Chapter 2

Settling in is easy, tolerating is hard!

“Uuuuum, hey Pinks? What’s up with your friend? He’s acting a biiiiiit weird!” Rainbow Dash elbowed her pink compadre, as all the attention had just been diverted onto the mad human on the sofa who was cackling like crazy.

“Eeeheeheeheeheeheeheehee! Boobs! Heeheeheeheehee! Pony chicks! Heeheeheehee! This place is pretty cool! Heeheeheeeheeheehee! Boyoyoyoyoyoyoing!” Adam stuck with his act as if he was in a trance, his throaty voice sounding a little disturbing.

“I dunno! I’ve only known him for a couple of hours and he’s never done that before. But I’m guessing he has had a “Sexy overload”!” Pinkie commented, her comment only serving to confuse her friends further.

“What is… never mind, just wake him up! He’s starting to creep everypony out!” Twilight intervened, throwing the human a disturbed look.

“Okay!” The party mare literally bounced over to her furless friend and pushed him by the shoulder.

That seemed to do the trick as Adam’s eyes suddenly snapped back to normal as if he had just been awakened from a deep sleep.

“Whaaa, whooo? Are we doing something?” the ex-hacker shook his head, the fog in his mind dissipating as his conscience returned.

“Ah think ya just zoned out for a minute Sugar cube.” Applejack sat down next to him putting one leg on top of the other, leaning back and making herself comfortable.

“Did I? Uuuuuh… I didn’t happen to start giggling in weird ways and act like an idiot did I?” Adam asked, a bead of sweat coating his brows.

“I think you did! And it was weird!” Twilight scrunched up her nose disapprovingly.

“Oh, sorry about that… I do that when I’m among lots of pretty ladies.” The dude felt a wave of shame wash over his body as he cursed to himself “Damn you Beavis and Butthead! You stupid, stupid geniuses!”

“Oh? Well then I guess we should take that as a compliment. I’m guessing that’s the way for human stallions to express their approval of a mare’s beauty; quite eccentric!” Rarity said swishing her mane, running her hand through it, her statement getting all of the girls to voice their approval.

This made Adam feel even more awkward but he pretended to agree anyways.

“Hey, Adam! Who are Beavis and Butthead?” Pinkie whispered in Adam’s ear.

“Don’t ask! You don’t wanna know.” The guy replied whispering as well.

“What are you two whispering about over there?” Twilight called out.

“Doesn’t matter!” Pinkie responded.

“Pinkiiiiiiiiiiie!” The intelligent alicorn was just on the verge on pushing the subject when suddenly Mr and Mrs. Cake entered the premises of her home, pushing carts filled with numerous of delicious treats, including a chocolate strawberry cake with dark pink topping.

“Happy Anniversary your Highness! Foods and drinks courtesy of our establishment… On the House!" A short and pudgy mare with a bright cerulean coat and a two shaded very light crimson mane congratulated the lavender ruler of Equestria, a sweet and genuine smile gracing her lips.
She looked somewhere in the middle of her thirties by age. As to her large figure, it reminded Adam of Pinkie’s; however there was a difference in the distribution of weight. Where Pinkie had acquired her extra volume in just the right places, the older pony had quite a voluptuous belly and less accentuated breasts, even though still formidable in size. But the vitality in Mrs. Cake’s brilliant rose eyes and her jolly attitude only helped to convince the human that she was pretty cool in every way.

“Aaaaaah, I see Pinkie has made a new friend!” Another cheery voice came from Adam’s right, which made the ex-hacker turn his head.

He was a tall and scrawny earth pony stallion, with a carrot orange mane, light brilliant amber coat and a freckled face with pistachio eyes. Heck he was so thin, our blonde protagonist was baffled that there was someone even skinner than himself.

“Indeed! I take it you’re some sort of close acquaintance of hers?” The human offered his hand, which the pony man took and shook.

“Yes! I’m Carrot Cake and my wife Cupcake and I are Pinkie’s employers. We run a bakery in town and Pinkie is our extra pair of hands for everything. All of us live there, our twin foals included, and Pinkie has a free of charge room on the third floor.”

“Sounds like a pretty idyllic way a living! And I’m glad you still get to “bake cakes” with your wife, if you know what I mean.” Adam winked a moment before the stallion laughed heartily and patted the young man on the back.

“I can see why Pinkie seems to be glowing when she talks about you.” The baker pointed over to his employee who was in the middle of a conversation with the Mrs. By the frequent mentioning of Adam’s name and the happy tone in her voice one could easily guess the topic and its direction.
“You look pretty cute together!” Mr. Cake leaned over to Adam’s ear as now it was his turn to wink.

“Oh? Oh! No, no! We didn’t hit it off! For now we’re just friends. I do find her physically attractive as are many of the pony mares here, and I do like her. I’m just not into her that way. It just feels more right for me to start off with some good ol’ friendship.” The blonde dude waved his hands in denial, trying his best to explain his current feelings.

“Well, you never know! You might just become something more than what you are now.” The stallion smirked teasingly before going over to help his wife.

‘Yeeesh! What’s with older couples and senior citizens always pairing up people! It’s like they’re secret shipping fanfiction writers! Wait, what did I mean by that last bit?’ Adam questioned his own use of terms when he was suddenly pulled by his wrist and flung across the room.

“OY!” he screamed just before he was caught by a pair of strong pink hands.

“Heyaa Adam! Let’s daaaaance!” Pinkie hollered as she lowered the human and spun him around like a spinning top.

“Woa-oooh-oooo-ooooooooooh!” The ex-hacker could do nothing but accept his fate and wait for the spinning to stop. And stop it did, as the pink mare finished the move with a dip.

“Uuuuuuuh… Wow! I’ve never been mare-handled before! It was pretty cool actually.” Adam said dizzily as he fought the feeling of the world spinning around him.

“Heeheehee! You’re pretty light for a human stallion. It’s like you weigh nothing. Oh and you’ve got five fingers.” The equine lady added.

“What do you mean? We’ve all got five fingers on each hand!” The man lifted his hand in protest, only for his jaw to drop by seeing Pinkie’s hand lift in unison. The fingers on that hand were only four!

“W-T-F! What is up with that hand? Did you lose a finger? Or are you secretly a cartoon character!” he held up his pink friend’s hand examining it in bewilderment. The whole limb was very similar to the human version only the palm was a wee bit narrower and the quartet of fingers just a tiny smidgen thicker.

