Saphrim goes to Equestria

You liked this forest. Sure, it was dark and gloomy, but it was also peaceful and somewhat quiet. Away from civilisation. You liked that about this forest, it was solitary. Nothing but the gentle breeze and the birds. Oh, and also the predators lurking in the dark, probably hoping to get a hunk of your flesh for dinner.

All in all, the perfect retreat for the whole family!

After walking for about half an hour you stop at a clearing with a stream running through it, placing the books you had gathered from the library on the ground before sitting down next to them.

Looking around at the clearing you had found you notice that it was very secluded, with only the way you came in as an entrance. It was heavily covered over by the tall tree branches as well, meaning that no one would be able to see the clearing from above. It wasn't exactly a small clearing either, spanning about 75 square metres. The perfect place for a home, you realised.

Bringing forth the mental designs you had made earlier outside the library, you began playing around with them, seeing what one would be best for the location you were building in.

Eventually you settled on one of the treehouse designs. You begin constructing it immediately, summoning your Nanites and directing them towards the trees you were going to make your house out of. The Nanites weaves their way through the bark of the young trees and started accelerating the trees growth while directing its growth at the same time.

It was easy to command what tree cells to divide and which ones not to, as you already had a mental map of the entire structure, so all your Nanites had to do was follow the preset in your head.

Once you opened your eyes you couldn't help but smile at your work, right before you clutched your head from over-exerting your mental fortitude.

The main structure of the building was made of one massive tree, with other trees grown around it forming additional pieces of the structure. The main structure itself was situated in front of the small stream, with a bridge extending over it from the back of the building. It was three stories tall in the middle, and approximately two stories tall everywhere else. Approximately because the tree wasn't perfect and you made it like that. You didn't want to make the tree seem artificial, after all.

All around the mega-tree there was other, smaller trees, that branched off to one side, the side facing towards the much larger tree. All the branches from the surrounding trees had curved around the bigger tree and formed balconies, the wood from both trees having grown together to make the entire thing look like one massive tree with multiple sets of roots.

Bending around from the front of the tree was a set of stairs, made entirely out of entwined, small, stick-like branches.

Picking up the books beside you and standing up you head towards the newly formed stairs, you take the first steps in your new, temporary home. Oh wait. Before you went inside you had to do one little thing. Placing the books down beside the wooden doorway, you turn around and head towards the entrance to the clearing.

Summoning a small amount steel from your space-time pocket, you use your Nanites to manipulate the singular atoms and form it into a small, fifteen centimetre blade. This task is more draining of you as you have think up the design as you are guiding the Nanites through the air.

You can see it forming in the air, slowly though. Eventually it is finished, and you are left with a blade with an edge of a singular atom. You leave plenty of Nanites inside the blade so that it could retain its sharpness by having them extract all energy before it heats up. Effectively leaving you with an extremely sharp blade with a temperature of absolute zero.

You grab the blade as it drops through the air, the Nanites having done their job. You expect it to be cold, but are surprised to find that it is quite warm, almost hot even. Thinking about makes sense. You left the Nanites in there to make sure that no energy was in the blade, so the Nanites would have to dump all that energy somewhere.

Giving the knife a few experimental swishes in the air, liking how balanced it was in your hands. Satisfied that the blade was of good quality you turn towards a tree and carve a warning message into it, warning any foolish enough to enter your abode that you had claimed as you own. The knife cut through the bark of the tree like butter, leaving small cartoon burn marks on the wood.

Once you had done the task you had set out to do you turn and head back towards the entrance of your treehouse, picking up the books by the door as you went and clipping your knife to your belt. On your way through the portal you close the doors, also made of tightly packed branches and leaves.

The room directly from the door was elliptical, with the stretched ends facing the door and the back door. Along the sides of the walls there was two sets of stairs that led to the second floor, which was overlooking the ground floor. To the sides, behind the stairs, there was two doorways, with a second door behind the door on the left. Exactly the way you imagined it.

You head up the left set of stairs, although it didn't matter what set you went up as they both led to the same place. Once you reached the top of the stairs you set the books down on a shelf imbedded in the wall of the tree. You got that idea from the library in Ponyville.

You began checking each of the rooms to make sure the design was accurate, even though you could think of no reason why it wouldn't be. Still, it didn't hurt to check.

After half an hour of searching your house you come back to the front entrance and open the door.

It was exactly as you imagined it. A large, elliptical ground floor with the dining table grown out of the floor in the middle towards the back. A medium sized second floor coming halfway over the dining area, with its own mini library. A curving staircase hugging the right wall on the second floor, leading to the third floor; your bedroom. Two doors behind the stairs, leading into separate wings of the house. The right wing having four empty rooms while the left had eight. A third door, in the dining area behind the left door on the ground level, which led to the kitchen. A back door leading to the bridge going over the stream. And finally a door on the left side of the second floor leading into a hallway with two empty rooms. Not to mention all the windows and balconies scattered around at random intervals on the second and third floors.

You didn't know what you were going to do with all the spare rooms but you might as well have them. Just because you had no use of them now didn't mean you wouldn't in the future.

Stepping outside you realise that it was getting dark; you must have lost track of time and missed an entire day. You left your house and shut the door, walking towards the entrance to the clearing. You were going to do some exploring of the surrounding terrain.

Looking for some high ground to do some scouting, you give up as it was impossible to see anything above the thick tree branches. So you decide to just climb the trees, carefully this time, not wanting a repeat of earlier.

Finding a sturdy looking tree you jump up as far as you can, getting about forty metres into the air, way above the canopy and your original target. Landing with a loud thud in the dirt you try again, this time not putting as much effort into your jump.

