Fighting Freedom

AN: If you skipped the prologue, then well Idk how well you'll get on without it. Anyways onwards and all that jazz (Man I'm tired. I hate going for runs. Drains me so much).

This is now the edited version. This one got a changed a lot. @_@

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I fell through the purplish tunnel for only a few moments. Then I fell through another rip into a very bright world. I was only about 5 ft from ground so I took the time to begin a roll. However when I didn't hit the ground right away I stopped. I looked down again to see I was stuck in midair. All of the sudden I was flung upwards. I don't know how, but I went flying. I was going higher and higher, and the wind was pushing as hard as it could against my body. I almost thought I was going to break the sound barrier or something. When I was so high up I could make out a castle in the far distance I stopped.

Of course everyone knows what goes up, must come down. I stayed in that awkward not flying or falling spot for only a second. Then I began to fall. My first reaction was to once again use the sword to cleave the universe. I stretched my arm back and swung it forward again. To my horror the sword was back to its wooden form. At this moment I realized that I could feel the texture of the wood. I was still in my human body it seemed, but I was different. My skin seemed rather… not real. More like cartoonish skin honestly. I wouldn't be able to tell except that I had just seen it in real form. Well in a more real like appearance anyways.

I looked down to see I still had quite a ways to fall. The wind was blowing my hair upwards in what I'm sure was a comical way. That was another thing that had changed. I now had lovely flowing hair. The dark brown strands went down to my shoulder. Well they would have if gravity wasn't screwing with me at the moment.

As I fell I couldn't help but think that falling like this was a grand sensation. Most likely it would hurt after, but the right now was worth it. I went back to focusing on the fact I could actually feel my body again. Instead of just controlling it like I had in… that place. It was then that I realized I could feel the wind everywhere. Which meant that I wasn't wearing any clothes. It took a quick look at my body to confirm this. I just face palmed at this. This was almost naked skydiving… except that I didn't have a parachute.

As I started to near the ground I could make out the buildings that were in a village close by. The village was circular in shape. There were several rings of the city. I was getting a great view of the entire thing. In the very center there was a rather large tree. In between the tree and the first ring of buildings was a large ring of pavement. Kind of like a town square, but circular. Then a small river separated the first and second ring of buildings. There were four bridges across the river, and when the river went away from the village a water mill could be seen. The third ring of buildings was very large, and all the buildings were crammed close to each other.

There were some characters walking around, but I was unable to make them out at this point. I looked off in the distance and saw that same castle. It extended of a large cliff. It was very familiar looking in a way. I just couldn't remember from where. I pondered this as I fell even closer. When the ground was really close I finally focused on it and did what I had been waiting to do.

I opened my mouth and screamed, "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

I stretched my hands out towards the ground bracing for impact. Right before I hit the ground and splattered myself on another world, I stopped. At this point I was not amused. The wind that had been trailing behind me as I fell brushed against the ground. The grass all bent outwards from the soon to be impact spot. After it settled again I fell the rest of the way. It was only about 3 inched so it didn't even hurt. I was just sprawled out on the ground barely believing what had just happened.

I looked down at myself again and was reminded I had no clothes. This was so unfair. I mean in every story the hero doesn't have this problem. Clothes just stay with them magically. Not for me though. I looked behind me and saw a large forest. I heard voices coming from ahead and decided I would rather not be seen like this. I grabbed my stick (The Bokken) and ran for the forest. I made it in before anyone could see me.

I spent a little bit of time looking for something that could be used as temporary clothes. Eventually I found a very large tree whose leaves could be used to fashion something. By using several of the large leaves I was able to make a toga like thing. All I needed was the flower crown and a ukulele. I had always wanted to go to Hawaii. Never got to go sadly. Maybe some time in the future. There didn't seem to be a time limit for me anymore. Huh, now there's an odd thought.

I found my way out of the forest, being careful not to get caught on any thorns or anything of the sort. I walked back to where I had first come into this world and sat on the grass. My leafy toga wasn't exactly comfortable, but for some reason I really liked it. Like I was more in tune with nature or something. I was deathly afraid the thing would untie itself at the exact wrong moment, but I had done my best. Maybe someone would be kind enough to lend me some clothes. This village here looked nice enough.

I was looking at the village from a higher vantage point on a hill. There were four roads leading out of the village. One led to the forest behind me. Another one led towards the cliff that housed the far away castle. The road opposite me led to a much brighter looking forest, but seemed to go through it. If it led to anything I couldn't see it. The last road seemed to just go on and on in the last direction.

I began to study the village in more detail now that I could without being near close to death. I could no longer see any characters walking around, but the village was close enough for me to make out details. In the first ring there was a house that looked like a kid's gingerbread house. I had made one of those once. I had filled it with red gummy bears who were the communists who lived there. They had to fend off the green bears of the capitalist forest. I was a very weird child.

Huh this entire village looked incredibly familiar. On the tip of my tongue so to speak. In fact if that tree in the middle was actually a library, I would say this was… Well I'll be a shark up a river. I was sitting on a grassy hill overlooking Ponyville.

My first reaction was to think of everything that I had ever known about My Little Pony. I had been in more of a Doctor Who stage before, but I can dig this. I really wished I had read more fics about people who go to Equestria then. Would've made doing this all that much easier. Then again, no one said I had to go introduce myself. Who was I fooling though. I just had to go down there and see everyone. Everypony rather. I was never one for being sneaky. So I figured I would literally just walk down there. I did decide to leave my stick behind. It did look rather like a weapon. However when I went to grab it and hide it, I was shocked. It was no longer a wooden replica of a weapon, it was just simple long wooden shaft. A staff if you will.

