What You Know

    It’s clear you are already not off to a good start. Because well, seeing someone naked on the first day you meet them isn't going to make a good impression. It seems things have finally registered for both of you, because you both begin blushing madly. Without thinking you quickly throw your hands over crotch and end up smashing the cake slices you had in hand against your privates. It feels strange, but soothing.

"Is this how you introduce yourself to others!" She says as she begins to look away from you and towards the door.

“I-I uh, didn't think you would arrive yet! I was just preparing some ca-"

"Well the cake's obviously not going to be eaten anymore!"

" I know that! It’s just that-"

    "Ok, ok, now's not the time! You can explain yourself after you stop getting sexually excited off of seeing a mare rooming with you. Just go get dressed." She says while her face seems to be turning redder by the second, which strongly contrasts with her grey coat.

    You have already made a woman feel uncomfortable within the first few seconds. Must be a new record, huh?

Not wanting to offend her any more than you already have, you back up the stairs while still facing her direction, with the slices of cake still pinned against your manhood. She probably doesn't want to see your ass too.

Once you make it to the upstairs hallway you sprint to your room with the cake still pressed against your nethers with your left hand. You close your door and sit on your bed collecting your breath and wiping the sweat off your forehead.

    "Fuck, that did NOT go as planned. I should have just stayed upstairs and dressed, then set up the cake. That fucking floss seller really knocked all the logic out of my head." You mutter under your breath. Using your handy Kleenex you wipe off all of the chocolate frosting and bread from your groin. Slowly you get dressed and slip on a navy blue polo shirt and some blue jeans, with a small spray of cologne. Hey, why give up now? There was still a chance you could redeem yourself and somehow get off to a good start again. It’s not likely, but at the same time you hold onto a small sliver of hope that she’d forgive you. You take a deep breath to calm your nerves.

"Don't fuck this up man, unless you want to go back to being the only one here again." You whisper to yourself as you open your room door and walk downstairs.

    The mare is occupied with looking around the living room and kitchen, and examining the marble counter top. You watch her from the living room as you sit down onto the left side couch. You don't want her to think you were staring, so you look down at your hands and begin twiddling your thumbs. You glance at your watch, noting that it was 9:12 P.M. She looks up from the table she was busy with and see's you are already in the living room.

    "Oh! How rude of me. My name is Octavia Philharmonica, " she states holding out her hand. You shake it and she takes a seat on the couch across from you. When you first saw her you mind wasn't focusing well, but now you noticed a lot more. She sat with her legs crossed and had pearl earrings with a purple bow-tie around her neck. Her voice was between refined and yet, still somewhat easygoing, like she could joke around if she wanted to.

    "Its a pleasure to meet you,"you say and then tell her your name. I just want to say that I'm really sorry about my little, mishap a few minutes ago. I was just trying to make a good impression, because when you're an alien from another world not everypony wants to room with you, but I was obviously lacking some common sense. I should have changed first. I already learned today, not everypony's happy with my arrival."

    "No, its fine, and thank you for trying anyways. Besides I don't see why anypony would be afraid of you. The Royal Sisters have accepted you and you don't look bad. I mean, not that I'm saying that I think you are somewhat attractive. but-"

"Haha, it’s alright I get your point," you chuckle. Damn she was cute.

"And what did you mean, when you said you already found out that not everypony's accepted you?"

    "Well, on my way from the market earlier, a stallion who owns a floss shop tried to sell me two boxes of floss for 14 bits, so I told him that it was unfair, and he told me he would report me to the guards if I didn't stop harassing him. So I left and continued my shopping, but as all the shops were packed up and closed he was the only one there and he pushed me straight onto my face from behind. I tried to talk it out with him, but he wouldn't stop. So I got into a fight with him, and he said I've been warned and that I'm not welcome here. Then he said something about the ‘Equine Superlatives’, but I wasn't able to focus well because he gave me this." You point at your wound and Octavia gasps at the sight.

    "Thats terrible. I see why you weren't focusing well when I arrived. Well that stallion certainly deserves it, but there is something about the name 'Equine Superlatives' that rings a bell. Now I'm not one for history, but you should probably ask about that at the town library."

    "Yeah, probably best to figure out what the hell it was he meant. That brings me to my next question. What are you like and what do you do for a living? If I may ask."

    "You may, and I am a musician," you show you are listening by nodding your head, "and I play the cello. That was the case that you saw in my hand earlier. I play in the Royal Canterlot Symphony Orchestra. My hobbies are reading, and I just found out there is these new things called video games at the Crystal Empire I'm quite fond of them, they-" Wait, what? Did she just say she enjoys video games, and that video games had just recently been invented? Holy shit. You’re going to need a train ticket to the Crystal Empire fast, because you couldn't go any longer without video games.

