>You awake to the sound of your alarm clock blaring.
>Your hangover is killing you, but you need to get to work. Rarity is quite a nice p0ny outside of work, but she won’t believe all your lies if your late.
>Shit, Shower, Shave. All that stuff.
>You try walking up the stairs, but your feet keep slipping backwards.
A: The slide is still active.
‘…fuck.’
>You pull the lever next to the stair/slide case, and your stairs return.
>Your walk to work is quite slow. You try to smile and wave to other p0nies, but your head hurts too much.
>You walk into Carousel Boutique and are greeted by a wooden unicorn.
‘AHH shit!’
>You forgot you had to finish off Aloe and Lotus’ statue for the spa. They requested a unicorn, an earth p0ny and a Pegasus on a decorative water geyser.
>’Anon. What happened?’
>Rarity rushes out of her office to check on you.
‘Sorry Rarity, I am just tired. Ran into the statue.’
>’It’s okay Dahling. Don’t forget that you need to deliver it today.’
‘I didn’t. I’m finishing up the wings and it should be done.’
>You grab your tools, and start carving the final details in the Pegasus wings.
>Slowly but surely you carve the final detail into the feathers.
>You are getting better and better at it. it now looks like all your creations were once real and turned to wood by a some mutant cockatrice.
>The phone rings.
‘Hello, Carousel Boutique. Anon speaking.’
>’Ah ‘ello Anon. It iz Aloe, from zee spa. I was just checking in on what time you will be ‘ere to drop off zee statue.’
‘I am almost finished. I should be there within the hour.’
>’Marvelous. We can’t wait till you get ‘ere.’
>You hang up the phone, and feel sick again. Everything from yesterday comes back, the whole “about to be raped by Applejack”. You don’t know if you can forgive her for that, and you are afraid to be near her. Hell, you don’t know if you can trust anyp0ny. But most seem innocent.
M:That’s how they start out, then WHAM. You are a p0ny fucker.
>You shake your head, and finish your work with a signature carved into the base. You grab the trolley and lift the statue onto it.
‘Rarity, I’m going to drop the statue off. Do you want lunch?’
>She trots out and looks at it.
>’Yes please. I’ll get a lilac salad, no dressing.’
>She passes you a small sack of bits but you don’t take them.
‘My treat. I’ll be back later.’
>You push the trolley out of the shop door before making your way into town. It’s such a nice day, you savour the time outside. The birds are flittering around, there is a slight smell of fresh cakes laced in the breeze. You can feel the sun warming your skin and making the hangover leave.
>When you are only meters away from the spa, you hear a scream. A familiar scream that you only heard when you purposely tried to scare her. It was Derpy.
>You push the trolley into the spa and run out towards the sound of the scream.
‘I’ll be back. Got shit to do.’
>You find the screaming Derpy in the grasps of a 5 meter tall Minotaur. His dark brown coat only made his sharp black horns scarier. He held Derpy in his right hand as he laughed.
>’You stupid p0nies think you can mess with the great Steel Shock.’
> You need to do something and fast.
‘OI! You mind telling me why you have my best friend in your hand?’
>He looks down at you and laughs a deep throaty laugh.
>’Of course the clumsy horse has a shaved monkey as a pet.’
‘Can you just let her go and we can talk about this?’
>’Okay.’
A: Wow, that was simple.’
‘Thank-‘
>You take a hit to the chest and fly a few meters back. Steel Shock laughs again.
>’You must be ugly AND stupid, monkey.’
>Derpy: ‘Anony, run!’
‘No it’s okay Derpy. I’ll save you.’
>’I’ll save you, I’ll save you. This horse ran into me on purpose, and you think I’m going to let her go?’
>You run back at him only to be hit in the face.
M:Alright, you need my help. Let me out.
>No, I got this.
>You pick yourself up and spit out some blood.
‘You think your pussy hits can stop me?’
>You run back at him, dodging his left hand but running straight into a spartan kick. You hear your ribs crack and you fly into the café’s window.
M:Seriously, let me the fuck out. I can help.
>NO! I CAN DO IT!
