Chapter 2-Let's Meet Twilight
"This...this can't be happening!"
"Sir, are you sure you're all right?" You look around and see Town Hall.
"It really is!"
"Sir?"
"Emily!" Your eyes widen as you realize she's nowhere in sight.
"Who's Emily?" You look up at Rose, and you can tell she thinks you're crazy.
"She's my sister..." Rose looked around a little bit before giggling.
"You mean her?" She points towards a peach filly watching the clouds.
"Emily!" The filly looks back at you with a smile.
"Hey Jake!" She says waving. You run over to her surprisingly fast.
"Emily! What are you doing?"
"Jake, we're in Equestria!" She pointed towards the clouds. "See? The clouds aren't moving!"
"That's what pointed it out? Not the fact that we're PONIES!?" Emily looked at her hooves.
"Oh. I barely noticed!"
"Come on, we need to get to the library." You freeze in your tracks. "Um...any idea where it is?" Emily looks around and shrugs.
"Nope." You plant a hoof to your face.
"Great."
"Need help?" You turn around to see Rose still standing there.
"Thanks Rose."
"How do you know my name?"
"Um...haven't we met before?" She eyes you before pointing down the opposite road.
"The library's down there." She smiles and watches you walk down the road. "You're welcome...Jake!"
You walk down the road with Emily as you head for the library.
"Emily, we've got to take precautions."
"Like what?" She asks.
"We need to pretend we belong here." You look to your side and realize that Emily had taken off. "Emily!" You trot the other way searching for her when you see her at Apple Jack's cart. You let out a loud groan.
"I'm sorry but, I don't have any bits." A pale yellow filly grabbed the apples from Emily.
"No bits, no apples!"
"Apple Bloom!"
"What?"
"Let her have one!"
"But sis,"
"Just give it to her."
"Fine. Here."
"Ugh!" Apple Jack looked in your direction. "Uh...Ginger! I told you not to run off!" Emily looked at you with a weird face.
"Ginger?" She asked confused.
"Is this your filly?" Apple Jack asked.
"No, she's my sister." You scowl at Emily. "Get over here!"
"Why'd you call me Ginger?"
"Because of precautions! Your pony name is Ginger. I'm Storm Feather."
"I don't want to be Ginger."
"Well it's too late for that. You should have been listening to me when I was talking about precautions!" You feel a tug on your tail and turn around to see Apple Bloom.
"Mister, if you're done arguing..." She held out a hoof.
"I, uh...don't have any bits."
"Seriously!?"
"Apple Bloom!"
"Sorry, Apple Jack. I'm new around here."
"Hmm..." You start getting a suspicious look from the orange mare. "How do ya'll know my name?"
"Uh..." You think for a minute and think back to Apple Buck Season. "Everybody knows who you are!" She raised an eyebrow. "Uh...Everypony. Yeah, everypony."
"Ya'll aren't from here are ya?" You shake your head.
"Jake! Jake!" You give Emily the evil eye. "Uh...I mean, Storm Feather?"
"What?"
"I see Pinkie Pie! Can we meet her? Huh, huh, huh?"
"Ya'll have never met Pinkie?" Apple Jack burst into laughter. "Ya'll really are new here!"
***
"Jake, I'm hungry."
"What about that apple you had?"
"I ate it."
"And you're STILL hungry!?" Emily nodded. "Sigh. Fine. We'll stop by Sweet Apple Acres later."
"Why not just Apple Jack's stall?"
"I've played a butt-load of pony simulator games. There's always some kind of work at Sweet Apple Acres."
"But, what if there's not?"
"Well...we check the Carousel Boutique." You see the library in the distance. "Finally!"
"Whee! Let's meet Twilight!"
Chapter 3-Dinner and a show
[Notice!]
I have been getting comments that second person is “annoying”, so I will be writing in a third person from here on out.
Enjoy!
Storm Feather pushed the library door open. He could see a lavender wing from behind the door and pushed it open farther. Ginger bounded in, knocking off Twilight’s concentration.
