Another Casting of the Cards

"Hey. Pony. Wake up! We just found you and don't need you to die so would you kindly wake up now," spoke a brassy voice. I blinked awake, only to continue staring as the form of a blue pegasus stared at him. A certain lavender unicorn spoke up, saying, "Calm down, rainbow, he's awake, we can talk to him, then bring him back to Ponyville."

The new pony muttered unsteadily, " well then, twilight, lets get going to Ponyville.  I ain't gonna answer too many questions sitting  in the dirt, and I want to meet your friends. Plus I'm sure you want to hear my story." The group stared in shock, not realizing that the stunt I had pulled with the nap was just that- a stunt. I hadn't been asleep at all.

I jumped up and started trotting towards the one called rainbow dash, who was shifting towards shock from impatience. The purple one grinned at me, slowly trotting ahead as I promptly fell on my face. "Ouch," I grunted. This was gonna hurt.

o.O.o

We finally made our way into town, after introductions had been made: the purple one was Twilight Sparkle, the timid yellow pegasus was Fluttershy, and the loud flyer was Rainbow Dash.

The little group headed into town, meeting various ponies on the way. Twilight had said that they were going to  the secure containment, which struck me as being odd- "Um, why are we headed to secure containment? Moreover, why does a place like this even have secure containment?" I asked, my natural paranoia setting in.

Twilight responded, looking sharply over at me, apparently at my suddenly worried tone, "well, it's for everypony's protection. Recently, other things have come here the same way you did. None of them were ponies, nor could any of it talk. So, we're taking you to Princess Celestia for answers, both for you and for her. And until then, I don't want you to be with us. It's not a trust thing, it's just so that everyone involved is safe. Plus, you're a unicorn and we don't know if you'll have magical discharges or not. Until we know if its safe for both us and you, you'll stay in containment."

Dejectedly I muttered, with a half-grin on my muzzle, "this isn't too far from what I expected. I come to paradise and I'm put in jail."

The timid yellow one spoke up at this, saying, "Oh, um, no, we'd never put a pony in jail if we first saw them. It's just, you're unexpected and we don't want anything bad to happen to any pony."

Twilight inquired further, "yes, Thomas, what were you expecting?"

I had opened my mouth to reply, when a pink ball of fur hit me. I collapsed onto my side, wondering how cotton candy could weigh this much. My question was answered however, when it began talking, at a rate I could never I could never hope to match. "Ooh, hey there, what's your name? I haven't seen you before, so that must mean you're new here! I'm pinkie pie, by the way, what's you're name?"

I finally managed to edge in, "I'm Thomas, but you can call me Tom or Sam if you want."

At this point, Twilight manage to head the hyperactive pink pony off by saying, " why don't you plan a welcoming party for… Sam?" The energetic mare ran off, singing something that sounded like a funeral dirge, only at high enough pitch and speed that it sounded totally nonsensical.

"Sorry about that, Thomas," muttered Rainbow. "She gets a little hyper."

Understatement of the day, I thought, as we reached what looked like a low brick shelter.