"Wait, did you just say you like video games?" You ask almost a little too excited.

"Uhmm, yes. Super Royal Sisters is probably my favorite."

"Is that like Super Mario Bros?"

"Super Mario what?" She gives you a bewildered look. Wow, your worlds are really similar.

"Nevermind, but if you are part of Canterlot Orchestra, then why move to Ponyville?"

    “I've never been fond of the city. So, I figured Ponyville would be the perfect solution. It seems rather peaceful here and everypony knows each other. Whenever I have a performance, I will just leave a day before and my instructor will send me the notes to whatever our next song will be and I’ll practice here."

    “Ok, that makes sense, but why did you room with me? If you work in orchestra and you're able to buy three rooms out, you should be able to by your own home, can't you," You ask.

She looks down and blushes slightly.

    "Well, its uhmm, just that, I don't, I'm not very social and I figured since everypony in this little town are known for their hospitality, I figured now would be as good a time as any to make new friends other than those from the orchestra."

    "Haha. Well I think your a great person so far and that you'll be an amazing friend," you say chuckling. Wait, oh fuck! Did you just friendzone yourself? You mentally facepalm. You make a mental note to facepalm when she's not around.

    "I already made a friend! Yay!" She stands up and rushes over to you, leaning over to envelope you in an enormous hug. It catches you off guard and she sees this. She lets go of you, blushing and rubbing her arm adorably. "Sorry, it just felt so good to make a friend with someone who I don't work with and so fast."

    "Haha. It’s fine and it was comforting," you say, and it wasn't a lie. You just got a huge ass hug from a mare who was drop dead gorgeous, now you just had to find a way out of the friend zone.

"So, I've told you about myself now its your turn to open up," Octavia says cheerfully.

    "Alright, well, I'm from a place called Earth. Earth is similar to your world, except it isn't magical and we don't control the weather. The closest thing we have to magic is our technology, and it’s amazing what the things we build can do. We have machines that can carry you at the speed of sound, and suits that let you land on our moon," throughout this she looks impressed and genuinely curious. "However, my world isn't all happy. We have family members who turn against each other, someone is almost always at war, and no magical deities raise the sun and the moon."

"Wow, it sounds so bizarre. Now what about you? What are you like," she asks ready to listen.

    You begin to tell her all about your life. From your childhood, hobbies and problems from your old life up to this point. Then something weird happens, something you haven't felt since your first month in Equestria. It was remorse. It was the feeling that you would never see your family or friends again, and all the wrongs you had done to them could never be finished. You don't even know if some of your family members are in good health, or even alive, and if they are, what are they doing right now. They probably presumed you dead by now and it gave you a strong pang of guilt knowing that while they might still be mourning over you, you’re living a happy life and they didn't even know. Your eyes started to grow misty and you could feel tears starting to well up. You can't talk about this anymore and Octavia notices this.

"Are you alright," she says using your name.

"Yeah," you respond shutting your eyes. " I'm fine, just tired. How about tomorrow, I show you around town."

"That sounds good." She calls your name again.

"Yes?"

“I know I can't relate to your situation but, I want you to know that its ok to share your feelings with others."

"Don't worry Octavia I'm fine, no use in moping around about it. I'll see you in the morning."

"Goodnight. If you need me I will be in the room at the end of the hallway unpacking in a few minutes," she says softly from the couch.

    "Goodnight," you say as you walk up the stairs into your room. You flick the lights on, close your door and toss yourself onto the bed. First, you facepalm, then you lie back down staring out your window. "I am such an idiot. I mean, how do you get yourself into the friendzone on the first day," you groan. You hear Octavia walking down the hallway and shutting her door. "I don't know what I expected. I mean, I knew a lot of these mare were good looking, but she is too much. I'm surprised I wasn't stuttering the whole time. At least I was able to redeem myself," you mutter. Then you remembered why you were up here, you bury your head into your pillows, and soon tears leave your eyes, slowly and quietly. Slowly you drift off into a fitful sleep.

    You’re back on Earth at a park and you see your family and friends behind a welcome home banner strung between two trees with a table and grill in the center. Their shouting and waving to you, but their voices sound muffled and distant. You start running towards them yelling, but nothing comes out. You're just about to reach them when everything dissolves and then you're at a funeral. Your funeral to be exact. You try to talk and touch your family members, but your hands go through them and they don't hear you. It hurts to watch them mourn. You sit next to your mom who has her head buried in her hands.

