Chapter Fourteen - Welcome to the Jungle

Twilight was right, we had arrived and the plane had come to a complete stop, we needed to get out of here, and fast.

“What now?” Rainbow Dash asked.

I listened out for all the sounds, I heard the footsteps of people above us, the passengers were getting up. Along with that, was the sound a vehicle from outside, most definitely the luggage transportation thing which takes the contents of the cargo hold to the airport.

“We need a plan.” I said.

“Well think of one!” Twilight snapped.

“Oh, so you’re promoting me to group leader now? Alrighty then!” I retorted and turned around.

“Hey! Shut your trap human! You are not leading this gr-”

“Then think of a plan, smartass!” I butted in.

“Well we need to hide somewhere!” She yelled.

“No… Really?” I shouted sarcastically.

“Keep it down.” Rarity said cautiously.

“Let’s just get our flanks off this plane and find a better place to hide, where we can make a real plan.” Applejack commanded.

I looked around to Applejack and nodded, the others gathered around me, I then turned back to Twilight.

“Cast an invisibility spell on us so we can get out here undetected.” I ordered.

“I have low mana thanks to you, casting that on all of us would use it all up.” She said.

“No mana, is better than no chance of getting off this plane without being taken away, to be tested on and abused by scientists, and we wouldn’t like that, would we Twilight?” I retorted.

The look of fear in her eyes told me she had made up her mind without a second thought; her horn lit up and we all vanished from sight, luckily we could still see one another due to the purple glow radiating out of us.
Seconds later, the large door to the cargo hold opened, I headed over there and the others followed me. A man leaned in and yelled something, a conveyor belt then came down into the cargo hold, and the man jumped down into the hold.

“Now what?” Rainbow Dash whispered.

“Shh.” I hissed back.

The man started putting the suitcases on the conveyor belt, as a second man jumped in and also started putting on cases.

“Get on that conveyor, one at a time, regroup outside.” I ordered.

They all went ahead and crept behind the men, one by one, they hopped on and managed to slip out of the plane unnoticed.
By the time they were all out, half the cargo hold had been emptied, I needed to make a move.

“Trabalhar mais rápido!” One of the men shouted.

Whatever the heck that meant, told me that I needed to get a move on, I didn’t know much of Portuguese, but I knew that ‘rápido’ meant ‘fast’. The man in front of the belt moved to get a case, and that’s when I slipped past him and hopped onto the belt, I slid up and out the door.

I was temporally blinded by the bright sun, upon blinking a few times I saw the airport, looking down from that were the glowing purple outlines of the others, I crept down the stairs and then jumped off the vehicle’s extendable ladder onto the hard ground. Beyond the plane was a small grass area, a little way after that was a large body of water.

“Where to now?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“We need to find somewhere to hide before this spell wears off.” Rarity said.

I looked to the end of the runway to see green, lots and lots of green; a jungle.

“We can hide in there.” I suggested, pointing toward the huge greenery in the distance.

“Then let’s make a move.” Applejack ordered.

Without a moment’s hesitation, we all started trotting to our new destination, well, I jogged. Trotting wasn’t really a thing I did...

After a minute or so of jogging, we came to a fence, a rather tall fence, and in good time as well, as the spell wore off and we all fizzled back into vision.

“Now what?” Rarity asked.

“Simple.” Rainbow Dash giggled and she jumped into the air and then flew over the top.

“Yeah, now come up with a solution that suits all of us.” Applejack moaned.

“Buck the fence down?” Dash shrugged.

“You know, that don’t seem like a bad idea…” Applejack hummed.

She turned around and tensed her muscles, which was when I noticed something on the fence; barbed wire…

“No! Wait!” I shouted, but not fast enough.

Her hooves made contact with the chain-link fence; the loud metallic clashing sound emitted from the fence caused me to cringe, to know how hard Applejack had struck it.

