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Fracture: Over the Rainbow {Optimized for less cringe}
By GreggumsCreated: 2021-10-24 09:45:25
Expiry: Never
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Originally Posted June 1st, 2018
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AUTHOR's NOTE
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This is a very very slight rework of an update I posted years ago. Read it AFTER Fracture:Episode II, but BEFORE Fracture: Interlude in Pink.
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I changed some parts of it to help it flow just a slight bit better, and in retrospect the whole "writer's table" thing was just plain cringy self-inserting bullshit which I needed to nyx entirely.
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The original will still be around here: https://pastebin.com/6BjYpRyz , just unlisted.
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>You are now Anon.
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>Dreaming about the cheeseburgers in France.
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>Despite having more or less adapted to the vegetarian lifestyle in Ponyville, there were still times where you craved something from Earth.
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>Granted, Fluttershy brought you fish every now and-
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>Wait. Fluttershy…aren’t you sleeping on her couch or something?
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>The dream begins to collapse around you with the mention of her name.
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>The ground becomes slick with some red liquid on the floor, and a yellow object is racing towards you.
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>You are knocked to the ground by Fluttershy, her irises shifting between turquoise and light-green.
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>”You WILL love me, Anon.”
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>It sounds as if she is speaking with two voices at the same time.
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>The main one sounds like the new Fluttershy, and the second is raspy and cracked.
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>You can feel her begin to press on your arms, and you begin to struggle under the weight.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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>You throw yourself awake and find minty eyes staring at you.
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>Fluttershy is floating a few feet in front of you, carrying a tray of food.
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>There is cereal, a banana, a tilted glass, and pancakes that appear to be drenched in orange juice.
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>”Are you okay Anon?” Her voice is tinged with concern.
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>Angel is laughing his ass off in the kitchen.
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No…I mean; I’m fine N- Fluttershy. Just had a bad dream.
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>”You almost made me call her ‘New Fluttershy’. What the hell Brain?”
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>Well, it is true…kinda.
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>After hearing that it was all a dream, Fluttershy brightened up a bit and set the tray onto the nearby table.
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>”I’m just glad you’re okay. Now, I have to go help Twilight with her studies on cloning. Angel will be here to keep you company until I get back.”
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>Angel makes a squeaky noise in the background.
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>”Once I get back, we can start our search for Pinkie.”
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>That voice…it’s a pleasant change from the old one.
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>Distracted by her voice, you can barely understand her goodbye, but the sound of the door closing manages to sound off alarms in your mind.
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>”SHE’S GONNA LOCK ME IN.”
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>”I’M TRAPPED.”
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>”I DON’T WANNA BE USED AS A DILDO.”
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>You run towards the door and try to throw it open.
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>Fluttershy stares at you as you practically fly out of the front doorway.
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>”I’m not locked in?”
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>You meet her gaze with an awkward smile and yell
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BYE!
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>”Bye Anon!” She responds while laughing, and continues down the road to Twilight’s.
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>There’s a *whish* sound as something collides with the back of your head and bounces towards your toes.
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A carrot?
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>You turn around to find that Angel “Nick Fury” Bunny is glaring at you.
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>”Anon, would you mind telling me what the hell is going on?”
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>You try to calmly explain the situation to Angel.
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Well you see-
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>*smack!*
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>You can hear the sound, but you can’t feel the pain as Angel’s paw lands hard on your face.
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>”Thank Celestia for Pinkie’s pain powder...”
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>You begin to think about where Pinkie might have ran off to, but Angel derails that train with another loud punch.
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>”Do NOT talk to me like I’m a kitten! Fluttershy’s voice and eyes have changed and you’re jumpier than usual.”
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>Wow.
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Baby rabbits are called kittens?
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>”I may like you, but I’ve known her longer and I can make your life a living hell if you do not answer my question.”
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>Thinking back, you recall Angel’s ‘hotel’ in Ponyville’s Red Light District.
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>He has enough money to pull off any threat he makes.
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>You sigh and look at Angel.
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My life already is hell. You might wanna sit down…it’s a long story.
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>You and Angel head into the cottage, and once the door closed, you started to tell your story.
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>You began with the night that you found the old Fluttershy’s list and added every detail that you were able to remember:
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>The army that the old Fluttershy had brought down upon your house.
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>Her laugh as she and her clones were destroyed.
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>How Pinkie had run away covered in blood and Rainbow’s flight to the tavern at the sight of Flutter’s eyes.
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>How you had convinced Twilight and the other Elements to keep quiet about the whole fiasco.
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>Angel stayed quiet for the most part, but a few tears leaked out when you described her death.
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>”Is she… is she still the same? You know…up here?” he says, pointing at his head.
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I don’t know man. Twilight is using her as a behavioral lab rat, so….
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>Wait a second.
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>Why does he even care?
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Hey Angel?
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What’s your stake in this whole thing?
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>”What do you mean?” He looks confused and slightly angry.
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>You have to be delicate about this, Anon.
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Well, you’re a successful business owner, you have money that pretty much flows out of you in streams, and yet you choose to live with Fluttershy as a “normal” bunny.
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>He doesn’t look as angry now, his face bears the lines of sadness as opposed to confusion.
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>He sits quietly for a few seconds, probably to condense whatever he wants to tell you.
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>”Fluttershy’s father was a combat buddy of mine, best combat medic I had ever seen. We fought together in Yakyakistan, helping them drive out changeling insurgents."
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>The shine seems to die out from his eyes as he looks to the floor.
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>"His wife, Rosey Shy, went into labor as we were coming home from our tour. She...didn't make it through the delivery."
