Candy Shop of Horrors.

[Strong Hooves 289]

Clockwork gave an understanding nod when Lovely was mentioned. "Not sure what she and that oaf of a brother think they achieve by giving others misery. Sad really" when he was introduced to Shorn, be smiled and extended a hood to him, "greetings, a pleasure to me-" but he ran off before he could continue. Looking confusedly he asked "was it something I said?"

Edited April 22, 2012 by Strong Hooves

[Aureity 3,055]

"Hey!" Ampyrion sighed as everyone proceeded to leave the shop towards who-knew-where. I still haven't had anything to eat yet. He scowled slightly as the other customers left, leaving him the only one inside the shop. Well, save for Electra, but she was awkwardly backtracking out the door, too. There was a jingle as the chimes above the door swayed one last time, and finally he was the only one left in the shop. "Oh come on..." His belly gave a loud rumble, as though demanding to be fed. The shelved chocolate was so tempting. Too tempting, actually. He grabbed a bar from the nearest shelf, and dropped a few bits on the counter to pay, as he tore off the wrapper and began to eat.

 

 

Well, that was his hunger solved. For now, anyway, since he might have to skip lunch to catch up on an extra chapter or two. Smiling slightly, he left by the front door, just in time to catch a fleeting glimpse of the others headed towards the lake, while Electra turned right towards a bookstore. Must be looking for the same textbooks as I am. He followed her hoofsteps for a few paces, when an awkward feeling rose up his spine. Hang on. The shop wasn't locked, and there's absolutely no one inside it. He turned around again. Nope, the shop was completely safe. He felt slightly foolish. Sheesh, you worry too much. Smiling slightly at his paranoia, he trotted quickly towards the bookstore, bringing up a mental list of what to buy.

~

Electra was busily browsing the history section, a short parchment list of names levitating in front of her. "A History of Magic. Hmm..." She scanned down the list quickly, before shaking her head slightly. "Nope, not what I need." Turning her attention back to the books, she resumed searching. "The Creation of Canterlot and the Establishment of the Royal Monarchy? Ech, I don't wanna read that!" But of course, that of all books was on her list. Sighing, she grabbed the large textbook from the shelf, staggering slightly under the weight.

"Need any help?" asked an amused voice behind her. Startled, she turned, seeing Ampyrion laughing slightly at the huge textbook she was carrying.

"Oh, hey there! I know you." she called eagerly, a recollection of his name-wasn't it Amp or something?-swam to her mind. "Yeah, a little help would be nice, thanks." Ampyrion tilted his horn, floating the book off of Electra's back and into a shopping cart.

"Just so happens I'm looking for the same books," he added. "I procrastinated a bit too much. So I guess I'll just get a copy of whatever you find."

~

They left the building, each pony staggering under the weight of several large textbooks. "Well..." Electra managed to gasp out behind her stack of books. "My house...is over...there. So I'll...be...seeing ya!" The pile she was carrying wobbling dangerously, she turned towards her house, taking careful, slow steps as she went.

"Lucky you," sighed Ampyrion under his breath as he watched her leave. "My house has gotta be twice as far away as yours..." Grimacing slightly and steeling himself for the long walk ahead, he maintained a slow trotting pace towards his house, passing by the chocolate shop again on the way. He tilted his head slightly to look at it, and was surprised to find the door ajar. Did someone break in? Oh, why the hay should I care? This'll just delay me even more. But of course, he wasn't surprised to find his hooves inevitably taking him back towards the shop-it was his nature to help others, ever since the near death drowning experience he that had happened to him. He still remembered it vividly. The choking water, the numbing cold, and most of all the fear that exploded in his stomach. He blinked and shook his head, trying to clear away the thoughts, as he carefully lowered the books to the ground and trotted, unburdened, into the shop. He froze in surprise at what he saw-and so did the other two inside.

One of the ponies was a brownish pegasus with scarlet eyes and a scar running across his cheek. The other was a powerfully built earth pony-jeez, he must play quarterback in hoofball or something. Both were looking at him in surprise, as they munched on chocolate. The store was a mess. Some of the shelves were ajar, some broken completely, and wrappers were strewn all over the floor.

