Up Till Now

     "Oh, really? I thought we were in 'Candy Gumdrop Land', Brandon!"

     From the edge of the Everfree forest, the most dangerous place in Equestria, Thunder Tracer heard what sounded like a male voice coming from further in the forest. Fluttershy had been telling him about two stallions that passed out in her house last night when he heard the call. And, after weighing the pros and cons of going into the Everfree, Thunder decided to at least see who called and who this 'Brandon' character was. "Why the hell not." He said to himself as he entered the forest.

//12 minutes prior//

     As Brandon rummaged through the double satchel type bag, he had come across a few new things. Including his work boots, his jeans, his shirt, his survival knife, his compass, and his hoodie. To name a few. As they trekked through the forest, Brandon looking at his compass and cutting down giant plants as they went, they tried to carry on a conversation.

"So, uh, Jones, you mind telling me WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?" Brandon shouted.

"Well, Brandon, you died and you're now a pony. That's about the gist of it." Was Jones' reply

It was at this point that Brandon noticed that his compass needle was spinning in circles.

He stopped and stood there.

"What Brandon, what is it?" When he didn't get an answer, Jones lifted up his right foreleg and sent it flying across Brandon's face.

"Ow! What the hell, man!?" Brandon said, shocked by the impact.

"Well answer me. What is it?"

"Uh..."

"What?"

"Uh, Jones, I think we may be lost."

Jones brought the bottom of his hoof to his face. "Oh, really? I thought we were in 'Candy Gumdrop Land', Brandon!" He shouted.

They then heard ruffling in the bushes. "Jones," Brandon whispered to his materialized psyche. "Who is that?"

"I don't know."

They stared at the brush for a few more seconds before something emerged. It was a light blue unicorn with a slightly darker mane that curved down at the end. "You the two I heard screaming?" He asked with a tinge of annoyance in his voice. They nodded. "Welp, c'mon let's go." He lifted them up in his magical hold and began walking out the direction he came from.

//15.5 minutes earlier//

     Thunder Tracer sat on Fluttershy's couch. "I can't believe you didn't hear them. They hit the floor very loudly." She was explaining the presence of two strange stallions last night.

"I was upstairs. Asleep. In bed. With the door shut, and if you don't mind, I'll be going back there now." Thunder wasn't used to getting up early. Though, it was 12:43 PM, but he was still asleep. "At least go look for them," Fluttershy said. "They could be lost, or worse." She looked up at him with wide eyes.

"Dammit, you're too cute for your own good." He said with a smile. "You coming with me?"

"No, I'll stay here." She replied. He gave her a kiss on the forehead, put on his saddle bags, said goodbye, and walked out the door.

     As he walked around the perimeter, the thought that his Fillyfriend was alone and those stallions could come back at any minute worried him. He decided to call his friend, Light Runner. He did a contact spell that rang a few times before he got an answer. "Who the hell are you and what the hell do you want?"

Thunder Tracer knew he had just woken up his friend. "Light, I'ma need you to teleport here now."

He got no answer but instead a sound from behind him. He turned to see Light Runner looking bemused. His black-yellow mane was disheveled and his electric yellow coat was bedraggled.

"What the fuck is it this time, Trace?" Light asked as flopped on the ground.

"Well...you see, these two guys came into Flutershy's house last night and I'm going to look for them, but I need you to make sure they don't try to come back blow up the house or some shit." Thunder looked at his friend hoping for an answer; He got nothing.

Then, Light got up. "All right. I'll watch your fillyfooling friend." Light cracked a smirk at his own joke, knowing how irritated it made his friend.

"Oh, screw you." Thunder Tracer said, and with that, he was off.

//Present//

     "You know," Thunder said,"I don't believe I asked you folks why you were out here." As he put them down he sat back on his haunches.

     Brandon was flabbergasted, first the emergence of his own subconscious, now more talking ponies? Jones spoke up. "Why are we talking ponies?"

"Well," Thunder began, "Everypony is exc-" He was interrupted by Brandon.

"Did you just say everypony?" He asked

"Why yes, I did." Was the response he got. "Well, that's enough Q and A. Let's get you to Twilight."

"Um, what's your name sir?" Brandon asked

"My name's Thunder Tracer, you are?"

"I'm Brandon and this is Jones." Brandon said motioning to Jones. Brandon had one more question on his mind. "You're taking us to Twilight? Like, the book series?"

Thunder Tracer's face dropped in confusion. "I'm not aware of a book called Twilight, I'm taking you to the best magic user ever, besides the princesses, of course."

     Brandon looked at him in utter disbelief. "My brain's about to explode. Let's just stop talking."

"I'm down." Thunder said as they continued on in complete silence.

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