Chapters ( observe, many holidays, and or other days and events in this fic is mostly headcanon, which means I put my own interpretation into them, this is an " alternate universe" fic after all. And any musical lyrics in this fic, if they do make it in, will most likely be from a song that exists in real life, and the song and artist will be listed in the end of the fic. enjoy!)
Chapter 1.
The young human was sitting in his room. Just thinking, thinking about what he had done earlier today. Oh and writing of course. He usually did when he had been in an emotional situation. He looked at the few lines of what he had written, a song. The thing that was consistent through most of it was the line " everybody else is an asshole", the song ,to him atleast seemed to be about shifting blame because you refuse to take responsibility,which was ironic, since he was the actual asshole at the moment.
So, emotional situation, you ask?
This time, he had hurt Twilight sparkle. But in his defence, being the only human in a dimension he couldn't escape from, and constantly remembering that you would never ever get home again, could make you kind of an asshole.
So, what is the backstory to his arrival in equestria?
Well, the writer of this is exceptionally lazy this evening. But he is not going to be a complete idiot to you, so here we go.
Kyle, as his name was, was a young man, around 20 years of age. The human race was in its " top of evolutionary and technological power" , or well so they liked to say atleast. Truth is that a few extra technological discoveries doesn't do much if the majority of the species is a bunch dumb as rocks.
In any case, teleportation had gotten close to being perfected, inanimate objects, such as soda cans and flower bouquets had been teleported safely across vast distances, from one scientific lab to the next. And in a stroke of luck, Kyle had applied to one of such labs that offered vast amounts of money for live test subjects to be sent through molecular space, and they had accepted him in.
But no story that has cliches in it can go without a few mishaps here and there. When the teleportation device was started, and all the scientists had removed themselves from the immediate area of the machine, something went wrong.
As Kyle literally felt his molecules being torn apart by the machine, he thought that this was going to be his last doing as a human. Being the first casualty in the quest of reaching perfect teleportation.
in a sense, he was right. the scientists in the facility most likely think he is now dead, and his molecules lost into nothingness.
But what really happened was that his being was thrown from the human universe and into Equestria.
and I would believe that he caused much commotion when he arrived. He did not remember any of the first few days he arrived there of course, his impact with the town fountain in Ponyville was a very bloody and painful ordeal. In all honesty, he is lucky to still be alive.
But he had the very fine unicorn doctors in Ponyville to thank that his cranium was able to be healed, by magic of course.
So now he was sitting there, contemplating how he was to apologize. Calling Twilight a... He sighed, a FUCKING idiot, had been going too far, clearly.
And over what, him being cynical and thinking she was stupid for thinking that mankind could be good and nice and.. he sighed again, being able to put their differences aside.
He shouldn't have flown off the handle like that. He hated people, yes, and people ARE stupid, or were. But he should have had a back and forth, instead of calling her names and swearing at her.
" well, I definitely am the fucking idiot here. " he said to himself, closing the notebook that he had gotten from that teacher pony. What was her name again? the one with the dark pink coat. Now he remembered, Cherilee.
He reminded himself that he had to pay her back for it, even though she said he didn't have to, he felt it was his obligation to reimburse her for the cost.
He laid it on the bed, that the carpenter of the town had made for him. Another pony he had to pay back for their kindness and work, since they did it for free. Hell, they even built this small house he was in for free.
Sure, it was very small, but it still was a building, and it was on a nice patch of land, ironically the view he got was facing towards the town fountain.
not that it mattered to him, he still chuckled every time he thought about it.
He stood up. He had to go and apologize.
He opened the door and stepped out. Winter had come to equestria, looking out at the snow covered streets reminded him of something Twilights friend Applejack had talked to him about, some sort of ceremony to celebrate the end of winter or something, called the " winter wrap up" .
It was cold, he felt the low temperature bite and cut at his skin within the first minute of being outside. The clothes he was wearing, which was the only clothes he owned right now, I might add, was the ones that the laboratory in his own dimension has provided for him.
A dark coloured test suit, with a zipper, a utility belt, and many pockets placed on the legs and the chest. It didnt sit as tight as one would think, it felt like a normal kind of overall. Kyle had drawn the conclusion that they are wantign to send normal, everyday people through the machine and that the machine has to be compatiible with " casual" clothing.