Oh, come ON. I was hoping not to get into any trouble today.

[Shankveld 4,951]

Eris walked up to the top floor of the townhouse and opened the room to his dorm. He walked in and threw his bag onto the side of the room with the window. "Top floor and view, just as I requested." Eris boasted proudly to himself. Eris caught some girls peaking into his room from the corner of his eye, "yes ladies?" Eris heard some giggling as the door opened, three blushing mares stood outside the door. "Can we um? Do your laundry for you Eris?" Eris laughed, "I haven't even worn any of my clothes yet! Now run along, I need my man time." Eris used his magic to close the door, and looked on the back to see his roommate. "Shorn?" He read, "who the buck is that?" Eris shrugged, "not like it matters anyway."

 

"Who?" Emerald asked Roxy.

"Oh my Celestia! Just shut the buck up!" Lovely said rolling her eyes to Emerald.

Lovely flipped her hair back and looked at Roxy, "anything you say isn't important."

Lovely and her clones laughed as Roxy walked away. "We're like SO clever."

Lovely carried on her way to her dorm as she ran into Miss. Honeycomb,

"Good morning. Lovely is it? You must be Eris' sister. You look like him.." the teacher blushed a bit.

"Your senior mentor's name is Clockwork," Lovely mimed a gagging face and said, "whatever."

[MachineGunLola 408]

Roxy shrugged as Shorn ran off.

"He's really shy, I guess."

Clockwork and Roxy chatted for a few more minutes before they heard a loud crash.

"What the--?"

Roxy looked over at the Candy Shoppe, where the door was slightly opened and a window was broken.

"Oh no!"

She raced to the shop, to find it a complete mess, with no one but two scary looking ponies inside, eating the chocolate.

Roxy growled.

"Who the hell do you think you are? And what are you doing ruining my parents shop?!"

She charged forward with all her strength, but all she managed to do was knock herself out on the bigger of the two ponies. His skin and muscle was too tough, and she'd run into him pretty hard.

"Heh, what should we do?" One asked the other.

The other one shrugged, and pointed to some rope, where they tied Roxy up and put her in the basement.

Then continued to eat the chocolate and make a mess of the store.

 

Roxy woke up in the dark basement of the shop.

Ugh.. My head hurts...

Roxy could barely see, but she could hear some kind of scuffle from above. She tried screaming, but she didn't think anypony heard her.

If only I could get these dumb ropes undone..

Roxy sighed.

Wait. You're a alicorn. You have a freaken horn, and magic. USE IT!!!

Roxy used her magic to untie the ropes, or, well, she tried to.

She wasn't too great at magic, and all she did was tighten the ropes a bit.

[Strong Hooves 289]

Clockwork tried to stop Roxy from barging into the shoppe like she did, he watched as they tied her up and threw her in the closet. He sighed and entered, "Now gentlemen you must know this is illegal, now why don't you just set the sweets down and leave." when they began to come at him, he said "I guess not then" he quickly concentrated, his horn gave a flash of light and suddenly the ponies were frozen in time as was the rest of the world. He quickly went to work taking Roxys frozen body out, untying her, then using the long rope to tie up the two thieves. He unfroze time once more, and the two thieves were surprised to see they were suddenly bound.

[Shankveld 4,951]

Eris went to the Candy Shoppe to find Roxy and get her settled into her dorm and show her around the school, as her mentor he was obligated too. Eris was shocked to see the store trashed when he arrived. Eris walked in careful not to step on any broken glass to see Roxy and two thieves tied up.

"Clockwork, hey. Eris. We had magic-bio last year." Eris said as he stood beside Clockwork. Eris untied Roxy and helped her to her feet, "what happened here?" Eris dusted her off and fixed her mane before facing the perpetrators.

"You'r really fiending for chocolate so badly you had to rob a candy shop," Eris laughed. "Pathetic." Eris took a heroic stance, his voice empowering and persuasive, his charm undeniable.

The crooks shook, it seemed even tough ponies were terrified of Eris.

Eris untied the crooks, "now this is what's going to happen. You're going to clean this mess up and pay for damages or work them off. Got it?"

The crooks shook their head in agreement, "great! Now apologize and get to work."

The two thieves scowled and apology towards Roxy and began to clean.