This time you make it about half way up the tree and grab onto one of the branches. You pull yourself up and crouch over the branch, giving a few experimental jumps to see if it would collapse. It didn't, so you begin climbing up the tree until you reach the top.

Looking out you see just how large the forest actually is. Directly in front of the position you were facing was the village of Ponyville. Behind your clearing you could see a ruined structure off in the distance. Nothing else really caught your attention, a few mountains in the far distance but nothing else really. Not really surprising it was really dark as the moon wasn't really doing much in the way of lighting up anything.

You could see lots of stars though, that was a plus.

And the moon, you could see the moon clearly for the first time since your arrival. It had a Unicorns head on the surface; formed from craters that seemed too well placed to be a mere coincidence. You would have to look into that later, right now you wanted to do some exploring.

Climbing back down the tree carefully, you begin walking in a random direction away from your abode, making sure to remember where it was. Perhaps you could stumble upon another clearing?

You let the soothing atmosphere of the forest soak into you as walk past the countless trees in the massive forest you were currently in. Closing your eyes, you listen to all the night creatures; the distant owls, the-

“Grrrr!”

The growl of the forest predator?

Opening your eyes you see another one of the hybrid species from before. It let loose another growl that was supposed to be ferocious but you found absolutely pathetic. It began charging towards you.

“Stoooop!”

The hybrid stopped charging and skidded the last few metres before coming to a stop less than a metre away from your face.

“Bad thing!”

You gave the thing a light smack on the nose. However, what you would consider a light tap this thing probably thought of as a rock to the face. That was your guess anyway, either that or this thing had a very low pain threshold; it was clutching its nose with its forelimbs.

The thing ran away after that. In the direction of your home, you realised. Well...shit.

Breaking into a sprint you manage to make it back to your clearing, which may or may not have been the hybrids clearing before-hand, you can see the thing from earlier lying down on the grass besides your treehouse.

Huh. So it's not going to kick you out. That's a positive; you've always wanted a pet.

Ignoring the creature sleeping next to your tree you head up the front steps of your treehouse, opening the door once you reach the top. Closing the door behind you, you ascend the second set of stairs and reach the books you had placed down earlier. Picking one up as you sit down on a wooden chair, you read the title.

The First Ten.

You flipped it open to the first page and began reading.

Chapter one -The Beginning

Contrary to what many may believe, Alicorns did not create The World. No, they did not appear until after the formation of The World. Instead, the world was formed by a multitude of different deities, each of a different species.

Mundus, the Minotaur.

A’ris, the Griffon.

Aqua the Serpent.

Mutatio, the Changeling.

Solem, unknown.

Stella, unknown.

Astrum, unknown.

Congeria, the Dragon.

Medeis, the Unicorn.

Cognitio, the Human.

In the event known as ‘the beginning’, Mundus, A’ris, and Aqua decided that they wanted their own realm, beyond the heavens ruled by Stella, Astrum and Solem. A’ris created the Aetherium, a giant cloud that still holds The World to this day. Mundus then formed the first landmasses, before covering up most of the Aetherium with his earth, which he called the Orbis Terrerum. Aqua made the first clouds, made by A’ris, pour with rain, flooding Mundus’ earth completely and forming what he callles his Ardus. This made A’ris angry for using her clouds for his own needs, while making Mundus angry because his earth was hidden beneath a blanket of water. The gods began to fight.

Medeis, Congeria and Cognitio noticed their brothers and sisters fighting, so they set out to intervene. A’ris, Mundus and Aqua explained that they wanted to have their own realms, each separate from the other. Medeis, Congeria and Cognitio convened and came up with a compromise. They should each have their own realm but they would be intwined together.

Mundus and Congeria convened and together they made the flat earth uneven, forming large mountains and valleys, along with many other types of land.

Aqua and Congeria convened and together placed water over large areas of low land, and smaller areas of water over highland.

A’ris and Congeria convened and together dispersed the compact clouds over the entirety of Orbis Terrerum, sustaining the small bodies of water with their rain and adding to the larger bodies of water.

Medeis convened with Mundus, A’ris, Aqua, Congeria, and Mutatio. She then used her Magic to form life on the new World, based upon her fellow gods. And so the first seven animals emerged.

Human.

Unicorn.

Dragon.

Minotaur.

Griffon.

Serpent.

Changeling.

Medeis, Mundus, A’ris, Aqua, Congeria and Mutatio convened and agreed that more animals were needed.

Medeis and Mundus used their magic and earth to create three hybrids.

Earth Ponies.

Zebras.

Goats.

Medeis and A’ris used their magic and air to create two hybrids.

Pegasi.

Nocturns.

Medeis and Aqua used their magic and water to form a single hybrid.

Sea-ponies.

And so the first animals were complete. But Cognitio wasn't satisfied with his siblings work. He used his own magic to gift all the current animals with intelligence.

Chapter two -The Division

The many new creatures, suddenly blessed with intelligence, began grouping together into herds of their own species. This created tension whenever one species crossed paths with another. Eventually, Earth Pony, Pegasi, and Unicorns joined together. This was not a good thing, because as they grew slightly more trusting of each other, their distrust for the other species grew also. Their distrust grew until it could no longer sustain itself and the three species dove into war with all the other species in The World.

During the bloodshed, Earth ponies-

You stopped reading once you noticed there was sunlight on the book you had in your hands. Looking out the window you see the sun is rising above the treetops. You were slightly annoyed; you were really enjoying that book. You doubted most of the first chapter was true, but it was still a good read.

Standing up and stretching a bit, you turn and make your way towards the staircase leading down to the ground floor. Once on the ground floor you ponder what you were going to do today. You might as well go back into town and see if you can find that pink pony, Pinkie Pie, again.

Striding towards the door you open it and then turn a round to close it. When you turn around again you freeze. Oh yeah. You forgot about the hybrid at your doorstep.