“Oooooh goodness, I’ve never seen a hand with five fingers before” Fluttershy appeared, taking a hold of the guy’s hand and beginning her examination.

“Freaky!” Rainbow Dash added as she hovered a few feet above everypony else’s heads.

This comment did not catch the buttery Pegasus’ fancy and she gave Rainbow a fierce look. However instead of that her attempt came out as a cute pouty face.

“Aaaaahaahhaahahahahahahah! Loo-loo-loooohooohooohoohook! She’s so adorable when she tries to be intimidating!” Adam laughed, joined by Pinkie.

“I was trying to be reprimanding.” The meek mare blushed, hiding her face behind her mane for yet another time.

“Flutters, sometimes you’re too sweet for your own good.” The polychromatic athlete landed and elbowed her friend teasingly as they shared a smile.

It wasn’t long before Mrs. and Mr. Cake left to execute their other orders they had to fill out for the day. What they left was a very large buffet table full of sugary confections such as cupcakes, muffins, a cake, fritters, doughnuts etc. That is not to say there wasn’t food that was more “healthy”. There were plenty of vegetarian sandwiches with various fixings including, green salad, tomatoes, cucumbers, pickles, radishes, onion, cabage, celery, boiled eggs and plenty of sauces prepared to put on each mix.

Everypony had a wonderful time, dancing, mingling, playing games, sharing stories and laughing. Adam was fairly popular along with Twilight since they were both guests of honor. And the human had to admit that his expectations of what he would find once he came upon the first settlement of pony society exceeded his expectations tenfold. Not to mention he was pretty much surprised yet secretly thrilled when he caught Rainbow Dash glancing in his direction a couple of times, the look on her face one of sexual interest. ;)

Everything was simply excellent until… Things got Hella freaky!

“… And then I stopped just at the edge of a chasm, the edge of a tall waterfall to my immediate right. The moment my last changeling pursuer came my way, I managed to dodge and trip him at the last moment, causing him to fall into the stream. And down the waterfall he went, screaming like a little girl. He was okay after he splashed down though. He just swore at me a lot.” Adam concluded his latest tale to the girls’ great amusement.

“Haaahahahahahahaahahah! Oooooh, those really are mis-mis-heeheehee-adventures!” Pinkie guffawed holding her aching gut.

“To think that you had to run from an entire horde of dem changelings. Ah sincerely feel for you Sugar Cube.” Applejack patted the human on the shoulder.

“Well… Now that you’ve concluded your stories as to how you got here, maybe you should tell us more about humans in general.” Twilight asked.

“Uuuuum…” The ex-hacker’s happy face suddenly vanished and was replaced by one of reluctance, and hesitance all of that indicated by the sweat forming on his brows.
“That depends on what you wanna know.”

“Tell us about human society in general!” The alicorn gave the needed example, putting on her best poker face.

“Uuuuuh… Well… I haven’t been very social for more than a year now but let’s just say everybody has their purpose in human society. We’re very organized, always strive to progress in order to make our lives better, we’re versatile, creative and resourceful. When we want to get something done we find a way to get it done no matter how impossible it might seem at first. Even though we don’t get cutie marks, there are adult humans with the special job of finding the greatest aptitudes a child may have in order to magnify them to their greatest extent through specialized schools. From graduation and on, the future generation then goes on to find what they want to do or at least what they’re most suited for. As to social life, we love to form friendship groups kinda like yours ranging from two to many people, and we usually have get-togethers and go hang at each other’s homes, cafes, restaurants, dance clubs, the usual.”

“Wowie, sounds like a great place to be! I would sure love to visit your home town one day and throw a party as big as the whole place!” Pinkie bounced in excitement, barely containing her frantic emotions.

“Yyyyyyeeeeah! That would be nice… heh…” Adam rubbed the back of his neck, the tension in him growing. This was getting out of hand and fast.

This did not go unnoticed by Applejack and Twilight who looked at each other, each cocking a brow.

“What about human politics? What are they like?” The lavender mare continued her query.

“Oh… I honestly don’t know much about that… Let’s just say we have a democracy system and that our politicians are all very well educated and smart people, their tabs always under watch by the Economy department of the police to ensure that all corruption is snuffed out and our system works for the good of mankind.” The human answered curtly… He was lying right now! He did know more! And it made him feel bad and nervous.
‘This is not good! I wasn’t prepared for this! I totally forgot to take into account the fact that the moment I enter a town, the residents there would question me about my place of origin and people.’ Adam thought to himself, a tinge of paranoia entering his mind. From there it spread giving birth to various wild and irrational what-ifs.
‘What if they make me tell them where Chicago is? What if they decide to conquer it by sneak attack… Naaaaah… we have magic sensors… that much power would be detected instantly and we have a military down in the city and satellites above in space to help. But still… I can’t just betray all of my people… As wild and nonsensical that history document about the genocide is, I am afraid I can’t tell a secret that has been kept for so long. God! What am I gonna do? I gotta dodge fast!’

“Adam… No offense Sugar Cube but you’re sweating like a pig. You’ve got a worse poker face than me, and Ah’m the honestest pony in Ponyville. What’s the matter? Do you feel uncomfortable sharing this with us?” AJ suddenly felt a little worried, her initial inkling of suspicion that had been slowly building up so far, dissipating instantly.

“What about that progress you’ve mentioned? Are you magically progressed? Or maybe technologically?” The purple princess’s questions turned into downright demands, coming out more forceful than ever, as if she was the bad cop of a cross-examination, completely ignoring the ponies around her.

“I…I…” Adam started trembling like Jello, fear starting to take hold of him.

“Hey, Twilight! Stop it! What’s with all these demanding questions! Can’t you see you’re scaring him?” Spike intervened, standing between his charge and the human man.

“Spike, Girls! I know I sound kinda mean now, but I mean come oooooon! It’s obvious he’s hiding something important! I’m sorry but look at him! He looks like a criminal about to get caught! I want answers now!” The princess didn’t back off and this resulted to a major breakdown.

“I WILL NOT BE ANSWERING ANY MORE QUESTIONS! THIS INFORMATION IS CONFIDENTIAL!... SECURITY BREACH… CODE RED… ACTIVATE FIRE WALL… I WANT MY LAWYER!”

“Calm down please!” Fluttershy’s voice rang out, much louder and more assertive and usual as the meek Pegasus wrapped the spooked human in a hug.

This seemed to work as Adam took a deep breath and exhaled, his heart rate returning to normal.