Eris beamed.

 

Lovely continued to her dorm, she began unpacking as soon as she got there. She put her cloths in her dresser, make-up n her desk, and pictures of her brother all over the walks and next to her laptop. Lovely looked around her room and smiled. I wonder what Eris is doing right now, probably chatting up some beautiful unicorn no doubt. Lovely sighed.

Edited April 22, 2012 by Shankveld

[Aureity 3,055]

Ampyrion frowned, and was just about to say something, when a barrage of ponies bounced inside the shop. Jeez, how'd everyone get back so fast? He watched as the scene unfolded right before his eyes, shaking his head as Eris charmed the two thieves into submission, not sure whether to be relieved or disgusted that it was Eris who actually did something. "Welp, I'm outta here," sighed Ampyrion, rolling his eyes as he turned to leave. Trotting back outside, he found a large pile of books waiting for him, the textbooks that he had been carrying. "Ugh..." He spent a few minutes lifting them all back into the air with a levitation spell-they were heavy-and left the shop vicinity, towards his house.

~

"And...that's everything!" Electra said happily as she counted the large pile of books that were now strewn out all over her kitchen table. "Great, now I guess I'll just prepare lunch..." she hastily turned her attention towards a pot of soup simmering softly over a stove, lifting the lid just a teensy bit to allow the aroma to sift through. "Mmm..." She would have stayed there longer, but the thought of the chapters she still hadn't started reading swam through her mind, and she regretfully slid the lid back over the pot as she slowly trotted back towards the table. Gloomily, she picked up the first book she saw. "A History of Unicorn Magic", she read the title dully. "Oh, boy." Today was going to be a long day.

[MachineGunLola 408]

Roxy blinked, stunned.

How did everything happen so fast?

She shrugged.

Must have blacked out..

 

Roxy stood up and started to clean a bit, checking the cash register to make sure no money was gone.

She looked behind the counter and screamed.

 

"Oh my god. What did you do?! WHAT. DID. YOU. DO?!?!"

Her favorite glass statue of Princess Celestia was smashed on the ground, the one her grandma had given to her before she died.

Roxy began to cry in anger.

"I can't believe this."

She turned around and with her magic, she grabbed a broom and whacked the two thieves over the head over and over, until they were unconscious.

She was breathing heavily, and hadn't even realized she'd used magic until she let the broom drop.

"Oh.. what.. did I--"

Did I just use... magic?!

Roxy looked around at every other pony, and sat down, confused.

[Aureity 3,055]

(I just realized everone else is offline right now, so I guess I'll have to be the one to respond to this)

 

Ampyrion had a nagging feeling that he was missing something, as he walked slowly towards his house. What was it? You idiot, a store just got robbed, and some ponies got beaten up. Don't just leave, go back and do something! Ampyrion tilted his head wearily back to the store. Jeez...my back is gonna be sore today. Regretfully he trotted back towards the chocolate shop, dropping his textbooks with loud thuds onto the ground in front.

He heard a shrill scream that caused him to almost cringe. "What?" he asked frantically, dashing into the store as his automatical alert snapped on. "Everything alright?"

 

He blinked. Everything was fine. Well, except fro Roxy beating up the thugs with a broomstick. "Erm..." He wasn't quite sure what to do. I guess they deserve it. He watched as Roxy stared in disbelief at the broomstick, sagging to her knees in confusion. "Oh...what..did I--" she stammered.

 

Ampyrion approached her. "What did you do?" he asked, finishing her sentence. "You just beat up a couple of thugs is what you did." Seeing the continued confusion on her face, he guessed he hadn't quite got the situation right. "Erm...you're surpised because...you just used magic or something?" he asked, confusedly. "Well, whaddya think the horn on your head is for?" Realizing how inconsiderate he was sonding, he backtracked. "Um, sorry. I...hope everything is alright." He glanced at the shop, which was littered with trash.

[MachineGunLola 408]

Roxy nodded at Ampryion, and smiled suddenly.

"I USED MAGIC! OH MY GOSH! MAGIC! MAGIIIIIC!"

She started dancing around, forgetting about everything else.

"I haven't been able to use magic, like, ever!"

