Chapters In the land of determination
Oh god, what the hell am I doing! I thought to myself. I’m in an unknown place and just saved a life of a talking pony just to put myself in the way of a deadly manticore. The manticore had gotten back up and now we are circling each other while waiting for the other to make their move. The funny thing is that I know I’m going to die and I don’t even think that is the worst part, I thought to myself, …it’s that I know my mom will die if I die. Ever since dad died duri-
Before I had the chance to finish that thought the manticore had made the first move. He did the same pounce he did on the pony before. I manage to roll away from the attack in time. The manticore was surprised that he missed me and I saw an opening. I decided to do the first attack that came to mind and I kick him in the ribs. Of course, I forgot to take in that the manticore was pretty much the size of a damn lion. So when I kicked him the manticore didn’t move an inch and counter attacked with a swipe at my right leg. He managed to make contact but thank god I was wearing jeans or the two cuts that now ran down my leg would be deep gashes.
The manticore faced towards me again and I backed up. With the luck I always have I backed into a tree. Before I could do anything the manticore was already in front of me and I saw his tail heads toward my face. Luckily, I ducked my head and his tail got stuck in the tree. Another opportunity arose and I started to punch him in the face. Of course, he has claws and I only managed to get four punches in before it swatted me away like a fly. Now I have three deep cuts on the left side of my body as I fell to my right.
The manticore used his paws to push against the tree to free his tail. I got back up and he made an attempt to pounce like before. Also like before I managed to roll away, but this time he took the blunt side of his tail and he hit me in the face with it, forcing me to the ground. In no time the manticore jumped on me and threw his tail at me again. I twisted my body to the left, out of the way of his tail. I then pulled my legs out from under him and managed to double kick him in his face. My kick was enough force to knock him on his ass, which gave me enough room to roll out.
I got up as fast as I could but like before, the manticore tried to swipe at me again. It was so quick the only thing I could do was jump back. As I did he managed to make contact with my chest and I now got three not so deep cuts across my chest, which looks pretty badass. If I live through this I better get some damn good pussy with this scar, I thought to myself. Then again the manticore attacked with his tail and I took a step to my left, which was enough for it to miss me. But then the blunt side of the tail and hit me in the face again and I fell on my left side. A little dazed, I felt something in my pocket that I fell on. When I remembered what it was I wanted to get up and hit my head against a tree, but before I could get it out the manticore jumped on me again and this time his left claw was in my right arm. I wanted to cry out in pain but I had no time, I took out my grandfather’s WWII canoe knife and stabbed it in the leg holding my right arm down. The manticore got off me imminently. I got up now determined; this was now a fair fight.
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Applejack ran as fast as she could out of the forest into the outskirts of Ponyville. There is where she ran into two of her friends: one is a lavender colored unicorn with the same colored mane but with a pink streak running through it named Twilight Sparkle and the second was a cyan colored pegasus but with a rainbow colored tail and mane named Rainbow Dash.
Twilight was showing Dash how to do new moves for Dash’s routine. At first she was using angles, circumference, and other mathematical and scientific words to explain it. Of course Dash didn’t understand it one bit until Twilight explained it in words she understands.
“Just go that way,” she talked to Dash pointing at about a 70 degree angle, “then do a big loop and go dow-OH MY CELESTIA, APPLEJACK ARE YOU OKAY?!” she asked as she saw Applejack, who was all dirty and her mane was a mess and looked pretty much like hell, run towards them.
“Applejack what happened?” again asked Twilight
“And where’s your hat?” Dash added
Applejack put her hoof on her head to check for her hat which was gone, but then realized there was a bigger problem at hand.
“Ah was lookin for Applebloom and the other CMC when Ah was attacked by a manticore.”
“Manticore?!” Twilight and Dash said in unison
“Yeah,” said Applejack, “it was about to attack me until this weird lookin creature hit it from the side and told me to run.”
Twilight and Dash Stood there shocked
Twilight then said, “Well the CMC are in the library looking up ways to get their cutie marks.”
“Well that’s some relief,” said Applejack, “but we still need to go back and help the creature. He saved mah life and Ah owe him. That’s why Ah came here to find you two. Let’s go.”
“Wait!” yelled Dash, “Why don’t we get Fluttershy to help like last time?”
“Ah would but this manticore has something in his eyes that the other one didn’t. Hate. And Ah don’t think Fluttershy would be much help in a fight.”
"What about the 'Stare?'" asked Twilight.
Applejack shook her head, “That only works on creatures that don’t know what they’re doin. THIS manticore wants ta kill.”
“What about the dragon?” asked Dash
“And the cockatrice?” added Twilight.
“Dash, don’t ya remember? Ya kicked the dragon and he was defending himself. As for you, Twi, ya probably scared the cockatrice and he defended himself too. Now let’s go. Who knows what’s happened to the creature.”
Satisfied, Twilight and Dash followed Applejack and ran back into the forest to go in and find the creature that saved Applejack, hopefully alive.
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I had gotten up with my new knife ready and determined. I thought to myself, This knife has been through a lot. My grandfather told me he killed three Nazis with this knife and my dad said he killed a Vietcong in Nam. I had never gone to war but if I kill this manticore with this knife it would be so badass and it would also be the first time I have done something better than my dad and granddad. I felt the fire inside of me rage on and I did something I haven’t done in this fight, attack. I charged the manticore head on and caught it by surprise. I juked to my right and managed to stab it three times on its sides. As I got behind him he swatted his tail at me but this time I dodged it and stabbed his right thigh twice. He cried out in pain and swatted his tail again and this time he hit my left side where I have the cuts. Surprisingly to both of us I didn’t fall down. The manticore fell down to compose himself as did I. I fell to a knee and as I did I saw the cowboy hat the pony had. I guess she left it when she ran off. I let out a little chuckle to myself and put the hat on.
When I turned around I saw the manticore get back up weakly. It let out a big growl as he made a final attack. His move was so slow I was able to move and stab him twice on the opposite side where I made my first attack. This time the manticore fell to the ground and didn’t look like he was gonna get back up. Now I am tired as hell, my vision is starting to blur, and I think I have lost a good amount of blood. I had to finish this fight once and for all. I walked towards the manticore and I stepped on his tail to make sure it wouldn’t get me from behind. I got on the side of the manticore and I tried to locate where the skull met the spine. I felt the location and I took my knife and stabbed him for the final time.
As I stumbled away from the dead carcass of the manticore I decided to look at my body. I was covered in cuts and my face was swollen. I was covered in blood, both mine and the manticore’s. I remembered that I still had the cowboy hat on, I gave out a little chuckle and said to myself, “yippee ki yay motherfucker.” I then blacked out and collapsed.
i would like to thank again Bronymaster for editing this chapter. with out him this story would look like what i left in the toilet a couple mins ago
In the land of life or death
“Danny boy” I hear a familiar voice call in my mind, “Danny, do you hear me?”
I’m still unconscious from the fight and I’m probably dying.
“Damn it Danny do you hear me?!”
“Yes dad, I hear you, now shut the hell up!” recognizing the voice as my father’s. “Dad…am I dead?”
“No. Well, not yet at least.”
“So I’m gonna die?” I said like I was about to cry.
“Well with that attitude you’re going to, pussy!” he snapped back.
“Whe-“cleared my throat so I didn’t sound like I was gonna cry, “Where am I?”
“I don’t know son, but I do know that you’re not tripping balls.”
“Well I figured that when I fought a FUCKING MANTICORE!”
There was a moment of silence and I decided to ask my dad a question that never stopped bugging me.
“Dad….why did you have to die?
“Son, you and I both know why. To sav-“ a voice from the outside world interrupted.
“IT’S OVER HERE!” I heard someone say in a sort of girlish raspy/ tomboyish voice.
I open my eyes to see in front of me. My vision was still blurred, but I could make out a blue colored creature with multi-colored hair. Not knowing what the creature was I couldn’t take any chances. I stumbled to my feet as fast as I could with my knife in hand ready to battle. The blue creature took to the air and backed up. As I saw that happen I stood there with shock and in fear not knowing what to expect next. I then saw two more creatures coming down the trail, an orange and purple colored one similar to the blue one.
“Stand away girls he looks like he’s gonna attack,” said the blue one.
“Now hold it there, RD,” said the orange creature with the country accent I heard before.
The orange pony approached me and said in a tender voice, “Now, don’t ya worry none sugercube, yah’ll are in good hooves now.”
I tried my best to focus my eyes and from what I could see, there were three ponies in front of me. I looked down, give myself a little chuckle, and said, “hehe…hooves.” And then I collapse.
I was back in the darkness of my mind. I was looking for dad to help me figure out what I just saw.
I yelled out, “Dad, you here?”
There was no response.
I yelled again, “Dad where are you?”
Again there was silence.
Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack ran out of the forest with the human floating above them due to Twilight’s magic. As they ran, they ran past Fluttershy’s house and saw the cream yellow pegasus with a light pink mane tending to her plants and animals. Twilight ran up to Fluttershy and placed the human in front of her.
Twilight asked, “Fluttershy, can you help this creature?”
“Oh my…what happened to him?” asked Fluttershy in her hushed voice.
“This here critter saved me from an attacking manticore, and looks like the manticore got some swipes at em.” Said Applejack.
Fluttershy looked at the human, inspected his wounds and said, “I…I can’t do anything for him. First I have no idea what he is and second his wounds are too severe for my care. You girls need to take him to the hospital….sorry.” And with that Twilight pick the human up and ran to the Ponyville hospital followed by the other three ponies.
As they got into the small town of Ponyville, they noticed that everypony was looking at the battle wounded human with confusion and fear. Some ponies screamed and ran away, while others just stood there and stared. They girls were about a hundred yards from the hospital when the human woke up.
All I heard was screaming and I felt like I was moving but at the same time I felt nothing but pain. I opened my eye to see what all the screaming was about. With my vision still blurred I noticed a numbered of candy colored creatures passing by me. If they are like the others then they are probably ponies too. Then I realized something, they aren’t passing me. I am passing them. I look around me I saw the familiar orange, blue, and purple ponies, but I also saw an unfamiliar yellowish pony. I also noticed that I’m freaking flying.
Due to my blood loss which made me light headed I yelled out, “I’M AN ANGEL!”
I looked at the blue pony flying who looked at me and said, “IM AN ANGEL! ARE YOU AN ANGEL TOO?” she snickered while the purple pony said “uh-oh. This isn’t good.”
I looked down at the purple pony and said “DON’T WORRY PURPLE HORSEY! I AM YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL!” as I flapped my arms. By then the blue pony is full out laughing. Flapping my arms was a bad idea because it brought back intense pain and fainted again.
“Danny”
“Damn it dad, where the hell did you go?”
“I was waiting for you to wake up so I could see the world you’re in now.”
“You think I’m in a different world?”
“Oh I forgot we had talking ponies on earth.” He said sarcastically.
“Touché. So what now?”
“Now we wait.”
Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy rush into the hospital with the human floating above them. Twilight yells out, “Somepony help us! We need a doctor!”
