Fall of a Champion
The next day started out with a hard knock on the human's door. Isaac put down his bowl of cereal and walked over to the door. What he found was an unfamiliar maroon mare donning a white blouse and a brown skirt that went down to her knees. She looked like she was in her early thirties or late twenties.
"Can I help you Miss?" He said as he rubbed his eyes.
"Yes, I don't believe we've met." She said as she stuck out her hand. "I'm Ms. Cherilee." The name clicked in the human's mind.
"Oh, You're Applebloom's teacher." He shook her hand and smiled. "Name's Isaac."
"Yes, I've heard quite a bit about you." She smiled. "I just wanted to talk to you about something."
"No problem. Would you like to come in?" He said as he held the door open for the mare. Cherilee nodded and made her way past the man and into his home. "Sorry I was just having breakfast." He said as he sat down in a chair. "So what's up?"
"This." Cherilee said as she held up the book he had lent to the fillies. "They said that you lent them this book."
"Yeah why?" He said as he cocked an eyebrow.
"Honestly letting girls their age reading something this....horrible!" She stammered.
"How is it bad? Thats a best seller back where I'm from."
"I'm talking about the story." The words clicked in the man's mind.
"Oh, I see. You mean the content."
"Exactly!" She said with a sigh. "I don't know how you humans get your kicks from fictional horror stories but-"
"Okay, first off that book isn't fiction." The mare blinked. Twice. She looked down at the book. "That is based off of a real fourteen year old girl's diary during the Holocaust that occurred in World War two."
"This actually happened?" She asked in a shocked tone.
"Unfortunately yes, not one of humanity's finest moments." He said with a sigh. "Look I told those girls that there may be some content in that book that they may not be ready for."
"That's still no excuse. Now the girls won't calm down about it."
"How so?"
"They want to know what happens next and frankly so do I."
"What are you talking about?"
"What happened?"
"What do you mean what happened? Anne Frank died in a concentration camp." Cherilee face palmed.
"I mean, what happened to the war?" Isaac cocked and eyebrow and looked at the mare.
"Look, if I'm going to talk about World War two then I'd better start at the beginning of human history."
"Excellent." She said as she stood up. "I'll see you on Monday morning at eight o'clock in my class room."
"Wait what?"
"I want you to teach my class and myself about this topic." Isaac looked at the mare in surprise. "I look at it as new knowledge and I'm always interested in learning knew things."
"You and Twilight must get along." Cherilee chuckled and nodded. "Okay, mind if I bring some visuals?"
"By all means."
"Just a heads up. It isn't pretty and contains several things that are explicit." Cherilee gulped. "More than what was in that book."
"I see. Try your best to limit it."
"I'll try." He said as he shook her hand.
"Splendid. I'll see you then." She said as she handed the book back to him.
"See ya then. Oh and how did the CMC do on their report?"
"They each got a B+." Isaac smiled and waved as she exited his home. The human yawned and finished his breakfast. The man cracked his neck and decided to head into town. The human made his way through the quiet town and stopped in the library. The librarian was at her desk with the small silver sphere Isaac had taken from the castle.
"Hey Twilight." He said as he walked in.
"Oh hey Isaac. How are you feeling?" She asked with a smile.
"Been worse." He said as he looked at the ball. "Why do you have that thing?"
"Celestia asked me to examine it."
"I thought that she was supposed to give it to some smart pony." He said with a smug grin. Twilight frowned at him. "Oh lighten up. You know I'm kidding." He chuckled.
"Ha-ha." She said sarcastically. "Somehow this thing is connected to the Elements of Harmony so who better to study it than me?"
"So find anything out about this thing?" He asked as he looked at the sphere.
"Only that it's incredibly strong and light. I hit it with a hammer and it didn't even leave a scratch." Isaac cocked an eyebrow at the object. "I then had Spike breathe fire on it and there were no scorch marks."
"Jeez whats this thing made out of?" He said as he picked it up. The markings on the ball stared to glow and Twilight gasped. "What?"
"Look!" She said as she pointed at the markings. Isaac immediately dropped the sphere. "Why'd you drop it?"
