Good Misfortune

Chapter 3

A New Day (Part 1)

Slowly, I wake up.  Still trying to process what had happened to me yesterday.  I was in a fight, I lost consciousness, I woke up in a forest, fought for my life against wolfs, woke up again in a house that belonged to a Pegasus, and was lent a spare bedroom by a unicorn who lives in a tree/library/house.  As I pay more attention I hear the sound of scribbling to my back.  Slowly I turn around not making a noise.  I see a paper floating in mid air while a quill is writing something on it.

Huh? I thought to myself How is it floating, why is it floating?

I look behind the paper and I see a lavender unicorn.

"Twilight?" I asked.  She flinched, she probably didn't expect me to be awake "What are you doing?"

She looks back at me "Oh, I was taking notes on how your species sleeps"

"OK..." I said "So, whats with the paper and quill?"

"I told you I'm taking notes."

"But how is in floating in mid air?"

She gave me a puzzled look "Magic, why?"

"Oh... there's some kind of string here isn't there"  I said as I proceeded to put my hands around the paper but never touching anything. "Or not..."

How the...

"OK, twilight how is that floating" I asked again

"Like I said, magic"

"But magic doesn't exist"

She had a baffled expression before proceeding with a are you kidding me face

"Of course magic exist, every pony knows that"

"No your wrong, magic doesn't exist its fa..." I trailed off, remembering I'm in a world where things that shouldn't be real are real.  I looked at her again "Right new world, so are you doing that?"

She nods, her face still holding a puzzled look.

"So how are you doing it, I mean sure magic but what, is it like a spell or something?"

She nods again "A simple levitation spell"

I slightly chuckled at her saying 'simple spell'.  She clearly took notice that I chuckled.

"Um, what are you laughing about?" she asked

"It's just that my world doesn't have magic" I explained to her as her face suddenly tried to express emotions such as confusion and curiosity.  "And if you could do that on my planet people would think you where some kind of extremely powerful being."

"No magic?" she asked "How does your world have NO magic?"

"How does YOURS have magic?"

"Oh, I see your point."

I get up and stretch. Standing up Twilight is at waist level to me. Then I see her giving me a questionable stare.

"Even asleep you wear cloths?" she asked staring up at me

"Huh?  Well yeah I didn't have any pajamas to sleep in."

"Pajamas?"

"Yeah, its special cloths that humans wear when they got to  sleep" I responded "But not every one wear pajamas to sleep."

She still had that questionable look.

"Hu..mans?"

Huh, I thought I already talked about this

"Yes humans, that what my species is called." I say while she start to write yet again on her paper. "Now can we go down and have breakfast?"

"Oh yes of course." she said taking the paper and rolling it up

She's not gonna let the ink dry? I thought to myself Or is it some more of this new world shit where my logic wont apply?

I follow her out of the guest room I now occupied and went down stairs.  As I went down the stairs a creature caught my eye.  It looked like a purple and green lizard, except it was standing on two legs.

"Daniel" said Twilight "I would like you to meet spike, he's my assistant"

I couldn't stop starring.

"Um, Twilight?"

"Yes?"

"What is he?"

Spike turned and looked at you before speaking up

"I would ask the same about you"

...

"He talks?"

"Daniel, Spike is a dragon."

"A dragon?"  I wondered for a moment  "Then shouldn't he have wings or something?"

"I'm only a baby dragon" Spike reply's "Once I am older, my wings will start to grow"

"OK, seems legit" I said

Both Twilight and Spike stare at you

"What?" I ask

Twilight recovers before Spike could say something.

"What is that word?" she asks

"What word?"

"Legit" she reply's "What does it mean?"

Did they not have the word legit here? Interesting.

"Legit basically means logical" I said

Before she could ask another question my stomach growled, reminding me I haven't had food since the morning back on my world.  Twilight heard this and went into the Kitchen to prepare something.  Her head popped out the door looking at me.

"I hope you like pancakes!" she said cheerfully.  Waiting for a response I provide her with one.

"I do actually" I said not knowing what else to say.

We had breakfast quietly making small talk here and there.  The smell Of freshly made pancaked was mouth watering, I haven't had pancakes in over a year now.  Spike finished early and went to do some of his chores that Twilight had given him.  We sat in silence before I asked something not really thinking ahead.

"Hey Twilight" I said breaking the silence "Do you have any bacon?"