The suit also had a helmet, but as you can surely understand, it was smashed into pieces when he arrived in equestria, but where it was, he didn't know. Rumour had it that a mint coloured unicorn had cleaned the blood off of it in the fountain water with its magic, and then ran away with it.
It didn't matter to him though, it had felt constricting and claustrophobic anyway.
The snow crunched under the weight of his feet as he went down the street.
" Dammit" He sighed to himself.
" i'll have to get this thing cold proofed or something. It might get expensive, and I don't know if the tailors here take payment by how long it takes to do, or if they have a set price for certain services."
He sighed again.
" It'll be worth it though, I don't want to freeze my balls off this winter. Or any winter that is."
He kept thinking to himself as he headed through town, moving towards Twilights library, occationally waving " Hi" to the towns patrons.
Apparently they are getting ready to celebrate their dimensions version of christmas. From how much Twilight had explained to him, it was called Hearth's warming eve, and instead of the day being dedicated to a religious martyr, it was dedicated to the foundation of Equestria, and is not only celebrated by giving eachother presents and wishing one another luck, it is also celebrated by performing a play, depicting the legend of how equestria was founded.
Kyle shivered by the time he arrived at the library, and his knuckles started to hurt really bad thanks to the cold when he knocked on the door.
It took a few moments before the door opened and Twilights assistant, Spike opened the door.
" oh, hi" he greeted, frowning slightly at kyle, who was now rubbing his hands together to conserve the heat in them.
" Is Twilight there?" Kyle asked, looking at Spike, hoping that he wouldn't have to stand out in the snow for too long.
" Yes she is. But..." The little dragon began.
" Oh great" Kyle thought to himself. " He is either gonna drag this out, or refuse to let me in, like a little asshole..."
" she is very upset with you"
Kyle groaned. " i know, and that's why I'm here. I need to apologize to her, and I don't want her to be upset longer than neccesary, well, it isnt neccesary at all. Which is why delaying my apology to her is a bad idea."
Spike nodded and took a step to the side, letting him in.
As Kyle stepped inside, he was greeted by the owl named Owlicious, who flew over his head with a loud " Hoo" .
Spike sighed and rolled his eyes at the Owl, who had now landed comfortable on top of one of the many bookshelves.
" Kyle, that's who!"
Kyle turned to Spike. " Technically, I think that whould be 'Whom'. And I don't think he is actually asking who, that's just how owls sound."
Spike blinked, then he closed his eyes, rubbing them with one hand. " Oh for celestias sake..."
He groaned and walked over to a pile of books which he had been sorting on one of the shelves before Kyle had knocked.
" Twilight is upstairs, in her room. If you make her more upset-"
" I know" Kyle interrupted. " The hospital will be wondering why my skull have been crushed again."
He moved his hand up to the top of his head, feeling one of the three bumps under his fingers. These bumps were pieces of his cranium pushed against the skin. It was the result of the careful surgeon work the doctors had made on him, and he would have to get used to it, because there wouldn't be any way to smoothe them out any time soon.
He walked up the stairs, trying to be as silent as he could as to not cause a ruckus and disturbing Twilight if she was doing anything, but he also wanted her to hear that he was coming up the stairs, so she could prepare to greet him.
He knocked carefully on the door to her room, waiting for her to answer.
" Come in." Her, despite the circumstances, warm and vibrant voice was heard from inside.
He opened the door and went inside.
Twilight was sitting in front of her desk, the one facing the window which was at the moment displaying a wonderful sundown.
" Hi Twilight" He said as the purple alicorn turned around to face him.
" Oh hi kyle" she replied, oddly enough, without a sign of irritation, or anger in her voice.
Her eyes widened a bit when she looked at him, his face still red from the cold outside.
" Don't tell you walked all the way here in the cold, you know that your clothes donsn't keep you very warm." She walked up to him with a stern look on her face as she spoke.
" Yes, I know that, but I had to talk to you. I want to apologize."
She raised her head a bit when she heard this.
" Apologize?"
" Yes" He continued. " I want to apologize for being so awful towards you earlier. I mean, calling you a.. well, I'm ashamed, and I'm sorry for being such a horrible person."