She grabbed Ampyrion's hooves and began twirling around with him.

Then she noticed what she was doing.

"Oh.. Um. Sorry."

Roxy blushed and let go.

 

"Um, sorry, I hope everything is alright." Ampyrion said.

"Oh, yeah, don't worry. I can clean this all up.. I just wish I could repair my statue.."

Roxy glanced sadly at the broken glass on the floor.

[Aureity 3,055]

Ampyrion glanced at what had previously been a beautiful statue. Now it was...broken.

He glanced back at Roxy, who seemed despondent. "Cheer up, Roxy. Magic doesn't fix everything, but it sure can fix this."

 

He nodded at the statue, and his horn gave off a slight blue glow as the glassware reassembled itself together in a flash, making an odd reverse-crunching noise as it snapped back into place.

He smiled. "It's a simple repair spell, really. If you can use magic to levitate a broom, you won't have any trouble with this."

 

He glanced back at the statue, and frowned slightly. "Shoot...I'm sorry." The statue, which Ampyrion assumed had previously been glass, was intact in one piece, but the mane and tail had transformed itself into a crystalline quartz. "This always happens whenever I do a spell," he sighed. "Water's gotta show itself somehow...even if it's in solid form. I'll try to fix it..."

Edited April 23, 2012 by Aureity

[Shankveld 4,951]

"What are you doing!?" Eris snapped at Roxy as she attacked the looters. He went to see if they were okay and scowled at Roxy. "You'd be lucky if they didn't put you in prison for assault!" Eris helped the thieves regain conciousness and dismissed them apologizing for his 'little sister's' actions. Eris took Roxy's statue away from her using a levitation spell. "There is never a reason to use violence. I can't believe you injured another living pony just because of a statue? It doesn't matter what they did, don't sink to the same level." Eris shook his head, "I'm disappointed in you Roxy. You need to grow the buck up?" Eris headed for the doors, "I'm calling the cops and reporting this incident. I suggest you don't mention the seeing the thieves unless you want to go to jail for assault. See you at school later". And with that he was gone.

[Strong Hooves 289]

Clockwork had left shortly after Eris arrived, still needing to return the clock to Granny Smith. He returned home to gather his books for the academy, he was a mentor this year, and the letter he received said it was Eris' little sister Lovely. <oh the joy> he thought to himself, he didn't like the two siblings much, the way they acted towards other ponies and always gave grief to others always irked him. He gathered his things and set off to the train that would take him to the Canterlot Academy. When he got to the dorms he passed Eris, but tried his best to not engage in any conversation when he got closer. He pulled out his pocketwatch, checking the time for no real reason. He followed the paper to his designated dorm. Nopony else was there, from the paper it said his roommate would be a pony named Ampyrion. He shrugged and began to unpack, as he did he heard a bunch of mares giggling in the hallway, he peeked out as they passed by, giving a raised eyebrow as to what they were so giddy about. One of them saw him and shot him a mean look, "Look the other way nerd! Your geekyness is ruining my style". Clockwork rolled his eyes, "And a fine hello to you too ladies" he said sarcastically as he went back to unpacking. He didn't have much, a few clocks that he hung next to his bed, his books and whatever clothes he decided to bring, and lastly his book full of time bending spells.

Edited April 23, 2012 by Strong Hooves

[Shankveld 4,951]

Suddenly there was a loud banging at Clockwork's dorm door. He could hear somepony tapping their hoof and sighing heavily outside the door. "Hello? What are you doing in there? It's impolite to keep a lady waiting. I just wanna get this over with." An annoyed female voice demanded. Cloud opened his door to see a beautiful young unicorn. She had sparing blue eyes and long flowing blond hair, she looked like she was cut out of a Cosmo magazine. "Are you Clockwork?" Lovely asked eyeing her mentor up and down?

[MachineGunLola 408]

Roxy stuck her tongue out at Eris, and thanked Ampyrion.

Then she went outside and looked around for any sign of her mom or dad.

She was alone, still.