    "I'm so sorry Mom. Here I am living a peaceful life and you're here mourning for me. You guys don't even know what happened to me," tears are starting to well up in your eyes. This was unfair. Of all the people, why did you get transported to another world? But life's not fair, and you just have to learn to deal with shit like this. For now you release all your tears desperately trying to grab your mom. "Mom, please! Why? I know you guys can't hear me, but I'm going to say this anyways, because this is the closest I will probably ever get to you again. I want you all to know that I love you with all my heart. I will not ever forget you and please don't mourn over me. I'm fine." You say with a trembling voice as the scene starts to fade slowly. "I'm sorry for everything wrong that I've ever done and I love all of you so much. You don't know how much I miss you. Goodbye."

and, just as the scene is fully disappearing, your mom looks at you with bloodshot eyes and says,

"You don't have to apologize, I won’t ever forget you. You're always going to be my son, and I will always love you."

     The sun is hitting your eyes as you wake up and yawn. You spent yourself out yesterday, but today was a day to relax and kick off your underwear. Actually, now you had to keep underwear on at all times. You recap what happened yesterday and hearing those words from your mom in your dream made you feel a whole lot better. You walk downstairs, still in your pajamas, smelling pancakes and coffee. You walk into the kitchen and see Octavia wearing purple pajama bottoms with the treble clef imprinted all around them, and a white t-shirt. Her hair was fixed and she looked perfectly alert, and she was humming a tune while flipping pancakes.

"Wow, good morning." Octavia jumps out surprise.

"Good morning, and what do you mean wow?"

"It’s just, I didn't expect to see you dressed like this."

"Not like I'm going to wear a dress in the morning, Anon."

"True. So, after breakfast are we heading out?"

"I hope you didn't think I was making pancakes and coffee for you too."

Damn it, now you had to make them yourself.

"Actually, I was. Just let me know when you are done with making your food, so I can start on mine." You tell her.

"Ok," she says as you walk out of the kitchen and into the living room.

You sit down and stare at the ground. You should probably shower and get dressed. Nah, you’d rather eat first.

"I'm finished," she yells.

    "Alright," you say as you walk to the stove and pour batter onto the pan. Octavia is sitting at the table with her mug in hand and a newspaper in the other. The headline reads "BON BON CAUGHT SWEARING!" You immediately lose interest, yet make a note to check up with Bon Bon and see if everything is okay.

"How do you read that garbage?"

"Well, I find it rather interesting."

"Really? I mean how does someone who hardly swears, and for once gets caught doing it, worthy of a headline."

"Doesn't mean I believe it," Octavia states. "Besides it helps to pass the time."

"I guess so," you say taking a seat at the table. You pour yourself some coffee and put syrup on your pancakes. They work perfectly together and make you feel alert.

    After you finish your meal, you head upstairs and get changed. After, you go back downstairs and meet Octavia on the front porch. She's wearing a black dress similar to yesterday's and has her bow tie and pearl earrings on with black heels.

"Do you always dress like that?" You ask.

"No, just until I get comfortable with the locals.”

"Ok. So where to?"

"Well, let’s go to the library and see if we can find out what that stallion meant when he was talking about the ‘Equine Superlatives’. Plus, I'll get to meet the local princess."

"Ok, but can we stop at Sugarcube Corner first? The sweets there are amazing and you'll make another friend." You wanted a few giggles before you went to the library anyways.

"Friend? I don't know. What if I seclude myself," she says nervously

"Don't worry, this pony always wants to make friends."

"Alright, but if something goes wrong I’ll blame you."

    "Ok." You were already laughing your ass off on the inside just imagining what would happen. You were evil sometimes. Actually, you just like fuck with people every once in awhile. You two begin walking.

Soon enough, you reach the familiar building decorated with candy that’s home to one of the most hyperactive personalities you've ever met.

"You're smiling," she says using your name."Why?"

    "I'm just glad you're about to make a new friend is all," you say looking toward her.

As you enter the building, you take in the scent of pastries and sweets that you couldn't even name.

"Pinkie!" You shout this to make sure she shows up quickly, and she does.....in about a split second. She's wearing a baby blue t-shirt and yellow skirt.

"Hey! So what have you been up too! I've been making sweets. Same old, same old. You probably already know that though. Silly me," she says with your name.

"Pinkie?" You say.

"Yesssssssss?"

    You point your eyes towards Octavia who is already looking shocked. Did she know Pinkie?

Pinkie gasps and rushes in a pink blur squeezing Octavia in a bear hug. Fuck! This was hilarious. She drops Octavia back onto her seat bombarding her with questions.

