A Train to where?

Nolan and Twilight where walking down one of the many streets of Ponyville. They remained fairly silent, Nolan would watch his breath swirl out in front of him. He was tightly wrapped up in his Jacket, but his legs and toes were still freezing in the freshly laid snow. Other than the occasional conversation about their separate ways of life. Nolan was silent and found it incredibly humorous how everyone of the pony's he saw hid from sight whenever he walked bye. Nolan had not eaten anything since the power bar out of his bag late last night. He was starting to feel the effects of not eating.

Ggggrrr... Nolan's stomach let out a mighty roar of hunger.

Twilight's ears perked up and spun around to look at Nolan. "What the hay was that? What does that mean in your world, Is it bad? Is it like Pinkie sense? Is something going to happen?"

Nolan stopped walking and stared at Twilight, Digesting all the questions being thrown at him. "No, actually It means I am hungry."

"Oh... Well then It's a good thing our first stop is Pinkie's." Twilight continued to lead him down another street.

"Pinkie's? What is with you pony's and your names?" Nolan rolled his eye at the childish sounding names he had been hearing all day.

"That's just how we are named, First we are going to stop at pinkies to get you something to eat. then to Rarity's to get you something to wear, since your anatomy doesn't keep you warm." Of which Nolan just shook his head and rolled his eyes. "Then to Applejack's for more introductions, Then Rainbow will meet us at Fluttershy's so you can thank her for her help right?"

"Sounds about right, But I have just only one question. Can anyone of them help me get home? Nolan said looking over at twilight.

"No, that would fall to the Princess, and both of them are away on diplomatic missions out of the country." Twilight said sighing sadly at her inability to help.

"And they will be back soon, got it. So how much farther to this place?" Nolan said jogging in place to warm his legs.

"We're actually here." Twilight opened the door and Nolan jogged into the warm room.

"Oh My God..." Nolan looked around, there were cakes, cupcakes, danishes, rolls, and assorted sweats. His mouth instantly watered at the sight of all the baked goods. Then the smell hit him, it was an attack on his senses. He closed his eyes and took a good whiff of the smell of baked goods. Nolan heard the running of hooves and opened his eyes.

"Wow, Twilight what is that?" Said the pink pony standing at the base of the stairs. Nolan rolled his eyes, he realized he had been doing this quite a bit lately.

"Pinkie this is Nol-" Twilight was cut off by Nolan beginning to speak at the same time.

"Hello, the names Nolan Theodore Croco, And I am a human from earth." Nolan said taking a bow. He looked over at Twilight who was giving him such a look that said 'your gonna get it now.'

Before he could react the Pink pony was all over him. "Whoa it talks, I'm Pinkie Pie. Now what were you again? Where did you come from, Why do you only have two legs? Why do you have a falcon on your back... Oh your in clothing. Where is your cutie mark?" Pinkie attacked him with a barrage of questions.

"Cutie what?" But before he could react, Pinkie dug a hoof and pulled the back of his pants down.

Nolan grabbed his pants and jumped forward pulling them up. "DO YOU MIND?" He said his face turning red as a tomato. He jumped forward and whipped around to defend himself some more from the Pink menace.

"Pinkie, this is a human, not a pony. They aren't quite like us." Twilight said using her magic to grab Pinkie and dragging her away from attacking Nolan some more.

"Human... What's a Human." Pinkie asked looking back and forth at Nolan and Twilight.

"ME!" Nolan Yelled in protest. In a grand show of anger he stomped over to the table and sat down, keeping his distance from Pinkie.

Twilight ignored this and continued to tell pinkie what she had learned of humans... (A LOT of Time Passes) She whispered something to Pinkie who gasped and began to blush as much as Nolan. Nolan had now relaxed and was sitting at a table salivating as he stared at a delicious looking cake on the counter. Pinkie then ran into the back room breaking Nolan's trance on the cake.

"Whoa, what did you say to her?" Nolan said looking at Twilight who was giggling to herself.

"I just told her that Humans unlike pony's have certain areas that should not be seen." Twilight giggled and joined him at the table.

Nolan blushed lightly some more, and rolled his eyes. "Jeez are all you ponies that outgoing?"

"No, only Pinkie." Twilight said smiling.

Pinkie came running back in the room and placed a beautiful strawberry and chocolate cupcake in front of Nolan. "What's this?" Nolan asked picking up the cupcake and smelling taking a bite from the frosting.