>You stumble out, your chest burning in pain.
>’I gotta hand it to ya. For a dumb ass, you got guts kid.’
>You pick up a rock and run for Steel Shock again. You could feel your anger rising, you couldn’t think straight.
>Steel Shock gives you a kick to the chest, sending you into the air before punching you to the ground.
>You cough up blood and feel like giving up on living.
M: ANONYMOUS JAMES WINTERBOTTOM!!! I’m not telling you to let me out for my sake, and I ain’t doing it for you either. But you fucking forget if you die, ALICE DIES!! AND I WON’T LET THAT HAPPEN! Now you have two choices, continue to go in without a level head until you eventually die, or let me save my fucking friend.
>Steel Shock looks at your limp body for a minute.
>’I guess you didn’t have the fight in you. Time to join your friend, you bucking horse.’
‘I said let go of her.’
>From Steel Shock’s perspective, you were just a shaved monkey that had gotten up. Your voice sounded different, most likely to intimidate him. But Derpy saw the change.
> Mark’s head hovered above your body, meaning he had control.
>SS: ‘Coming back for round 2?’
‘I guess you could say that.’
>SS throws a left hook, and Mark quickly dodges it.
‘Why do they call you Steel Shock? Shoulda called you Deplora-bull.’
>SS tries a kick, and Mark jumps over it with ease.
‘Despica-bull? Debata-bull?’
>SS grunts in anger, trying to hit Mark but failing.
>’STAND STILL!!’
‘You certainly ain’t Adora-bull.’
>’SHUT UP WITH THE BULL JOKES!!!’
>He drops Derpy to use both hands now.
‘Wow, don’t have a cow. The is nothing at steak. What are you going to do, Taurus a new one?’
>Steel Shock is furious now, throwing punch after punch.
‘You know what mistakes you made? You walked into this town, you attacked a p0ny my sister and I both consider our friend, and then you pissed off the one human in Equestria who has two more humans living in his brain and is crazy enough to fight you.’
>Steel Shock tries to punch down on Mark, but he steps off to the left and dodges it. The Minotaur’s right hand get’s lodged into the ground, and Mark takes his chance. He jumps up on Steel Shocks arm, and runs towards the head. Forcing his heel into the shoulder joint, he dislocates the arm.
>Steel Shock cries out in pain and tries to grab Mark. Mark just kicks his shoulder, causing more pain to shoot through.
‘But worst of all, you allowed this human to switch consciousness with a blood thirsty mother fucker. I haven’t had a steak in a while, and I think you will do just nicely.’
>Mark leaps over to the other shoulder and gives it the same treatment.
‘Oh and look. Your arms are useless. Guess you are fucked now.’
>Mark pulls out a chisel and puts it to Steel Shock’s throat.
‘Now you know what I’m going to do?’
>’Just kill me and get it over with.’
‘Nope. I’m letting you go. But you will now be known as Run Away. Run Away, the minotaur. I want all creatures of the forest to laugh at you, for finding the Minotaur called Run Away. And if others actually are stupid enough to talk to you, and ask if it’s a good idea to come into P0nyville and attack my sister’s friends, I want you to tell them how you had your rump roast handed to you by a simple human, something half your size.’
>Mark kicks his heel into Run Away’s spine, knocking him out. He begins the work of breaking off both his horns and dragging the minotaur outside the Everfree Forest.
>When he gets back, he sits down outside the café next to the newly acquired horns and closes his eyes.
>You open your eyes to see all of P0nyville around you.
‘I’m sorry you had to see that.’
>Derpy crashes through the crowed and wraps you in a massive hug. You pat her on the head and stand up.
‘Derpy, can you deliver a lilac salad with no dressing to Rarity and tell her I will be at the hospital.’
>D: ‘Okie Dokie’
>You grab your new minotaur horns and make your way for P0nyville General. After checking in, you try to take a nap. The doctor who tried to take away your horns realised no matter how sentient a creature is, if he is pissed off he will growl like a dog.
>you awake to find yourself surrounded by your friends.
‘Murghle….go away.’
>TS: ‘Anon, What happened?’
