>Be Anon >Walk into ponyville, lookin' for an oddjob to get them bits >AS you walk the walk, you notice the absence of talk. >The streets are eerily deserted. >Windows slam shut as you pass >Doors crash closed, with cluttered noises of barricading behind them. >Meh, must be another vicious briar patch plague. >Last time it was a tragedy. >Tens of ponies, all hobbled around with thick thorns stuck in their coats. >It was... >Pathetic. >I mean really, you've got unicorns, they didn't need to use the 'pouty face' on you to make you pick them clean. >Not that you were complaining or anything... >Moving on. >You reach the town square, and it's empty. >There's the sound of whistling wind, clattering shutters, and nothing else. >There is also the distinct lack of any pointy briars. >You look around, slightly bewildered and a little perturbed. >Maybe this is a less 'owie thron stuck in hoofsie' and more 'tentacles burst out of a filly ... again' situation. >You quickly scan the square, suddenly feeling exposed. >Every innocent shadow, now ominous. >The buildings, once just pony abodes, now hollow, now hiding hidden horrors. >The sun, now slightly unkind, hard and hot. >The wind, now coldly caressing your coat. >You consider fucking right out of there. >Then you hear whispers on the wind. >The sound of hooves on stonework. >The rumble of a stampede of hooves. >You quickly turn as a flurry of mvement incarnate rushes at you, a blurry mass that flows and trots and leaps and bounds, catching you in the chest. >You're overcome with shock and horror, the movement rushing around you and over you, pinning you down and suffocating you. >You try and get your hands up to protect your face, but it reachs down and leers at you with its own fearsome visage. >You try and roll away, but it's weight pins you down. >You recoil, taking a deep breath, you go to scream for help, to beg for mercy- >"'Sup Pinkie," you say, nonchalantly. >"Hey Nonny!" he chirps. >She suddenly goes serious. >"Except NOPE, no 'Hey Nonnikins' to you! I take it back, a THOUSAND FOLD!" she gestures dramatically, before getting in your face again, "You know why?" "Wh-" >"HUSH you! You..." she drawls, before viciously pointing her hoof at you, "are under ARREST!" >You look at Pinkie >Pinkie POINTS at you. >You narrow your eyes. >She continues to POINT! >You frown, raising an eyebrow. >Her POINTING diminishes slightly. >You sit up, and she falls back on her butt. >She's looking more unsure now, but continues to point. >You brush yourself off, and look at her. >She looks around lamely, before shrugging. >You shake your head. "Why am I-" >In a flash your back on the ground, with Pinkie pinning you down. >The fu- >"Because I have it on GOOD AUTHORITY - namely Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, Shining Armour, Discord, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Ditzy, Fluttershy, Discord-when-he's-pretending-to-be-Fluttershy, Fluttershy-as-a-guy, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, the Chimera, all the Canterlot ponies, all the ponies in Ponyville, ALL the ponies and Spike, that YOU are a CUDDLER!" >... >What. "What." >She does a back flip off you, before presenting a scroll. >It says 'Cuddler Update', with a picture of you and  alist of all your 'crimes'. "...'combat...petting..?'" you say, disbelieving. >"Yep!" says Pinkie, "And now, to prevent your wickedly cuddling ways, you have to come with me to the Pokey!" "Wait..." >You point at the scroll. "You're saying these things are criminal, yeah?" >"Well DUUUH!" says Pinkie. "Like bear hugs and boop and back massages as-" >"Of COURSE!" she announces. "Like what you do every single day?" >"Yepparoooooo...." she trails off. "And every single other pony does every day?" >She looks at you, her eyes bugging out. >"Sweet Celestia!" she declares, "You know, you know what this MEANs Nonny!?" "...that you're a fool?" >"NO!" she cries, "It means we ALL have to go to the Pokey!" >You roll your eyes as Pinkie handcuffs herself, and trots off. >You turn to an abandoned stall, to discover that it isn't abandanded anymore and Applejack's at it. "...sup?" you say. >"Hey, don worry nothin' sugarcube," says Orange Honesty, "She jus' wanted an excuse ta throw a party at the jail. Ah mean, its not like we thought you were a Serial Cuddla' or somethin'." "Yeah, but that's just silly AJ," you say, smirking. >She smiles sheepishly, before you begin shooting the breeze, as more and more ponies come back out of hiding, and a confetti shower erupts from downtown. (spoiled) >But inside, you breathe a sigh of relief. >They almost found out your horrible secret. >You ARE a Serial Cuddler. >And you smile, as you think there may be another 'briar patch plague' tonight.