Our World

  Hulio took out a key, shielding the ponies and watching out for room service. He unlocked the door and the ponies quickly walked into the apartment. How the ponies weren't seen walking to the hotel was just plain luck.

   Rarity, the last one to step inside, avoided everything at all costs - when she walked in, though, she had a sudden desire to touch EVERY diamond thing in the room.

   The tiny living room was small but felt like it was a mansion. A door was on the opposite side of the entrance, leading to the bathroom - next to that, the living room had a peach couch with some maroon pillows on each side. As Rarity first noticed, there were diamond accessories almost everywhere - diamond plates, diamonds placed on china dolls, diamonds surrounding the fire place (which was right infront of the couch), etc. Applejack looked into the kitchen (which was right next to the fire place - a door was also leading to the kitchen) and saw candles on a cake. Pinkie also saw the cake and read the letters on the cake, made in icing - Happy 4th of July, Hulio! Rainbow Dash didn't care about the cake or diamonds - first blink she saw the couch, she collapsed onto it and started sighing in relief.

    "I thought my legs would NEVER stop walking...." Rainbow sighed happily. Twilight, looking at a bookshelf (which was placed right next to a fireplace) grabbed a book with her aura and started reading it.

    "Uh, guys! Don't eat that cake, it's chocolate flavored!" Hulio gasped as Pinkie almost swallowed the cake whole. AppleJack (who stopped doing whatever else she was doing to go see the cake) looked at Hulio confusingly.

     "Wha's wrong with chocolate? I eat chocolate all the time when I go to Pinkie's parties!" Applejack complained.

   "Sorry, but I don't know what's going on with your lives. All I know is that if somebody sees me feeding you cake, they'll think I'm some animal abuser!" Hulio replied back, louder than he meant for it to be.

  Pinkie already took a slice from the cake and ate it, icing, sprinkles and cake all over her hooves and muzzle. Rainbow was watching the whole scene from the couch.

     "Alien, why can't we eat cake," Rainbow argued. "if Pinkie already ate cupcakes, cake, soda, candy, pizza, French fries, muffins, candy bars, apple pie, donuts, chocolate circles, jelly beans, gumdrops, Mousse, cookies, ice cream, gummy worms, sugared water, gingerbread, jawbreakers, peppermints, strawberries dipped in chocolate, suckers, cinnamon rolls, Zlabia, sour candies and poptarts?"

   Hulio stayed silent for a few moments, looking back and forth between the ponies and the cake - also suspiciously eyeing Pinkie.

     "....Fine, you can eat anything you want, but don't leave it scattered across the floor or anything. Also, I'd appreciate it if you would call me Hulio, not 'Alien.'" Hulio sighed, watching as the ponies crowded around the cake, taking one slice at a time. Everypony had a slice except Twilight. Hulio looked over at Twilight, reading a book titled Marley and Me. She also appeared to have tears swelling up in her eyes. Hulio sighed and sat next to her on the couch.

   As he sat down, she slammed the book shut with a pop! and jumped in surprise, looking at him sadly. Hulio looked deep into her eyes - he saw shiny, purple eyes with tears falling down her cheeks.

      "You alright?" Hulio asked. Twilight hesitated to say anything, but she sighed.

   "Yeah. I-I'm fine. It's just," Twilight sniffed. "Why did Marley have to fall asleep forever...?" Hulio glanced at the closed book in her hooves. His eyes widened as he looked at her again.

   "Where did you get that book? That book is...too sad for you!" Hulio said, grabbing the book and eyeing the title and blurb. Twilight sniffed again.

   "From that bookshelf over there...I thought the book would be more...happy," Twilight sighed, jerking her head to the bookshelf by the fireplace. "But I really want to read right now..."

Hulio sighed and placed the book back on the shelf, grabbing another book and shaking his head, putting that book back. He did this for about 10 minutes until he grabbed a book from the shelf, satisfied, and gave it to Twilight. The title was The Human Skeleton. Twilight's ears twitched as she grabbed the book with her horn magic and flipped through the pages. She looked at Hulio with disappointment. Hulio crossed his arms impatiently.

    "Listen, it's the only book without a sad, violent, inappropriate or gross ending. Atleast with that book you guys can read it and stop calling me an 'alien.'"

    Twilight smiled and opened the book, reading the first page. Hulio un-crossed his arms and walked back to the cake. One slice was left and Pinkie had a large stomach but looking at the cake as if it were the only important thing in the room. Hulio's belly growled viciously. He grabbed a plate from a cabinet and took the cake slice, hesitating as he looked at Pinkie, but then putting it under of Pinkie's nose. Her eyes lit up and a huge smile ripped across her face as she snatched the cake and gobbled it down messily.

   Rainbow had fallen asleep on the couch, Rarity was stroking a china doll, Applejack was nibbling on an apple and Fluttershy had fallen asleep by the fireplace, humming random adorable mumbles. Hulio's stomach clenched and unclenched as he watched the pony mumbling adorably. He looked back and forth, and seeing nopony watching him he sat down next to Fluttershy and scratched her ears like a dog. She remained asleep. Hulio smiled as he laid down next to her, petting her back and wings. He yawned. Five minutes later he fell asleep next to her, snoring quietly and smiling.