Chapter 1

When I learned the basics of this world, I first thought it was some sort of Shangrila, a place of peace. True, when I delved into the history of the world, learned of the many trials and tribulations that the world faced: Nightmare Moon, Discord, King Sombra...they've always come out on top and lived peacefully there after. In fact, it seems like there hasn't been an incident in over five hundred years...

Why did I jinx myself?

"Come out you impudent insect so we may slay you!" Announced a voice as Jack was hiding around a pillar.

"Where would be the fun in that," Jack taunted, glad his voice echoed in the ruined halls of old canterlot. "Besides, I already got the achievement for dying." he muttered to himself.

How did I get into such a mess? Well it started a week ago. It had been two weeks since I landed into the hand of Zecora, my first friend in this new world. She had been teaching me the basics of Unicorn magic and in turn, teaching me how to use my own. With the knowledge of how magic worked and a brief history lesson, she deemed me ready for my first test.

"You want me to do what?" Jack asked with a deadpan look on his face.

"I want you to go into Ponyville and obtain some items for me." Zecora repeated, having dropped rhyming around Jack due to his teasing. She knew it was in good fun, but she also knew Jack tended to get confused when she used more complicated rhymes. Once he sat around for five hours trying to figure out how she managed to rhyme legerdemain and campaign coherently.

"Zecora, we've known each other for a little under two weeks, I think its a little early for me to be picking up feminine produc-OW!" Jack winced as she smacked him with her staff, blushing slightly.

"Joke all you want, but I do need these things and you need practice." Zecora announced with a smile.

"Angazi badinga umkhuba...[1]" Jack muttered causing her to grin wider.

"And your grasp of my native language is impressive, but you do need practice."

"Alright alright already..." Jack stood up from the chair, still naked to the world. While the populous did wear clothing, he was surprised (not really) to find that Zecora was a practicing nudist. And while he certainly didn't have problems with her walking around naked, he decided to indulge and practice with her.

Back when he was human, he would never had done this because he was rather ashamed of his body. In this new form however, he wasn't sure how he felt so he went along with anything Zecora did. He grabbed the pair of cargo shorts and tan boots from his personal space and put them on, much to the silent dismay of Zecora. He morphed his fangs and turned his eyes normal, and removed the holes his race was known to have and viola, he was a normal black unicorn. Zecora handed him a small parchment and a bag of bits, to which he pocketed.

"Do hurry back, Jack, I might have a present for you when you get back." Jack looked confused at her words then shrugged. Zecora was always cryptic even when she wasn't rhyming.

Everything was going smooth. I entered the village, much to my shock, none of the residents batted an eyelash at me, except for a few oglers at my body. I picked up most of the items needed before going to the once place I needed to go for the last item: Sweet Apples Farm.

"Howdy stranger! What brings you here?" Jack couldn't help but to stare at the supposed owner of Sweet Apples Farm. She had blond hair, orange skin with freckles, and a body a model would kill for. But on top of that, her legs were extremely well toned.

'Holy shit, shes the cowgirl equivalent of Chun-Li?!' "Uh yeah, I-I need to pick up a bushel of apples? Enough to last a few weeks." Jack said awkwardly.

The girl chuckled, "I don't mind the fact that you were just checking me out. I take it as a compliment, partner. My name is Applejack."

"What a coincidence. My name is Jack, Jack Sears." He added the "Sears" just for the private amusement of himself. Its not like anyone in this world knows about Metal Gear Solid and Solidus Snake.

"Well then Jack, I got a few Bushels in the barn, why don't we mosey along to the barn and see what I can get'cha." Applejack and Jack headed to the barn, once inside, Jack started to panic.

"I-is that...hay?"

"Well duh, it is a farm. Why do you ask?"

"W-well I'm allergic to...to..." Jack couldn't hold it in. "ACHOO~!" the force of his sneeze not only hurt him, but caused his minor alterations to drop as well. "Hay..."

"Jack...what the hay are you?" Applejack asked quietly.

"Huh...oh crap..." he noticed the hole in his arm. "W-wait I can explain everything, just don't panic alright."

"You better." A short while later, Jack was sitting in a chair in front of the entire apple family.

"Alright Jack. Talk." Applejack demanded.

"Alright...Well two weeks ago, I was just a normal guy going about my daily life like anyone else. Next thing I knew, I was squished by a giant metal box going about seventy miles per hour." Both Applejack and her brother Big Macintosh winced. "Normally that would've killed anyone, I just woke up in the middle of the Everfree Forest were Zecora found me like this."

"Whose Zecora?" Applejack asked.

"Oh, I thought you knew. Shes the whole "evil enchantress" everyone here keeps whispering about. By the way, y'all need to stop judging ponies you don't know, its kinda rude and hateful."

"She lives in the Everfree Forest-"

"The safer part of the forest where she gather herbs and other plants to make natural cures to illnesses. From what I can tell, shes an Earth Pony whose Nationality specializes in using plants grown naturally to cure and promote greater health. Kinda like what y'all do here." Jack said with a shrug.

"Eeyup." Big Mac agreed.

"Wait big brother, did you know about her?"

"Eeyup."

"And you didn't tell me?"

"Nope."

"And you didn't why?"

"Learning experience." He announced with a grin.

"I like this guy. Hes awesome." Jack announced with a grin.

After that experience, it was natural for either me, or Zecora to visit the farm. Zecora not so much. Applejack tried to introduce me to her friends but I declined. But that was then.

Jack rolled to the side as the pillar he was hiding behind crumbled. "You know, that's getting really annoying. The whole killing me thing."

"Thou are still mocking me?!"

"No, not mocking, this just a coping mechanism. Anyways," Jack stood up, conjuring a sword. "Isn't it time for you to stop with this madness and relax?"

"Thou are a brave one, insect."

"Thou are a crazy one, beautiful." Jack said with a grim as Nightmare Moon actually blushed. "Oh look, you blushed. Maybe I am growing on you."

"Flirting with me will not save your hide." She said plainly before summoning a sword of her own.

"Well jeez, fine then." Jack sighed. "Enough talk. Have at you!"

Author's Note

I know that was an abrupt jump in the story but its suppose to be written like that. There will be flashbacks to his training, but all he does know is levitation and conjuration and from what I can tell, those are easy level abilities for unicorns.

"Angazi badinga umkhuba..." is Zulu for "I don't need practice". While I'm not a practicing linguist, I did cross reference the language through Babel fish and Google translate, and other translation. I wanted this in here because Zecora is a Zebra, and Zebras are in Africa. So, its quite easy to postulate that Zecora would know at least three languages, an African-language, French, and Traditional English (European English).