The creature stares at you. You stare back at it. You felt like you were standing there for hours before finally the creature turned away and went back to sleep. You let the thing be and started towards your destination; the entrance to the clearing.

Waking past the tree you had carved into the day prior, you enter into a light jog. It was a good feeling; having the wind blow against your skin lightly as you ran past the plentiful amount of trees within the forest. You found it to be relaxing.

After jogging for about twenty minutes you noticed it was started to get brighter; the light being able to penetrate through the canopy here as it wasn't as thick as it was deeper in the forest. Slowing down a bit as you breached the edge of the forest and made it into the sunlight, you looked around and spotted Ponyville not too far away from where you were standing.

Turning towards the small village you set out at a walking pace; not wanting to earn any more attention than you did on your last visit.

As you approached the town you were pleased to note that you weren't getting any more stares from the locals. You also noticed a certain pink pony approaching you, hopping along the cobblestone path towards your position. You wondered how she did that. It didn't look like her bones were structured to be able hop around in the fashion she was.

“Hi!”

“Hello again.”

She was jumping up and down on the spot in front of you. She obviously really liked jumping.

“Where were you? You just disappeared for, like, forever!”

“I was busy doing stuff in that forest over there.”

You point behind you with your thumb, directing Pinkies gaze towards the forest you just exited a moment prior.

She lets out a very loud gasp and seemingly floats in the air for a few moments before landing back on the ground; gravity having decided to work again.

“B-But that's the E-E-everfree Forest! Nopony goes in there! It just not natural!”

“Really? How so?”

“The plants grow! The animals take care of themselves! And the weather moves all on its own! That forest is just mot natural!”

“...”

“...”

“...what?”

“Its creepy and spoo~ooky!”

“...yes. Of course it is.”

You glance back at the ‘Everfree Forest’. It didn't look creepy or spooky. And what did Pinkie mean by ‘animals take care of themselves’ and ‘the weather moves on its own’ not to mention ‘the plants grow’. Of course the plants fucking grow, what else are they going to do? And animals taking care of themselves? Does she honestly think that animals need sapient intervention to survive. The last statement was the most ridiculous, what, do the ones with wings fly around and control the wea-what!?!

Just as you were thinking of the ‘Pegasus weather team’, a Pegasus just happened to fly past...with a cloud...which it them used to water some flowers...which it then ate.

“...”

“...”

“WHAT!?!”

You looked back to Pinkie.

“WHAT!?!”

Back up to the Pegasus.

“WHAT!?!”

And Pinkie again.

“Ahhhhhhhhh!!”

You grabbed at your hair and pulled on it, almost succeeding in ripping it out. Everything you knew about the natural order had just been pissed on...by colourful, cartoon ponies.

You can't remember ever kneeling on the grass but you had somehow ended up doing it anyway. You grit your teeth in anger before sucking in a large breath and...

“So!...what are you doing today?”

You exclaim in a happy, chipper tone. Almost rivalling that of Pinkies when you first met her.

You seemed to take Pinkie by surprise, either from your outburst or your sudden change in emotion. A bit of column A a bit of column B, you suppose.

She was quick to recover and respond though.

“Weeell...I'm not doing anything today, although in a few days I'm going to have to help with the preparation of the Summer Sun Festival; the Princesses themselves are attending! So I need to make sure that its the biggest! Bestest! Party of all time!”

So they're ruled by a monarchy. Fascinating, humans hadn't used any form of government since...that incident so, so long ago.

“So you're free huh? Want to show me around town?”

“Ooh yes! That sounds fun! What do you want to go see first?”

“Well I've never been here before...so I don't know any of the places of interest.”

“Oh...so that means I get to choose where we go! Yay!”

She began bouncing in circles again, just like she had at the library the last time you saw her.

“I could show you Applejacks farm! Oh, but she probably busy bucking apples.”

Did she just say someone was fucking apples?

“Ooh...maybe Rarity’s boutique! But she's probably busy as well. Maybe we could go pranking with Rainbow Dash...nah, she's probably asleep in some cloud.”

So the Pegasi slept on the clouds as well. You wonder what other traits the native populace had discovered of the plasma-like cloud.

“I know! We could go visit Fluttershy!”

“Actually...”

You didn't know how she would react to your presence if she found out what you did to her pet rabbit. You didn't particularly want to find out either.

“I already met Fluttershy...I don't think she would want to see me any time soon.”

“Why?”

“I accidentally shattered her door with my face.”

She stopped bouncing.

“...what.”

“Oh, um...you see I kinda...it was an accident!”

“Oh, ok!”

Phew. You didn't want to explain that you skewered Fluttershy's rabbit, whether she had found out or not.

“Well if we can't go to Fluttershy's house then that leaves Sugarcube Corner, the place where I work and make cupcakes, ooh and cakes...and also sweet rolls and bon-bons and-”

She's really doing this again?

“Pinkie.”

“-and chocolate cake and-”

“Pinkie.”

“-and vanilla cake and-”

“Pinkie!”

“-and muffins and-”

“PINKIE!”

She jumped about twelve metres in the air; the shout loud enough for some of the windows nearby to form cracks in them. She landed on her rump with a small puff of dust, she looked terrified. You weren't THAT scary...were you?

Apparently you were. All of the surrounding ponies were staring at you again, this time out of fear rather than curiosity. Strangely, you didn't know which one you liked more.

“Ahh, why is everyon-pony looking at me like that?”

You managed to catch your slip up; you would have to start talking like a local.

“...”

Silence was your reply.

“So...Sugarcube Corner I believe...yes?”

“Yeah.”

Pinkie still looked petrified, as did most of the other ponies.

