A New World and The Journey Home

I followed the cowgirl pony until we reached to what looks like a farm. A red barn with open fields with rows of crops while animals were grazing lazily in their pens. I really didn’t know what she meant by “buck some apples”? Should I be concerned? I don’t know. Anyway as we were walking, I couldn’t help but notice that she had a tattoo on her flank as well; but it was just three apples. Does every citizen in this world have a tattoo on their ass?

“Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres” the pony exclaimed.

“Cool. Hey, um….” I couldn’t remember the name.

“Applejack” she turned around and answered, “You know, I never got your name. Mind telling me what it is?”

“It’s Den” I introduced myself proudly.

“Den? That sure is an interesting name” she complimented.

“Really, I don’t think the purple unicorn thinks so,” I replied humorously.

“You mean Twilight? I’m sure she didn’t mean anything buy it. She can be a little…….”

“Yeah”.

“Sorry, didn’t you want to ask something?” she reminds me.

“Yeah, um…. My friends and I are kind of new here, and we don’t know a lot of things that go on. Like what is that tattoo on your flank?" I asked trying not to sound suspicious.

“You mean Cutiemarks?” she asked.

“Really, that’s what they’re actually called? I just thought that’s what only the purple one called them.” I thought to myself.

“Do you not have them where you come from? I don’t see one on you” she pointed out.

I noticed it too, that my flank had no strange tattoo on it. Was it considered “weird” to not have a tattoo on your ass in this world?

“That certainly is weird” continued Applejack, “You’re a grown Pegasus and you still don’t have a Cutiemark…………”

“I’m not grown, I’m still in my late teens” I interrupted. Sorry, it’s just that sometimes people mistake my age. Some of the think I’m 13, while others think I’m 30. It kind of gets annoying after a while, you know?

“Oh, sorry about that”, she apologized while rubbing the back of her head, “Anyway, what kind of town has ponies that don’t have their marks?”

“Mine” I answered.

“Oh, well Cutiemarks is what we have that symbolizes what our special talents are,” she answered.

“Really, what’s yours?” I asked. But then she just chuckled.

“Isn’t it obvious?” she laughed and then pointed to her apple tattoos on her flank. I didn’t know what she was trying to get at.

“Not really,” I said confused.  This made her slightly surprised.

“Seriously?” she asked.

“Nope, you’re going to have to be more specific that just pointing to your flank” I responded, still confused.

“Well, let me show you. Follow me.” she instructed. I followed her which led us towards a nearby apple tree full of red apples.

She stopped in front of the tree and turned around, so that she was facing backwards towards the tree; still VERY lost, here. Then out of nowhere, she lifted up her hind legs and kicked the tree, followed by a loud BANG. Soon all of the apples fall into individual baskets that were lying by. She then smiled and crossed her right leg over her left with a proud smile.

“Huh, so that’s what you meant by “buck some apples”. I said, now FINALLY understanding.

“What else could I mean?” she asked.

“Nothing, nothing...” I replied.

“Well, why don’t you give it a try?” she offered, “There’s a nice big tree over there that could use some bucking”.

She pointed behind me to the right and I noticed the big tree. The trunk was thick; the leaves were green, and full of apples.

“Alright,” I approached the tree feeling confident, I figured out my own way on how to get those apples down.

“Now, don’t feel upset if ya’ll don’t get it the first try”, Applejack somewhat comforted, “Not everypony is as strong as I am so if it takes a few times to-”

“HAAAAAA!!”

I spun around in the air one time and then……..

*Fwack*

My hind right leg spin kicked the tree and knocked half of the apples on the ground in one go. Even some squirrels that were hiding in the tree fell to the ground. I stood up with a victorious smile, turning around to face A.J.

“How’s that?” I asked confidently.

Applejack just stood there with her jaw wide open, she looked really impressed, and why wouldn’t she? Whenever people witness my cool moves in a match, they can’t help but stare in awe. I may be young, but I’m a hell of a lot stronger than you think.

