Out of Place

Chapter 3

The Four Horsemen

“Mister, you seem to have fainted. Mister, please wake up.” I heard a gentle voice say out of the darkness.

“Fuggoff..!” I manage to mumble. I had completely forgotten about the creatures in the room.

“I’m just trying to help,” I heard the gentle voice say again. “You were talking in your sleep and you’re covered in sweat.” this didn't surprise me at all.

“Fluttershy, are you sure you should be doing that? He could be dangerous.” came another voice, this however did surprise me.

I opened my eyes to find a yellow creature with pink hair in front of me, staring with excitement.

“He’s waking up, he’s waking up!!” said the pink one behind her with bubbly pink hair jumping up and down.

I opened my mouth to scream but nothing came out but a small, pathetic whimper.

“Not quite what I was expecting from a creature as big as that but he does seem to be in shock.” The white one with purple hair said to itself.

“Y-you can t-talk..” I stumble.

“Of coarse we can, why is that a surprise to you.” the Lavender coloured one said with confusion.

“They can talk… they can talk… they can talk… oh God… they can talk…” I whisper putting my head in my hands.

It was about to speak again but was interrupted by the one named, Fluttershy.

“Quick, the other one is waking up”

And with that I crawled as fast as I could over to the woman laying against the wall next to me.

“Sophie, are you OK? Can you hear me?” I asked tapping on her shoulder.

My answer came quick as she waved a hand at me. I sighed in relief trying to ignore the creatures behind me.

“What happened?” she asked, her eyes still closed.

“Long story short: you fainted, one of them talked, I fainted.” I said quickly trying to wake her up more.

She opened her eyes and saw the seven equine creature thingy’s behind me.

“I… ermmm… what?” Was the only thing that she could say.

But before anything could say another word, there was a knock on the door.

“Kirk, Sophie? Are you in there?” a voice called from the other side.

Instantly I rushed over to the door, opened it, stepped out and closed it again in one swift movement. I turned around to face two men.

“Kirk? What are you doing? Where’s my sister?” The first one asked with confusion.

“She’s in there” I say pointing to the door. “Now Percy, I have to warn you…”

“Warn me about what?”

“Ju-just don’t attack them… we don’t know if their dangerous yet, well, they don’t seem to be anyway…”

“Attack what? Kirk, what’s going on?” Percy asked with more demand.

“You’ll see, all that goes for you too Lance.”

The second man just simply nodded. I put my hand on the doorknob and prepare to open it.

“Now, do you promise not to do anything irrational.” I ask with a serious face.

“Yes, whatever, just open the damn door.” he demanded, almost pushing me out the way.

I hesitate, breathing heavily, then open the door. Both Lance and Percy stepped inside staring. Lance at the wall and Percy at the equines.

“Well.” was all Percy said.

“What? What do you mean by ‘Well’?” Lance asked, still staring at the wall.

“there are… one, two, three, four, five, six, seven… Seven weird alien equine looking things in the room.” Percy said, counting all the creatures.

All seven of them didn't like that fact that they were called ‘weird alien equine things’.

“Guys, I really don’t appreciate you pulling these sorts of jokes on me. Is this because I’m blind?” Lance asked un-amused.

“What?! No, we would never do such a thing, and you know it.” I say also un-amused at the fact that he even thought of us doing something so cruel.

“No, Lance, there are really seven creatures in the room. And Percy, why are you so calm about this?!” Sophie asked looking at her brother.

“Meh, I’ve seen worse.” her brother said, rolling his eyes.

“Ok, I’m concerned now” she said with a worried face.

“Can we talk yet? Or are you lot going to keep arguing?” the rainbow haired creature said, butting into the conversation.

“Rainbow, don’t be so rude, cant you see their panicking? Well two of them are.” the lavender one said hitting the other with a hoof looking thing.

After that all four of us went silent, remembering their presence in the room.

“Soooo.” Percy said slowly, braking the silence “what are you?

So as the creatures explained what they were and where they came from we found out that they are called ‘Ponies’ not strange weird alien equine thingies. We also learnt their names. The cyan coat Pegasus was called ‘Rainbowdash” or ‘Awesome Machine’ as she called herself, the lavender Alicorn was called ‘Twilight Sparkle’, the yellow Pegasus that woke me up was ‘Fluttershy’, the pink bouncy ’Earth pony’ was called ‘Pinkie Pie’ short for ‘Pinkamena Diane Pie’ the orange ’Earth pony’ with the hat was called ‘Applejack’ and the pure white Unicorn was called ‘Rarity’.

“What about you?” I say, pointing to the blue Alicorn that has remained silent the whole time.

“M-my name is Princess Luna, although the title ‘Princess’ is no longer needed.” She said with sorrow.

“So… why are you here?” I asked feeling pity for the tone of her voice. “I mean, there must be a reason.”