"Last time that happened it felt like I was getting electrocuted." He said as he put it back on her desk. The door then opened to reveal the other five mares. "Hey guys." He said with a smile.
"Sup dude?" Dash said as she fist bumped him. "What are you doing here?"
"Oh right." He said as he turned back to Twilight. "I need your help next Monday."
"With?" Twilight asked.
"Cherilee wants me to teach a class about human history and I may need your help." Twilight's eyes lit up.
"Yes!" She said with a wide smile.
"Okay easy Twilight. I still need to get the materials together." He said with a sigh.
"Hang on a second." Twilight said as she pulled out a piece of paper with some words on it. "Why couldn't the book stand up for itself?"
"Why?" Isaac asked as he rolled his eyes.
"It didn't have the spine." A dead silence fell over the group. The guests all face palmed. In the distance a dog barked. "What? You don't like it?"
"You'd hear crickets chirping, but they all stayed silent to avoid how awkwardly bad that joke was." Isaac said as he shook his head.
"Are you saying I'm not funny?" She asked.
"No, I think you are very amusing when you're an anal OCD train wreck. So long as you stay your usual self its fine."
"I don't get it." Isaac groaned and looked at the group of mares.
"Everyone is funny in their own way." He said as he stood next to the cyan flyer. "Dashie here sells it with her cocky attitude."
"I am the best." She said as she struck a pose.
"Rarity is funny when she'd being sarcastic or is up on her high horse." The mare pouted. "Applejack is funny when she tries to tell a lie and her face betrays her. Fluttershy is hilarious when she's so timid and hides from her own shadow." The yellow mare blushed. "Discord is funny because quite frankly he's as crazy as I am." He said as he pointed to himself.
"But there is one person in this town who is funny, no matter what she says." He said as he cleared his throat. "Drum roll please." Dash grabbed a nearby hard covered book and started rapidly tapping on it. " And the award goes to, Pinkie Pie." Pinkie bowed. Isaac then put his hands together in a praying formation. "So please for the love of God, Celestia, Luna, Discord and any other all powerful beings out there. Don't tell anymore jokes." Twilight frowned and groaned. "Oh yeah and why are you trying to tap the funny bone today?"
"Don't you know dude?" Dash said. "Its prank day."
"Prank day?" He said in surprise.
"Jeez you need to get up on the times." Pinkie said. "Prank day is a holiday where we all pull pranks on each other."
"Oh its like April Fools' Day."
"Eeyup and speaking of which." Applejack pulled out an egg from her pocket and smashed it on his head. The girls laughed at it.
"Why would you waste an egg like that?" Isaac said with a grunt.
"It was rotten." The smell hit the human like a freight train and he grabbed his nose.
"Nice AJ, real nice." He groaned. The human then turned to leave only to be met with a plate of white cream to the face. Dash was on the floor in tears as the tin plate fell to the ground. "Well, you can't beat the classics." He said before wiping the cream off his face and storming out.
"I'd be careful Dash." Twilight said.
"Oh come on Twilight its the holiday."
"I'm just saying you know how quick tempered he is." Dash rolled her eyes and calmed herself down.
The human used Twilight's hose to wash the egg and cream off his face and head. The man shook his head and ran a hand through his messy hair. Isaac continued on his way through town and he spied a familiar grey Pegasus mare with a blonde mane.
"Oh hey Isaac." Ditzy said with a smile on her face. The mare was holding two ice cream cones in each hand.
"Morning Ditzy." He said with a smile. The man flinched as he saw the ice cream. "You're not gonna hit me with one of those are ya?"
"What? No, I'm not much of a prankster." She giggled.
"So why do you have two?"
"Oh this ones for Dinky." She said as a grey Unicorn filly with a similar blonde mane walked up to her. "Here you go Dinky." She said as the filly smiled.
"Awe cool, I didn't know you had a little sister."
"She's not my sister silly." The filly chimed. "She's my mommy." Isaac felt his right eye lid twitch as he looked at the two.
"Sorry, I just assumed." He said as he scratched the back of his head.
"Its fine you're not the first to make that mistake." She said with a smile. "Her name is Dinky."
