Engineering Apples

by Bilbo Dingo

Arrival and shelter

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In Canterlot Castle, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna and the Mane six were all having some lunch, but Celestia brought a book for some reason, the others had no idea why exactly, the book was kept off topic until Twilight asked.

"Celestia, what's that book here for?"

"Well, I have a little idea." Celestia said as she giggled, the others put on confused faces.

"Um, what is it?" Dash asked.

"We'll, this book contains a transdimensional portal spell." Celestia said, Twilight's jaw dropped.

"Really!?" Twilight asked, excited to learn new stuff about other dimensions.

"Yep, now I know you Twilight. You want to ask a bunch a questions about the world right?" Celestia said, Twilight nodded quickly, the others just rolled there eyes and smiled.

"Well, this speed takes a lot of message so it'll take one hour to use it again. So I'll bring someone from that world, I'll let you interview them and then I'll send them back to there world." Celestia said, Twilight was practically hopping in excitement.

"Alright now-oh." Celestia said as she opened the book but looked in disgust at what she saw.

"What is it sister?" Luna asked, Celestia showed her, then Luna put on her own face of disgust.

"What is it?" Twilight asked, Celestia then showed the book to the mane six, it had a picture of a weird bipedal creature, with some fur on his head and various other parts of the body, and there were also two different pictures, the one on the right seemed to have a thinner figure then the left one.

"What in Tarnation are those?" Applejack asked.

"These are humans." Celestia started.

"They are mythological creatures who are truly horrible." Luna said.

"They eat meat, they show no kindness, they don't care about anyone else but themselves." Celestia listed, the humans sounded more horrible to the girls as Celestia went on.

"Yes, they are a horrible uncivilised kind, they probably wouldn't survive 100 years!" Luna said. She'd be surprised.

The mane six thought of these creatures as horrible things they never want to be near, especially Applejack, she would never imagine a human to help her at all, or even on the farm.

I mean, that will never happen...right?

Meanwhile, on earth

I was currently working on a new project when my phone ran, I quickly pulled It out and answered.

"Hello?"

"Hey Jack."

"Oh hey Brian."

"So what's up?"

"I'm working in the AC Revelations parachute, why?" I asked

"Really? you already made the hookblade, why do you ned to make this?"

"Just in case I'm chase to the top of a building and I have to jump off." I replied.

"Really? Well let me list the things you have already made for no reason, the engineers wrench."

"I might need to repair something."

"The sonic screwdriver."

"That's an actual screwdriver."

"You don't eve watch Docter Who, how do you know what it's called?"

"Internet."

"And also the last thing, some grabbing gun?"

"Hey, it works!" I replied back.

"Whatever man, catch ya later." And with that, Brian hanged up, I put my phone away and concentrated on my parachute.

Anyway, my names Jack, and I'm a bit of a pioneer, that's why I try to make replicas of stuff from shows or games to possibly help me out in life, I never make stuff to kill though.

Now, my friend Brian might think I'm weird, even through he watches ponies on tv, but I don't judge. Anyway, I am just about finished, and...done!

Now I had just finished the parachute, all I had to do was set it up in my lucky bag with all my replicas in it, although I wear the hookblade just in case.

Soon the parachute was ready, now all there is to do is test it. But unfortunately, before I walked outside, some sparks started to flicker right in front of me, and last time I checked, sparks don't randomly appear without wires or some other reason.

But soon the sparks started to happen more frequently, and soon a twirling whirlpool opened in front of me, and it started to drag me in. I tried to run away but it was no use, soon I was pulled through the whirlpool, and headed down a weird tunnel until I hit the floor.

"Urgh, Fuck, my face."

I soon got on my knees and rubbed my face, my eyes opened, and what I saw was weird.

About eight multi coloured ponies, two were taller then the rest and had horns and wings, but during the other six, two had horns, two others just wings, and two none at all.

"Um...hi?" I asked sheepishly.

