Marnie Meets Ponies (Intro)
I had just fallen asleep on my plush, soft bed when- fine, it wasn’t soft, but it was soft enough to make me happy.
Fine, okay, it wasn’t soft enough to make me happy. That isn’t the point!
After a long night of drawing, I slumped over to bed and crawled under the covers, and for some reason, my heart was racing. When I closed my eyes to go to sleep, what I thought was my bed was damp. I'm pretty sure I never wet the bed. The last time was when I was like, 3, okay? I opened my eyes to see the sun beaming down at me, and short, earthy smelling grass tickling my face. Or, it was the ground that smelled like earth. That would make sense, since earth is made of crust and- I'm rambling.
Anyways, that startled me enough to get me to groggily stand up, or, rather, just stumble to my feet. 'Groggily stand up' makes me sound more elegant than I am. What was in front of me, you ask? It's not 'what', it's 'who'. Ponies were in front of me.
Okay, okay, you probably think I’m insane by now. I swear I’m not. Maybe. I think. Sometimes.
I can't really talk about MLP in front of... a certain pony, okay? She'll freak out. She's already giving me weird looks, see? I guess you can't really see her glares though... In short, they all looked like ponies I know. Actually, they probably are the ponies I know:Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy.
After a bit of gawking at the Princess’s long flowing mane, I realized I must have fallen asleep and that this was one of those lucid dreams. After all, that was the only thing that would be rational, and possible for my brain to process.
“Twilight!” I had said, turning to the purple unicorn.
I'd almost been ready to run over to her and tackle her until I realized that she stared at me with wide eyes, as if I'd just spoken a foreign language. No way. In any of my dreams, we would have been frolicking in meadows by now. Not to mention that I’ve never smelled anything in my dreams. Huh, I didn’t stop to think of that at the time… I feel pretty stupid right now.
“How do you know my name?” the pony asked.
Now this situation was getting really odd. By now, I would’ve woken up, as I usually do when I’m about to do something important (as much as I hated that stuff to happen, I knew it would). Plus, I still smelled flowery scents. Yeah, that was really odd. Cue freak out? Cue freak out.
“Okay, this is not a dream.”
Backing away from the colorful equines, I tripped over something and tumbled backwards, hitting my head on something and blurring my vision.
A voice that I assumed was Princess Celestia spoke to me while I was trying to recover from the tumble.
“Marnie, wielder of Magic, female representative of the land of Earth, I humbly introduce you to the land of Equestria. Do not worry about your absence on Earth, there is a doppelganger filling in for you. Now, I and a few others, save Twilight, must go. Later, you will meet Luna and the others.”
“Wha-“ was all I could say before a brilliant white light blinded me. (Equestria had been really raising the bars for bad eyesight.)
Once my vision returned, I only saw Twilight standing there, presumably like she didn't know what was going on either.
"Princess, I thought we had agreed that you would stay here during my introductions." Twilight sighed, speaking to thin air.
"Okay, maybe I had too much sugar. Sugar gives humans overactive imagination, right? Right?" I tried hollowly assuring myself in a crouched position, hugging my arms.
Then, Twilight had done something unexpected. She closed her eyes, leaned her face towards mine, and... conjured a potato out of magic glowing from her horn. It landed in my hands (which had let go their hold of my arms by then regrettably), and immediately I felt a burning sensation. That sensation was probably the feeling that you get when you obtain first degree burns.
"Hot potato!" I screeched, throwing the potato upwards and scrambling away from it.
"You acknowledged pain, and therefore you aren't dreaming." Twilight said, sounding much more chipper than she should be about burning people's hands.
... For one of my favorite ponies, Twilight was starting to become less likable.
"Oh... those burns look serious." Twilight looked over my hands. "I hadn't realized that humans were so sensitive to heat. Normally if a heated starch fell into anypony's hooves, we would be alright."
Twilight's horn glowed again, and another potato reappeared. After the pure shock of seeing another potato come out of thin air, my hands didn't move out of the way when Twilight used telekinesis to put it onto my hands. Oddly, this time, the potato actually seemed to sap out the pain from my hands.
"Nothing can't be done with the power of friendship!" Twilight said triumphantly, although I had no clue as to how making magic potatoes was related to friendship. Twilight's face then shifted to look more serious. "I know all of this may be too sudden for you, but I need to take you to Ponyville right away if we are to be on time. I'll discuss the details with you on the way."
Oh well, crazy ponies and stuff. I'll continue this recording later.
*click*
So, um. How should I start this off? My name’s Shari, and I'm in the magical land of Equestria.
Haha, I planned that joke a while ago.
So, it all started out when I was randomly teleported to Equestria. There, I met some colorful ponies. Luna, one of the twin princesses of Equestria, Rarity, the elegant unicorn seamstress [Oh, stop it!], Applejack, the apple-bucking Earth pony, and Rainbow Dash, the braggart pegasus. I don’t really like that pegasus, as you can see. I don’t care to explain how I know those ponies, and their names, as Rarity is standing right next to me at the moment, poking at me with her horn to get on with it, and also asking me to stop complimenting her.