Nurse Tenderheart and Nurse Redheart run out to the front of the hospital, both shocked by what they saw in front of them. Nurse Redheart broke out of her state of shock and brought two carts big enough for the human to lie on. After the human was placed on the beds Dr. Stable rushed out to the side of the bed. He turned and said to the girls, “I… I don’t know what I can do. I’ve never seen a creature like this.”
Applejack commanded, “Well Ya got to do something! You can leave him there dying!”
Dr. Stable paused and said, “You’re right.” He turned to nurse Tenderheart and said, “Go to the veterinarian’s office and get Dr. Feelgood. We are going to need his knowledge about non-pony medicine.” The nurse nodded and ran out into the town. Dr. Stable then turned to Redheart and said, “Nurse, we are going to need stiches and lots of them.” Nurse nodded and raced to get the supplies ready.
Nurse Tenderheart ran back in to the hospital with Dr. Feelgood a few minutes later. Dr. Feelgood stared at the human, not in fear, but in awe. He was going to venture in to the unknown, the human anatomy.
AN:I would like to thank Bronymaster for editing this if it wasnt for thim this would look like me (im pretty ugly)
In the land of ponies pt1
AN: still looking for some fan art out there if you have one for me to use as a cover, and of course i"ll give you credit
“So Dad,” I asked, “What’s it liked being dead?”
“What do you mean?” he replied.
“Well, how is heaven?”
“Well I’m not in heav-“
“SO WAIT YOU’RE IN HELL!?” I interrupted, “WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO END UP IN HELL!?”
“IF YOU LET ME FINISH YOU WOULD KNOW I’M NOT IN HELL, ASS-MUNCH!” he shouted back, “When I died, I volunteered myself to watch over you and mom. I’ve been doing a pretty good job with you…” He paused, “And don’t worry about her. She’s doing much better now than she was before. In fact, she’s perfectly fine now.
“She is?” I replied in disbelief.
“She is.” He confirmed, “Well I’ve got to go now, I need to go see a special friend at the gates.”
“Is it an angel?” I asked
"Yeah, she’s an angel alright. Don’t worry, I’ll be back.”
“What about me?”
“You’re about to wake up soon. Oh and remember, don’t do anything I wouldn’t approve of, I’m always watching you.”
“Yo…you can see everything?” I asked with a concerned voice.
“I. SEE. EVERY. DIRTY. THING.” He said as he left.
He left me stunned, remembering every dirty thing I have ever done. Damn it, I thought to myself, I have done a LOT of things. Then I had a realization, “Did I just think inside my head….inside my head?” With that amount of mind fuck I just had to wake up.
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I woke up only to be blinded by a bright light. I tried to use my right arm to cover my eyes, but something was keeping it from moving very far. I checked my left arm and found out it was free. As I covered my eyes from the light I checked to see what was holding my right arm. I saw a tube from my arm going up to an IV bag. Remembering I just got into a fight with a manticore I checked my wounds. I noticed that my chest was free of stiches, but my left side had a couple in it. As l looked around the room I notice a heart rate monitor to my right, that I was in two beds, and that the same orange pony I had met in the forest was sleeping on the couch. Next to her was a rack which held the hat that I wore. I felt bad that I ruined it by getting some blood on it.
The door opened and a white pony with pink mane and a nurse’s hat walked in. When our eyes met we stared at each other for what felt like hours, trying to make out what the other was. Our stare battle was broken up when a caramel colored unicorn with a brown mane, white coat, and glasses walked in saying, “Nurse Redheart can you plea-“ he noticed that I was awake and only stared for a few seconds, before he cleared his throat and said, “Good, you’re awake. Um…do you understand me?”
I nodded.
“Great, nurse can you please take down the patient’s personal information please?”
She nodded as the doctor walked out the door, and walked over to me with a chart in her mouth. She sat down and put the chart in her hoof and asked, “What is your name?”
“Daniel”
“My, that’s an unusual name, no offence. Er... how do you spell it?
“Um…” I was a little confused at first; no one has asked me how to spell my name. I replied “…d-a-n-i-e-l”
“Are you a colt or a mare?”
I’m confused, I think she was asking about my sex, “Um….male?”
“Do you have a penis or vagina?”
“P-penis”
“So you’re a colt.”
“Okay then.”
“Place of birth?”
“Orlando, Florida”
She look at my confused, “Where?”
“I…er…..next question please!”
“um…okay. One last question. Where do you live?”
“I think you and I both know I’m not from this world.”
“I agree, but where will you be staying from now on?”
“Crud I haven’t thought abou-“
“He’s gonna be staying with me.” Interrupted the orange pony.
“Wait, what?” I said stunned, having forgotten that she was even in the room.
“Yah’ll heard me; and Ah ain’t taking no fer an answer.”
“But I don’t even know you.”
“Names Applejack.” She said as she shook my hand with tremendous force. “If Ah heard right yer name is Daniel, right?” I nodded, “Ya saved mah life and I owe ya one. Besides, ya got nowhere else ta go.” She said with a grin.
This is the part where my pride usually steps in, but Applejack’s right; I have nowhere else to go. I looked at her and said, “Thank you for your generosity Miss Applejack.”
“It’s nothing, and please, don’t be afraid to call me AJ, yer mah friend now.”
I just stared off into space and thought to myself. This is the first time I’ve made a friend since dad died. This pony barely knows me and she is willing to take me into her home like that?
My thoughts were interrupted when nurse Redheart said, “Well, I think that’s it for now. I should be back soon with your food.” I thanked her as she left.
As she left two ponies walked in. One was the same purple unicorn who I floated over on the way to the hospital. The other was a white unicorn with a royal purple mane wearing blue mascara.
As I was about to greet them AJ said, “looky here Twi! Your guardian angel is awake.” The girls all laughed while I sat there confused. I then realized what I did while coming to the hospital and gave a stupid smile and blushed in embarrassment. AJ stopped laughing and said, “Just teasing you there Daniel. Ah would like you to meet two good friends of mine.”
The purple unicorn was the first to greet me. “Hello! My name is Twilight Sparkle”, she said as I shook her hoof. I thought to myself, she shares the same name with the book about gay vampires and werewolves. She continued, “I am Princess Celestia’s faithful student and the librarian here in Ponyville.”
I thought to myself, I guess in this world they have monarchs. It might help to set up a meeting with the princess to see if I can get a way back home.
As I finished my thought I said to Twilight, “Well you seem to know a lot about everything.” She nodded, “How about a deal?” I asked, “If you tell me everything about this world, I’ll tell everything about mine when I get out. Deal?”
When I finished her eyes went wide and she screeched in joy. She started asking questions in a rapid fire pace, “OHMYCELESTIAWHEREAREYOUFROMDOESEVERYONELOOKLIKEYOUWHATDOYO-“I was about to place my hand over her mouth but the white unicorn beat me to it.
“You must calm down darling.” Said the white unicorn in a fancy accent. “You’re starting to sound like Pinkie Pie. Remember what he said? ‘when he gets out’” I nodded to Twilight. Twilight blushed and gave an embarrassed smile.
“Don’t worry about it Miss Sparkle. I’m just as excited to know about this world as you are about mine.” I assured her.
“I bet,” said Twilight, “and please, call me Twilight or Twi for short.”
“Will do” I said before turning to the white unicorn. “My name is Daniel, and you are…?”
“Ah yes where are my manners. I am Rarity, a fashion designer at the Carousel Boutique here in town. I am looking forward to designing clothes for a new species.”
“Thank you,” I said, “but I think I’m happy with the clothes I ha-WHAT AM I WEARING?” I look down on to my body noticing that I’m wearing what looks like two pony gowns sowed into one, the sleeves on my arms only go a bit past my shoulder, and six extra sleeves dangling down from my body.
All the girls laughed except for Rarity, who stood there in shock, and said, “I simply can not let a crime against fabulosity go uncorrected!” she went outside in to the hallway and asked one of the nurses for my clothes.
I asked her, “What are you going to do with my clothes? They are probably torn to a point where I can’t wear them.”
“Exactly,” Rarity said, “I’m going to use them to get a jump start on designing your clothes. I can use them for measurement.”
Before I could say anything, nurse Redheart came in to the room with my bag of clothes on her body and a tray of food in her mouth. She gave the bag to Rarity and the tray to me. The tray had salad, two slices of toast, and a cup of jello. I thought to myself, since these are ponies I guess they don’t eat meat and I feel like it would be a bad idea if I asked for some. Looks like I’m going to be a vegetarian while I’m here… damn I’m gonna miss bacon.
Then the same caramel colored pony that I first saw with nurse Redheart walked in and said, “Hello! I am Dr. Stable and I am here to remove your stiches.”
I looked at him confused and said, “Already? Didn’t I just get here?”
“um… how long do you think you’ve been here?
“I don’t know, a couple of hours?”
“Five days.”
“FIVE DAYS!”
“You were quite lucky. You lost a lot of blood, and if these mares hadn’t gotten you here in time, you would’ve died for sure.”
I sat there in shock just thinking how lucky I was. These girls came into the forest, not knowing if I'm alive, to save me. A single tear came down my right eye as I said in a shaken voice, “Thank you.”
AJ said, “aint nothing, sugercu-“
“NO,” I interrupted, “you risked everything. You ran into the forest to save some creature whom you’ve never seen before. You could’ve ran into the same manitcore eating me and would’ve done the same thing to you.”
AJ said, “We didn’t care about that. We knew you were in danger. I regret leaving you there. I wish it was me instead of yo-“
“Don’t you dare!” I yelled, “Everyone here knows if you faced that manticore you would’ve died.”
AJ stood there with her mouth open trying to find something to say. She knew she had lost this argument. The only thing she said was, “Well any other pony would’ve done the same thing.”
I snickered and said, “I wish I could say the same for humans.”
Before any of the girls could say anything my eyes went wide. I had a feeling like I haven’t pissed in ages. I asked for the bathroom and they pointed to the door next to the entrance of the room. I freed myself from the heart monitor, grabbed the poll holding my IV, and jumped out of bed. Of course I haven’t walked for five day, so the second I stood up I fell down. Dr Stable, who was next to me when I fell, helped me get back up. I weakly walked to the to the bathroom door. When I opened it I found a cannon with a pink pony, with pink poofy hair, behind it and yelled, “SURPRISE!!!” she fired the cannon hitting me with a mixture of confetti, balloons, and cake. The force of the blast knocked me on my ass,thank god I'm able to hold my piss or this would’ve been a bigger and wetter mess. The pink pony came up to me with a huge smile as I thought to myself, so this is how I die, covered in cake and confetti by a crazy pink pony.
Then Twi yelled, “Pinkie Pie what are you doing!?”
The crazy pink pony, who I assume is Pinkie Pie, turned to her and said, “Throwing a surprise party for my new friend who saved AJ, duh.” She then turned to me and said in a rapid fire pace like Twi before her, “didyouseeyourfaceyoushouldveseenyoufaceiwaslike'SURPISE'andyouwerelike*gasp*andthenyoufelltotheground. SodidisurpriseyoudIdIdIdIdI?”
I just sat there shocked. Too many things were going through my head like, what just happened , what is she saying , and am I gonna die ?
