A Train to where?
An Introduction of Sorts(part 2)
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Applejack was a mild-mannered farm pony who enjoyed her work, Big Macintosh, her brother, was the strong silent type, who never really needed to say anything at all. The two siblings had been shoveling snow around the barn for quite some time that morning and were exhausted from the work. Applejack went inside to clean the animal stalls, Big Macintosh finished his work and headed for the house. He was nearing the corner of the building when he heard a strange noise, a giggle. "Hello?" Big mac asked in his deep stallion voice toward the source of the noise... He stood for a second longer and turned back for the house when a snowball connected with the backside of his head.
"WHA- HEY, WHO THE HAY THREW THAT!!!" Big Macintosh faced the orchards from which the snowball came. He marched over, down to the base of the front most tree were a piece of confetti sat softly on the snow. "Pinkie? Was that you?" A small giggle emanated from a few tree's over. "What in tar-nation?" as he began to leave a piece of snow fell on him, He looked up just in time to see a large monkey looking thing falling towards him. but it's boot was caught and hung him right at Big Macintosh's eye level. Nolan Screamed, from the fall. And Big Macintosh just screamed.
~earlier~
Nolan and Pinkie were walking up a dirt road towards another large orchard of some sort. The leaves had left the tree's barren but the trunks were still strong and alive. Pinkie was a few paces ahead of Nolan, for he was walking slower than usual, sulking over the loss if his hat. Pinkie's keen sense saw Applejack and Big Macintosh working before Nolan did, and a wild and crazy idea rushed into her head. She ran and picked Nolan onto her back and rushed into the orchard.
"P-P-P-P-PINKIE?" Nolan was startled greatly from the sudden piggyback ride on the back of the galloping pink pony, who they stopped suddenly, rapidly launching Nolan off her back and into a mound of snow. "WHAT ON EARTH WAS THAT ALL ABOU-"
Pinkie covered Nolan's mouth and she spoke softly. "Nolie, Last winter during the towns snowball fight, Big Mac got me with a ginormous snowball. You think you could return the favor and hit him back for me? Please? Please? Please?"
Nolan pushed pinkies hoof off of his mouth, clearing his throat. "Pinkie, why can't you do it?"
"Because... I can only throw so far, and you hit me from two blocks away, you got this!"
"No. For two reasons, one is I don't even know who Big Mac is. And two It was because I was angry and my shot happened to be that good." Nolan stood up and dusted the snow of his shorts and jacket.
"Please Nolie! I can't do it without you. Please? Please? Please? Please? Please? Please?" Pinkie continued to beg for his help. But a man can only take the word please so many times before they snap, Nolan finally gave in.
"Okay, but whatever happens, I didn't do it?" Nolan got up and approached the edge of the tree line and watched two ponies walk opposite directions. "Which one is it?"
"The big red one!" Nolan's eyes widened on the giant stallion standing on the hill.
"Pinkie are you sure about this? I don't know if this is a good idea..."
"Absolutely! He loves these sort of things!"
"Okay then. I am gonna get a better shot from this tree, I suggest you find one for your self too... Pinkie..." Nolan looked around him, Pinkie had already disappeared. He made a small pile of snow and from that he made the best snowball he could muster. He climbed the tree that gave him the most advantageous shot. from somewhere behind him he could hear pinkie giggle. Nolan ducked and watched the Red stallions head turn to look where they were hiding.
"Pinkie, Be quite, this is meant to be stealthy." Nolan looked back to where the stallion was, he was beginning to turn for the house. Nolan reeled back and threw the snowball with his best effort, he watched the snowball fly through the air with infinite grace and connect with the backside of his head. He crouched down with a small feeling of victory, it was quickly and immediately extinguishing by Big Macintosh calling out with a very deep yell deep yell.
'Oh shit, What have I done?' Nolan watched the large red stallion march over to the tree line and stop under the tree he was hiding. He called out for pinkie. 'Wait, how does he-' Nolan's boot slid into a small slit in the tree causing him to fall over the branch he was standing on. He yelled as he began to fall, fall right into the face of the red stallion.
Their screaming only lasted a few seconds, afterwords Nolan covered his face with his arms. Big Macintosh glared at Nolan with his sap green eyes. "Was that you who threw that at me?" Macintosh asked pushing his face closer to Nolan's.
Nolan uncovered his face and stammered anything he could, "I...NO, well Yes, but i didn't want to, well maybe I did, but Pinkie ask me to, she pleaded and pleaded. But I know i shouldn't have, I really shouldn't have since I didn't know you... I WAS WEAK!" Nolan shoved his head into the arms covering his face once more.
"Pinkie where are you?" Big Macintosh took his attention from Nolan to the other trees.
"Nobody here but us trees!" Pinkies voice emanated from one of the closer tree's.