Twilight look up at him, he was almost twice as tall as she was, but that was to be expected, even in his own world, humans were taller than ponies.
" Apology accepted" She said after a few moments.
" But" Twilight continued.
" I did wonder why you got so upset, and in hindsight, it might have been wrong of me to talk about your kind and your home world, especially knowing that you will never see either of them again." as she said this, she gave him a sympathetic look.
" And I understand that you got angry for that, and I apologize for-"
Kyle interrupted her.
" You dont have to apologize to me, sure, that WAS the reason that I flew off the handle, but that isnt an excuse to swear at you. So please, don't apologize."
Twilight closed her mouth, but smiled and nodded at him, not in defeat, more like a very strategical retreat.
" Allright, as long as it will stop us from entering another argument, then I will oblige with you."
Kyle smiles and lets out a sigh of relief.
" That makes me feel much better." He looked up and notice that the sun had gone down completely, and that the night had begun.
" Well, it looks like I have to go home and get ready for the night. I heard that people have stuff to do at daytime, since hearth's warming eve is coming up. I think I might be able to help people with the things they need help with."
Twilight blinked at him.
" People? What do you mean?"
Kyle chuckled.
" you know, like you say 'everypony' and 'anypony' and my kind says, 'everyone' and 'anyone'"
Twilight nodded again, smiling.
" Yeah, I remember you talking about that, when I asked you about your dimension." Her wings flapped in excitement, she was clearly eager to talk more about the subject, but she did realize the time was not right.
" Well, I'm heading home now. You take care allright?" Kyle said as he turned around to the door.
" I will follow you home tonight."
this made him smile.
" Are you sure it isn't too cold, Princess?"
She groaned as he said it.
" I told you, you dont need to call me that, it's a difference those periods of time I stay in canterlot and im surrounded by servants and guards. But when im here, as a librarian, I just want people to call me by my name."
Kyle opened the door and held it open to let Twilight go through first.
" understandable, and I'm only teasing you."
This made them both giggle as they went downstairs.
They were both walking down the street, at a faster pace than Kyle had when he walked alone, but that was only because Twilight wanted to be considerate about the cold. She was lucky that she had a coat that covered her from head to hoof.
Kyle looked up into the sky, at the stars above them, twinkling serenely as they whirled through space.
" things aren't so different here" He said to Twilight as they walked.
" i like space." he continued.
" Back home, I used to enjoy movies, books, and video games about science fiction,space travels and what have you. It's a bit ironic that.. I don't WAN'T this to sound rude, but this unfortunate situation I'm in is caused by said science."
Twilight nodded, understanding what he meant.
" But I'm here now, and I'll have to get used to things here, and that I'm different."
" It won't be such a hassle though" Twilight filled in.
" Zecora is a zebra, and people have taken her in. And we have a few saddle-arabians living in canterlot aswell."
Kyle smiled and sighed.
" I know what you mean, but zecora and the saddle-whatevers are still equines, there isn't exactly an elephant living in a house outside The apple family farm right? But they do have that big pigsty, damn that pig they have is a fat fuck ain't it?"
Twilight couldn't hold her laugh in.
" Hahahah! Oh sweet celestia, Kyle! Never let Applejack hear you say that. She will kick you right back into the hospital!"
Kyle chuckled. " Well, thats only one possible way of me dying in this play, offend one pony and I'll have hoofmarks all over my face."
They stopped as they reached the small house that he lived in.
" Thank you for following me here, will you get back in time to whatever you were doing?" Kyle asked her, he didn't want her to miss any work that she had to do.
" Don't you worry" She replied, spreading her wings.
" I can fly back home after all."
Kyle smiled and gave her a hug, which Twilight gave back, using her wings, wrapping them around his waist.
As she flew away, Kyle sighed, turned around and walked into his house.
He took off the boots he had on before heading straight to the bed. As he laid down on the bed, he closed the blinds, keeping the moonlight from keeping him awake.
As he closed his eyes he let out a heavy breath.
Getting used to living here will take a very long time.
chapter 2
Kyle was ashamed, not because he had done something. Or, technically he had, but it wasn't his fault.
He had gone up early, wanting to be up and ready for the day. He had gone into the shower, which made him think how selective the technological advancements in equestria actually was. Showers, and lokomotives, but no guns or anything else close to it.
