Slow Descent

Chapter 2: A Nice Stroll

"Damn it's bright outside" You say covering your eyes. "Is it midday or something right now?"

"Actually it's around two in the afternoon." Says Twilight.

"So how long was I out for then?"

"Hmm... about five hours."

You pause for a few seconds and think about her answer. "So what were you doing near the woods so early then?"

"Well we were headed to Fluttershy's cottage for breakfast."

"Fluttershy? We?"

"Well do you remember earlier when you got startled and passed out again?"

"Yeah?" You ask wondering where this is going.

"Well the we would refer to all of the ponies you saw there, and Fluttershy happened to be one of them."

"Ah, okay then. So then I'm guessing you could hear me yelling." She nods her head.

"It really sounded like you were in trouble."

"Well I definitely felt like it. I thought somebody was stabbing me in the chest."

"Well when I checked you over I didn't see anything physically wrong with you."

"That's weird cause that's not how it felt or looked to me."

        "I know, but if you want we can check again later."

        "Alright, so lets see if we can find anything out from anyone else." You say as you start walking down the path to the town. On the way you make small talk with Twilight by asking her about Equestria in general. She informs you that Equestria is ruled by two princesses, the eldest is Celestia and the other is Luna, who have been ruling for over a thousand years. "You know if I was told that by anyone else I wouldn't believe it, but seeing as I'm in a land of magical horses I'm sure anything is possible."

         "Actually we're ponies. Horses is kind of a derogatory term."

         "Oh shit, sorry I didn't mean anything like that." You say hoping you didn't offend her.

         "It's fine you couldn't have known, but be careful about it next time, okay?"

         "Will do."

         "So, Michael what was your profession on your Earth?"

         "My profession?" You stop again and look into the air. "Well I always wanted to be a baker."

         "Oh well maybe you could get a job at the Sugarcube Corner."

         "Oh that's right now I'm technically broke. Alright I guess that sounds like a good idea, but where am I supposed to stay for now?"

         "Well we can always ask one of my friends if you can stay with them for a while."

         "Don't you think that'll be a bit odd?"

         "No, I'm sure they won't mind."

         "Well if you say so."

         "So what kind of job did you actually do?"

         "Well I was a umm... entertainer I guess." You say while scratching your head.

         "You mean you can't remember?"

         "No I mean that's about the best way I can describe it."

         "Well okay then." After a few minutes you arrive in town to find that everything is just as colorful as you expected. There are houses of every color and the same goes for the ponies. While you look around some of them take notice of you and stare with wide eyes.

         "Hey, Twilight I'm not really liking the way everyone is looking at me."

         "Don't worry, Michael I'm sure everything wi-"

         "It's a monster!"

         "Everypony run!"

         "Aaaaaah!"

         Before Twilight could finish her sentence multiple ponies begin too freak out causing the other too all freak out and run. The ensuring chaos causes so much dust to fly into the air that it makes it impossible to see or breathe. Within a few moments though the smoke dies down and you can finally look around to see what happened. All around you it's empty except for Twilight who is by your side. You assume that everyone ran home or into one of the many shops around you.

          "So you were saying, Twilight?"

          "Just stay right here, I know how to fix this."

          "Alright then, I'll just have a seat right here." You say as you sit yourself on the ground. You look back at the Twilight and decide to give her a thumbs up, but realize that it probably wouldn't make any sense to her. "Go right ahead, I'll just be right here." She nods and walks off towards what looks to be a giant gingerbread house. You wonder how you didn't see it earlier, and realize that more than likely that this place is the so called Sugarcube Corner.

           You watch as Twilight knocks on the door and after a few seconds she is quickly dragged inside, with the door slamming shut behind her. Watching the bakery you feel as though someone is watching you and turning your head you spot a bright pink pony looking at you with wide eyes. "Uh, hello." You wave and smile trying to look as friendly as possible. Suddenly she gasps and rushes at you as she plants her hooves on your shoulders.

            "Hi I'm, Pinkie, you must be new in town because I know everypony in town, but then again you're not a pony are you? But if you're not a pony what are you? Oh since you're new in town you have to have a welcoming party! You like parties don't you?" She says without pausing for a breath, but with the speed she was talking you couldn't understand most of it except for when she asked if you like parties.

             "Actually I love parties." You smile seeing as she wasn't afraid of you. She looks down at you and smiles with so much happiness it almost hurts to look at. You watch her for a few seconds until she jumps off of you and starts galloping towards the way you came, without so much as a bye.

             "Well that was strange." Says G.

             "So was this whole fucking day."

             "True, true."

             "So how do you feel about all this, G., cause I'm still not sure what to feel."

             "Well, all I can say is nothing bad has happened, so I think I'm fine with this."

