A War Upon Us

                                                            Chapter 3

                                                      A World You Know

I woke up with a supressed groan, and sat up. What I saw staring at me was a pair of purple eyes staring at me in wonder. My vision was blurry, but I could see the captivated look in the eyes. "Hmmm.." I said, "This is interesting". I hear a loud gasp from all around.

"H-He's alright!"

That voice... "No..." I thought. This can't be... How is it possible? I've apparently been teleported to Equestria! But, they don't know who I am, yet I know who they are... Twilight might have teleported me here, but she doesn't have massive power without the Elements of Harmony, unless... I look around me, and I was right. Even with my fuzzy vision, I could see that the Elements are all here. Magic, Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, and Loyalty.

"I have never seen anyone survive that kind of fall. I'm so glad he's okay."

"Me too, Fluttershy, but it might be a while before he recovers completely. To be honest, I'm surprised the spell worked at all, although, we were looking for a human, but I guess at least knowing I can do this helps."

Wait, what? But, I am a human. Unless... "Hey! Don't I get a say in this? I am the one we're talking about anyway." A slightly confused expression befell Twilight, but only for a brief moment. She laughed and continued to write in her book. She did reply though.

"Of course. The only reason why you're still here now is because of your injuries. What I was trying to do was bring a human here for any battle strategies we could get. But that is still going to take a lot of work. We have needed to be prepared for anything since the incident..."

She paused, then brought a hoof to her eye, to seemingly wipe away a tear. I could hear sniffles from all around, and immediately a stifled cry from Fluttershy.

Battle strategies? What for? Anyway... I instantly realized that something had happened, and proceeded to stop Twilight from discussing further. "You don't need to explain further. I can see the subject is difficult."

"Hmm... Th-thank you. Anyway, back t-to what we were discussing. Your opinion, then."

"Yes, I say you can keep me here in the library, but I want to be able to get around sometimes."

"I understand, and I accept."

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My life became very different than Earth, I actually had a home, and a good life. Living in Twilight's library was kinda fun, actually. I met Spike, who helped me get around a bit. He was a bit wary at first, as I was completely knew. He told me that I was out for a good three days. "How did I get here?"

"Twilight was testing a summon spell. She was trying to get a human, as one of the only things we know of them is their war tactics. Lots of stuff has been going on, and recently..."

He stopped, and sniffled. He seemed distraught, and for te same reason as the girls were upset. Again, the thing with "war"? This was never mentioned at all during the cartoon. Then again, what was everyone sad about? Did some horrible tragedy happen in this peaceful world? I decided I would find out later. "So, Spike. Since I am new here, would you mind showing me around?"

"Sure, uhhhh..."

"Blueblaze."

"Alright, sure Blueblaze."

We walked around Ponyville, with Spike showing me the sights and sounds of the familiar town. I loved every minute, and we stopped at Sugarcube Corner for lunch. It was beautiful, with shelves filled with dozens of cakes, brownies, cookies and the like. It made my mouth water just looking at it. I noticed Mrs. Cake behind the desk talking to customers, and I could hear Mr. Cake in the back room, making more of the famous desserts served here. Later on, we stopped at Sweet Apple Acres, and I talked to Granny Smith, but she rambled on for a while, talking about this year's harvesting plans. She went on and on, but eventually fell asleep. We silently tip-toed out, hoping to not wake her up again. We didn't go to Fluttershy's cottage, as I was hoping, but instead we circled back to the library and went inside. My injuries were taking affect again, and I sat down. Twilight was there, rummaging through the what seemed infinite amount of books in the library.