He had chuckled to himself while thinking. " I guess spears and iron armour won't help the royal guard very much when someone realize they can ram a whole fucking train right into the canterlot castle."
After the shower he had put on his clothes, and his boots, and as he was going to go out the door, he fell asleep. His whole body leaning face first into the door.
After a few hours, when the sun had risen and a lot of ponies were out and about their day, Twilight and her friend Fluttershy had knocked on his door.
The mumbling he had made in his sleep was mistaken for a muffled " Come in" and when Twilight opened the door, Kyle fell face first onto the ground. Luckily all he damaged was his nose, the amount of blood that gushed through it made them think that he had died.
Luckily he didn't, and his injury was quickly fixed by Fluttershy, goof thing she knew how to put cotton into a nose of an animal other than a pony, or any other kind of animal she had even taken care of.
The facial expression on Kyles face wasn't a happy one, as we already explained he was very ashamed.
" In all fairness, i did try to be up in good time to help people out." Kyle defended himself.
Fluttershy smile up at him as they walked down the road.
"It's nice of you to want to help ponies out with whatever they need help with. These things do happen sometimes after all." She said to him.
"Rainbow dash have done far worse, and that is when she had been fully awake"
Twilight nodded, and Kyle turned to Fluttershy.
"what did she do?"
"She was practicing her flying and ended up breaking her own wing, and after that she broke into the hospital she was being treated at to get a book back."
Kyle thought for a moment, processing the information.
"i guess that the 'far worse' part is breaking into the hospital, after all sometimes you do hurt yourself during practice."
Fluttershy nodded, absolutely, but the fun part is that Twilight introduced her to the book, and she could have borrowed it from her."
"But she was ashamed to admit she liked the book and to admit it to you?" Kyle filled in.
"how did you know that?" both of the ponies said in unison.
"It sounded like something that would happen in a story. like a cliche." he explained. " i just guessed".
Twilight blinked, then nodded to herself.
As they continued walking, they heard a british sounding voice along with a bell.
"Donate to the Ponyville and Canterlot Orphanage! Help fillies and colts without parents have a warm, loving Hearth's warming eve this year!"
The little colt, with a white coat and brown spots, looked over to Kyle and smiled.
"Hi sir! Do you have any bits to donate to the lonely little ponies in the orphanages?"
Kyle sighed as he felt a pain inside from not being able to help, since he didn't have anything.
He walk up to the little pony and kneeled down.
"I'm sorry little guy. I wish i could. I didn't have a house here, and the nice ponies of the town helped me by building one for me, and i couldn't imagine having a home, or anyone to help and take care of me."
The pony looked up at him, looking a bit confused.
Kyle continued.
"There is a lot of ponies i need to pay back for their help. What is your name, little guy?"
"Pipsqueak, sir."
"You know what Pipsqueak? You're doing a good job. You're a good pony. MY name is Kyle, remember me next time you are collecting for the ponies that have it worse than the rest of us. By then, im sure that i have enough money to donate, and i promise to help as much as i can."
He ruffled Pipsqueaks hair, earning a smile from the little pony.
"Me and a friend of mine knows how it is to be alone and how it is to feel helpless, we want to do our best." He said as he smiled up at Kyle.
Kyle smiled back at him. "Keep working hard, and have a good day."
"oh i will sir!"
Kyle stood up, wiped the snow off his knees and went back to Twilight and Fluttershy, who had walked up to look at Pipsqueaks and Kyles exchange.
"What a sweet little colt" Fluttershy said, a happy expression on her face.
"He is going to be a nice stallion when he grows up " Twilight added.
After a while of walking they ended up inside the town cafe, called " The sugarcube corner".
Twilight and Fluttershy knew all three ponies that was working there, a husband and a wife, Mr and Mrs Cake, and one more of Twilights and Fluttershys friends, a pink mare, with even more pink fluffy hair, named Pinkie pie.
Kyle wasn't even surprised that her name had the colour of her coat in it.
When he was introduced to her, she started to bounce around and talk about parties. She was interrupted by Twilight, who reminded her that me, and all of their other friends were supposed to have a get together in the library that evening.
Mr and Mrs Cake was trotting around, giving different sugary treats to the customers there. Pinkie pie was there to help them during the hearth's warming rush.