Pinkie turned around and started walking, you following behind. You were slightly worried that you might have broken the poor mare, as she was walking instead of bouncing like you noticed she did everywhere she went.

Why did everyone freak out though, all you did was yell to get Pinkies attention, its not like-oh.

You only just noticed the severity of the damage your yell had done.

Windows on both sides of the street had either formed cracks or shattered entirely. Bits and pieces of wood that used to be the wall in front of you was all over the street. the scare had also made a mare faint.

Great. Now you feel terrible. On the plus side Pinkie seemed to have brightened up a bit, gaining a small amount of spring with each step.

You noticed the ponies seemed to be avoiding you, not surprising considering how much destruction you just accidentally caused.

By the time you arrive at what you assume to be your destination Pinkie Pie had regained all happiness from before and was jumping up and down once again. It was almost like she forgot the whole thing in between the time it took for you to start walking and the time it took you to arrive here.

As you round the corner you notice a sweet smell in the air. Only normal you guess, she did say she worked in a bakery. She didn't say she worked in a gingerbread house though. You briefly played with the idea that the thing was actual gingerbread but eventually came to the conclusion that it wasn't, as it probably would have been eaten by now.

Then you noticed an Earth Pony, chained to the wall of the gingerbread house and holding a spear with his hooves...somehow.

“Hey Pinkie, what is he doing there?”

She looked to where you were pointing and smiled.

“Oh, that's just Brute. We have him around to make sure nopony eats the gingerbread!”

“...ok.”

You looked at the pony again and he let loose a very animalistic growl directed towards you.

You were never going to touch the gingerbread house. Ever.

Pinkie led you to the entrance of the bakery and opened the door for you to enter. Once you entered the smell of baked goods reached your nose, much stronger than it had been outside.

“Welcome to Sugarcube Corner! What would you like-oh, hello there Pinkie, who is your friend? ”

“Hello Mr Cake! This here is Saphrim, I met him at the library three days ago!”

Three days! You had been gone for three days?!? Where did all the time go? You knew you tended to zone out a bit but there was no way you would miss that much time.

“We have a library?”

“Of course we do silly, its the big tree!”

“That's a library?”

Well...that informs you how much this town likes to read. You guess the first clue should have been the spiderwebs. And the dust. And the overall disrepair of the library.

“What would you like Mister Saphrim?”

“Oh, I'm just getting a tour from Pinkie, that's all. I don't even have any money on me at the moment.”

That raises another question. What do they use for money?

“That's ok saphy! I'll pay for it.”

Saphy? Oh well, free food.

“I’ll just have a cupcake or something then, and thank you for your generosity. ”

“No problem!”

The Unicorn you identified as ‘Mr Cake’ went behind the counter and fished out a delicious looking cupcake using his horn. You were skeptic of the whole levitation thing but now you were seeing it you couldn't help but wonder how it worked. You'll look into it another time maybe.

Mr Cake levitated the cupcake in front of you while Pinkie Pie pulled out a cupcake from...somewhere, you weren't exactly sure where she got it from though, or how she got it for that matter. You would look into it later, right now was time for food.

You grabbed the cupcake as Mr Cake placed it in front of you on the table you and Pinkie Pie and seated yourselves at. Bringing it to your mouth you take a bite out of it.

It. Was. Delicious. Not necessarily the best cake you had eaten but still amazing in any case.

You were only partially aware of your Nanites automatically breaking down the food once it reached your stomach as you practically inhaled the rest of the cupcake.

“That tasted amazing!”

“Thank you, Pinkie Pie made that one herself.”

You looked towards the pink mare.

“Pinkie, you are an amazing baker.”

She giggled a bit.

“Thanks!”

Just as you were about to say you're welcome, the door to the bakery opened and a bell jingled, presumably to alert the owner of a new customer.

The pony that walked in carried an air of snobbishness around him that you could detect just by looking in his general direction. He probably wasn't from around here, as he was the first pony you had seen in Ponyville to actually wear clothes. And they didn't look that cheap either.

He gave the place a look over before his eyes settled onto you. You didn't like the look in his eyes, there seemed to be something there that set off alarm bells when he looked at you.

“Hello good sir! Would you like anything to eat?”

The stallion gave Mr Cake a cursory glance before he returned his eyes to you once more.

“I would like some sweet rolls, thank you.”

Your surprised he said thank you at all. He didn't look like one to be polite.

Mr Cake went somewhere, probably to get some sweet rolls for the stallion that was still staring at you. It seemed almost like he was examining you for something. You didn't like it at all.

“How much for the human?”

Oh. That's why he was examine you.

“Excuse me!”

You were ignored.

“I'm sorry sir, but that human doesn't belong to me.”

“Yeah and if he did belong to Mister Cake then there would be no way he would sell him to anypony!”

The stallion glared at Pinkie Pie.

“Watch your tongue you filthy mud pony!”

“What!”

You were ignored again.

“Hey! I'm not a mud pony!”

Mud Pony? Was that some kind of insult? It certainly seemed like one to you. It seems to have made Mr Cake angry so you assumed it was.

“Excuse me sir, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave the bakery.”

The stallion looked miffed, but complied nonetheless. On his way through the door he left one more remark which caught you by surprise.

“You should have better control over your slaves.”

“Slaves!!”

And he was gone. The whole event took less than a few minutes, maybe five at the most, and left you very confused and slightly angry.

Turning to face Pinkie Pie only increased your anger, she looked very upset, over being called a mud pony or a slave you weren't sure which one. Something was nagging you though. Was she really a slave to this Unicorn? It would explain Brute being chained up to the wall.

Did this society allow for slaves of any creatures or was it just humans and Earth Ponies. Thinking back to when you first met Pinkie Pie you recall seeing her slightly upset when she said she couldn't do magic. Was that it? Was anyone who couldn't do magic treated as a slave. As inferior?