Pinkie looked at me and giggled, “Yep you were surprised alright, I can see it in your face.” As she walked away.
Twilight lend me her hoof to help me get up. “Sorry about Pinkie Pie. She loves to meet new poni…er.”
“People in my case” I informed her.
“Thank you. She means well and she loves to see everyone happy”
I thanked her when I got up and went into the bathroom. When I got in I was thankful there was running water, though the toilet was a bit odd. I still managed to make it work.
I walked out of the bathroom and I wanted to talk to Pinkie. “Hey Pink…” she was nowhere to be found, “…where did sh-“
“I'm up here” Pinkie interrupted with her head coming from the ceiling.
Her antics surprised me and knocked me on my ass again. She giggled as her head went back into the ceiling and somehow ending up in front of me with the same huge smile on her face.
Shocked on how she did that, I asked, “h…how did you do th-“
“Don’t question it” Twilight said stone-faced.
“Ookkaayy,” I said slowly as I got back up and turned back to Pinkie and continued, “How about we have a party after I leave here?”
She gasped, “OHMYCELESTIATHAT’SAGREATIDEA!!!” And then she ran out of the room.
I turned and looked at the rest of the ponies. Twilight, Applejack, and Dr Stable were still there, but Rarity was nowhere to be found.
“Where’s Rarity?” I asked
“She went to make you some fancy new clothes.” Applejack answered.
“Uh oh, fancy and I don’t mix well.”
“Don’t worry, Rarity always knows what’s best.” Twilight assured me
“If you say so.” I said a little worried.
Dr Stable approached me and said, “Now let’s remove those stiches.” He then went about the process of removing my stitches, and left soon after finishing. As I went to my bed I heard some noises from outside the building.
“Watch it Derpy don’t get in my- WOAH!” screamed a familiar voice. Then a blue object with a rainbow streaking from her head crashed through the window, flew between Twilight and AJ, and crashed into my chest with tremendous force, knocking me out.
AN: again i would like to thank Bronymaster for editing this. if it wasnt for him this would look and taste like applebloom's cupcakes
In the land of ponies pt2
“Damn it! Did I just get knocked out again?!?” I yelled into the darkness of my mind. I sighed, “Dad are you back?” silence. “I guess that’s a no… what the hell do I do in my own mind by myself. If I jack off in here is that considered a mind fuck? …What the fuck did I just say!? Damn it brain, get it together!
“I knew you were a bit messed up, but damn son.” My dad said out of nowhere.
“D..dad? H..how long have you been here?”
“Long enough to know I messed up somewhere with you.”
“Screw you.”
“You were about to do that with yourself weren’t you?” he chuckled.
“I’m not that perverted!”
“But we can both agree that you are. Don’t worry, so am I.”
“Damn it dad!”
“Alright shut up, we have a visitor here.”
“Who would yo…Damn it, it’s Jesus, isn’t it?! Oh, god, I hope he didn’t hear that.“
“It’s not Jesus you moron! I wouldn’t be stupid enough to bring him here!”
“Then who did you bring?”
“Hear for yourself.”
A familiar feminine voice spoke, “Hell-“ a voice from the outside world interrupted.
“It was an accident!” yelled a raspy feminine voice, same as the one from the forest.
“Why did you fly through the window in the first place!” Applejack yelled back.
“I told you, I was working on my routine when Derpy got in my way. I managed to avoid her but I lost control and crashed here.”
I opened my eyes to see what the commotion was about. As I did the bright light, again, penetrated my eyes and I closed them immediately. “Damn lights.” I said under my breath, which, apparently, was loud enough for the others to hear.
“Good you’re awake.” Twilight said as I looked at her to my left.
“What happened?” I asked.
She only pointed her hoof to my right, across the room. When I looked over I saw a blue pegasus in a hospital bed covered in bandages. I then realized what happened to me that caused me to black out. “You!” I said pointing at the culprit, “You crashed into me!”
“It was an accident!” she yelled back
AJ sighed, “This here’s another one of mah friends, Rainbow Dash, and she helped me rescue yew from the forest.”
Rainbow Dash and I stared at each other intensely. I sighed and broke first, “Well, I guess it was an accident. Sorry for yelling at you. My name is Daniel.”
“You have nothing to be sorry about; I'm sorry for crashing into you.” She said. “The name is Rainbow Dash, best flyer in Equestria and soon to be member of the Wonderbolts.” She said with a lot of ego in her words.
My eyes opened wide and said, “If you're the ‘best’ I’d hate to see the rest.”
Everyone but Rainbow laughed. Instead, she shouted, “I told you that was an accident!” Her voice cracked slightly.
“I’m just teasing you Dash.” I turned to the rest of the girls and asked, “Hey girls. What’s Equestria?”
“Is this guy serious? He can’t be serious. He's not serious…you're serious arn’t you?” asked Rainbow.
“Um…hello, does it look like I'm from this world”
“All you need to know is that you are in Equestria. I would tell you more but remember our deal.” Twilight said.
“Oh yea I forgot.” Suddenly my stomach growled so loud that it sounded like the manticore was next to me. Everyone laughed except for me, who just blushed and smiled. Remembering that I didn’t eat the tray of food brought to me at first. I think the nurses heard it too because nurse Redheart came in with a fresh tray of food in her mouth and placed it in front of me. I thanked her as she left and started eating.
As I was eating the girls started talking amongst themselves while I went into thought. I was thinking about the voice I heard before I woke up. I know I've heard the voice somewhere I just don’t remember who it’s from. I started naming off deceased people I know in my head, Grandmas Jill or Mar… nope. Aunt Joanne, nope. Damn it! The only time I want to be knocked out no one is stepping up to the plate!
Then Rarity walked through the door with a bag. She handed the bag over to me with her magic and said, “Tell me what you think.” I open the bag and took out the shirt. It was all black except for a green stone in the middle of the chest area, smaller ones on the sleeves, and a big one on the back.
I looked at Rarity and asked, “Are these real emeralds?” she nodded, “I can't accept this.”
“But why ever not darling?”
“I can't afford this.”
“Don’t worry about it dear. It’s on the house.”
“Nonononononono, I can't. It’s too much.”
“You must. You saved one of my best friends. It's the least I can do.”
I again entered another stare battle, but this time with Rarity. It was broken up this time by a voice of what sounded like a young boy entering the room.
“Twilight *huff* I've be looking *puff* all over for *cough*you.” the young voice said like he had run to Mordor and back. “You’ve *huff* got a letter from *cough* Princess Celes-“at this point I look at the source of the voice to only see a small purple reptile with a green belly and spikes. I've started a new stare down.
“Girls, watch out for that monster!” reptile and I said in unison. I searched for my knife, which was nowhere to be found, while the young reptile sucked in some air and blew out a green fire. I was far enough where I wasn’t engulfed by the fire, but close enough for my gown to catch on fire.
I screamed in shocked while waving my arms all over the place. The reptile, which I now guess is a dragon, got closer to deliver the final blow. As the dragon inhaled and was about to exhale the fire Twilight sealed the dragon’s mouth shut using her magic and he expanded like a balloon. The dragon calmed down with smoke exiting his ears, nose, and mouth. I'm still on fire, screaming like an idiot, when Rarity used her magic to rip the gown off me and threw it to the side. Fortunately for everyone involved, I still had my underwear on, but still I picked up the covers on my bed and threw them over me.
“Spike, stop!” yelled Twilight. “This is the creature that saved Applejack.” She then turned to me and said, “And That’s no monster; that’s Spike my number one assistant.”
“Oh," I said in embarrassment, “sorry about that...um, Spike right?" he nodded, "'Sorry about that Spike. As you can see, I'm not from this world and I'm not used to seeing dragons from the one before."
“No, it's my fault, I shouldn't have assumed that you were a monster." said Spike.
"Oh, but you had the right too. I mean seeing a strange new creature arguing with your friend doesn't scream out 'this is a nice guy,’ and that was a very brave thing to do to defend your friends."
"I guess it was wasn't it?" Spike smiled.
Twilight interrupted by clearing her throat and said, "Um… Spike the letter?
"Oh yeah! Here you go Twi." he handed twilight the letter.
Twilight read she letter to herself. When it looked like she reached the end of her letter her eyes widen, looked at me, and said “The Princess requests your presence.”
I stood there shocked and wide-eyed. "Well I wanted a meeting with the Princess, but I didn't expect it to be so soon." I said, "Do you think I can also get a meeting with the king or queen?"
"We don't have a king or queen." said Twilight,”We have two princesses who have ruled for thousands of yea-“She stopped herself. "Darn it! Since I answered that question, you have to answer one of mine.”
"Fine, shoot"
"How did you end up here?”
"Um.... I honestly have no idea."
"What do you mean you don't know?" said Applejack.
"I just woke up in the forest not knowing how I got there. I walked around for a couple of minutes and then I heard your voice calling for Applebloom and I walk towards it.
”Twilight asked, "Well, what was the last thing you remember?"
"Well, the last thing remember I was in my apartment getting ready to go see my mother in the hospital."
Rarity asked, “If you don’t mind me asking sweetie, what was your mother doing in the hospital?"
"Breast cancer" I said with sadness in my voice.
"Oh my Celesteia, I'm sorry darling I didn't know.” she said with surprise and sadness in her voice.
“It’s alright." I assured her. "That’s why I need to go back to my world."
"Hey Twilight," Rainbow asked, "couldn't you use that spell to restore the memories like you did while we were messed up with the whole Discord thing?"
"Rainbow, you’re a genius!" yelled twilight.
"Yeah, tell me something I don't know." said Dash.
"Wait... Do what now?" I asked.
"I'm going to use my magic and bring back your memory of what happened before you got here." said Twilight.
"You can do that?" I asked incredulously.
"Yep, now hold still this is going to feel weird."
“Wait,” I stopped her, still under the covers in my underwear. “Can someone call a nurse and get me a new gown first?”
“Oh no you don’t.” Rarity said with an evil grin as she pushed the bag of clothes towards me. She closed the door and locked it with her magic. I thought to myself, she can rip off clothes and close and lock doors very easily. I better have a friend with me when I see her or she might rape me….Damn it brain, not again! I snapped back into reality and gave Rarity a weak smile.
“Alright give me the bag.” I said while Rarity squeed in joy. “Can I have some privacy please?”
“Why?” asked Twilight.
I gave a confused look at first, but then I noticed that they don’t wear any clothes. How does Rarity get any business? I thought to myself. “I don’t want to go into details about it. Let’s just say it's a human thing.”
The girls, satisfied with the response, left the room for me to change into my new clothes. I first picked up the pants and put them on. They felt better than any other pair of jeans I had ever worn. I next put on my shirt and, Oh my gosh, I thought to myself, this feels amazing! I started to rub myself all over. I wanted to stop but I just couldn’t.
“I'm guessing it's to your liking?”
I turn around to see that the four girls there were all trying to hold in their laughter, except for Rainbow Dash, who wasn’t even trying.
“Uh…..” was all I could say. “Yea, this feels amazing. I never felt anything like this from Earth. What is it made from?”
“Simple cotton.” Rarity said. “It is just amazing what my magic can do to clothing.” She bragged a little.
