>Be Anon
>Living in Equestria like a normie, no guards
>Right up until some yakyakistani tried to blow you up
>Then came Twilight's guards
>You were holed up in Canterlot, kept away from the general public
>You got out of bed, no windows, no entry aside from the door
>You opened up the door to your chambers and were greeted by a handful of royal guards
>Apparently being the only living human made you a prime target for pony isis
>"Mister Anonymous. The princess Twilight has requested your audience." the guard to your right says to you
"'Kay. Lead the way." he walks down the hall towards the throneroom
>You follow after and get blinded by the light of the room
>It was just sunlight, but you mainly lived in the shadows
>"Good morning, Anonymous!" Twilight chimed
>You stood there in the throneroom, wearing that one pair of boxers that sometimes let your cock slip out
>You look down, little Anon was peeking out a little
>You adjust your crotch and look back to Twilight
>Celestia and Luna are out doing politics shit right now
"Sup, Twiggles."
>Twilight scrunched her nose at you
>"I'm Twilight, not Twiggles. Anyways, I have a surprise for you."
"Wait... Is it art supplies?! I need to make pictures of frog-"
>"It's a bodyguard! You'll be able to go out safely with Silver Star if you want." Twilight introduced a heavily-armored mare around Luna's size
>The green mare sported silver armor that looked vaguely mongoloid
>Fucking weeaboo
>She looked at you curiously
>"Are you the human?"
"No I'm a changeling."
>"What?"
>"Anon stop playing around and introduce yourself."
>You extended a hand to Silver and she gingerly put her hoof in it
>"Nice to meet you."
"G'day."
>"Anon maybe you should put some clothes on?" Twilight says
"Maybe YOU should put some clothes on, you nude temptress."
>"I-I mean your..."
>Silver is looking at your crotch in shock
>Yep, your weird-looking cock is hanging out
>You stuff it back in and head back to your room
"Later Twiggle." you wave
>Silver follows
>You head back to your room to get some clothes
>Silver follows you into your room
>She looks around at how at-home you've made yourself
>"So this is your room?"
"Yep." you throw on a loose-fitting shirt and some cargo shorts
>You promptly walk over to, and lay in your bed
>There wasn't tv or internet or anything, so you were left with books
>And you hated reading, thanks to the public school system
>Silver Star stood awkwardly by the door
>"Do you want to leave the castle?"
"Eh, not really."
>She sat down
>Silver Star was a cute unicorn, despite being taller than most guards
>You can imagine she either didn't get a lot of action or snu snu'd a lot of poor stallions
>You stare at the ceiling
"After that attack, I don't feel safe outside the castle anymore."
>"Don't worry, I'm here to protect you." Silver approaches you
>You sigh, you really didn't want to be killed by pony muslims
"Where would you go?"
>Silver cocks her head
>"What do you mean?"
"I don't know anything about Canterlot, or where anything is."
>"I could take you to this painting place I know of. You said you liked painting."
"I'll go. But you need to hold my hand so I don't get lost."
>Silver looked at your hand, her face slowly reddening
>It was necessary so she wouldn't lose you in the crowded streets, but it was also super lewd
>Silver held out her hoof for you and you grabbed it, she was shaking like a leaf
>After a moment she pulled away
>"J-just stay near me."
>Silver lead you out of your room, down the hall, across the throneroom, down another hall, and out through the lobby
>The streets were bustling with snobby businessponies going about their rich lives
>Unsurprisingly, a space was instantly cleared for you
>Ponies didn't like you all that much, even Twilight seemed to only tolerate you
>Maybe it was because you were a giant green yeti
>Maybe it was because, in a land of friendship and kindness, you were disgruntled loner who pushed everything away
>You wanted to think it was the latter
>Silver held the door for you as you enterred the studio
>A pastel blue mare looked shocked to see you, but relieved when she saw Silver
>"How can I help you, miss?" she spoke to Silver
>"We're just here to do some painting."
>"Oh. Right this way." she turned tail and showed you to a table in the back
>You bought two pieces of pottery using the funds alloted to you by Twilight that you never seemed to spend
>It was just two cups
>Something to spend time on
>You looked at Silver, she was painting an autumn scene on her cup
>You looked at the blank cup, waiting for inspiration
>You take the gray and green paints and start doing some minimalist stripes
>This didn't look like enough
>But you liked it, vertical stripes
>You were not good at painting, Silver had done very well
>Her cup floats over to you
>"It's autumn. I love all the leaves."
"That's really good, how often do you paint?"
>"Not too often, I paint when I have the time."
>She looks at your cup
>"Stripes?"
>You move the cup closer to you
"What's wrong with stripes?"
>"Nothing, it's just really cute."
>You don't reply
>Silver pets your head with a hoof
>"It's okay to not be good at painting."
>She checks the time, it was getting late in the afternoon
>She checks the pottery in so it can be fired over night
>Silver turned to you, passing off your cup to the employee mare
>"We still have time, do you want to go do anything else?"
>You look around, honestly you had no idea what was nearby
"Uh..."
>"Maybe we could go to eat, you must be getting hungry."
"Not really, is there a park?"
>Silver Star puts her hoof to her chin, "There is a garden by the lake, but I don't know if it's open today."
>Silver and you walk out into the rapidly-emptying street and start heading further from Celestia's castle
>Eventually the cobblestone street leads out to a lake, across it you can see a large area of vegetation punctuating the skyline of buildings
>There is some gathering of the snootiest ponies going on
>Silver notices that from afar and doesn't seem too enthused about going to the garden
>"Maybe we could go another time, Anon."
"Yeah. I don't really like gardens, too peaceful for me."
