Tale of Two Bronies

Tale of Two Bronies
A 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic' Self-Insert Fanfiction
by milesprower06 and FenixTheFox93

Chapter 1
Welcome Party

When feeling slowly began to return to my body, I felt soft ground beneath me, and heard the distant chirping of crickets. Leaves and tree branches bristled in the soft breeze. Sitting up, I had that feeling of waking from a long, deep sleep. I opened my eyes, and hazy shades of green and brown filled my retinas. Blinking to clear my vision, I quickly got my bearings; a thick, dark forest.

“Dude, we're here. We're actually here!” a familiar voice said. I turned, and there was Brady, already standing, seven feet from me. Looking around one more time, I realized where we were.

The Everfree Forest.

The key difference was that it looked a bit different. It was a cross between the flash animation of the show, and the realistic appearance of our own world. As I continued to take in my surroundings, I noticed that someone, or rather, somepony, was missing.

“Where's Pinkie? And how do we know which way is to Ponyville?” I asked. Brady joined in taking in the trees and plants around us, and pointed to our left.

“Look, over there, just before the clearing.” he said. I glanced over, and there was a cluster of small, blue-leafed plants on the forest floor.

“The poison joke!”

“Yep, and I'm guessing it's the same cluster at the entrance to the forest.”

We approached the clearing, and taking great care to not come in contact with the Poison Joke, we made our way out onto the dirt path. It was hard to recognize anything in the now slightly realistic-looking Equestria. Judging by the sky, it was also quickly approaching dusk. How long had we been laying there in the forest?

After five minutes of walking, we came across a bridge next to a literal treehouse. After a moment, we recognized it as Fluttershy's house. Brady ran up the front walk and gently knocked. We heard some scurrying of small animals on the other side, obviously disturbed by the knock, but otherwise, no one came to answer.

“She must be in Ponyville.” he said, and we continued down the path.

As we slowly approached town, with the sun getting lower and lower on the horizon, we caught the suspicious eyes of some ponies out for evening strolls. They looked rather identical to the way they looked in Garry's Mod. And we guessed they seldom saw humans in Equestria, if at all. Continuing to walk towards the center of town, we began to hear lively music coming from none other than Sugarcube Corner. A rather panicked pony ran inside, and moments later, a pair of balloons and confetti popped out, instantly followed by a pink head with curly poofy hair. Pinkie Pie.

“Oh THERE you are! Geez Louise, what kind of welcome party is it if the guests of honor don't show up!”

Pinkie sprang out of the door and happily took hold of our arms and dragged us inside. We barely managed to stay on our feet. She firmly placed us on the welcome mat just inside the front door. Sugarcube Corner had been spectacularly decorated, in typical Pinkie Pie fashion. Streamers hung all over the ceiling, confetti was scattered everywhere over the floor, and balloons had been strung up wherever something could be tied.

“Hey everypony, they're finally here!” she announced, and we were met with the gaze of about two dozen ponies in the main lobby.

Five of whom, we instantly recognized.

A few of the ponies shared whispered murmurs.

“Well don't be shy, introduce yourselves to everypony!” Pinkie encouraged.

“Um...hi everybody, err- everypony. My name's Jake.”

“And I'm Brady.”

We sheepishly waved, still dealing with the overwhelming sense of awe, and barely managing to contain our enthusiasm.

“Isn't that shirt just the greatest?” Pinkie said, pointing at Brady's hoodie. “Dashie, look at Jake's!”

The all-too-familiar cyan Pegasus pony poked out above of the crowd, her wings flapping gently, keeping her aloft, she leered at me, and gasped upon seeing my hoodie. I expected accusations of being a spy, but what I received was quite different. She zoomed at me, coming to a halt directly in front of me.

“Ohmygoshohmygosh! That is SO AWESOME! I have a fan from another world!” she squeed happily.

“Just one of many, I can assure you.” I said.

“So you actually exist.” another familiar voice said, Twilght Sparkle coming up to greet us. “Everything I read in my studies said humans were mythological creatures.”

“If it's any consolation, most of us think the same thing about Pegasi and Unicorns.” Brady said with a chuckle.