The tall white one soon fired a beam from there horn, I quickly rolled to my right and dodged the beam before standing up in a defensive position.

"Nice to meet you too." I said, she just fired a beam again and I jumped away again.

It went on like this for a while, soon the other three with horns started to fire beams, the two with wings dive bombed at me, and the pink one tried to blast me with a canon, and the orange one tried to tie me up with a lasso.

"Can't we discuss this like civilised people?" I asked, I was replied with beams, but then I noticed one of the beams break a window revealing some clouds and a clean exit for me...if the parachute works.

I began to run for it, but the ponies had noticed and had fired beams at me while I was running, I slide and jumped to Dodge, then I had to duck as the dove bombing ponies tried to hit me.

Is was nearly at the edge of the exit, that's when a lasso rope landed in front of me, I quickly jumped over it before I then jumped through the window.

Please work.

I then heard a flap and I was no longer descending quickly, instead I was holding onto my parachute and heading for the clouds.

But I soon looked back to see the ponies being carrying by four flying ponies with gold armour, I panicked, how much would clouds protect me from a flying carriage?

Very actually, since when I went through the clouds, I think I heard a small crashing sound, I was safe...until I stop flying through clouds, then I'm probably gonna die.

I waited and waited, until eventually there weren't anymore clouds, and instead of some wired castle mountain, it seemed to be an Apple farm, the barn was the best place to land because If those ponies had managed to follow me, I would really have to run.

I soon touched the roof and dropped my parachute, I sighed and sat down, I just wanted a lie down since I had done a lot of running.then I heard a voice.

"Anypony up there?"

Anypony? Really? well I looked onto the ground to see two ponies, one was red with a yellow mane, the other was yellow with a red mane and a bow, although the yellow one seemed to be smaller then the red one.

"What in the hay?" The yellow pony said.

"Hi." I simply said and waved down to them.

"Who are you?"

"Jack, and could you get a ladder or something?" I asked, he red one went into the shed and then came out carrying a ridiculous sized ladder, the pony seemed to lean left and right from the weight, until it was able to get it off its neck and lean it against the wall up to the roof of the barn.

"Thanks!" I yelled as I started to climb down, i soon felt solid ground and turned around to face the ponies.

"What are ya?" The yellow one asked, it seemed to be exited with curiosity.

"First, my name's Jack, second, I'm a human." I said.

"Nice ta met ya, ah'm Applebloom and that there's Big Macintosh, but we just call him Big Mac." The little filly said, I guess it was a filly from the voice.

"Eeyup." The red pony said, probably a stallion from that deep of a voice.

"So where are ya from?" Applebloom asked.

"Somewhere very far away I think." I said looking at the sky.

"Oh, like Manehatten or San Flanksisco?" Applebloom asked again.

"Nah, I think about...a couple of worlds away." I replied.

"From another world? Are ya an alien?" Applebloom asked again, man she was full of questions today.

"I guess you could say that, but I come in peace." I said making the peace sign with my hands, she just tilted her head with a confused look.

"What are ya doing with your..." She said trailing off.

"These are hands, and this means peace back where I'm from." I said.

"Ya need a place ta stay?" She asked.

"I don't want to be a bother."

"Don't worry, ah'll just ask Granny Smith, ah'm sure she'll let ya stay. Right Big Mac?"

"Eeyup." Mac said

"Alright." I said as I followed Applebloom to the farmhouse, on the Padilla was an old green pony with grey mane, who was apparently snoring.

"Granny! Wake up!" Applebloom yelled, soon the pony woke up and looked at me.

"Why hi there." The old mare said.

"Hello ma'am." I said.

"Oh, a gentlecolt, so what can ah do for ya sonny?"

"Well-"

"He was wonderin' if he could stay here, until he could get back to his own world." Applebloom asked.

"If it's not to much of a bother." I said.

"Nonsense, ya can stay in the guest room." She said, I nodded.