“You should be ashamed.” The rose haired mare glowered at her studious friend, putting emphasis on each word.

“Yeah Twilight, what gives?” Rainbow Dash asked, quite puzzled at the alicorn’s uncharacteristic behavior.

“Yes Twilight, that was most uncivilized.” Rarity expressed her disapproval as well.

“Twilight, why are you so mean?” Pinkie’s brows drooped, feeling saddened.

“Well before you start accusing me, ask yourselves this: Why did he suddenly blurt out that all the information he has on his kind is “confidential”? Heck he seems very reluctant to even tell us where his home town is. We don’t know anything about him and it’s obvious he prefers to keep it that way!”

“Well gee… I dunno… mayyyyyybeeeeee, it was coz you were in his face!” The multi-prismatic Pegasus spoke with a sardonic tone and a flat look on her face.

“Way the go, best princess!” Applejack joined in, imitating Rainbow Dash to a tee.

“Wait what did she just call you?” Adam exclaimed, the innerving thoughts of being some detained culprit going away for a moment.

“Twilight’s a princess Addy-Maddy! Why do you ask? Didn’t Spike tell you while we were waiting for the others to come?” Pinkie came up from behind, put her hands on the human’s shoulders and lay her head against the right side of his neck rather suddenly.

“Aaaaheheh… Oooops! I guess I missed that part.” Spike grinned guiltily.

“A… princess… So is this the capital of Equestria?” Adam cocked a brow in disbelief, some things not quite adding up.

“Nooooo, no, no, no! You see Addy, Twilight’s only recently been made a princess because she’s one of the three princesses of Equestria. She used to be the awesome prized student of magic of princess Celestia. She along with her sister Luna take most of the responsibility of ruling Equestria, along with moving the sun and moon with magic.” The daffy mare gave a short expo.

“Wooooooah! No wonder our scientists detected magical influence over these celestial bodies some time ago.” The ex-hacker marveled at this new revelation.

“Yu-huh! And Twilight here used to be a unicorn like Rarity. But a couple of months ago she created an amazing magic spell that turned her into an alicorn like the other two princesses, or in other words, grew these pretty wings! Hooray! And then we had a coronation, and a party, and cake! And now she goes to Canterlot from time to time when her new princess duties beckon!” Pinkie completed filling her friend in, feeling as giddy as ever.

“Sooooo… Just out of curiosity what do these other princesses Celestia and Luna look like?” Adam asked.

“Hold on! I think I’ve got a picture of the two of them with Twilight somewhere on this shelf.” Spike answered, rummaging through said shelf.
“Here.” He handed the guy a wooden frame with a very recent photo on it.

The picture displayed three alicorns in very lavish ball gowns. The first one was Twilight, with her mane styled with some fancy locks, wearing a golden tiara with a dark pink gem shaped like a six-pointed star along with golden shoes and oddly enough golden vambraces which however seemed to only serve for decoration. Her dress consisted of the colors pink, buttery yellow and white, the fabric looking pretty heavy and thick with its bow styled nature.

On the right was what Adam assumed Princess Luna, who was a mare of deep blue colors, a mane made out of the midnight sky and with ample curves to boot. She was wearing gem incrusted regalia as well, with the difference that it was silver. Her attire had different shades of purple, from very pale to very dark with flower-shaped ends in the sleeve area.

The final ruler of Equestria was a grand mare of great height. She was a head taller than her blue counterpart and looked very well-endowed just like the rest of her compatriots. Her horn was much longer; her coat a snow white hue, her voluminous hair covered one of her pale magenta eyes, the mane’s polychromatic shades very soft and pleasant to the eye. The colors ranged from light cerulean, to light turquoise, to light cobalt blue, to pale heliotrope. The sideburns at the side were curved up like large hooks. The princess also wore a heavy one piece neck ornament with a gem that matched her eyes, an over the top fluffy crown and a very dark pink gold laced dress.

“Adam? Adam darling are you alright? You seem to have lost your tongue.” Rarity shook the human’s shoulder but got no response.

“Yeah, Adam, what’s up? You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” Rainbow Dash elbowed Adam from the other side but again, nothing from him.

“He looks like a ghost too! Who drank the color from your face Adam, are you cold Adam? You’ve got a major case of the shivers!” Pinkie zipped from one side of her friend to the other, eventually settling behind the couch the ex-hacker had plopped himself unto, her head right above his, and her hand gently slapping his cheek repetitively.

*Craaaaaaaaa-aaash-sh-sh*

The photo hit the floor, its glassy frame shattering. Adam started hyperventilating, holding his temples in horror. One of his eyes twitched spastically as he gaped at the mare in the middle of that snapshot. The unpleasant memory of a very detailed and very old mosaic piece flooded his mind. He had seen it on the scans he had found as a teenager when he was really into hacking the government’s secret files. At first he dismissed it on the simple notion that any man with common sense would come to: He’d never see her for real since it’s been a whole millennium since the day this tyrant had ruled. But now… Now he was looking right at the picture of a mare that looked just like in the mosaic depiction of her. A mosaic that showed a white female horned and winged pony woman with a multi-chromatic flowing mane, glowing eyes and a sword in her hand, her horn alight with fire, and humans at her feet burning in agony.

“Aaaaahaahaahaahaahaahaahaahaaaaa… Sorry… I think I mistook the white mare in the picture for somebody else… I mean… she looks just like one of the rulers of Equestria who ruled over a thousand years ago… Yeah… But… But that can’t be her… No… The historical records are… a millennium old… It’s… It’s impossible for that mare to be the same one as the one from a thousand years ago… In fact I’ll prove it to myself so that I may put my fears to rest… Yeah… T-tell me… How many rulers have there been before princess Celestia throughout the last thousand years… besides her sister!” Adam’s laugh was hollow, stuttering and speaking to himself half of the time, his tone frightened and mentally broken.

“What do you mean Addy? Princess Celestia has been the ruler of all of Equestria for the last couple of thousands of years. I mean Luna did miss the last thousand but who’s counting?” Pinkie shrugged her blunt straightforwardness oblivious to tact.

“Haaahahahahahah… Nice joke Pinkie! Th-that’s impossible… No one lives for that long!” The human forced a laugh again, trying his best to keep his sanity in check but utterly failing.

“It’s not a joke Adam. Princess Celestia and Luna are immortal and do not age. That is why they have ruled for such a long time and still rule today.” Twilight said, feeling somewhat confused at her incapability of making heads or toes of the human’s current state.