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>"Trembler, Shy's father, I found him hanging with his cloud collection a few months later. His note only said that she would be safe in my care now."
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>”So, I moved from Baltimare to Ponyville, and set her up in a Cloudsdale orphanage; I didn’t know much about raising pegasi fillies.”
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>“From there on, I had to take a background role in her life…making sure she got a monthly stipend from her ‘distant Aunt Twinkle.’”
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>”She was safe there, like Trembler wanted, but she had to suffer through a horrible and lonely childhood because of me."
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>His eyes never looked up from the ground as he talked, but now that the story was done, he stared you dead in the eyes.
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>You could almost see the tinges of fire behind the stare.
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>Angel grabs you by the neck of your shirt and pulls you down towards him.
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>”So I’m warning you, boy…If I have to bury another Shy, then you and I will be taking a nice trip to Tartarus together."
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>You nod grimly. "U-understood."
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>Angel lets go of you and runs out the back door.
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>You fall back onto the couch, and hope for the best as Fluttershy walks in the door.
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>Within ten minutes, you and Fluttershy are back outside the cottage and heading into Everfree Forest.
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>You searched the woods until the sun went down, and then continued until the moon rose high into the night.
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>Aside from the occasional tuft of pink mane gripping tightly onto a branch, or small piles of confetti sparkling in the mud, there was no sign of Pinkie Pie.
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>Rainbow showed up to help Fluttershy with the aerial scouting, leaving you alone on the ground.
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>There was silence as you walked, broken only by the scattered howls of timberwolves in the depths of the forest.
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>Up ahead, the trees thinned out into a clearing.
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>You lie down in the soft grass and looked up to the stars.
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>Phantom raindrops trail down your face from the cloudless sky.
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WHERE ARE YOU, PINKIE!?
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>The stars seem to swirl slowly around you, leaving heavy trails behind them as they go.
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>A light weight presses down on your chest, and the tails race back to their stars as you are snapped out of your daze.
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>Looking down, Fluttershy’s head is resting on you, and her hoof gripping your hand slightly…somehow.
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>Rape alarms are sounding off at full strength, and your arms instinctively ready themselves to throw her out any nearby window or doors.
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>”I’m sorry Anon.”
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Huh?
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>Your arms retract to your sides, and your rapey-sense dies down a little.
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>”Why are you betraying me, Brain?”
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>Shut up. Let’s hear what Flutters has to say.
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>”All of this: you leaving my house, the clones, Pinkie’s breakdown and her going missing…it’s all been my fault, and I’m sorry.”
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>Small tears roll down from her eyes. “I know you probably won’t forgive me, but I’m going to make this right.”
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>You reach your hand out and wipe the tears away from her face.
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>”I’m only doing this to be nice…right Brain?”
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>Maybe.
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>”He’s lying.”
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>Shut up, Penis.
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Oh, fuck you Brain.
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>”Anon, who is ‘Brain’?”
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No one important.
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>The two of you lay silently in the grass for a while, fighting the urge to fall asleep.
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>Overhead, a rainbow arcs across the sky, rousing you to resume searching for Pinkie.
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:Time Travel back to Earlier Today:
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>CLACK.
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>The glass rings against the wooden counter as you slam it down.
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>The smell of whisky hangs heavy in the air.
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>You are now Rainbow Dash, and you are at The Splintered Hoof, Ponyville’s local tavern.
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>You came here after Twilight’s “magic tree bubble” disappeared, to put distance between you and the clone of your deceased friend.
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>Normally, you would be here to work on your novel, seeking the counsel of Mr. Walker and Mr. Daniels for inspiration.
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>But today, staring into the bottom of your fifth appletini, you couldn’t understand why you chose to come here…
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>…or why you were drinking appletinis.
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Shome Element of Layalty I am...", you slur as another appletini appears in front of you.
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>Damn tasty appletinis.
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>CLACK.
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>The appletini burns a bit as it races down your throat.
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>You take the coaster and set it atop the small stack to your right.
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Ugh...
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>At least you can stay loyal to a bottle.
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>"Shut up, Brainbow. Who asked you?"
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>I assumed that your tenth appletini was an open invitation to give a critique.
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Ten appletinis?, you quiely mutter.
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>You motion towards the tired blue unicorn behind the bar.
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Gimme one last appletini, Morning.
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>"Right away, Ms. Dash."
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>Clack
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>Morning sets your appletini down in front of you, then goes back to mopping the far end of the counter.
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>As you bring it up towards your face, the smell of mint hits your nose.
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>Old bastard gave you a grasshopper.
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>[Isn't it neat how the color looks almost like Flu-
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Don't.
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>[Don't what?
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Don't think about her.
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>[About Fluttershy?
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DON'T think about her.
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>[About how you bolted away to a bar because of something so trivial as your friend's eye color?
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She's not my friend.
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>[Are you sure?
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Yes.
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>[Why?
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>The grasshopper leaps down your throat.
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>tap
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>The glass gently sounds off as you set it down.
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I..I don't know. Something felt missing from them.
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>[She needs your help, Rainbow.
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I know, but-
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>[But nothing. You are Loyalty, and right now Shy could use a hoof to steady her.
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And I guess that's more important than what her eyes look like?
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>[Damn right. Inside, she's still the same pony you know and love.
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Ugh. Why do you have to be so smart?
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>[Because I'm you, duh. Now pony up and show how Loyal you are to your friends.
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Yes ma'am.
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>Putting the money for your new favorite drink on the counter, you take off into the night, zipping past Fluttershy's cottage.
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>Loyalty is fine and good, but right now you need to sleep.
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>And maybe throw up. That grasshopper tasted like soot.
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