“Whoa,” she exclaimed, “That….was impressive”.

“Thank you,” I replied.

“Just how strong are you?” she asked still amused.

“Very. I can lift up to about 50 pounds. I guess it’s just a part of MY special talent”. I responded proudly.

“And that is?”

“To be an amazing fighter”. I answered with pride.

“Seriously?”

“Yeah, it’s my dream. Everyone’s got one, what’s yours?”

“I’m already living it, working hard on the farm and making our famous apple cider,” she said with much pride and anticipation.

“Cool, in case you didn’t notice, my dream is to become the greatest and youngest mixed martial artist out there!”

“No, I noticed,” she replied in an unimpressed tone. This kind of made me worry a little.

“Is something the matter?” I asked.

“Well……” she replied while looking away nervously.

“Well what? You can tell me”.

She then looked up at me and asked, “Well…..let me ask you this, partner. How many fighters have you fought?”

“Pffff……..To be honest, I don’t really know. I’ve fought so many opponents that I lost track. But I know it was a lot, though. And some of them even had to be sent to the emergency room to get their faces stitched. But don’t worry I never kill anyone, that’s not how I role. Unless it’s Mortal Kombat,” I finished trying to sound impressive.

“Uh-huh. Sounds like to me that you’re some kind of brute who’s looking for nothing but trouble,” she replied with disapproval in her voice.

This made me go down a little. It sounded like that she didn’t approve of my goals or my interests.

“Is something the matter?” I asked.

“Well, to be honest, I’m not much of a fan of random fighting. I’ll admit, I have been in some fights of my own. But that was because my friends were in some kind of danger” she stated, “But when you fight, it sounds like that you just bully others who are not as strong as you”.

“Excuse me?” I asked, I was shocked that this small horse thinks that I fight because I want trouble.

“Tell me, Den, why do you fight?” she questioned.

“I have my reasons” I answered. Those are the same words I use whenever Vincent or someone else asks me that question.

“And those reasons would be?” she asked sternly.

“I can’t tell you”.

“Why not?”

“Well, why do you live your life on the farm when you have other opportunities?” I remarked.

“Because, this place is my pride and joy; and I love doing what I do”. She replied, sternly.

“Same here with me” I defended.

“Yeah right, unlike you I have a reason to pursue my dream”.

“So do I”.

“What is it then?”

“I-I can’t tell you. It’s personal,”. I finished. I actually do have reason why I fight. I just don’t want anyone to know, not even Vincent or Kira knows and I tend to keep it that way.

“Oh, so it’s some kind of secret?” she asked while looking away.

“I guess you could say that”.

“Look. I know what it feels like to keep a secret” she comforted, then placing her hoof on my front left arm, “It’s hard. But if you hold onto it forever, then you could lose your closest friends. But you know, sometimes telling the truth is all that they need”.

“But, I don’t know you that well” I replied.

“Still, tell you what. When you feel comfortable about telling someone, you can tell me,” she said while giving me a slight smile.

“Thanks, but I don’t think I’ll tell anyone”, I replied while taking my hoof away, nervously.

“Maybe not yet, partner, but like I said, when you’re ready you can tell me,” she told me. She then full smiled at me, even though she’s known me for like, half a day, I was starting to get the feeling that she was beginning to trust me.

“We should probably get back to work?”

“Yeah”, I followed AJ to some more trees and did some more bucking. At least it’s a good exercise on my legs.

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We were in the middle of repairing Twilight’s roof, and when I realized that I needed to hammer in a few nails for the supports, I couldn’t. Mostly because I now have freaking hooves for hands, how am I supposed to pick it up.  I noticed that Kira, standing next to me, was having the same problem. She looked at me with a confused expression.

We both turned to Twilight who was using some kind of telekinesis to hammer in the nails. And the little lizard, whose name I can’t remember, was hammering with his claws. I felt lost.