‘A minotaur pissed me off, and almost killed my friend.’
>PP: ‘But at first you were like pow pow pow, and then you went zooooooom and was faster than him.’
‘Alice is more in tune with my memories, and Mark is more in tune with my reflexes.’
>RD: ‘Why didn’t you end him?’
‘Because I did something worse, I robbed him of his pride. He has no horns, and the knowledge he was beaten by a human. He is nothing. I just hope Derpy is alright.’
>R: ‘When she came by the shop, she seemed shook up. Almost burst into tears.’
‘Guys…I think I need some rest. I feel like I got my arse handed to me by a minotaur.’
>PP: ‘Silly filly, you did.’
‘Yes. Yes I did.’
>Everyp0ny left the room, and you lay back down.
‘You can come out now.’
>Derpy climbed out from under your bed.
>’Are you okay?’
‘I’m fine. I just hope you are.’
>’I…I…I didn’t mean to bump into him. I just got carried away.’
‘Derpy, the guy was a bully. I gave him the chance to be peaceful and he attacked me.’
>’I owe Mark my thanks.’
>At the sound of his name, Mark fell from the ceiling.
M:It’s okay. I didn’t do it just for you.
A:But you did do it for her.
>Mark blushed.
>’Thank you Mark.’
‘Yes, thank you Mark. You were a good brother and a great friend.’
>A doctor made his way into your room.
>’I’m sorry. Visiting hours are over.’
>This was met with your barking like a dog at him until he left. Derpy giggled.
>’I should be going Anon. I hope you get better.’
‘Okay Derpy. See ya tomorrow.’
>Derpy trots out of the room and you close your eyes again.
>You awake to feel somep0ny nudging you. You look over to see the one p0ny you thought you would never see again.
‘Evening Applejack.’
>’Uh…Hey sugahcube.’
‘How’s the hoof?’
>’It’s getting better now.’
‘Any reason I shouldn’t call a doctor to come get you?’
>’Ah…Ah came ta apologise. I heard yeh almost died today tryin’ to save Miss Hooves, and I realised how Ah’d  miss yeh so.’
‘Applejack, I did what I did because I love my friends. If I am going to die, I’m going to make sure I take down someone.’
>’Would ya have done the same fer me?’
‘After all that crap with you raping me yesterday?’
>She looked at her hooves again.
‘Yeah, I would have.’
>She looks at you with shock.
>’Really?’
‘Applejack. Do you remember what I told you yesterday?’
>’If Ah tried anythin’ funny, you’d break me like bread?’
‘No…well maybe. But when I said you reminded me of my cousin, I meant it. She was a hard worker who lived on a farm herding cattle. She was always the tomboy at all times, but when she came to town, she was my best friend.’
>’Yeah, so ya had a thing fer ya cousin?’
‘No…One day she fell in love with my friend, but he wasn’t interested. She spent a year trying to be the girl he wanted, and it almost broke my heart. Eventually she found her soul mate. A nice country boy, a bloke named Moose. He even passed the shout test.’
>’Shout test?’
‘We went drinking, me, my brother Alighieri, and Moose, and I go “Looks like we need another round.” And Moose says “No worries mate, I got it.”. That’s the shout test.’
>’You decided he was a good guy by drinking with him.’
‘Sounds weird, but that’s Australia for you. He worked hard, and my cousin liked him. The point is that if the guy you like doesn’t like you for you, then don’t try. I know there is somep0ny out there for you, a stallion who will make you happy.’
>’Yer…Yer trying to tell me you won’t love me like Ah love you?’
‘No, I’m trying to say that if I don’t feel that way about anyp0ny, I want you to find a special somep0ny who loves you for you. But no matter what, I’ll still be there to test him for you.’
>’Can I ask…fer one thing?’
‘Mmm?’
>’Can Ah have just one kiss?’
>you look at her before leaning in and giving her a soft kiss on the lips.
‘Now go home Applejack. Granny must be worried sick about you.’
>She trots off slowly before you go back to sleep. Sleep finds you quickly.
 
M:Horse fucker....
'You fought for Derpy Hooves