Through the Amuletby TasteTheSunChaptersChapter 1: Hard daysChapter 2: Lucky StreakChapter 3: The New WorldChapter 4: New pony in PonyvilleChapter 5: Party AnimalChapter 6: Better UnderstandingChapter 1: Hard daysAlmost everyone seem to have a pretty good story to tell from time to time, wether real or not. For stories that are real, most of them are believable, while others don't seem so believable. You can even say that my story is unbelievable, which is why I never did tell anyone about it, until now that is. I guess a good place to start this story would be where it all began. It was a chilly afternoon in the month of Febuary. ••• "Yo Stevie," a voice called from a distance behind me. I turn to see who it is. "Hey Mike, how's it going?" I asked the kid in the leather jacket. "Eh, same as always, were you headin'?" "Today's baseball tryouts, I've been practicing for a while now and I sure hope I make the team." "Well good luck with that. Anyway, have you ask you know who to you know what?" he asked, trying to keep what we were talking about some sort of mystery. "No, and don't you think it's to soon? She just broke up with her boyfriend. I don't think she'd want to date." "Trust me, it's now or never, she's the prettiest girl in school, and guys will be all over her now that's she's single. It won't be long until she finds a new boyfriend, and who knows how long it will take for them to break up, that is "IF" they break up." This had to have been one of Mike's ways of persuasion. I've known him long enough to know it when I see it, and apperently it was working. "Alright then, you think I can't ask her out, well then just wait and see cause I'm gonna ask her TODAY!" I felt so confident in myself just from saying that, kinda like a small victory. "Well you better hurry, your love clock is ticking," I don't know if that was suppose to worrie me, or to just simply mock me. "Whatever, anyway I have to go, catch you later." "Alright, and remember, tick tock tick tock." Now I know he was mocking me, but I ignored it and turned and walked away. Looking down at my watch, I started to pick up the pace knowing I was running late. Not looking to where I was going, I accidentally bumped into someone, knocking both of us on the floor. After getting my bearings in order, I looked to see who it was, and of all people, it was the girl of my dreams! Aw crud! "Oh man, Jenny are you ok?" "Oh yea, I'm fine. Sorry, I was in a rush and wasn't paying attention," she said as I helped her pick up her books. "Yea me too. Hey, is it ok if talk to you tomorrow at lunch?" "Yea sure, listen I gotta go, catch you later!" She then sped off into the opposite direction that I came from. I just stood there looking at how amazing she was. Suddenly remembering about my tryouts, I turned and started off again. Now that the hallways were becoming empty, it was easier to get to my destination. ••• Baseballs tryouts went pretty well if you ask me. Doing simple routines and stuff to see how good I was. I hope I make it cause this could be my one chance of no longer being a nobody. Once they were finally over, I went home, eager to find out if I made the team or not. On my arrival back to house, I come home to find out that nobody was home. Laying my stuff down, all exhausted from the previous hours, I look around to find a note left on the fridge. "Stevie, went out to by some groceries. Fix up something with what we already have. Be back soon. Love, Mom" Great, who nows how long that will take. Putting the note down, I checked to see what was in the fridge. I wasn't surprised to find nothing good in it. Moving on to the cabinets, I got the same results. Great, now I'm gonna starve to death 'til my mom gets back! I went to the living room to watch tv, while starving at the same time. Just then the phone rang. I picked it up to see who it is. "Hello?" "Stevie?" "Mike?!" "Stevie! How's it going?" "Not much, just starving to death!" "Well that's not cool. Anyway, how'd it go?" "It went well, I'm a little tired but I just hope I make the team!" "No not that, did you ask Jenny out yet?" "No, I mean I couldn't cause well I kinda bumped into her and plus she was in hurry so it was bad timing, but I did ask her if we could talk at lunch tomorrow." "Well you better hurry up cause there's a good chance that she'll already have a date tomorrow." "I'm sure she won't," I told him, trying to shed some light on my situation. "Well remember, tick tock tick tock!" he said mockingly as he hung up the phone. Now it was starting to feel that Mike is dimming the light. ••• I sat there for a while until I notice out the window that a car pulled up. Lucky for me, it was my mom who had just came back from shopping, which was good considering how hungry I was. I helped my mom with the bags as she was coming in. "Hey sweetie, sorry I'm late , you hungry?" "You have no idea." "I new you were going to say that, which is why I brought you some hot pockets. You can eat on those while I get dinner ready, and I better hurry before your father gets home." "Ok" I said as I placed some hot pockets into the microwave. Once they were ready, I quickly divoured them all. Finally feeling satisfied, I thanked my mom and went to my room. Laying down on the bed, I looked up at the ceiling, just thinking about the outcomes that will happen later on. After all the stuff that's happened to day, I think it's safe to say that it's been a hard day. ••• Questions, comments, complements, Any errors are accepted, Always room for improvement! Be sure to like and follow both here and twitter (@Pony3T) Chapter 2: Lucky StreakThe next morning just felt like any other. "Rise and shine Stevie, another day another dollar!" my mom said cheerfully. More like another migraine. I got up, got dressed and headed out to school, I waved my mom goodbye as I walked down the street. On my way, I met up with Mike. "Hey man, so, have you thought about your approach?" "Your still going on about that?" "I wouldn't be the one asking that sort of question since I'm not the one who's been talking how 'amazingly amazing' Jenny is for the past 'two' years." It felt like was about to blush at that cause I already felt my cheeks getting warm. "Whatever, hopefully I'll be able to ask her out today, that is, if she's not in a rush to get somewhere again." "Alright, but remember, tic-" I imidiatly stoped him there. "ALRIGHT, I GET IT!!! MY CLOCK IS TICKING!!!" I said aloud full of anger, annoyance, and yet pride from my tone. "Ok gees, just making sure you remember." Mike said, surprised at how I stood up for myself. I decided to change the subject as we headed towards school. ••• Finally, lunchtime! Time to make my move. As I grabbed my lunch tray out of the lunch line, I saw Mike at a distance and he nodded at me, indicating me to go on ahead as planned. I nodded back to him as I went to look for Jenny. I find her at a lone table reading a book. Heading on over, I noticed one of the baseball coaches was putting up a piece of paper on a wall to my right. Once he left, I moved in to see what it was, and luckily, it was a list of people who made the team. Skimming through the names, I found my name amongst the others. I had made the team! It was just to good to be true! I quickly took off to where Jenny was all excited about what had just happened. Upon arriving to my destination, I quickly slowed down so that I wouldn't crash into her for a second time. I slowly walked up to her. "Hey Jenny," "Oh hey Stevie," she motioned to sit down next to her, this was good. "I got some great news!" she said excitedly. "Me too!" "You go first," "Alright, I made the baseball team! Isn't that great!?" "That's great! Anyway, now it's my turn. Remember yesterday I was in a rush, well I was going to go to hurry and enter in the young riders competition, and I got in, which means I have to go and practice after school," she said excitedly. "Wow Jenny, that's amazing! Well I hope you win." "Yea me too. So, I was wondering, do you uh... want to uhm... come by my house this Saturday and uh... go horseback riding with me?" Oh my gosh, is she asking ME out? That's every guys dream to happen, I think. "Yea sure, that sounds great," I said nervously. "Great!" she seemed so happy from my reply. It felt good. Just then, the bell rang. "Ok, so I'll see you this Saturday?" I asked. "Yea, I'll see you later", she replied. "Ok," once she was out of sight, I ran looking for Mike. Luckily, we were both in study hall so I could talk to him about what happened. I finally found Mike talking to somebody. I quickly ran up to him. "Dude, we need to talk," "What, what is it?" he said confusedly as he motioned to the person he was talking to to leave. "I'll catch you later Mike," the guy said. " yea," he said in reply. "Dude, you won't believe what just happened with me and Jenny." "What, did you ask her out?" "Close, now call me crazy, but I think she asked me out." "WHAT!!!" he said surprised from what I had told him. "Yea, she asked me if I could come to her house on Saturday, and I obviously said yes!" "Well lucky you then. I wish that kind of stuff would happen to me." "Yup, so far, I've been having a great day, and boy I can't wait 'til Saturday!" We then headed on to study hall to continue on with the day. ••• Saturday finally came rolling along and I was in the best of moods, knowing that I had a date with Jenny, the girl of my dreams. I quickly got dressed into something casual, ate some breakfast and headed on out. Unfortunately, I was stopped in my tracks right when I was already opening the door. "Hey son, you're never up this early on a Saturday, what's going on?" It was my dad, and he was on to me. I did mention that I was going to Jenny's house to my mom, so I figured she would tell my dad, but something tells me she forgot. There was no point in lieing cause since I told my mom, he would ask her to see if my story checks out. "I'm uh... h-heading to uh, Jenny's house. You know Jenny right?" "Yes, your mother told me that you talk about how 'amazing' and 'beautiful' she is to your friend Mike," I felt a bit embarrassed from that. "Y-yea, she told me to come over," I said nervously. "Well you be careful, and don't get into any trouble." "Alright dad, see ya later," I said as I walked out the door. "Good luck son!" My dad replied with a wink as he went back inside the house. What did he mean by that? I thought about it for a bit before I decided to just drop it. I got on my bike and a headed on to go see Jenny. It took a while before I finally made it. I got off and walked up to the door to knock it. When it opened, a large man was standing in front of me. "Uhm hello, is uh Jenny home?" "Yea, she's in the stable with her horses again," he said with a firm booming voice. "Thank you," I felt very uncomfortable until the man at last closed the door. A wave of relief swept over me as I went around the house and I headed on towards a barn. Moving inside, I saw Jenny tending to some horse. "I never knew how good you were at tending to horses." Jenny quickly turned to see that it was only me. She then chuckled at that. "Very funny Stevie. Ready to go?" "Yea, hey who is that guy? You know, he's big, had booming voice, kinda scary," "Thats my dad," "Oh man, I'm sorry, it's just that-" "Don't worry, I understand. He may seem scary, but he's really not that bad once you get to know him." I'll believe it when I see it. "Ok then, so what horse am I getting?" I asked looking around at all the horses there were. Dang, she must really like horses. "You can ride Shadow over there," she pointed to a black colored horse. It actually seemed pretty cool. I walked over to the horse to get a better look. Jenny then came to open the stable to attach a saddle on it. "Alright, hop on." I did as she told me to do. Once I was situated onto the saddle it kinda felt like I was sitting on a bike. Jenny got on the brown horse she was just tending to a while ago. "Ok just stay right next me," said as we both headed on out of the barn. We trotted our horses along the perimeter of the ranch. It was nice having just Jenny and I talking about things. It was quite fun being with her. "Hey I want to show you something," she said excitedly. "Follow me," she turned her horse and headed off towards the forest nearby. I motioned Shadow to follow. Jenny then took a path that lead deep within the forest and began to pick up the pace. I did the same in an attempt to catch up with her. She started to slow down which helped close the distance between us. I noticed that she had stopped in front of an old wooden house that looked like it hadn't been used in years. "What is this place?" I asked. "I'm only showing this to because I think your the only friend I can trust. Do you promise to keep it a secret on what I'm about to tell you?" "Yea sure." "This is my secret hiding place I like to go whenever I'm sad, confused, or even happy. Come on, lets go inside!" she motioned me to follow her again we both got off our horses and tied the reins to a nearby tree branch. We went inside the old house. It was a dump, but what do you expect from an old house. "What do you think?" Jenny asked with a grin on her face while my face winced. "Well, it's um... what's the the word I'm looking for? It's uh...great." "I know what you're probably thinking, this place is a dump and it does look like it, but there's something about it that makes me feel 'connected, to it. And besides, it helps me cool off when I've had a rough time. You're welcome to look around if you'd like, I'm going to be catching up on some reading," she said as she took a book out from her bag she brought with her. I kinda grinned at that as she took a seat on one of the nearby chairs. I then turned to go into the room next to me. Looking inside, all there was was a bed, and an old wardrobe. Looking into the next few rooms, besides the kitchen and