"An apology cupcake, I'm sorry, that was horrible of me to do." she said giving Nolan an adorable empathetic grin.

Nolan's eyes widened and a huge smile appeared on his face. This was the most delicious, scrumptious, soft, gooey, tasty, creamy, fluffy cakiness of sugary goodness that he had ever had. He slammed his fist onto the table and loudly proclaimed, "THIS IS THE BEST CUPCAKE IN THE WORLD!!!"

This obviously perked Pinkie's attitude back to its original state.. "That's awesome, it's my own personal recipe. Do you like it? Of course you like it, you wouldn't have that ginormous grin on your face if you didn't. YAY!"

"Well If all is good, Pinkie if you could escort Nolan to rarity's, I must return to the library." Twilight said walking to the door.

"WAIT... your gonna weave me wif her?" Nolan said standing up abruptly, cupcake stuffed in his mouth.

"It's okay, she doesn't bite." Twilight giggled and closed the door, leaving Nolan alone with a certain pink pony.

"Come on, We are going to have so much fun on the way to rarity's." Pinkie said pushing Nolan out of the store. "Bye Mr. and Mrs. Cake." Pinkie yelled.

Nolan peeked in as the door was closing, and in the back appeared two adult looking ponies. Looking absolutely terrified, and confused.

~*~

Nolan was now colder as ever, not to mention wet. He was walking to the door stop of "Carousel Boutique". Or at least that's what the sign said. He quickly walked in, snow still dripping off him from the numerous snowballs that connected with him from all sides. Pinkie was still walking outside, she was still a little dazed from the Snowball that had connected with her forehead.

Once inside the warm building he could hear music softly playing in the background. There were dresses of all types and sizes lying around. There were manikins... for ponies of course and out of a door, most likely a work room, came the owner.

"Welcome to Carousel Boutique, How may i hel-" She paused and stared at the thing standing in her store front, It was blue, tan, skinny, and very wet. What was standing in front of Nolan could only be described as.. 'Whoa, A marshmallow pony, Things defiantly just got weird.'

"Hey Rarity!" Pinkie said bouncing in through the doorway.

"Hello Pinkie Pie and ..."

"The names Nolan. Nolan Theodore Croco. You are probably wondering what I am huh?"

"No... You're a human, Twilight filled me in some, but dear you are soaked! What in the name of Celestia happened to you?" Rarity said still fishing for the polite thing to say to Nolan.

Pinkie broke in to explain,  "Nolan Is the best at snowball fights, He has an amazing hoof you should have seen it, It was awesome... Except when he was running away."

Nolan rolled his eyes and looked over at Rarity, "Ms. Rarity, mind if I borrow a towel?"

"Where are my Manners, of course you can." Rarity rushed of to fetch a towel.

'Hm... A Pony named Rarity, a fashion designer, and a mark of diamonds... Now it is starting to make some sense...'

"NOLIE, THAT'S IT!" Pinkie burst out.

"Wait.... What?" Nolan became suddenly very confused and worried.

"The nickname I came up for you. Nolie... Rolie Polie Nolie!" Pinkie sad bouncing, obviously very proud of her self.

"Wonderful... Absolutely wonderful. I'm gonna need an aspirin or something.'

"Here you go. And Twilight said you need clothes or something?" Rarity said coming back in with a towel.

Nolan accepted it graciously. "Yea, pants and shoes... preferably boots."

"But why have it custom made at a dress store when they sell them down at the store..." She paused as Nolan stood up straight and showed Rarity one of his the bottom of his foot. "Right, not gonna fit. Well Rarity fashion extraordinaire will make you something absolutely dazzling. With maybe some rubies, or gems..."

Nolan took off his jacket and began to dry the wet inside. "Something simple please, no jewel covered pants. I need water proof... Or snowball proof." He heard Pinkie pie giggle behind him.

"Hmm... IDEEEEAAAA!" Rarity said moving over to a closet. She pulled out a pair of western looking boots.

'oh god, those do not look like me...'

Rarity brought the boots over to a table and brought out a pair of scissors.

'The hell?'-

She began and throwing off bits of leather into a box of scraps to the side.

'-is she doing?'

She turned around holding what was a pair of simple, dark brown leather boots.

'Those things look amazing!' "Those look pretty cool, but will they fit?" Nolan stood there scratching his head.