“Speaking of magic,” Twilight interrupted, “let’s start on that memory retrieval spell.”
“Let's get started I guess”
“Now remember, this is going to feel weird”
I lay down on the bed as Twilight came towards me. She stopped right next to me, and with her horn glowing, touched my forehead with it. I closed my eyes as I entered the darkness of my mind.
AN: i would like to thank Bronymaster for editing this. with out him this would look like my report card
In the land of bad memories (ponies 2.5)
AN: i dedicate this chapter to Bronymaster father. May he rest in peace.
I was sitting in my old house watching Rugrats with my dad. It was the one when chuk-
“Twilight you went way too far! I think this is my first memory!” I yelled.
“Oops, sorry”
I literally see my life flash before my eye until it stopped on a recent memory.
Before I had the chance to finish that thought the manticore had made the first move. He did the same poun-
“Better back up a bit more.” Twilight said
“How about here?”
“Hey Dan! Wake up!” My roommate Nick yelled.
“Perfect!” I yelled to Twilight in the background
“What!?” I yelled back lifting my face from the textbook I've been studying from.
“Didn’t you say you were going to see your mom around 8?”
“SHIT! What time is it?” I looked at the clock, which read 7:47 a.m. “Thanks for waking me up Nick.”
“No problem. Tell your mom I said hi.”
“I will.” I said as Nick left.
I went to my closet to get a jacket and some sweat pants. While I was changing I watched Sportscenter. They were talking about how everyone’s college basketball bracket is screwed. “I can't believe I’m going to lose twenty bucks because some dumbasses can't play defense.” I said in anger. “I'm not going to do another bracket next year.” I left my room and picked up my car keys as I left my apartment.
As I climbed down the stairs I ran in to Kate, the hot chick three doors down from my room. “Hey Kate” I greeted her.
“Hey Daniel” She responded
“I want to apologize for Nick about Saturday night.”
“It's alright. Trust me, when you’ve been to as many parties as I have, you get used to being vomited on. Besides, I've been through worse.” She said grimly.
“Well, he says he feels like an asshole for doing it. He honestly never gets that drunk.”
“I know. I still had a fun time with him before he got drunk. Can you give him something for me?”
“Sure”
“Here” She handed me her phone number on a piece of paper. “Tell him to text me whenever.”
“Will do” I said as she left.
I texted Nick Kate’s number.
He replied, “What’s this?”
I texted back, “Kate’s number.”
“BULLSHIT”
“Text her”
“How did you get”
“I met her walking down the stairs. I apologized for you and she said she had fun with you.”
“# SWAG”
“You're the only person I know that can throw up on a chick and still get her number. How do you do it?”
“# SWAG” he replied again.
“You're gay. I'm getting in the car. I’ll text when I get out.”
“K”
I got in my SUV and drove out. As I’m driving, I begin talking to myself. “I remember when I lived in Florida. There was no damn snow in sight!” I still haven’t gotten used to driving in the snow yet, but I've gotten better. I sighed, “But mom wanted to go somewhere that didn’t remind her of dad. Dad did love Florida and I guess Colorado is the complete opposite of Florida.”
I got a phone call; It was from mom’s doctor. I usually don’t pick up while I'm driving, but my mom probably asked the doctor to call me seeing why I was late; it wasn’t the first time. I pick the phone up and answered “Hello”
“Hi, Daniel” said the doctor in that deep voice of his.
“I'm going to be a little late doc,” I interrupted, “I took a nap while studying and I'm almo-“
“I’m sorry” the doctor interrupted
“Sorry for what?”
“She’s gone.” With those two words, I felt my heart sink
“What are you talking about?”
“Your mother passed away five minutes ago”
“THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN SHE PASSED AWAY!? YOU TOLD ME SHE WAS GETTING BETTER!” I screamed as tears were coming down my face.
“We all believed she was too. I think her mental health was her dow-“I dropped my phone as I started to weep. Forgetting that I was still driving, I looked up but I was too late. I was going about 60 mph and I was 50 yards away from the guardrail on the mountain. I slammed on the breaks but it was no use, I slid across the snow covered road and went through the guardrail and off the mountain. I screamed to what I thought was my impending death. As I was about to hit the ground I looked at my arms and they were being covered in a mysterious yellow-white aura as I blacked out.
“Daniel….I’m….I’m so sorry.” said Twilight as I ignored her. “Daniel?” she said with her voice fading, “…Daniel!?” I can hear scream as her voice was almost inaudible. All of these new memories hit me like a ton of breaks and the current me blacked out too.
“Hello son” said the familiar feminine voice I heard before.
AN: i would like to again like to thank my editor Bronymaster. without him this would look like my balls after i havent washed them in a week. (yea this was that bad)
In the land of Friendship pt1
“M-mom?” I said as I began crying.
“Yes, Daniel, it's me.” My mom said. But her voice…. there was something different about the voice.
“Why do you sound different?”
“Don’t you remember me before dad died?” She asked, with a hint of regret in her voice.
Then it hit me. I was hearing something I haven’t heard in my mom’s voice since dad died, happiness.
“I'm sorry” my mom said suddenly. The happiness was being lost to a deep sadness.
“For what?”
“For the hell that I put you through after dad died.” She said as she was about to cry.
“…mo-“ I began, but I was cut off.
“I made you look after me every second so I wouldn’t kill myself; I made you leave your friends for my own selfish reasons; I put you through the stress of my depression and cancer because I couldn’t overcome the fact that your dad was gone. I’m a horrible mother.” She finally began to cry.
“Mom, I will always love you no matter what. I would go through it all over again for you. Like I said, I love you and I forgive you.”
“This is the first time we have been together as a family in a long, long time.” Said dad.
“How long will you guys be here for?”
“Until you're with us.” he replied.
“Awesome.” Was all I said.
I woke up from what was happiest time I've had in a while to see the cutest thing I ever seen. The same girls who were here before, plus Pinkie Pie, Spike and another cream yellow pegasus with a light pink mane, sleeping all over the room. I guess this new pony came after I was knocked out…again, I thought to myself. I looked out the window to see the sun starting to rise. I took out the IV in my arm, stood up from my bed, and tip-toed over the window to see the sun rise. I never woke up early to see the sun rise on earth. After the sun was fully erect I hear Twilight’s voice.
“Daniel….I’m sorry”
“It's alright,” I comforted Twi while still looking at the sun. “She’s in a better place now. As my grandma Jill said before she died, ‘Do not morn my body, but celebrate my life, my spirit, and the memories we’ve had together.’”
“It still must be tough.”
“Don’t worry. I have closure.”
“Well that’s great to know.”
I turn around to see that all the girls, plus Spike, are all awake with sadness painted all over their faces.
“Hey everyone, like I said, I'm alright.” I assured them. I looked at the new pegasus I haven’t met and said, “Hi! I'm Daniel”
“I'm Flutters…” she spoke so soft I couldn’t hear the last part.
“I'm sorry I didn’t get that”
“I'm Flut…” this time she spoke softer then the first time.
“I'm sorry but your gon-“
“Her name is Fluttershy!” yelled Dash. “Futtershy, Daniel! Daniel, Fluttershy! There!”
“Nice to meet you Fluttershy” I said
“Nice to meet you too Daniel” she said a bit louder than last time, hiding behind her mane.
Then nurse Redheart came through the door and saw me standing with the other ponies. She cocked her right eyebrow, glared at me, and said, “I came to take out the IV out of you, but I see someone already be me to that.”
“Hehe… well see, I wanted to see the sun rise but I didn’t want to wake them up so I took I out myself. hehe.” I weakly smiled knowing that I was caught.
*sigh* “Well, next time wait for a nurse or a doctor to take it out of you, alright?”
“Will do, sorry.”
“It's alright. Get ready, you're going to be released today.”
“Great…wait…where’s my knife?”
“Oh it's at my house.” Said Rainbow.
“How do you have it?” asked Twi.
“When he collapsed in the forest I saw he dropped it next to him. I picked it up and took it with me.”
“Thank you Rainbow Dash.” I said
“No problem, but call me Dash.” I nodded.
“Let's do a quick physical so you can get cleared.” Said nurse Redheart.
I was 35 minutes into a physical that should’ve taken only ten minutes. It was tough trying to translate the pony anatomy into human, even with the help of Twilight and Fluttershy. Then Redheart said, “Alright one last thing. Take off your clothes.” I sighed as I thought to myself;I guess she is a medical professional. I turned to Twi and Fluttershy.
“Girls I need some privacy please?” They shrugged and left the room and I took off my clothes, except my underwear.
“Um…that too.” She said pointing to my underwear. I took it off revealing my junk. “Oh my Celestia, Have some self-control!” she screamed.
“What!?”
“Put that back in you!” she pointed to my junk as I pulled my underwear back up.
“I can’t! It’s always out like this!”
“Oh….” The most awkward silence presumed. “I guess we are done here.” As I finished putting on my clothes she said, “I'm sorry…if it helps… it's the biggest I've seen on anypony.”
It didn’t. I walked out of the room with a mixture of anger and embarrassment. I opened the door to see Twilight and Fluttershy with redness in their cheeks. Knowing they heard the screaming, I yelled, “Damn it!” I stomped all the way to the main lobby to see the rest of the girls; thankfully the lobby was far enough from my room that the girls didn’t hear the screaming. They haven’t noticed me yet so I tip-toed to the counter and asked the nurse for the bill.
“Oh no ya don’t!” yelled AJ as she knocked me out of the way. I got up and ran at AJ trying to knock her out of the way. When I hit her it felt like I hit a brick wall and fell down. I've hit a manticore and knocked it down but I can't knock down this damn pony!? I looked at her as she gave a prideful smile.
The nurse said, “I'm sorry but the bill has already been paid.”
“Yes!” I yelled in victory. “Wait…who paid?”
“Princess Celestia.”
“Damn it now I'm in debt to the princess. How long do I have to pay her back?”
“What?” asked Twilight, “Princess Celestia isn’t like that. I bet you can't even pay her back.”
I sighed, “Well I need to make an appointment with her.”
“Way ahead of you, you have a meeting with her tomorrow afternoon.”
“Ideaaaaaa!” sung Rarity. “I need to make you a suit for your meeting with the Princess.”
“But-”
“No buts! As before, it will be on the house.”
“I. WILL. PAY. YOU. BACK.”
“With what bits?” she smiled.
“…..” I guess bits are money here which I have none of, “…damn.”
“Exactly”
“Well let's all go back to the library and found out more about the human world.”said Twi
“I'm sorry darling but I can't. I must go back to my boutique and work on his suit. Tata” Rarity waved as she left.
The rest of the girls and I walked outside into the simple town of Ponyville. As I walk through the town all the ponies were staring at me; I guess it was better than them running away in fear. We walked through the town for only five minutes befor we reached a large tree.
“We’re here.” Said Twi
“You live in a tree?” I asked incredulously.
“Well, yeah. The tree died a while ago and the mayor at the time decided to hallow it out and use it as a library. These days, nopony checks out books, so the Princess sent me to Ponyville and arranged for me to live in a library because I love books.” She smiled.