Kyle offered his help and it was well welcomed by the owners of the face, aswell as Pinkie pie, who started talking about baking cupcakes, muffins and other sweets.
When Kyle and Pinkie pie walked into the back, heading into the kitchen area, Twilight and Fluttershy had left the cafe, saying that they were going to go and buy some things for the get together later that evening.
Pinkie pie took an apron form one of the hangers on the wall and turned to Kyle.
"So, you're from another dimension, how is it there? Do you have ponies there too? Do you have cupcakes? What about muffins?"
This barrage of questions didn't surprise Kyle, it was to be expected. As he helped Pinkie pie with preparing and putting cupcakes and other treats into the different ovens to bake.
When they got time for a quick break, Kyle looked around. He saw some ingredients on the table in front of himself and Pinkie pie.
The talk about his home had reminded him that he could make something from home. He noticed that there was a few pots on the wall, some butter and some cream in front of him.
He turned to Pinkie pie, who was quite loudly eating a chocolate chip cookie.
"Do you think the Cakes would let me make something from my home dimension?"
She closed the mouth she had been chewing with as she swallowed and looked at him.
"They might do, but we must make sure there is enough ingredients, and to be careful we don't use too much, in case it isnt enough for something later on."
Kyle walked over to the kitchen door, looking out into the front area, where the customers and the register were.
"Mrs cake?" he asked as he saw her walk past.
"yes dear? " she replied, putting some gold coins into the register.
"I was thinking that i could cook up a certain winter candy from back home. All i need is some butter, some cream, almonds, sugar and some golden syrup. Do you have some i can use?"
She looked interested and nodded.
"of course dear. Go ahead, we might be able to convince some of the customers to taste it. How long will it take?"
Kyle thought, trying to remember the exact details of the recipe.
"Hmm. If i remember correctly, im supposed to let the mix simmer for an hour, and then put it in the freezer, so i might have a batch or two ready in a few hours."
She smiled at him.
"As long as you and Pinkie make sure that you bake everything else that needs to be baked, i will allow it."
"thank you" He said before heading back into the kitchen.
"Allright!" He exclaimed, picking the ingredients he needed from the table and the cupboards in the kitchen.
"Pinkie. Look closely, for i am to show you how to make a winter candy, inherited from my scandinavian ancestors! they are called 'Breaks'"
"oooh, 'Breaks'" Pinkie pie echoed as she bounced up and down, looking at all the ingredients being mixed into the pot they had put on the stove.
"Why are they called that?" she asked.
"it's not because they break your teeth is it? That wouldn't be very pleasurable."
He chuckled.
"No, not at all. They're called that because of how nicely they break into tasty, sweet pieces when you chew on them. "
"that does sound tasty" Pinkie said, licking her lips.
"So how do we make them?"
Time went on as all the cupcakes, muffins and breaks got done. The breaks got a good welcome with the ponies of the town who loved them. They sold every single break that Kyle and Pinkie had cooked up, and the Cakes got quite a bit of extra money from them.
When the Cakes told Kyle and Pinkie that they could deal with the amount of customers from then on, Mrs cake gave Kyle a bag filled with bits.
"how much is this?" he asked weighing the bag in his hand.
"Its one hundred bits, we earned a lot thanks to your homemade candies, and i think you should get some of it"
He raised his eyebrow at her.
"but this is far too much to be from just my candies, we didnt make that many? "
She smiled, looked around to make sure no one was listening to them, then she lowered her voice a bit.
"i know, but i heard that you have some debts you need to pay back to some of the ponies in town, and consider this a gift from me to you, a down payment to some of those services you got."
Kyle smiled and nodded.
"Bless your heart, Mrs Cake."
She giggled and pushed her hoof against his chest.
"Oh don't worry about it, it is my pleasure."
After saying goodbye to everyone, and saying "see you later." to Pinkie pie, he walked out of The sugarcube corned.
He breathed in the cold evening air, feeling it sting slightly in his nose, that no longer had the cotton in it, the bleeding had been stifled long ago.
He looked around, trying to remember which way was leading to Twilights library.
Then, in the distance, he heard that bell again. He smiled and started to walk towards it.