She brought the boots over and dropped them in front of Nolan. "Holy crap, Those are as tall as my knees!"

"Yes, but they should fit, with the size of your feet and all." Rarity said moving one of the boots towards Nolan.

Nolan took the boot and slid it over his foot, there was about a centimeter of space between his leg and the outside. His foot slid into place in the bottom of the boot, it was soft and extremely comfortable. The best part, they fit. "Perfect, they fit perfectly, and do you have any socks?"

"WHAT?" Rarity yelled, Nolan jumped at the sudden ferocity. He turned to Pinkie who also had had a shocked blushing face.

"What did i say?" Nolan stammered slowly.

"THAT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU ASK A LADY!" Rarity yelled beginning to blush as well.

"What? Socks? In my world Socks are common place, everybody wears them. The go between your foot and the inside of a shoe." Nolan stammered, trying to calm the situation.

"SOCKS ARE SOMETHING OF A INTIMEN... Wait go in shoes?" Rarity said calming right down.

"Yeah, in my world, everybody wears shoes, so socks are an everyday thing." Nolan said still slightly shaky from the furious pony.

"Oh, I see... Well just don't go around asking that question. And the answer is no."

"Okay..." 'I think I need to change my pants now.' Nolan looked down at the boot and idea struck his head. "Okay I have another request, Do you have two, large rubber bands?"

"Rubber bands? yes, but why in Equestria would you need rubber bands?" Rarity shook her head and headed for the drawer of the desk and pulled two out.

"You'll see." Nolan took of the boot and took the rubber bands and slid them over his legs to his pants. He used the rubber bands to hold the pants close to his leg.

"I don't suggest walking around like that." Rarity said standing watching Nolan work. He remained silent.

He took one of the boots and put them on, it slid tightly over his pants. Then the other boot came, they both made a good seal over the pants. The rubber bands were now invisible.

"That was genius," Rarity said analyzing his look, "And it doesn't look half bad, the way the pants fit, it looks like your wearing long pants underneath.

"All a part of my plan. So why do you have boots this big in your closet?" Nolan said picking up his now dry jacket and putting it on.

"I tried to give them to Applejack to keep the mud off her hooves when the rainy season began, But she would not hear of it. So I kept them into an outfit came along that required them." Rarity said waving her hooves as she talked.

"Ah, so if I go see the princess like this, think she would mind?" Nolan said casually looking at him self in a mirror a distance away.

"You are going to see the princess? Oh not in that dear! You need a suit if you are going to see the princess... Maybe a red and blue one, they go so well together... But sapphire and amethyst might bring the color out in your eyes. Maybe a good set of sunglasses would bring out the, Coolness, in you... Then again it is winter, and sunglasses are not in season. Royal blue would match that jacket of yours, but maybe we could get you a jacket to match a suit of a nice purple or lavender." Rarity went on, and on, and on.

"She seems to have gone on some sort of a rant, how long will she be like this?" Nolan asked over to pinkie pie.

"Yeah she does this, she will probably go for about an hour or so." Pinkie said shrugging.

"Wow, well... Should we head over to Applejack's now and come back later."

"Yea, she won't stop for some time." Pinkie turned for the door.

"Rarity, Pinkie and I are heading for Applejack's." Nolan turned to head for the door when about a thousand measuring tapes surrounded him. "GAH!"

"Hold still dear, I need the measurements for the suit." Rarity said, half singing the sentence.

"I'll be right back!" Nolan fidgeted his way out and ran outside to join pinkie out in the street.

"It's okay, I got the measurements I needed, Now should it be big and bold or small with few pieces..." Rarity shut the door behind them with her magic.

"Jeez, at least were safe at last. Are all you ponies this insane?" Nolan said dusting himself off.

"No, only Rarity. Applejack's is this waaayyyy" Pinkie said bouncing on a road leading out of town. Nolan ran his fingers through his hair and stopped dead.

"Whats wrong Nolie?" Pinkie asked when she noticed Nolan had stopped.

"Where's my hat?" Nolan's stomach instantly turned over.

"Where would it be?" Pinkie asked bouncing over to Nolan's aid.

"I have no idea." Actually he did. 'That one ponies barn... I took it off there when I got there... And when she walked in I forgot about it, shit... I'll have to get it later

"I'll find it later, let's just get going."