And with that the ponies explained about the war, the changelings and the mirror. While they were explaining it all, I found that I was starting to feel sorry for them rather than feel scared of them.

“so, your sister threw you into the portal and broke it so you couldn’t escape back home?” Percy asked, confused.

“No, she clearly said that her sister sent her into the this world to protect her from the ‘changelings’ and destroyed it so nothing could follow them.” Lance exclaimed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

An awkward silence fell upon us that I cringed at every second (I cant stand silence, absolutely hate it, I start to hear my blood rushing through my ear…. What? Its not my fault) so decided to try and brake it by clearing my throat a couple of times. Eventually Percy spoke.

“So what are you going to do now? Are you going to find your own place in this world or…”

“We don’t know, we wont survive a week out there on our own.” Twilight said looking at each of the other ponies.

“Well you’re always welcome here, I say” Percy said, opening his arms out to welcome them. Instantly I objected.

“Wow, wow, wow, slow down. Are you sure this is a good idea? I don’t trust them.”

“Kirk, You don’t trust anybody.” Sophie said, as-a-matter-of-factly.

“That’s not the point, the point is we just met them. For all we know they could be lying.”

“I know I liar when I hear one, Kirk, and I heard not lies being told.” Lance said, backing up Percy and Sophie.

“All three of you are so willing to accept them?” I ask, not believing the things I am hearing. They all nod in unison. “Fine, there’s no point in arguing, I’m going to lose anyway.” I turn to the ponies. “You can stay, on one condition.”

“And what may that be?” Luna asked with curiosity.

“You play by our rules. You what we say, when we say it and how we say it. Ok?” all seven of them nod. “It’s for your own protection.”

“One minute its lack of trust then its protection, make up your mind” Rainbowdash said with boredom.

“Look, just because I don’t trust you, doesn't mean I don’t want you to be safe.” I glared at her.

“Before we continue, tell us about yourselves, you know about us and if we are going to stay we might as well know about you.” Luna said, stepping forward.

“Fine. My name is Kirk Fisher.” I point to myself “This is Lance Archer, as you've probably guessed, he’s blind.” he smiles at the mention of his name. “This is Sophie Hunter, and Perseus Hunter, also known a Percy, they’re siblings.” Sophie rolled her eyes as if to say ‘Don’t remind me’.

“And what are your occupations?”  Luna asked again.

“What do we do?” Percy said. “We’re a band. We’re called the Dead Equestrians.” this caused some heads to be turned on the pony side. “Yeah, we just put horseman in a thesaurus and the word ’Equestrian’ came up. Not a very big band, popularity wise, but we just play for fun really. Only had a few gigs.”

“What kind of music do you play? Rock? Jazz?” Rainbowdash asked with core curiosity.

“We mostly play Metal.” I say but then realized the looks of disgust on some of the ponies faces.

“So, you scream into microphones?”  the cyan Pegasus said once again.

Instantly all four of us scowled at the ponies.

“Now look here Missy.” I growl through my teeth, kneeling down to face the rainbow maned pony. “I do not scream into a microphone, nor do I growl, gnarl or shriek. Do I make myself clear?” my face now inches away from hers.

Rainbowdash was about to object but then realized that both the Hunters were mouthing ’NO’ repeatedly and waving their hands in front of their necks to signal ‘stop’

“Ok, I just thought-” she was interrupted by me.

“You thought what? All metal is screaming? All metal is Death metal? Black metal? Well news flash, IT’S NOT!” I shout in her face, my sapphire blues eyes intimidating her.

“I’m sorry, I just- I’m sorry….” she trailed off, backing away with her ears flat.

All the ponies seemed to be scared of me after that and backed away. Fluttershy hiding behind the others, not daring to look at me.

“That’s it. I’m going to sleep” I muttered under my breath while moving to the door.

“But it’s the middle of the day.” Twilight pointed out, regaining her courage.

“EXACTLY!” I shout back at her as I close the door behind me.

All the ponies looked very confused at my sudden exit of the room. Sophie tried to explain that I was nocturnal as best as she could. Luna found this interesting to say the least and clung onto every word.

“Ah hope not all humans are as bad tempered as he is…” Applejack said worriedly.

“No, of course not. He just gets angry when others say things like all metal is screaming. One reason is that he has no way of releasing his anger. I’ll explain later.”

“What did he mean by ‘HE’ doesn't do those things…” Rarity Began.

“He’s the lead singer and the bassist.” Percy replied. “I’m the lead guitarist. Sophie is the Rhythm guitarist and Lance is the drummer.”

“Wait a second, so, if yer blind then how can ya play the drums?” applejack asked Lance with confusion.

“When you’re blind your whole life, you start to learn movement and sound a lot more than someone that can see.” he replied bluntly.

Silence fell upon them once again but this time wasn't broken by me.

“How about we show you to your rooms.”