Honey Pot - Chapter 3


                                            >The following morning, Honey Drop was already waiting outside your house, waiting for you to take her alongside you and visit Snake Eye's clubhouse.

                                            >For some reason she didn't knock on the door and she was waiting in front of your house, evading ponies that were coming by as they went their way.

                                            >Once you were outside, she changed her expression and was eager to greet you.

                                            >"Hi Anon! I've been waiting for you!"

                                            >Honey Drop was carrying a saddlebag on her waist, it looked heavy.

                                            "Hey... did you sleep? You are way earlier than I thought."

                                            >"Of course I did. I just fell asleep as I counted the time left until we were together!"

                                            >She does know you are going to be with Snake Eyes later, right? You hope she likes card games at least.

                                            "Well, let's move." You close the door of your house. "I'll show you where Snake Eyes lives."

                                            >Hopefully Snake doesn't make her bet or something, Celestia knows how Snake could lose.


                                            >As you two walked through Canterlot, various ponies were out and about walking and greeting others, well, except for those who like to keep their heads up and pretend they're all mighty.

                                            >She starts to get close to you, if she keeps doing that, everypony will think she is your fillyfriend...

                                            >Her saddlebag slightly touches your sides, it felt like she was carrying stones in there.

                                            "So, what do you have in your saddlebags?" You ask her.

                                            >"Oh, just food I made myself! Just for you!"

                                            "Well, I appreciate you cooking- wait, what kind of food is it?"

                                            >"Hunan! My Hunan cuisine is just delicious, you're gonna want more the more you eat it!"

                                            >You have no idea what Hunan means, but you nod a reply.

                                            "I see, well, I can't wait to taste it."

                                            >Honey giggled happily and bumped her flank into your left side.

                                            >That was intentional as if she was being playful with you.

                                            >You try to avoid making eye contact with her as you were slightly blushing.

                                            >Your left ear perks up as it listens to something Honey Drop is singing.

                                            >"Yi, Yi, Yi Er San~ Yi Er San Si Wu Liu Qi~ (One, one, one two three, One two three four five six seven)." Honey was happily humming and singing something in a foreign language.

                                            >Was that... Japanese perhaps? Or would you be racist to think so?

                                            >Well, since she looks like a panda it could be that that was Chinese.

                                            >Whatever it is, her humming was... adorable.

                                            >Ugh, hold it together, Anon! You still have your suspicions about this panda filly!


                                            >You two made it to Snake Eye's home, he was waiting by his front yard as he practiced his magic levitating some cards and drawing them around.

                                            >He welcomed you two and we went to the backyard where, uh, the "clubhouse" was located.

                                            >There were no trees in his backyard, so a set of bushes had to make a home for his clubhouse, which you sometimes call a bushouse. Snake Eyes doesn't like that comment and you try your best not to say it.

                                            >It just sometimes slips, you can't help it.

                                            >Snake Eyes noticed Honey's saddlebags as she removed them and placed them on a table that was in the clubhouse.

                                            >"Whoa nelly, you got something heavy in there. Is it espionage devices? Hah!"

                                            >Honey ignored Snake's comment and started getting from her saddlebags some bowls, spoons, condiments, and other stuff you didn't recognize.

                                            "Yo buddy, did you have breakfast?"

                                            >"Do energy bars count as breakfast, dude?"

                                            "...You should eat healthily. You won't be growing into a healthy stallion if you keep evading the nutrients your body needs."

                                            >"Ugh, you sound like my mom." Snake closes his eyes and begins sniffing. "What smells so... good?"

                                            >The scent from Honey's saddlebag slowly made it to your nostrils, it was an aroma that caught you as a spiderweb does to its prey.

                                            >You did have breakfast, but you were now curious as to how tasty Honey Drop food was.

                                            >Snake Eyes was drooling and he didn't even know what Honey brought with her.

                                            "Guess you can't eat with an empty stomach that is only filled with energetic bars. I'll also eat some, even if I had breakfast."

                                            >She had to carry those saddlebags that look heavy, so it would be ungentlemanly of you not to eat.

                                            >You know for sure Honey was happy to hear you wanted to eat her food, as her ears perked up instantly, and her tiny panda tail was moving from left to right.


                                            >Not much time passed as Honey Drop was already done serving her Chinese cuisine to you two, plus a bowl for herself.

