The sun was rising over the snowy horizon, washing the entire scenery with precious light and heat for the next day of winter as the villagers get ready for 'Inspection' committee, which were kids who were pretending to be guards in the tranquil village, there hasn't been trouble in these lands for over 100 years minus the wild animal incidents like wild wolves or big bears.
Kyo, a slim and slender neko boy with shoulder length, straight blue hair with spiked bangs over his eyes, a blue cotton full sleeved shirt and a customized light black trench coat with a hood, grey slacks, black boots, black fingerless gloves and a uchigatana on the left side of his waist, recently joined the junior swordsman guild in order to protect the village in case there was an animal attack.
He was making his rounds outside, the sound of snow scrunching underneath his boots as he took one step after another, pretty much bored out of his mind, inside he wished there was an animal attack so he could go and sort it out, but another side of him wished for the village to be kept safe so he wouldn't get too worried.
While he is an exceptional swordsman (In his own mind), he has weaknesses that many could exploit: Innocent people.
He does not like seeing innocent people getting hurt or killed, the species of humans have done enough of that already to make him faint into a comatose state.
Kyo sighed as he looked around to see if there were any shops open so he could buy some fresh milk, but sadly he was out of luck as the sun hasn't fully risen, the street lights were still on around the village and it was freezing, whoever decided to make him early watch was a cold-hearted bastard.
He walks around to find his Captain for the mission of early checkups, he was in the town hall as always, 'Being the chief AND the mayor in the same time must be really exhausting.' Thought Kyo as he made it to town hall, he opens the doors, seeing all the lights were off. "...Huh, strange... Normally, he'd be up right about now... Guess I'm the one early for once." he said with a smirk, he sat down on the inside bench to wait for the mayor.
In the meantime, Kyo was getting comfortable, putting his legs up on the table to see if that caused any alarm... No answer. "Okay, something seriously is going on..." he said as he got up. "Speaking of which, mom and dad should be up, and I should of saw them... Is something going on I'm unaware of?"
Kyo ran out of the town hall and takes a good look around for anyone, now that he actually thinks about it, there is NO ONE, No sound, no life, this place is completely abandoned. "This isn't a dream right?" he said as he pinched himself and felt pain. "Ow!...Y..Yep, not dreaming..." he said as he was completely freaking out.
He desperately looked for any source of life, he ran back to the central marketplace in the village and eventually, he heard chatter in the distance. "Hmm?" he stopped and looked to where the sound was coming from. "Thank Tria!" he said as he ran to the sounds of the chatter and eventually he heard a crash. "!" he stopped dead in his tracks as he saw something grabbing one of the villagers with it's ... Is that thing using magic?
He continued to watch as the cloaked being started to suck the life out of the villager, looking around the creature lays bodies of unconscious villagers and the captain, this wasn't good, he had to act now!
He unsheathes his blade carefully so no sound was made, he was going to use the element of surprise, just as he was about to run out and strike, the being grew as it finished taking the villager's energy, making Kyo stop dead in his tracks. "By almighty Tria..." he said a little too loud and the creature heard him. "Oh? Another one to my absorb list?" he said as he pulled Kyo in from the bushes, leaving him to struggle and float there in front of the centaur creature.
Yep, definitely magic... And it can TALK!
Kyo struggled in the grip of the aura. "L-Let go of me!" he shouts, but as he continued to struggle the grip got tighter, causing Kyo to clench his teeth as he was getting squeezed by this strange aura, he growls and closes his eyes, trying his best to keep his mind off the pain.
"Hmm, you're certainly different that the rest of these pathetic creatures... Your ears and tail for instance... You're definitely a cross breed." he said as the centaur was having trouble breathing, yet the grip was so strong, so unreal, like a literal iron grip.
The beast laughed. "You're much more weaker than the rest too... How pathetic..." He threw Kyo into a stone wall who let out a painful yelp and landed his butt on the cold and snowy ground, Kyo got up, determined to beat this guy. "W-Whoever... You are... You're not... STOPPING ME!" he said as he ran at the Centaur and jumped high in the air, ready to do a vertical slice with his blade.
The Centaur however simply held his arm back. "You dare mock Lord Tirek?!" he shouts as he backhands Kyo to the snowy ground with Kyo giving another painful yelp.
Tirek laughed as he just walked towards Kyo and with his actual hand, he picks up the boy. "Hmm, you're not worth the power harvest..." Tirek looked like he was pondering what to do with the poor boy. "Ah, I know... A suitable punishment for attacking your lord like some... Sort of rebel."