[Shankveld 4,951]

Eris was standing out in front of the shop talking to some police ponies, "no of course I took care of it." "What would we do without you Eris?" "You're Celestia's gift to Equestria." Eris laughed quietly, "oh please." "Don't be so modest boy! You're a model citizen, we wish everypony was like you." "You know you've always got a job here at the force if you need one." "Thank you again gentlecolts," Eris bowed his head in respect. The police ponies smiled and went on their way. Eris turned to Roxy, "they'll be calling your parents tonight, ot handle the insurance issues. You're welcome by the way."

[MachineGunLola 408]

Roxy glared at Eris.

"Yeah, thanks, you amazing pony, you. Gosh, can I pleaseeee lick your hooves? Wash your clothesss?"

Roxy snorted and walked away.

 

Who does he think he is?

He thinks he's soooo great...

hmph.

[Bronium 512]

Shorn arrived at The Academy half an hour later. The Towers and the Observatory towered above Shorn.

"Amazing, look at that." Shorn had seen The Academy from afar but he had never actually been on the grounds of The Academy itself.

Ok, let's take a look at the map. Scopes took out his map.

He eyed the circle he had made with his marker. Luckily the circle was nearby. "Phew, I wouldn't have go far to get to my dorm."

So far everything was going well. He walked into the building and walked up to the second floor. I guess I'll be doing a bit of walking. At least I'll stand to lose a few pounds. Ok, so it's the third room on the left. Shorn looked at his nameplate on the door. "Shorn,"he read. I probably should change that...nahh this is College, I should let loose a few times. As Shorn entered his room, he noticed somepony had already entered his room. He looked all around and he saw a half dozen pictures of Eris everywhere. "Hmmph, I guess I'm staying with the most shallow of mares."

He put his box down near his bed. It was a light box for the most part. It contained one picture of Scopes with his family and his text books. He didn't have that many memories. Mostly because he didn't want any. Shorn's desk was already placed and assembled.

"I never know how to put these things together."

Having unpacked, he headed to see Hermes. He told me to meet him when I arrived here. Shorn took out his map.

Ok, so he's in Auditorium A. Wow, a whole auditorium just for him. Well he is the smartest pony in the world.

As he arrived at the Auditorium he noticed that not a single pony was inside. Oh, I must be in the wrong Auditorium. "Oh hello Shorn, good afternoon."

"Good afternoon, professor"

"Oh there's no need for that garbage, call me Hermes."

"Oh...ok...Hermes"

"Now you must be wondering why I got you here all alone?"

"Yeah, I was, actually"

"Well, I guess you'll see." Pausing, Hermes took out a remote.

He pressed the only button that it held. Suddenly, an arrow was firmly placed inside his head, blood splattered all over the seats. Shorn rushed to his professor's side.

"Buck, this is not good. What the hell, is this some kind of joke? Hermes couldn't believe it. It had to be some kind of joke. Nopony could save a somepony with an arrow lodged in his head. This is so not good. I gotta get an Ambulance. Suddenly Shorn came to a realization. Oh no, why on Earth would he do this to me? He needed to resurrect Hermes. Oh for Pete's sake, I can't do it yet. I at least got to try. Shorn focused all his Magic powers in his horn. "Come on, come on" Shorn pleaded with his horn, a bead of sweat rolling down his face. The arrow was taken out and the wounds cleaned but that's it. Nothing could revive him now. Oh my god. I've just killed my professor.

He quickly went to the nearest telephone. "Quick! I need an ambulance!"

A few minutes later the police and ambulance arrived.

"I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can do...Hermes...is dead".

A police officer approached Shorn. "I'm sorry sir, but I'm afraid that'll I'll have to take you for questioning. You were the only one on the crime scene and you are the only suspect.

"Bu-bu but I didn't do it."

"We can't be sure of that."

"I was going to his student, why in Equestria would I kill him"

"We don't know but you are a suspect. If you're innocent, you'll be free. If you aren't...well it'll be quick." The officer finished quickly. No pony liked talking about the death sentence.

I can't risk that, I got to get away from these people.The officer saw the tensing of Shorn's muscles.

"Sir, please don't do something you'll regret." Shorn gave up. He was too much a coward to do so. Shorn let out a single tear.My life is over. Period. I'm not special or talented or anything. I thought today was going to be best day in my life but it's not. It's the last day of my life.Then he thought about Roxy. Who was I kidding, I didn't have a shot with a pony like that.