                                            >The bowl had rice, noodles, and some red and green vegetables cut into tiny slices that you couldn't recognize. Something was for sure, this smelled wonderful.

                                            >"My Hunan cuisine will fill you both! Man man chi! (Eat it slowly!)"

                                            >Both of you stare at Honey not knowing what she meant.

                                            >Snake, as hungry as he was, shrugged and started devouring his bowl of noodles.

                                            >"You take your time and eat it slowly, Anon! Enjoy it! Let... Snake, eat at his speed." She then whispers something you couldn't hear. "Eating the food I made for my anon..."

                                            >Well, if she says so.

                                            >You take a spoonful of noodles to your mouth, along with the vegetables in the bowl.

                                            >Soon, it hit you. This bowl was spicy! These were chilly peppers!

                                            "It's... it's spicy. Really, really spicy!"

                                            >You grab another spoonful and eat it.

                                            >Oh God your throat feels as if Hades himself shrunk and started living there!

                                            >But you can't stop eating, and neither could Snake Eyes.

                                            >"What is thiiiis? Is so spicy! Yet so good!" Snake Eyes slurps his bowl and finishes it, putting it down on the table. "Aiiiyee! Are you sure you don't want two coltfriends?"

                                            >You nearly choke on your food as Snake said that.

                                            >"Just kidding, just kidding!"

                                            >Just for a moment you think you saw Honey Drop looking grimly at Snake Eyes as if he shouldn't have said that.

                                            >Was it your imagination? Was it the chilly peppers?

                                            >"Don't be silly, I only have eyes for Anon! No other colt can catch my attention as Anon did!" Honey starts serving another bowl of noodles to Snake Eyes. The bowl had extra chilly peppers. "Why don't you keep eating? You must be hungry!"

                                            >Honey added some sauce to his bowl and mixed it with the bowl of noodles.

                                            >Snake Eyes nods and attacks his bowl once again, not noticing the extra ingredients.

                                            >You have a feeling he's gonna get a stomach ache from the spiciness.

                                            >You notice Honey had a bowl of soup with no noodles, just the soup. She was sipping the contents of it.

                                            >You should consider using chopsticks instead of a spoon for this. After all, chopsticks could be good practice for your magic.

                                            >You stop thinking and keep eating.


                                            >You three finish eating, Snake Eyes having eaten a considerable amount of four bowls alone.

                                            >You just had one bowl since you already had breakfast, Honey finished two bowls and looked satisfied, even though it had only soup and no noodles like you two.

                                            >"So... full... need... time... to recover...!"

                                            >This colt is about to become a dragon.

                                            >Maybe eating so fast wasn't a good idea for him. If you feel warm inside your belly, you can't imagine how he is feeling right now.

                                            >"Give me... just a moment... and we can... play..." Snake Eye's stomach starts growling like an actual dragon. "Ok you guys start without me, I need to... IneedtogoI'llbeback! AAAAH!"

                                            >And just like that, Snake Eyes ran to his house in a split second, leaving you two alone.

                                            "You told me to eat slowly so he would be living in his bathroom for the next hour, didn't you?"

                                            >"Whatever you are talking about, Anon?" She says with a scrunchy smile. "It's not like I wanted us to be alone so we could play without him! I mean I totally want to be with you, but, uh, Snake Eyes also invited me along with you."

                                            >This filly's evil, then again, Snake Eyes did overdo it.

                                            >Eating a bowl of spicy noodles as fast as you can is just a big error and that is a lesson that is going to follow this colt for the rest of his life.

                                            >And to the bathroom.

                                            "Well, wanna play? Snake left his cards so we could play a few rounds until he's back." You pick the cards that were lying next to the chair Snake Eyes was sitting in. "How about it? We could play poker or something."

                                            >Honey Drop's ears were moving around, eager to play with you.

                                            >"I'd love to play with you, Anon!"

                                            >You start giving her a few cards and you give yourself the same.

                                            >"Are we going to... bet?"

                                            >You chuckle. You were expecting to hear those words from Snake Eyes, sadly, but right now he is fighting in the downpour dungeon that is his bathroom.

                                            "What do you wanna bet? Bits, food, or something else?"

                                            >"I want to hug you if I win." Honey says immediately, her expression serious as it can get.

                                            >It caught you a bit off guard. You've never hugged somepony that wasn't your parents, it would be the first time.

                                            >She surely is rushing her way into you, but you are no coward to say no to a bet.