Pinkie pie was looking around the corner of one of the buildings she was standing next to. She had seen Kyle walk in the opposite direction of The library, and wondered where he was going.
She smiled at what she saw.
Kyle had walked up to Princess Lunas friend, the little colt Pipsqueak and gave him what seemed to be half of all the bits he had in a leather bag.
The little colt was beaming with happiness and had given him a hug, thanking him repeatedly, saying "I will tell my friend about you!"
She smiled and turned around, heading towards Raritys boutique.
"what a nice guy" She thought to herself. " Even though he has ponies that he needs to pay, he still gave a lot to those who need help. I wonder what the element of generosity will think about him when i tell her?" She giggled and started to trot faster.
Kyle smiled as he got closer to the library. He felt very good about himself after speaking to Pipsqueak and giving half of his money to the orphanages.
He knocked on the library door before opening it and saying.
"it's me, Kyle."
"Kyle, come in, please, come in!" Twilight said, walking to greet him.
"Did everything at Sugarcube corner go well?" She asked as Kyle wiped his feet at the doormat.
"It went well, i made some winter candy from back home, i brought some of that with me for you guys, and i got a bit of money from Mrs Cake, to help pay all the ponies that i owe."
He decided to not tell Twilight about donating half of it, knowing her, she'd tell him that it would be better to make sure he doesn't have any debt before giving money to others.
"that was very nicee of her." Fluttershy said, sitting by the table with a cup of steaming chocolate milk in front of her.
Owlicious was sitting on the table, in the middle of it, and greeted him with a "Hoo!".
Spike waved at Kyle where he was standing in front of the fireplace, his butt turned towards it.
They all sat down at the table and started talking. Kyle handed a few pieces of "breaks" to his new friends, and they enjoyed them. He wanted to save the rest for when the other ponies would come over.
He didn't have to wait long though, after a little while, there was another knock on the door.
Chapter 3.
Kyle had always been a bit nervous when meeting new people, it was something about introducing a new person to who you are that didn't tickle his fancy in a good way.
The good thing was that he had already met Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, and of course Twilight.
First there was a light blue coloured pegasus with a rainbow coloured mane. Just as with pinkie pie and her pink mane and coat, he wasn't too suprised to hear that her name was Rainbow dash.
"Pleased to meet you, Ms.Dash" He said and shook her hoof, just to be polite.
After her, was Pinkie pie, bouncing between two other ponies, a white unicorn and a orange coloured earth pony, as they were called.
The unicorn had the manners of a upper class lady, and she looked the part too, wearing something that looked like a formal dress. He couldn't be sure though, he had known nothing about dresses back home, here he knew even less.
Her 'upper class lady' manners showed even more in the way she held up her hoof for him to greet her. In hindsight he figured that she probably expected him to kiss her hoof, but he had placed one hand under her hoof and one softly on top of her hoof and given her a welcoming squeese, which she had seemed content with. Her name was Rarity.
The orange pony seemed to be the opposite of Rarity, not in a " she is totally a bum" way. She was a country girl. Her hair in a ponytail, and a cowboy hat on top of her head. The energy that she greeted Kyle with felt to him that she was shaking his hand instead of the opposite. Not that it mattered, aslong as he gave her a good impression.
They all went inside and the get together started. They ate cookies, that was very similar to gingerbread cookies, drank some warm chocolate and chatted with eachother.
"So, kyle." Rarity, said as she levitated a cup if chocolate up in front of herself, the cup glowing with a bluish cloud around it.
"Is there anything you can tell us about where you are from? Anything from your home that you could show us?"
Kyle stopped chewing on the piece of Break he had in his mouth, which was taken well by Twilights friends, and swallowed before answering.
"To be honest, there isnt much to show. I mean, we happen to speak a language that is the same in both worlds, so there's that. I guess my clothes are the only thing that I can show you."
He ran his hand over his suit. As it ran over some of the pockets on his leg, he felt something.
"I should clean it too, the pockets are gettign full of lint and dust." He said, grabbing the edge of the pocket and shaking it.
A sudden sound caught him off guard and make him jump slightly in his seat.
"what was that? was that.. a coin?" He asked out loud, as he leaned down, looking for it on the floor.
The ponies and Spike followed him with their eyes as he sat back up, holding a silver looking coin in his hand.
