My Little Crazy Adventure

by Brony For life 7

Passing the Time

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--------Golden Oaks Library--------

Twilight was in her room lying on her bed reading, as usual. That was until she heard a knock on her door.

"Spike can you get that?"

Spike was downstairs doing a few chores when he heard the knock.

"Sure thing Twilight!"

The knocking continued, as he was getting to the door. Only increasing in volume.

"Hold on a sec, I'm coming!"

Opening the door he saw Joseph talking to Scion still knocking on where the door was. Upon noticing that he wasn't hitting anything he stopped.

"Oh, hi Spike is Twilight here?

"Yea, let me go get her."

Spike closed the door and ran upstairs.

"It's Joseph he said he want's to see you."

"Really? I wonder why."

Spike shrugged his shoulders and walked downstairs to finish his chores. Twilight put her book down and followed him down opening the door again.

"Hey Twilight! I brought Pinkie and Scion I hope you don't mind."

"Not at all."

"Okay good, um you don't mind if we come in right this may take awhile."

"Oh sure, come on in."

Twilight lead them to the kitchen so they could sit, Scion very quickly finding out that pony chairs are much shorter than normal ones.

"So what brings you here?"

"Just a few questions. What do you do for power in Equestria?"

The next hour or so went by in a long lecture about the topic. Scion almost passing out of boredom, and Pinkie talking to Spike, who finish his chores a little while ago.  Joseph on the other hand was listening very intensely. Once she was done her rant Joseph had just one comment.

"So in layman's terms, power comes from magic gems?"

"I suppose in the simplest terms."

Twilight at hearing this blushed, embarrassed that she over complicated such a simple question.

"Are you kidding me! all that for a simple Magic answer?"

Scion couldn't believe what he was hearing, but then again it wouldn't be the strangest thing if he did.

"Anyways" Joseph continued.

"That bring me to my next question, do you have any batteries?"

Twilight brought her hoof to her chin in thought.

"Well from the way you describe them I don't think their are any crystals that are so small, let alone the same size."

"Alright, last question, can you recharge any of the batteries?"

"That might be a bit easier, maybe finding a way to shift the energy from crystal to the batteries. So yes, most likely."

Joseph was happy to here the news.

"Now for a request."

He took out his phone and Scion's GBA.

"Can you charge these batteries?"

Twilight looked at what Joseph was holding out, never seeing anything like them before, well maybe the GBA, but never the phone.

"What is that?"

Twilight was pointing at the phone.

"Oh well this is..."

Now it was Joseph's turn to lecture, he went into great detail about everything the phone can do, Twilight particularly interested in the music, and video players, Scion was a little more interested when he said some things he didn't even know about.

"And with a little help from a friend of mine I was able to get this thing to call LAN numbers, or phones in a certain range, it's about a 2 mile radius."

Joseph looked over to Scion.

"For example, If I call up Scion his phone should..."

Suddenly the theme for Diamond Dusk (Act 1) started playing, along with the sound of vibrations.

"Start ringing. Now you can guess that due to the lack of phones around here it's more of a walkie-talkie here, but still it is useful."

"Wait how dose it really work?"

Twilight was still a little confused on the subject, Joseph noticed that Scion was starting to lose interest and decided to wrap it up.

"Well I'd love to stay and chat buuut.. my phone seems to be almost dead. If and when it can be charged then I'll go further into it, but right now I can't. So back to the question at hand. Can you charge the batteries?"

Twilight took the GBA and two phones and began to inspect them.

"It will take some time, but I'll see what I can do." She said with a smile. Happy both at the fact that she was helping a friend, and at the opportunity to take a look at the technology Scion and Joseph had brought with them.

"Sweet! Thanks Twilight!" He took one of Twilight's hooves and started to shake it violently.

"N-n-not a-a-a p-p-pro-b-b-blem."

He took a second to look at his shirt.

"Now if we could only get some new clothes."

Pinkie popped into the conversation.

"Oh I know! we can go and visit Rarity!"

Joseph looked at Pinkie and facepalmed

"Duh! how can I forget about her? The one fashion pony you know, let's go!"

Scion felt a little uneasy at the description.