“AAAARRRGH FUCK! MY HOOF!” She yelled, hopping backwards.

“Oh shit!” Rainbow Dash gasped, noticing the barbed wire.

Applejack fell onto her side and clutched her hind leg and gasped loudly, before letting out a long growling moan of pain.

“What happened?” Rarity asked, full of panic.

“The… Fence!” Applejack gasped before squinting her eyes shut.

“What about it? I don’t see any…” Rarity stopped mid-sentence, as she saw the cause of Applejack’s pain.

The whole fence was coated in the long barbs, and right in the middle of the panel, a long barb was slightly bent, and coated in dark, thick blood.

“Oh gosh!” Rarity whinnied as she dropped to her knees to inspect the wound.

I too, squatted to see the damage; right in the centre of her back left hoof, was a deep hole, blood was oozing out of the wound. All around the hard ground were droplets of blood; the wound was bleeding quite a lot. I was about to get a closer look when Fluttershy got in the way and gave the wound a proper inspection.

“Gah! Don’t touch it!” Applejack shouted as Fluttershy gently applied pressure to her hoof.

“I can help this, but not here, we need to move.” Fluttershy explained.

“Need me to carry you?” I offered.

“I don’t need your charity.” Applejack growled in pain as she managed to stand up on three legs.

I looked along the fence line, and saw a small gate in the distance.

“Over there.” I pointed out.

“Let’s move, quickly! We’re still at risk of being seen here.” Twilight commanded.

Applejack growled once more as she began to uneasily trot on three legs, Twilight stayed by her side and the others kept the same pace, I jogged ahead to make sure the gate was safe.
I reached the gate, luckily there was no barbed wire, but there was yet another problem. Just below the handle was a large padlock, about the size of my palm. It was pretty rusty, it should break with enough force.

“Well? Can we get through?” Applejack groaned.

“There’s a lock on it.” I replied.

“Fuck sake…” Rainbow Dash muttered under her breath from the other side of the fence.

“Language Rainbow Dash!” Rarity shouted.

I ran my fingers over the lock, and then tapped it with my knuckle, a hollow metallic ring came from it, the lock was absolutely busted.

“Stand back Dash.” I ordered.

“Why?” She asked.

“Applejack’s not the only one with some strength around here.” I replied as I took a few steps back.

The others all moved away as I tensed all my muscles and took a deep breath; due to my boxing experience I had become a very top-heavy person, kicking wasn’t overly my thing, so I decided to settle in with a full body slam onto the gate.

“Don’t go hurting yourself as well now…” Rarity mumbled.

I ignored her comment and prepared to charge. On a mental count of three I rushed toward the gate and crashed into it with all my might, perhaps even a little too much; the lock broke easily and the gate flew open, causing me to hurtle forward right into Rainbow Dash. She let out a yelp as my head smacked into her chest, causing her to fall to the ground, and me to fall on top of her in the process.

“Gah! Get off of me dude!” She wheezed, trying to push me off.

I rolled to the side and stood up, I then turned around to see the others walking through the demolished gateway, the top hinge had been broken. I guess I was stronger than I thought.

“My, you are stronger than you look.” Rarity said.

“Yeah yeah, I could have done that if it weren’t for my damn hoof.” Applejack snorted, before wincing in pain again.

“It’s no competition.” I replied.

“Whatever…” Applejack sniffed.

“Can you two bicker later? We need to find a place to camp.” Rarity said, rolling her eyes.

I sighed, Rarity was right, we had to get into a more secluded area, anyone looking out the airport windows would be able to see us if they looked hard enough; we may have been a way off from the airport, but we were still visible.

“We’re still in the open.” Fluttershy whimpered.

“Then let’s go!” Rainbow Dash pressed.

We all began to walk into the jungle, when Applejack fell down. I knelt to her side.

“You ok?” I asked.

“Gah, it’s this damn saddlebag, I can’t walk on three legs and carry this.” She gasped.