the leaving room, they all had the same things as the first. Although, some hade closets and others had small desks, but there was one room that was a bit different than the others. This had a bust of a horse. It seemed kinda odd that the bust would be here in the room and not in the living room. It did look like it be used for decoration. Moving in to get a closer look, I some how tripped and knocked into the horse head, causing it to full and well, bust. Now on the ground I turned to see what had made me trip, and it turned out that the board I was standing on had broke from my weight. I got my foot out of the hole when Jenny spoke up. "You ok? What happened?" "I'm alright, I just tripped, go back to your reading." I said trying not to concern her. "Alright," she said in reply. I quickly turned to look at the damaged bust. Quickly rummaging through the broken pieces, I notice something within the pieces. Picking up the strange object, realize that the object was some sort of necklace. I wondered why this would be in there, but then I figured that it was probably put there cause whoever owned it probably didn't want anyone to find it. Up until now that is. The object on the bottom of the chain was some sort of blue gem incased in metal, although it was hard to tell since it was covered in years of dust accumulation. This will look way better once I wash it. Then it hit me. Since Jenny's birthday was next week, I could give this to her as a birthday gift to show my love towards her, and plus, I wouldn't have to spend a fortune on a gift like this. Once I get this cleaned, it's going to look just like new. I stuffed the necklace into my pocket as I went into the living room. "Ready to go?" Jenny asked. "Yup, you were right Jenny, this place is great!" I said to Jenny as we both exited the old house and got on our horses. On the way back I just thought of the look on Jenny's face when I give her that necklace. Boy will she love me for it, and that will be the greatest thing ever. ••• Questions, comments, complements, Any errors are accepted, Always room for improvement! Be sure to like and follow both here and twitter (@Pony3T) Chapter 3: The New WorldOnce I had arrived to my house, I opened the door to find both my parents sitting on the couch watching tv. "Hey sweetie, how'd it go?" my mother asked with a smile on her face, just eager to hear about my day. "It was alright, Jenny and I went horseback riding at her ranch and you know, it was fun," I said trying to keep myself from exposing my emotions within. "Well that's great honey!" I turn to see my dad nod at me with a grin. I gave a nod back to him as I headed towords the kitchen to clean the piece of jewelry. Before coming home, I looked on my phone to see how to clean fine jewelry. I tried out one method and it seemed to be working. The dirt and the dust was clearing off and, once it finished drying, I notice that ther is some writing on the back. I took it up to my room to observe it even closer. Once I got there, I held the amulet up to the light see the words clearly. It said "From man to pony, pony to man, may two worlds come together, friendship and harmony is at hand." What?... Just then, sparks of light start to appear, flashing, and the amulet in my hands began to glow. All of a sudden, there's this bright light, and my body feels light, as of I were floating on air. Then I start feeling as if I were flying. It actually felt good. It seemed like I could go on forever. Then suddenly, I start falling, and falling, and falling, until I hit the ground. It didn't hurt as much as I thought it would, but it did hurt. "Aw man, what happened?" trying to adjust my eyes to the change of light. Once they settled, I looked around to see that I was in an open field. "Did this thing just sent me outside?" I wanted to rub my eyes to make sure I wasn't seeing things, but as I look to where my hand was suppose to be, I instead saw a hoof. "Huh?" I turn to look at my other arm to make sure I wasn't going crazy, and all I saw was another hoof. I had a pair of hooves where my hands were suppose to be. Sitting up I checked the rest of my body, and to my surprise, and horror, I had another pair of hooves where legs were suppose to be. Ok, it's official, I've gone completely insane!" I needed to see what I looked like. Looking around, I noticed a lake in the distance. I tried to stand up on my hind legs, but I kept losing balance until I decided to just go on all fours. Ok, it's just like crawling, but with hooves, and besides, I've seen how horses, ponies, and donkeys do it, so it shouldn't be that hard. Just think crawling. I put one hoof after the other. It felt as if I were an infant learning how to crawl. I was starting to get the hang of it, so I picked up the pace and I went from trotting to galloping. In no time at all, I reached the lake. I had to slow down so that I wouldn't crash into it. I slowly approached the water to look at my reflection. I nearly fell back when I saw not my face, but the face of a PONY, THAT LOOKED JUST LIKE ME!!! Please let this be a dream! I thought as I slapped myself in hopes of waking up from this nightmare. Looking back into the water, I saw the same pony face. no I thought as dunked my head into the lake, but it was all to no avail. I kept dunking my head in the water, refusing to accept what had just happened to me no...no...no NO NO NO!!!!! Looking up to the sky, I decided to just let it all out . "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!" I fell to the ground after that, feeling the whole world crashing down on me. I laid there just thinking how could this had happened to me. Just when my life was already starting to become perfect, this happened, and now I have no idea how to get back home. Then it hit me, the amulet. If that thing brought me here, then it has to bring me back home. I got up and galloped back to where I was a moment ago . Trying to pick it up with my hooves, I turn it around so that I cold see the writing. I read the words on the amulet and I closed my eyes. So far I felt nothing. I opened one eye and I saw the same outdoors scenery. Huh? How am I still here? I read the words again and I got the same results, nothing. I kept reading it over and over again until the words on the amulet started to glow. The writing changed and it said something new. I looked down to read what it said. To go back from which you came, wait 12 hours in your day. The words glowed again and the original words reappeared. Although this time, a timer appeared below and it was counting back from 12 hours. "Wait, what, are you telling me I have to wait 12 hours? GREAT NOW I'M STUCK HERE INSIDE A PONY'S BODY!!!!!" I couldn't wait 12 hours. I mean what's going to happen back home when my parents find out I'm missing. Sadly I new that the only way back was to wait 12 hours until this thing resets or whatever, and I can't just sit here for that long. I have to find some civilization, if any. Looking around, I saw a tall tree and got an idea. If I'd climb that tree, then I might be able to spot a village or town or something. I got up, put the amulet around my neck and I started off in the direction the tree was. Arriving at the base of the tree, I wrapped my legs around the trunk and started to climb. It was a bit difficult then I had expected it to be. I've always been a able to climb trees easy back home, but that was when I was still human. Here, I'm a pony with hooves, and worse, no thumbs. It was easier to climb with my hind legs since they had a little bit of a grip to the branches I stepped on, but was difficult with my front legs. It took a while until I was actually high enough to get a good view of the area. I searched around in hopes of finding civilization, and lucky for me, I spotted what seemed to be a village in the distance. "Huh, hopefully the people there might be able to help." Suddenly, I hear something that was breaking and snapping. I looked down to see what it was and it was the branch that I was standing on. It was beginning to break. I tried to keep myself calm and not make any sudden moves through all the panic that I had within. Unfortunately, the branch broke under my weight and I was falling a good 10 to 15 feet down. I landed on pile of leaves which did help break my fall. I just laid there in pain, and I wanted to stay, but I couldn't, I have to go to that village, I have to get out of here. Slowly getting up from all the pain I was going through, I began to move in the direction of the village. ••• Questions, comments, complements, Any errors are accepted, Always room for improvement! Be sure to like and follow both here and twitter (@Pony3T) Chapter 4: New pony in PonyvilleStopping at about half a mile outside the village, I began getting second thoughts about this. I had to plan my approach. If there were people in the village, there, how was I going to communicate and tell them what's wrong. And plus, what will they think when they saw some random pony in their village. This was going to be a problem. Suddenly, I saw two objects walking up in my direction. I didn't want anyone to find me like this, not yet that is. I still haven't come with a way to formally present myself. Frantically looking around, I found a nearby rock large enough to hide behind. In doing so, I took a quick peek at those who were walking by. Once they were close enough to dully make out, I was surprised at what I was looking at... more ponies. When the two ponies were out of sight, I climbed up the rock so that I could look into the village to catch a glimpse of the residents there. I then saw more and more ponies alike. "whoa, what kind of weird place is this?" I climbed down from the rock while also thinking of a new approach. "Ok, so as far as I know, it looks that village is a village filled with ponies, which means I don't have to worry about my current appearance. Now, I can't go in there with this amulet around my neck or else the ponies there will probably get suspicious about it. So I'll just hide this here, go into town, act natural, and wait things out while this thing is resetting itself. Easy enough! I took the amulet off my neck, dug a hole next to the rock and then planted a blue flower on it that I picked close by so that I'll know where to look for it later. I headed on towards the village. ••• Of all my 16 years of living in Scottsville, I've experienced some pretty weird stuff in that little town, like the time Mike and I accidently clogged the the park fountain and flooded the whole town, or that time back at the zoo when I dared Mike to wrestle an alligator and the next thing we know, there's a stampede going through the streets! So you can say we are VERY well known there. Good thing Jenny hasn't been around that much to know that. But looking and even being in this village full of ponies probably toped all the weird things that happened in my home town combined. The reason why to me this place looks weird is because, from the design of most of the cottages and all the multicolored talking ponies, this place looks as if it were from a cartoon, although sometimes I feel like my life is one. As I trotted down the street, I started thinking about the pony folk here. "It's kinda strange because they seem so civilized, I mean they build houses, run stores, and even seem to have a whole economy of their own. These ponies aren't actually that different from the people back in Scottsville. You know, I wonder-" "oof!" Lost in thought, I bumbed into someone. I should really start paying more attention to where I go cause this is starting to get annoying, and painfull. I laid there on the ground in pain from the collision. "Oh my, are you OK?" I heard someone say to me as I had my eyes closed tightly trying to work through the pain, but when I opened them, I was met with a wide pair of blue eyes starting right in front of me. "Aaahh!" I shrieked scooting away, trying to make space between us. "Aaahh to you to, but not really the answer I was looking for" said the pink mare with a really poofey mane. "Oh uh sorry, I'm fine, thank you, are you alright?" I asked, despite noticing how gidy she was, but I didn't want to seem rude. "Oh I'm fine, but you should really be care full, nopony likes getting knocked over by a mister Mc bumpypants!" she chirped as she started bouncing off, until she stopped in mid bounce and let out a huge gasp. She turned and stared at me wide eyed. "I've never seen you before, which means that your new here right!?" she said so excitedly and rapidly that I barely caught up with her. "Uhm yea why, what does that mean?" "It means that your a new pony, and new ponies always get a welcome to Ponyville party, but first, I need to give you the very special welcome package!" The pink mare said and then fled in a blink of an eye and returned pulling a cart behind her. She parked the cart right in front of me and pressed a button on it. All of a sudden, the cart burst open and began playing music, and the pony started singing along to the music. Oh no. ••• "Wait for it!" She said when she finished her song. An oven from the cart then burst open releaseing a strong wind with confedi and then a canon shot what looked like cake batter into the air and then falling to ground, covering both of us in a battery mess. "Oops, silly me, I acidently put the confedi in the oven and the cake in the confedi canon, again!" She said as she licked all the batter off of herself in an instant. I really didn't want to lick myself clean like her, so instead I shook all the batter off of myself, which did cleaned me of any batter I had on me. I turned to look at the pink pony who was jumping up and down excitedly. "Ooo, I really hope you liked it, considering the fact that it was from your new best friend!" "Well it was pretty good and-... wait, what? New best friend?" I asked confusedly in hope that I misheard