“Um…okay.” We walked in to the library/house sat down as we began asking questions. “Who’s first?” I asked.
"Where did ya learn to fight a manticore?" AJ asked
I thought to myself, Holy shit I killed a frickin’ manticore with no prior combat experience... How the hell did I do that!? "TV?" I shrugged
"Er... What's a 'TV'?
"Um... It’s an electric box that transmits pictures from one place to another."
When I finished Twilight's eyes lit up, “You have advanced technology!? How does it work?”
"Um… I'm not sure about the new ones, but I think the old ones used radio waves to transmit the pictures. Honestly I'm not a hundred percent sure."
"What do you mean you're not sure?" Twilight said with some irritation evident in her eyes.
"I'm sorry I just never really learned how they worked." I said as I looked at the floor ashamed.
Twilight sighed, “It’s alright."
"I guess it my turn. Hhhmmmm... Oh. Why is there no king or queen?"
"Oh! I got this one girls." said Pinkie. “When Lauren Faust created the series, she didn't want to use queens because Disney portrayed them as evil. So she used princesses instead." Pinkie said as she smiled from ear to ear.
"D-Disney!?" I spluttered, surprised that this pink pony even knew what that was!
Twilight was completely confused by what Pinkie said. "Um... I think what Pinkie meant is when the princesses began their rule about two thousand years ago they decided to rule in unity and they use the term princess because it would sound weird if there were two queens."
"Yeah, it would sound weir TWO THOUSAND YEARS! Are you saying the princesses are two thousand years old?"
"Oh they're much older than that. About three or four thousand years old is more like it."
I sat there stunned. "How long is your average life span?"
"Oh well average ponies like us are mid to late seventies. What about your species?"
"Same" I said with a surprise look on my face
"Why do you look so surprised?" asked RD
"Well ponies on my world live about twenty-five to thirty years."
"Oh you have ponies on your world, too?" asked Twi
"Yeah, but they're not as intelligent as you girls. They can't speak, use magic, or fly."
All the girls looked at me shocked. "So they're cave ponies?" asked AJ finally.
"Er... I guess. Hey, how old are you girls?"
“Well,” began Twilight, “me and Pinkie are eighteen, Dash and Applejack are twenty, Fluttershy is nineteen, and Rarity doesn’t like for anypony to know her age.”
“She’s twenty-one.” Interjected Applejack. Twilight just gave her a funny look, but didn’t say anything.
RD asked, "So can you guys fly?"
"Or use magic?" added Twilight.
"Well we can't use magic. And flying is a yes and a no. Naturally, we can't fly, but we have created machines for us to fly. Some can break the sound barrier."
"Well I've done that twice."
"Really? Can you really do that?"
"Yes." answered Twi. "But only members of the Wonderbolts have done so and even then it's very rare."
"Yeah it's no big deal. I'm just the first non-Wonderbolts member on record to do so. I’m also the first one to make a Sonic Rainboom when doing so!" RD said with a huge smile on her face.
I looked at Twilight and saw that her eyes were bright like before and I knew I had to break the news to her. “Sorry Twilight, I don’t know how they work ether.” Twilight sighed. “I'm sorry, I wish I had something I coul-“ I stopped myself with a sudden realization “My Iphone!” I said as I searched my pockets.
“Yer what now?” AJ asked confused.
“An Iphone is one of the most technological advanced objects in my world. I must have left it in my other pants when Rarity took them. Let's go.” I got up and ran to the door, but before I reached it I saw a bright blinding light. Next thing I know I face plant the ground.
AN: again i would likw to thank Bronymaster for editing this. without him this would like the manticore decaying in the forest.
In the land of Friendship pt2
Editor’s note: Hey everypony! Bronymaster here. I have to apologize to you all first off, because it is entirely my fault that it took so long for this chapter to be released. Real life got in the way, plus I’m lazy. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know it’s not even the author’s fault. Have a good read!
I looked up from the ground to see where the bright light came from. I noticed that I wasn’t in the library any more. The inside of the room was actually quite larger than the one I was in. However, a lot of the space was taken up by the many mannequins and fabric that was spread across the room. It looked like a tornado had blown through here!
“Rarity!” yelled Twilight. I jumped a little when I noticed her next to me, till I realized that she must have teleported us here.
“Twilight?” Rarity yelled back from a room, confused. She walked out into the room we’re in. We were in the same order we were In back in the library. She looked at me and said, “Oh Daniel, thank Celestia you're her-“
“Rarity, where are Daniel’s old pants?” Twilight interrupted.
“Oh, sorry darling, but I threw them in the furnace so no other creature could wear them again. Why do you ask?” Twilight looked heartbroken. She just moped there; she was so close to technology far beyond her world. “Twilight what’s wrong?”
I answered for her, “I’ll fill you in later. Did you want me for something?”
“Oh yes. I need to do some more measurements. The ones I got from your old clothes aren’t enough for a suit. I need ones like your neck and full arm length. It wouldn’t be long. Just about ten minutes.”
“Sounds fine with me.” I turn to the rest of the girls, “Do you girls mind if you wait for ten minutes?”
“Actually, I'm gonna go to my house and get your knife. I bet I’ll be back in three minutes.” RD said.
“Three! Ha I can do it in two!” AJ challenged.
“Is that a challenge?”
“Ya have ta keep up to make it a challenge.”
“HA! You're on.”
“’Right. First one there and back wins.”
Fluttershy interrupted, “Um…excuse me girls. You think you can make it to Sugarcube Corner? Me and Pinkie are taking Twilight there to cheer her up…if you don’t mind?”
“Sure thing Flutters. It would give me more distance to get in front of AJ here.”
“In yer dreams!” replied AJ.
“Alright then, Readysetgo!” and they were off.
Fluttershy turned to Rarity and I and asked,” Um… can you two joins us when you're done? If you're not busy, that is.”
“I’ll be glad to come,” I turned to Rarity, “but I need someone to guide me there.”
“Well…I am ahead of schedule. I already finished the pants and the suit should only take one to two hours. I would be glad to take you darling.”
“Great! I’ll meet you girls later.” They all walked, or, in Pinkie’s case, bounced away.
After they left Rarity grabbed my hand with her magic and pulled me to a platform. I realized that I was alone with Rarity. Oh god! She’s going to rape me….damn it brain, stop it! While she was measuring me I was filling her in on why Twilight was sad and the questions that were asked in the library. Then a small white unicorn with purple and pink curly hair walked in the door.
"Hey Rar-" she stopped as she stared at me. "AAAAAHHHHHHH MONSTER!" she screamed as she ran out the door.
"Sweetie Belle, wait!" Rarity yelled as she ran after her.
I looked at myself in the mirror. "*sigh* I may look like a monster, but I'm a sexy monster." I tried to boost my confidence. Rarity walked back in.
"Sorry about that darling. That was my little sister, Sweetie Belle."
"That’s alright. I know that my appearance is different. I actually thought more ponies would be like that."
"Honestly, I thought that too. When Zecora, a zebra, came into town, everypony freaked out and hid in their houses. Now that you are here ponies are just staring. I mean, at least Zecora looked like a pony! Um... No offense."
"None taken, but the day isn't over yet."
"*sigh* That’s true. Well I'm done measuring you. Let me just put my notes in my idea room and we shall be on our way."
"Sounds good."
We walked out of the boutique into the town. We’ve only walked a few yards and past a big tree when we heard someone yell, "Now!" next thing I know I’m caught in a net and forced down to the ground. "Cutie Mark Crusaders Monster Hunters!" Someponies yell in unison. I looked up to see my captors and I see three small ponies. One was a yellow pony with red mane and a bow in it. Another was an orange pegasus with a purple, tomboyish mane. The final pony was the same white unicorn I saw in the boutique.
"Girls!" Rarity yelled. "This is no monster. This is my new friend, Daniel." I stopped paying attention to her as I tried to escape from my rope prison. I was trying to wiggle out but no avail. I can take care of a manticore, but I can't escape from a damn net! I thought to myself. “Let me help you out of that darling.” She used her magic to lift the net off of me.
“Thanks for the help Rarity.” I said as I got up. I looked over to my former captors to see that they were only children, or whatever you call child ponies. I think you call them foals? Anyway, they were looking down to the ground ashamed. “Let me guess. You girls thought I was a monster that was going to hurt Rarity.” They nodded. “Well…good job.” They looked up from the ground shocked at what I said.
“W…what?” said the orange one.
“Yeah, good job. I mean, I'm easily three or four times bigger than you, and you girls took me down just like that. Heck, even a manticore couldn’t do that!”
“We did do a good job didn’t we?” said the yellow one in an accent similar to AJ’s.
“Yep. I'm Daniel and you girls are?”
“I'm Applebloom.” Said the yellow one.
“I'm Scootaloo.” Said the orange one.
“And I'm Sweetie Belle.” Said the white one.
“And we are,” they said in unison, “THE CUTTIE MARK CRUSADERS!” The volume with which they said the last part was enough to make me cringe in pain.
“Girls, would you like to come with us to Sugarcube Corner?” Rarity asked.
“Sorry sis, but we’re planning to go look for our cutie marks.”
“*sigh* Fine. But be safe!” She said sternly.
“We will!” They said as they ran off.
“So Rarity?” I asked as we started walking again.
“Yes dear?”
“Is Applebloom Applejack’s sister?” she nodded. “So is Scootaloo Dash’s sister?”
Rarity sighed, “No. Nobody knows if she even has a family. She hasn’t revealed her family life to anypony. Not even her friends.”
“So she’s an orphan?”
“My friends and I think so, but we’re not a hundred percent sure.”
“Well that’s a shame.”
“Yes, it really is.” She said. I think she didn’t like talking about the subject, because she suddenly exclaimed “Look, we are almost there!” She pointed in the distance.
I looked in the direction she pointed and saw a…gingerbread house? Well it has two candy cane pillars on both sides of the door, a gram cracker roof, and a… cupcake tower on top? It looks delicious, I must eat it, my inner fat-ass spoke to me. I ignored it.
“We’re here.” Said Rarity.
“This building looks…delicious.” I stated dumbly.
“Well just wait until we get inside.” I opened the door for Rarity and I walked in to see the most scrumptious set of cupcakes, cakes, and other assortment of pastries. I eyes widened trying to take in all of the deliciousness.
“Yeah, a lot of ponies look like that when they first come here.” Pinkie giggled as I looked over to her on the other side of the room. She was there with the rest of the girls; RD had a prideful grin on her face, while AJ looked down in defeat, Twi looked better, Flutters was still hiding behind her mane, and of course Pinkie had a great big smile on her face. “You hungry?”
“Starving.” I said as I went to the counter. No one was there so I rang the bell on the counter. In the millisecond after I pressed the bell Pinkie came up from behind the counter.
“What will you be having?” she asked as I stood there stunned.
“….Um… I guess I’ll hav-“before I could finished she stuffed a cupcake into my mouth. “*cough cough* Pinkie, what the” I started to chew on the cupcake and I experience an explosion of deliciousness. “This….this is….” I had no words to explain what was going on in my mouth. I just stood there trying to find out what I've been eating all my life before now. My thoughts were interrupted by Pinkie.