The only friend I ever had...

Suddenly, he felt that weird feeling. That feeling he had on the day his mother almost died. His horn was a tingling. Shorn opened his eyes in realization of what was about to happen. I guess this is the best day of my life. A white flash blinded all the pony's eyes in the room.

"Wait!" A voice called from the back. "I'll tell Shorn to hurry up, next time officer."

 

(Edit:Apparently no one got the fact that I actually got the fact I resurrected the teach. A bit more drama in this one caused my friend called this thread cheesy and this forum stupid (he's a brony as well, though you wouldn't guess it). I think this might spice up this thread a bit more!

Edited April 23, 2012 by Scopes

[Shankveld 4,951]

Eris rolled his eyes, "I'm not the one acting like a spoiled little school filly." Eris watched as Roxy began to walk, "where do you think you're going freshpony? I'm you're mentor, you need to hang out with me." Eris grabbed a hold of Roxy and spun her around kissing her on the forehead, his lips warm and tender. "You don't need to be such a rebellious 'tough' mare." Eris took Roxy to get get things as the two headed off the academy.

 

As Lovely waited for her mentor to answer his door she saw some ponies running downstairs in a hurry, "What's going on?" "A student murdered a teacher!!" Lovely's jaw dropped. Oh my Celestia, what is wrong with these ponies?

 

(OOC your friend is a loser and we're sexy and do what we want (; lol)

Edited April 23, 2012 by Shankveld

[MachineGunLola 408]

Roxy stopped, stunned as Eris kissed her on the forehead.

"What- why did-"

She blinked up at him, blushing.

"I'm not acting like anything..."

Then she stomped.

"I guess I'll hang out with you.. Since I have to."

Secretly, she was smiling to herself. She'd never been kissed, not even on the forehead.

[Shankveld 4,951]

Eris took Roxy on the train to the Academy, "it's about a half an hour ride, I hope you don't mind if I play?" Eris took out a guitar and began to strum, Roxy nodded and then was surprised when Eris began to sing, his voice was amazing.

"You look in her eyes, the music begins to play. Hopeless romantics, here we go again. But after a while you're looking the other way, it's those restless hearts that never mend. Johnny come lately, the new kid in town. Will she still love you when you're not around? There's so many things you should have told her, but night after night you're willing to hold her, just hold her. Tears on your shoulder.." Eris stopped immediately and shrugged feeling embarrassed, "just something I'm working on, hope I'm not making you suffer too much now."

Edited April 23, 2012 by Shankveld

[Strong Hooves 289]

Clockwork was about to answer when he had heard that a teacher was murdered. He opened the door and said "Introductions may have to be made later, but yes I am your mentor" he said as he went to the source of the commotion. When Lovely joined him, seeing as she wanted to see as well, he said "So you are Lovely correct?"

Edited April 23, 2012 by Strong Hooves

[Shankveld 4,951]

How rude, first he keeps me waiting and then he just runs off? Lovely rolled her eyes and followed Clockwork. She met Clockwork again in the school's courtyard, they were at the back of the crowd and couldn't see what was going on very well. "Yeah my name is Lovely." Lovely huffed. She didn't care if somepony was dead or not. "Gee you'd think my brother would have just arrived, or something, the way these ponies are acting." Lovely commented.

[Strong Hooves 289]

"Well considering a pony just died I would expect it to be a big deal. And for the record, I would never even want to be around if your brother was here. Self proclaimed celebrities don't exactly agree with me." he saw the crowd was dispersing now that the authorities arrived. He sighed and motioned Lovely to follow, "Anyway, welcome to Canterlot Academy for gifted unicorns, I will be your first week mentor, Clockwork. If you would like I could show you around the campus, show you where you will report for classes and whatnot".

[Shankveld 4,951]

"What did you say about my brother!?" Lovely flared up, she was pissed. "He is not a self proclaimed celebrity! He can't help it ponies love him so much, that tell follow him wherever he goes! He can't help it he's so attractive, and smart, and talented! He can't help the fact everypony knows him and wants to be him!" Lovely was blushing and out of breath. "Excuse the rant, but that's my brother and I love him." Lovely starred into Clock's eyes.