“Honey what's wrong?”

You heard a voice come from upstairs, and then another Earth pony walked into the room, this one looking pregnant. Did this Unicorn keep her as a slave as well? Or was she willingly in a relationship with him. You didn't want to jump to conclusions, that never ended well for anyone.

“A Unicorn just came in and called Pinkie Pie a mud pony.”

The pony you assumed to be Mrs Cake let out a horrified gasp before running up to Pinkie Pie and hugging her.

You just had to ask.

“Are things like this common around here?!”

All eyes were on you now.

“Well, no. Ponyville is a very close community you see, and racism if frowned upon here. The rest of Equestria though has many racist ponies.”

That's one question out of the way.

“And is Pinkie Pie a slave?”

You flick your head in her general direction.

“Yes, but she is more family than anything else.”

“I see...I have to check up on something, I'll see you later Pinkie.”

She merely nodded sadly at you.

You had to check up on the library now, you needed to know why Earth Ponies were treated as slaves, and why humans were treated as pets. Perhaps you just conveniently landed on a planet full of racists. You hoped not.

Arriving at the door to the library you go to knock but remember that no one is going to be in there, so instead opt to just push the door open and enter.

You began searching through the shelves, looking for a book on Equestrian law. You had no such luck. It seems that the previous owner of the library didn't believe in organisation whatsoever, so you begin ripping books off the shelves, looking at the title, then discarding it if it wasn't what you were looking for.

The First Equestrian Monarch? Gone.

101 Beginner Spells for Unicorns? Out the window.

Daring Doo and the Fragment of Harmony? You didn't even know what a ‘daring Doo’ was, so you put it back.

How to Pleasure you're Mar-

“Ahhhhhh!”

You threw the book to the ground and stomped on it, then threw another book at it, then used your Nanites to crush, rip and tear the atomic bonds apart, just for good measure. You still weren't happy though, so you used your Nanites to convert the atoms into energy and placed in a separate space-time pocket which you built just for it.

You tried to get your breathing in check, which was becoming too much of a regular occurrence for your liking.

What were you doing again? Oh yeah. Finding a book on the laws of this land. You begin sifting through more books.

The complete guide to Creatures and Beasts. Hmm, not what you were looking for but it seems interesting. You put it aside on the table for you to come back to later.

Equestrian Laws and Politics. Yes, finally.

You place the book on the table next to the other one you placed not a minute earlier and kneel on the wooden to come closer to the book. You flip the book open to its contents page and skim through.

Finding the appropriate page and flipping to it, you begin reading.

Any Earth Pony may be kept as a servant, so long as they are treated fairly and supplied with the all the basic necessities required for survival. Likewise, Any human may be kept as a pet or servant so long as the same requirements are met.

Any one species who has committed a crime may be subject to earning the title of servus, and may also be kept as a servant or pet by any other species. However, any and all servants/pets may become free if their role contradicts any other nations laws.

Any human who wishes it may also enter court with Princess Celestia and ask for their freedom, so long as they have a reason for their want of freedom before they can be released by their owner. For more information on the laws of owning a servant/pet, please read page 77.

Well...fuck. That still doesn't explain why only Earth Ponies and humans are treated as slaves. Or why only a human may ask for their freedom. But damn, anyone that commits a crime is sentenced to become a slave? That's harsh.

You decide that you should probably look at page 77, so you flip to it and begin reading once again.

While owning an Earth Pony, several standards have to be kept, otherwise the owner can be subjected to become servus and lose their servant.

One, an Earth Pony must be kept in an indoors environment and has to have a ‘decent’ shelter above their heads.

Two, an Earth Pony must be allowed the at least the minimal amount of food required for a healthy lifestyle. The Earth Pony has to be healthy otherwise the owner may be subject to become servus.

Three, an Earth Pony must be treated fairly. Any beatings and/or unjustly harsh punishments to the Earth Pony will end with the owner becoming servus.

While owning a human pet/servant, several standards have to be kept otherwise the owner may be subjected to become a servus and lose their servant/pet.

One, all human pets/servants must be kept in a shelter of some kind. The most common shelter for humans are stables in outdoor buildings or shacks.

Two, all human pets/servants must be allowed at least the minimum amount of food for a healthy human lifestyle. The human has to be healthy otherwise the owner may be subject to become servus.

Three, a human cannot be physically or mentally abused by their owner in any way otherwise the owner may be subject to becoming servus.

For more information on sheltering standard laws, turn to page 82.

You didn't know how to feel about your situation anymore. You had landed in a land of brightly coloured cartoon ponies that have some kind of a grudge against humans and a subspecies of their own kind.

You decide right then that you would get to the bottom of this. What could have happened in this lands past to warrant such an abusive societal structure. Not to mention how intriguing it would be to learn about another species history. Humanity had yet to discover another sapient species amongst the stars, despite owning over nine hundred galaxies. Still tiny compared to the literal infinite expanse of the Universe.

You were getting distracted. You needed to do some studying.

Just as you were about to go devouring more of the library you notice a sad looking pink pony sitting by the door. How does she keep managing to sneak up on you?

“Hi.”

She sounded sad, not at all surprising seeing as she looked sad as well. Not to mention the incident from earlier.

“Hey.”

You sounded just as sad if you were to be honest with yourself.

“So...are you really a slave?”

You didn't want to ask, but you just had to find out. The question itself seemed to make Pinkie even more depressed and her hair literally deflated. You would question it but decided against it; it was too early in the morning for a headache.

“...yes.”

“Can you tell me why?”

“...”

“Pinkie. How long have you been a slave?”

“...since I was a filly.”