“N-n-n… Nuh, nuh, No! You’re lying! There’s no way that can be true… if this princess Celestia is the same one from a thousand years ago then… that means… that means…” Adam kept stuttering, his entire world crumbling around him.
“THAT MEANS I’M OUTTA THIS TOWN!” He yelled at the top of his lungs and then ran for the exit as fast as he could.

“Adam wait!” Pinkie’s fading voice called out. But right now the voice of reason couldn’t reach Adam. For right now, the human was running for his life!

“not… So… FAST!” A raspy voice came from behind the ex-hacker right before he felt a pair of strong arms wrap themselves around him as he was tackled to the ground.

After a rough tumble the guy began desperately struggling as Rainbow Dash tried to out-wrestle him. Of course it was a losing battle as the rainbow maned Pegasus caught him in a headlock and forcefully brought him back to the tree house.

“NO! NOOOOOOO! NO, NO, NO, NOOOO! LEMME GO! I JUST WANNA LEAVE! PLEASE, I JUST WANNA LEAVE IN PEACE! PLEASE!” the scrawny human kept squirming much like a wild animal caught in a trap, screaming his lungs off.

“Settle down human boy! What’s gotten into you?” The cyan mare brought him to the floor pinning him down.

“Oh dear! Look at him! He’s so scared! I’ll go and get some tea!” Fluttershy covered her mouth in shock before briskly removing herself from the room.

“Adam? Sugarcube? Adam… Adam…” AJ tried to get through to the hysterical man before finally snapping “ADAM! GET A HOLD OF YERSELF DAGNABBIT!”

This caused the hacker to finally stop, his body becoming lax and motionless. The look on his face was one of defeat and a cry for help as his desperation was at a breaking point.

“P-pleeeeeease! Don’t tell princess Celestia I’m here! If she learns that a human has appeared she’ll do anything to get me to say where the others are… Th-then… then she’ll kill me dead! She’ll kill me dead, kill me dead!” Tears trickled down Adam’s face.

“Adam! I think that I speak for the sake of all of us and so I ask you as to what you’re speaking about and can you please get a hold of yourself and explain to us why you are so afraid of our princess Celestia.” Rarity kept her cool in all of this insanity, being the one to speak first among the shocked crowd of pony ladies.

“If… Even if I tell you you won’t believe me. And I don’t have the proof with me. It’s back home. And I can’t take you there because it is a secret place.” The broken man tried to piece together some sort an excuse.

“Why Adam? Please tell us about the nasty-wasty thing that’s making you upset. Pleeeeeeease! Will you do it at least for meeee?” Pinkie picked the human up and put him in her lap as she sat down with him on the sofa, embracing him tenderly.

“I’ll try.” Adam took a big breath and exhaled shakily.

After Fluttershy returned and handed him a cup of hot thyme tea, a couple of sips were enough to bring him to a calm enough state to begin.

“There is a reason I don’t want to tell you much about my kind and where I come from. It is the same reason as to why none of you have ever heard of humans before. We’ve been hiding in secret cities for a little more than a thousand years now. We’ve isolated and cut ourselves off of every sentient nation on the planet. We’ve developed ways to keep in touch with the changing world around us as well as with the other human colonies by developing a means to communicate in real time from great distance. We also document everything about everything including the other nations and their people, without going outside. It’s not like we’re spying or anything, we just keep track of the world’s fauna, flora and every major event in every country’s ever changing history and culture. As to how we are able to do that while being undetected, I’m afraid that is a secret too.”

“But why would your people be hiding darling?” Rarity asked, her question supported by the rest of the girls’ curiosity.

“There is a secret that my Government has been hiding from the human public. A dark chapter of history erased. I stumbled upon it years ago; a copy of some ancient tablets dating a thousand years ago. It told of a tale when ponies and humans coexisted together and the two lands had peaceful relations full of trade. That however changed after the Equestrian ruler of the time, the mare that is now known as princess Celestia waged war on my kind. The reasons were unknown by any human. She just came with a huge army, invaded the land of my people that was once known as Terra and began massacring us all…”

“YOU LIE!” Twilight’s voice exploded like a fired rifle, her eyes flashing white for a moment.
“HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE PRINCESS CELESTIA OF GENOCIDE! SHE WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING! SHE IS KIND AND YOU’RE NOTHING BUT A LOUSY, LYING PIECE OF…”

“Cool your britches!” Applejack tapped her ballistic friend on her horn, making her come out of her fit of rage.

“Ow… Oh! Oh?” The alicorn’s ears lopped down as shame washed over her face “I’m so sorry! I don’t know what got into me! It’s just that there’s no way princess Celestia would do such a thing.”

“Twilight Sugarcube, I know liars. And I know for a fact that this here fellar isn’t gaining anything by telling us this. He seems bright and Ah can see that he knows that the only way to show us that his intentions are pure is to tell us what he can. Plus, he is very bad at hidin’ his emotions.” The farm mare voiced her opinion before finally adding:
“Now let’s all hush up and listen to the rest of his side of the story.”

“Thank you Applejack!” The stressed human took another gulp of his tea before continuing.
“As I was saying, it was all written in the tablets. It was unbelievable to me at first but the fact that the government had all these defenses set up around it made me believe in its authenticity. I used special translation software to get an accurate translation. Anyways, this war was pretty one sided and my side was losing fast since we only had some natural magic resistance, swords and arrows which were nothing in comparison to the Equestrian’s magic and flight. In a month’s time we had dwindled down to a few thousand. Those who managed fled away, far away and hid in various outlandish places where Celestia could not reach them.”

“How come no human remembers the war and how come you’re the first one who has left his home town in a thousand years?” Spike took his turn for a question before anypony else did. But then again all the others were preoccupied with their overflowing emotions.

“The last paragraph of the tablet said that when the remainder of the humans reunited after the heat died down, the king of the time forbade anyone from speaking about the war ever again. The subject became a taboo and thus the future generations never knew about those horrific events. This was done as a precaution because if this event was remembered in time there would be another war coming and the king wouldn’t allow that. Only the royals and consequently the other people in power were trusted this secret as all human children were taught not to communicate with the outside world from a young age. When I read this historical relic, I didn’t think much of it at the time since I dismissed the idea that the Equestrians would harm any human in present day since I thought… well that Celestia had passed away long ago… So I wasn’t worried when I decided to leave and find a new place to live… Well until now.”