She stared at me with a look of horror and disbelief.

"Y-you mean m-meat?" she asked rather nervously

"Well yeah I guess." I replied

"I didn't know you where a... a carnivore." she said eyeing me and now seemed to be on alert.

"I'm not a carnivore" I said correcting her "I'm an omnivore, I eat both vegetation and meat"

Twilight seemed to relax but still a little worried.  Not knowing why she was so tense I ask her to find out if I wasn't supposed to talk about meat.

"Um, Twilight.   Why did you tense up when I asked if you had bacon?" I asked

She looked at me before responding "It's just that pony's don't really eat meat, we are herbivores" she said "And the thought of you being a carnivore just took me by surprise." she tried to explain

She clearly didn't want to have any kind of association with meat.  Taking the hint that carnivores might be rather, unsettling to the pony's, so I see that it would be best if I try to calm her.

"I can still go by without any meat" I said "In fact some people back home only ever eat fruits and vegetables, and don't ever eating what was once a live animal."

This relaxed and intrigued her.  "We should have a Q & A some day and answer the question's I have about your world" she said

She pulled out a calender and skimmed through a few pages until she stopped and began checking while murmuring something under her breath

"I have a time of on a Saturday, about three weeks from today" she said "Does that sound good?"

"Assuming nothing big happens in those three weeks, I am OK with that" I said

She proceeded to write down something on the calender at the out it away.  I kept staring at how she just got the book to appear out of nowhere and vanish into thin air.  Twilight rather obviously caught my gaze and chuckled.

"You alright there Daniel?"

Snapping out of my trance I come back to reality "Huh?Oh s-sorry Twi, I am just still trying to comprehend that magic exist here" I said

She stared at me for a moment, "Did you just cal me... Twi?"

Oh shit, did I really say that?

"Oh, I'm sorry I just kind of said it.  I didn't really think about it, I'm sorry." I said with an apologetic look.

"It's OK, some of my best friends call me Twi" she said "I don't mind you calling me by that name"

Wait... did she consider me a friend? I thought We only just met, how does she consider me a friend already?  Or am I missing something here...

I was cut of when Twilight suddenly realized something.

"My friends!" she yelled

"What about them?" I asked ever so slightly startled

"They will probably want to meet you!" she replied "Once we are done here we should probably visit them."

I nod "Sound like a plan for the day"

Going back to out breakfast she seems to have forgotten that I had brought up meat.

Too bad I always loved bacon I thought to myself I guess I will have to deal with no more meat and having to take up a vegetarian life style.

Getting through with breakfast with little small talk in between bites we soon finished our breakfast. I excused myself to go to the bathroom and wash up. Going upstairs and entering the bathroom, which was small since it was meant for pony's and not humans, I saw a mirror and looked at my reflection.

Man, I look like I had just jumped of a train  I thought as I looked at myself My cloths are dirt and my hair is puffing out at random places I sighed Well, at least I didn't bruise my head or arms to badly

I washed up and walked down stairs.

"Are you ready?" asked twilight who seemed eager to start the day

I nod "Sure, sure" I said "Well then, lets get going."

Getting ready in the living room/library we talk right before leaving the house

"So which on of your friends do you want me to meet first?" I asked

"I was thinking you might wont to see Apple Jack" she said "She works in a farm just near the edge of town."

A farm? I thought to myself I have always wanted to visit one to see how they manage with the live stick and the plants and fields, though this farm might be different from the one's I hear of.

I mentally sighed Either way, a farm is a farm

"Sound good Twilight" I said

I wonder what this 'Apple Jack' will think of me from being so... alien I thought I have never really cared about how people thought about me but this is a new world, a new species, and something about it seemed to change how I normally feel.  Well, I guess I'll find out once we reach the farm.

I open the door to start walking out

"OK, I guess you should lead the way then Twili... UMMPPHH" I yelped in pain as something blue crashed into me hard

"Oh my gosh!" she yelled in a panic "Daniel are you OK?"

I waved to her, signaling that I am OK.

"On second thought" said Twilight "Maybe we can start with Rainbow Dash" her voice sounding slightly annoyed.

I grunted, the crash NOT helping with my wound pains but I manage.  I slowly got up to my feet as the blue Pegasus stared at me.  I wondered over to the couch and sat down... and so, the day began.