        I looked next to Kira, and it looked like she found an easy way out. She picked up the hammer with her mouth and started to hammer in some nails with it. Her head kept waving up and down, repeatedly until she couldn’t hammer in anymore. When she finished, she dropped the tool and raised her head. And it was spinning round and round.

        “Oww, my neck,” she moaned.

It looked like she was about to have a headache, or maybe throw up; even her eyes were spinning a bit.

        “Are you going to help us or just stand there?” joked Twilight.

        “Uh, sure,” I responded.

        I did what Kira did and picked up a hammer with my mouth. And, Man was it irritating. Who knew that hammering with your mouth turned out to be more difficult than to do it with your hand? I banged in a nail about 3 or 4 times until it was in the wood. I looked up at Twilight who seemed confused.

“Why aren’t you using your magic?” she asked and lifted one of her brows.

“My what?” I asked, still trying to recover from the pain in my neck.

“You’re magic, that ability that all unicorns can do,” she answered suspiciously. I had to make an excuse.

“Oh…Uh…I’m….a…..” I started while rubbing behind my head nervously.

“He’s a slow learner!” Kira saved, “A VERY slow learner”.

“Yeah, uh, where we’re from, magic is limited and only a very few can perform it. It’s like, a jewel for us” I lied. I knew it wasn’t good, but I had to come up with something.

“Oh, ok” she replied and got back to work. I let a small sigh of relief; I didn’t know that ALL unicorns could use magic.

“Thanks for the save” I whispered to Kira.

“No sweat, how long do we have to keep this act up?” she asked.

“Until we can gain her trust, and until we can find that damn book that brought us here.” I answered.

“I hope we find it soon. I want to go home, where I can use a hammer with my hands.” she whispered, complaining.

“Don’t worry, once we get to know her better, maybe we can ask her about the book. She seems smart.” I replied.

“Well then, I guess it’s time to get to know each other better.” she replied confidently.

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“Hey, Twilight!” she shouted happily.

Twilight swiftly turned her head around and faced the two of us still working on the supports below.

“No need to shout, I’m right here,” she laughed.

“Seriously,” replied the little purple and green lizard that was covering his ears.

“Sorry. Look, Vincent and I are new to this town, and we don’t know a lot of peop… I mean ponies here” she saved, “And seeing how you’re the first one we’ve seen, why don’t you tell us a little about yourself?”

“I’d love to” she answered as she stepped back onto the ground using the extra wood as a ladder.

I was actually not looking forward to this. Here’s the thing: I’m not really good at socializing with other people I’m not familiar with. Unless they’re my friends, aunt, teachers, hell even if they’re bullies I know I’ll talk. It’s hard for me to talk to new people.

But why should I? I’ve already got friends; shouldn’t Den and Kira be enough? I’ve known them long enough to know that they’re both good people, we’ve been friends for years. But with new people, it’s sometimes hard for me to make small talk. I’ll admit, when I talked to Twilight for the first time, I felt uneasy. Despite the fact that she’s just… a unicorn. She’s also someone I’ve never talked to before. So yeah, I have trouble talking to new people. She approached me and Kira in her library.

“Ever since I was a filly, one of my favorite things to do was learn. I love reading books and learning new spells. I also love being with my friends, and helping others,” she answered happily, “Although I wasn’t too excited about coming here at first”.

“Then why did you come?” asked Kira.

“The princess sent me here to check on the decorations on the Summer Sun Celebration. But when Nightmare Moon attacked, everything was a disaster. But luckily, this is where I met my new friends, and once we discovered the magic of friendship we defeated Nightmare Moon”.

I felt more lost than before. Princess, Nightmare Moon, Summer Sun? We both decided to just go with it, seeing how we didn’t want to look suspicious.

“Now, I live my days happily here. Learning the lessons of friendship and writing to the princess,”. She finished.