“Trying to figure out what you’ve been eating all your life?” I nodded as she giggled. “Well here.” she handed me a box full of cupcakes. “It's on the house.” I would argue with her but these cupcakes are too damn good!
“Thank you Pinkie.”
“Don’t thank me, thank the author.”
“What?” I said as she giggled and walked towards the back. Whatever; I have cupcakes. I turned around to walk back to the girls when I see Pinkie sitting there with them. I looked back to where Pinkie was going when she was behind the counter. “How!?” I yelled.
“Don’t. Question. It.” Twi reminded me. She sounded really irritated for some reason.
“Right.” I sighed. I walked back and sat down with the girls; though they were sitting down on chairs I was on the floor so I could be eye level with them. They were talking as I was watching them, and it sounded like they had known each other for their entire lives. “Excuse me girls,” I interrupted, “how long have you been friends for?”
“Well, I’ve known everypony here for about a year and a half, and I'm the latest edition. I came from Canterlot with orders from the Princess to learn about friendship and I met the girls.” Said Twilight.
“Me and Futters here have known each other since we were little fillies back in Cloudsdale.” Rainbow added.
“I lived in Ponyville all my life. Fluttershy stayed with me for a while after she moved down from Cloudsdale four years ago and introduced me to Dash a year afterward, before moving out.” Rarity explained.
“Like Rarity here, Ah’ve lived on the outskirts of Ponyville mah whole life. Ah’ve known Rarity fer a while, but we weren’t friends until Ah met Dash here about three years ago along with Fluttershy.” AJ continued.
“I came to Ponyville about two and a half years ago and stayed here with the Cakes, friends of my parents, and became friends with everypony!” Pinkie finished. “How about your friends?” Pinkie asked me in return.
“Well when I was little I became friends with everybody. I got along great with everyone.” I said as I smiled. “It wasn’t until my dad died whi-“ I realized I dropped the ball there trying to keep up a happy moment. I looked around the room to see sad faces. “I guess you all want to know what happened.”
“Whoa there partner, we don’t want ya to tell us iff’n ya don’t want.” AJ stated.
“Don’t worry about it. I'm actually proud of what my father did. He was a cop, a protector of people and the law. He was a great cop, and well known around the city. He was off duty one day while walking around downtown after receiving an award from the mayor when a man, upset with the government, ran around shooting people with a colt .45. As the man was shooting, my dad was taking cover behind a bench and there was a kid standing a few feet away from my dad. The gunman turned and looked at the kid, pointed the gun at him, and fired. As he did though, my dad dove towards the kid and protected him with his body. The kid said my dad told him not to move. As the gunman walked towards my dad he was shot dead by two police officers. The kid was unharmed, but… my dad died on the way to the hospital.” I looked up to see the girls with watery eyes, which made my eyes water up too. “Please girls, don’t cry. My dad died a hero; he saved a kid’s life.”
“Daniel….I’m sorry. Can I ask a quick question though?” Twi asked.
“Sure.”
“What’s a colt .45 and a gun?” I stood there shocked and stunned. Oh no, I'm not gonna be the one to bring guns here. What am I gonna tell her?
“Look Twilight, some things are just better left unsaid.”
“But-” She began, but I cut her off.
“No!” I said. “There are things from my world that should never be known in this one. *sigh* I'm sorry. It’s just that my world is full of dangerous things that should be left unknown here.”
“We understand, don’t we Twi?” Replied AJ, who shot Twilight a sharp look.
“I guess so.” Twi sighed, defeated.
“AAAAAHHHHHH” I heard someone scream and it startled me. I turn around to see a light blue pony, with a dark pink mane with a light pink streak and yellow and pink apron, looking at me with fear. Then a yellow stallion, with orange mane and white cap and apron, ran out from the back to stare at me like the light blue pony.
“Um…hello.” I said with a weak smile, waiting for them to call me a monster. Before they could say anything Pinkie interrupted.
“Hi Mr. and Mrs. Cake! This here is my new friend, Daniel. He's the one who saved Applejack from the manticore.” She turned to look at me, “This is Mr. and Mrs. Cake. They are my parent’s friends and allow me to stay here. They made the cupcakes.”
My eyes widened. “You made these…,” I pointed to my box of cupcakes, “…these delicious cupcakes?”
“That we did.” Said Mr. Cake with a weak smile. He was still a little unsure of me. I was about to reply but then there came some crying coming from upstairs.
“Oh the twins!” Said Mrs. Cake and they both went upstairs. As they left the main door opened to reveal the CMC, but now they are covered in black ash and their hair was in a mess.
“My heavens girls, what on earth were you doing?” Rarity asked.
“We were trying to get our cutie marks by being pyrotechnics.” Answered her sister.
“But you could say,” said Scootaloo before pausing and putting on sunglasses, “it backfired.” Then a white jacked up pegasus, with small wings and a yellow buzz cut mane, came out of nowhere.
“YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!” it yelled shortly before leaving.The fuck was that?
“Um….ok. Anyways, you girls need to wash up. Sweetie Belle, go take your friends back to the boutique and wash up.” Rarity commanded.
“Fine.” They said sadly in unison and left.
“What’s a cutie mark?” I asked.
“Well, a cutie mark represents the special talent some pony has. Cutie marks are obtained when ponies discover a unique characteristic that sets themselves apart from others.” Twilight answered.
“So everypony gets one?”
“Yep”
“How did you girls get yours?”
“Well I was in Canterlot…”
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“So you girls had a special connection before you’ve ever met each other.” I said upon hearing the end of the story.
“Yeah!” they all said in unison.
Rarity looked at the clock. “Oh my, look at the time! It's almost five. I must go back to the boutique and finish your suit. Tata.” She waved as she left.
“Well I guess we should go back to the library.” Twilight said. The other girls and I nodded in agreement, got up, and left. This time as we walked through town there were fewer ponies out and about. Still, the ones who were out stared and made me uncomfortable. After a few minutes we arrived at the library.
“Hey girls, do you have guitars here?”
“Actually I have one myself.” She continued talking as she went upstairs, “My parents got it for me for my birthday about two years ago, though I never really learned how to play it, I keep it around to remember how much my parents love me.” She came back downstairs, “Please be careful with it. These are hard to come by.”
“Why?”
“Mostly only unicorns can play it because they have to use their magic to use the strings. Sometimes earth and pegasus ponies can also play it, but it's much harder for them to do so.” She handed me a black case. I open it to reveal a classic guitar, but only half the size of a regular one. It was more of a ukulele if you ask me. “Is there something wrong with it?” Twilight asked upon noticing my expression.
“No, nothing’s wrong. It’s just smaller than on my world.” I picked it up and starting to play a few notes. It sounded exactly like a ukulele.
“You… know how to play?” asked Fluttershy.
“Yeah, the guitar is something me and my dad really bonded to.” I tuned the guitar to my likeing, closed my eyes, and played the first song that came to mind(here) (AN: I do not own this music)
Ooooo Oooooo Ohoohohoo
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Someday I'll Wish Upon A Star,
Ooooo Oooooo Oooooo
As I finished I opened my eyes to see the girls staring at me. “I'm sorry” I apologized “I haven’t played in a while.”
“That…that was beautiful.” Rainbow said.
“Really?”
“Yeah! Do you perform on stage?”
“Oh no, I just like to sing to myself every once in a while. I'm not the type of guy who goes up on stage. It just isn’t me.”
“Oh, so you're a fraidy cat?” She said like it was a challenge.
“Yep!” I said with a smile. People have tried harder to get me on stage . “So I guess it might be boring living in a small town.” I said, trying to change the subject. All the girls looked at me and laughed.
“As if Sugarcube. We’ve been through so many adventures together it would drive a normal pony mad.” AJ said with a chuckle.
“Really? Like what?” They told me tales of their adventures from parasprites to the Gala and Twilight going bat shit crazy to Flutterbitch. Most of the tales I laughed at while thinking to myself that this would be a great little girls show. When they finished Rainbow spoke up.
“And between all these adventures there were Pinkie’s parties.” The girls laughed again.
Pinkie said, “Yep! I do love par-“Pinkie stopped herself and her hair deflated like a balloon, becoming very straight. It kind of shocked me, but then I remembered Twilight telling me not to question Pinkie. “Oh no, we don’t have time for you party.” She sadly said “I'm a bad pony.”
“No you're not. “ I assured her. “You are a great pony. In fact, all of you are great ponies. In all my life I have never met anyone on my world who gave me this kind of kindness right off the bat. Besides, you still have all the party energy in you. So when we have a party it will be the best ever, right?”
Pinkie’s hair re-inflated. “Oh, you bet. We are gonna have the biggest party ever!”
“Great!”
“Well, it’s 7:30. Ah guess it's time ta head back to the farm.” AJ suggested.
“Yeah, I'm getting a little tired myself.” I replied.
“Daniel, AJ, the train to Canterlot leaves at nine tomorrow morning.” Twilight told us.
AJ and I left after I said my thank yous and good byes. We walked down a dirt trail to wherever Applejack lived. “Hey Applejack, you said you work on a farm, right?”
“Eeyep. Ah live there with my little sister, Applebloom, my big brother, Big Macintosh, and my grandma, Granny Smith.” I wonder what happened to her parents. I decided now would probably not be the time to ask such a question.
“So what do you grow?”
She gave me a weird look. “Ah wonder.”
I thought for a second and then face-palmed myself. “I'm an idiot.”
“Ah wouldn’t say it like that.” she chuckled.
We walked over the hill to see a house with a light on. It was very dark so we couldn’t see anything around it. I see the door open from the house to reveal a small pony.
“Applejack! Hurry up! We’re hungry!” Applebloom yelled.
“We’re coming! Did a set another plate on the table like Ah asked!?” AJ yelled back.
“Eeyep!” We got close enough to the house to see Applebloom’s face.
“Hey Applebloom.” I greeted her.
“Howdy Daniel. Sorry again for what we did with you and the net.”
“Whatchu do?” AJ asked looking sternly at Applebloom.
“Nothin’!” Applebloom and I said in unison, knowing she would be in trouble. AJ gave us a doubtful look.
“Come on everypony! Soups on!” yelled an old voice from the house. We walked in to see an ‘experienced’ green pony with a white mane. “My my. Applejack said it was a weird creature that saved her, but Ah never thought it would look like you sonny”
“Beautiful?” I said jokingly and everybod…er…pony laughed.
“Well thank you for saving Applejack here.” After she said that a huge red stallion with an orange mane walked in. Damn that’s one huge pony.
“I'm guessing you're Big Macintosh?” I asked.
“Eeyep.” He said with a deep country voice.
“Pleasure to meet you, I'm Daniel.” I shook his hoof. He nodded like it was a pleasure to meet me too. We sat down and ate dinner. Everything there was to eat was apple or apple flavor. Still, it was better than any other apple thing I ate back on earth. After we were finished eating I commented on the food. “Well you ponies sure know how to cook up good apples.”
“Well we better.” Granny chuckled. “Ah’ve been cookin’ with apples since Ah was a small filly.”
“It was mighty delicious.” Damn, I'm starting to talk like them. “What time is it?”