"Ohmigosh! Howhaveyoubeen! Thanksforplayingthatsongatthe-GrandGalloping- Galaforme! Wow,fateiscrazy,wemustbedestinedtobefriends. What'syourname?

"Pinkie! Slow down you're gonna give her a heart attack!"

"But the readers expect me to act this way!"

"The who?" What the hell was she talking about? Now that’s the definition of insanity, and too many energy drinks mixed with a never ending sugar rush.

    "Never mind. I’ll slow down," she says with cute giggle and snort. She swivels her head back to Octavia, who flinches like she's about to receive a beating.

"My name is Pinkie Pie. Thanks for playing my request at the Grand Galloping Gala. Its crazy you moved here all of the sudden and now I’ll have to throw you a welcome party! You and your coltfriend are going to be the guests of honor of course."

You and Octavia's faces turn red hot.

    "I'm sorry I haven't told you yet Pinkie Pie, but my name is Octavia and its nice to actually get to talk since we didn't get to at the gala, and me and Anon are just friends. He was just showing me around town." Octavia says.

Ugh, the friendzone. It is dark and cold isn't it. "Yeah. Besides since you love making friends so much I figured I'd bring her by." Octavia shoots you a look full of daggers.

"Well it’s time for us to go."

"Okie Dokie Lokie! See ya," Pinkie shouts in her usual cheerful nature.

"Bye," you and Octavia say simultaneously as you leave Sugarcube Corner.

"Well what was that all about,"Octavia begins to say as you head on your way to the library.

"What?"

"That you're my coltfriend."

   "Oh, that was just one of those rumors that spread when ponies found out I was getting a roommate." It was hard to look her in the eyes when you talk to her. If you did then you would probably start staring, then she would notice and then ask why you’re staring and then you would get kicked in the gonads.

"Ok. Hey?" She asks

"What?"

    "Do you have a marefriend?Not that I care or anything, just I was wondering if the whole species thing is a problem for you."

The question slightly takes you aback.

    Now you admit these mares look good, but every time you get the idea of taking one on a date, your morals from earth come and can be heard in a spot in the back of your mind. They were technically part horse, but your male hormones usually won over and told what morals you have to ‘shut the fuck up’ and throw them back in the corner.

"No, I don't have a marefriend, but I don't think I care much about the whole species thing," you say casually.

    "Oh, well we're here," she says as you stand at the front door to Twilight's library.

You knock firmly three times making sure its loud enough to get Twilight's attention if she's into her studying, or at least Spike would hear you.

    Spike opens the door and looks up at you and Octavia.

    "Hey Anon. What do ya’ need, and who's your marefriend? You didn't tell me you were a mare's man," he says bumping his elbow into your leg as you enter the library.

"Ha. No Spike this is my new friend Octavia and she's n-," but you get cut off.

"Hi. I'm not his marefriend and we're just here for him to ask Twilight about something."

Spike arcs an eyebrow and you raise your arms slightly offended at how she responded and cut you off.

"I'm sorry Anon, it’s just-"

"No need. I know what you mean," you say a little hurt. "Anyways, Spike can you get Twilight for me?"

"Yeah, hold on I'll be back in a sec. Feel free to sit on the couch."

As he heads upstairs you and Octavia take a seat. It was uncomfortable and you resort to twiddling your thumbs again.

"Hey Anon! What can I do for you?" Twilight asks wearing her usual purple school uniform and plaid skirt.

"Hey Twilight, this is my friend Octavia.”

"Pleasure to meet you," Twilight says in a friendly tone

"Nice to meet you too. It's an honor to be in the presence of a princess,"Octavia replies.

"No need to be formal. Any friend of his is a friend of mine."

"Anyway, what I wanted to know was something that could be serious, but I'm not sure."

"Well what is it?" Twilight asks.

    You go over yesterday's events and she listens intently, but you make sure to leave out a certain part of your day involving cake. Octavia then points to your wound and Twilight gasps at the sight. Just talking about your fight made you feel like the terminator all over again.

"And nopony seems to know who the Equine Superlatives are," You state

    "Now, I know that name, but it goes way back before Nightmare Moon. Let me check," she says as she  levitates a set of books from a dated shelf and quickly selects one.She begins to flip through the pages murmuring, "Equine Superlatives," repeatedly.

"Aha! Here it is," she shouts.

   As she reads her eyes begin to grow large, and she drops the book with a face of disbelief and fear.

"Please, do not leave," she says with you're name in a scared tone."You have to stay here until I make sure things will be alright?"

"What is it?!" You and Octavia both shout. You can already feel your blood pumping faster and your breathing picking up.

"Spike! Get a letter for Celestia ready!"