“Wow, that sounds interesting. I wish I had a life like that.” Kira complimented.

“And I like eating gems!” the little lizard butted in.

“Gems?” Kira laughed, “Doesn’t that hurt?”

“No way, why would it. They’re delicious” as he said his small stomach began to rumble, “Great, now I’m hungry”.

We all let out a short laugh and Twilight focused her attention back to us.

“So, what do you two like to do?” she asked.

“I love to paint” Kira answered first, “I could go a whole day doing nothing but painting”.

“Wow, you’re an artistic pony? I know someone who’s like that” she smiled.

“I hope someday to become a great artist, and make paintings that everyone will enjoy,” she replied with glee. So far it seems that she made a good impression on Twilight.

“Well, you never know. Maybe it will come true,” she complimented. She then turned her heads towards me. It was my turn to leave an impression. I guess I have to make small talk again.

“So, Vincent” she started, “What do you like to do; reading, writing, cooking, theater?”

I had to keep it simple, if I told her about my motorcycle interests she would probably question me about what it is. It could get me and my friends exposed and probably cause a riot. The key word being “Probably”.

“I like to listen to music” I answered calmly.

“Oh, you’re a music lover. What kind of music do you like?”

“Um……rock” i said trying to keep it simple.

“Rock n’ Roll, that’s interesting. We have music like that here”.

I let out a small sigh of relief knowing that I didn’t blow our cover. But, since when do ponies like to listen to rock music?

“Is there, a specific type of rock you like to listen to?” she asked.

“Either heavy metal or punk rock” I answered.

Twilight tilted her head a little, looking confused. She looked like she hadn’t heard either type of music before. Kira looked at me nervously; did I blow my cover by mentioning music that they probably don’t know of?

“You don’t talk a lot, do you?” she finally said.

“What?”

“Well don’t get mad at me for saying this, but you seem very taciturn, Vincent. Even when you came here to pick up your roof breaking friend, you didn’t say much. Acting all calm and all; is something the matter?” she asked concerned.

Actually, something was bothering me. I just realized something awful a moment ago, but I’d rather not tell you about it now.

“It’s….It’s nothing. Don’t worry about it” I answered, “Let’s just finish the roof”.

I continued to hammer in some nails with my mouth, when I couldn’t help but overhear Twilight and Kira talking.

“Is he always like this?” asked Twilight.

“Not all the time” Kira replied trying to sound normal.

“Not all the time?” she asked, confused.

“Well, he can be a little moody. But when he’s like this, well……”

“Well what?”

“It either means he’s bored, or something is troubling him. But he doesn’t like to talk about it”.

“Oh, I see. I hope you don’t mind me asking this, but are you two dating?” Twilight asked.

“What? No.” Kira laughed.

To be honest, I’m glad she said we’re not dating. Because I think we’re better off as friends. When I heard Kira reply, it sounded a little funny. I think we’re great as friends, right? After a few more hours, the roof was finally finished and we felt exhausted. Kira was lying on the couch and I was lying on the floor; too tired and lazy to find a proper place to rest.We were both sweaty.

“Finally, the roof is done,” I said to myself.

“So….now what do we do?” asked Kira.

No one said anything for a while, I guess everyone was too tired from all the work. That is, until Twilight finally broke the silence.

“I have an idea” she started, “Why don’t I take you to meet my other friends?”

“Really?” asked Kira.

“Yeah, the day isn’t over yet. We still have a while before the moon rises,” she said.

Kira and I looked at each other and exchanged looks. I shrugged my shoulders giving the “I guess so,” gesture.  She then looked up at Twilight.

“We’d love to meet them” responded Kira in a positive voice.

“Great, follow me,” instructed Twilight happily.

Pretty soon me, Kira, Twilight, and the little lizard all walked out of the door and wandered in the village. Kira and I were following close behind. My head was down.

“What’s wrong?” asked Kira.

“N-nothing” I replied.