"Pinkie, where are you?" Big Macintosh called out once more obviously not that angry.
"Could you help me down please?" Nolan asked but was ignored as Big Macintosh marched towards some trees.
Big Macintosh walked under one of the closer trees and as he passed under, a large snow-pack of one of the branches was dumped onto him.
'Oh shit... Pinkie that was a bad idea, he is going to kill you.
Big Macintosh turned and proceeded to buck the tree. Out of witch came Pinkie Pie. 'Oh I can't watch.' Nolan covered his eyes only to part them a little bit to see what happened. Big Mac picked up a large snow pile and dumped it on Pinkie, after a moment of silence the two began to laugh hysterically. 'well that went better than expected.' Nolan thought to himself as the blood began to pool in his head.
"Mac, y'all right?" The same southern voice from yesterday's fiasco in the barn called out. 'NO?!'
An orange pony appeared next to Pinkie and Big Mac. 'Awe shit... This was the barn I was at... Not good.'
Nolan hung there for what felt like and hour when suddenly he felt his foot slowly slide out of the boot. He looked at his foot and momentarily cursed life. He fell the short distance to the snow beneath him making a fairly audible crunch. Nolan opened his eyes to the upside down view of yet another pair of sap green eyes.
"Are ye' alright there partner?" She helped him off the ground and onto his feet. "You must be Nolan, Ah'm Applejack." The southern orange pony offered Nolan a hoof which he accepted graciously.
"Finally somebody around here heeded Twilight's warning." Nolan said brushing the snow of him.
"Yessir, Twilight told me about you humans, but ah'm afraid only two of us actually caught the description." Applejack got up on her hind legs and with a swoop of her hoof she knocked the boot out of the tree.
"Thanks, yea Pinkie was curious and Rarity was furious." Nolan added catching the boot as it fell. "Thanks."
"No problem, now listen here, if you want my opinion  suggest you get return of those boots. Rarity tried to give those to me last mud season, and they leak worse than the Haytanic."
'Haytanic... Titanic... oh the pun is terrible, however i don't think that's a joke.' "Yeah, but they are a lot better than what i had before." Nolan said slipping the boot back onto his foot.
"Alright, well why don't ye come in where it's warm." Applejack pointed a hoof over towards the house.
"That would be excellent, thank you." Nolan and the others made their way up into the house. The front parlor looked like an average ranch house you would see back on earth, except the furniture would be higher. But Nolan's eyes scanned the rest of the room, narrowing on the olive drab hat on the table.
"MY HA..." Nolan stopped him self short and ran his fingers through his hair, "AIR Is finally dry..." Nolan's voice trailed off as he looked upon the startled faces in front and behind him.
Applejack read right through his attempted save, "So you were the fellow hide'n in ma'h barn?"
"Yes, It was me, and yes that is my hat." The ping of guilt began to move it's way up Nolan's spine.
"Why where ye hiding in my ma'h barn anyways?"
The guilt was starting to get the better of him. "Because I was cold, there was nobody I could trust, and not to mention every one I saw ran from me, so for all I know you could of hurt me."
"Sugarcube, we are not violent. I don't know where ye' came from, but down here we are might pleasant folk." Pinkie Pie and Big Macintosh slowly migrated to the kitchen where they could hide but still see the action.
Nolan's guilt was beginning to turn into anger. "I wouldn't know that, cause where i come from some people try to kill each other. I was nearly killed in a car accident with someone who was drunk. I apologize if I am not the average person, excuse me I mean Pony from down here."
"It's okay, we all welcome with open arms."
"Apparently not, I was shoved of like a monster, everybody ran from me."
"I'm sure if you were to try to talk to some of us it would be okay."
"NO, When I got here, everybody was hiding, NO WHERE IN SIGHT!"
"Now listen here, us ponies are kind folk who are easily startled."
"Well apparently all you ponies here are curious once you know the thing is not dangerous, SO IT'S FREE GAME TO INVESTIGATE! You're unsympathetic, Not to mention CRAZY!" Nolan snatched his hat off the table and tightened it around his head. "Now if excuse me, I am returning these!" Nolan took off the boots and threw them to the ground, he tore off the rubber bands and removed his flip flops from his bag. "And I AM LEAVING!" He was halfway to the door when he was stopped by Applejack.
"Now Nolan, Ah'm not that acquainted with you, but what ye'r doing is flat out dangerous just please wait It's mighty cold out there."
"Yeah Nolie, just turn the frownie upside-downy!" Pinkie interjected bouncing forward. Nolan looked like he was having an anurism.
"NO I AM OUT OF HERE AND GOING HOME!" Nolan slammed the door shut and marched away in the direction of the forest.
Applejack scowled over at pinkie, "And what do you have to say for yer'self?"
"He forgot his bag."
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