"huh.." He said.
"I don't remember having this."
"What is that on it's side? " Applejack said, pointing with her hoof at the coin.
Kyle turned the coin around and looked at the profile of a mans face on it.
"Oh right. That is the king of sweden." He started to explain, remembering more about the coin now.
"On certain coins and money bills we have monarchs, and persons of historical value imprinted upon them."
Rarity put her cup down, looking very interested at the mention of royalty and historical importance.
"So your home country was a monarchy?" She asked, looking right at him.
"Both yes and no.." He started slowly, scanning through his brain for the correct information.
"Let's say that a few hundred years ago the people of equestria overthrew the royal family and instated a democracy, but still kept the royal family with royalty status, to still have a bit of importance, for traditions sake. That's how it started atleast." He explained, looking at the monarchs face on the coin.
"The king of sweden as he is today, he is more like a person with a title, but that title doesn't allow him to do anything of importance, we use him as advertisement for our country."
Rarity nodded.
"I don't fully understand, but I think I get the idea."
"I think there should be some text on it aswell." Kyle continued, as he turned the coin again.
On that side it said " 1 KR " And around the curved edge it said. " A dream about a home across the sea".
He read this out loud.
"Sounds like a poem!" Pinkie pie exclaimed.
This was followed by a chuckle from Rainbow dash.
"Ha! You're all a bunch of poets aren't you!"
This earned her a look from Fluttershy, which seemed to scare her a bit, and she quieted down.
"I guess so." Kyle said, putting the coin on the table.
"Anyone can take it, I don't want it."
"why not?" Twilight asked, looking at him with a worried look.
"it's best not to linger on what i've left behind, I can't go back, and I wish not to be reminded of it further."
He ran his hand over his chin and cheek, both of them feeling prickly. He had to shave, or maybe he didn't. After all he could start anew here, try things he hadn't tried before.
"Kyle?"
He looked up.
"yes?"
Pinkie pie was waving her hoof at him.
"Can I have another piece of Break?"
"Can I have one too?" Spike and Rainbow dash asked simultaneously.
He smiled.
"Yeah sure. Just take as many as you want, I can make more."
He chuckled to himself as Pinkie pie and Rainbow dash had a small scuffle over who had taking too many Breaks, and Spike seizing the moment to grab quite a bit of them for himself.
"I also heard that you had done a very good thing today Kyle" Rarity commented, smiling at him, blinking with those big eyelashes at him.
"Oh crap, this isn't good." He thought in a panic to himself.
"yes he totally did!" Pinkie pie popped up from under the table.
"He went-"
Kyle looked at her, waving his hand in a quick cutting motion under his jaw, his face saying
"Cut it cut it cut it cut it" While his eyes darted quickly back and forth between Twilight and Pinkie pie.
Pinkie pie understood, gave him a wink, and then turned to Twilight, wrapping a hoof around Rarity, and speaking in a " I'm super convincing" voice.
"You know, he went to the sugarcube corner and gave EVERYONE a piece of Breaks, you know, the thing I told you!"
All the ponies looked at her, confused.
"But pinkie." Twilight said, raising her eyebrow at her pink fluffy friend.
"We ALL know that, Kyle told us, remember?"
Pinkie pie blinked, and then she let out a "Oooooh!". Almost like a " oh I see"
As they all went back to chatting normally with eachother Kyle noticed Pinkie pie whispering something to Rarity, and the white unicorn nodding.
Kyle smiled at Pinkie and gave her a thumbs up.
Pinkie smiled back and put her left hoof to her mouth, she blew into it and a small finger looking appendage appeared on her other hoof, it almost looked like a little thumb. She raised it to him, smiling widely.
"Well, good thing that that won't give me any nightmares whatsoever" He said to himself, taking a sip of warm chocolate.
Kyle was sitting in his bathroom, Hearths warming eve was over, or it had been over for a few days, but all the sweets and equestrian hearths warming food had gotten to his stomach, and there he was.
Even though he hadnt been able to get anyone any gifts, due to the circumstances, he had gotten one present each from all his new friends.
From Twilight, he got a book on pony technology, if he knew her right then it was just to compare his home dimensions and Equestrias later on. Fluttershy had given him a book too, a book listing Equestrias animals, apparently they have some animals in Equestria that were only mythical creatures back home, and it would definitely be an interesting read.