that. "Well duh, of course I'm your new best friend! I always become instant best friends with new ponies!" "Well not to sound rude, but isn't that taking it a little too fast? I mean we don't even know eachothers names." I said trying to slap some reason in her without hurting her feelings. "Oh yea, I mean what kind of a friend doesn't know their friends name?" She said as she cleared her throat. " My name is Pinkie Pie, and you are?" "Oh uh, well, my name is uh st-Steven, Steven Marks. B-but my friends just call me Stevie." I said nervously. "Wow, I never heard of a name like Stevie before, its funny though." Not as funny as yours. "Well come on Stevie, we have a welcome to Ponyville party to get to. There's going to be games, cake, ice cream and punch, and it won't be the same without the guest of honor" Pinkie said excitedly. "Uhm, well I'm not sure," I honestly didn't know if I was in the mood for a party, but then I looked at Pinkie Pie and she greets me with a frown across her face and big puppy dog eyes.I look up at the sky and I see that the sun was at its highest peek in the sky, so I basically had all the time in the world. Not to mention the loud rumbling in my stomach. I turned and gave a weak smile to Pinkie. "Eh, sure, why not," and with that, Pinkie jumped up in the air cheerfully. "Well then, let's go to Sugarcube Corner and I'll invite all my friends over cause it's gonna be an amazingly fun party ever!" "I sure hope so." ••• Questions, comments, complements, Any errors are accepted, Always room for improvement! Be sure to like and follow both here and twitter (@Pony3T) Chapter 5: Party AnimalSugarcube Corner (along with some of the other buildings in this town) looked really odd, considering the fact that it looked like a slice of cake, but again just looking at it screamed 'not real' in my mind. But to be honest with you, I don't know what is real anymore. As Pinkie opened the door to let me in, I was greeted to a sent of frosting and cake. I looked around and found a bunch of desserts on display, which could only mean one thing, I was in a bakery. Pinkie Pie trotted up to the counter, rang a bell, and then hollored into the kitchen. "Hey Mr. and Mrs. Cake, could you please bring up one of your most yummy and delicious cakes you have, I'm having having another party," wow, really?, the baker's last name is cake, how ironic. "Sure thing Pinkie, will bring one up soon." said a voice in the kitchen. "Goody, now we got the cake ready, which means that we need decorations!" she said as she motioned me to follow. When we got up to the second floor of the place, the whole room was kind of a mess. There were streamers, confedi, and a few deflated balloons on the floor. I noticed a bed with balloons floating next to it at one end of the circular room and I wondered if this was the baker's room. I asked Pinkie and she giggled and told me that this was her room, figures. "Its also where I host most of my parties at," again, figures. She then went bouncing towords the closet and began throwing junk out of it. "Now I know I put it in here somewhere, oh here it is," she said as she pulled out a canon from the closet. She aimed it at a table close by, pressed a button and the next thing I know, the table was draped in a cloth with silverware on it. My mind was boggled when I saw what just happened. As for Pinkie Pie, she repeated the process of shooting her canon at certain areas, decorating them with party decore and food. In no time at all, the room was party perfect. At least that's what Pinkie Pie told me. "Now I need to go and invite my friends over and then its party time!" She went bouncing down the stairs. It then struck me that she was leaving me all alone with nothing to do. "Hey Pinkie, wait-" I was cut off by the sound of the door slamming shut. Great. ••• It felt like an etirnety being in that room when really it has probably been hour that has passed. I was lying on the ground staring up at the cielling just thinking about this place. I quickly got bored of that too. I felt like on the verge screaming, and I was going to do it if the front door hadn't opened. I hoped it was Pinkie, but I couldn't tell since I could hear roughly about six different voices down stairs. I quickly got up and made sure I looked presentable. Egh, good enough. The first pony I saw coming up the stairs was Pinkie Pie, carrying a cake on her back. She was followed by five other ponies who also brought food, which was good considering how hungry I was becoming. They were all as happy as Pinkie was. "Everypony, meet our new best friend Stevie Marks!" Pinkie cheered. Everyone else just starred at me with confused looks "Huh, I never heard of a name like that before," the flying, rainbow maned one said. One pony stepped up and crazily shook my hoof. "Well howdy partner, nice of ya ta come ta our lil' town. The name's Applejack!" Oh my gosh, she sounds like most of the people back in Scottsville. At least I had a small piece of home with me. Just then, I was lifted off the ground by my hoof and into the air and was again shaken crazily. "The name's Dash, Rainbow Dash. The most awesome pony around!" "That's very nice, but could you do me a favor and PUT ME DOWN!!!" I shrieked at the flying rainbow mare. "Oops, sorry," she said before letting go. "NO WAIT! OOF!" I landed with a hard thud on the floor. "Oh my, are you alright?" I heard one pony whisper. "Yea, don't worry about it, I'm alright. What's your name?" I asked getting up off the ground while looking at a yellow pegasus. "Uhm, it's Fluttershy," she whispered in for whatever reason. "Hm, nice name." She seemed to have smiled at that, but I couldn't tell since her pink hair was covering most of her face. Just then, Pinkie pie spun me around to stare at a white, purple maned unicorn. "This is Rarity, she is really god at making pretty dresses," Pinkie said. Rarity approached me on the other side with a lovestruck face. "My, aren't you a handsome brown stallion," she said with a fine, elegant tone in her voice. She did seem rather attractive. Wait a minute, I'm in love with Jenny, I'm in love with Jenny, I'm in love with Jenny, I'm in love with Jenny!!! I said repeatedly to myself. "Yea, he's a funny pony who... DOESN'T HAVE HIS CUTIE MARK?!?" Pinkie said in great shock as everyone else. I just stood there very confused. "What's a cutie mark?" I asked. "It's a symbol that shows your special talent," Pinkie said as she turned to show three balloons on her flank. I looked around and noticed that they all had a picture on their flanks. I turned to check mine and it was blank. I covered it up with my tale while I felt my face beginning to blush. "Woo wee, Ah can't wait ta tell Applebloom an' her friends about ya," Applejack said cheerfully. "Uhm yea... and who might you be?" I nervously said trying to change the subject while turning my attention to the lavender alicorn. She smiled and opened her mouth to speak, but before she could get anything from her mouth, Pinkie Pie cutted in. "And this is Twilight! She's a princess, FYI!" "Really?!" "Well duh! Wings, horn!" "So only alicorns can be royalty?" The two shared glances of confusion from the question. Finally, Twilight managed to speak. "I guess, but I'm not really sure, I'll have to look into that. Anyway, it's really nice to meet you Stevie" She said as she gently shook my hoof. About time I got one of those. "Well this has been nice getting to know you all, but why don't we get this party started!" "Now your talking! Lets party!" Pinkie said excitedly as she went and turned on some music. Everyone in the room started to dance to it. I would have joined them if my stomach would stop rumbleling. Just then, Pinkie Pie came up to me with a cupcake. "Here, have a cupcake!" "Ya read my mind Pinkie!" I said as I took the delicious looking pastry and took a bite from it. "Mmm, not bad, but I can't quite place the flavor. Is it blueberry?" I asked her. "No," "Bananna nut?" "He he, nope!" "I give up, what is it?" "A daffodile and vanilla cupcake!" My eyes went wide when she told me what was in it. I started getting a flashback of a similar situation. *** It was a warm spring day at Scottsville Elementary School, and Mike and I were laying on the grass at the playground starving to death. "Uh, how long until its lunch time?" Mike complained. I looked at my watch to check. "Twenty-five minutes," "And how long have we've been since we've came out here?" "Five," "Well it feels longer than that. I'm starving!" "Me too, but lunch is still an hour away, and plus, there's no food out here," We both sat up and looked around. Then Mike shot me an evil looking glare. "Why don't we eat the grass. It's a plant and we eat plants, and I bet they put dozens of blades of these in the salad at lunch!" he suggested. "Mike, that's the craziest thing I've ever heard," "You don't hear cows complaining," he did make a good point. Now we were only eight at the time, so we didn't know better. We then ripped the blades of grass out of the ground and began eating it. It tasted horrible, but all vegetables didn't taste good, so we kept on eating. It wasn't until our stomachs began to feel weird. Then suddenly, we start puking our guts out for almost a minute! When we were done, we laid back on the ground in pure agony. All the other little kids and teachers came to us to see what had happened. When one of the teachers asked what was wrong, we both looked at each other before turning back towards the teacher. "Don't... eat... the... grass!" we both said in perfect unison as we laid there starring at the blue sky. *** The feelings I felt back then were rushing back that I rushed towards the nearest window and spat out the cupcake from my mouth. "UUUHH!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE GRASS AGAIN, OH MY GOSH!!!" I was wiping off the remains of the dessert when I noticed all six ponies were starring at me. "Oh uh, I'm really sorry Pinkie, it's just that I'm uh... Daffodil intolerant," They all gasped when I said that. "Oh my, I'm so sorry, oh I should have asked you if you were daffodil intolerant. Oh what kind of horrible friend am I who would try and hurt their friends," Pinkie Pie said in a worried tone. "Pinkie it's ok, you didn't mean it, it's nobody's fault here," I said trying to cheer her up. "Well alright, I pinkie promise never to do something like that again." That was easy. "Well now that that's takin care of, why don't ya try some of ma homemade apple pie! That is if yer not allowed ta have apples," Applejack suggested. "What's in it?" I asked. "Uh apples," she said, giving me a look telling me what a stupid question. I gave her a suspicious look before taking a piece of the pie. When I put it in my mouth, it was a burst of amazing flavor. The nice, warm, delicious delicacy was nothing my mouth had ever tasted before swallowing. "Applejack, this is the most amazing pie in the history of pies!" I complemented before taking the whole thing and scooping up pieces into my hoof and placing it into my mouth. "Glad ya like it," she said as I noticed that I had finished the whole thing. "That was amazing," I laid back on the ground and patted my stomach. Everyone laughed at the sight before going back to their partying fun. ••• We partied until the late hours of the night, and everyone already said goodbye and went home. Applejack was waving goodbye before disappearing into the night. Only Pinkie Pie, Twilight, and myself were left. "Boy, that was some party," I said. "I'm glad you liked it, and again sorry for the cupcake," Pinkie said apologeticly. "Pinkie, I told you I forgive you." She smiled at that. "Well, I better get going." "Will we get to see you again Stevie? It's been a lot of fun," Twilight asked. I stood there for a while thinking until I came to a conclusion. "I garantee it," I said with a reassuring smile. With hug and a wave goodbye, I left them and headed back to where I hid the amulet. Lucky for me there was a full moon out tonight, which did help light the way. It took a while, but I finally made it to the rock. I dug the amulet, cleaned it off and said the spell. The amulet began to glow. It glow brighter brighter until I got sucked into it. I had that light, flying feeling again until suddenly, my face hits the floor. I have been having a lot of pain lately. I got up and looked around and saw my bed, my dresser, my desk. I was back in my room. Looking down, I had my original human body, and right in front of me on the ground was the blue and gold amulet. I checked the clock on my wall and the time hasn't changed at all since I left. I look down at the amulet and the timer reseted. I'd have to say that was one epic jorney. Then Twilight's words rang in my head about seeing them again. I looked at the amulet and smiled. "I garentee it." ••• Questions, comments, complements, Any errors are accepted, Always room for improvement! Be sure to like and follow both here and twitter (@Pony3T) Chapter 6: Better UnderstandingSo many things were going through my head. I needed a moment to think. I hid the amulet in my sock droor and headed down the stairs. As I was heading towards the door, my mom asked me where I was going. I told her I just needed some fresh are and some time to think. She replied with an "ok" before I went out the door. Ever since then, I just walked. Just thinking about the events of what happened to me earlier kept going through my mind. Honestly I didn't know what else to think. I had a doorway to a whole other world in my hands. This also meant I had a new secret life. I could go and live there as long as I want and nobody here would know that I was gone. Maybe it's fate that led me to this, but the only question is why? I didn't know. I probably still don't know. It's something I'll have to find out later on, if ever. Point is though, I had a whole new secret life all to myself, and