I took a moment to look myself over. I was wearing a leafy toga, and had shoulder length brown hair. My beard hadn't been trimmed in quite some time and was growing wildly. The staff just completed the look. Someone once told me I could be the reincarnation of Socrates. I guess I was just embracing my inner Greek. Too bad my skin tone wasn't the right color.

I walked down the hill to the road. Once on the road I began walking towards the village. Before I could get really close I saw a stallion pulling a cart towards me. I waited for him to freak out when he saw me. He didn't even glance at me though. He never even looked up at me! He just passed by and saw my feet. He simply said,

"Morning to Ya Martin!"

If you could see my face you might laugh. I was incredibly confused. The stallion just passed a creature he should have never seen before and greeted me. Even had a name too. Wasn't my name of course, but it made me think. Obviously I wasn't in "cannon" Ponyville. There was something fishy going on here, and I hate fish (It’s the texture that gets me. I hate how it just falls apart. I want my meat to at least take some effort to eat).

I continued on walking towards the village. I reached the third ring without another incident. Several ponies were walking about, and they all saw me. Most of them stared at me, but none freaked out. Is it strange that I would be happier if they would've screamed in terror? The fact that they just stared made it uncomfortable. I was kind of glad I had my staff now. Although if it came down to a fight, the thing would be useless. Then again I'm pretty sure I would be useless in a fight. I can dodge all day, but I can't throw a good punch to save my life.

I continued walking around the village just admiring everything. At the moment I was only in the third ring where all the buildings were crammed together. The few ponies that stared at me were the only ones out around here. I went around the entire circle, but not much stood out. If I had to wager a guess these were condos or something similar. Must not be much real estate choice around here.

I walked to the next ring of buildings and found much more interesting things. One half of the ring was made of nicer homes and large mansions. The rich district if you will. The other half was the shooping district. The very prestigious stores were in the first ring, but several shops could be found here. There was a grocery store and the infamous Quills and Sofas store.

There was a very plain looking building that had a neon sign above it. It was called 'The Night Coop". I was pretty interested in that building, and almost just went in. Some other places caught my eye as well. There was a pub and a gymnasium. Stuff that you know are in almost every city, but you never think of.

Even though I wanted to check out 'The Night Coop' I decided to stop by the Quill and Sofa place first. I open the door, and a small chime greeted me. The first thing that caught my eye was a very nice display of some Sofas. Before my eyes could wander more, a relatively tall pony got in my face,

"Welcome! My name is Quill! How can I help you today?"

Conveniently his name was Quill. The only way I could forgive the store was if there was another pony here named Sofa. I answered the pony by saying,

"I'm just checking the place out. In case I ever need a sofa… or some quills."

The sales pony nodded vigorously, "Well thanks for considering us. We do sell more than just those two things though. I say though Martin, you sure have changed since I saw you last week. Much taller, and that's some beard."

There's that name again. This Martin dude must look a lot like me or something. Obviously he has to be human. Maybe he's lived here for awhile so ponies are used to humans. Either that or ponies just handle strangers better than humans. They do deal with griffons, dragons, and diamond dogs. Well Martin, whoever he is, has been here at least a week. He must have had the same mindset as me to come here. Which most likely means he is knowledgeable about the show. My logical brain knows no bounds.

After looking through the store I said goodbye to the pony. I didn't bother correcting him about my identity. As long as he wasn't freaking out, I was fine with it. I decided I had explored enough for the day. I had some severe trouble debating on what I should do. I could go to Twilight and explain myself, or since everyone here seemed to know about humans, I could just chill for awhile. Chilling sounded like a good idea, but part of me wanted to see Twilight. If only to make sure this was real.

I decided on at least visiting Twilight. Whether or not I would explain details was really up to what she already knew. On one hand I didn't really care if she knew all about the show and Earth. On the other hand I was really hungry now. All I had was that rice cake, and I'm not entirely sure that was real.

I reached the library without interruption. I decided to knock softly on the door. Might as well come off as a nice guy if I was going to do this. The door was answered, and I comically looked around before looking down. Owlicious was on the ground looking up at me.

"Now how did you do that?" I asked.

All I got in response was, "Who?"

Before I could think about it I responded, "You! How did you open the door? And aren't you supposed to be asleep?"

Again I got a, "Who?"

I didn't bother to ask again, "Ahh I see. Maybe some other time my worthy opponent."

I walked inside the library and looked around. A little bell ringed when Owlicious hit it. I heard a voice from upstairs call out,

"Be there in a sec."

I frowned. That wasn't the voice of Twilight Sparkle. Her voice was more… feminine. This voice was still light, but was definitely male. Maybe Twilight had gotten herself a colt friend. Who knows, anything was possible in this world. I stayed standing, as my choice of clothes weren't really meant for sitting. I was starting to get rather attached to the toga thing though.

Footsteps echoed out and someone came down the stairs. Funny, because substituting somepony there would be incorrect. The thing that had come downstairs was male, and definitely human. I looked him up and down. The features that stood out to me was that he was rather short and young. Pitch black hair and glasses. I wouldn't put him past 15, or below 13.

Remembering what the stallion had said, I said, "Martin?"

While I was busy studying him, he had been studying me. When he looked at my face I could tell he was confused. After I said the name he gave me another confused look and said,

"Aristotle?"

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No lies, I have been referred to as the reincarnation of Socrates. Wasn't because I was incredibly smart, or wanted to know many things. I would just constantly ask 'Why?' to whatever people said. Then they would get stuck answering me for a loooong time. Cheers everyone!

Ediiiiiiiiit….. @_@