“You were thinking about her again, weren’t you?” she asked, worried.

Yeah it was true; I kept thinking about my sick mother. But, how could I not? If your mom was sick in the hospital, and you were sent to another dimension without knowing whether or not she’ll make it, what else would you think about? It really hurts.

“Was it that noticeable?” I asked, shamefully.

“Everything will be fine,” she replied trying to cheer me up, “I’m sure she’s still healthy.”

“Yeah, maybe,” I retorted.

“I worry about you, Vincent. Ever since she was sent to the ER you’ve been wondering if she's still alive,” she cooed.

“It’s not natural for someone to be sick that long, I can’t even remember how long it’s been?”

“Some diseases are like that. Some of them could last up to many years”

I doubt that. Even though Kira was a close friend to us, her math was always a little off.

“Doubtful” I responded.

“You can just check on her once we get back”.

“That is, IF we get back”.

“Don’t say that. It’s like you said before, once we gain Twilight’s trust, we can ask her and see what she knows. And once we find out how to get back, you can go and visit her. I’ll even go with you if you want”, she offered.

“Y-yeah, I suppose you’re right”, I replied.

She then smiled at me, knowing that I was still going with the plan. This is one of the things that make Kira a great person to us. No matter what situation or problem you’re in, she’s always there to back you up and be the voice of reason. That’s what I like about her. But then again, she does have her flaws.

“We should hurry up, we’re falling behind” she said.

We caught up to Twilight and the lizard and we both ended up standing in front of a house that looked like an carousel.

“A carousel house?” I asked.

“This is where Rarity lives,” exclaimed the little lizard. Though judging from his tone, he seemed oddly excited for some reason.

“I can’t wait for you two meet her. Follow me,” said Twilight.

We followed them both inside the strange white and purple house and, once we went inside, it was covered with fabric and dresses. I was afraid this was going to be one of those fashion stores where they sell beauty products and dresses; the boring stores. We looked around and saw that there were dresses everywhere, but they were either hung or on pony mannequins. Yeah, I don’t know either.

We also saw one of those stands things where there were like three mirrors behind it. Shouldn’t one be enough?

“Your friend lives here?” I asked Twilight.

“Yeah, Rarity’s a fashion designer-”

“And a really talented one if you ask me!” the little lizard interrupted.

“I’m not really into fashion. What do you think Kira?”

I looked over and noticed that Kira was just jaw dropped and eyes widened as she was staring at some nearby dresses on pony mannequins. One of them was white with blue swivels on it, and another was red with bright blue sparkling gems. Another dress looked liked it was old fashion and just full of colors, like a rainbow. there were also purple gems at the collar and even some feathers on the back.

“Just look at this!” she squealed, “I’ve never seen anything so stylish in my life. Everything is so artistic; the colors, the design, the patterns. Magnificent!”

I could feel a sweat drop appear on the side of my head. I really didn’t know how to respond.

“I’m glad you think so” a voice called, it sounded rather elegant and feminine. We all looked to see that a white unicorn with a purple swirly mane and tail has appeared in the room. I also noticed that her tattoo consisted of three diamonds. And it seemed that right when she appeared, it looked like that the little lizard guy had hearts floating over his head.

“Hi, Rarity,” called Twilight.

“Hello, Twilight,” she responded as the white mare approached us.

“I ran into some new ponies in town and I was just showing them around” she said, “Meet Vincent and Kira”.

“Nice to meet you Vincent-eehhhhhh!” she squealed.

“What?” I asked.

“Oh my, just look at your mane!” she exclaimed. I looked up and saw my messy and untidy mane.

“What about it?” I asked.

“It’s- it’s so…….. disorganized!” she replied.

“So?”

“SO?! I’ve never seen a mane so messy or…spikey, in my life! Doesn’t it bother you that it’s slightly in your eyes?” she yelled dramatically.

“Huh?” I replied while raising a confused eyebrow.