nobody knew about it, until later that is, but that I'll get to later on. I continued to walk until I noticed my house coming up and that I went in a circle. Just then, I noticed Mike approaching me on his skate board. "Hey Stevie, how's it been?" he asked. "To tell you the truth, I've had the most weirdest day in my life, not counting the stuff we do here." "Oh I get it, date didn't go to well?" "Date went fine, it's just, well, it's kinda hard to explain, and plus I don't feel like talking about it right now." "Alright, but what are you doing out here then?" "Just trying to clear my head I guess," "Cool, well I'm heading over to the diner for some pie, you in?" "Nah, I'm gunna keep walking, you go on," "Well alright," was the last thing he said before taking off. Even though I felt like being alone, I was starting to get second thoughts, plus my stomach was starting to rumble. I quickly took off after Mike, calling to him to wait up. ••• "So what are you going to get?" I asked Mike as we both entered the diner. Lucky for us, it was a slow day there. We saw a few people either eating their meals or just chatting away. "Well it's almost two thirty, so I'll just get a burger," Mike replied. I was kinda craving the same thing. We went up and sat on the stools near the counter. "Hello? Service?" Mike called ringing a nearby bell. A nearby waitress heard his calls and came to take our orders. "Yea, what can ah get ya-... Oh, you two. You have a lot of nerve being here," she said in an annoyed tone by our presence. "Linda, so great to see you again, how's it been?" Mike said casually, not taking the fact of how 'well known' we are here. "It was just fine until you two boys showed up just now," "Listen, we don't want to cause any trouble this time. All we want is some food from your most renowned eatery in all of Scottsville," "How charming, now what can ah get y'all today?" "Well just take two burger specials," I said as Linda wrote our order down on her notepad. "Will that be anythin' else?" She asked. We nodded our heads. "Alright then, hey Joe, we need two burger specials over here!" She exclaimed to the guy in the kitchen. "They'll be ready shortly, an' ah got muh eyes on you two," she said with a suspicious look on her face before heading off to attend to another costumer. Mike only smirked in return. I chuckled at that. "Man, I can't believe she is still going on with that," Mike said in amusement. "Well what do you expect from the stuff we do." "Hey, some off the stuff wasn't entirely our faults and you know it." "Yea, like that time someone stole all the candy from the shop down the road and we became the prime suspects," I added, being reminded of such memories. "Yea, and boy was sheriff Rogers mad, but what am I talking about, he gets mad at everything," Mike added. "I know, and I feel like every time he sees us, his blood pressure immediately goes up. Ha, what a hot head," I said jokingly. We both started to laugh at that until we heard someone clearing their throat loudly behind us. We tensed up nervously. Chills ran down our spines. We were worried who might be behind us, and when we turned to see who it was, our worst fears had been realized. "Sheriff Rogers, how nice to see you on this fine day, and might I ask, what have you been doing lately? Digging bugs out of you wife's- OW!" I had to punch Mike in the arm to keep him from finishing that sentence, so that I could replace it with something else. "-roses, he meant roses! You did mentioned a few days ago that your wife's rose garden was infested with bugs right," Sheriff Rogers gave us both a suspicious look. "Yea, right. Ah took care of that problem yesterday. Thanks for askin'. Linda, coffee, black, an throw in a couple a donuts would ya?" "No problem sheriff," Linda replied before going through the door that lead into the kitchen. The sheriff then turned his attention towards us. "So what have you boys been up to lately?" "Not much, just hanging around," I replied in an atempt to sound casual. "Well then, ya better not be gettin' into any trouble, ya hear?" "Yes sir," Finally, Linda came out with our food, which was great, considering how awkward it was getting. "Lets see, ah got a coffee an' donuts for you, an' two burgers for you two," she said as she placed our plates filled with food in front of us and handed Sheriff Rogers his coffee and bag of donuts. He took them up and waved goodbye before heading out the door. "Thanks Linda, fine job as usuall," Mike said rhetorically. Linda simply shrugged before heading back into the kitchen. I looked down, grabbed my burger and took a bite. It was nice and warm, and pretty good. Just then the door opened and I noticed out of the corner of my eye, a girl sitting next to me on the counter. I turned to see who it was and it turns out that that girl was Jenny. "Hey guys, how's it hanging?" "Not much," Mike replied with some hamburger in his mouth. Jenny nodded and then rung the bell for service. Linda them came to see who needed what. "Oh hi Jenny, what can ah get ya?" "I'll just have some apple pie." "Alright, be out in a jiffy." "So Jenny, what are you doing here, besides coming for pie," I asked, to which she replied. "Oh you know, I was wandering around at the ranch and just felt like wanting some pie," after a few minutes, Linda came out with a plate with a slice of apple pie on it. "Thanks Linda." "Don't mention it," she replied. Jenny grabbed her fork and dug it into the pie and brought the piece into her mouth. "Mmm, this is some really good pie," "Trust me, you haven't tasted a real apple pie," I said denying her opinion. "What do you mean?" "Well, a uh, friend of mine made this apple pie, and it tasted amazing. Almost like..... magic," I got lost in thought when I said that. I was being reminded of my little trip I had earlier. It was strange. That pie actually did taste, and feel like magic. Well there were unicorns in that world, so my guess is that there has to be magic there. But I don't know how Applejack got it to taste like that. Was it something about her, or her apples. Or is that whole just simply enchant- "STEVIE!!!" I was brought back to reality when I heard someone practically screaming my name. "What," "What happened, you kinda froze up there," Jenny said, explaining what happened to me. "Sorry, lost in thought I guess." "Well ok." I felt my face getting warm from the embarrassment that was happening. I noticed that my two friends had finished eating and were now waiting on me. I quickly ate my burger, left some money to pay for it and left to join up with my friends. "Well that was nice, so what do you guys want to do?" Mike asked. "I was planning on heading to the library. You can come if you want?" Jenny suggested. Mike booed at the idea, but I thought it was a great idea to go and do some research. "I'll go," I said as I followed Jenny to the library. "Hey wait up!" Mike called out as he went off to catch up with us. ••• At the library, Jenny was already reading a book about the proper care of raising horses while Mike was reading some magazine he found. As for myself, I was looking for something to help figure out what this amulet was. I desperately searched until I stumbled upon a book entitled Artifacts of the Unknown. Guess I should start here then. I took the book out and went to towards the table where the others are. Sitting down on one of the seats, I opened the book and began flipping through the pages in hopes of finding what I'm looking for. I kept looking until I made it to the end of the book. Nothing. I closed it and went back towards the shelves. I found another book and I checked it out. Nothing again. I put it back and I got another. Same results. I continued searching through practically all the books in the shelf and didn't found anything. As I flipped through the pages of one book, I was starting to get the sensation of simply giving up until I found something. The amulet. I was thrilled that I found something useful. As I read down the page, my hopes were running low. The Equine Amulet There is little information about the origins of this artifact. In fact, very little bit is known of said artifact. It was said to have been discovered in the early 1900s, but disappeared soon after. Origins: Unknown Gem Type: Unknown Durability: Unknown Cleavage: Unknown Color: Unknown Class: Unknown Great, back to square one again. I placed the book back on the shelf and was on my way towards my friends when I noticed a title of a book that caught my attention. Unicorns, Pegasi, and other mythological creatures This should be interesting. ••• I read for approximately the entire day. Mike and Jenny already left a while ago. Only I remained, reading the mythical creatures book and anything else that hopefully gave me an idea into what that other world had. So far, I haven't found much, but then it hit me. if I want to learn more about that world, then I should just do research there, it was pure and simple. It was only until that I realized it was almost closing time that I finished up my book and headed out the door. It was pretty late, and I had to get home. So I quickly took off from the library all the way to my house. When I got there I snuck around the back and stood beneath my bedroom window. Since my room was on the second floor, so was the window, but that never stopped me. Whenever I would go sneak out to hang out with Mike, I would always use the nearby tree to get in and out unnoticed. I would climb out of the window and set myself on the thick branch and then climb down, or do it the other way when I came back. I got to the base of the tree and began climbing it. I continued up until I got to the branch. I got on it and scooted my way towards the window. Once I was in front of it, I opened it and climbed back into the room. I closed the windows, and climbed into bed. I have been exhausted from an extremely long day of traveling to other worlds and doing research and whatever else, and I'm probably still going to go back in the morning, but boy will it be worth it. After a while, I fell asleep in an instant. ••• I was back. Back into the land of ponies, and also near the rock where I hid the amulet. It was a nice morning, just like the last time. This time, I was we'll prepared. I tried passing through with my bookbag full of things I need, and when I got here, it turned into saddlebags, but still had my things. It was mostly things like food water, and a book. I hid the amulet within my bag so that no one would find it. Once I did just that, and double checked my belongings, And then headed off to Ponyville. It was a bit tricky trying to determine which building was the library, that is, if this place even has a library. It wasn't until I passed a sign with a picture of a book and a title that read 'Ponyville Library'. Jackpot! Looking at the library, I took notice of how different it was from all the other houses here. Turns out that the library was an oak tree. Strange, but no matter. I came here searching for some answers, and I'm going to get them, if it kills me. So I went up to the door and knocked. When it opened, it seemed that no one was there, until I looked down that is. Standing in front of me at the door was a small purple and green dragon. I was both shocked and yet a bit confused at the same time. "Can I help you?" he said. I cleared my throat before giving him my response. "Uhm, yea hi, listen, are you the librarian here cause I need to look for a specific book?" "No, but Twilight can definitely help you in your search. She's great with books, believe me, I know." "Twilight?" "Yea you know, the pony who lives here, real smart, princess-" "I know who she is, I just didn't know that she lives here." "Oh, well come on in, the little dragon motioned for me to enter the large oak that he called a library. I set my bags down before taking a good look at the inside, and it looked amazing. It was hollow with books lined up around the walls. Why there's probably more books here than the Scottsville library. In the center of the room was a wooden carving of a horse's head. It looked just like the one back at the old house Jenny showed me yesterday. "Hi Stevie! What are you doing here?" I heard Twilight call out as she was entering the room. "Hey Twilight, I was hoping if you can help me find a book." "Of coarse! What did you have in mind?" "Do you have anything on mystical artifacts and such?" "I believe I do. Check in that shelf over there." She pointed towards a bookshelf at the far end of the room. I headed over there and begin skimming through the titles on spines of the books. I then came across a book that captured my attention. I took it off the shelf, opened it up, and began to read it. "Oh, hey Twilight, is it ok if I stay here for a while reading? This could take some time." "Sure. I'll be in the other room if you need me," she replied before disappearing through the door of the other room. I smiled before continuing with my research. ••• Twelve hours of searching, and I have found NOTHING!!! All I got was from the history pf this place to simple magic spells. This was getting rediculous. I searched every single book in this place and not one gave me enough info on the amulet. I finished up my last book before heading towards the door. Twilight came into the room and spotted me leaving. "Stevie, are you alright?" She asked. "Yea, I'm just gunna head on home. Thanks for letting me use library, even though I couldn't find what I was looking for." "Stevie, you've been here all day going through every last one of my books. What was it that you were searching for?" "It was... nothing. Never mind. I'll see you tomorrow Twilight, and thanks again for helping me." Without another word, I grabbed my bags, headed out the door, and closed it shut behind me as left into the dark and foggy night. ••• Questions, comments, complements, Any errors are accepted, Always room for improvement! Be sure to like and follow both here and twitter (@Pony3T)
