Discord's New Toy

I heard a knock on the door. I quickly sprinted to the doorknob and twisted the lock shut. I heard several voices out there, the most prominent being a high pitched bubbly tone, charged with excitement. "Ooh! I think I heard a click!!" I looked out the peephole to see several ponies looking at the door. Wait...

One of them was flying. Another one, a butter colored one, also had wings. The purple one and the white one both had horns. Unicorns? Seriously? Did that orange one have a cowboy hat on? What are those tattoos on their thighs? And which one was talki-

"Gah!!" I shouted as I stumbled backwards away from the door. I had been startled by a bright blue eye, surrounded by pink fur. I sat down hard and tried to remain as quiet as possible, just wanting them to go away. Then I thought better of it. If they wanted in, all they had to do was break one of my flimsy windows. Better to approach this diplomatically right? They were all a lot shorter than me, so maybe I should get on my knees? Remain on eye level. Yeah, that seems like a good idea. I got down on my knees and unlocked the door. I threw the door open and was slightly unprepared for what I saw.

A bright pink pony with baby blue eyes was staring directly at me. They all gasped in surprise when looked at me. I guess they didn't shock me quite as much, since I saw a them before they saw me. Seeing them all there like that kind of surprised me still. I mean, talking brightly colored ponies? All looking directly at me? Oh God. Then the pink one, Pinkie I think, immediately began to smile and turned around to the butter colored one and said. "Hey Fluttershy, what is this thing?!"

The one named Fluttershy was a bit shocked, but came up to me anyway and said, "Hey little guy, can you tell me your name?"

I realized that they thought I was some kind of animal. Well, could an animal do this? "Issac Miller." I replied. That elicited an "Eep!" from Fluttershy and several shocked gasps from the others.

"Coool!" The blue one with the rainbow mane flew down and stood in front of me. We just kinda stared at each other until I held my right hand up. They do that here right? Shaking hands? Hooves? My mind was totally overwhelmed, so I just reverted to basics. To my relief, she put her hoof in my hand and I shook it. She eyed my fingers warily, as though I was gonna squeeze her arm off. Then she looked at me and said, "Rainbow Dash! Fastest flyer in Equestria!" Equestria, huh? What is this, a cartoon? I let go of her hoof and she flew in a circle above the rest of ponies and shot up, performing some impressive aerial acrobatics. They were amazing, but I must not have looked particularly impressed, since she came back with a slightly disappointed look on her face. I felt kind of bad, but everything was way too surreal for me to show any sort of emotion.

She said, "Hey, do you speak Equestrian or what?"

"No. I speak English though."

That earned me a few stares. I was pretty much in shock at this point. My mind was on autopilot. So I continued and asked, "So what do ponies eat?" Wait, was I planning on letting these things in my house?

The purple unicorn replied, "Not mysterious pink creatures in the middle of the woods." I stared for a moment at her totally straight face. Then my face split into a wide grin and I started laughing. The ponies began to cautiously join in, until they caught sight of my teeth.

The orange one with the hat stopped laughing said in low tones, "Ah might ask you the same thing, friend."

I didn't hear her though. I just kept laughing until I was short of breath. Then for some reason, my arms and legs felt hot and tingly. My heart was beating faster and faster, my breathing become becoming shallower and more ragged. I felt my smile fade and turn into a grimace. The last rational part of my brain told me I was having a panic attack. I slumped onto the door frame, seeing spots in my vision, and apprehensive ponies.

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Twilight stared at the pink creature. It had surprisingly similar facial expressions to that of ponies. Male, judging from the tone of voice and slight facial hair. Dark hair, bright green eyes and canines. Probably carnivore. But sapient, so hopefully it wouldn't decide to eat one of the ponies. So far she had seen it go from impassive, to mirthful. Strange that it was laughing after she had told it that ponies didn't eat other animals. Relief maybe? Was it really so nervous that-

"Twilight!"

She was snapped out of her reverie by a suddenly loud Fluttershy. "Yes, what?"

Fluttershy's voice took on a hard edge. "He's having a panic attack. We need to get him inside. Now."

Twilight looked and saw him slumped against the doorway, his formerly laughing face now one of panic and confusion. She looked to Fluttershy, who gave a quick nod. Twilight used her telekinesis to lift him. As she did, she suddenly felt a very unfamiliar soul in her magical grasp. This one didn't have a trace of magical energy. His body was capable of magic, but utterly unfamiliar with it. She filed that away as interesting.

"Wh- what are you doing to me?" His voice had risen in pitch slightly. He must be terrified.

I'm just taking you into your room. I promise, nothing's going to hurt you."

"I...o-okay."

She levitated him into the house, following him as she did. She looked to her left and saw an open kitchen. To her right was what looked like a bathroom. She continued down to the last door and found the bedroom.

She laid him down on the bed as Fluttershy was returning from the kitchen with a paper bag. How she found it so quickly is anyone's guess.

"Put this over your mouth and nose and breathe evenly please." The strange creature picked up the bag and cupped it over his face, taking panicky, ragged breaths. His breathing finally slowed. He removed the bag and looked up at the ponies crowding in his room. Fluttershy smiled in relief.

She glanced behind her and shooed them all out, much to Twilight's frustration. She then turned to smile at the creature on the bed. Still somewhat intimidated since he could speak, she said, "Everything's uh... everything's gonna be just fine. I don't know how you got here, or what you... are. But we can figure out what to do together, okay?"

He just nodded and closed his eyes, trying to get a grasp on the situation.