"Hi." She said with a smile.
"Nice to meet you." Isaac said before she ran ahead. "Hey Ditzy," The mare turned her head and looked at him. "feel free to not answer this but, why does she have a horn?"
"Oh, well Dinky isn't really my filly." She said as the two started to walk down the road. "I was running a long delivery in Manehattan a year ago when I found her in a dumpster looking for food." Isaac's jaw dropped in shock. "She told me that she ran away from the orphanage and had been living on the streets for about two weeks."
"Jesus." He said in a low tone.
"I couldn't leave her there so I took her back with me, filled out the paperwork and we've been living here ever since." Isaac was dumbstruck at the story and looked at the grey mare in amazement.
"Remind me to nominate you for mother of the year." He said with a genuine smile.
"Awe thanks."
"Well, I'd better get going. I gotta find something to do else I'll die of boredom." He said as he waved goodbye to the mare.
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The human stormed into his home hours later soaking wet after being drenched by a cloud filled with sugar water. Courtesy of the cyan flyer. He quickly changed his clothes and walked over to a black wooden box.
"Those guys want a war? I'll give em a war." He said with a sigh. The human dialed a number on his phone and put it to his ear. "Hey Luna? Its Isaac....Yes we're still on for later. Look I need to talk to Discord for a second...Yo D, wanna cause some chaos?...Good. How fast can you get to Ponyville?" A bright light then filled the man's room.
"This fast enough?" Discord said with a smile.
"Excellent."
"I should have you know that Tia has banned me from playing pranks on ponies today."
"You won't be doing the pranking. I will. I just need your help with a few things."
"What's your idea?" Isaac whispered to the god of chaos who laughed. "You are truly a crazy creature."
"Coming from you that means a lot. Now lets get to work." He said with a wicked smile and grabbed an empty jar. The two ran off towards the Everfree forest.
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Around nine o'clock Rarity was working in her shop only to see a bright blue light fill the room. She blinked twice to see the Lunar Princess appear in her room. Luna looked around and yawned. She blinked as she realized where she was.
"Oh we apologize Rarity. We were planning to teleport into Isaac's home." She said with a weak smile. "It takes a bit for us to focus on almost no rest."
"Oh its no trouble." The seamstress then formed an idea in her mind. A smirk slowly spread across her face. "You and Isaac are doing that...competition tonight correct?"
"Yes, even though we have practiced for days we are sill very nervous." Luna said with a gulp.
"What does the bet entail?"
"The loser must do what the winner wants without question for twenty-four hours."
Oh this is perfect. I'll have to see what Luna does to him. She giggled. Sorry Isaac, but payback is a bitch and so am I.
"You know, I do know a strategy that could aid you in your victory." Luna's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates. "If you want to know then I could teach you."
"Please! We need every advantage we can get." Rarity smirked and cracked her neck.
"Right then. Lets begin."
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Isaac sat in his home with a triumphant look on his face. Discord had long since left after they had set their job in motion, all that required was patience. The human made himself dinner and decided to practice some Halo before going up against the lunar Princess. He easily cleared the firefight mission with a score in the hundred thousands.
Sorry Lulu. You are going down. He thought with a chuckle.
Don't be so sure whelp! The man jumped out of his seat in fright. The room was filled with bright blue light and the form of the Alicorn Princess was standing before him. She was wearing a dark shroud that covered most of her body.
"Whats with the get up?"
"Are you mocking my fashion sense?" Luna narrowed her eyes on the man. Isaac gulped in fear at the mare.
"No, just never seen you wear something like that before." He said with a sigh. "You ready for a beat down?"
"It is us who will have the last laugh mortal." She said as she summoned her blue controller. Isaac popped in Halo: Reach and the two started the competition. Isaac started out in the lead with five kills on the mare before she got one. When the two got into the teens, Luna was gaining the upper hand.
"You've gotten better I'll give you that." He said as his character picked up a sniper rifle. He quickly spun around and no scoped the blue elite. "Sadly, not good enough." He grinned as Luna's cheeks flushed red with anger. Isaac managed to air assassinate the Princess for the final kill.
"GAME OVER!" The electronic voice said.