“Is that your actual hairstyle, or is that your bed-head? No offense, darling, but it’s just…I can’t even describe it than I already have!”

“Uh, lady, is there something wrong with you?”

“No, I cannot let this slide. You are in some desperate need of help. Not to worry, Rarity is here!”

Before I could object, she started shoving into another room with a small smile on her face.

“Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey! What are you doing, I don’t feel comfortable with this! I don’t like that look on your face!”

*One Fashion Abduction Later*

I came out wearing some kind of suit made for ponies and my hair now all silky and tied in the back. I did not approve of this at all. I walked out and saw that Twilight, the lizard, and Kira were still there waiting for me. Their reactions were priceless; the lizard guy was on the floor laughing, Twilight’s jaw was dropped, and Kira was just surprised.

“Oh my god, you look so cute!” Kira laughed.

“I feel violated,” I responded.

“There,” said the unicorn who abducted me, “Doesn’t that feel much better?”

“I think I prefer my mane in a mess” I said as I untied my hair and took off the uncomfortable suit. But, when I was about to un-tie my hair, I realized that I couldn’t do it, damn hooves.

“I got it,” said Twilight. She then used her magic to untie the band that kept my hair back. When she did, it went straight back  to its untidy and spikey self; where it was touching the back of my neck and the bangs were in my eyes, just the way I like it.

“Thanks,” I said to Twilight.

“Hey, it was so perfect before. I don’t see why you like it when it’s in your face?” the white unicorn whined.

“Is she always like this?” I whispered to Twilight.

“Sort of; she was like this when I first met her” she answered.

“Isn’t abducting another pony to accessorize their entire body against the law here?” I asked Twilight.

All she did was gave me the “I dunno” shrug. I noticed that the little lizard was getting up off of the ground, panting from all of the laughing he did. It wasn’t that funny. Then Kira stepped in.

“Miss, Rarity was it?” Kira asked.

“Correct”.

“I just want to ask, did you make all of these dresses?” Kira asked with still a lot of amazement.

“Indeed I did. Every dress you see in here was created by me,” she responded elegantly.

“Really? I just love the designs you did for all of these dresses” Kira complimented, “It’s so original, so artistic!”

“Seriously? It seems I’m not the only one with an eye for fashion and decor!”

“Well, I’m not really a dressmaker, or whatever you call them. But anyway, I’m an artist and seeing your dresses, it just", she paused, "They’re like paintings that you can wear. We don’t get these kinds of clothes where we come from. To me, our dresses are all dull and mostly only one color. But these dresses, there so", she paused again, "Invigorating!” Kira exclaimed happily.

“I’ve never heard anypony say that about my dresses before,” Rarity responded happily.

“I think your dresses are amazing too, Rarity,” butted in the little lizard. But it seemed she didn’t hear him. He just sat down and pouted, something tells me that he has a thing with this white mare. The both of them continued to talk fashion and dresses for a while, and I grew bored easily.

“Do you think we could go?” I asked Twilight, growing bored of all of this.

“I suppose” she responded.

Both Kira and Rarity turned and looked at us, and gave us disappointed faces. Then Kira looked back and looked at Rarity.

“OH! Excuse me, um…..?”

“Oh, I’m Kira” she responded.

“Right, Kira. You said you’re an artist? What kind of things have you painted?” the white mare asked.

“Anything really,” she responded, “I’ve painted environments and animals”.

“How would you like to help and design a new dress I’m working on?” she asked.

I looked at Kira and her eyes suddenly lit up and grew a huge smile on her face, and she even squealed. She turned to me.

“Vincent, can I stay and help Rarity? Please, please, please???” she pleaded while jumping up and down. She was acting like those little kids who were begging their parents for a lollipop.

“Fine by me,” I responded.

She then lead out a loud cheery giggle and ran over and hugged me; nearly choking me.

“Thank you!” she yelled cheeringly.