Immediately I was shocked that I was surrounded by ponies, but then I was relieved that I wouldn't have to deal with waking up and getting prepared for school in the morning.
Kidding, kidding. I actually like school. So, I scrambled (did I mention that I was on the muddy, grassy, ground?) away from them, because it isn’t every day that you meet cartoon ponies.
Luna then half-screamed half-yelled something like, “WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PREDICAMENT AND HOW YOU ARE NEEDED AT A LATER TIME.”, and then disappeared with a brilliant midnight blue flash bringing Rainbow Dash and Applejack along, leaving Rarity behind.
Rarity then gave me her introduction, staring at my face with such intensity I looked away, her greeting sounding something like, “Hello, darling! It appears that we share the same Element. I am so charmed to see a human! Celestia told us about your kind. Oh, my name is Rarity; I apologize for not mentioning my name sooner.”
After that spout, the fashionista unicorn actually looked at my clothes and gasped, when she saw my attire covered with filth. “Dear, you look like you just rolled in a mud puddle! I must take you to Ponyville to get you cleaned up!” I didn’t protest, since I care about how I look, plus I didn’t like the feel of being covered in mud-stained clothes.
So, after a while about chatting about myself, and the human race, Rarity and I finally arrived at Ponyville, and Ponyville did NOT look like the charming town seen in the show- never mind. Anyways, Ponyville didn’t look in top shape, that’s for sure. Garbage was strewn all over the streets, nobody- noPONY besides a few others were seen outside, and the town did not have a… happy feel to it. I felt self-conscious when I saw a few fillies glaring at me from inside their houses, barely managing to reach the height of their window to peer through.
Oddly enough, Rarity did not seem incredibly bothered by this. Instead, she just avoided the garbage while keeping her pace, levitating a few cans into the nearest over-filled trash cans. Noticing I had gone quiet, Rarity tried to re-ignite the conversation.
“Just imagine how hard it is for the trash collectors!” she had said, giving a hollow laugh. “That is, if we had any…”
“What’s happened here, Rarity? Ponyville used to look so ni- I mean, it should look nice. Nicer, I mean.” I said.
“It’s quite a long story, Shari… Princess Luna, the winged unicorn you saw earlier, will inform you on what the situation is soon enough.”
"Yeah, I know her." I replied casually.
"Ah..."
We continued on in silence.
When we finally arrived at Carousel Boutique, (heh, I’m making the trip sound longer than it is) I noticed that suddenly the garbage came to a halt in the area around the Boutique.
“Rarity, why does the garbage suddenly stop here?” I had said in a curious tone.
“Twilight’s assistant, Spike, helps me keep my property… sanitary. What a gentlemen, helping a lady without the lady in question even asking!”
Walking up to the door to open it for Rarity, I noticed a strange blue glow around it. I leaned forward, and… looked at the lock. It appeared to be protecting the door handle, sort of like a force field. I didn’t dare touch it. Instead, I turned to look at Rarity questioningly.
From only having spent a little amount of time with the unicorn, I was surprised at how well she read my thoughts. Am I that obvious?
[Of course it was obvious, when you’re staring at a glowing lock then turning around to look at me, darling.]
“I have to lock the door. From, ah, unwelcome visitors.” Rarity emitted a glow from her horn, and the door turned back to normal. “After you.”
When I opened the door to the Boutique, I hit something, hard. I rushed through the entrance to find a bruised Luna laying on the ground, moaning.
Whoops.
Getting on my knees, I started blubbering things and patting Luna’s sides. “OhmygoshareyoualrightshouldIcalltheparamedicsi’msosorryohmygosh”
After a few seconds, I realized people were standing next to me and talking.
“… I think you just knocked the lunar princess unconscious. What a great way to introduce yourself to Equestria, Anime.”
"Your clothes are all muddy."
… Anime. Anime? My internet nickname? I glanced up, completely forgetting the Princess, and saw my internet best friends. (Well, I don't talk to Denise much, but I still consider her pretty much best-friend tier. I'm not picky on choosing who are my best friends, okay?)
Sorry, I’m getting into this. So, I saw Jessica, my Filipino friend with dark skin and long dark brown hair, and Denise, my European buddy! I hadn't seen many, or rather, any, pictures of Denise, and the way she differed from my mental images of her was shocking. The word ‘joy’ couldn’t possibly describe the emotion I was feeling. I felt like sprinting through a meadow with rainbow unicorns (hey, it would actually be possible here!) prancing behind me and making it rain my favorite foods while my clothes weren’t getting dirty and I would be able to eat all of the raining foods. All of them.
I’m getting a headache now. I’ll continue this recording later (sorry that I've been hogging the mic, Rarity. I let you speak a little though), after I eat something.
Rarity makes a mean dinner. By mean, I mean awesome.
[Is everyone of your kind so flattering?]
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