"Sorry Lulu, but I told you that-"
"Double or nothing!" She yelled. Isaac raised an eyebrow and chuckled.
"Really Luna? Is that courage or desperation?" The Princess frowned at the human. "Think you can handle two days in my debt?"
"Good thing I won't have too."
"You're writing checks your ass can't cash." He chuckled as he selected a different map. "You're on!"
"The stakes have been doubled!" She yelled in delight before getting up. "May I use your restroom?"
"Sure. Know where it is?" The lunar Princess nodded and made her way towards the restroom. After she closed the door, the Princess looked at her self in the mirror and hung her head.
Am I really going to do this? The Princess then remembered the words of the white hooded assassin.
Everything is permitted. With new courage the mare smirked and cracked her knuckles.
Isaac decided to have some fun and change the color scheme on Luna's avatar from dark blue to bright pink.
"Cease thy actions wretch!" Luna yelled.
"Oh calm down Lu-" The man stopped dead in his tracks as his throat dried up at the sight. The Lunar Princess was donning a jet black corset and thigh high black stockings. The mare also had on black eye liner that made her light blue eyes stand out even more. Isaac gulped as he felt his face blush as she sat down next to him.
"Why are you staring at us like that?" She asked in an innocent tone.
"Wh-whats with the get up?"
"Are though disrespecting our fashion sense?" She growled.
"No, lets play." He said as sweat formed on the man's brow. As the match began he saw that Luna had switched from using her hands to her magic. "Why are you using magic?"
"Our hands are starting to hurt from over use." She said as she stretched her arms. Isaac gulped as he saw her breasts bounce as she raised her arms. The man quickly looked away and tried to focus on the game. His left eye kept looking at the Princess who hand now crossed her legs. Luna was gaining ground and the two were even as they hit the mid way point.
The lunar Princess then stood up with her magic still making the controller move.
"Where are you going?"
"All that inactivity, has given us a sore back." She said as she bent backwards.
Damn that's hot.
Shut up idiot! Remember she can read minds!
Crap! He thought as he focused on the game. Luna smirked as she heard the thoughts.
I can't believe this is actually working.Rarity you are indeed crafty. Luna giggled. The two were neck and neck as they neared the final three points. The man gulped as he felt the alicorn's chin rest on his head. He could almost feel the sweat from her chest on the back of his neck.
"Wh-what are you doing?"
"Using you as a head rest." She said in a seductive tone. Luna went in for the kill and lightly nibbled his ear. Isaac immediately shot up and looked at the Princess.
"Don't get any ideas!" He yelled with a blush strewn across his face. "I know what you're doing and it's not going to-" He was cut off as he heard a spartan scream as it was killed by a rocket.
"GAME OVER!" Isaac froze in his tracks and slowly turned around to look at the screen.
Luna: 50 kills.
Isaac: 49 kills.
"Ha-ha! We are victorious!" Luna yelled as she snapped her fingers and the outfit was replaced by a normal dress.
"That was a dirty trick Luna!" Isaac yelled.
"Is someone trying to back out of our deal?" She said with an evil smirk. Isaac grunted and hung his head in shame.
"No, if I'm nothing else, then I'm a man of my word." He said in defeat.
"Good and since I doubled the bet, I own you for forty-eight hours." She said with a wicked grin.
"Crap. What are you gonna have me do?" He said as he waited for the crushing words.
"We are not sure. We will let you know when we think of something." She said as she yawned. "Now we must sleep."
"I thought you were nocturnal."
"Normally yes, but we spent all day practicing." She said as she rubbed her eyes.
"Well, if ya want then there's a guest room." He said as he walked up stairs and changed into a pair of gym shorts and a plain T-shirt. The man crawled into bed and started to fall asleep. Ten minutes later he felt something in his bed and looked over his right shoulder. His eyes shrank as he saw a pair of cyan eyes looking at him.
"Holy crap!" He said as he almost fell out of bed. He looked again and saw Luna settling herself under the covers. "What do you want Luna?" He asked in a groggy tone.
"We are going to sleep."
"Why are you doing it in my bed?" He asked hiding his blush.