“Whee! I get to meet Twilight!” Twilight stepped back in confusion as Storm Feather walked in after her.
“Sorry about that, she’s a little…excited.”
“It’s quite alright.” Twilight said with a smile.
“Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!” Ginger bounced up and down through the library before being cut short by Spike.
“Twilight, what’s going on?” Ginger stopped dead in her tracks and practically teleported over to Spike.
“NO. WAY!” She bounded towards Storm Feather with a giddy smile. “Jake! Jake! It’s Spike!” He gave her the evil eye before she quickly corrected herself. “Um…I mean, Storm Feather.” An innocent grin grew on her face, reminding him of Pinkie Pie.
“She kind of reminds me of Pinkie.” Twilight said with a giggle.
“No doubt! She’s like a…MINI Pinkie Pie!” All of the ponies glanced up at the window sill to a cyan mare sticking her head in. “What? She is!” Twilight rolled her eyes and levitated a book towards Dash.
“Here.” Dash grabbed the book and squealed in delight.
“Alright! Daring Do, here I come!” She started to fly off but froze when she noticed Storm Feather. “Uh…who are they?”
“I’m actually not sure, what are your names?” Twilight asked turning towards the two ponies.
“I’m Storm Feather. This is my sister, Ginger.”
“Storm Feather? But, I just heard her call you Jake.” Spike said raising an eyebrow.
“Jake’s my…nickname!”
“Oh! Like Dashie!” Spike explained to himself, getting an angry glare from Dash.
“I’m always up for a new Pegasus in town! Know any stunts?” Dash asked, jumping down from the window.
“Well…I know how to surf.” Dash raised an eyebrow. “But I’m not really that good at flying yet…” Jake said with a nervous grin.
“That’s cool, just go ahead and show me what you got.”
Jake nodded slowly and started flapping his wings. He found that flying actually came naturally with him. He eventually found himself doing barrel rolls and loop-dy hoops. All while Rainbow stood slack-jawed in front of him.
“I thought you couldn’t fly!”
“I guess I was wrong…” Dash narrowed her eyes at the now confident Jake. “…I guess I just didn’t fly in such a long time?”
“Ooh, ooh! Let me try!” Ginger started flapping her wings but barely got a few inches off the ground. “Aw!” Twilight wrapped a wing around the filly.
“Don’t worry, I can’t fly either.”
“Maybe that’s because Rainbow Dash is teaching you!” Jake joked, earning a hard glare from Rainbow.
“When did I tell you my name?” Jake shrugged. This was getting too easy!
“Everypony knows who you are!” He said, this time making Dash blush.
“I’m watching you!”
“I’ll be watching you as well!” He said with a smile, only earning a slap from Rainbow.
“I mean it!” Jake rubbed his cheek as Dash took off through the window.
“Worth it.” He said with a cheeky smile. His smile vanished when he was slapped by his sister.
“How DARE you treat Dashie that way!” She said stomping off in no apparent direction. Twilight lightly shook her head with a smile.
“Are you here for a book?”
“Actually…”
“We wanted to meet you!” Ginger said cutting him off. Twilight lightly blushed.
“Why would you come here just to meet me?” Her eyes shot wide open and she glanced to her wings. “Oh.” She said slightly annoyed.
“No, no. We just wanted to meet you because, well…” He leaned into Ginger’s ear. “Help me here!” Ginger nodded her head.
“We wanted to meet you because of…let’s see…Nightmare Moon…Discord…Chrysalis…King Sombra…That’s it!” Jake’s smile grew nervously.
“Oh!” Twilight smiled. “It was no trouble!”
“But it wasn’t! That way you shot Nightmare Moon with that giant rainbow! Turned Discord to stone! And that was after you returned all of your friend’s memories! AWESOME!” Jake enthused, slightly whinnying. Twilight blushed.
“Wait, how do you know all of that?”