Chapter 1: Hard daysAlmost everyone seem to have a pretty good story to tell from time to time, wether real or not. For stories that are real, most of them are believable, while others don't seem so believable. You can even say that my story is unbelievable, which is why I never did tell anyone about it, until now that is. I guess a good place to start this story would be where it all began. It was a chilly afternoon in the month of Febuary. ••• "Yo Stevie," a voice called from a distance behind me. I turn to see who it is. "Hey Mike, how's it going?" I asked the kid in the leather jacket. "Eh, same as always, were you headin'?" "Today's baseball tryouts, I've been practicing for a while now and I sure hope I make the team." "Well good luck with that. Anyway, have you ask you know who to you know what?" he asked, trying to keep what we were talking about some sort of mystery. "No, and don't you think it's to soon? She just broke up with her boyfriend. I don't think she'd want to date." "Trust me, it's now or never, she's the prettiest girl in school, and guys will be all over her now that's she's single. It won't be long until she finds a new boyfriend, and who knows how long it will take for them to break up, that is "IF" they break up." This had to have been one of Mike's ways of persuasion. I've known him long enough to know it when I see it, and apperently it was working. "Alright then, you think I can't ask her out, well then just wait and see cause I'm gonna ask her TODAY!" I felt so confident in myself just from saying that, kinda like a small victory. "Well you better hurry, your love clock is ticking," I don't know if that was suppose to worrie me, or to just simply mock me. "Whatever, anyway I have to go, catch you later." "Alright, and remember, tick tock tick tock." Now I know he was mocking me, but I ignored it and turned and walked away. Looking down at my watch, I started to pick up the pace knowing I was running late. Not looking to where I was going, I accidentally bumped into someone, knocking both of us on the floor. After getting my bearings in order, I looked to see who it was, and of all people, it was the girl of my dreams! Aw crud! "Oh man, Jenny are you ok?" "Oh yea, I'm fine. Sorry, I was in a rush and wasn't paying attention," she said as I helped her pick up her books. "Yea me too. Hey, is it ok if talk to you tomorrow at lunch?" "Yea sure, listen I gotta go, catch you later!" She then sped off into the opposite direction that I came from. I just stood there looking at how amazing she was. Suddenly remembering about my tryouts, I turned and started off again. Now that the hallways were becoming empty, it was easier to get to my destination. ••• Baseballs tryouts went pretty well if you ask me. Doing simple routines and stuff to see how good I was. I hope I make it cause this could be my one chance of no longer being a nobody. Once they were finally over, I went home, eager to find out if I made the team or not. On my arrival back to house, I come home to find out that nobody was home. Laying my stuff down, all exhausted from the previous hours, I look around to find a note left on the fridge. "Stevie, went out to by some groceries. Fix up something with what we already have. Be back soon. Love, Mom" Great, who nows how long that will take. Putting the note down, I checked to see what was in the fridge. I wasn't surprised to find nothing good in it. Moving on to the cabinets, I got the same results. Great, now I'm gonna starve to death 'til my mom gets back! I went to the living room to watch tv, while starving at the same time. Just then the phone rang. I picked it up to see who it is. "Hello?" "Stevie?" "Mike?!" "Stevie! How's it going?" "Not much, just starving to death!" "Well that's not cool. Anyway, how'd it go?" "It went well, I'm a little tired but I just hope I make the team!" "No not that, did you ask Jenny out yet?" "No, I mean I couldn't cause well I kinda bumped into her and plus she was in hurry so it was bad timing, but I did ask her if we could talk at lunch tomorrow." "Well you better hurry up cause there's a good chance that she'll already have a date tomorrow." "I'm sure she won't," I told him, trying to shed some light on my situation. "Well remember, tick tock tick tock!" he said mockingly as he hung up the phone. Now it was starting to feel that Mike is dimming the light. ••• I sat there for a while until I notice out the window that a car pulled up. Lucky for me, it was my mom who had just came back from shopping, which was good considering how hungry I was. I helped my mom with the bags as she was coming in. "Hey sweetie, sorry I'm late , you hungry?" "You have no idea." "I new you were going to say that, which is why I brought you some hot pockets. You can eat on those while I get dinner ready, and I better hurry before your father gets home." "Ok" I said as I placed some hot pockets into the microwave. Once they were ready, I quickly divoured them all. Finally feeling satisfied, I thanked my mom and went to my room. Laying down on the bed, I looked up at the ceiling, just thinking about the outcomes that will happen later on. After all the stuff that's happened to day, I think it's safe to say that it's been a hard day. ••• Questions, comments, complements, Any errors are accepted, Always room for improvement! Be sure to like and follow both here and twitter (@Pony3T)
Chapter 2: Lucky StreakThe next morning just felt like any other. "Rise and shine Stevie, another day another dollar!" my mom said cheerfully. More like another migraine. I got up, got dressed and headed out to school, I waved my mom goodbye as I walked down the street. On my way, I met up with Mike. "Hey man, so, have you thought about your approach?" "Your still going on about that?" "I wouldn't be the one asking that sort of question since I'm not the one who's been talking how 'amazingly amazing' Jenny is for the past 'two' years." It felt like was about to blush at that cause I already felt my cheeks getting warm. "Whatever, hopefully I'll be able to ask her out today, that is, if she's not in a rush to get somewhere again." "Alright, but remember, tic-" I imidiatly stoped him there. "ALRIGHT, I GET IT!!! MY CLOCK IS TICKING!!!" I said aloud full of anger, annoyance, and yet pride from my tone. "Ok gees, just making sure you remember." Mike said, surprised at how I stood up for myself. I decided to change the subject as we headed towards school. ••• Finally, lunchtime! Time to make my move. As I grabbed my lunch tray out of the lunch line, I saw Mike at a distance and he nodded at me, indicating me to go on ahead as planned. I nodded back to him as I went to look for Jenny. I find her at a lone table reading a book. Heading on over, I noticed one of the baseball coaches was putting up a piece of paper on a wall to my right. Once he left, I moved in to see what it was, and luckily, it was a list of people who made the team. Skimming through the names, I found my name amongst the others. I had made the team! It was just to good to be true! I quickly took off to where Jenny was all excited about what had just happened. Upon arriving to my destination, I quickly slowed down so that I wouldn't crash into her for a second time. I slowly walked up to her. "Hey Jenny," "Oh hey Stevie," she motioned to sit down next to her, this was good. "I got some great news!" she said excitedly. "Me too!" "You go first," "Alright, I made the baseball team! Isn't that great!?" "That's great! Anyway, now it's my turn. Remember yesterday I was in a rush, well I was going to go to hurry and enter in the young riders competition, and I got in, which means I have to go and practice after school," she said excitedly. "Wow Jenny, that's amazing! Well I hope you win." "Yea me too. So, I was wondering, do you uh... want to uhm... come by my house this Saturday and uh... go horseback riding with me?" Oh my gosh, is she asking ME out? That's every guys dream to happen, I think. "Yea sure, that sounds great," I said nervously. "Great!" she seemed so happy from my reply. It felt good. Just then, the bell rang. "Ok, so I'll see you this Saturday?" I asked. "Yea, I'll see you later", she replied. "Ok," once she was out of sight, I ran looking for Mike. Luckily, we were both in study hall so I could talk to him about what happened. I finally found Mike talking to somebody. I quickly ran up to him. "Dude, we need to talk," "What, what is it?" he said confusedly as he motioned to the person he was talking to to leave. "I'll catch you later Mike," the guy said. " yea," he said in reply. "Dude, you won't believe what just happened with me and Jenny." "What, did you ask her out?" "Close, now call me crazy, but I think she asked me out." "WHAT!!!" he said surprised from what I had told him. "Yea, she asked me if I could come to her house on Saturday, and I obviously said yes!" "Well lucky you then. I wish that kind of stuff would happen to me." "Yup, so far, I've been having a great day, and boy I can't wait 'til Saturday!" We then headed on to study hall to continue on with the day. ••• Saturday finally came rolling along and I was in the best of moods, knowing that I had a date with Jenny, the girl of my dreams. I quickly got dressed into something casual, ate some breakfast and headed on out. Unfortunately, I was stopped in my tracks right when I was already opening the door. "Hey son, you're never up this early on a Saturday, what's going on?" It was my dad, and he was on to me. I did mention that I was going to Jenny's house to my mom, so I figured she would tell my dad, but something tells me she forgot. There was no point in lieing cause since I told my mom, he would ask her to see if my story checks out. "I'm uh... h-heading to uh, Jenny's house. You know Jenny right?" "Yes, your mother told me that you talk about how 'amazing' and 'beautiful' she is to your friend Mike," I felt a bit embarrassed from that. "Y-yea, she told me to come over," I said nervously. "Well you be careful, and don't get into any trouble." "Alright dad, see ya later," I said as I walked out the door. "Good luck son!" My dad replied with a wink as he went back inside the house. What did he mean by that? I thought about it for a bit before I decided to just drop it. I got on my bike and a headed on to go see Jenny. It took a while before I finally made it. I got off and walked up to the door to knock it. When it opened, a large man was standing in front of me. "Uhm hello, is uh Jenny home?" "Yea, she's in the stable with her horses again," he said with a firm booming voice. "Thank you," I felt very uncomfortable until the man at last closed the door. A wave of relief swept over me as I went around the house and I headed on towards a barn. Moving inside, I saw Jenny tending to some horse. "I never knew how good you were at tending to horses." Jenny quickly turned to see that it was only me. She then chuckled at that. "Very funny Stevie. Ready to go?" "Yea, hey who is that guy? You know, he's big, had booming voice, kinda scary," "Thats my dad," "Oh man, I'm sorry, it's just that-" "Don't worry, I understand. He may seem scary, but he's really not that bad once you get to know him." I'll believe it when I see it. "Ok then, so what horse am I getting?" I asked looking around at all the horses there were. Dang, she must really like horses. "You can ride Shadow over there," she pointed to a black colored horse. It actually seemed pretty cool. I walked over to the horse to get a better look. Jenny then came to open the stable to attach a saddle on it. "Alright, hop on." I did as she told me to do. Once I was situated onto the saddle it kinda felt like I was sitting on a bike. Jenny got on the brown horse she was just tending to a while ago. "Ok just stay right next me," said as we both headed on out of the barn. We trotted our horses along the perimeter of the ranch. It was nice having just Jenny and I talking about things. It was quite fun being with her. "Hey I want to show you something," she said excitedly. "Follow me," she turned her horse and headed off towards the forest nearby. I motioned Shadow to follow. Jenny then took a path that lead deep within the forest and began to pick up the pace. I did the same in an attempt to catch up with her. She started to slow down which helped close the distance between us. I noticed that she had stopped in front of an old wooden house that looked like it hadn't been used in years. "What is this place?" I asked. "I'm only showing this to because I think your the only friend I can trust. Do you promise to keep it a secret on what I'm about to tell you?" "Yea sure." "This is my secret hiding place I like to go whenever I'm sad, confused, or even happy. Come on, lets go inside!" she motioned me to follow her again we both got off our horses and tied the reins to a nearby tree branch. We went inside the old house. It was a dump, but what do you expect from an old house. "What do you think?" Jenny asked with a grin on her face while my face winced. "Well, it's um... what's the the word I'm looking for? It's uh...great." "I know what you're probably thinking, this place is a dump and it does look like it, but there's something about it that makes me feel 'connected, to it. And besides, it helps me cool off when I've had a rough time. You're welcome to look around if you'd like, I'm going to be catching up on some reading," she said as she took a book out from her bag she brought with her. I kinda grinned at that as she took a seat on one of the nearby chairs. I then turned to go into the room next to me. Looking inside, all there was was a bed, and an old wardrobe. Looking into the next few rooms, besides the kitchen and the leaving room, they all had the same things as the first. Although, some hade closets and others had small desks, but there was one room that was a bit different than the others. This had a bust of a horse. It seemed kinda odd that the bust would be here in the room and not in the living room. It did look like it be used for decoration. Moving in to get a closer look, I some how tripped and knocked into the horse head, causing it to full and well, bust. Now on the ground I turned to see what had made me trip, and it turned out that the board I was standing on had broke from my weight. I got my foot out of the hole when Jenny spoke up. "You ok? What happened?" "I'm alright, I just tripped, go back to your reading." I said trying not to concern her. "Alright," she said in reply. I quickly turned to look at the damaged bust. Quickly rummaging through the broken pieces, I notice something within the pieces. Picking up the strange object, realize that the object was some sort of necklace. I wondered why this would be in there, but then I figured that it was probably put there cause whoever owned it probably didn't want anyone to find it. Up until now that is. The object on the bottom of the chain was some sort of blue gem incased in metal, although it was hard to tell since it was covered in years of dust accumulation. This will look way better once I wash it. Then it hit me. Since Jenny's birthday was next week, I could give this to her as a birthday gift to show my love towards her, and plus, I wouldn't have to spend a fortune on a gift like this. Once I get this cleaned, it's going to look just like new. I stuffed the necklace into my pocket as I went into the living room. "Ready to go?" Jenny asked. "Yup, you were right Jenny, this place is great!" I said to Jenny as we both exited the old house and got on our horses. On the way back I just thought of the look on Jenny's face when I give her that necklace. Boy will she love me for it, and that will be the greatest thing ever. ••• Questions, comments, complements, Any errors are accepted, Always room for improvement! Be sure to like and follow both here and twitter (@Pony3T)