"Its warmer."
"You've taken my dignity. I'm not letting you take my bed." He grumbled.
"I'm not telling you to leave." She said as she turned over and rested her head on the pillow.
"Fine." He grumbled. "By the way when does your sister raise the sun?"
"I think its around seven in the morning. Why?"
"No reason." He said as he grabbed his alarm clock and set it. The man closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
The next morning he woke up to the sound of his clock blazing and a weight on his chest. He looked down and his face immediately turned scarlet. The alicorn Princess was using his chest as a she softly snored. The man tried to move but felt the Alicorn wrap her arms around his torso and squeeze him like a pillow. Despite her physique the mare was surprisingly strong. The man chocked in pain as she squeezed harder.
"Luna." He said as he tapped her arm.
"What?" She asked as she stirred.
"Spine.....crushing." He said as the woman opened her eyes and immediately let go. The man inhaled and sat up. Luna hung her head.
"We are sorry, we thought you were a pillow."
"That kinda explains the drool on my shirt." He said as he hid his blush. The man grabbed a change of clothes and made his way into the bathroom. The man quickly got changed and saw that the Princess was still waking up. "Get up you don't wanna miss this." He said as went into his bedroom window and climbed onto the roof.
"Miss what?"
"My revenge." He said with an evil smirk. As luna changed into a dress and followed the human she saw Discord with a box of popcorn and a lawn chair.
"Oh Luna, how good of you to join us." He said with a smile. Isaac sat in one of the chairs and looked out towards the town.
"What are you doing here Discord?" She said as she narrowed her eyes.
"I could very well ask you the same thing." He grinned. "A royal sister of Equestria caught in bed with a being from another dimension? Scandalous!" The two immediately blushed. "As to why I'm here, I can never miss out on a display of utter chaos."
"What are you talking about?" Luna asked.
"Wait for it." Isaac said. The three then heard a scream come from the library. Soon the boutique and Sugar Cube Corner followed suit and the two partners in crime barreled over in laughter. Luna looked at them in confusion then back at the town.
"Oh Isaac you area genius!" Discord cackled as he wiped a tear from his eye.
"I try." He said as he saw Twilight storm up to his home. Isaac almost barreled over again as he saw the lavender Unicorn's limp horn.
"Discord!" She yelled as the other element bearers approached them. The six pulled out their elements and got ready to turn him back into a statue. Discord teleported down in front of the mares and sighed. "You said you wouldn't pull any pranks!"
"Now before you go and start lecturing me." He said as he held up a claw. "If you're looking for the real culprit look no further." He said as he pointed up. Isaac stood up and took a bow.
"Isaac?" Twilight yelled.
"Having trouble keeping that thing up Twi? Relax it happens to the best of us." Twilight's face went bright red. "Well, not me, but you? Yeah I can see that happening." The apple farmer and the yellow Pegasus looked un-touched while the cyan mare had a set of small orange wings. Pinkie was now a grey color and Rarity's mane and tail were now swamp green.
"You will pay for this you cur!" Rarity yelled. Isaac fell over again and pulled out his phone. The human took a quick snapshot of the mares as he wiped the tears from his eyes.
"You mess with the bull you get the horns." He said with a grin. "Consider this payback for the pie in the face, egg on my head, hot sauce in my coffee and trying to de-fabricate my clothes in the middle of town yesterday!" He bellowed.
"How did you even get us?" Pinkie asked.
"I just treated your water supplies with some liquified poison joke I got from Zecora." The mares gasped.
"Why didn't you do anything to these two?" Dash asked as she pointed to her two untouched friends.
"AJ's water supply comes from an underground well, like the hospital has its own water supply. Shy gets water from the Everfree forest which I'm guessing she has a filter for." He said with a chuckle.
"What about me?" Dash yelled.
"Ah yes, I poured some into a cloud and had Discord replace one of your cloud pillows with it." He chuckled. The four mares still gave him the death stare. "Oh calm down I have the cure right here." He said as he pulled out some water balloons.
"Don't you-" The mare was cut off as the man threw four water balloons at the mares which hit their marks. The wet mares grumbled as they felt the effects of the plant go away. "What about the rest of town?" Twilight yelled.