“We watch it on the TV!” Jake slammed a hoof in Emily’s mouth.
“T…V?”
“Duh!” Ginger said pushing Jake’s hoof away. “Television!” Jake planted a hoof to his face.
“You must be REALLY new here.”
“Yeah… The TV has moving pictures! Like movies, but…shorter!” Twilight tapped her chin.
“Oh! So THAT’S what they’re called! They have those in Equestria?”
“No.” Jake knew what she was talking about, and it wasn’t a TV. “Was it a small square? With a keypad?” Twilight nodded. “That’s a computer!” He felt like banging his head on a wall.
“Hmm…Well if you ever want to meet my friends, just let me know!”
“We already met AppleJack!” Ginger said with a smile.
“And Pinkie…” Jake said with a tired frown.
“I’m not surprised!” Twilight said with a giggle. “How about you come over for lunch? I could invite all of my friends!”
“Could you pass up on Dash?” Jake asked sarcastically. Twilight giggled in response.
***
“I still can’t believe I have to spend my lunch with that…JERK!” Rainbow hovered over four other mares, which were on their way to the library.
“Come on, Rainbow! Ah thought he was nice!”
“Me too!” Pinkie said, bouncing up and down.
“You think everypony’s nice, Pinkie.” The mares all murmured in agreement.
“We’re here!” AppleJack opened the door before a strange creature opened the door with an eagle claw.
“Ladies,” Discord said, inviting them inside.
“Discord! What’re you doing here!?” Fluttershy demanded, relatively surprised.
“Oh! Well, I just LOVED setting up the table last time that Twilight invited me to be a waiter!” He enthused, a little TOO excited. “Plus,” He whispered into Fluttershy’s ear. “I was getting kind of bored with the Canterlot basement!” Fluttershy giggled causing Discord to smile. He leaped back into the air and snapped his tail. A poof of white smoke erupted before it cleared, revealing Storm Feather and Ginger. “Ladies and dragon! May I present our guests for tonight!” He said with a slightly evil chuckle. All of the mares smiled and walked inside being followed by tonight’s guests.
Discord frowned and grabbed the two ponies in the back.
“Hey! Put us down!”
“Oh, shut up.” Discord smiled. “I know where you come from…I know what you really are…and you don’t belong here!” Jake guessed it made sense that Discord made no sense. But he was a threat to a normal life in Equestria. But then again… Maybe Discord could get them back home.
“Why do you care!?” Ginger demanded from his lion arm.
“I can get you home. I’m not allowed though!” Discord growled. “You have to get me out of these cuffs!” He said, extending his wings…which had cuffs on them. “Then I can get you home!”
“How do we know you’re not going to take over Equestria again?” Ginger asked.
“Pfft! Please! It’s not worth it!” He said, bringing up a poison joke flower. “Take this to Celestia by the way…I’m not allowed anyway near her!” He disappeared and reappeared next to them, letting them fall to the ground. “You’re immune to the flower by the way, it only works on ponies...” He said walking away.
“I don’t trust him one bit!” Ginger said turning to Jake. She could see the gears turning in his head. “Jake?”
“He could get us home!”
“But…I don’t want to go home.” Jake sighed.
“I don’t know Emily…we need to return to everypony…WHAT!?”
“What?”
“I JUST SAID EVERYPONY!”
“Oh, and I forgot to mention…wait too long and I can’t help you!” Discord said, squeezing a clown nose on Jake. “Silly boy!”
Jake slowly walked into the dining room to be surprised by Twilight jumping out of her seat.
“Storm Feather! Are you okay?”
“I hope not…” Dash mumbled, getting a slap on the back of the head from AppleJack.
“Where were you, hayseed?”
“Just…talking…” Jake replied blandly. Dash mumbled incoherently under her breath, getting another slap from AppleJack.
“Would you stop that!?”
“Not unless you stop.” AppleJack said with an entertained smile.
