Waking Up

Chapter 8: Arrival

By: Calamity Jay

Editing by: Sausage

"Welcome to Ponyville!"

Somewhere along the ride you had fallen asleep with Applejack on your shoulder and everyone else had settled down as well. Rarity, Twilight, and Fluttershy were all chatting away in the seats next to you and Applejack. Pinkie and Rainbow were in the seats in front of you, giggling and possibly exchanging jokes. This continued for almost the entire trip to Ponyville, that was until Twilight tried waking you up.

"Leroy, hey Leroy. Wake up will you?" she whispered, appearing in front of you. With no reaction from you she reared up and shook you with her hooves. "Leroy, can you please wake up? We need to talk," she whispered, shaking you gently with her hooves. Still no reaction, you still lying there snoring away. "Urgh, c'mon Leroy, wake up!"

You mumble some incoherent response concerning not wanting to go to school and to stay home. Quite the heavy sleeper you are.

"What seems to be the problem, Twilight?" Applejack asked, waking up from her slumber. "Whaddaya tryna t'wake Leroy for?" she asked straightening her hat.

"Rarity, Pinkie, and I need to talk to him about some things before we get to Ponyville. Can you help me wake him up?"

"Oh heheh, Ah believe I can wake him up for ya," Applejack said with a sly grin, she sat up and put her muzzle to your ear, "Oh Leroy~," she cooed in a sing song voice. "Leroy~, time to wake up sugarcube,"

"Mmmm, momma is that you?" you mumble in your half-awake state, much to the confusion of the others. "Please, momma just five more minutes," you say shifting over to get comfortable in your seat, leaning your head against the window.

"Oh for Celestia's sake," Twilight says, facehoofing and groaning.

"Pardon me a sec, let me try somethin' else. This always works on Big Macintosh when he don't wanna wake up in the morn," Applejack laughs before clearing her throat. She takes a second before she begins to inhale deeply as if getting ready to take a dive into a pool. The apple farmer stop inhaling, opens her mouth, and let's out the air she was holding in.

"LEEERRRO-" she began hollering, but was stopped short when you suddenly woke up and pressed your lips against Applejack's. Oh you sly devil, you. She let out a surprised yelp at your bold move, but relaxed as she fell into the kiss. However before it could get any more intimate, Twilight cleared her throat to get your attention.

"Sorry to interrupt your little moment, but we do have something to discuss," Twilight said as you and Applejack separated, both of you giving Twilight a sheepish grin. "Leroy, could you come sit with Rarity, Pinkie, and I?"

"Uh sure, Twilight," you reply, rising up off your seat and walk over to the benches on the opposite row. Pinkie and Rarity take up the seats across from where Twilight was sitting, so you let Twilight sit on the bench in front of them first, and then move in to sit next to her. "So, what's the word?" you ask, leaning back in the chair and crossing your legs.

"Well, we need to discuss with you what's going to happen when we get to Ponyville. Things such as living space, clothes, food, and the sort," Twilight explains. "Oh yeah, and Pinkie wants to throw you a 'Welcome to Ponyville' party. Right, Pinkie?"

"Yeah! You should really come to the party! It'll be really fun!" Pinkie said with a gleeful smile. "I remember when Twilight first came to Ponyville and I threw her a 'Welcome to Ponyville' party, she was really surprised even though it wasn't a surprise party, or was it a surprise party? It was planned, but Twilight didn't know about it so I guess it was a surprise party. Oh yeah and there was a whole bunch of sweets and punch and cake and party hats and-" before she could go on talking at the speed of light, Twilight magicked a barrier over the pink party mare's mouth to stop her.

"Yeeaaahh, well that takes care of that. So Pinkie will be handling the planning of your party. You like parties right Leroy?" Twilight asked raising an eyebrow and releasing her friend's mouth.

"Uh, yeah sure. I like a good party," you say smiling. In the back of your mind you were not so certain of this party. Sure you like to have a good time, but these were peo-ponies that you did not know. Not to mention that you are an alien creature to them, so how they will react when they first see you is a mystery. For all you know they could have the same attitude as the ponies from Canterlot. You remember their faces clearly. That look of complete and utter dislike. Even though you did not want to lose face and react to their attitudes towards you, deep down you knew it was affecting you. No matter how much you had been through, how tough your spirit was, it still affected you. "Umm, Twilight, you think the ponies at Ponyville will be more... easygoing than the ones at Canterlot? A lot of the ponies in Canterlot were giving me the stink eye big time," you say, unfolding your legs and putting your elbows on your knees.