Assuming that filly means child, that means she's been a slave most of her life, maybe even all of her life.

“Can you tell me why your species is treated this way, or why humans are treated this way for that matter.”

“...”

Pinkie looked towards the floor, trying to avoid eye contact.

“Don't you already know why.”

It was more of a statement than a question.

“I'm not from around here remember.”

You give a weak smile to try and cheer her up a bit. It didn't work.

“...”

She still hadn't taken her gaze away from the floor, so you decided to let go of the questioning and make her feel better. A crazy idea formed in your head; one that just might work. Putting your plan into action you sit down next to the sad little pony and smile at her.

She looked up at you; not smiling, but looking at you nonetheless.

You smack her very lightly on the nose, making sure that it wasn't hard enough to hurt. You didn't want to know what would happen if you hit with your full strength, especially if you tamed that hybrid creature with a light tap.

She scrunched up her nose while simultaneously looking curious and somewhat annoyed.

“Hey! What was that for?”

She looked almost angry now.

“You're upset, are you not?”

She nodded her head once in affirmation.

“Well being sad is a crime against...uh...happiness. And criminals must be punished for their crimes!”

She looked frightened now.

“You're punishment is execution...by tickles!”

You struck swiftly, knocking Pinkie onto her side and pinning her there with one hand while you attacked with the other. Pinkie began releasing small giggles that quickly turned into full out laughter. She seemed like one that would be good at laughing to you.

Soon her laughter made her start breaking out into spasms on the floor; rolling around while letting out a continuous stream of laughter.

She laughed like a child would, and Pinkie has certainly been acting like one in the time you have known her.

She eventually calmed down a bit and pushed your hand off of her before she stood up, smiling brightly once more. It seems that you have discovered the Pinkie cure for sadness.

“You're good!”

“At what?”

“Making ponies smile, that's usually my job. Oh no! Are you going to take my place as Ponyvilles number one party mare?”

She was back to normal and speaking in a happy tone of voice again. You're plan had worked.

“No, no, of course not!”

“Well you seem awfully good at it!”

“Why thank you.”

Silence descended upon the room. It wasn't an awkward silence, but it was still a silence. Pinkie had returned to smiling at you, kind of creepily as well, as she wasn't blinking either.

Ok, now it was an awkward silence. She was still staring at you.

“Well, I'm going to go now. I'll see you later maybe.”

You didn't want to leave the library but Pinkie was starting to freak you out. She still hadn't blinked.

Turning towards the table you had placed that book you placed on the table, as well as the book of law, you pick them both up and head towards the door of the library.

“Well ok! See ya!”

And Pinkie disappeared. You would have to find out how she does that.

Shaking your head to clear it of the thought of experimentation and dissection, you turn towards the now open door and leave the building, making sure to shut the door on the way out.

You turn towards the forest in the distance before starting your trek towards it. You briefly think of where that pink pony could have gone before pushing the thought away. You needed to get to your temporary residence as quickly as possible so you could do more reading.

In your musings you had managed to walk all the way to the edge of the forest. You look back at the little village before turning to the forest and entering it.

Once you were certain that you were out of sight you began a sprint, ignoring your surroundings or just ploughing through them to get to your destination. You made very good time and you arrived at the entrance to your clearing in less than ten minutes. Upon entering you noticed that the hybrid was gone. It probably went off to do its own thing. Oh well.

Running up to the door you pull it open and run up stair, to the second floor, and put your books down next to the other ones.

You looked between the two new books you had brought back with you from the library, unsure which one to read first. On one hand, learning the ways of the law would be useful, but then so could learning about its inhabitants.

Deciding that studying creatures would be more interesting than law you pick up the book you hadn't read yet. As much as you wanted to learn why the ponies social structure was warped, and as much as you hated to admit it, you would most likely be spending a lot of time here before you found a way back home.

Opening the book to the contents page you stagger a bit, not expecting to have so many categories in a relatively small book. Looking up creatures that seemed the most interesting, or ones that could prove to be useful, you settle for one of the categories and turn to that page.

Earth Pony

Earth Ponies are a sub-species of pony that live mostly in the nation of Equestria. Earth Ponies are the strongest of the three pony races and cannot perform magic and cannot fly nor manipulate the weather. Earth Ponies are usually farmers that live in the more rural towns of Equestria.

That was all that was written, besides a labelled diagram of an Earth Pony.

Hmm, you should probably find out what that thing is that lives out the front of your house. Flipping though the book and paying attention to the diagrams was how you went about doing your search. It took a while, and you had seen some pretty fucking weird diagrams in your search, but eventually you found the diagram that matched the look of the hybrid.

You begin reading.

Manticore

The manticore is a mostly unknown creature, as are many other creatures that dwell within the Everfree Forest, but what is known is that it is dangerous. It has a stinger that injects a venom that produces a hallucinogenic affect on ponies. Many criminals purchase this venom from Griffon poachers, which they use as a drug with outstanding hallucinogenic affects as stated before. This affect can last up to twelve days and has extreme negative health factors for most creatures.

The manticore itself has been spotted as both a solitary creature, and as a group. They should be avoided by all.

That sounds like a powerful drug, if it lasted twelve days after a single shot from a stinger. Wait. Why are you assuming that the day-night cycle even works the same way here? They could have shorter days here. Actually that would explain why you lost track of a few days. You usually didn't lose track of time that badly.

One more species you just had to look up.

Finding the page was easy, as you already knew the name of the creature you were looking for.

Human

Humans are species of bi-peds that origins are largely unknown by most of the other species. Humans are stronger than Earth Ponies and have stronger magic than Unicorns. Humans are largely more intelligent than other species and are better at logic and reasoning. Humans live in all nations of the world but have no nation or government of their own.