Chapter 3: The New WorldOnce I had arrived to my house, I opened the door to find both my parents sitting on the couch watching tv. "Hey sweetie, how'd it go?" my mother asked with a smile on her face, just eager to hear about my day. "It was alright, Jenny and I went horseback riding at her ranch and you know, it was fun," I said trying to keep myself from exposing my emotions within. "Well that's great honey!" I turn to see my dad nod at me with a grin. I gave a nod back to him as I headed towords the kitchen to clean the piece of jewelry. Before coming home, I looked on my phone to see how to clean fine jewelry. I tried out one method and it seemed to be working. The dirt and the dust was clearing off and, once it finished drying, I notice that ther is some writing on the back. I took it up to my room to observe it even closer. Once I got there, I held the amulet up to the light see the words clearly. It said "From man to pony, pony to man, may two worlds come together, friendship and harmony is at hand." What?... Just then, sparks of light start to appear, flashing, and the amulet in my hands began to glow. All of a sudden, there's this bright light, and my body feels light, as of I were floating on air. Then I start feeling as if I were flying. It actually felt good. It seemed like I could go on forever. Then suddenly, I start falling, and falling, and falling, until I hit the ground. It didn't hurt as much as I thought it would, but it did hurt. "Aw man, what happened?" trying to adjust my eyes to the change of light. Once they settled, I looked around to see that I was in an open field. "Did this thing just sent me outside?" I wanted to rub my eyes to make sure I wasn't seeing things, but as I look to where my hand was suppose to be, I instead saw a hoof. "Huh?" I turn to look at my other arm to make sure I wasn't going crazy, and all I saw was another hoof. I had a pair of hooves where my hands were suppose to be. Sitting up I checked the rest of my body, and to my surprise, and horror, I had another pair of hooves where legs were suppose to be. Ok, it's official, I've gone completely insane!" I needed to see what I looked like. Looking around, I noticed a lake in the distance. I tried to stand up on my hind legs, but I kept losing balance until I decided to just go on all fours. Ok, it's just like crawling, but with hooves, and besides, I've seen how horses, ponies, and donkeys do it, so it shouldn't be that hard. Just think crawling. I put one hoof after the other. It felt as if I were an infant learning how to crawl. I was starting to get the hang of it, so I picked up the pace and I went from trotting to galloping. In no time at all, I reached the lake. I had to slow down so that I wouldn't crash into it. I slowly approached the water to look at my reflection. I nearly fell back when I saw not my face, but the face of a PONY, THAT LOOKED JUST LIKE ME!!! Please let this be a dream! I thought as I slapped myself in hopes of waking up from this nightmare. Looking back into the water, I saw the same pony face. no I thought as dunked my head into the lake, but it was all to no avail. I kept dunking my head in the water, refusing to accept what had just happened to me no...no...no NO NO NO!!!!! Looking up to the sky, I decided to just let it all out . "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!" I fell to the ground after that, feeling the whole world crashing down on me. I laid there just thinking how could this had happened to me. Just when my life was already starting to become perfect, this happened, and now I have no idea how to get back home. Then it hit me, the amulet. If that thing brought me here, then it has to bring me back home. I got up and galloped back to where I was a moment ago . Trying to pick it up with my hooves, I turn it around so that I cold see the writing. I read the words on the amulet and I closed my eyes. So far I felt nothing. I opened one eye and I saw the same outdoors scenery. Huh? How am I still here? I read the words again and I got the same results, nothing. I kept reading it over and over again until the words on the amulet started to glow. The writing changed and it said something new. I looked down to read what it said. To go back from which you came, wait 12 hours in your day. The words glowed again and the original words reappeared. Although this time, a timer appeared below and it was counting back from 12 hours. "Wait, what, are you telling me I have to wait 12 hours? GREAT NOW I'M STUCK HERE INSIDE A PONY'S BODY!!!!!" I couldn't wait 12 hours. I mean what's going to happen back home when my parents find out I'm missing. Sadly I new that the only way back was to wait 12 hours until this thing resets or whatever, and I can't just sit here for that long. I have to find some civilization, if any. Looking around, I saw a tall tree and got an idea. If I'd climb that tree, then I might be able to spot a village or town or something. I got up, put the amulet around my neck and I started off in the direction the tree was. Arriving at the base of the tree, I wrapped my legs around the trunk and started to climb. It was a bit difficult then I had expected it to be. I've always been a able to climb trees easy back home, but that was when I was still human. Here, I'm a pony with hooves, and worse, no thumbs. It was easier to climb with my hind legs since they had a little bit of a grip to the branches I stepped on, but was difficult with my front legs. It took a while until I was actually high enough to get a good view of the area. I searched around in hopes of finding civilization, and lucky for me, I spotted what seemed to be a village in the distance. "Huh, hopefully the people there might be able to help." Suddenly, I hear something that was breaking and snapping. I looked down to see what it was and it was the branch that I was standing on. It was beginning to break. I tried to keep myself calm and not make any sudden moves through all the panic that I had within. Unfortunately, the branch broke under my weight and I was falling a good 10 to 15 feet down. I landed on pile of leaves which did help break my fall. I just laid there in pain, and I wanted to stay, but I couldn't, I have to go to that village, I have to get out of here. Slowly getting up from all the pain I was going through, I began to move in the direction of the village. ••• Questions, comments, complements, Any errors are accepted, Always room for improvement! Be sure to like and follow both here and twitter (@Pony3T)
Chapter 4: New pony in PonyvilleStopping at about half a mile outside the village, I began getting second thoughts about this. I had to plan my approach. If there were people in the village, there, how was I going to communicate and tell them what's wrong. And plus, what will they think when they saw some random pony in their village. This was going to be a problem. Suddenly, I saw two objects walking up in my direction. I didn't want anyone to find me like this, not yet that is. I still haven't come with a way to formally present myself. Frantically looking around, I found a nearby rock large enough to hide behind. In doing so, I took a quick peek at those who were walking by. Once they were close enough to dully make out, I was surprised at what I was looking at... more ponies. When the two ponies were out of sight, I climbed up the rock so that I could look into the village to catch a glimpse of the residents there. I then saw more and more ponies alike. "whoa, what kind of weird place is this?" I climbed down from the rock while also thinking of a new approach. "Ok, so as far as I know, it looks that village is a village filled with ponies, which means I don't have to worry about my current appearance. Now, I can't go in there with this amulet around my neck or else the ponies there will probably get suspicious about it. So I'll just hide this here, go into town, act natural, and wait things out while this thing is resetting itself. Easy enough! I took the amulet off my neck, dug a hole next to the rock and then planted a blue flower on it that I picked close by so that I'll know where to look for it later. I headed on towards the village. ••• Of all my 16 years of living in Scottsville, I've experienced some pretty weird stuff in that little town, like the time Mike and I accidently clogged the the park fountain and flooded the whole town, or that time back at the zoo when I dared Mike to wrestle an alligator and the next thing we know, there's a stampede going through the streets! So you can say we are VERY well known there. Good thing Jenny hasn't been around that much to know that. But looking and even being in this village full of ponies probably toped all the weird things that happened in my home town combined. The reason why to me this place looks weird is because, from the design of most of the cottages and all the multicolored talking ponies, this place looks as if it were from a cartoon, although sometimes I feel like my life is one. As I trotted down the street, I started thinking about the pony folk here. "It's kinda strange because they seem so civilized, I mean they build houses, run stores, and even seem to have a whole economy of their own. These ponies aren't actually that different from the people back in Scottsville. You know, I wonder-" "oof!" Lost in thought, I bumbed into someone. I should really start paying more attention to where I go cause this is starting to get annoying, and painfull. I laid there on the ground in pain from the collision. "Oh my, are you OK?" I heard someone say to me as I had my eyes closed tightly trying to work through the pain, but when I opened them, I was met with a wide pair of blue eyes starting right in front of me. "Aaahh!" I shrieked scooting away, trying to make space between us. "Aaahh to you to, but not really the answer I was looking for" said the pink mare with a really poofey mane. "Oh uh sorry, I'm fine, thank you, are you alright?" I asked, despite noticing how gidy she was, but I didn't want to seem rude. "Oh I'm fine, but you should really be care full, nopony likes getting knocked over by a mister Mc bumpypants!" she chirped as she started bouncing off, until she stopped in mid bounce and let out a huge gasp. She turned and stared at me wide eyed. "I've never seen you before, which means that your new here right!?" she said so excitedly and rapidly that I barely caught up with her. "Uhm yea why, what does that mean?" "It means that your a new pony, and new ponies always get a welcome to Ponyville party, but first, I need to give you the very special welcome package!" The pink mare said and then fled in a blink of an eye and returned pulling a cart behind her. She parked the cart right in front of me and pressed a button on it. All of a sudden, the cart burst open and began playing music, and the pony started singing along to the music. Oh no. ••• "Wait for it!" She said when she finished her song. An oven from the cart then burst open releaseing a strong wind with confedi and then a canon shot what looked like cake batter into the air and then falling to ground, covering both of us in a battery mess. "Oops, silly me, I acidently put the confedi in the oven and the cake in the confedi canon, again!" She said as she licked all the batter off of herself in an instant. I really didn't want to lick myself clean like her, so instead I shook all the batter off of myself, which did cleaned me of any batter I had on me. I turned to look at the pink pony who was jumping up and down excitedly. "Ooo, I really hope you liked it, considering the fact that it was from your new best friend!" "Well it was pretty good and-... wait, what? New best friend?" I asked confusedly in hope that I misheard that. "Well duh, of course I'm your new best friend! I always become instant best friends with new ponies!" "Well not to sound rude, but isn't that taking it a little too fast? I mean we don't even know eachothers names." I said trying to slap some reason in her without hurting her feelings. "Oh yea, I mean what kind of a friend doesn't know their friends name?" She said as she cleared her throat. " My name is Pinkie Pie, and you are?" "Oh uh, well, my name is uh st-Steven, Steven Marks. B-but my friends just call me Stevie." I said nervously. "Wow, I never heard of a name like Stevie before, its funny though." Not as funny as yours. "Well come on Stevie, we have a welcome to Ponyville party to get to. There's going to be games, cake, ice cream and punch, and it won't be the same without the guest of honor" Pinkie said excitedly. "Uhm, well I'm not sure," I honestly didn't know if I was in the mood for a party, but then I looked at Pinkie Pie and she greets me with a frown across her face and big puppy dog eyes.I look up at the sky and I see that the sun was at its highest peek in the sky, so I basically had all the time in the world. Not to mention the loud rumbling in my stomach. I turned and gave a weak smile to Pinkie. "Eh, sure, why not," and with that, Pinkie jumped up in the air cheerfully. "Well then, let's go to Sugarcube Corner and I'll invite all my friends over cause it's gonna be an amazingly fun party ever!" "I sure hope so." ••• Questions, comments, complements, Any errors are accepted, Always room for improvement! Be sure to like and follow both here and twitter (@Pony3T)