"I'm sure they will, everypony in Ponyville is really friendly. So don't worry, but even if they don't really open up to you that well, I'm sure that with time they will," Twilight assured you. You find comfort in her words as you smile cheerfully. Perhaps she is right, maybe they will be open with you.

"Don't worry about a thing darling, we will help you get along with everypony, we promise," Rarity said across from you, smiling sincerely.

"Yeah! So just relax Leroy! We'll handle everything," Pinkie said with a bubbly smile.

"Right, so we have that out of the way. Now we need to talk about living space, where are we going to have you live?" Twilight said as she tapped a hoof on her chin. That was true, where were you going to live? You felt a little bad that you possibly have to live with Twilight or someone else, you would hate to impose. Suddenly, Applejack appeared on your side and put a hoof on your shoulder.

"Ah believe Ah got y'all covered. Leroy, can stay with me at the farm if he wants to, but he'll have t'help out and work the farm with me, Big Mac, an' Apple Bloom," Applejack offered, nuzzling your neck. To be honest you liked the idea of working on the farm, you always liked farms. Also, you'd be able to spend time with Applejack, and her family. The name Big Mac, however, automatically makes you think of the burger you would eat on Wednesdays, which is ironic because it contains meat... meat that is possibly from equines... and this world is full of equines... okay pushing these thoughts aside. Just make sure you never bring that subject up.

"That sounds great, but who are Big Mac and Apple Bloom" you ask.

"Big Macintosh is muh big brother and Apple Bloom muh little sister,"

Oh dear, siblings. The thought of having to meet her older brother terrifies you. His name already intimidating, you could only imagine what he looked like, and how he would react to a stranger to this world having made love to his sister. You believe that her little sister would be easier to handle than her brother, but you would cross that bridge when you get to it.

"Oh, boy. I'm gonna have to meet them, aren't I?" you ask nervously.

"Ayep, but don't you worry bout a thing sugarcube. Ah'm sure they'll like you, Ah do and Ah'm sure they will too," she says licking your cheek affectionately. You flinch a little when you feel her wet tongue go up the side of your face, but it wasn't that bad, it comforted you a little. And you also kinda liked it...

"Thanks AJ," you reach over her back and wrap your arm around her in a hug. "Oh and what about toiletries and all that, Twilight?"

"Don't worry about that, we'll get them for you," she replied with a wave of her hoof.

"Oh, well that's good, then."

"Okay, so we have that covered. Now what about clothes?" Twilight looks over at Rarity. "Rarity, got anything?"

"Ah yes clothing, well darling, if you want me to make you clothing I will have to take your measurements. I believe it will be a challenge making clothes for your build, but I think I have the resources to make them. Oh! I would also like to see how you'd look in a tux! I'm sure you would look dashing!" she definitely had a lot to say, but you are grateful nonetheless for her generosity.

"That sounds great Rarity, but I'd have to work a little to pay for all that,"

"Oh no darling, I am doing this as a favor for you. To make things a little easier so you can adjust to life in Equestria," her generosity is astounding to you. There she was, offering to make clothing for you, an alien creature, free of charge! You could feel that slight tingling sensation in your chest, something you have not felt in a long time. That certain feeling was something you felt when you won the city championship in baseball with your friends, those times you had with those you would never forget. Friendship... so this is what true friendship feels like? To you, it felt like magic... maybe there is something you could learn from these ponies.

"B-but Rarity I, I really think I should pay for the clothes you're giving me," you try to insist to her.

"Please darling, just take the favor. It is okay, I promise," she assures smiling. She truly is the Element of Generosity. Back on Earth, you had never seen this type of behavior from other people. Maybe that's why you are not used to it and wish to pay her back. If your parents taught you anything, it was that nothing in life was free and you lived by that your whole life.

"Thanks, Rarity. No one on my world has ever been that generous with me before," you say trying not to choke up.

"It is my pleasure Leroy, I am the Element of Generosity after all," she says with pride.

"I can see why," you chuckle.

"Okay, well I guess that covers everything. Housing, clothes, and food well you'll be living with Applejack, so I'm sure they could provide food for you," Twilight looks out the window for a second before her eyes widen and she gasps. "Oh hey girls, we're close to Ponyville already! Leroy, come look at your new home!"

You rise up from your seat and crouch down to look out the window. There, past the slopes of several hills, surrounded by fields of grass, was Ponyville. It was beautiful, from what you could see, the town itself was made up of mostly one story and two story cottages with wooden walls and windows, and roofs that were made of hay. This was something you would see in the America's Colonial times, then again Ponyville was probably cut off from technology; unlike Canterlot, it had a rustic charm to it. "Wow, it looks great! Real peaceful and everything, I love it," you say smiling. The rest of your new friends fall into the other benches to look at Ponyville with you.