"I took the liberty of isolating your water supplies from the rest of the town's." Discord chuckled. The chaos lord said as Celestia appeared in front of them.
"Discord!" She yelled. "I specifically told you no pranks were to be done."
"It wasn't him Princess." Isaac stated. "I'm the mastermind behind this little fiasco." The white Alicorn looked at the man in shock. "I figured I'd celebrate the holiday." Celestia looked at the picture the human took and couldn't help, but giggle.
"Princess!" Twilight yelled.
"Oh calm down Twilight, there's no harm done." She giggled.
"Glad you fee that way Celestia." Isaac said as he quickly pulled out a bucket from his room and drenched the Princess in some spare joke water. Silence fell over the group as the white Alicorn's coat turned pink. Luna, Discord and Isaac were in hysterics as the six mares felt lumps form in their throats. "That was for going into my head." Celestia was glaring at the human with rage in her eyes before letting out a deep breath.
"Honestly, you three are worse than Blueblood!" She yelled.
"Awe come on Princess. You can't rope us in with that martian." Isaac said as he calmed down.
"Our shenanigans are fun and cheeky." Discord chuckled.
"His shenanigans are cruel and tragic." Luna stated.
"Which really doesn't make them shenanigans at all." Discord concluded.
"They're evil shenanigans!" The human yelled.
"I swear to the maker that the next one of you that says shenanigans will receive a one way trip to the moon!" Celestia barked. The three pranksters fell silent until Isaac thought of another idea.
"Hey Pinkie," The pink mare perked up. "what was that diner you were telling me about in Trottingham with the awesome bread sticks and all that goofy crap on the walls?"
"Oh you mean Shenanigans?" The three barreled over in laughter again as Celestia face palmed and gritted her teeth. Isaac calmed down and tossed her one of the water balloons. The white mare caught it in her telekinetic grip. "There's the cure. No harm done."
"Would you kindly explain why Luna didn't come home to the castle last night?" She asked in an irate tone. The human felt his joy fade away. He'd already pissed the Alicorn off and he didn't want to do it more by telling her that he had slept with her sister. Even if it was in a totally platonic way.
"We were too tired from last night's competition to teleport home." Luna stated. "Isaac was kind enough to allow us to stay over until we recovered our strength." She smiled.
"How did that go by the way?" Rarity asked.
"We emerged victorious!" Luna yelled in delight. The human muttered something under his breath and groaned. "We must thank thee Rarity. If thou had not suggested such a strategy then we would have surely failed." The human glared at the white mare who smirked.
"So what are you going to have him do?" Dash asked as she wickedly grinned at the human.
"The stakes were doubled after I beat her the first time." Isaac said with a groan. "So now I have to do what she says for two days. Two long, agonizing, dreadful days." He grumbled.
"We have not decided yet." Luna said with a smile. "We will get back to you on that," she said as she looked at the human. "for now we must return to the castle for royal business." She said before teleporting beside her pink sister.
"I must leave as well." Discord grumbled. "I must say that it was quite fun while it lasted Isaac. I look forward to seeing what else you have up your sleeve."
"Don't get any ideas." Celestia barked. Isaac sighed and climbed down from the roof.
"Sorry Princess." The man said not wanting to make enemies with the white Alicorn.
"Oh calm down, I enjoy a good prank as much as the next pony." She said as she extended her hand to shake. Isaac happily shook it only to be met with a large electrical shock ripping through his body. Celestia smirked and showed a joy buzzer in her palm.
"Oldest trick in the book." Isaac said as he shook off the shock. "You got me." He said as the Alicorn chuckled. "We cool?"
"For now." She said in a flat tone. "I will be keeping a close eye on you Isaac." She said before vanishing in a flash of light with the other two immortal beings. As Luna vanished, Isaac could have sworn that she winked at him.
The man pushed the thoughts out of his mind and cracked his neck. He gulped as he saw the four frowning mares in front of him. Dash and Applejack cracked their knuckles while Rarity and Twilight's horn glowed.
"You are so dead." Dash said as she got in a charging position.