Philosopher of Earth

+++ The aliens house, the next morning. +++

My eyes slowly opened. I was in bed, not my bed, not my room... Suddenly my memories rushed back to me. Oh yeah. I sat up straight, light poured in through the window.

"I don't wanna get up..." I murmured to myself. Despite the hay, and being the largest pony bed I could find, not very big compared to my own back on Earth, it wasn't bad. I soon went down the stairs and saw Silver, sitting where she usually sat as she waited for me to wake up. I guess she wakes up early... I thought to myself. I opened the pantry, and then suddenly remembered there was no food in there. Bullocks. I must really remember these things. The house around looked pretty nice, compared to the wreck we first arrived to.

"Morning." said a wide awake Silver Star.

"Mornin' " I replied in kind.

"Food." we said together, thinking the same thing. She's either very much like me, I'm very much like her, or one of us is a huge influence on the other.

"How many bits do we have left?" asked the unicorn. I'd already written the math down on the piece of parchment that I had recorded the cost of rebuilding on.

"Um... 538 bits left..." I replied while consulting the paper.

"That should be plenty to fill those several times over." She said while pointing at the pantries.

"Ha ha." I stated. I knew she was making fun of my constantly-checking-the-pantry-for-food routine. She smirked, clearly pleased with herself. "Should we go and fill them then?" I asked.

"Yes, lets." she stated. We both got up and started walking towards the market. Some ponies still stared at me, but I had been out and about enough the past few days that most of them ignored me. We stopped at the restaurant that we had frequented the past few days for food. We sat there eating the meals, just like the past few days. But then Silver asked a question.

"Why don't you eat the hay?" she asked. I looked down, I had pulled out all the hay and was eating around it.

"Humans don't eat grass like ponies do. It's too tough for our digestive system to handle. The stomach acid doesn't dissolve it properly and we don't get as much nutrients from it, so even if I did eat grass, I would most likely to be even hungrier than before I ate it." I answered. She looked confused. "It's too tough for our stomachs to handle." I summed up. Silver understood that and we went on our way when we were done eating. We soon had armfuls of bagged food, or for her case as much as her magic grabbed. And the pantry at the house was soon stuffed. Thank whatever deity is listening. I then decided to take a walk to Twilight's castle. I had heard it was once, and still is a library, I had no idea what that meant , but I needed a book to read. Silver, probably to make sure I didn't do anything stupid or to act like her hopefully temporary job as guide, wanted to come along. I couldn't stop her even if I even wanted to.

I knocked on the massive door in front of the oddly tree shaped castle. Silver stood there impassively. Finally a familiar head stuck itself out.

"Who?" began Twilight, she then saw the six foot figure that is myself and smiled.

"I was wondering when you would come along!" she exclaimed.

"How di..." I began, about to ask how she knew I wanted a book.

"I've gotten everything all set!" she exclaimed, pulling me inside the castle. I gave a surprised yelp. Suddenly I remembered, I was supposed to teach her about Earth. I had forgotten it completely. Then I realized there was laughing coming from behind me. I twisted out of Twilights magical hold, which was surprisingly like a human hand...

"Whoa... I'm not here for your lessons today Twilight..." I said calmly. "I had come for a bit of light reading..." I continued.

"What about your lessons?" asked a disappointed Twilight.

"Day after tomorrow, I promise." I swore.

"Okay then..." she murmured. I shot a glance behind me at Silver... Only to see that she was laughing, she hadn't expected me to be pulled in ether, and must've found it hilarious. "Wait, you said you came for some light reading?" asked Twilight.

"Yes."

"I can help with that!" the excitement entered her voice again. "What would you like?" she asked, gesturing to the still laughing unicorn and myself to follow.

"I don't know,  science fiction, historical non-fiction..." I thought out loud. To be honest, I would've read any book she handed me. Twilight didn't bat an eye at the genre names.

"Okay!" she exclaimed, and quickened her pace, much to the visible dismay of the still limping Silver Star, who had finally stopped giggling. I attempted to be halfway in between Silver and Twilight, but Twilight was extremely giddy and I was soon forced to quicken my pace in order to keep the alicorn in sight, losing sight of a distraught Silver in the process. Twilight finally stopped in front of a large door and opened it. Inside were shelves that nearly touched the nine foot high ceiling, packed so tight, that I doubt any normal pony could've navigated it, but Twilight had the benefit of magic and wings, so she hovered and just magicked things around. I fortunately, didn't have four clumsy hooves to stand on, and only had the two feet to shuffle around on. Silver, who had just caught up, saw the closely packed shelves, and wisely stayed in the doorway. Twilight began zooming around on her wings, and soon had a large stack of books sitting on a table close to the doorway.

"I recommend these!" Twilight said as she finally touched down. "They're books that go into more detail of Equestria's history!" she smiled.

"Thank you Twilight, I'll return them as soon as I'm done." I picked up the stack.

"You’re taking all of them?!" Twilight exclaimed. "I thought you said light reading!"

"You've obviously never seen me read." I stated. "They'll be back in a week." Twilight sighed and started leading us back towards the exit.

After Silver and I started walking back towards the newly refurbished house. Silver started speaking.

"Are you serious about returning those in a week?" she asked.

"Yup."

"All of those... One week..." she continued.

"Yup."

"Don't you also have lessons to plan for Twilight?"

"Yup."

"So... When will you have time to read all of those?"

"Sometime in between now and next week I'm sure." I replied with a smile. Silver looked a little perturbed. However, most of the books in the pile were very thin in comparison of the books I normally read... And I've been known to finish those in a day... Or less.

When we got home, I immediately went up to the room where I put the desk, and started scribbling down quick lesson plans. Instead of planning a boring long speech, I started making lists of points that I naturally would put into the lecture. Speeches aren't my thing, so I usually wing it. I soon had most of the Earth's history listed on the parchment. Thinking that I was good for lessons for a while, I picked up the first book.