"Ah'm glad ya like it Leroy," Applejack comments from behind. You look back at her and smile graciously before turning back to look at the view. Deep in your heart you are terrified of having to meet a whole lot of ponies at once, but with your new friends, and possible girlfriend, thing would undoubtedly be easier. With that in mind you were confident that things would turn out fine.

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You remember all that confidence you had approaching Ponyville? The swagger you were developing? Yes well, you still had that while you were on the train psyching yourself out and giving yourself mental preparation. However, all of that disappeared as soon as the train stopped in the Ponyville Train Station. You sat back in the bench, looking at the dozens ponies walking around the station, getting ready to leave or seeing off a loved one. The train had come to stop with a hiss and zero hour had come at last. For some reason, you could not move and you sat frozen, glued to your seat.

"Uh, I don't think I can do this," you say to Twilight, sitting down and holding yourself. "I just realized how nervous I am,"

"C'mon Leroy, it'll be fine I promise. Your friends will help you get through this, right girls?" you look at Twilight and the others, all of them giving you looks of confidence and comfort. It caught you off guard when she said "your" friends, instead of "her" friends. It was strange to you when she said that, you had not made a friend in so long on Earth you almost forgot what it was like actually making a friend that would be there for you when you need it. And right now you felt just a little bit better knowing you would have theses six wonderful mares behind you. "T-thanks you guys, couldn't do this without you," you say hiding your face so they wouldn't see the tear fall from your eye.

"Aww~, there there Leroy, no need to cry now sugarcube," AJ came up to you and dried your tear with her hoof, then reaching over and nuzzling you. You nuzzle her back affectionately. "Hey, if it makes ya feel any better, hows about Ah lend ya muh hat? Hmm?"

"Well I don't know about that AJ, I mean that hat means a lot to you doesn't it?" before you could protest more, she places it on your head and adjusts it so it fits you. "Um, but how would this help?" you ask her, adjusting the large Stetson hat.

"If anypony gives ya mean look, just pull the hat down so ya won't have to look at 'em," her advice seems to make sense.

"Thanks AJ, I really appreciate it," you kiss her on the cheek with a grateful smile. The hat itself feels very worn, most likely from all the years that she has been wearing it. Nevertheless it is in good condition.

"Yeah, don't worry about a thing, if anypony gives you a problem, they're gonna have to deal with me," Rainbow declared, hovering and pounding one hoof into the other.

"So don't you worry darling, if anypony asks us about you, we will have nothing to say but good things," Rarity assured, "I am positive that Fluttershy will give her positive feedback about you to her animals. Won't you darling?"

"Um, yes I will," Fluttershy nodded meekly with a smile.

"Good, okay you ready to go Leroy? We need to get off the train already," Twilight asked.

You still felt a little bit nervous, even with AJ's Stetson of Eminent Courage. Nevertheless, you comply and rise from your seat and stretch your limbs, preparing yourself to face the music. But then again, you think about the details here. Here you were, a big, strong, magically enhanced human, a stranger to this world and something no one here has ever seen! You'd be considered a bad ass! There's no reason you should be scared of a bunch of cartoon, brightly-colored ponies! With a huff you make your way to the exit ramp of the big steam train. Twilight and the others make their way out first with you following behind them; as you are about to exit, they await you on the outside, each of them looking at you. Still pumped up from your mental pep talk, you confidently take a big step down from the train and onto the ground of the train station and immediately- oh dear...

Eyes... big, round, cartoon pony eyes, all around you... staring into your very soul.... judging...

You freeze in place, unable to move a muscle. You wish you could follow Applejack's advice and pull down the hat, but your body won't respond to you. Just. Reach up. And move. The damn. Hat! But still you stood, glued to the spot where you stepped off. You look around and see ponies of all kinds giving you quizzical looks. At least they were not like the ponies at Canterlot; every single one of them giving you the dreaded "stink eye". It felt like an eternity just standing there, all of that self-confidence you built up all gone with just one step. You had gone deaf, seeing your friends mouths moving, but hearing nothing. You wondered, was this what true fear felt like? You had no idea how long you stood there like an idiot. 'C'mon damn it! Move! Do something!' you scream in your head, urging your body to move. All of a sudden you hear a child's voice call you.

