
  113. 113.
    >”jus let me crash at your place anon, I hate hotels anyways…”
  114. 114.
    >he says while trying to maintain balance
  115. 115.
    “Still, how are we gonna get a chariot…”
  116. 116.
    >what little brain power isn’t spent on standing up straight, he tries to use for thinking
  117. 117.
    >”jus ask luna anon, jus go… jus bring me and you to the castle and ask her she’ll do it you’re a special guy ‘n she’ll recognize me so then we can go to your house and i can fuckin’ go to bed already”
  118. 118.
    >fuck it, normally something like this would be embarrassing for you but you REALLY don’t wanna have to carry doc if he passes out
  119. 119.
    >so you just decide to get this over with ASAP
  120. 120.
     
  121. 121.
    >after corralling doc back to the castle the guards let you in considering it’s the same guards that saw you leave earlier
  122. 122.
    >thankfully you caught em right before they were about to get off their shift
  123. 123.
    >would have been very hard to convince another set of guards to let someone like you in with some drunk they probably wouldn’t recognize
  124. 124.
    >seriously, there’s gotta be some kind of ID he should carry around as a government official
  125. 125.
    >whatever you just wanna go home
  126. 126.
     
  127. 127.
    >you enter the room to find what looks to be celestia and luna talking while guards start to swap places with what looks to be the ‘night shift gaurds’ as far as you’re aware
  128. 128.
    >when you walk in you notice doc tries his hardest to maintain some level of decency
  129. 129.
    >though his balance is still not very great
  130. 130.
    >the first to notice you was Luna, she seemed well rested, unlike celestia who looked half dead
  131. 131.
    >can’t blame her, today was fucked
  132. 132.
    >celestia turned towards the pair of you
  133. 133.
    >”Well, didn’t expect to see you again”
  134. 134.
    >she said with a tired face, trying to maintain formality
  135. 135.
    >”hm, is this the anonymous you were speaking of?”
  136. 136.
    >celestia nods trying to save every ounce of energy she can
  137. 137.
    >”well, I have MUCH that I wish to discuss with you, but being back so soon can only mean you’re in need of some kind of assistance...”
  138. 138.
    >celestia looks at doc
  139. 139.
    >”...I would imagine…”
  140. 140.
    >fatigue superseeds formality for you
  141. 141.
    “Hey, doc was talking about chariots, do you think you could get us one to ponyville?”
  142. 142.
    >before celestia opens her mouth luna speaks ahead of her
  143. 143.
    >”I believe i can handle this dear sister, go now, you’ve had a long day after all”
  144. 144.
    >celestia seemingly loosens up and goes straight to her chambers
  145. 145.
    >”now, I believe i can arrange this for you, though i must ask, did you miss the train perhaps?”
  146. 146.
    >doc has gone non-verbal, best to wrap this up
  147. 147.
    “Long story short, me and doc went to a bar, talked about stuff and came back too late for the trains”
  148. 148.
    >luna puts a hoof over her mouth and giggles
  149. 149.
    >”I can tell that as much”
  150. 150.
    >”fear not, transportation will be provided, just give us a few moments as chariots at such an hour is quite unorthodox, so we must pull one out of storage”
  151. 151.
     
  152. 152.
    >in your tired state you’re pretty sure you took a nap the moment you blinked because once you opened your eyes again the chariot was outside
  153. 153.
    >words didn’t need to be exchanged, you simply pulled doc and yourself up on there and they set off to ponyville
  154. 154.
     
  155. 155.
    >once again, you fell asleep quickly enough that time flew by and you were back home before you knew it
  156. 156.
    >you gave the thestrals a weak thank you before dragging yourself and doc to the front door
  157. 157.
    >considering his state, even the floor would have been good enough for him
  158. 158.
    >but no matter how tempting it was to go upstairs as quickly as you could, you had enough heart to throw him on the couch at least
  159. 159.
    >you journey up the stairs and simply roll onto the mattress without even attempting to get under the covers
  160. 160.
     
  161. 161.
    This green will not be finished but I'll upload a summary of what it was supposed to end up like soon on ponepaste, I've actually been sitting on this part 14 material for ages, probably less than a month after part 13 came out too and just didn't post it partially because i didn't intend to finish the fic anyways, im sorry about that.

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