“Nine. Ah think we should hit the hay. We got ta wake up early tomorrow ta catch the train.” AJ answered. We got up and headed outside to the barn. I walked in to see that the inside was like any normal barn back on earth. Good thing that there are no animals in here. There was a bed of hay in the middle. I thanked AJ and she told me that she’d wake me up tomorrow morning and left.
A few minutes after AJ left, somepony knocked on the barn door. I was making myself familiar with the barn when I went over and opened it. Big Macintosh was at the door. Even though this horse is only chest high to me, he intimidates the hell out of me! “You need something Big Macintosh?” I asked. Next thing I knew he was on his two hind legs and put his forehoofs around my necked. He was hugging me.
“Thank you for saving Applejack.” He whispered. I hugged him back.
“Anytime.” I whispered back. We disengaged from the hug and we gave each other a head nod as we both went back to bed. “Ponies…” I chuckled to myself before going to sleep.
AN:if you dont like the guitar part dont worry there wont be much of that if any
AN: I'm back baby!
I'm on the left field section at Tropicana Field, sitting next to Mark. It's September 28, 2011, and it’s the middle of the 12th inning.
"Dan! Boston lost!" Mark yelled.
"What!?" I yelled in return, turning to look at the scoreboard. It showed the final of the Boston Baltimore game with Baltimore getting the lead in the bottom of the ninth, winning the game. I yelled in joy along with the stadium filled with people. At one point during the game the Rays were down 7-0. Now we’re tied at seven apiece.
Then the announcer came on and announced the next batter. "Now coming up to bat, third baseman, number three, Evan Longoria!" Everyone cheered.
"Come on Rays. Just one more run to get into the playoffs." I said to myself. Then, like a message from above; Evan swung his bat at the ball, hitting it and sending it on the line to left field. The ball carried just enough to go over the fence, winning the game and clinching a spot in the playoffs. The whole stadium was going crazy witnessing the miracle. Through all the screaming and cheering, I heard a voice call out.
"You're welcome." It was my dad’s voice, which made me realize that I was dreaming/reliving a memory. Everything was frozen in place, then broke away, like broken glass, to the darkness of my mind.
"For what?" I replied.
"Let's just say the ball needed a little extra push."
"Wait, you interfered with the game!?"
"Like I said, the ball looked like it needed a push."
"You can do that?"
"Maybe"
"Did I ever tell you how much I love you?"
"Love you too."
"Where's mom?"
"She’s meeting with some of her friends. She'll be back."
"Alright."
"Hey, time to wake up."
"What?" Then I felt a rumbling in my mind.
I felt someone nudging my shoulder. I look over to see Applebloom to my side. “Morning mister Daniel! Applejack told me to wake ya up fer breakfast.” She looked so darn cute.
“Thanks Applebloom, I’ll be there in a minute. Also, call me Dan; I'm not used to being called with formalities.” I patted her head and she left. As soon as she was gone, I got out of my makeshift bed and I put on my pants. I open the barn door to see trees beyond what my eyes could see. I've never seen so many apple trees in my life! Actually, I’ve never seen an apple tree before now. I broke away from my stare and headed towards the house, and opened the door, only to be hit with the delightful smell of pancakes with a hint of apple cinnamon.
"Morning everypony." I greeted them. I'm started to get a hang of the little difference in the language.
"Morning, Daniel." AJ replied, "Ah'm sorry for the hay bed; it was the only thing we could put together on short notice."
"No need to be sorry. I had a great night’s sleep."
"Well that's great to hear. Ready ta try mah famous apple flapjacks?"
"Well if they taste as good as they smell I'm in for a great breakfast."
"Glad to hear." I sat down with the rest of the Apple to have breakfast. The apple cinnamon pancakes with apple flavor syrup were delicious. I had three pancakes; I wanted more but I decided to controlled myself. After everyone finished eating, I quickly picked up everyone's plates and utensils and hurried into the kitchen. AJ realized what I was doing and ran in after me yelling, "Oh no you don't!" She was too late; I was washing the dishes in the sink. AJ tried to push me but this time I held my ground. I boxed her out from the sink, but then she found an opportunity. I had a wide stance when AJ stuck her head between my legs and pushed up. The force was enough to lift me off the ground and flip me backwards, but the deed was done. When she reached the sink all of the plates and utensils were cleaned. She looked over to me to see that I had a victory grin on my face.
She sighed, "Ya win this time partner."
"Better get used to it."
"Yew wish. Anyways, ya ready ta get? We're gonna meet the girls at the library.
"Well I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say it would be a bad idea to bring my knife, so since I have nothing else I'm ready to go.” AJ and I left the Apple’s house after saying our goodbyes to the family. When we’ve reached the top of the hill, a few yards from the farm, I turned around to see apple trees as far as the eyes can see. I stood there in awe with my jaw open.
“Mighty impressive ain’t it?” She asked.
“Is all of this yours?”
“Eeyep, but we also have some more over the hill there.” She pointed to a nearby hill.
“Do you harvest the trees all by yourself?”
“Ah could, but I got Big Mac and Caramel, my cousin who comes down during the harvest, to help me.”
“So you guys climb all of these trees to get the apples?”
“Nah we just buck ‘em.”
“You what?” my dirty mind confused me.
“Let me show ya.” she walked over to an apple tree with a couple of buckets around it. She then turned around, with her backside pointing to the tree, lifted one leg and kicked the tree. The force was enough to send all the apples to their respective basket. I stood there shocked, while she smiled.
“Do you mind if I try that?”
“Knock yerself out.”
I headed over to the tree next to her. As AJ did, I turned around, lifted my right leg, and kicked the tree. Nothing came down, so I tried again…nothing. I start kicking the tree faster and faster, while getting on all fours, but nothing fell. Out of pure rage I got up, ran at the tree, and dropkicked it.
“Aaaaahhhhhh dammit!” I yelled in pain.
“Ya okay there, partner?” she asked, trying to hold in her laughter.
“Peachy.” I replied, aggravated. I got up and she handed/hoofed me an apple.
“At least ya got one down.”
“The spoils of war,” I sighed while I started eating the apple. “Well I guess I'm not a farmer.”
“Yew can say that again.” she chuckled as I glared at her. We went back to walking on the trail. “So what do ya do fer work back on yer world?”
“I was just a student back there. Well I guess I had a job by taking care of my mom but then the hospital took her in due to her failing health.”
“Ah'm sorry...Ah know how it feels ta lose both parents.”
“If you mind me asking, how long did you take to get over it?”
“It took a while, and I didn’t really get over it until I met the girls.”
“…how did-“
“Hey AJ, hey Dan.” Dash interrupted while flying down to earth. “What are you guys talking about?”
“Nothin’!” AJ yipped.
“Um…okay. So, Dan, ready to get banished by the princess?”
“What!?” I said with fear.
“Rainbow! Don’t joke around like that with him.” AJ defended me.
“I'm just joking, yeesh. You know she’s not gonna banish you.” RD said.
“…I don’t know anything about this place!” I said.
“Just ask Twi for some books for the train ride. I'm getting some Daring Doo books for the trip.”
“That’s not a bad idea. Wait…you read?” Dash then went off saying how Daring Doo is the most “awesomest” pony, other than her. She then told me about the first book she read, Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone . As she was retelling the story I noticed that it sounded very familiar to Indiana Jones. When she finished we reached the library, where the rest of the girls were waiting for us. Rarity was the first one to approach me and handed me my new suit.
“Tell me what you think!” She chirped, “and be honest.” She added sternly.
The suit was simple but elegant. It was all black with a small sapphire gem over my heart and sapphire cuff links. As for my pants, there was just one sapphire on my left front. For my shirt, it light blue with a black tie that had light blue pinstripes and a sapphire in the canter.
“It’s wonderful.” I responded.
“Really? I think I should’ve used more sapphire.”
“Rarity, it's the most beautiful suit I've ever seen. Even on Earth I couldn’t find a better one. “
“Oh thank you darling.”
“No, thank you .”
“So is everypony ready to go?” Twilight asked.
“Actually, Twilight, I'm wondering if I can borrow some books on Equestrian history.”
“Well this is a library. Let me find some books for you.” She went off to a section of the library and levitated some books off the shelf. “Here are some good books: [The Big Book of Equestria, Equestria and You, and Fun Facts of Equestria.”
“Thanks, these should really help.”
As we left the library Twi yelled, “Spike! We’re leaving.”
“Spike isn’t coming with us?” I asked.
“No; he needs to stay and take care of the library.”
“Isn’t there someone else to take care of it? You girls are the greatest, and I really mean that, but guys need to be around other guys sometimes.” Even if it is a baby dragon.
“Well I guess I understand. I mean, if I was with a bunch of guys I’d go crazy,” Twilight said as her eyes moved in a circular motion. “Hhhhmm… Spike could use a break…and I think Owlowiscious could handle the responsibility.”
“Who?”
“He's my second assistant. Owlowiscious!” Then an owl flew down the down the stairs and landed on Twilight. “This is Owlowiscious.”
“Hi, I'm Daniel.”
“Who.” The owl replied. Hmmm I guess owls can't speak here.
“Owlowiscious, do you think you could handle the library by yourself for one day?” the owl nodded.
“Great. Spike! Want to come to Canterlot with us!?”
“Really!?” the purple and green dragon yelled from the second floor. He ran down the steps but tripped on the last one and fell. “I can really go with you?” he said as he got back up.
“Yes, thank Daniel here. It was his idea.”
“Thanks, Daniel!”
“No problem.” I said, “Everyone ready to get going?” Everyone nodded and we left.
The train station was only about a seven minute walk, which I was happy for because I carried three heavy books and the suit; we manage to get there fifteen minutes early. We picked up our tickets at the booth, already paid for by the Princess.
“Hey girls. How long is the ride to Canterlot?” I asked, wondering.
“About three and a half hours.” Twi replied.
“Great.” I stated, annoyed. “Well I least I have these books to read.”
Then the train arrived on time and boarded it, it was then I realized that we got first class tickets. Thank god for the extra size of the seats or I’d have nowhere to sit. The train ride was peaceful, and I tried to read the books Twilight gave me. However, my mind was somewhere else.
Should I stay here? I mean it’s not my home. Hell, I’m not even the same species as them! I can’t stay here, I have nothing here... I have nothing back home either. This is the first time I’ve met new friends in a long, long time. This would be a whole lot easier if I died in the car. Maybe I should go to sleep. Dad could help me out.
Deciding that that as the best course of action, I lay down in one of the beds. It didn’t take long for me to fall into the darkness of my mind.
My dad started, “Quite a predicament you have yourself here.”
“What should I do?”
“I can’t tell you what to do.”
“ Why the hell not?”
“This is your life. I can’t tell you what to do.”
“Fine, what do you think I should do?
“What do you think you should do?
“Oh my god! Just give me some damn advice.”
“Just weigh your options.”
“I just did.”
“Well there’s just one thing to do.”
“What’s that?”
“Wake up!”
I open my eyes to see Rarity, a few feet away, staring at me. Normally I would’ve been surprised, but looking into her eyes felt soothing.