“Trouble……breathing” I spoke.

“Oh, sorry,” she said and then released and followed Rarity into another room.

“I have a feeling that this is the start of a beautiful friendship,” I heard Rarity said.

The remaining three of us went outside and started walking towards some other houses near the woods.

“Some friend you got there,” I said to Twilight.

“Yeah, well, Rarity is definitely the stylish type. And I’d say she’s the most mature out of my friends,” she responded.

“And she’s so Beautiful” the little lizard spoke softly.

“Yeah, nothing says mature and beautiful like abducting others against their own will and give them make-overs,” I joked.

“What are you saying?” spoke the little lizard in a suspicious tone.

“It’s just sarcasm. Didn’t mean anything by it….Sorry, I keep forgetting your name”.

“It’s Spike. S-P-I-K-E,” he responded.

“Ok. So, Twilight, where to next?” I asked.

“Well I was thinking that we could head over to-"

Before she could finish, I saw a quick pink blur just zip past me. I only had a millisecond before it zoomed by, to get a clear visual of the fast object.

“Did anyone else see that?” I asked.

“HIII-ya!”

“Gahh!” I yelled and jumped back.

Out of nowhere, some pink pony just randomly appeared out of nowhere and was in my face. When I fell to the ground, I got a better view. It looked like a normal pony, the one that doesn’t have any horns or wings. Although, I don’t think “normal” is the right word. It also had bright blue eyes, fluffy pink mane and tail, and had a trio of balloons on its flank. I got up, and before I could ask who this crazy pony was, well-

“Omygosh! I’ve never seen you here before? Are you new? You must be new cuz I’ve never seen you here before? I love your mane; it’s all messy like mine. Only mine is poofy and yours is spikey. If you’re new, then that means you must be lonely. And if you’re lonely, then that means that you have no friends. And one thing I can’t stand is seeing other ponies without any friends. Not to worry, I’ll be your friend, and I’ll even throw you a huge welcome party! I’m Pinkie Pie,”.

“I’m leaving,” I responded and started walking away from her, not wanting to be bothered. But then she reappeared in front of my face.

“Nice to meet you leaving!” she exclaimed.

“How did……what the……” I looked back to wear she was before, then back to wear she is now. Trying to figure out how she popped up in front of me in the blink of an eye.

“It’s just one of the things that Pinkie does,” Twilight answered.

I was still looking back at where the pink pony was standing before, still couldn’t believe of how quickly she transported. Seriously, it was like i was staring at her outline at where she was originally standing.

“That’s not possible,” I added.

“Anything is possible, leaving,” responded Pinkie happily.

“My name’s not leaving, Its Vincent, I was being facetious,” I told her.

“Really, that’s such a fun name, Vinny!”

“Don’t call me that”.

“I gotta go now, got's to go plan for your party!” she yelled with excitement. And she just zipped off to somewhere else. I barely know her and already I find her extremely annoying.

“What the hell just happened?” I asked.

“You just got a preview of what Pinkie Pie is like,” answered Spike smiling.

“If that’s just her greeting, I’d hate to see her in a real conversation,” I said.

“Don’t worry, she grows on you from time” said Twilight, “Now, I was thinking that, since you already met Pinkie Pie, I think it’s time you met Fluttershy”.

“Fluttershy?” I asked.

“Yeah, she’s really nice and great to be around. I think you’ll like her, Vinny,” Twilight teased.

“I said not to call me that!” I demanded.

We started walking to the outside of the village until we reached what looked like a small cottage. There was a little bridge, bird houses hung all around, animals everywhere, the roof was covered with green plant life, the walls looked like it was made out of old wood, and there was even a stone path leading to the door. It was actually kind of peaceful. We walked across the little bridge that was there and made our way to the door. She knocked at the door about three times and waited for a response.