By now Pinkie and Fluttershy were reduced to tears as they hugged each other for comfort. Applejack and Rarity were rather quiet and pensive but Twilight and Rainbow Dash were not amused.

“Your story sounds like total baloney! How’d you get this information in the first place if it was so heavily guarded? Just strolled in and took it? Hmmmm?” Rainbow Dash flew up to Adam until she was right in the human face, her nose pressing into his.

“I… I stumbled upon it!” The man stuttered.

“Not buying it chum!” RD sang out.

“OKAY I STOLE IT! THERE! HAPPY NOW?” The hacker yelled out and covered his face with his hands. Quite frankly right now, he felt like a piece of shit. He came here to start over and already he was fucking everything up. He wouldn’t be surprised if in a couple of hours he would be lead away in chains. The turmoil was simply getting too much for just one guy.

Of course this answer shocked everypony as they gasped oh so overdramatically.

“Why would you do that Addy? Stealing is wrong!” Pinkie mewled dejectedly.

“It’s complicated.” Adam mumbled in between his palms “I used to be what people from my place call a hacker. I hack into a very complex immaterial system of information called “the Internet”. It’s like an infinite invisible magical mega-mind that stores every bit of information we humans gather and upload onto it. We can go into the Internet through devices with a monitoring window called Holographic Personal Computers. Everybody can see most of the information on there, but there are protected parts of the Internet that have several complex protection codes to keep other people out. Like secret sites! And I just so happened to learn how to break these codes and get to that protected information. It’s just the only thing I was good at, gathering information and all. There were some organizations who offered me money to steal secrets from their competitors, and that is how I turned my hacking abilities from a hobby to a profession since I couldn’t get a better job. The bachelor’s degree I studied for was basically useless because there were no available positions for legal hackers at the time.”

“Not cool!” The speedster crossed her arms and glowered, joined by her lavender supporter.

“Don’t say that!” Pinkie lifted the skinny guy up and hugged him tight protectively.
“He’s made some mistakes but he’s willing to start clean! And I’m still willing to be his friend!”

“Pinkie, don’t fall for his sap stories! He’s just fooling you! He’s a crook! He could rob you blind and take advantage of you with lies!” Twilight took the offensive, not liking the idea that her friend was defending the person she had grown to dislike immensely.

“Pinkie’s right! He’s obviously a nice person! His stories might seem dark and scary but I think we should give him the benefit of a doubt.” Fluttershy stood beside her fun pink companion.

“Yeah! He’s pretty cool! Back off!” Spike joined in, shrinking slightly as his princess stared daggers at him.

“Spike! Not you too!” Twilight hissed reprimanding.

“Rarity, AJ, what do you two think?” Rainbow Dash turned to the rest of the group.

“Ah dunno y’all! While his stories seem to add up and Ah don’t hate him or anything, Ah don’t like the fact that he used to be an outlaw. Ah think Ah should reserve mah judgement until he shows us who he really is. Besides, he knows there would be consequences if he steps outta line.” AJ spoke sagely, measuring the pros and cons carefully.

“I agree with Applejack! We should act civilized and proper about this! He is our guest and we shan’t convict him unless he breaks the law here or hurts one of our friends. If anything on those tablets of his is true, we’ll know the truth from princess Celestia soon enough.” Rarity said in a dignified tone while filing her nails.

“Uuuurgh! I can’t believe you ponies! Two of you defend him…"
“Heeeey” Spike called,
“… Two of your abstain from judgment? What is wrong with you ponies? Are Rainbow Dash and I the only ones sane in this group?” Twilight went on a rant, which soon evolved into a downright argument between all six mares.

“He’s untrustworthy”
“Give ‘im a chaaaaaance!”
“Calm down everypony!”
“Calm down? With you girls letting a criminal into our herd?”
“Please stop fighting!”
“All of you are impossible!”

“Ladies, ladies please! Can’t we agree to disagree?” Adam tried to intervene only to be told off by Rainbow Dash.

“NO! NOW SHUT UP!”

It was in these next seconds that the human decided everypony’s had enough and hollered.

“You know what? I won’t shut up! EVERYONE ELSE QUIEEEEEET!”

After he got the silence and attention he required, the ex-hacker continued.

“It’s fine if not all of you like me! If I’m not wanted here, I’ll understand and leave! How many of you want me to leave?”

Two hands were raised but other than that the others seemed to support the human staying here.

“Okay! First of all I want to apologize to princess Twilight for ruining her special day with my stupid personal shit! Princess Twilight?” Adam addressed the royal equine lady, prompting her to come forth.

Once she did, the man got onto one knee, took the ruler’s hand and kissed it.

“I’m very sorry your highness! I didn’t mean to drag you and your friends in with this heavy stuff I told you. I know this must be too much for you to hear and that you distrust me, maybe even hate me, but I’m willing to prove to you that I am here on good terms and I will earn your trust no matter how long it will take me. You have the right to imprison me if I happen to break any of your laws in the future.”

The look on Twilight’s face was unreadable. She felt internally pleased that this human at least had the dignity to apologize but nevertheless vowed to keep a close eye on him.

“Now that this is over with, I’m going to leave you in peace and go around town for a bit. But before I do that I would like to beg you for one small favor… even though I have no right I want you to at least hear me out.”

With more silence as an affirmation to his plea, the dude went ahead:

“I hope it’s not too much, but could you promise me not to inform any pony with political and social influence about me and the others? I would prefer it if princess Celestia didn’t know about any humans and limit that knowledge to this town’s ponies.”

Before Twilight or Rainbow had the chance to voice their objections, Pinkie beat them to the word:

“We’d love to! In fact we’ll all Pinkie swear on it!”

“Pi…” Rainbow Dash tried to speak but held her tongue at the menacing glare she got from her party compadre.

“Okay! Repeat after me girls… and Spike!” everypony prepared as they chanted the very familiar routine “Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!”

Raising a brow, Adam decided not to ask any questions about this weird display and just go with it.

“Well, Adios for now!”

“Adam, wait! I’m coming with you!” Pinkie glued herself next to the human, grabbing his arm.

“Just a moment Pinks! You’ll both go right after I have a quick word with this guy.” The cyan athlete grasped Adam by the shoulder and separated him from everypony else.
“Now listen here Buster! I don’t know what your game is but for now I’m gonna let you slide because you have three of my friends on your side! But know this: if you dare hurt any of them, especially Pinkie; I! Will! Kill! You! Capisce?”
“Y-you have my word!” The dude shivered as he nodded frantically.