Kyo couldn't help but think that he was about to die, he was GOING to die for attacking Tirek. "Y...You're no lord of mine..."
Tirek had a pissed look on his face, growling and tightening the grip on the boy's neck. "You insolent little worm!" he shouts as he made up his mind. "You will be banished from this world and onto a world more... SUITABLE for you... Don't even think about coming back, because all that you love and all that you hold dear will be destroyed!"
Kyo couldn't help but struggle harder, by the time he was distracted, Tirek made a portal. "Ugh... Filthy..." he commented on the town inside the portal, Tirek laughs as he just forcefully throws Kyo into the portal. "Ta-ta for now!" he shouts as he closes the portal behind him.
Kyo landed on his back on a hill near a town, taking his time to take a breather from the beating, he got up, groaning in pain, he will definitely feel that tomorrow...
Kyo was sneaking around the ville, hiding behind buildings and inside cardboard boxes, for some strange reason, he felt like going inside of a cardboard box was his right, his destiny... Nah, that's just stupid talk, but seriously these silly equines won't know what hit them... Even though he never wants to hit any of them...
He continued to sneak through the ville by using his agile body to move from separate spots without being seen, he doesn't know if it was a good idea to converse with these strange inhabitants of this town or to keep sneaking until he finds a way home.
By unique standards, he wasn't enjoying the particular idea of sneaking around the ENTIRE town and/or more just to make it back home, he has to show himself sooner or later, but what really scares Kyo is what would their reactions be? Would they get pitchforks and torches or will they let me in with open hooves?
Another thing that Kyo realized was that these equine were civilized, they can speak English perfectly meaning he could communicate if it ever came down to it.
Not just that but he also realized that each horse had separate attributes: First there's the normal, no unique features other than colour of fur, mane colour, mane style, eyes, then there was the winged ones: Pegasus Equines which the plural of is Pegasi, which seems like Greek Mythology did exist, though that wasn't the biggest highlight for him: Unicorns, horns on their head, they use telekinesis and possibly other magic spells that could be mastered.
Kyo shook his head from the headache he just received by thinking too much about the entire biology of these things, he shakes his head to grip onto his focus once more and saw that the coast was clear, he sidles across the wall and leans to the side to see where to go next.
While he was scanning for a new area to hide to, he was unaware of one of them sneaking up behind him.
Kyo was still thinking. "I should go over there and--" he heard a snap from behind, he quickly turned and was bashed in the head by a 2x4, it was enough to knock him clean out, he falls to the ground, unconscious.
Before he could black out, he could hear the one who attacked him. "OVER HERE, EVERYPONY!" A southern like accent could be heard distinctively from the 'pony'.
Kyo knew that he was thrown off the frying pan and into the fire from the first encounter.
An hour later...
Kyo could feel that his entire torso was tied up with his arms, causing it to chafe. "Agh..." he mutters as he opens his eyes, the first thing he notices was that he was in a dark room, the only light that was in the room was a glowing barrier that surrounded what seemed to be a basement, Kyo could definitely hear voices coming from upstairs, it sounded like a debate.
He kept quiet and decided to listen in...
"I don't trust that thing, what if it's a spy?!" said a tomboyish voice and the same southern accent as before spoke up after. "Now, ah don't think the critter's a spah, what if it's an alien?" a soft voice was heard, Kyo couldn't make out what the soft voice was saying. "Okay girls, Applejack, you said this creature could talk, you heard it talk before you knocked it out, right?" said a smart-mouthing kinda tone to it, hopefully this 'pony' was the smartest of the group.
This Applejack character must of nodded, cause he heard nothing and the door opened with the sounds of hooves clopping on stairs, as he saw 3 ponies walk down casually, while one shied away while keeping an eye on him in a curious and interested sort of way, the other was flying in the air, also keeping an eye on him in a menacingly and distrusting way while a pink pony just bounced down the stairs... Strange.
Kyo just looked at the colourful ponies as they appear left to right: A white unicorn with purple stylish and bedazzling mane and tail, the pink pony was well... PINK, all over with a frizzy and poofy looking mane and tail, adorable but she seemed to have energy, then there was a cyan coloured Pegasus with rainbow messy mane and tail, then there was a lavender unicorn with wings-- Wait.. what?
