The Dangers of Stupidity

Chapter II: Dreams Fulfilled

Chris' idiotic stunt had gotten us sent to God knows where, and we were all sitting in a lush green field, but with some differences.

Taylor was wearing a dark green tunic and hat with a pair of beige pants that were tucked into her brown fur-lined boots with an intricately designed sword in a sheath on her back underneath an equally detailed shield, and Chris was wearing a teal blue t-shirt with dark blue jeans. Max was holding a large sniper rifle with an infrared scope and had a small pistol strapped to his chest. Benson was wearing a pair of black jeans with a red and white shirt and a similarly colored hat, with a multitude of small orbs hanging from his belt. Erika had been given a set of ornate robes with a staff and ring, and I was in a simple black and yellow t-shirt paired with black cargo pants sporting a white design on the right leg, with a brown and orange sling bag on my back, multiple tattoos on my arms, and a scar on the right side of my face. The only thing that had stayed the same about my outfit was my leopard printed tennis shoes. I looked behind me, and saw that there was an interesting weapon strapped to my bag. It looked almost like a handheld Tesla Coil.

The Amp...

At that moment, I realized what had happened.

"Guys, I have no idea where the hell that stone sent us, which you can thank this dumbass for," I told them, pointing towards Chris, "but apparently it turned us into the protagonists of whatever games we were playing. Shit! Why wasn't I playing Kingdom Hearts? The one time I'm not, and instead I get turned into Cole MacGrath. Well, this is just as good, if not better. Hang on, let's see..."

I held out my left arm as blue and orange lightning began to arc across it, and a massive wave of electricity flew from my hand and struck a nearby tree, sending it about twenty feet into the air.

"Awesome! I wonder what else we can do now."

"You think that's awesome?" Chris asked. "Check this out!"

He leapt into the air, somehow pulling a stone pickaxe out of hammerspace, and began digging through the ground, then came back up sporting a look of accomplishment.

"Damn." Taylor remarked. "How about this? Toss me a block, man."

Chris chucked a block of obsidian straight at Taylor, and she quickly unsheathed her sword, cutting the block in half with almost no effort.

"What can you give us, Erika?"

Erika started to spin her staff in a circle as a fireball trailed from each end. A glyph appeared in front of the staff, and a huge chunk of the ground was now floating in the air with a humanoid shape underneath it.

Ifrit...

The Aeon removed itself from the rock and rested Erika on its shoulder while we stood there, all of us sporting shocked expressions, as she dismissed the beast.

"I think it's settled. Erika is officially the biggest badass out of us. All in favor?" a unanimous "aye" was given by the others.

"Motion carries. Erika, you are appointed Honorary Badass.

Hang on, is that what I think it is? Looks like a farm. Follow me, but put your weapons away if you can. Don't want the locals thinking we're here to kill them."

The six of us moved as a group towards the farm. Apparently, they were farming apples here. It was impossible, but me, Chris, Taylor and Erika all came to one identical thought.

Sweet Apple Acres.

We began to hear thumping and grunts of effort coming from the fields. We made it to the source of the noise, and were absolutely shocked by what we found.

A light orange earth pony with a blonde mane and a cowboy hat. A trio of apples adorned her flanks. I was the first one to snap out of it.

"Holy dickshit, we're in Equestria! That, or we're dead. I'll go with the former."

"Uh, might Ah ask who y'all are?" Applejack asked, taking a defensive stance.

"Arrick, Conduit."

"Chris, skilled Crafter."

"Erika, High Summoner and Honorary Badass."

"Taylor, Hero of Time."

"Max, semi-professional sniper."

"Benson, Pokemon Trainer."

"And, what exactly are y'all? Ya don't look like ponies ta me."

"Skilled eye, AJ."

"How do ya know mah name?"

"Uh, it's... a really long story. Either way, we're humans, and we aren't exactly sure how we got here, but we don't mind. Well, most of us. In fact, coming to Equestria has kind of been my lifelong dream!"

"Hmmm. Ah should probably take y'all to Twilight. She should know more about this than me. Follow me, Ah'll take ya to her."

We followed Applejack through Ponyville, and I noticed that there was almost nobody there. I leaned over and spoke to Erika, who was standing at my left.

"I really hope we don't get Zecora'd here, if you know what I mean." I whispered.

"Yeah. But I have a feeling we will anyway."

We had finally arrived at the Golden Oaks Library, and Applejack was waiting patiently for one of us to speak. Erika decided to do so first.

"This is where Twilight lives, right?"

"Yep. C'mon in. Just make sure ya keep... whatever those things are put away."

"Why wouldn't we?" I asked. "There's no need for weapons here, so it would just be pointless, dangerous and overly intimidating."

"Arrick, I think you 'n Twilight'll be real good friends."

Applejack opened the door and entered, yelling for Twilight, who came down the stairs as soon as she heard the calls.

"Applejack, what are these things?"