Soon after both Adam and Pinkie were out and about, strolling the streets.

“This was a total nightmare! I thought I’d get all of those nasty topics out later on but not so soon and all at once to boot!” The man said, pulling on his hair.

“Oh just chill and dip yourself in a bucket of ice-cream! Don’t be a mopey-mopes! It went well enough! You’re gonna win all of the others over in no time! Just be yourself and everything will work out! Trust me! I know my friends!” The looney mare draped an arm around his back with a toothy smile on her face.

“Yeah and in the meantime, I’ll have to figure out where I’m going to sleep.” Adam rubbed his temples absentmindedly.

“Oh that’s easy! You’ll be living with me, in my room!”

“Bu…”

“No buts mister! That is an order from your new best friend! You’ll stay with me until you get on your own two feet and buy yourself a home!” The pink pony booped the human on the nose several times as her little speech went on.

“Have I mentioned how happy I am to have found you?” The blonde male grinned appreciatively getting another hug from his new friend.

“You just did! Now let’s get some food, I’m starving!”

(Sountrack link in the first words of the text below)
And so they traversed the various thatched structures that were all over town and yet there was plenty of space in between the separate houses and in between the rows for big and small dirt and gravel roads. Everything was so lush and green, and fresh with lively colors all about. The birds were singing and flying about, ponies were doing their daily activities, and little foals frolicked and laughed with their high pitched little voices. In fact some of the ponies’ fur and mane coloration was so bright and contrasting it kinda irritated the Adam’s eyes. As to the town ponies’ behavior, they were all very friendly and often waved over to the two, some of them even stopping to say hi and get acquainted. Nopony seemed to mind Adam’s presence as Pinkie explained that there were plenty of other species of beings that dropped by to town from time to time, a certain zebra being one of the most common visitors. However there was one thing that made Adam feel slightly uncomfortable. It was all those weird stares and smiles some of the female equines were giving the two of them. Some were even bold enough as to point and gossip in whispering voices. The human didn’t manage to catch much of these conversations but he did hear something among the lines “Pinkie has a new Coltfriend”.

“Hey Pinkie?” Adam said.

“ Yuppers!”

“Have you noticed how some of the mares point at us and talk about how you have a new “coltfriend” and then they point to me and… you get the idea.” he rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.

“Oh? Heehee! Let ‘em talk. They love to gossip. Don’t let it bother you.” Pinkie giggled and then stopped and proclaimed,
“This is it! Cloverfield Café!”

“Do they have food here?”

“Heehee! Yes they do silly. It isn’t as choicy as a restaurant but it works for lunch.” The party girl squeed as she plopped herself onto a seat.

Taking a look around Adam saw that the outside table’s area that they settled on was very nicely arranged and get this… The tables were actual giant mushrooms and the chairs were piles of hay which was actually pretty comfy to sit on.

“Very retro… uuuh, I mean rhural. I like.” The man noted, very pleased.
‘This town is the bomb! I so want to live here! In fact I will! As long as “my little problems” from today stay away.’ he thought as the waiter came in.

He was a mid-sized stallion with cream colored fur, a dark greyish-blue slick back mane and a carefully brushed tail to match. His dainty little moustache spoke of fancy and good manners.

“May I take your orders?”

“Oooo! I’ll have two portions of hayfries, three egg salads, two bowls of dandelion soup, a large dish of risotto and a strawberry shake.” Pinkie chattered up, obviously knowing her order by heart.

“Woah! Healthy appetite. But then again it’s no wonder." Adam widened his eyes in awe.

“Thanks!”

“And what about the Monsieur over here?” the waiter inquired.

“ Uuuuuh… I guess I’ll have a cheese omelet; the one in the picture here with the vegetables in it.” The guy pointed at his menu, the waiter nodding in comprehension “Also could you put some French fries on top of my omelet? And bring a bottle of ketchup if you have. And for drinking I’d like a jug of pineapple iced tea.”

“Right away! Sir, miss.” The stallion nodded and after rechecking his pad to see if he got his orders right, he departed.

“So…” Adam began tapping his fingers awkwardly on the table “While we wait why don’t you tell me about yourself: job, regular activities, hobbies, your passions, you know the deal.”

“Oh yeah! After all you will be living with me.” The mare smiled raised her hands till they were beneath her face and began counting down with her fingers “Sooooo, I was born and raised on a Rock farm, then moved to Ponyville, I got really good at throwing parties for all occasions, I love baking cupcakes and cakes and muffins and fritters and pies; I love to dance, goof around with my friends, play funny pranks, make ponies smile and I like happy and sweet things. Does this work for you?” Pinkie spoke like a humming bird, her fingers oddly enough multiplying in front of the human’s face. When he rubbed his eyes and looked again the extra fingers that had seemingly grown out of his friend’s hands were gone.
“Yyour tuuuurn!” the pony lady chimed.

“Uuuum, well I grew up in a decent family; we could afford all of our basic needs; had a good education even though as you heard before my career tryouts didn’t work out; about a year ago I used to go out a lot, walk the streets with friends, have all-night soirees at each other’s homes; I love watching movies, mainly comedy flicks, some cartoons, listening to music and I like to drink my morning coffee nice and sweet.”

“Wow! Neat-o! You sound like you love parties!” Pinkie leaned forward get eyes only an inch from the ex-hacker’s.
“Speaking of which I gotta throw you a better one! This one was okay but the ending could’ve worked out better. The next one will have a DJ and loud music and, and, and the whole town will be invited!”

“That sounds awesome Pinkie! It’s just that I’m not into big crowds and deafening music. I just prefer to chat with my friends. It’s why I avoid night clubs. This party was fine.” Adam admitted twirling his two thumbs together.

“Oh okay! Then you’re automatically invited to every next one of my parties from now on! Here’s your all-time pass!” The pony girl dug into her frizzy mane, pulled out something and handed him what appeared to be a pink ticket with balloons at its corners and a star in the middle that said “All-time Pinkie Party Pass”.

“Sweet!”

“Your drinks sir, madam.” The waiter returned and served our duo their respective refreshments.

It wasn’t long before lunch arrived as well and the funsome twosome could finally dig in. It was 2:23 pm. at the moment and all that partying had left the two friends famished. Nevertheless during their meal Adam and Pinkie kept conversing, talking about this and that and giggling when they made goofy faces with their mouths full as each one tried to make the other laugh. Both of them seemed so in synch, such a fine couple of fun seeking comedians, always looking at life from the funny side. And they were having the time of their lives.

