CSI: Equestria

Mac turned to Stella, a grin on his face.

"I think I'm about to die from cuteness overload," he said, jokingly, as the young ponies led their find towards their friends. Quite quickly, a new pony sprang out of the brush, looking panicked. A second pony joined her, and then a third.

"Oh, crusaders, where were you?" Asked the first pony, a lavender unicorn.

"Oh, we found some new ponies, who were wandering around the Everfree," responded the unicorn filly, and the pegasus filly rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, and what were they doing there in the first place?" She asked, sounding distrustful.

"Oh, um, excuse me, I don't think we know each other. I'm Dr. Sheldon Hawkes, and this is Detective Stella Bonasera and Detective Mac Taylor," indicating the ponies and regarding the other, now numbering six, ponies, with a questioning look.

"Ah'm Apple Bloom--"

"-- I'm Scootaloo--"

"-- And I'm Sweetie Belle!"

"AND WE'RE THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!" They ended with a yell that would've put a football stadium to shame.

"Ahem, yes, well, I'm Twilight Sparkle, and this is Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash," Twilight introduced, gesturing first to the butter-cup yellow pegasus and then to the cyan flier. When she was introduced, Fluttershy hid behind her mane, and squeaked softly.

Stella turned to Mac, seeing as how he was the one who typically took initiative in theses sorts of situations. The pony in question had a faintly surprised look, mirroring Hawkes' dumbfounded expression.

"And we should be going," muttered Twilight, sounding rather bemused at what was going on.

"This seems like an oddly peaceful, if certainly surreal, little town. In fact, if I hadn't known better, I'd think I'm tripping on acid,"said Mac, sounding happy. Twilight turned around at this last part and stared at him.

"How does one… trip on… acid? Aren't acids liquids? And furthermore, what does that have to do with us?" She concuded, looking intensely curious.

"What Mac meant to say was that this a pretty nice place you got here," Hawkes hastily responded, as Taylor rolled his eyes at their lack of simple drugs such as the potent hallucinogenic LSD.

"And here we are! This is my home," Twilight proudly stated, and the team shared a look.

"Um, Twilight, why are we at a tr-- a library. Of course," she ended on a sigh as her searching eyes found the sign that had an open book carved into it.

"I'm assuming you'd like to know where you'll be staying while in Ponyville, since you're the new ponies--

"NEW PONIES? Ooh, I love new ponies, what's your name? I'm Pinkie Pie, by the way, nice to meet ya, and anyway, I need to throw you a 'Welcome to Ponyville' party! What's your names anyway? I need to know to put them on the poster, plus it's nice to make new friends," the pink mare exhaled, and everyone blinked.

"Hello, Mrs. Pie, I'm sure your party will be quite special, with any luck, we'll be able to come," said Mac, sounding amused.

"Why come y'all don't have any Cutie Marks?" Asked Apple Bloom, sounding worried. They had held a conference while this was happening, and had finally gotten back.

"What?" Asked Hawkes, sounding extremely intelligent, "Cutie Marks? Pardon?" The Crusaders shared a look.

"Where are you from, that you don't have Cutie Marks?" Sweetie Belle asked, sounding worried.

"They're from… where are you from, anyway, Detectives and Doctor? I don't believe you've said. From your accents, I'd say Manehattan, or Neigh York, but I'm not sure," Twilight asked, sounding intensely curious. She caught the teams attention, however, at the mention of of the two pony cities.

"Well, we are actually mostly from New York, though Stella has some quite a bit Greek ancestry, and knows rather a good deal of their language and culture, and Hawkes is of African descent. I'm a--" Mac was interrupted by a noise, one that sounded oddly like Danny, much to the teams' surprise.

With a thump, he landed on the ground in the middle of their little circle, and immediately stood up. His eyes opened to the size of a small continent, when he saw the ponies that surrounded him.

"How are you alive? You fell from high enough up that you can't be alive!" Twilight said, breaking the silence.

"It appears that I'm not dead, and am I really in--"

The Bronx boy was cut off when Mac reached up and placed a hoof over his mouth.

"Don't say it. Bad things will happen. At least you explain a lot," he muttered.

Just then, a mint-green pony bounced up, looking like her face was going to split from the smile on it.