That leaves you with more questions than answers, and also rules out your theory of ‘non magical slavery’. If the humans that populated this place were stringer and smarter than the other species why were treated like pets, more so why the humans allowed themselves to be kept as pets. Something just didn't add up, and you wanted to find out what.

This was a lot to take in. You needed to clear your head so you decided to go for another walk around the forest. You head down stairs, leaving the books on the table, and leave your house while making sure you closed the door on your way out.

As you were leaving the clearing you saw that the manticore from before was coming in though the same entrance you were about to leave through. As you passed it you noticed that it had blood on its face, probably from whatever it had eaten earlier. It regarded you in an uninterested sort of way, before it just passed you and sat down to presumably sleep.

Ignoring the manticore you set out in a different direction to the one you went last time. Unlike your sprint to your house before, this time you took the time to enjoy the scenery. All the flora was bright, despite being in a darkened forest, and this aspect was most likely due to the weird radiation and sub-atomic manipulation that seemed ambient everywhere.

If the locals could use this ‘magic’ does that mean you could as well? You most likely could considering you could manipulate things on an atomic scale with relative ease. Next time your in the library you would have to look for some of the books on ‘magic’. So many mysteries here...and you could uncover it all. You couldn't wait.

You came upon a stream, which reminded you that you needed clean water for your fusion reactor. You were crouching down to inspect the cleanliness of the water when a...snake...thing came out of the water. It was huge. It looked around a bit before turning its gaze towards you.

“Why hello there!”

The last thing you expected was for this thing to be able to speak. You should probably just assume that most things can talk, as the trend seems to be going.

“...hi.”

You weren't really sure how to respond to the giant creature which you had identified as some form of serpent.

“...um...nice hair I guess.”

It was true. The serpent did have well groomed hair. And a moustache. You pondered ideas as to how he would keep his hair like that when he probably lives in the water.

“Ooh, why thank you! You're mane looks beautiful as well.”

Really? He thought that your uncared for black hair was beautiful? He was probably just saying that to not sound rude.

“I don't really see many of your species around. Why is that? Do you all live somewhere else?”

You didn't particularly care either. You just wanted to prevent an awkward silence.

“Well, I live in this river here. I don't really know all that much about where everypony else lives to be honest.”

Wait...did he say everypony as well? It would make sense for the ponies to use that as a suffix as they are just that, ponies. Why would other species use it though? Another mystery to be solved in the future.

“So you're a solitary creature?”

“Yes, it is terribly lonely in this forest, hardly anypony comes in here at all! It's just simply terrible!”

He sounded like he was going to burst into tears at any second. Was this guy seriously that sensitive? Perhaps it was a trait carried by his species.

“Do you know your way around this forest very well? I'm new here you see.”

“Well, I don't know my way around the forest. But I do know my way around all the streams in the area. I could show you if you want.”

“That would be lovely, thank you.”

“Ooh, such manners! It's all my pleasure.”

He then approached the shore and grabbed a stick, which he used to start drawing a crude map in the dirt. After finishing the map he dropped the stick back where he found it and smiled at you. Everyone here seemed to like smiling.

You make sure to memorise the map he had drawn for you before you look back at him and return his smile.

“Thank you ag-”

You were interrupted by a growl coming from behind you. It better not be that bloody manticore again. Turning around you saw some of the wood wolves from before, they might actually be the same ones.

“Oh no this is dreadful! It's simply horrible, make them go away!”

He started wailing again. You turned around to face with the most bewildered look you could muster.

“Really! You're huge! Couldn't you, I don't know, eat them or something?!”

During your speech one of the wolves thought it would be a good time to start munching on your arm, to no affect as your Nanites took to immediately fixing the damaged flesh. He responded by wailing even harder and splashing the river water around in a fit.

Ignoring the serpent you turn to look at the wolves and set out to destroy them, starting with the one on your arm as it was beginning to get annoying.

Grabbing the wolf by the head you crush its skull within your hand; its head offering virtually no resistance at all. Dropping the wolf corpse to the ground you turn back to the others who had started circling around you. One decided to charge at you and leap for your neck. You caught it mid-air and threw it towards the other wolves, smashing both into bits of wood in the process. That left three of the original six to deal with, two of which were behind you while the last one was in front of you. You could tell the other two were behind you as they had jumped onto your back and had started clawing at your shirt.

That was another thing. Your clothes were getting destroyed. You could probably fix them later or get new ones from somewhere; there was bound to be at least one store that would sell clothes for humans.

You return to the battle at hand due to the wolf in front deciding to latch onto your face with its jaw. You could probably lick the back of its throat if you had any desire to do so. Punching your fist forward fixed the wolf-on-your-face problem by shattering it to pieces. That left only the two still clawing at your shirt. You came up with a plan to get rid of them, jumping into the air and landing on your back. It worked pretty well too.

Standing up you survey the damage. There was bits of scattered kindling everywhere and sap also all over the floor. You somehow managed to avoid getting any of the sticky residue on you and for that you were thankful.

Your clothes, on the other hand, had been completely shredded. You were lucky enough that they had lasted this long as it is, what with everything they had been through. You would need new ones.

You also took notice to the disappearance of the serpent. He probably went off to cry in some hole. It didn't matter anyway as you had memorised the map already and he was getting on your nerves with the way he was acting.

You should probably write down the map actually. One problem. You didn't have any paper. You could probably make some from your tree house, or better yet, form it out of the tree house walls. That would be a good way of keeping it safe from harm.

With a goal in mind you headed towards the clearing within which your home resided.

You made good time to the clearing; having run the whole way. When you entered you noticed that the manticore was gone again, off doing its own business you suppose.

