The New Pony in Town

When he woke up, Thunder Shock went over to the fridge and grabbed an apple then ate it. The first food he ever ate on Ponyville. Maybe it was the pony in him, but he liked the apple more than he would in the human world. After the apple, he went to the bathroom and used the mirror. He licked his hoof and tried to smooth down his mane, but one lock of hair refused to cooperate and he kept patting it down and failing every time. He eventually gave up and walked out into the living room. He sat on the couch in the living room and looked at the TV. He looked for the remote in the usual places, you know, on the table, by the TV, on the coffee table, between couch cushions, behind the couch, in the bathroom, in his mythical pony pocket. When he found the remote he hit power but the TV didn't turn on.

"What the hell?" he asked himself. "Aww man, why does she have to have a DVR?" he said the second he saw two more remotes by the TV. He set all three remotes next to each other and hit random buttons on all three hoping to turn it on.
He eventually got it on and figured out how to change channels. He turned the channel to some random cartoon channel, after all, who doesn't love watching some cartoons after being trapped into a new world randomly, being in a hospital for a while, meeting someone your tempted to mate with, having a wild party late into the night, getting drunk, and waking up at said party after possibly getting laid several times over while unconscious?

He was watching TV for a couple minutes when Lyra walked out.

"Morning Thunder." she said with a yawn as she made herself some toast.

"Morning Lyra." he responded.

"You want some toast?"

"No, I had an apple already."

"Oh, ok, want another?"

"Sure, why not."

"Here, catch." Lyra said as she threw an apple to him.

Thunder Shock caught it with a little difficulty, he was still getting used to his hooves. "Thanks." he said after he got a good hold of it.

Lyra trotted over and sat next to him on the couch and started watching TV while the toast levitated next to her.

The two sat on the couch, ate breakfast, and watched TV together. After a while, Bon Bon walked in.

"Morning Bon Bon." Lyra said.

"Will eh doot murnang to yuh too." she replied slurring her words together.

"Still on the hangover I see."

"Who can yuh toll?"

"Well, almost nothing you say is a word and your slurring your words."

"Ten who ken yuh endurstund muh?"

"I'm a unicorn remember?"

"Eh." Bon Bon stumbled to the fridge grabbed a few apples and wandered back to her room and shut her door.

Lyra and Thunder Shock sat in silence. Not awkward. Ok, a little awkward, not very awkward, not as awkward as awkward silence but more awkward than normal silence. So the two sat in semi-awkward silence.

"So, hows it going?" Thunder Shock said to break the silence.

"Pretty good." Lyra replied.

Then they were quiet again. This silence was just a tad more awkward that the last silence. Not really enough to effect anything, but enough to tell. And after a while, Lyra said something that started a whole conversation that would change someone's life.

"Thunder Shock, I sense something about you is different than other ponies."

"What?"

"Well, its just, you seem not used to being a pony as much as the others."

"Because I'm not."

"You aren't a pony are you?"

"No, I'm not, well technically I am, but I was born a human and lived my life as a human, I showed up here as a pony a few days ago."

"Wait, you're a human?"

"Yes."

"So, my spell worked!"

"What?"

"Well, I cast a spell so I could meet a human, I've been interested in them you know."

"Seriously?"

"Yes, and it obviously worked."

"So, you cast a spell so you could meet a human, and it worked?"

"More or less, you are a pony after all."

"And you cast it just to learn more about humans."

"Yeah."

"Can you send me back?"

"Not now."

"Why not?"

"I don't have the reverse spell."

"WHAT? So you just cast spells without preparing a fail safe backup in case they go wrong or the being you get wants to go back?"

"Pretty much."

Thunder Shock was about to say something, but paused. He didn't really know how to respond to that. He started thinking of how to respond.

"But, I'm kind of glad you have to stay here." Lyra said interrupting his thoughts.

He looked at Lyra. Why would she say that? Did she like him?