After the bill was paid the human and pink earth pony mare set out to finish the tour of the town. Pinkie made sure to show Adam each important area of Ponyville including town square with town hall being in the middle of it, the marketplace, the schoolhouse, Carousel Boutique, the Spa center, Sweet Apple Acres and Fluttershy’s cottage. It was nearing six o’clock when the two called it a day and headed to their final destination.

“Here we are! My work place and home sweet home!” Pinkie beamed as they neared Sugar Cube Corner.

“Woooooah! This is… uuurgh… too… sweet…” Adam pretended to have a sugar rush and shook all about from the sheer volume of sugar he was seeing “Ermagash! It’s giving me diabeetus just looking at it!”

“Nyahahahahahaaah! Aaaahahaahahahahahah!” the party girl guffawed and snorted hard “Oooooh Adam! You’re a riot!”

“Thank you! I try!” the man grinned taking a bow before both of them went inside.

As they walked in, they found that the store’s sign now spelled closed and that the Cakes were putting their stock away for the night.

“Heeeeey! I’m baaack! And I brought Adam with me!” Pinkie called out, catching the middle-aged ponies’ attention.

“Oh hiya dearies! How did the party go?” Mrs. Cake was the first to respond, a radiant smile gracing her lips.

“Great! We all had a great time! It went without a hitch! Everypony really liked Adam!”

“But Pinkie, what abou-OOOF!” The human tried to speak up but was elbowed rather hard in the stomach by his nervous friend who put on her best facade.

“Yeah! And then we went out and had lunch and walked around town! It was fun, fun fun!” the mare concluded, her grin widening to an almost splitting degree.

“We’re happy for you.” Mr. Cake said, putting his hands on his wife’s shoulders as he peeked from her left side.

“Oh! One more thing!” The party animal remembered as she went down to business “You see I brought Adam here because he’s new in town and his money doesn’t work in Equestria. May he can stay with me up in my room until he gets on his feet and is ready to move out? Squee!”

“Hmmmm… Interesting proposal.” The stallion stepped forward giving the duo a sly grin.

“I’m willing to help around with whatever work you give me. I’d make a good chore monkey, shop clerk and I could assist Pinkie while she bakes. I can’t bake myself though.” The ex-hacker nodded respectfully. If he had a hat he’d be taking it off right now.

“Well this sounds convincing. I’m willing to hire you. What do you think carrot bunch?” The Mrs. looked over to her hubby.

“You’ve got yourself a deal mister… Say, what is your full name?” Carrot Cake inquired taking out a quill, going over to the counter and opening the register pad.

“Adam Lao Turner, Mr. Cake.”

“Good! I’ll issue you a contract tomorrow and once you get your citizenship approved you’ll have a place here.” The pony man explained as he scribbled down some stuff.

“Is it easy to become an Equestrian citizen or something?” Adam scratched his head, the idea of things getting complicated now popping up in his mind.

“Yeah! It’s going to be a piece of Cake Addy-Maddy! They accept almost anypony or anyhuman as long as you’re nice! And you are! Plus I’ll vouch for you!” Pinkie slung her arm across the dude’s shoulders in support.

‘I guess I’ll have to introduce myself as a refugee and tell them that I didn’t feel like I belonged in my society or something. I don’t have any documents and I’ll have to go with “my country is isolated from all the others” bit and hope they’ll go with it. God, I hope this works!’ Adam thought as he weighed in his options.

“We’re going up to check on the babies. You two can make yourselves something to eat in the kitchen.” Mrs. Cake said as she and her spouse went up the stairs.

“Awesome. Yay!” The duet replied, heading for said place.

“Oh and Pinkie, Adam!” The lanky stallion stopped the two “When you go to sleep make sure you don’t keep each other awake all night. If you know what I mean?” he smirked as he left the couple blushing at the implication of his hint.

“We’re sleeping in separate beds right?” Adam mumbled after a long pause.

“Mhm!”

***

The kitchen interior was candy themed just like the rest of the place. Its colors were those of soft green, wooden brown, soft magenta and very pale pink and purple. There were two cabinets, a door leading to outside, what looked like a fridge, a frying pan hanger, a wooden counter with a built-in kitchen sink with a pump and a stove, and a couple of showcases filled with pastries against one of the walls.

“So what would you like to eat?” Pinkie spoke, putting on her best apron.

“You got bacon?” Adam said absentmindedly as he looked over the room.

“What’s bacon?” The mare turned her head in curiosity.

“D’oh! I forgot! You guys are herbivores!” The guy facepalmed at his mistake.

“Yeah, so?”

“Well, I’m an omnivore!”

“Oooo, fancy words! I know some too! Like antidisestablishment-ary, Honorificabilitudinitatibus, accoutrements, concupiscent, parsi-mo-ni-ous, ah bleh, ah bloo!” the mare got excited as she shot out every long word she knew before she got tongue tied from all that pronunciation.

“No, no! That means I eat vegetables, fruit and meat.” The dude waved his hands.

“Meat? As in animal meat?” Pinkie’s stated in bewilderment.

“Mmmmmhm… and that means… That means I eats you naaaaao! Nomnomnomnomnom!” The conversation turned into a joke as the human grabbed the pony lady and began gently gnawing on her shoulder, making her squee.

“Aayeeeeeeeeeeee! Oooh noooo! A wild human is trying to eat me! Don’t eat me Mr. Human!” The two laughed as they played a chasing game.

After being satisfied with their brief fun activity, it was time to get back to their purpose in the kitchen. Pinkie prepared two large plates of spaghetti and wheatballs covered in marinara sauce and fetuchini. The plates were so deep and the wheatballs so many, they looked like miniature hills. The food was so much that Adam had to give up on finishing his food and gave the rest to his friend who was happy to gobble it up.

With their bellies full, the human and pony woman directed themselves towards the upper floor bathroom. There the party mare explained to her guest how to use the appliances inside before she herself went to the other bathroom.

***

Adam climbed up the stairs and into Pinkie’s room, all clean and squeaky. He had brushed his teeth after showering so he had his dental hygiene covered as well. Pinkie’s chambers were fairly large for a third floor room to say the least, not to mention its exterior was shaped like a cupcake with candles on it and a balcony. What was a sight to behold however was the girly/candy theme of the room. The whole place looked like it was made of candy, with its bright pink, sea blue and buttery yellow colors; there were candy cane support beams, licorice stick railing on both sets of chocolate brown stairs, ice-cream cone support for the railing and so forth. Adam also noticed the balloon patterns on the carpet and the cover of his hostess’ bed, the various photos of the parties his hostess had thrown hung up on a wall, and he had to say, he was bewildered at the whimsical nature of the whole room.