>Silver holds your hand and walks you back to the castle
>It's been a while since Silver Star was assigned to you
>With her, you were able to go out and see the town
>And she treated you normally, she was a really good friend
>You liked her a lot more than you'd admit
>She was your only friend in a way
>Celestia didn't really have time for you, Luna kept out of your dreams ever since she saw that nightmare where you were hiding from alien
>You'd never met Cadance, and Twilight was only cordial with you
>Tonight was supposed to be some celebration, there was going to be fireworks
>You were talking to Celestia in the library, Silver was keeping watch outside
>"So what was it that you wanted to talk to me about, Anon?" the sun princess sat across from you at a simple library table
>She was browsing through a newspaper
"Well, I was interested in the... courting? Courting habits of ponies."
>Celestia raises an eyebrow
>"Don't tell me you've fallen for my charming looks." she smirks
"A different pony. I-I really like her."
>"My sister?"
"N-no."
>"Who? I must know what mare has stolen your heart." Celestia seemed interested in your love affair
"I can't tell you yet. I need to know some things first."
>"Of course."
"Am I attractive?"
>Celestia shuffles her hooves nervously
>"By pony standards? Absolutely not."
"How so?"
>"Well... You don't look anything like a pony. A mare would be looking for defined haunches and a good coat, neither of which you have. I'm sure you're an attractive human."
"Ouch." you look into the rightward distance
>"I'm only being truthful with you."
"I understand."
>"Would you kindly tell me who it is?"
>You look at the entrance to make sure no one is spying and lean in slightly
"My bodyguard, Silver Star."
>Celestia looks confused, and then sad
>"Oh, Anon..."
"There just something about her th-"
>"Anon, dear, look at me."
>You stop and look at the sun princess
>"You know this is her job? To protect you?"
"Yeah b-"
>"I-I hate to be the one to tell you this but she doesn't feel that way about you."
>You stand up
>"Anon, I'm sorry." Celestia says
"I just... After all this time I thought she was different."
>"She only did her job."
>You nod and step out of the library
>Silver Star is waiting to greet you
>"What did you two talk about?" she smiles
>It was so convincing too, to think she was just acting this whole time
>What if Celestia was wrong about her?
>Worse yet, what if she was right?
>Just... Just don't think about it, Anon
>You spend an afternoon with Silver, painting, hanging out at the garden, visiting the museum
>You were there in body, but it was so surreal
>It felt unreal, like you were just going through the motions
>The celebration of the winter solstice was tonight
>As the sun set, the town came alive for the festivities
>You and Silver found a spot on the shore of the lake to watch the fireworks show among the other ponies
>The first one shot up, a lone rocket spiralling into the night sky before exploding in a ring of green fire
>You watched for a few minutes next to Silver
>You kept looking at her, you had to know
>Something that would either make or break everything
>If she really felt the way you did, you'd know for sure
>The moment was perfect
>You tap Silver's side and she turns to look at you
>Without a word, you reach and undo the strap on her helmet, gently pulling it off
>Her mane falls loose from under the helmet, it goes down past her haunches
>Silver looks at you anxiously
>You brush her mane away from her face
>You'd never done this before, you didn't even know how
>Lean in just a little bit
>Your lips meet with Silver's in a short, awkward kiss
>You pull out of it before anything can happen
>"A-Anon..." Silver stares at you under moonlight
>She moves closer to you and comes in to kiss you
>Silver's lips press to yours for a moment
>"Anon I... I didn't think you knew."
>Knew what?
>Oh shit, is she talking about this? Play it alpha, Anon, don't fuck this up
>"Anon?" a voice calls
"Huh?"
>"Anon wake up!"
>The scene around you melts away and you sit up in bed
>Silver was standing at the side of it to your left
>"Morning, Anon."
>You look around
>None of it happened
>You never told her anything
>You get out of bed and stretch
>Silver Star waits by your door, keeping a watchful eye for danger
>With an empty chest, you got dressed
>Nothing on the schedule today, just you and Silver
>"What do you want to do today?" she asks
"What about you? What do you want to do today?"
>Silver hummed quietly
>"There's this play I've been wanting to see."
>She thought a little more
>"We could always travel out of the city."
"How about that play?"
>"Really? I didn't take you for that type."
>Silver grins giddily
>You dress up in jeans and a sweater
"I've gone to a play or two back home."
>"You never did tell us where you're from."
>You turn to Silver
"It's not worth talking about."
>"It must be awfully lonely for you."
>You grab a handful of bits and pocket them
"You don't know the half of it."
>"Celestia told m-"
"Nope. I don't care what she says."
>"Okay. You don't have to be like this, you know?"
>Silver closes the gap between you two
"Like what?"
>"As soon as you get close to somepony, you push them away. What are you afraid of?"
"What am I afraid of?"
>"Yeah. You wouldn't push ponies away unless you were scared of something?"
>You stop and sit silently
"I'm just not super social, there's no underlying fear or anything."
>"I know when you're lying, Anon. You can tell me."
>You couldn't tell her
>In truth, Silver was such a good friend, your only real friend, that you couldn't risk losing her
>And if she knew you wanted more than just friendship, things wouldn't be the same after
"I can't tell you."
>"Why not?"
"Just... Just give me a day to myself, I need to think."
>You could feel her gaze over your shoulder
>As much as you wanted to turn and meet it, it would only make things harder
>If you allowed yourself to become enraptured by those lovely crystalline blue eyes you'd want to pour your stupid heart out even more than you already do
>"Alright, Anon. I'll be with Twilight if you need me. See you tomorrow." you hear the clop of her hooves as she walks out and shut the door behind her
>Fuck