"What? Why?" Thunder Shock said hoping for a response.

"Because, I kind of like you." she answered with a smile.

He stopped to think again. So he was right, now what?

"Well, you should go off, find something to do, maybe find a permanent job, it may take a while for me to find the reverse spell." Lyra said with and awkward smile.

"Uh, yeah sure." Thunder Shock said as he walked out the door. "Bye."

***

When he arrived at the boutique, Thunder Shock walked in.

"Hello, Sweetie Belle, Rarity? Anyone, er uh, pony home?" he asked.

Rarity walked up to him. "Hello sir, do you need anything?" she asked.

"Oh, well I'm short on umm, what were they called, bots? No bits, yeah bits. I'm short on bits and was wondering if you needed any help today again."

"Not today hun, but you could always go to Sugar Cube Corner, they always appreciate help, especially after a wild party like last night."

"Oh, thanks. Umm bye."

"Bye, please come again!" a certain white filly said with a smile when she appeared out of nowhere to see Thunder Shock leave.

He chuckled, that little girl reminded him of a certain toddler back home. Julie.

When Thunder Shock got to Sugar Cube Corner, Pinkie Pie was going in and out of the building carrying sacks of trash on her back.

"Hello Pinkie." he said. "Do you need any help here?"

"Oh yes yes yes! Lots of help, we have to clean up and make cupcakes and other sweets, then we have to sell all of them and it would be so helpful if we had someone to help us!" she said faster than anyone could possibly speak.

"I'm sorry what?"

"We need help, and lots of it!"

"Oh, ok, so, I can work register if you want. I don't really have experience anywhere else."

"Sure ok the register is over there." she said gesturing to the register bouncing up and down.

Thunder Shock walked over to the register and stood there for a while. A little bobble head of some white alicorn was sitting next to one of a black alicorn. He hit one on the head so it nodded and the other so it shook its head in an everlasting 'no'. Thunder Shock watched the two heads bobble and started placing mental bets that the white one would end first when the bell on the desk rang.

"Oh, sorry to keep you waiting ma'am."

"Naw its ok sugarcube." and tangerine earth pony said in a western accent.

Thunder Shock cleared his throat. "Welcome to Sugar Cube Corner, my name is Thunder Shock, how may I help you?"

"I'm here to pick up my monthly sugar."

"How much sugar is it?"

"50 pounds."

"FIFTY?! Wow, ok one minute please." he wandered off into the backroom to grab a huge bag of sugar.

He came back 2 minutes later and slumped the bag into the counter sweating heavily.

"Here." he said with a pant. "That will be 100 bits."

"Here you go sir." she said as she put a sack of bits on the counter.

"The bag is awfully heavy, do you need any help carrying it?"

"I'm ok, wear I live, I lift more than this constantly."

"Ok ma'am, goodbye, come back again."

He worked the whole day watching Pinkie Pie slave away cleaning up the party and every once in a while helped her clean up. Eventually the sun went done and Pinkie flipped the open sign to closed.

"Thank you so much for your help sir. Here's your pay." Pinkie said at normal speed and gave 60 bits to Thunder Shock thus bringing his bit total to 100. Then he went to Lyra's house, where else was he supposed to go? So he headed down the street until he got to her house.

He knocked. Then knocked again. He waited a few seconds before knocking again when Lyra opened the door.

"Oh, hello Thunder Shock." she said.

"Hey Lyra, can I stay here again?"

"Sure, you can stay as long as you want."

"Thanks, did you make any progress on the reversal spell?"

"Well, I did rule out the whole first three pages of the reversal spell book."

"Good, good. I'm tired, so I think I'll go straight to bed tonight."

"Ok, good night Thunder Shock, see you in the morning."

"Good night Lyra." he said with a yawn as he walked into the guest room and fell asleep on the bed.

When he left, Lyra thought to herself. How long can I keep lying about the reversal spell? Hopefully at least until we're going steady.