"Why do I have the feeling that I'm not going to like this? What's wrong with my clothes?" Scion looked down at his jeans and saw what Joseph was hinting at. "A little dirt isn't going to kill me..."

"Stop whining let's go!" Joseph started out the door followed by Scion then Pinkie. Before he closed the door Joseph turned to Twilight.

"Oh and if it does work and we're not here just send us a letter. Thanks Twilight!"

"Okay, I'll see what I can do. Good luck with the clothes!"

When everyone was finally gone Twilight picked up the objects Joseph left behind to take a closer look at them.

"This may take a while, Spike can you find me a book on electricity?"

--------A Few Blocks Down The Street--------

"I still don't see why we need new cloths." The party of three were heading to the another one of Pinkie's friends house.

"Well think about it, We're on a different planet, we may be stuck here for days or even weeks, and we don't have any place to shower."  Joseph looked thoughtful for a moment. "Actually I do, but no way of washing my cloths."

"I guess that's a valid point, but can't we just-" Scion almost asked about purchasing cloths when he realized that they had no money of any kind.

"Hey how are we going to get cloths without any, what are they called, bits?"

"Well Scion, I'll let that question answer itself once we get to our destination."

As though on cue Joseph stopped. "And what do you know, we're there."

Scion looked at the building before them, it was much taller than the usual houses, topped with a cone roof instead of a flat, or triangular one, the roof itself had a pink and white checker pattern, while the walls were mostly a sky blue with a very elegant design around the windows, between the bottom of the roof and the top of the windows was what looked like a carousel, it even had pony mannequins.

"Well that's fancy."

"Yea that's Rarity for ya."

At the name Scion instantly remembered why he had a bad feeling.

"Wait you mean this is where 'She' lives?"

"Well yea, what did you expect?"

"Oh God, this won't end well."

Pinkie, who was right behind Scion, knocked on the door. a small white filly was standing in the doorway looking up at Pinkie.

"Oh hey Sweetie Belle!"

"Uh hi Pinkie, what do you need?"

"I have somepony I need to introduce to Rarity!"

Scion felt worse as the name was said again.

"Oh sure thing Pinkie!" Without giving Scion or Joseph a glance, she turned back inside closing the door behind her.

"Rarity, you have somepony here to see you!"

Soon the door opened again, this time Rarity was there.

"Why hello Pinkie Pie, what are you doing here?"

Thinking what that could imply she quickly corrected herself.

"Not that I don't enjoy your visiting, just curious."

Scion had the urge to call this new pony a bitch, but felt it wouldn't help. Besides she probably wouldn't get the implications of the word.

"I have some people to introduce you to!"

Rarity seemed a little confused with the way Pinkie said that.

"Don't you mean ponies dear?"

"Nope people, look!"

Moving out of the way, she let Rarity see who she was talking about.

"That one on the left it Joseph, he's super fun to be around!"

Joseph waved in Rarities direction.

"And that one on the right is Scion, he's a bit of a grump at times, but still a nice guy."

Scion was giving Rarity a look, staring daggers at her, this made Rarity feel very uncomfortable. To the point where she wanted to change the subject.

"Well thats...interesting."

An in attempt to break the ice Joseph walked up to Rarity with an outstretched hand.

"Hi, as Pinkie said, I'm Joseph I heard a lot about you and what you do, but that aside. It's a pleasure to meet you."

It seemed that Joseph's plan worked, Rarity shook hands/hooves with Joseph looking visibly calmer.

"Really, how did you hear of me?"

Joseph didn't reply but rather pointed at Pinkie.

"Oh, I see, well as I'm sure you know. I'm Rarity and this is the-"

"Carousel Boutique, sorry but again Pinkie. Anyways I need to ask you a few questions. Do you mind if we step in?"

Rarity seemed surprised at how 'to the point' Joseph was.

"Uh, well of course, this way."

Even as Joseph and Pinkie entered Scion was very hesitant to join them.

"Do we have to?"

Scion whispered to Joseph trying to get out of the situation.

"Depends do you mind being dressed like everyone else here?"

Scion thought about it for a second before entering the store.