“Want me to take it?” I offered.

“Don’t let him have it, you won’t get it back again.” Twilight growled.

“Do you honestly think I’d steal from you when I’m going to be travelling with you for months on end?” I asked rhetorically.

Twilight bit her lip, then stormed ahead of the group; I helped take off Applejack’s saddlebag and slung it over my shoulder.

“Hey.” She groaned.

“Yeah?”

“Thanks.” She said, dipping her head.

“It’s the least I can do.” I replied with a smile.

“What’s the most?”

“I could carry you.” I answered.

“Get lost, it’s just my hoof, not a broken leg.” She scoffed.

We both laughed as she got up and I walked beside her into the jungle with the others.

The sights, sounds and smells of the jungle were like nothing I’d ever experienced, everywhere I looked was a sea of green, the sound of birdsong and the buzzing of insects was almost deafening; the smells were so fresh and natural, no smell of smoke, petrol, and the city. I looked up to see more green as the trees towered above us, small rays of sunlight peaked through the canopy and flickered as the leaves swayed about. A bright blue bird flew above and shot out of sight in seconds, it was amazing. It was like I had stepped into another world…

“Some scenery huh?” Applejack said, noticing my amazement.

“Yeah, I’ve seen nothing like it; it’s like a new planet to me.” I answered, still star struck.

“How do you think we feel? We’re actually on a new planet!” She chuckled.

“That is a fair point.” I agreed, chuckling with her.

We were walking for some time, when I decided to ask Applejack what was on my mind.

“So, why are you chilled with me now? I thought you disliked me back in the cargo hold.” I asked.

Applejack giggled.

“Oh Sugarcube, I don’t dislike ya; I just don’t appreciate you hitting my friends and all. I think you could have handled that situation better; I’ve only known you a short while, so as much as you’ve thrown away your life to help us, I can’t put all my trust into you. It’s nothing personal, honest.” She explained.

“I understand, thanks.” I said, now very much relieved.

“No problem, and thanks again for holding the bag and all.” She replied, gritting her teeth at the pain in her hoof.

We continued walking into the jungle, taking in all the sights and sounds as we went.
A little while later, we came to a halt.

“What’s up?” I asked.

“You tell me.” Applejack shrugged.

I walked ahead to see Twilight crouched down with a hoof to her forehead.

“What’s up egghead?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Nothing, I’m fine.” Twilight growled back.

She was certainly not fine, she was stumbling around as if she were drunk; just as I reached her, she fell over.

“What’s wrong?” I asked.

“Nothing of your concern, human.” She said.

“Well you’re preventing the whole group from continuing, so it is my concern. So I’ll ask again, what’s wrong?” I told her.

Twilight shook her head and tried to get up, and managed to get to her knees.

“Do you need my help?” I asked.

“No.” She growled.

“You look like you need assistance.” I said, putting my hand on her elbow to help her up.

She pushed me back and fell down again.

“Don’t touch me!” She snapped.

“Calm it, I’m trying to help.” I replied.

“I don’t need your help.” She spat.

“Then get up.” I spoke coldly.

I walked away and went to Rarity.

“What’s up with her? She’s all dizzy and uncoordinated.” I asked.

“Looks like she overused her mana from all the spells lately.” Rarity suggested.

“That’s a thing?” I queried with a head on one side.

“Indeed; when a unicorn uses all their mana, they can still cast spells, but it breaks down fluids and blood instead. Basically, Twilight is just extremely dehydrated.” She explained.

“You’re saying she can’t cast any more spells now right?” I asked.

“Not for a good few days now, no.” Rarity answered.

“Even if she re-hydrates?”

“I’m afraid so, even if she drinks plenty of water, her body will prevent her from casting spells unless it’s a dire life or death situation, it’s like a natural defence mechanism.” She told me.

“I see…” I mumbled.

I walked back to Twilight who was getting up properly now, and was trying to open her saddlebag.