Rainbow dash had gotten him a pair of flying goggles, since he couldn't fly they turned into a good fashion accessory.
And speaking of fashion, Rarity had managed to get his measurements thanks to volunteering to wash his suit, and had made him a undershirt and a pair of underpants to wear under the suit to keep his warmth better out in the cold.
Applejack had given him a barrel of sweet apple acres cider, with a tap you could open and close too.
Pinkie pie had gotten him a bowl of different chocolates and candies, and a pair of funny glasses with the eyes bobbing out.
He had been very thankful for the gifts and had given them all a big group hug, which had made the girls smile and giggle.
He was taken back to reality as he was reminded of the cold porcelain against his back as he had leaned back a bit.
He sighed.
"Good thing they have toilets, my god it would have been horrible if they didn't."
He chuckled.
"Oh home bowl, you make me feel comfortable and safe."
Still thinking to himself, he reached to get some paper. " Good thing all the facilities are working without error, I mean how much misery can-"
His sentence was cut short as he felt that the paper roll was empty.
"... DAMN IT!"
Rainbow dash was flying around over Ponyville, even though it was the holiday season she couldn't let her duties as a weather pony go undone. If a huge winter tornado suddenly swept through town, she would have too much to deal with. And she thought it better to prevent a problem before it could appear.
As she flew around, she noticed Kyle sitting outside his house on a chair.
"huh" she thought to herself.
"The way he sits, he looks exactly like Lyra" She shrugged, and kicked the last cloud into nothingness before flying down to her new friend.
"Hey there " she said, landing in front of him.
He was reading the book Twilight had given him, when she had greeted him. He looked up, and she felt a bit of happiness as she noticed he had the flying goggles places around his head.
"Hey there, yourself Rainbow dash." He greeted her as he reached for a mug that he had put in the snow next to his chair.
"I really have to tell applejack that her cider tastes wonderful" He said before taking a gulp and then putting the mug down again.
"Well yeah, it is some of the most sought after ciders this side of canterlot" Rainbow dash said, eyeing the mug greedily.
"Can I take a sip?" She asked, her wings flapping once in hope.
"Sure go ahead"
"THANKS!" she exclaimed as she did her best to calmly walk forward and drink a bit.
"you ponies are so nice. you should have seen me this morning, here I was toilet trouble, and then I realize I'm out of paper." Kyle said, placing a bookmark at the page in the book he was at before closing it.
"thankfully I have that small window in there, so I got help from a pony who was willing to run and buy a roll of paper for me. It was really nice."
A loud burp made him look at Rainbow dash, who was now sitting on the ground, licking her lips and the mug empty on the ground in front of her.
"Ive heard about eating like a horse, but I'm not sure there is a saying for a horse drinking cider" he commented, raising his eyebrow at her.
"uh.. I'm sorry" Rainbow dash said, feeling a bit ashamed at her display.
"don't worry about it" He replied, putting the book on the chairs arm rest.
"It feels good to pig out from time to time, right?"
She nodded. "Yeah, especially after a day of work, or on a day off. I love doing that and reading Daring do!"
"So you like to read?"
She turned her head a bit.
"Well yeah, but only Daring do, I like action and adventure. not the kind of books you and Twilight are reading."
He chuckled.
"Too bad that I don't have any books from back home. You would have been amazed at the science-fiction we had. Spaceships, lasers, explosions, strange and dangerous planets, filled with aliens and other stuff."
"That does sound awesome." Rainbow dash said as she stood up.
"Well, I have to fly back home now. But hey, maybe we could hang out sometime and talk about those cool sounding books?"
She started flapping her wings, hovering in front of him.
"absolutely" He replied.
"and we could grab something to eat or drink and chat about other stuff too."
Rainbow dash looked away and coughed.
"uh, yeah. that sounds fine. but hey gotta go. see ya!" And she was gone in a flash.
Kyle grabbed the book and the mug, heading inside his house, closing the door behind him.
Rainbow dash was flying through the air, heading towards her home on the clouds. She didn't know why she was flying so fast, it totally wasn't to get rid of the blush she had felt growing on her cheeks.
nope, not at all.