Chapter 5: Party AnimalSugarcube Corner (along with some of the other buildings in this town) looked really odd, considering the fact that it looked like a slice of cake, but again just looking at it screamed 'not real' in my mind. But to be honest with you, I don't know what is real anymore. As Pinkie opened the door to let me in, I was greeted to a sent of frosting and cake. I looked around and found a bunch of desserts on display, which could only mean one thing, I was in a bakery. Pinkie Pie trotted up to the counter, rang a bell, and then hollored into the kitchen. "Hey Mr. and Mrs. Cake, could you please bring up one of your most yummy and delicious cakes you have, I'm having having another party," wow, really?, the baker's last name is cake, how ironic. "Sure thing Pinkie, will bring one up soon." said a voice in the kitchen. "Goody, now we got the cake ready, which means that we need decorations!" she said as she motioned me to follow. When we got up to the second floor of the place, the whole room was kind of a mess. There were streamers, confedi, and a few deflated balloons on the floor. I noticed a bed with balloons floating next to it at one end of the circular room and I wondered if this was the baker's room. I asked Pinkie and she giggled and told me that this was her room, figures. "Its also where I host most of my parties at," again, figures. She then went bouncing towords the closet and began throwing junk out of it. "Now I know I put it in here somewhere, oh here it is," she said as she pulled out a canon from the closet. She aimed it at a table close by, pressed a button and the next thing I know, the table was draped in a cloth with silverware on it. My mind was boggled when I saw what just happened. As for Pinkie Pie, she repeated the process of shooting her canon at certain areas, decorating them with party decore and food. In no time at all, the room was party perfect. At least that's what Pinkie Pie told me. "Now I need to go and invite my friends over and then its party time!" She went bouncing down the stairs. It then struck me that she was leaving me all alone with nothing to do. "Hey Pinkie, wait-" I was cut off by the sound of the door slamming shut. Great. ••• It felt like an etirnety being in that room when really it has probably been hour that has passed. I was lying on the ground staring up at the cielling just thinking about this place. I quickly got bored of that too. I felt like on the verge screaming, and I was going to do it if the front door hadn't opened. I hoped it was Pinkie, but I couldn't tell since I could hear roughly about six different voices down stairs. I quickly got up and made sure I looked presentable. Egh, good enough. The first pony I saw coming up the stairs was Pinkie Pie, carrying a cake on her back. She was followed by five other ponies who also brought food, which was good considering how hungry I was becoming. They were all as happy as Pinkie was. "Everypony, meet our new best friend Stevie Marks!" Pinkie cheered. Everyone else just starred at me with confused looks "Huh, I never heard of a name like that before," the flying, rainbow maned one said. One pony stepped up and crazily shook my hoof. "Well howdy partner, nice of ya ta come ta our lil' town. The name's Applejack!" Oh my gosh, she sounds like most of the people back in Scottsville. At least I had a small piece of home with me. Just then, I was lifted off the ground by my hoof and into the air and was again shaken crazily. "The name's Dash, Rainbow Dash. The most awesome pony around!" "That's very nice, but could you do me a favor and PUT ME DOWN!!!" I shrieked at the flying rainbow mare. "Oops, sorry," she said before letting go. "NO WAIT! OOF!" I landed with a hard thud on the floor. "Oh my, are you alright?" I heard one pony whisper. "Yea, don't worry about it, I'm alright. What's your name?" I asked getting up off the ground while looking at a yellow pegasus. "Uhm, it's Fluttershy," she whispered in for whatever reason. "Hm, nice name." She seemed to have smiled at that, but I couldn't tell since her pink hair was covering most of her face. Just then, Pinkie pie spun me around to stare at a white, purple maned unicorn. "This is Rarity, she is really god at making pretty dresses," Pinkie said. Rarity approached me on the other side with a lovestruck face. "My, aren't you a handsome brown stallion," she said with a fine, elegant tone in her voice. She did seem rather attractive. Wait a minute, I'm in love with Jenny, I'm in love with Jenny, I'm in love with Jenny, I'm in love with Jenny!!! I said repeatedly to myself. "Yea, he's a funny pony who... DOESN'T HAVE HIS CUTIE MARK?!?" Pinkie said in great shock as everyone else. I just stood there very confused. "What's a cutie mark?" I asked. "It's a symbol that shows your special talent," Pinkie said as she turned to show three balloons on her flank. I looked around and noticed that they all had a picture on their flanks. I turned to check mine and it was blank. I covered it up with my tale while I felt my face beginning to blush. "Woo wee, Ah can't wait ta tell Applebloom an' her friends about ya," Applejack said cheerfully. "Uhm yea... and who might you be?" I nervously said trying to change the subject while turning my attention to the lavender alicorn. She smiled and opened her mouth to speak, but before she could get anything from her mouth, Pinkie Pie cutted in. "And this is Twilight! She's a princess, FYI!" "Really?!" "Well duh! Wings, horn!" "So only alicorns can be royalty?" The two shared glances of confusion from the question. Finally, Twilight managed to speak. "I guess, but I'm not really sure, I'll have to look into that. Anyway, it's really nice to meet you Stevie" She said as she gently shook my hoof. About time I got one of those. "Well this has been nice getting to know you all, but why don't we get this party started!" "Now your talking! Lets party!" Pinkie said excitedly as she went and turned on some music. Everyone in the room started to dance to it. I would have joined them if my stomach would stop rumbleling. Just then, Pinkie Pie came up to me with a cupcake. "Here, have a cupcake!" "Ya read my mind Pinkie!" I said as I took the delicious looking pastry and took a bite from it. "Mmm, not bad, but I can't quite place the flavor. Is it blueberry?" I asked her. "No," "Bananna nut?" "He he, nope!" "I give up, what is it?" "A daffodile and vanilla cupcake!" My eyes went wide when she told me what was in it. I started getting a flashback of a similar situation. *** It was a warm spring day at Scottsville Elementary School, and Mike and I were laying on the grass at the playground starving to death. "Uh, how long until its lunch time?" Mike complained. I looked at my watch to check. "Twenty-five minutes," "And how long have we've been since we've came out here?" "Five," "Well it feels longer than that. I'm starving!" "Me too, but lunch is still an hour away, and plus, there's no food out here," We both sat up and looked around. Then Mike shot me an evil looking glare. "Why don't we eat the grass. It's a plant and we eat plants, and I bet they put dozens of blades of these in the salad at lunch!" he suggested. "Mike, that's the craziest thing I've ever heard," "You don't hear cows complaining," he did make a good point. Now we were only eight at the time, so we didn't know better. We then ripped the blades of grass out of the ground and began eating it. It tasted horrible, but all vegetables didn't taste good, so we kept on eating. It wasn't until our stomachs began to feel weird. Then suddenly, we start puking our guts out for almost a minute! When we were done, we laid back on the ground in pure agony. All the other little kids and teachers came to us to see what had happened. When one of the teachers asked what was wrong, we both looked at each other before turning back towards the teacher. "Don't... eat... the... grass!" we both said in perfect unison as we laid there starring at the blue sky. *** The feelings I felt back then were rushing back that I rushed towards the nearest window and spat out the cupcake from my mouth. "UUUHH!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE GRASS AGAIN, OH MY GOSH!!!" I was wiping off the remains of the dessert when I noticed all six ponies were starring at me. "Oh uh, I'm really sorry Pinkie, it's just that I'm uh... Daffodil intolerant," They all gasped when I said that. "Oh my, I'm so sorry, oh I should have asked you if you were daffodil intolerant. Oh what kind of horrible friend am I who would try and hurt their friends," Pinkie Pie said in a worried tone. "Pinkie it's ok, you didn't mean it, it's nobody's fault here," I said trying to cheer her up. "Well alright, I pinkie promise never to do something like that again." That was easy. "Well now that that's takin care of, why don't ya try some of ma homemade apple pie! That is if yer not allowed ta have apples," Applejack suggested. "What's in it?" I asked. "Uh apples," she said, giving me a look telling me what a stupid question. I gave her a suspicious look before taking a piece of the pie. When I put it in my mouth, it was a burst of amazing flavor. The nice, warm, delicious delicacy was nothing my mouth had ever tasted before swallowing. "Applejack, this is the most amazing pie in the history of pies!" I complemented before taking the whole thing and scooping up pieces into my hoof and placing it into my mouth. "Glad ya like it," she said as I noticed that I had finished the whole thing. "That was amazing," I laid back on the ground and patted my stomach. Everyone laughed at the sight before going back to their partying fun. ••• We partied until the late hours of the night, and everyone already said goodbye and went home. Applejack was waving goodbye before disappearing into the night. Only Pinkie Pie, Twilight, and myself were left. "Boy, that was some party," I said. "I'm glad you liked it, and again sorry for the cupcake," Pinkie said apologeticly. "Pinkie, I told you I forgive you." She smiled at that. "Well, I better get going." "Will we get to see you again Stevie? It's been a lot of fun," Twilight asked. I stood there for a while thinking until I came to a conclusion. "I garantee it," I said with a reassuring smile. With hug and a wave goodbye, I left them and headed back to where I hid the amulet. Lucky for me there was a full moon out tonight, which did help light the way. It took a while, but I finally made it to the rock. I dug the amulet, cleaned it off and said the spell. The amulet began to glow. It glow brighter brighter until I got sucked into it. I had that light, flying feeling again until suddenly, my face hits the floor. I have been having a lot of pain lately. I got up and looked around and saw my bed, my dresser, my desk. I was back in my room. Looking down, I had my original human body, and right in front of me on the ground was the blue and gold amulet. I checked the clock on my wall and the time hasn't changed at all since I left. I look down at the amulet and the timer reseted. I'd have to say that was one epic jorney. Then Twilight's words rang in my head about seeing them again. I looked at the amulet and smiled. "I garentee it." ••• Questions, comments, complements, Any errors are accepted, Always room for improvement! Be sure to like and follow both here and twitter (@Pony3T)