“Need a hand with that?” I asked.

“No, go away.” She answered sourly.

“A please would be nice.” I retorted.

“Fuck off.” She muttered.

“What was that?”

“Nothing.”

“Good, for a second there I thought you were being a rude little bitch.” I said.

She glared at me, and I chuckled; I found my new relationship with Twilight rather amusing, it was quite comical for such a tense and hateful attitude. I opened my backpack and offered her my bottle of water.

“I don’t need your poison.” She said, snorting.

“You’re dehydrated, drink.” I ordered.

“You can’t tell me what to do.” She mumbled, looking at the water.

She clearly wanted the water, but was reluctant to take it from ‘the human’.

“Fine, don’t have the water, stay dehydrated and dizzy, and risk a seizure or two.” I replied and began to walk away again.

“Wait.” She said.

I turned around to see her looking longingly at the water.

“I’ll have some.”

I rolled my eyes and handed the bottle to her, her horn lit up to pick up the bottle, and her magic instantly deactivated, and she rubbed her temple with her hoof.

“Looks like someone’s going to need a hand after all.” I said with a grin.

“Don’t even think about it.” She spat back, stumbling over to Rarity.

I stood there and watched Twilight tell Rarity to help her, and levitate her drink for her; as I was watching, Rainbow Dash came and sat next to me.

“What’s up with Purple Smart?” She asked.

“Out of mana, so she’s basically useless at all basic life tasks.” I replied.

“Seriously? How does she think pegasai and earth ponies deal with it?” She said, rolling her eyes.

“Give the mare a break, she’s out of mana, she barely has the strength to stand up.” Applejack said from behind me.

“Sneakily listening in are we AJ?” Dash accused.

“The word’s ‘eavesdropping’.” I corrected.

“Egghead.”

“Bovvered?”

“No!” Dash playfully growled.

The three of us chuckled, before Twilight came forward with the others, still a little unbalanced.

“We need to find a bearing so we know where we’re headed.” She announced.

“How can we do that when you have no mana?” I asked.

“I don’t know, I’m thinking…” She replied.

“Can’t Rarity cast the spell?” Rainbow Dash quizzed.

“I don’t know it.” Rarity sighed.

“What about your search spell? Like you use to find gems?” I suggested.

“That would work if the shard was in a visible range, but that spell doesn’t work with things out of sight.” She explained.

“What about your cutie mark story? Where your horn pulled you towards your life goal, surely you could manipulate that effect with something.” I said.

Rarity hummed, and then huffed.

“I wouldn’t be able to rely on that, my horn wouldn’t be that accurate for the whole journey.” She said.

“You could always enchant something with that spell so it points to the orb shards.” I shrugged.

“That’s a great idea!” Rarity cheered.

“What… Did you just say?” Twilight asked, glaring at me.

“I, said, we could enchant something with Rarity’s-”

“How do you know about enchanting!? You have no magic!” Twilight shouted, pointing a hoof at me.

“Yeah, there’s no way you should know that, what gives?” Applejack asked.

“I’ve played some video games in my life, and a lot of them have enchanting in them.” I explained.

“That’s a lie! How did you know?” Twilight accused.

“I just told you.” I replied.

“What are these stupid, games then?”

“Skyrim, Runescape, RPGs like that. Oh, and I used to play World of Warcraft once upon a time…” I answered, chuckling.

“This isn’t funny you lying scum!” Twilight shouted.

“Hey, there’s no need to talk to him like-”

“Shut your trap Rarity! I’m sick of you sticking up for this creature when you don’t even know him!” Twilight yelled.

“Calm down y’all…” Applejack said, but to no avail.

“I want the truth out of you! You knew about the days at home being years here, and now you know this! Tell me how you know!” Twilight yelled, now breathing heavily in anger.

“Calm your tits Sparkle, I’m not some secret evil spy.” I joked.