‘This girl really loves what she does!’ The guy thought as he removed his towel and proceeded with putting on his boxers and a plain jet black t-shirt.

Looking around for a bit, the ex-hacker quickly spotted his own bed, a plain cot with a comfy mattress situated on it, a fluffy pillow and a nice clean sheet.

Smiling at the sight, the human walked over to it and sat on it, testing it out.

‘Sigh! This is what I’m talking about! Other than the whole outrage some of the girls had over my hacking past and that History lesson fiasco, I gotta say the Equestrians are more hospitable than I’ve ever hoped for!’

“Hey Adam! You like your bed? I brought you my blow-dryer.” Pinkie’s pitchy voice interrupted Adam’s reflections.

The moment he looked up was the moment the young man’s jaw dropped.

His new friend, Pinkie Pie was approaching him with nothing but her underwear on. Her lingerie was azure, consisting of a floral patterned brassiere and very frilly panties. Every bit of her large yet perfect curves was put on display, leaving very little to the imagination. Adam was under a spell as his eyes followed the mare in front of him relentlessly, the hormones inside of him messing with his head as he found he couldn’t tear his eyes away.

‘My God, do I have one sexy roommate! I am one lucky bastard!’ He thought as his “hotness scanner” went over the large thighs, accentuated waist, perfect abdominals and massive titties, bouncing with each step the mare took.

“Heeheehaahaa! Aaaahaaaahaaahaahaaaaaah! Y-y-your face looks s-s-soooo funny right now! Heeheeheehaahaahaa! Haahaahahaaa!” The party pony started laughing her ass off, her boisterous cackling bubbly and giddy. So hard was her fit that she was forced to double over which was then followed by her falling on the floor and literally roll in laughter.

“I………….. I…………………….…….Well I guess I do!” Adam responded after which he too started snickering, joining his companion, his once embarrassed crimson face settling down to its normal state.
“But seriously, what’s with the lingerie show?” he added after the both of them had calmed down.

“Oh, well it is summer Addy-Maddy! I always sleep in my underwear during the summer. Why do you ask? Is it bad not to feel ashamed since we’re roomies? Is that so woooong?” The looney mare puckered her lips innocently on the last syllable, tucking her arms in which put some accent on her breasts.

“Hell No, it ain’t wrong! In fact I love what I see! But… I have to admit, it does give me mixed feelings.” The human’s initial grin turned in a look of shyness as he turned around, feeling embarrassed and covering up his rising libido.

“Aaaaaaw, you’re being shy. That’s so cute.” Pinkie wrapped her arms around her friend, smooshing him with her soft body.
“You know, I’m really glad we became friends. Even though your eyes are all over me, you really do care enough to hold back.”

“Yeah, no kidding! I mean… Dayum girl! You’re such a tease! Everytime I see you, my hormones are like “Yo, I’d totally tap that!”! No offense, just being honest!” The dude spoke his mind, the awkward knot in his stomach tightening.

“Hahaah, yeah! You do look like that when your eyes light up!” The female prankster gave her male-friend a powerful slap on the back, making him wince.

“You know Pinkie, I really like you. You’re funny, you’re energetic, you’re random! I’m really happy that you’re not like the type of women I’ve been around with. I’ve had some bad experiences with a number of shallow human women who are obsessed with sex and consider their friends “friends with benefits” and fuck with everyone else. What I’m trying to say is… you’re a great friend to have!” Adam put his hand on the equine woman’s shoulder, getting her to grin.

“You’re too kind! However, it’s really sad to hear that there are mares like that from where you come from. They sound like meanies with problems.” The mare voiced her opinion, frowning at the notion that was “the human sluts”.

And so Adam and Pinkie’s conversation continued, its serious tone quickly developing into story telling of funny tales and cracking jokes. A lot of fun time was shared between the two with all the board games they played until they finally got tired, crawled to their respective beds and went to sleep, awaiting the day of work that lay before them.

Author's Note

This was the chapter when I decided I should introduce the problem with the ponies trusting Adam. As you can see, Adam can’t just blab everything there is about his kind without compromising his people’s safety. Also it was quite natural that not everypony would love the fact that Adam used to steal information from the net for a living. And the whole Adam’s story about Celestia bit does insert doubt as a story of Celestia committing genocide does seem hard to swallow.

As for the “Celestia killed the humans” conflict, let us wait until Adam gets settled in for the next 2 or 3 chapters until we bring the princess of the Sun in for a “Surprise visit”.

As I said, Let’s take things slow! I’m going to start with solid Friendshipping of Pinkie and Adam! No sexual relationships will be shared between them until the time is right! They’ll just be friends until the turning point where Pinkie’s feelings develop into something else. ;) That’s not to say there will be no sexual attraction coming from Adam’s naughty side. After all, it’s only natural to get horny when you have a hot friend, LOL!

Those moments Adam caught Rainbow Dash looking at him that way; it was merely her checking out our dude. It was basically like one of you checking out a hot lady but not actually thinking of trying anything with her. So, I WILL NOT SHIP RD with Adam!

Now some exposition on that human Recon stuff that Adam mentioned his people did:
Today’s humans have watched over the World’s events for only a couple of centuries now. It all began when the human National Defense Bureau and the Government got their scientists on developing Satellite and Spy technology. That choice was obviously made because the top people of the two organizations knew about the Human/Equestrian war a thousand years ago and they were anxious to check up on the situation in Equestria. Once the first successful prototypes were built, they launched satellites to orbit the planet and eventually set out sophisticated spy probes that had cloaking mechanisms and were undetectable by magic. Of course all of that was kept a secret by the public.

And Jeeeeeeesus! I can’t believe nobody got the Beavis and Butthead reference from the ending of the first chapter! Oh, well, I guess the general demographic of that MTV show doesn’t hang out in pony sites. *shrug* Here’s an episode link to their show if you wanna see.

http://bubblare.se/movie/beavis_butthead_212_no_laughing

On a side note, I’ve redesigned Twilight’s and Fluttershy’s bodies. The change has been made in chapter one. Check it out if you like.

PS: I’m still developing artwork for the fanfic! So far I think the sketches are awesome. I might insert my art into the chapters when I deem the pieces ready.