Chapter 6: Better UnderstandingSo many things were going through my head. I needed a moment to think. I hid the amulet in my sock droor and headed down the stairs. As I was heading towards the door, my mom asked me where I was going. I told her I just needed some fresh are and some time to think. She replied with an "ok" before I went out the door. Ever since then, I just walked. Just thinking about the events of what happened to me earlier kept going through my mind. Honestly I didn't know what else to think. I had a doorway to a whole other world in my hands. This also meant I had a new secret life. I could go and live there as long as I want and nobody here would know that I was gone. Maybe it's fate that led me to this, but the only question is why? I didn't know. I probably still don't know. It's something I'll have to find out later on, if ever. Point is though, I had a whole new secret life all to myself, and nobody knew about it, until later that is, but that I'll get to later on. I continued to walk until I noticed my house coming up and that I went in a circle. Just then, I noticed Mike approaching me on his skate board. "Hey Stevie, how's it been?" he asked. "To tell you the truth, I've had the most weirdest day in my life, not counting the stuff we do here." "Oh I get it, date didn't go to well?" "Date went fine, it's just, well, it's kinda hard to explain, and plus I don't feel like talking about it right now." "Alright, but what are you doing out here then?" "Just trying to clear my head I guess," "Cool, well I'm heading over to the diner for some pie, you in?" "Nah, I'm gunna keep walking, you go on," "Well alright," was the last thing he said before taking off. Even though I felt like being alone, I was starting to get second thoughts, plus my stomach was starting to rumble. I quickly took off after Mike, calling to him to wait up. ••• "So what are you going to get?" I asked Mike as we both entered the diner. Lucky for us, it was a slow day there. We saw a few people either eating their meals or just chatting away. "Well it's almost two thirty, so I'll just get a burger," Mike replied. I was kinda craving the same thing. We went up and sat on the stools near the counter. "Hello? Service?" Mike called ringing a nearby bell. A nearby waitress heard his calls and came to take our orders. "Yea, what can ah get ya-... Oh, you two. You have a lot of nerve being here," she said in an annoyed tone by our presence. "Linda, so great to see you again, how's it been?" Mike said casually, not taking the fact of how 'well known' we are here. "It was just fine until you two boys showed up just now," "Listen, we don't want to cause any trouble this time. All we want is some food from your most renowned eatery in all of Scottsville," "How charming, now what can ah get y'all today?" "Well just take two burger specials," I said as Linda wrote our order down on her notepad. "Will that be anythin' else?" She asked. We nodded our heads. "Alright then, hey Joe, we need two burger specials over here!" She exclaimed to the guy in the kitchen. "They'll be ready shortly, an' ah got muh eyes on you two," she said with a suspicious look on her face before heading off to attend to another costumer. Mike only smirked in return. I chuckled at that. "Man, I can't believe she is still going on with that," Mike said in amusement. "Well what do you expect from the stuff we do." "Hey, some off the stuff wasn't entirely our faults and you know it." "Yea, like that time someone stole all the candy from the shop down the road and we became the prime suspects," I added, being reminded of such memories. "Yea, and boy was sheriff Rogers mad, but what am I talking about, he gets mad at everything," Mike added. "I know, and I feel like every time he sees us, his blood pressure immediately goes up. Ha, what a hot head," I said jokingly. We both started to laugh at that until we heard someone clearing their throat loudly behind us. We tensed up nervously. Chills ran down our spines. We were worried who might be behind us, and when we turned to see who it was, our worst fears had been realized. "Sheriff Rogers, how nice to see you on this fine day, and might I ask, what have you been doing lately? Digging bugs out of you wife's- OW!" I had to punch Mike in the arm to keep him from finishing that sentence, so that I could replace it with something else. "-roses, he meant roses! You did mentioned a few days ago that your wife's rose garden was infested with bugs right," Sheriff Rogers gave us both a suspicious look. "Yea, right. Ah took care of that problem yesterday. Thanks for askin'. Linda, coffee, black, an throw in a couple a donuts would ya?" "No problem sheriff," Linda replied before going through the door that lead into the kitchen. The sheriff then turned his attention towards us. "So what have you boys been up to lately?" "Not much, just hanging around," I replied in an atempt to sound casual. "Well then, ya better not be gettin' into any trouble, ya hear?" "Yes sir," Finally, Linda came out with our food, which was great, considering how awkward it was getting. "Lets see, ah got a coffee an' donuts for you, an' two burgers for you two," she said as she placed our plates filled with food in front of us and handed Sheriff Rogers his coffee and bag of donuts. He took them up and waved goodbye before heading out the door. "Thanks Linda, fine job as usuall," Mike said rhetorically. Linda simply shrugged before heading back into the kitchen. I looked down, grabbed my burger and took a bite. It was nice and warm, and pretty good. Just then the door opened and I noticed out of the corner of my eye, a girl sitting next to me on the counter. I turned to see who it was and it turns out that that girl was Jenny. "Hey guys, how's it hanging?" "Not much," Mike replied with some hamburger in his mouth. Jenny nodded and then rung the bell for service. Linda them came to see who needed what. "Oh hi Jenny, what can ah get ya?" "I'll just have some apple pie." "Alright, be out in a jiffy." "So Jenny, what are you doing here, besides coming for pie," I asked, to which she replied. "Oh you know, I was wandering around at the ranch and just felt like wanting some pie," after a few minutes, Linda came out with a plate with a slice of apple pie on it. "Thanks Linda." "Don't mention it," she replied. Jenny grabbed her fork and dug it into the pie and brought the piece into her mouth. "Mmm, this is some really good pie," "Trust me, you haven't tasted a real apple pie," I said denying her opinion. "What do you mean?" "Well, a uh, friend of mine made this apple pie, and it tasted amazing. Almost like..... magic," I got lost in thought when I said that. I was being reminded of my little trip I had earlier. It was strange. That pie actually did taste, and feel like magic. Well there were unicorns in that world, so my guess is that there has to be magic there. But I don't know how Applejack got it to taste like that. Was it something about her, or her apples. Or is that whole just simply enchant- "STEVIE!!!" I was brought back to reality when I heard someone practically screaming my name. "What," "What happened, you kinda froze up there," Jenny said, explaining what happened to me. "Sorry, lost in thought I guess." "Well ok." I felt my face getting warm from the embarrassment that was happening. I noticed that my two friends had finished eating and were now waiting on me. I quickly ate my burger, left some money to pay for it and left to join up with my friends. "Well that was nice, so what do you guys want to do?" Mike asked. "I was planning on heading to the library. You can come if you want?" Jenny suggested. Mike booed at the idea, but I thought it was a great idea to go and do some research. "I'll go," I said as I followed Jenny to the library. "Hey wait up!" Mike called out as he went off to catch up with us. ••• At the library, Jenny was already reading a book about the proper care of raising horses while Mike was reading some magazine he found. As for myself, I was looking for something to help figure out what this amulet was. I desperately searched until I stumbled upon a book entitled Artifacts of the Unknown. Guess I should start here then. I took the book out and went to towards the table where the others are. Sitting down on one of the seats, I opened the book and began flipping through the pages in hopes of finding what I'm looking for. I kept looking until I made it to the end of the book. Nothing. I closed it and went back towards the shelves. I found another book and I checked it out. Nothing again. I put it back and I got another. Same results. I continued searching through practically all the books in the shelf and didn't found anything. As I flipped through the pages of one book, I was starting to get the sensation of simply giving up until I found something. The amulet. I was thrilled that I found something useful. As I read down the page, my hopes were running low. The Equine Amulet There is little information about the origins of this artifact. In fact, very little bit is known of said artifact. It was said to have been discovered in the early 1900s, but disappeared soon after. Origins: Unknown Gem Type: Unknown Durability: Unknown Cleavage: Unknown Color: Unknown Class: Unknown Great, back to square one again. I placed the book back on the shelf and was on my way towards my friends when I noticed a title of a book that caught my attention. Unicorns, Pegasi, and other mythological creatures This should be interesting. ••• I read for approximately the entire day. Mike and Jenny already left a while ago. Only I remained, reading the mythical creatures book and anything else that hopefully gave me an idea into what that other world had. So far, I haven't found much, but then it hit me. if I want to learn more about that world, then I should just do research there, it was pure and simple. It was only until that I realized it was almost closing time that I finished up my book and headed out the door. It was pretty late, and I had to get home. So I quickly took off from the library all the way to my house. When I got there I snuck around the back and stood beneath my bedroom window. Since my room was on the second floor, so was the window, but that never stopped me. Whenever I would go sneak out to hang out with Mike, I would always use the nearby tree to get in and out unnoticed. I would climb out of the window and set myself on the thick branch and then climb down, or do it the other way when I came back. I got to the base of the tree and began climbing it. I continued up until I got to the branch. I got on it and scooted my way towards the window. Once I was in front of it, I opened it and climbed back into the room. I closed the windows, and climbed into bed. I have been exhausted from an extremely long day of traveling to other worlds and doing research and whatever else, and I'm probably still going to go back in the morning, but boy will it be worth it. After a while, I fell asleep in an instant. ••• I was back. Back into the land of ponies, and also near the rock where I hid the amulet. It was a nice morning, just like the last time. This time, I was we'll prepared. I tried passing through with my bookbag full of things I need, and when I got here, it turned into saddlebags, but still had my things. It was mostly things like food water, and a book. I hid the amulet within my bag so that no one would find it. Once I did just that, and double checked my belongings, And then headed off to Ponyville. It was a bit tricky trying to determine which building was the library, that is, if this place even has a library. It wasn't until I passed a sign with a picture of a book and a title that read 'Ponyville Library'. Jackpot! Looking at the library, I took notice of how different it was from all the other houses here. Turns out that the library was an oak tree. Strange, but no matter. I came here searching for some answers, and I'm going to get them, if it kills me. So I went up to the door and knocked. When it opened, it seemed that no one was there, until I looked down that is. Standing in front of me at the door was a small purple and green dragon. I was both shocked and yet a bit confused at the same time. "Can I help you?" he said. I cleared my throat before giving him my response. "Uhm, yea hi, listen, are you the librarian here cause I need to look for a specific book?" "No, but Twilight can definitely help you in your search. She's great with books, believe me, I know." "Twilight?" "Yea you know, the pony who lives here, real smart, princess-" "I know who she is, I just didn't know that she lives here." "Oh, well come on in, the little dragon motioned for me to enter the large oak that he called a library. I set my bags down before taking a good look at the inside, and it looked amazing. It was hollow with books lined up around the walls. Why there's probably more books here than the Scottsville library. In the center of the room was a wooden carving of a horse's head. It looked just like the one back at the old house Jenny showed me yesterday. "Hi Stevie! What are you doing here?" I heard Twilight call out as she was entering the room. "Hey Twilight, I was hoping if you can help me find a book." "Of coarse! What did you have in mind?" "Do you have anything on mystical artifacts and such?" "I believe I do. Check in that shelf over there." She pointed towards a bookshelf at the far end of the room. I headed over there and begin skimming through the titles on spines of the books. I then came across a book that captured my attention. I took it off the shelf, opened it up, and began to read it. "Oh, hey Twilight, is it ok if I stay here for a while reading? This could take some time." "Sure. I'll be in the other room if you need me," she replied before disappearing through the door of the other room. I smiled before continuing with my research. ••• Twelve hours of searching, and I have found NOTHING!!! All I got was from the history pf this place to simple magic spells. This was getting rediculous. I searched every single book in this place and not one gave me enough info on the amulet. I finished up my last book before heading towards the door. Twilight came into the room and spotted me leaving. "Stevie, are you alright?" She asked. "Yea, I'm just gunna head on home. Thanks for letting me use library, even though I couldn't find what I was looking for." "Stevie, you've been here all day going through every last one of my books. What was it that you were searching for?" "It was... nothing. Never mind. I'll see you tomorrow Twilight, and thanks again for helping me." Without another word, I grabbed my bags, headed out the door, and closed it shut behind me as left into the dark and foggy night. ••• Questions, comments, complements, Any errors are accepted, Always room for improvement! Be sure to like and follow both here and twitter (@Pony3T)