                                            "Well... I guess...? What if I win?"

                                            >"Then you get to hug me!"

                                            "Now that's what you want, not me." You chuckle. "How about cooking more of your hot pots if I win? Maybe tomorrow, my mom would love to taste that."

                                            >You should choose your words wisely, as anything can hype this filly up.

                                            >"You don't have to bet that, I can make food for you forever, Anon!"

                                            "Alright, alright. You want a bet? If I win, you will have to wear a fake horn on your forehead and will try to get inside the magic school. Best out of 3 games. How's that?"

                                            >"That's okay by me!"

                                            >And so you two started the game.


                                            >A set of 5 cards hit the table from Honey Drop's side.

                                            >An Ace, King, Queen, Joker, and 10 cards of hearts were present.

                                            >"Royal flush! I won!"

                                            >You... lost, way harder than you thought.

                                            >She won the first two games.

                                            "How? How did you do it?"

                                            >"I told you I am a self-proclaimed scientist! It was all within my calculations! The way you mixed the cards made it so my victory was between the sixty percent of a win, the royal flush was just an extra."

                                            >You were amazed, if Snake Eyes were here, he would throw an argument about how this is luck based.

                                            >But sixty percent...

                                            "What about the forty percent?"

                                            >"Irrelevant unless a third player joins."

                                            >You... she... uh... your head hurts.

                                            >Well, a deal is a deal...

                                            "Guess you want your prize..."

                                            >Honey didn't say anything, she was already welcoming you with her hooves open to receive the hug.

                                            >She didn't want to hug you, she wanted you to hug her.

                                            >You sigh.

                                            >Slowly, you put your hooves behind her as you hug her. It takes her some time to realize you did hug her and she puts her hooves on your back, closing the hug.

                                            >You tried to not look at her, as it was too embarrassing for you. You could spot her panda-like tail waving a bit and, since there was silence in the clubhouse, you could hear her breathing.

                                            >Your heart started beating a bit faster, only until this moment you realized how a bit cold Honey felt as you embarrassed her.

                                            >Did she spend the night outside? You wanna ask but are too embarrassed to say anything.

                                            >The hug lasted for quite a while.

                                            >...How do you stop a hug?

                                            >"Wo Ai Ni, Anon~ (I love you)" She whispers to you.

                                            "Umm... yeah..."

                                            >You have no idea what that means, but you have a feeling you do.

                                            >The door of the clubhouse widens open, and Snake Eyes makes his appearance back.

                                            >"Ugh, maybe eating fast wasn't a good idea, don't you think guys-"

                                            >You stop hugging Honey as soon as you realize Snake Eyes made it back alive from his journey to the bathroom.

                                            "OH HEY HI DUDE! HAHA! D-did you have a problem back there?"

                                            >There is no way he didn't see you two hugging each other.

                                            >"Oh, I see how it is. This is what the adults call 'third wheel', isn't it? Maybe next time I should get a filly so I don't look like I'm getting in the way!"

                                            "Dude no! Is not like this!" You change your glaze into Honey. "Tell him! It was just a bet I lost, right?"

                                            >Honey decided it was better for her to not say a thing. Either she doesn't want to say it was a bet so Snake Eyes thinks something else or she still doesn't like Snake.

                                            >"I'm allowed to talk about this at school so other fillies don't think they got a chance with the Green Menace himself, right?"

                                            >Honey Drop stopped being quiet and this time she did reply to Snake.

                                            >"You would do that? Please do!"

                                            "DUDE NO!"

                                            >"Buddy, yes." He chuckled. "Unless you win one hundred games today, I won't go down on my word!"

                                            "I will beat you as many times as you want." You start levitating an ace of spades. "BRING IT ON, DRAW, DOUBLE DOWN!"

                                            >"Alright, that's the spirit! Let's dance together with the dice!"


                                            >The day passed by quickly, as it was dusk again.

                                            >You three played more games and you had a fun time, you even forgot about Snake telling the foals at school about Honey and you.

                                            >Snake Eyes said his goodbye to you two, he didn't want to follow you to your home or the middle of the road since he wanted Honey to escort you.

                                            >The roadway home was somehow silent, you were exhausted from playing a lot, and probably Honey was, too.

                                            >You finally arrive home and turn to say goodbye to Honey.

                                            >"Anon, before you go... I have something for you!"