Rarity was the one to break first, “I do apologize, darling. I was quite rude of me to stare. I was going to wake you up, but it seems like you beat me to it. We are about ten minutes from Canterlot and I do recommend that you get dressed to meet the Princess.”
“I guess I should, shouldn’t I? Thanks Rarity.” I got up and stretched before grabbing my suit and heading into the bathroom. It took a little while to get changed and when I did, Rarity did a quick look around.
“How does it feel?” Rarity asked.
“Feels like I’m wearing a cloud.”
“Marvelous. Let me just do a little something about your hair.” She levitated a brush from her saddlebag.
“What’s wrong with my hair?”
“It’s unkempt.” She moved her brush towards me and made my hair like my mom did on my first day of elementary school.
“Thanks, mom.” I said, annoyed, while she just smiled.
We’ve walked out of the train station into a whole different place. Instead of the small town feel in Ponyville, every building was ivory white with gold trim. It was something like out of the medieval times. The roads were made out of cobblestone and there were many ponies, mostly unicorn, walking around, some with tuxes and dresses. Suddenly I got the urge to go and pee.
“Hey, is there a public restroom?”
“Hhhhmmmm …” Twi thought, “Oh, take this road to your left and there should be a restroom next to the barbershop. We’ll wait here for you.”
“Thanks, I’ll try to be quick.” I walked down the road until I saw a building with a scissor for a sign. Well I guess this is it , I thought to myself. I turned around the corner to see two doors: one with a horse head with a top hat and a horse head with tiara. Guess the top hat is for males. I walked in to see that it looked like any normal public restroom, but it's clean and no urinals. Thank god there was a handicap stall or I would’ve been screwed.
I walked out of the restroom and went towards where I left the girls. As I turned the corner of the barbershop I get rammed from behind and forced to the ground. Whatever hit me was trying to keep me pinned down but I grabbed it and flung it off me. I got up to see my attacker; it was a white pegasus with a blue mohawk mane and covered in gold armor with a blue star emblem on its chest. I got into a boxing stance when I felt something sharp poking me in the back. I turn my head to see a similar pony, though it was an Earth type, with a spear against my back.
“Any sudden moves and I’ll kill you where you stand, monster.” Said the one with the spear. Knowing that I had no choice I slowly put my hands in the air. “Walk.” I walked with the pony behind me still with the spear pointed on me.
“I'm a guest of the Princess.” I said trying to get out of this.
“Yeah, I've never heard that one before.” He said sarcastically. I had to think of a way out of this. There was only one idea I had of how I could do this without fighting.
“GIRLS!” I yelled hoping for them to hear me. I guess the guard didn’t like that since he forced the spear through my suit and shirt but only poked my skin.
“Silence, monster!”
“Get away from my friend!” I turned my head to see Dash flying down the street coming at us.
“Stand back civilian!”
“Let him go!” then the rest of the girls, plus Spike, came through the crowd.
“This monster is a threa…Miss Sparkle?”
“Captain Thunder Hoof,” Twilight replied, “what’s going on here?”
“Miss Sparkle we have captured this monster.”
“Why?”
“…er..”
“Was he destroying buildings?” she said with a hint of sarcasm.
“No.”
“Was he harming ponies?” with more sarcasm.
“No.”
“Did he sneeze?” with complete sarcasm
“…no.” he said defeated.
“Captain Hoof, this ‘monster’ is a guest of Princess Celestia and you arrest him with no crimes held against him?” she said with anger.
“…I-I'm sorry.”
“I am NOT the one who you should be apologizing to.”
The captain turned to me and apologized, but before I could say anything I hear Rarity yell, “Who did this my creation!?” I turned my head to see her observing the hole on my suit. She then turned to the guard, knowing he was the culprit. I see her face cringe in anger and become red and fire in her eyes. She began to charge at the guard until I grabbed her tail and held with all my strength, but she was still dragging me.
“Run!” I warned him and he did. When the guard was out of sight, Rarity calmed down and stopped running. I let go of her tail and she looked at the hole.
“Oh Celestia, what am I going to do?”
“I’m sorry, Rarity.”
“You have no need to apologize. It was that ruffian who caused this.” She sighed. “Where am I going to find a thread and needle?”
“Actually, Rarity, I think there should be a shop that sells those on the road to the castle.” Twilight said.
“Really?”
“I’m positive.”
We walked back down the road we were originally on. I haven’t noticed before but I see that the ponies were staring at me like those in Ponyville. After about three minutes walking we see a store with a sewing needle and a red thread running through it as a sign.
“I’ll be about two minutes.” Rarity said as she ran into the store. Like she said, she came out about two minutes later with two little stick-like things that I couldn’t remember the name of: one black and one blue. “Turn around please.” I did and she used her magic and the two...stick things to repair the hole in the suit. When she was done with that she lifted my suit to reveal the hole in the shirt had been repaired. She sighed, “Oh it's just not the same.” I knew she was very upset and I had to cheer her up. I got on one knee and hugged her.
“Even with the hole, it still looks better than anything else these other ponies are wearing.” It was the only thing I could think of to cheer her up. It seemed like it worked.
“Do you really think so darling?” she asked. I looked over to my friends.
“I know so, right girls?” They all nodded.
We continued walking to this large white structure. “Is that the castle?”
“That’s Canterlot Castle. It the center of Equestria and the home of Princess Celestia and Luna.” Twilight replied.
I’ve never seen a castle in person and the ones in the history books were in ruins. This one is pure white with trims of purple and, what I'm guessing, pure gold. The castle is pretty much hanging from the mountain. We walk up to the main gate, which was pure gold. There was a unicorn guard standing in front of the gate.
“Hello Morning Sun.” Twi greeted.
“Well Miss Sparkle. Long time no see.” The guard said, “I've heard that you had an appointment with the princess, but I didn’t know you were bringing this…thing, no offence,” he said, looking at me.
“None taken.” I replied. The guard looked at his clipboard.
“I see here that your appointment is at one. Hhhhhmmmmmm…only ten minutes early. I see that Ponyville has made you a bit more laid back.” He said with a chuckle.
“We’ve would have been here earlier but let's just say that Captain Hoof need to stop reading books by their cover.” Twilight said, aggravated.
“Well you know he's a hard flank.” He used his magic to open the gate. “I think the Princesses are ready for you.”
“Thank you. Wait, Princesses...Luna is awake for this?”
“Yep, she only wakes up this early for important meetings.” My heart jumped.
Twi looked at me, “Well I guess this is important. Thanks again Seargent Sun.” We walked through the gates.
“Hey Twilight, are all these guards clones?”
She giggled, “No, Princess Celestia uses her magic to disguise the guards to look alike. Only workers of the castle and myself are allowed to see their true form.”
We continued to walk through the castle, which looked majestic. Then we walked through a hallway with stained glass windows. I looked at two specific ones: one had six ponies in a vertical oval and six gems on the inside and the other had the same six ponies from the other but they were on the bottom of the window and they looked like they were shooting some type of beam to a weird dragon-like looking thing. I noticed that the ponies from the windows looked exactly like my new-found friends.
"Hey guys, these ponies look familiar."
“Hey Dan we don’t want to keep the Princesses waiting, do we?” RD said with a nervous chuckle. She pushed me from behind but I held my ground. Then Applejack helped Dash and pushed too.
“That’s right Dash, I bet they’re excited to see a new creature.” AJ added. With AJs help they got me moving a bit, but I stopped myself. “Hey girls…a little help ‘ere.” She struggled to say. Then one by one the rest of the girls pushed me until I reached the gigantic door. RD then stopped pushing, flew back, and flew in to give one final push. Her force was enough to push me through the door as we all fell to the ground.
I would lik to tank Bronymaster for editng tits. If it wan't 4 him this wold lok lik my speling.
AN: hey guys is my first fan-fic and I expect strict criticism. If this gets good enough reviews I will continue it. If not, I'll just cut my losses. If you have any ideas you want to shoot to me feel free to PM me. Also if you want to submit some fan-art for the cover, I would greatly appreciate it.
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I open my eyes to see where I was at. All I can see in the darkness around me are trees and bushes. I look around but nothing looks very familiar to me. I tried to remember how I got here but the last thing I remembered was that I was getting ready to drive to the hospital and see my mother, who was recovering from chemotherapy due to breast cancer... that thought brought a tear to my eye and motivation to get out of this forest.
I decided I needed to stand up, but when I did I fell back down. I've noticed that my legs were weak, but not due to the lack of muscle strength. It felt like I haven’t used them for hours or even a few days. I leaned up against a tree and used it to help me get up. When I got up I stretched to get some strength back in them and it felt like it worked.
I started to walk through the forest when I stumbled upon a bush with blue colored berries. Damn it, if I hadn’t quit the boy scouts I might know if these berries are good to eat, I thought to myself. I decided to keep them in my pocket in case I might starve and eat them as a last resort. As I put the berries in my pocket I felt something else in there. When I found out what is was I started to hit my head against the nearest tree due to just how much of a dumbass I must be. I forgot I had my cell phone on me. Of course when I went to check it I found out that I have no reception. I then had a realization, “This is how horror movies start out.” I said out loud. Already about to piss myself in fear I hear someone yell “APPLEBLOOM!” I was beyond scared at that point.
“APPLEBLOOM!” I hear being yelled again, but this time I noticed that the voice had a feminine country accent. I breathed a sigh of relief that at least my killer might be a sexy cowgirl.
I headed towards the sound of the voice. Then she yells out “Consarnit it Applebloom, ah’m tired of looking for ya in this Celestia-forsaken place! You’re gonna be in big trouble when Ah fin-“she suddenly stopped talking and I felt like something was wrong. I saw that the clearing wasn’t that far off so I hurried to the edge of it to see what was happening.
As I looked from behind the bush to see what was going on, I saw a small orange horse or pony with a blond mane and a … cowboy hat? That, and I saw a lion. I thought to myself,Well, I guess this pony is Appleblo-WHAT THE HELL IS A LION DOING IN A MIDDLE OF A FORIEST?! Well… for whatever reason I guess I should let nature take its course. As I was about to walk away I heard the pony say something with the voice I heard earlier, but this time there was a hint of fear. “Looky here Mr. Manticore, Ah don’t want to hurt ya so shoo before Ah do.” As I looked closer I noticed that the “lion” had wings and a scorpion’s tail. HOLY SHIT THAT REALLY IS A MANTICORE! I thought to myself. So I guess someone kidnapped me, gave me LSD, acid, or whatever makes someone trip balls this hard, and left me in the forest to die or watch for amusement.
As I focused back on reality, or whatever the hell this is, I saw that the manticore took no heed from the pony’s “warning” and began to pounce on the fear stricken pony. I decided to make my move. I rushed out of the brush and went shoulders first into the manticore in mid-air. The manticore was thrown to the ground and was down for a while. He looked more stunned and confused than in pain. While the manticore was down and my back was to the pony I told her to run. I turned my head back to the pony, who was still there, looking stunned and confused like the manticore, and I yell to her “RUN!” This time she listened and ran. It was just me and the manticore as I thought to myself, if I die here, at least I died saving someone, or somepony, like my dad did.