“Well I don’t know that now do I? For all I know, you have the single intent to just learn more about our weaknesses so you can kill us later on!” She shouted.

I had no words left to say, she was just being ridiculous now; after a few seconds of silence, Rainbow Dash spluttered and started chuckling.

“This is not funny!” Twilight screeched.

“Oh wait, you were serious?” Dash asked, stifling her laugh.

“Yes!”

“Oh, ok. Let me laugh even harder!” Rainbow Dash squealed and fell to the ground, rolling around in tears of laughter.

“Shut up Rainbow Dash!”

“How about you shut up? Before you attract every living thing in Brazil; seriously, you’re sounding off like a bloody rape alarm!” I butted in.

Twilight glared at me and growled loudly.

“Can it.” I said bluntly.

“You can’t tell me what to do human!” She spat.

That was it, she was bringing me to the level of pissed-offity! I walked up to her and towered above her.

“You’re going to shut that bitchy little muzzle of yours, or I’m going to break it off and crush it to a bloody paste…” I threatened, lowering my tone to a deep growl.

The look of fear in her eyes was almost painful to watch, her pupil and iris shrunk to around the size of my damn fingernail; her lip started quivering, I had genuinely horrified her. She nodded nervously and took a few shaky steps back.

“Good girl.” I smirked.

I turned around and looked at the others, who were all looking at me as if I were a whole new person.

“That was uncalled for.” Applejack said quietly, and walked past me to comfort and how petrified Twilight.

Fluttershy followed Applejack to help her out with her wounded hoof, and I noticed her trying to take off her saddle bag, no doubt to take out that Kuphilla Amanzi stuff.

I walked to the others calmly and squatted down with Rarity and Dash.

“Sorry it got to that level.” I sighed.

“Please tell me you wouldn’t actually…?” Rarity stuttered.

“What? Do what I said to Twi? Jesus, no. Not at all. Rarity I wouldn’t even think of contemplating such a thing. It was just to put her in her place and shut her up. She needs to realise that I have more experience about this place than her, and she needs my help to get this group through the mission, and she can’t stand the fact she needs to rely on someone else’s help.” I explained.

“I understand, just, please watch what you say when Pinkie’s in earshot.” Rarity pleaded.

“You got it.” I smiled.

I looked around to find Pinkie was nowhere to be seen.

“Well, firstly, she’s not in earshot, and secondly, where is she?” I asked.

“Probably exploring.” Dash said.

“Oh yeah, great, exploring, in a hostile jungle, good idea.” I deadpanned sarcastically.

“It’s fine.” Rarity hummed, using her magic to make the squeaky toy sound again.

There was a rustling in the bushes a few metres away, and suddenly Pinkie burst out of them like a crazy cat.

“Where’s the squeaky!?” She squealed and ran around.

I raised my eyebrows in surprise, but remained silent.

“As for what you said to Twi,” Rainbow Dash said, bringing me back to her attention.” “That was some intense shit, I don’t think she’s going to argue with you for like, ages! I mean seriously dude, you’re one scary motherfucker when you want to be…” She said, chuckling a little.

“Rainbow, for the tenth time, watch, your, language!” Rarity scolded, frowning hard at Dash.

“I’m twenty, not a little filly.” Dash answered back.

“It doesn’t make it right Dash, I’m with Rarity on this one. There’s a time and a place for bad language, you just keep swearing impulsively, and I tell you now, it’s not attractive.” I said, backing up Rarity.

“Okay, I’ll cut it out.” Dash moaned, dipping her head.

“Right, with Sparky and your lip out the way, can we please get on with enchanting something? It’s late into the afternoon and we need a bearing before it gets dark.” I pointed out.

“As much as Twi went nuts, how do you know about enchanting?” Rainbow Dash quizzed.

“I already told you, video games. Like the TV stuff, but you control a virtual character and do stuff, and in some of those games there is magic and enchanting and stuff.” I repeated with some extra detail to clear their doubts.