"Thank you. I'll try to make up for my space here." I said.

"Well, ya could help with our Cider maker, it's been having some problems with it. It seems that the conveyers broken or something." Granny Smith said.

"Sure, I'll see what I can do." I said walking out of the farmhouse. Applebloom quickly ran in front of me.

"Follow me!" She said as she ran in front of me, that took me off guard and I had to quickly ran up just to see where she was heading.

She soon stopped in front of some machine where there was a conveyer and some box with a tap and an enterance, probably for putting the apples in, I then looked at the conveyer, it seemed some gears wear out of place and not tight enough.

"So can ya fix it?"

"Yeah, I think I can fix it." I said.

"Oh shoot- ah forgot the tools!" Applebloom said as she faceplanted-hoofed? no idea.

"Don't worry, I got it covered." I said as I pulled out my wrench, Applebloom said 'oh'.

"Where'd ya get that?" She asked.

"I made it." I said as I started to tightened a gear back up.

"Really? How?" She asked.

"Tools, materials, imagination." I said as i finished tightening the gear and started on the next one.

"How did ya make it?" She asked.

"Well I simply just out it in my mind, picture it in realm life and try to make it out of what a can." I said as I started to get some of the gears into there proper position.

"How long ago did ya make it?" She asked again.

"About four months ago." I said as the gear was back in place and I started to tighten it.

"Why did ya make it?" She asked.

"So little fillies could ask me tons of questions." I said sarcastically as Applebloom giggled a little as I had to set another gear back into place.

"We'll it works!" She said as she and I laughed, I then tightened the gear, fixed the last one into place and tightened it back up.

"Try it." I said to Applebloom as she jumped on it, she began to run and the conveyer moved smoothly.

"It works! Ya fixed it!" She said as she jumped off.

"No worries." I said, I then noticed the sun starting to come down.

"We better get goin' " I said, Applebloom nodded and then raced off, causing me to run after her again.

Soon we where at the farmhouse, I was panting though, but Applebloom was just acting like she didn't run 100 K's an hour. Once I caught my breath we headed inside where Big Mac and Granny Smith where sitting at a table with some apple fritters on plates, I noticed there were four plates there. Applebloom sat down next to Big Mac.

"I fixed the machine." I said.

"Really? thank ya kindly, now Come on, sit down." Granny Smith said as she motioned for me to sit down.

"Ya didn't have ta make me dinner." I said as I sat down.

"Nonsense, ya helped us, so were just returning the favour." Granny Smith said.

"Yeah, but you've already given me shelter, you didn't have to do this for me." I said again.

"Oh quit yappin and start eatin!" Granny Smith said as she and the others dug into there food. I guess I shouldn't argue, I picked one up and took a bit out of it. Moments later I'm stuffing my face with them.

Soon dinner was finished, and I offered to do the dishes but Granny Smith said its time for me to sleep, I knew there was no point in arguing so I just went upstairs, Applebloom followed and headed in front of me until she stopped at a door.

"Here's ya room, right next to Applejack's!" She said.

"Applewho?" I asked.

"Man big sister, she's away today but ya'll meet her tomorrow." She said.

"Alright." I said entering the room, it was a simple bed and bed side table.

"Goodnight!" Applebloom said before she closed the door, I went and put my bag in the corner of the room and got under the covers of the bed, I then noticed I was looking at the moon, it looked beautiful tonight, but soon my eyes got droopy and I soon welcomed sleeps embrace.

I soon woke up with the sun in my eyes, I quickly turned away from it but ended up falling out of bed, I rubbed my face as I had hit it twice in two days, I soon got up, grabbed my bag and began to walk in the hallway.

"I wonder what Applejack looks like?" I though out loud.

But soon I was tackled from behind and ended up on my back, I then looked into the angry face of one of the ponies that tried to get him when he first arrived, mainly the one with the steston hat and the lasso.

"Oh...that's what you look like."

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