He just shook his head and continued on, the lavender pony had a dark purple with a pink streak to her mane and tail, then next to that one was the pony that knocked Kyo's form unconscious, a tan-orange normal pony with white freckles and a stetson, underneath said stetson was a tied up and messy creamy cowgirl mane and tail, his guess this is Applejack.
The last one was just as strange a butter-yellow pony with pink and beautiful mane and tail, Kyo just couldn't help but smile, to which the pony smiled also and started to feel a little more self confident.
"O-kay, now that awkward silence is out of the way, can you talk?" said the lavender pony, to which Kyo nods to the question. "Yes?" All but Applejack and Fluttershy gasped. "Whoa, it can understand us!" said the rainbow Pegasus.
Kyo had a very sour expression. "Yes, it can understand you very well, now may you PLEASE get this gosh darn lasso off of me, PLEASE?!" he said as he looks at Applejack especially. "Not so fast, we don't know if you're dangerous or not." Said the lavender pony, to which Kyo just scoffed. "Dangerous? Yeah right... I don't harm animals..."
"HEY! Who you callin' an animal you darn varmint?!" Said Applejack with a growl. "If anypony's the animal, it's you!" she said pointing a hoof at Kyo.
Kyo just sighs, in terms like this she actually has a point, this town or place belongs to the equines, and he is pretty much an unknown animal, you may even be the las-- Oh god no... "You're... Not gonna breed me, are you?" Most of them just blushed but Fluttershy looked deep in thought on that one. "N-NO! We're not going to breed you!" Kyo sighed in relief. "Okay, good.. You're not those kind of people-- Err, Ponies, I meant..."
The lavender pony cleared her throat. "Well, I sent the Princess a letter and she said to be here shortly, in the mean time why not tell us your name so we can tell you ours?" she said with a smile, she seemed happy to learn about this, Kyo figured why not? "My name is Kyo, Kyo Kenji... I already know the one who gave me this headache was Applejack." he said with a slight chuckle.
Applejack was shocked. "H-how did--" Kyo interrupted. "You guys are very loud..."
All of them blushed in embarrassment as Twilight clears her throat. "Well then, allow me to introduce you..." she points at the white stylish pony then to the butter shy pony. "This is: Rarity." To which she smiled. "Charmed, darling." Then points to the pink one. "This is Pinkie Pie." Pinkie just bounces and smiles. "Howdy! Do you like parties?!" Kyo nods a bit. "Yeah." Pinkie grinned.
The lavender pony smiled a bit. "This is Rainbow Dash." she said pointing to the said Pegasus. "The one and only!" she proudly proclaims as she looks at Kyo. "And don't forget it bud!" The lavender Pony puts a hoof onto her own chest. "My name is Princess Twilight Sparkle, I am an Alicorn."
Kyo was shocked that he heard a princess was coming, but another princess already here?
Twilight looked at Applejack. "Well, you know her name, but she's Applejack." Kyo just shrugged, Applejack was staring daggers right at Kyo, but noticing this, Twilight carried on to Fluttershy. "And this is Fluttershy."
Fluttershy shyly waves at Kyo, to which Kyo smiled. "A pleasure to meet all of you, now can you please untie me?" he said in a more calm manner.
Twilight smiled. "Okay, but you must promise to be on your best behaviour..." Kyo nodded. "You have my word." Pinkie quickly butted in. "PINKIE PROMISE!" she suddenly yells out.
Kyo sighs. "Yes, Pinkie promise!" Pinkie Pie shook her head. "No no no! Like this silly!" she did the words for Kyo's case. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!"
He just quirks his eyebrow and tilts his head, but went with it. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." he said to Pinkie in which she smiled. "Yep, he's cool."
Twilight was confused, but she crossed it off as Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie so she uses her magic to untie Kyo and got rid of the barrier, and their worries were ill-placed as he just smiled and kissed his arms. "Oh thank you, anymore chafe and I'll lose my arms... Heh.." he said as he looks at them. "Oh, right... Now that I'm here... Where's my blade?"
Rainbow Dash looks at him. "That thing? Oh, we put it somewhere you can't find it." Kyo sighs. "I see... Well, you're free to keep it with you, but..." Rainbow Dash looks at him. "Huh?..." she was confused as Kyo looked sad, then perked up a bit. "Oh, nothing... Just keep it with you for now..."
Kyo scratches his ear a bit as the others looked at him, scrutinizing him. "By the way..." Kyo said as he got their attention. "Where am I?"