"Hi! I'm Lyra, and you're a human!" She stated, rather obviously.

"Actually, Ms. Lyra, my name is Danny Messer and yes, I am a human. Though you all seem to be ponies. And I still can't believe it!" He ended excitedly.

"What can't you believe?" Asked the Crusaders, who had been sitting in the background, confused.

"Uhh… that I finally found… you guys! Hey you guys!" He stuttered, then Danny recovered, embracing his pony friends and colleagues in a hug.

Over Danny's shoulder she saw Lyra join the group hug, her massive grin replaced with a simple, smaller smile.

"And Lyra, I'd be honored to stay with you. Though I might need to find somepony else, Mac. I'm assuming you ponies have found someplace to live?" He said, finally turning to the team, as he left Lyra with a look of simple joy on her face, and saying something about an actual human.

"In reality, we haven't. In fact, We haven't met anypony beyond Twilight Sparkle herself, Fluttershy, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders," he said, Fluttershy having apparently left to take care of her animals.

"Oh, well I suppose you can stay with Lyra, though we'll need to find places for the rest of you. Doctor Hawkes and Detectives Bonasera and Taylor can stay with me. I keep a couple of guest rooms, seeing as Ponyville doesn't have a hotel. Well, we--" the unicorn was cut off when a voice began shouting, rather close by.

"Twiliiight! Where are you?" A purple and green dragon rounded the corner, and the team's jaws collectively hit the ground and came out in china.

"It-It's a m-m-monster! Twilight, do something!" He yelled at her, and Danny rolled his eyes.

"That's not a nice way to talk to visitors, Spike! You really should apologize," said Lyra, sounding rather angry.

"I've been called a monster before, but it wasn't in quite this context," joked Danny, smiling to show it, and he continued speaking, "and my name's Danny Messer. Nice to meet you, little one.

"And I'm Spike! Sorry for being so rude, but I've never seen anypony like you!" He finished, sounding anxious that the newcomer would accept his apology.

"It's okay, Spike. In all fairness, I never seen a talking dragon either," Danny deadpanned, an his teammates chuckled.

"Where do you come from that you don't have dragons?" Asked Twilight, sounding curious about this new species that had fallen out of the sky. He had opened his mouth to respond, when a snow-white unicorn trotted out of a store nearby.

She gasped, stumbled back, and stared at Danny with unreserved horror. There was a moment of silence as the curly-purple-maned unicorn gaped, clearly taken aback by something about him.

"Just as Spike finishes apologizing, someone else has to go and stare," said Hawkes, sounding amused.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm Rarity, but my dear, you simply cannot go  lookin like that. Why, that hideous white lab coat, and those blue pants, and and that awful checkered shirt! I simply must make you a new outfit. I insist! Come along now dear," Rarity said, gesturing with a hoof towards her shop.

"I have no currency, and, um, are you sure you could design something for me? It seems like you work primarily for these ponies, and I doubt I have dimensions like that," he explained, as Rarity looked at him. Then she laughed.

"Oh, I see. A gentlecolt that refuses to take advantage of somepony, and who doesn't want to be too much of a problem.

However, I would consider it a pleasure to make you new clothing. I would also enjoy the challenge of working on your… unique form." She explained, batting her lashes at him.

He rolled his eyes and walked into the store after her, just as Flack trotted around the corner, accompanied by the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

"Fancy seeing you folks here," Flack said, as he loped towards his friends.

"Look, Twilight, Mr. Flack doesn't have his cutie mark but he joined us so he could get one! He said that he's a special case, but does this mean we won't be getting ours anytime soon?" Applebloom gushed, sounding both happy and scared.

"Wait… where's Sid and Adam? I know Sid fell in wih me, but where's Adam?" The others looked at each other, and they collectively sighed.

"He flew into a magical world full of evil and friendship, I'm assuming," said Hawkes, in a surprising sardonic tone.

"Well, while Pinkie Pie plans a 'Welcome to Ponyville' party for us, why don't you show us around, Twilight?" Stella said, surprising her.

"Oh. Well, sure! While we wait for your friends to show up, there's the Carousel Boutique, where Rarity and Sweetie Belle live, and Rarity works on making dresses, and that's…"

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