“Sandwiches are ready!” Jake heard Spike yell from the kitchen. The small dragon walked out with a plate of PB and J sandwiches.
“YAY!” Ginger and Pinkie yelled in unison.
“I love PB and J!” Ginger said hopping into the nearest seat, which was unfortunately, for Dash, next to Dash. She scooted away a little only to be slapped by AppleJack again.
“OW! I didn’t even say anything!”
“Ah know…” Dash raised an eyebrow. “…I just had an excuse.” She said with a smile. Jake sat next to Rarity…well, tried to sit next to Rarity. Spike pulled the seat out from under him just in time for Jake to fall a lot farther than he had expected.
“Spikey!” Rarity gasped.
“Spike!” Twilight yelled disapprovingly.
“It’s okay Twilight.” Jake said lifting himself off the ground. “I guess I should’ve thought twice before sitting next to the prettiest mare.” Rarity blushed, but unbeknownst to everyone, Dash let out a snort of air.
“That’s right!” Spike said, arms crossed. “She’s taken!” All of the mares rolled their eyes at Spike.
“Sooooo…” Ginger leaned towards Dash. “Do any Sonic Rainbooms lately?”
“Uh…”
“Nevermind! I’ve seen enough!” Dash’s confusion was cut short by Jake.
“Where am I supposed to sit?”
“You can sit here Jake!”
“NO!” Everyone turned their attention towards Rainbow Dash. “Uh… I mean…Sit next to Twilight!” She blurted out, pulling her chair out from under her, placing it next to Twilight, and sitting back where she was on the floor. All before Twilight could say
“What!?”
Chapter 4: Juice-keg!
"Never would I ever!" Dash flailed her arms around in desperation for her friends to get the point. "I already said this, I DON'T LIKE HIM!"
"Don't like who?" Jake raised an eyebrow, ignoring the fact he was intruding on their sleepover.
"None of your business!!" Dash crossed her arms in a fit of rage.
"Okay then," Jake smirked. "I wasn't here for you anyway..." Dash looked up in confusion. "...I was here for Twilight." Dash scowled and stuffed herself into the corner.
"What did you want me for?" Jake rolled his eyes at Dash's behavior, this was like her. "Um...Jake?"
"Oh! I wanted to talk, privately." He chuckled nervously. The mares all murmured in wonder.
"Uh, okay!" Twilight followed him into the other room. "What is it?" He turned his head and removed a blanket that had rested on his flank.
"That!" He pointed towards a mark on his rump, a Cutie Mark.
"Oh my gosh! I didn't even realize you didn't have one!" Twilight smiled at her own obliviousness.
"This is not funny! I should not have this!" She frowned.
"But you're a pony...it's kind of common." She remarked with a flat look.
"No, no, you don't understand! I'm not supposed to have one! It's freaky and unnatural!"
"Wow, thanks a lot." She replied, slightly offended.
"I'm sorry, Twilight." She smiled at his awareness of the situation. "It's just...what is it?"
"You mean, you don't know what it is?" Jake shook his head, sending his hair out of place.
"I know what it is, it's a computer, I just don't know what it means." He tapped his chin before gasping in realization. "I'm like a living Wikipedia for MLP! That must be it!" He smirked. "Is Dash's birthday coming up soon?" Twilight giggled.
"How did you know?" She said slightly confused.
"I told you!" He mocked. He trotted into the main room where the mares were sitting, waiting for their return. "Hey gals, check out my new cutie mark!" All turned their heads in the stallion's direction, gasping in awe at the strange cutie mark he was bearing.
"What is that?" Dash asked before having her wings pulled on by an orange hoof. "Ow! Hey!"
"Rainbow! It is rude to ask what one's cutie mark represents." Applejack said simply.
"Whatever." Dash grumbled.
"It's okay, Applejack. It's a computer!" The room fell silent. "It's like a dictionary, but...with not just words, but images too!" The mares crowded around his flank, admiring the strange technology on it. He would be lying if he said he didn't blush from having them crowd around him. He covered his flank with his tail, making the mares retreat in embarrassment.