Inside was just as done up as the outside, somewhere near the back of the room was a stairway leading to the second floor as well as a door to what looked like a kitchen from where he was. In the main room there was a big platform with mirrors around it, with a door close by, most likely for a costumer to take a look at what there wearing from all angles. Over near the stairway there was a giant curtain, probably for changing behind or for a makeshift storage place.

"Good to see that the theme of elegant s goes throughout the building, very nice."

"Well I do try to keep the place tidy, now to your questions."

Joseph extended his hand to Pinkie who pulled a quill and paper seemingly out of nowhere.

"Let's see ah yes, first, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you perhaps spare us some rags, we need to keep clean and wash our cloths as you may be able to understand, and we're good for it, we promise to payback whatever we owe you as soon as we can."

Rarity put her hoof up to her chin in though.

"Well I was going to ask you about your attire, it dose seem rather, different than what I'm used to, but I need to know, why do you need-"

Before she could finish Joseph whispered something into her ear.

"Oh! I see.""

Rarity had a blush that stood out on her white fur, as well as Pinkie as she remembered what he said.

"Well in that case I'm sure I can do something."

"Really? Thanks, just tell us how much it'll be and well pay a-"

"Up, I will hear nothing of the sort, in your case of necessity I see no reason for you having to do so."

Joseph knew full-well that Rarity was the element of generosity but he didn't actually think she would go that far, and all he could do was stare open mouthed in surprise.

"Are you sure about that?"

To this Joseph received a sharp jab from Scion.

"Uh I mean, Thank a lot Rarity."

"Thank nothing of it, and besides now I get to work with a new model I've never seen before, now if you would step in here so I can take your measurements."

She was motioning at one of the changing rooms.

"Oh, sure thing."

Joseph and Rarity went in and a few minutes later walked out.

"Sweet, your turn Scion."

To say that Scion was a little hesitant was an understatement, he didn't even want to be here let alone go in to a room with Rarity being the only other person there.

"Do I have to?" Scion whispered to Joseph.

"That depends, do you want any cloths?"

"Ugh...Fine."

A few seconds after Scion walked into the room he was walking right back out.

"NO! I'm willing to do some strange things in this world but THAT is crossing the line!"

"What is it?"

"She wants me to get naked!"

"That is not what I said, I simply asked that you get to your underwear so I can get more accurate measurements."

Joseph just rolled his eyes.

"Oh come on Scion, stop being such a baby, it'll take a few seconds. Besides I did it with no problems and so can you."

"That isn't a fair comparison!"

"What you want me to take the measurements, because if she can't no one can now go in there and get it over with!"

Joseph finished with a point to the changing room.

Out of options and wanting to freshen up he, very hesitantly went back into the changing room. A few minutes later they both walked out Rarity with the measurements and Scion with the feeling of being violated.

"That's just about everything I need to make you something fast so you can freshen up."

"Thanks a ton Rarity I really do appreciate it, but we do have someone else we have to see. When do you think they'll be done?"

"Well.." She took a look at the clipboard in her magic grasp and then at the two teens. "I would say they would be done sometime tomorrow if you can wait that long."

"If that's what it takes for you to work your magic then I don't have a problem. How about you Scion?"

Scion was quietly muttering to himself. "Yea sure, whatever. Can we go now?"

"Ugh, sorry but we gotta split thanks again!" Joseph said as he, Scion and Pinkie all walked out.

As they began to get distance from the building Scion had to ask. "Uh where are we going?"

"I didn't tell you? Well were going to visit the only pony we haven't yet and that's-"

"Fluttershy!" Pinkie interrupted.

"I thought we already saw her."

"Scion, you bumped into her on the streets. a probably scared her half-to death. That's not a visit, now come on she lives this way I think."

A few more minutes of walking landed them in a rather familiar area as Fluttershy lived next to the only entrance/exit to the Everfree. The first thing Scion noticed, actually paying attention to the home, was all of the bird houses as well as the small bridge looking land over the stream. The house itself seemed like a hill with windows and a door as well as a chimney popping out of the top.

"How can she take care if so many animals AND live next to that forest if seeing me caused her to run off?."

"Two reasons. First she loves and can communicate with animals, it's her special talent, and two your something she never seen before and bigger than her. As for the Everfree, well your guess is as good as mine."

As they approached the door Joseph stopped them.