                                            >She took a paperbag out of her saddlebags, it had a good scent.

                                            >You levitate the bag with your magic and bring it to your hoof, it feels warm.

                                            >More food? Whoa, just how much did she make?

                                            >"I made these three dumplings so you could eat them for dinner! I made them with my Qi and love~"

                                            >You accept the gift and smile at her. This was a good gesture.

                                            >"But don't share these! Eat them yourself! I made them so only you could eat them! Not that I didn't want you to share, but..."

                                            "Okay, okay, I get it. I'll eat them and I won't share them with my parents, don't worry." You tap her over the head. "It's fine, see?"

                                            >Her food was great, so why not?

                                            >"I also made one special for you! I promise it's delicious!" She giggled. "I hope you can guess the right one! It's out of this world!"

                                            >Out of this world, heh...

                                            >And so, you say goodbye to Honey and she waits until you're inside your house. Peeking by the window, you see her leaving.

                                            "Mom? Dad? I'm home!"

                                            >There was no reply.

                                            >When you went to the kitchen, there was a note that said: Anon, I have some business with an old friend in a town nearby, I won't take long and will probably be back by midnight. Brush your teeth! - Love, mom.

                                            >You roll your eyes.

                                            "Sure, sure, I'll brush my teeth." You look at the bag Honey gifted you. "After eating these, of course."

                                            >You head to your bedroom and put the bag of dumplings on your bed.

                                            "Mom and dad aren't home, I don't think they'll mind if I eat on my bed today."

                                            >You open the bag and the sweet scent fills your room with it. The dumplings looked tasty, the aroma was sweet and to your touch, it felt warm as if it was recently made.

                                            "Well, she did say she made one special for me. I wonder what crazy condiments she added."

                                            >The dumplings were labeled by numbers, probably so you can tell her the number tomorrow and see if you guessed the right one.

                                            >You start with the dumpling with the label "#1"

                                            >You munch on it.

                                            "Hm. Tastes like a mix of vegetables."

                                            >It tasted good, maybe it had onion or some garlic in it? You should ask Honey tomorrow.

                                            >You finish your dumpling and grab the next one, labeled as "#2"

                                            >You take a bite.

                                            >It felt crunchy.

                                            >Way too crunchy.

                                            "Hm?"

                                            >...

                                            >You take a look at what was inside the dumpling, but you can barely see the content inside the dumpling.

                                            >Suddenly, you drop the dumpling from the grip of your magic.

                                            "Huh?"

                                            >Your horn couldn't do magic all of the sudden.

                                            "I am tired? I've never seen my horn do that..." You cough a bit. "Mom will get angry if she sees that on the floor..."

                                            >You kneel to grab the dumpling that you dropped but end up falling.

                                            >You begin coughing more.

                                            "My hooves... I can't... feel them..." Your voice was raspy.

                                            >What was inside that dumpling?

                                            "I need wateh-"

                                            >You try crawling, but you barely make it anywhere near your bedroom door as you no longer feel your hooves working.

                                            "M-moh-" You tried calling out for help from your mother, but your voice got silent.

                                            >Then you remembered, you were alone until midnight. Colgate wasn't getting home until 5 hours or so.

                                            >Your vision started to get blurry.

                                            >The only thing that you still had was your hearing, which filled you with dread.

                                            >As your senses were slowly locked, your hearing became incredibly accurate, so much so that you could hear someone opening the front door.

                                            >The noises from the door were too aggressive as if someone was forcing their way in.

                                            >You no longer could see anything, you were in complete darkness and silence.

                                            >You wanted to cry, you wanted to scream, you wanted to escape.

                                            >But it was all in vain.

                                            >The front door pries open and you can do nothing but listen as some hoofsteps approach the living room into the kitchen, into outside the bedroom of your parents, until it reaches your door.

                                            >You couldn't do anything, but slowly your conscience started to fade.

                                            >You could only hear the breathing of whoever was inside with you, staring at you.

                                            >You lose your conscience.


                                            Diary of Anon

                                            Today I had fun with Honey Drop.

                                            I got to hug her after losing at poker with her.

                                            Snake Eyes shouldn't joke about Honey Drop being her fillyfriend.

                                            That made me angry.

                                            Her dumplings were amazing, so amazing that I fell asleep after eating them.

                                            I forgot to close the front door, hope my mom doesn't find out!


                                            >Some pages were missing from your diary.