“Like that thing you playing on that box thing in your room the same day you met us? The X Box wasn’t it?” Rarity asked.

“That’s the one, the Xbox, but that was a game called Mirrors Edge, not so much magic in that one.” I answered, chuckling slightly.

“I liked it, it was so cool with all the running up walls and stuff.” Dash said, smiling at the thought of free running.

Rarity cleared her throat.

“Yeah, um, on with the enchanting then?” I said sheepishly.

“While you and Twilight had your little verbal war, I was able to single out the right spell to enchant with; I just need an object to enchant.” She explained.

“What sort of object?” I asked.

“Just any solid object really, I would enchant one end, and it will point towards the closest shard as long as one of us is holding it.” She told me.

“So, like a stick or something?” I suggested.

“Too basic, it could break or get lost, we need something that’s going to be on us at all times.” Rarity replied.

“How about your hooves or something? Then you’ll constantly be pulled in the right direction.” I hummed.

“How about ‘no thank you’? I’ve been dragged across half of Equestria once, and I shan’t let it happen again. We need an object.” Rarity dismissed.

“Beep boop beep!” Pinkie squealed.

“Shush Pinkie, we’re trying to think.” Rarity hushed.

“Beep boop beep!” Pinkie squealed again, louder.

“Pinkie please, just can it for a sec.” Dash moaned.

“No, beep! Boop! Beep!” Pinkie said insistently.

“I don’t get it.” Rainbow Dash sighed.

Pinkie randomly walked to me and head-butted my thigh.

“What is it Pinkie?” I asked, finding her behaviour both cute and strange.

“Beep boop beep! Beepity beep! Boop bubba beep!” She squeaked and head-butted my thigh a second time.

“Cut it out Pinkie.” I chuckled, gently pushing her head back.

“Vvvvrrrr! Vvvvrrrr!” She buzzed.

“Called it; Pinkie’s loose screw fell out.” Dash said dully.

I rubbed my leg where she’s been hitting her head into, and ran my fingers over the shape of my phone in my pocket; I pulled it out to make sure she hadn’t damaged it.
I hit the on button, it made a small ‘beep’ sound, and then it vibrated.

“Vvvvrrrr! Vvvvrrrr!” Pinkie continued to buzz.

That’s when it hit me…

{Pinkamena Diane Pie, you are a fucking genius…} I thought to myself, grinning.

“What’s so funny?” Rainbow Dash questioned.

“I just figured it out…” I mumbled.

“Care to share?” Rarity asked.

I hit the vibrate test button on my phone, and it went ‘Vvvvrrrr. Vvvvrrrr’.

“Get out…” Rainbow Dash breathed quietly.

“Unbelievable…” Rarity mumbled, putting a hoof to her mouth.

“Pinkie you absolute genius!” I shouted merrily, pointing at her with a huge grin.

“Woop! Woop! Woohoo!” Pinkie squealed.

Rainbow Dash flew up to her and lifted Pinkie into the air in a celebratory hug.

“I’m not sure what’s more outstanding, Pinkie’s idea, or the fact you sussed it out…” Rarity said, still bewildered by the whole riddle.

“I’m voting on Pinkie’s idea, how does she just, know these things?” I asked.

“Celestia knows how, but heck, she does...” Dash giggled, coming back to the conversation.

“I doubt even the princess can figure out Pinkie.” Rarity chuckled.

The three of us laughed, and I then turned my phone back on, which had gone on standby again.

“Hey, do you think you could merge the spell with this thing’s tech to make the enchantment better?” I suggested.

“How so?” Rarity asked.

“Well, back when Twilight and I were infiltrating the airport, Twilight’s magic was able to hijack the security lock like it was a piece of cake. Maybe your spell could work with an application on my phone, making the search for the orb easier.” I explained.

“Cake!?” Pinkie shouted.