“Pinkie said you knew us! You must, with those somewhat fashionable shirts. How?” Rarity asked.

Hmm. How to explain this one?

“We have a...um...magical box called a television. We've watched several of Twilight's adventures with you guys.” I explained.

“Yeah, just before Pinkie came through the television, we saw you guys defeat Discord.” Brady continued.

“We did that just this morning. Actually, this party was going to be a celebration of that, and then Pinkie came back and said she had some surprise guests. To be perfectly honest, we had no idea what she was talking about.” Applejack said.

“Yeah. I was expecting you guys to drop down right next to me, but I guess we got separated somewhere along the way. Where did you guys land, anyway?”

“The Everfree Forest.”

Some of the party's other guests gave a shudder.

“That place just isn't natural.” Applejack said.

“Well, it's perfectly natural where we come from. Maybe it's a sliver of our world. After all, I don't think Princesses raise our sun and moon.” Brady interjected.

The idea was incredibly foreign to Ponyville's residents.

“You mean they do it by themselves?” Rarity asked.

I shrugged.

“No one's sure.”

“Who knows, maybe Princess Celestia and Princess Luna raise your sun and moon too!” Twilight suggested.

“If they do, we have no idea that they do it.” Brady answered, deciding to entertain the idea.

“Somepony's missing...” Pinkie said, eying the room.

“Ah-ha! Fluttershy, come say hi!”

“Um...okay.”

Brady and I truly had to strain to contain our inner squeeing as Fluttershy slowly made her way up to us with the rest of her friends. She came up to us and barely managed to look at us from behind her hair. It reminded both of us with her first encounter with Twilight.

“H-hi. Nice to meet you.” she said, offering a small smile.

“Nice to meet you too, Fluttershy. Quite a few humans back home are fans of yours.” I greeted.

“Oh? That's nice. What do they like about me?”

“A lot of 'em think you're the cutest one in Ponyville.” Brady answered.

“Oh, no. My animals are much cuter than me.” she answered modestly.

We had no intention of embarrassing the animal caretaker, so we made no mention of the incident at the Gala, or when she was 'Discorded'.

“Man, I'm hungry. I haven't had a bite to eat all day.” Brady said.

“Then let's beat feet and get somethin' to eat!” Pinkie lively announced, zooming into the kitchen and coming immediately back with a tray of hot, fresh cupcakes. These, in particular, had light blue frosting. We each took one, and my mischievous side took over. I waited until the precise moment that Brady took his first bite.

“Gee, I wonder what's in these.” I said, taking my first bite and watching Brady nearly choke on his. I giggled and smiled at him with a mouthful of the dessert. He leered at me.

“Oh, making cupcakes is super easy! ~All you have to do is take a cup of flour add it to the-”

“Pinkie! You have been singing that from the kitchen for two hours!” Rainbow annoyingly said.

“~Then add a little something sweet not sour, a bit of salt, just a pinch!” Brady continued, surprising Pinkie and the annoyed Rainbow.

“We...we saw that part too.” he said, blushing just slightly.

“At least the Hoomahns like my singing, Dashie.” Pinkie shot back, giggling.

“Humans, Pinkie. Hu-mans.” Twilight corrected, trying to get the proper pronunciation into the party pony's head.

“Seeing as you are Ponyville's newest guests, I would be thrilled to see if I can make you two some stunning new clothes over at Carousel Boutique. It'll certainly be fun to experiment! I've never tailored for anything other than ponies.” Rarity offered.

“And if you ever want to go for a nice quiet walk, I know the nicest gardens around Ponyville. I'd be happy to show them to you. That is, if you want to...” Fluttershy timidly suggested.

“And don't forget about comin' on down to Sweet Apple Acres. It'd be swell to give you two a tour of the farm!” Applejack added. So it would seem that our itinerary was filling up fast, and that there would be no shortage of things to do. As we continued devouring all manners of sweets, we thought the sugar high would go on forever.

But soon, surprisingly, as the sun went below the horizon and the party began to die down, we felt tired; as if we'd been awake all day. As the music was turned to a quieter level, we found two comfortable chairs, sank down into them, and drifted off to sleep.