The door then opened, and approached a small Pegasus. It’s fur was yellow, had a long light pink mane and tail in which some of the mane was covering her face, and had a trio of butterflies on her flank; butterfly tattoos is at least something common in my world. To be honest, when I first saw her at the door, I didn’t know what to think. She just looked really, frail and innocent. I really can’t say.

“Oh, Hello Twilight and hello Spike,” she said. Not to mention that voice, it was so soft. She then looked at me and then suddenly went all quiet, odd.

“W-who’s this Twilight?” she asked.

“This is Vincent, he’s new in town,” Twilight introduced me, “Vincent, meet Fluttershy.”

“Hello,” I said.

“H-hello, Vincent,” She whispered.

“Uh, what?”

“Hello,”

“What?”

“Hi,”

It seemed the more I asked the more she got quieter. To the point where I really couldn’t hear a word she was saying.

“Fluttershy isn’t really good with new ponies,” explained Twilight.

Me and her both; though what was I going to expect from someone named “Fluttershy”?

“I know the feeling,” I muttered.

I tilted my head and looked in the slightly open door, I was curious. There were animals crawling and flying everywhere, it looked like a pet shop. Is she a pet shop owner?

“Whoa, that’s a lot of animals. Are they all yours?” I asked her.

“Well, I wouldn’t say they’re all mine. Sometimes I just take care of the animals that need me in my cottage,” she replied, this time clearer.

“But, don’t animals need to look after themselves?” I asked, confused.

“Why would they do that?” she gasped.

“Yeah, why would they, do animals in your kingdom fend for themselves?” asked Twilight.

This was seriously weird, is letting animals take care of themselves illegal in this world? Does everypony have to help small animals run their lives? What happened to the natural order? Well, I guess I would’ve expected much from a place inhabited by small horses.

“Yes,” I answered.

“Seriously?” asked Spike.

“Well, you know. Different land, different laws,” I lied, unsure if i said the right thing.

“Huh, the laws there must be really confusing,” added Twilight.

“In a way...” I said.

“Oh, I hope the animals there are alright. Having them take care of themselves must be really hard,” said Fluttershy.

“I think they know what they’re doing” I said, “Plus, not every animal is as small or innocent like the ones you have here.”

“What do you mean, what kinds of animals do you have? If you don’t mind me asking.”

“Don’t mind at all,” I started, “We have a whole lot of animals; like tigers, crocodiles, polar bears, snakes, great white sharks”.

“We have some of those creatures here” she said, “But, what’s a great white shark?”

“Just a really big fish with lots of teeth that will practically eat anything that’s above it. They mostly eat large fish and seals.” I answered simply but something told me that I gave out too many facts; because she was crouching on the ground quivering. Oops.

“They sound…really scary,” she whimpered, “Do they attack ponies?”

“Unless you swim right above it and move like a seal; other than that, not so much. But it’s hard to tell, they’ll practically devour anything that’s in the water,” I answered, again I felt like I spoke too vividly. She even let out a frightened squeal. Again, oops.

“I-I don’t think I’ll go swimming anymore,” she muttered, “It was nice to meet you, Vincent, bye.” With that, she zipped back inside her home and shut the door.

“Smooth,” I said to myself.

I looked at Twilight and Spike and saw that they both gave me confused and shocked looks.

“What?”

“You really shouldn’t scare others like that, Vincent. That wasn’t very nice”. Twilight said, firmly.

“I was just describing what sharks are and what they do where I’m from. Is it a sin to tell the truth?” I asked.

“Of course not, but maybe next time you could be a little more gentle on how you describe your different creatures”.

“Well, sorry for describing an animal that can’t even hurt you unless you’re in the ocean,” I remarked.

We all looked up at the sun and saw that it was starting to go down, I felt really tired for the day.

“We should head back,” said Twilight.

“Alright.”

We walked away from Fluttershy’s house and started to make out way back to Twilight’s house. I felt so done for the day, with the working and the walking and such. All I really wanted to do now was find a comfy place for me to just sleep…