“Raisins.” Rainbow shouted back.

“Ok! Never mind!” Pinkie squealed in response before jumping on a log and prowled on it like a big cat.

I had no words, I just looked at Dash with confusion.

“Raisin cakes or current cakes, the only two cakes in the universe she doesn’t like.” Dash explained.

I chuckled, yet another thing I had in common with Pinkie, I also couldn’t stand such atrocities for cakes.

“Back on track,” Rarity smiled, “can I enchant this device of yours so we can get our bearing, I don’t want to trek in the jungle for the next bunch of days.”

I nodded, and held out my phone, before taking it back again.

“Hang on a sec, I’ll find an app for us to use, so the whole phone system doesn’t get converted.” I said.

I browsed through my apps, and went to my Maps app.

“Go for it.” I said, handing out my phone again.

Rarity’s horn lit up, and she pointed it at my mobile. As the horn made contact, the phone’s screen went pure white, and then began to flash quickly. It then began to vibrate violently, it became incredibly warm, almost too hot to handle; the hairs on my arm began to stand on end as static electricity radiated from the device.

“Bloody hell…” I mumbled.

I’d seen magic in video games, and now before my own eyes, but when you actually felt the sheer warmth and power of magic, it was so much more intense; seeing it was one thing, feeling it was another.

The glow of Rarity’s horn died out, and the phone screen went black, I touched the screen and nothing happened.

“I think you fried its circuits.” I said with a frown.

“Well that sucks.” Rainbow Dash groaned.

I hit the power button, and still nothing happened.

“Perhaps it needs to cool down?” Rarity suggested.

“Possibly.” I shrugged.

“Have you had any luck with the enchanting?” Fluttershy quizzed, coming to join us.

“Well, we’ve enchanted my phone, but it’s now not working; we’re going to leave it for a while and try later.” I answered.

“Oh, um, ok…” She replied.

“You alright?” I asked.

“Um, yes, I’m just a little tired.” She said, blinking a few times.

“As am I, I haven’t slept very well since we came to this place.” Rarity admitted.

“I’m not surprised, being in a new world must be quite a shocker.” I said.

“It’s not just that, it’s the gravity, your planet is a bit bigger than ours, the gravity’s just a tad stronger here, I’ve felt a little bit heavier.” She explained.

“Huh, interesting.” I hummed, processing the newly given information.

“It’s not a huge change, but it’s still noticeable.” She said.

“Fair doos.” I hummed again, nodding.

“Makes flying a bitc- uh, I mean, it makes flying a little bit harder.” Rainbow Dash said, giggling as she censored herself.

“Can we set up camp? I’d really like to rest my legs a little.” Fluttershy asked.

“Hm, the sun is starting to set, so I guess it’s a good idea.” Rarity hummed.

Dash trotted over to Applejack and Twilight to tell them the new plan.

“Callum?” Fluttershy asked.

I looked to her and gave a small confused hum.

“Can we talk?” She asked.

“Sure.” I answered merrily.

“We’ll go ahead and set up camp, don’t fall too far behind.” Rarity sang.

I smiled to Rarity, and then turned to sit with Flutters.

“What’s up?” I asked, planting my rump onto the soft ground.

“Well, um, I was wondering about something, about you humans…” She asked nervously.

“Go on…?” I quizzed.

“Well, I’ve noticed your teeth. You have canines…” She mumbled, looking at the ground.

“Oh…” I said.

{Well, fuck…} I thought to myself, swallowing slightly.

“Do you… Um… Do… You…?” She started, but stopped.

She looked at me with a troubled look, not sure how to ask the question without offending me, but she looked at me as if to say ‘you know exactly what I’m trying to ask you’.
And she was right, I completely knew what her question was, and it was a question I had been dreading since I met the six.
I sighed before I gave my answer.

“Yes Fluttershy… I do.” I answered.

“I eat meat…”