Climbing the stairs and entering the house you think of where you could put your map. You wanted it somewhere easily accessible so you decide to put it on the ground floor in the dining room besides the table. That way you would see it every time you had a meal there and it would help you remember it better.

Ignoring the stairs you enter into the dining area and look at the right wall, the one opposite of the door leading into the kitchen. Thinking about how you were going to go about the design for it for a while gave you an idea.

Controlling the Nanites you left in the tree cells from I before, you set about he task of changing the structure of the wall a bit. This was slightly more difficult than you anticipated and you had to really concentrate on what you were doing to the tree. You finally finished though, and you stood back to look at the incomplete map.

In the centre of the map there was your house, with the stream going through it. Branching off of the northern end of that stream was a river which eventually fell into a chasm besides the ruins you had spotted earlier. Going the opposite way the stream split into two and continued both south-west and south-east. One which continued though Ponyville and the other continuing into forest. To the west of your clearing there was a swamp with multiple slow-moving rivers going in and out of it. To the east of your house there was another body of water, this time a lake, which had a waterfall at one end and a stream flowing on the opposite end.

You didn't think this was all of the rivers but that was all the serpent gave to you before disappearing.

Having finished your map you had to think of something to do. The first thing that came to your mind was reading more of ‘The First Ten’, which was upstairs. You decided on doing that as you couldn't think of anything else to do with your time.

You head upstairs and grab the book before you flip it open and continue reading from where you left.

During the bloodshed, the Earth Ponies abandoned their fellow equines and sided with the other species in the war. It still didn't change the tide of the war though as the Unicorns and Pegasi were advancing upon the others in a bid to destroy them. The gods A’ris and Medeis saw the hate from the Unicorns and Pegasi and together created the Windigos’ to help the losing species.

Despite all the advantages the other species had the Unicorns and Pegasi were still winning. Congeria also saw the hatred amongst the Unicorns and Pegasi and so he created the creature known as Discord to help fight for the other species. Using largely unknown magic, the Unicorns were able to trap him in stone, and rumour has said that they received outside help doing it.

Things were looking bad for the species of The World. In one final desperate attempt to survive the remaining species split up and fled to separate edges of The World. The unicorns and Pegasi assumed that they had driven out what they believed to be inferior creatures, and for a time, they were right.

Wow. That was not what you were expecting from a species that looked so naive. That if this is historically accurate which you doubted it actually was. Still though, that was a bit dark for a species that look like they couldn't hurt a fly. Looks can be deceiving it seems.

You continue reading, the book having caught both your interest and your curiosity.

Chapter three - The Return

Many years had passed since the division, and the two species; Unicorn and Pegasi, had thrived in the absence of the other species. What they didn't know though was that the other species had been recovering from the war and had been preparing to retake the land which was once shared equally.

And so started the event known as The Return. The second war fought between the species of The World was just as bloody as the first one. And like the first war, and despite having the element of surprise, the other species were losing once again.

The war had raged for three years before any of the gods took notice to the destruction beneath the heavenly realm within which they resided. The deities were furious with the Unicorns and Pegasi, and had decided to take action. For the first since its creation, the gods descended down to the world which they themselves had created.

The tide had been changed, but it would not last for long. The Unicorns harnessed a set of powerful artefacts forged from the dead souls of the windigos harvested during The Division. It is said that the very same artefacts were used to imprison Discord in his stone tomb.

The Unicorns managed to weaken and repel- but not kill- the deities Mundus and Aqua, while severely weakening the other deities that had left the heavens to fight alongside the other species; Congeria, A’ris, Mutatio and Medeis. In their weakened state, the gods were unable to fight for any longer and so too, they returned to the heavens. The deities that remained in the heavens during the second war have never been seen since the Beginning.

With no help from the gods, the other species fled once more, this time leaving behind the Humans, the Earth Ponies and the Changelings. The humans were able to hold up for a while longer before being overrun by the Unicorns and Pegasi. The Changelings, seeing what was happening, left the battlefields and spread out over The World, using their natural abilities to disguise themselves as various beasts and creatures, while the Humans that had stayed in the battle zone and the Earth Ponies were left to be punished by the Unicorns and Pegasi.

That would certainly explain why humans and Earth Ponies were treated as inferior. The Unicorns didn't want a rebellion. That probably went the same for the Pegasi as well. You were still entranced by the book; you just had to read more, so you began reading the next chapter.

Chapter Four- The Remains

After being disguised for so long in a form that didn't talk, the Changelings started losing their intelligence. The Changelings that were fortunate enough to find a form that could support intelligence were treated as mere cattle by later generations of Unicorns and Pegasi, using them for farming purposes.

Many years following the events of The Return the other species, which had fled to other continents, had started returning to the nation now know as Equestria in order to form a peace treaty between the fledgling nations. At first the Unicorns and Pegasi were suspicious but signed regardless as they didn't want another war.

Since then, the other species have barely been tolerated by any Unicorn or Pegasi and-

The page was torn out for some reason. Why would someone do that? Looking through the next couple of pages to see if any of the others were ripped made a note fall out of the book. Picking it up you read it in your head.

listen,

I know who you are so listen very carefully, no one in this world knows of this book.

And you need to keep it that way.

This book is extremely valuable and must be kept safe at all times; make a copy, if you will but just make sure none of the ponies read it.

From,

You-know-who.

And it ended just like that. You didn't know who this person was but they knew you apparently. And you didn't like that at all. You didn't really understand the importance of a single book either, but you decided to heed the notes warning and keep it safe from the outside world.

Placing the book delicately on the table, now knowing that the book was important, you look around and notice that the moon was just about to give way to twilight. You decide that you had had enough reading for now and started heading towards the town.

Didn't Pinkie Pie say something about a ‘Summer Sun Celebration’?