"AHEM." Dash was still in the corner and Ginger was pointing to her. "Aren't you going to take care of this Jake?" Everyone looked at him expectantly.
"Um...Of course!" The mares smiled at his kindness. He approached the cyan pegasus, expecting a slap or something. He was surprised to see her look up at him with red eyes.
"Go away." She mumbled hoarsely.
"Have you been crying?" Dash stuffed her head back into the corner.
"I don't cry." She grumbled. Jake chuckled.
"Everypony cries, Dash." He was too concerned with the mare in front of him to realize his verbal mistake.
"I...I don't! I'm too cool for that!" She tried desperately to make it sound like she was right, but her voice still wavered.
"Dash, it's not cool to have such a big ego." Jake regretted those words immediately.
"I DON'T HAVE AN EGO!!" Applejack shook her head in disbelief, ready to join in...but she was cut off by Jake.
"Dash, it's not cool to lie to yourself either. Egos are easy to get rid of once you admit you have one, but reputations aren't. I..." Jake sighed. "Yeah, I know you like me." Dash didn't see the slightest smirk in his expression. It was one of serious business. "I honestly like you too, you're pretty cool," Dash blushed. "But that's not the case when you're being an...egotistical...PLOT-HOLE!" The mares all gasped in unison, Twilight failing to cover Spike's ears in time. Dash cringed in fear. "I hope you take my speech to heart." With that, Jake walked away.
You sit on the couch and turn the TV on, hoping that MLP is on. It's 2 in the afternoon so you don't get your hopes up. The TV clicks on and you can see that lame care bears show playing. You roll your eyes and click the DVR button. To your surprise a new episode has recorded. You silently yell "Yes!" and click play.
You turn the TV off as the end credits roll and enjoy a 30 minutes well spent. You hear a knock on the door and groan as you get up. The door opens before you get a chance to answer and your sister comes bounding in from school. She jumps up and down as she turns the TV on.
"Yay!" She yelled as she looked at the DVR. "A new episode! Come on Jake, let's watch it!"
You reluctantly walk over to the couch and sit down. It was a good episode, but not worth watching again. Your sister reaches over you and grabs her Rainbow Dash plush. You smile as she cuddles it like Pinkie Pie would hug her. You glance toward the door and realize Emily didn't hang up her coat. You roll your eyes with a smile and get up to hang it on the door. A small piece of jewelry slips out of the pocket and lands at your feet.
"Hey Emily, what is this?" She turns to you and smiles.
"That's a necklace I got from Ms. Winston, she said it has magic powers!"
"Oh come on, Emily. You don't believe in that hocus pocus, do you?" You set it on the computer desk and join her on the couch, ready to endure 30 minutes of boredom.
Later that night you decide to surf the web a little. You end up reading Fimfiction stories and are getting kind of tired. At the moment you are reading a story where the dude ends up in equestria. You yawn and say; "I wish I could end up in Equestria..." You close the browser and grab Emily's plush. You slowly walk down the hall and turn into Emily's room. She smiles at you from her bed.
"Dashie!" You smile back at her and hand her the plush. You kneel down and tuck her in, repositioning the royal guard figurine to face her.
"Good night, Emily."
"Good night, Jake."
You walk out of the room and head to bed, unbeknownst to you is faint glowing coming from the living room.
You roll around on your bed, which is unusually hard. You grab for your pillow but end up with a rose instead.
"What the...?" You scream as you look down at two orange hooves. "I-I'm a pony!" You glance behind you and are greeted by an orange flank and a blue tail with red tips. "Oh my GOD!" You bang your head on a nearby post. "This can't be happening!"
"Excuse me, sir. Are you alright?" You look up to see a pale mare staring down at you.
"Roseluck?"
"Do I know you?"
"I'm in Equestria?"
"Um...yes?"
Your mouth drops open and your new wings droop. You are now a pony, make the best of it.