             "Alright, I guess we'll roll with this for now." You say and sit in silence waiting for Twilight. You wait for about fifteen more minutes until you finally hear some commotion coming from the bakery. Looking over you see Twilight and a few other ponies coming out slowly. She looks around for a second until she spots you and starts walking over to you with the other ponies following behind her watching you cautiously.

             "So I'm guessing it went well then?" You ask looking at the group of ponies behind her.

             "It took a bit of convincing, but they're willing to at least try and meet you, so let me introduce you to the owners of the Sugarcube Corner, Mr. And Mrs. Cake, the spa twins, Aloe and Lotus, Mayor Mare, and the school teacher, Miss Cheerilee."

              You stand so that you can greet everyone and once again you realize how tall you are compared to them. You stand at about five eleven, whereas they all stand around four feet, but you ignore that and introduce yourself. "Hi I'm Michael, and I'm kinda new here so umm... Nice to meet you all." You hold out your hand to shake with everyone, but the only one to readily accept it is the mayor.

              "Well hello there, Michael. As Twilight said I'm the mayor, Mayor Mare, and in honor of you not being evil, welcome to Ponyville."

               "We'll thank you Mayor." You say as you two shake. You turn to the others and hold out your hand for them to shake.

                "Well I'm Cheerilee and I'm the teacher at Ponyville elementary, so welcome to Ponyville, Michael." You both shake and you turn towards the twins.

                 "Ve are ze owners of ze Ponyville day spa. I am Aloe and,"

                 "I am Lotus." The other sister chimes in as they both take your hands and shake. You look over to the last two ponies in the group and put your hand out to them.

                 "I'm Mr. Cake and this is my wife Mrs. Cake and like she already said we're the owners of the Sugarcube Corner." He says as they both take your hand and shake.

                 "Now that you've all been introduced I need to introduce him to the rest of my friends so if you wouldn't mind, could you let everyone else in town know that he's a good pony." They all nod at Twilight, wave and head on to do what she asked. "Thank goodness that's cleared up, now you can meet my friends, and then hopefully we can see if anypony knows anything."

                 "Alright then. By the way Twilight do you happen to know an extremely hyper, pink pony?"

                 "Extremely hyper, and pink? That sounds like my friend Pinkie, why?"

                 "Because I met her while you were in there."

                 "Let me guess, she asked you if you liked parties?"

                 "Yep. So I'm guessing that's normal for her?"

                 "For, Pinkie, it is."

                 "Alright then. So where to next?"

                 "I think we should go see my friend, Rarity, next."

                 "Works for me." You say as you follow the purple unicorn. You still can't shake the feeling that you're being followed. Looking around, all you can see are dark store front windows, but closer inspection reveals a few sets of eyes here and there. "You know Twilight wouldn't it have made more sense if you had me wait for you to alert the town, before I came here unnanounced?" You see her pause for a moment before she turns and gives you an embarrassed smile that you find, once again, adorable.

                  "Ehehe... You're probably right, but it's too late for that right now, so let's not worry about it."

                  "Sure." She turns back and continues to lead you to wherever her friend is. Glancing around you notice that all the stores seem to specialize in only one specific item such as carrots, cucumbers, or eggplant, which strikes you as odd. "Hey, Twilight, how come these shops only sell one thing?"

                  "Well that's because all the ponies sell things that were produced because of their cutie marks."

                  "Their cutie marks?" You ask feeling quite confused. She turns and gestures toward her backside, and you notice the six-pointed star on her backside. "Okay so it's a tattoo, meaning?"

                  "I guess it's like a tramp stamp." G. chuckles.

                  "Shut up, G.! Sorry, please continue." You say as you hear G. laugh to himself.

                  She looks at you with a strange look, but quickly shakes her head. "As I was going to say, a cutie mark displays what a pony's unique trait, or skill is."

                  "So then what does your mean?"

                  "It shows how I'm princess Celestia's star student and how well I do with magic."

                  "Let me guess, she has a sister who's also a princess?"

                  "Yeah, that's princess Luna, but how did you figure that out?"

                  "Just good guess work, but tell me about the princesses."

                  "It'll have to wait a little bit because right now we're at Rarity's shop." Looking ahead you notice a giant carousel themed shop with clothing in the windows. The sign on the store says Carousel Boutique.

                  "So she's a fashion designer then."

                  "Yep, now come on, we still have to see my other friends."

                  "Alright, I'm coming." You say as you follow her inside.

                  "Wouldnt't it be funny if this ended up like that one trip to Las Vegas?" You hear G. ask.

                  "If it were actual women, then yes, but in this case hell no."

                  "What?" Asks Twilight who seems extremely confused, but your seemingly random comment.

                  "Nothing, just talking to, G., so lets meet this friend of yours." You say as you both enter the fashion store, and you see some of the most surprising fashion statements ever. "Holy shit..."