"Oh before we go Pinkie should introduce us, after all Flutters doesn't even know us. We might scare her or worse."

"Ugh alright, we'll be here."

Pinkie bounced to the door while Joseph and Scion stayed back to Fluttershy some space before they meet her.

"What are we doing after this?"

"Hmm. Not sure actually, we've seen the main six right?"

"I think so. How long did Celestia say until we- I mean I can get home?"

"She didn't, she said that her best are searching for a way."

"Oh god dammit."

"Look on the bright side at least we can chill here for a little while."

Joseph noticed that Pinkie was signaling them over.

"Come on, looks like she's ready."

Once they were close Joseph noticed that Pinkie was blocking Flutters view of them.

"We're here!"

Pinkie moved aside so they could see. Now that he was looking right at her Scion couldn't help but think..

"Wow, I don't know why but she looks kinda. What's the word?"

"Adorable?" Eve replied.

"I was thinking 'cute' but I guess that works."

There were a few moments of silence as Joseph hoped Scion would be able to first speak to Fluttershy. Of course he didn't so Joseph stepped up and started to really introduce them.

"Excuse me. Yes, hi I'm Joseph and the boy you were just staring at is Scion.  Now I'm not sure what Pinkie told you about us but from what my friend here told me you two have already 'bumped into each other'. I should also mention our spices shouldn't I? Well were humans or if you prefer homo-sapiens. Any questions so far?"

Fluttershy can only quietly shake her head as she took in this sudden information.

"Good" Joseph continued "Now as for why we're here..."

Joseph stopped unable to think of any reason for them being their.

"Well I guess we're here to introduce ourselves, oh and clear up the incident with my buddy Scion here. Ya see we're not from here, in fact, we come from another world all together..."

In a spur of the moment Joseph began to retell the short story of their arrival to Equetria and Ponyvile.

"...And that brings us here, paying a visit to you."

Fluttershy and Pinkie were both sitting, listening to Joseph's tail. Scion on the other hand was on the floor asleep from boredom.

"Oh my, being tossed from your home and world into one completely new. Sounds frightening." Fluttershy said noticeably shivering when she did.

Joseph was happy he was able to get her to speak up.

"Don't worry, I'm easy to adapt to as well as a fast learner. Scion on the other hand is finding this, well annoying I think. That's why he's trying to find a way home."

Joseph then looked to both side and said in a hushed tone, for dramatic effect.

"But I'm staying here."

Fluttershy gasped in shock that Joseph was going to stay.

"But don't you miss you friends and family?"

Joseph took on a more grave look at the mention of his family.

"Yea, I did."

Before it could linger Joseph sprang back.

"And besides this place is awesome, surrounded by friendly faces, the food is way healthier then anything back there and I have a TON more stuff I can learn."

Joseph had an Idea.

"Speaking of friendly faces, do you think Scion and I can get a pet?"

As quickly as she opened up she clammed up.

"I..uh...well...I-I don't know...

Joseph sighed.

"Aww well, was worth a shot. Any ways Scion and I should get going, gotta check up on a few things. Thanks for letting up visit, it was a pleasure to see you. Come on Scion, Pinkie. Let's go, see ya Flutters!"

Walking back to town Joseph noticed that the sun had about 2-3 hours until it would start to set.

"Hmm...Let's get back to Twilight's I want to test something."

Scion looked at Joseph with an arched brow.

"Like what?"

"Nothing really, just want to see what kind of books she has."

On their way for one more stop at Golden Oaks, Joseph noticed a certain grey pegasus in the sky. He was grinning at the site, that was until she started to spiral out of control heading straight for him.

"Oh shi-"

CRASH!

On his back with the pony on his chest, Joseph was wondering if this is how Scion felt.

"Ouch, uh excuse me miss. Mind getting off of my ribs?

Scion didn't see her until the landing. seeing her now he noticed her blond mane and tail as well as her bright grey fur.

"Huh, oh I'm sorry. Didn't see ya there."

"It's alright, just be a bit more careful next time. Anyways I'm-"

But she was already gone before Joseph could introduce himself.

"Well that was sudden, anyways let's head back to the library."

Meanwhile, unseen to Scion and Joseph a certain solar princess was heading to the same place with some shocking news...

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