"Mister?" you look around to see who called your name, but you could not see who called for you. "Hey mister, what's your name?" again you hear the little girl voice but this time look down and see a little unicorn foal staring up at you. You could not help but smile at the sight of this cute, little pony staring up at you with it's big, round, and adorable amber eyes. Her coat was a light shade of purple and gray; her mane a dark shade of blonde and was messy, her horn protruding out from her forehead. "Who are you? You're really big, you don't look like a pony." You had no idea what to say to her, but you got down on one knee to make eye contact with her.

"Hi there little one, my name is Leroy," you say waving your hand a little and giving a friendly smile (without teeth). "What's your name?"

"M-my name's Dinky, Dinky Doo," she replied smiling back at you. You almost shed a tear at how cute she looked and her name fitted her small stature. Before you could continue talking with her, a pegasus mare who looked almost the same as the little filly before you, came trotting up from behind her.

"Dinky, how many times have I told you not to wander away from momma? You had me really worried there, muffin," she said as the filly known as Dinky, looked down at the ground in shame. "You know I worry about you sweetheart,"

"I'm sorry momma, I looked over here and saw this- this-, I don't know what he is momma. He said his name is... Leeyroy?" her mother looked over to you and immediately moves in front of her daughter protectively, with a quizzical yet cautious expression on her face. The first thing you notice right away, as if you were drawn to them... were her eyes. Her eyes were a beautiful gold color, but the most defining feature was how one was looking up and the other was looking down. In fact, you were not exactly sure if she was looking at you or not, but you still kept eye contact.

"Whoa, what are you? I've never seen a pony like you before," she said giving you a once over.

"Uh, my name's Leroy, Leroy Evans and I'm a human," you explain.

"A hooman? What the heck is hooman?" she said raising an eyebrow. You almost laughed at how she looked when she raised her eyebrow, more because of how cute she looked. And her being cross-eyed, made her about twenty percent cuter. Still, you did not know how exactly to answer her question, and you just now became aware of all the pairs of eyes staring at you once again. You look over to Twilight for help, but she shakes her head with a smile and motions you with a foreleg to go on and explain. As much as you did not want to do this, you had to think of something. You try to think back at how you felt whenever you played sports and hundreds of people were watching you and your team play. You think of how well you performed when your team needed you to make a hit in baseball and you did so! You think back at how well you did under pressure and this situation was no different. You were in front of a crowd, expecting you to perform. So you think of this mare as the pitcher and you were the batter. Right now, she had thrown you a low and outside fastball, and it was your job to knock it out of the park. You take a deep breath and prepare yourself.

"Well, uh," You scratch the back of your head nervously; you were still aware of all the eyes that were on you. "I come from a different work you see. And uh, I'm called a human, I was brought to this world to visit so they can learn about me. I was also hoping to make some new friends as well. By the way uh, you mind telling me your name?". As confident as you sounded, your legs were shaking slightly and you felt a little bit of sweat beginning to form. Things were quiet for a time, ponies murmuring things all around you. You were certain they would all just walk away from this awkward silence and think you were a complete idiot. That was until Dinky's mother decided to break the silence...

"Sure! I'd be glad to! My name is Ditzy Doo!" she reached out with her hoof for a hoof bump, to which you gladly complied. "Hey everypony! Come meet Leroy, the Hooman!" she shouted at everyone with a bright, cheerful smile. It was so strange. Just a moment ago, these ponies were clearly apprehensive towards you. Some were reluctant to greet you, but most of them had gladly greeted you. This went on for quite a while, after you had met and greeted all of the ponies, you regrouped with Twilight and the others.

"Ah must say Leroy, you have quite a way with words there," Applejack complimented.

"Honestly, I was nervous as hell and I just winged most of that," you chuckle, rubbing the back of your neck.

"But you know we were right darling, we told you everypony here is friendly. Unlike those bigots in Canterlot," Rarity said. You heartily agreed with her.

"See Leroy? There's nothing to be afraid of!" Rainbow said, hovering in front of you.

"I guess I can see that now, Rainbow," you agreed.

"Yeah! Oooh, I just remembered! I gotta get going to Sugarcube Corner! I have to get ready for your party!" before another word could be said, she had disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving you confused.

"How did she-"

"Don't ask sugarcube, its just Pinkie being Pinkie," Applejack said.

"Right," you say, still scratching your head over what happened. "So, where to now?"

"Well, how about you head off with Applejack? Maybe she could show you her farm?" Twilight suggested.

"Sounds good, how about the rest of you?"

"I'm going to take a nap somewhere before the party tonight, need my energy to party," Rainbow said stretching her wings.

"I'll be going back to my boutique to get everything I need tomorrow when I take your measurements," Rarity said. "After that I will be going off to the party,"

"Great, what about you Twilight?" you asked her.

"Oh uh, I have to go back to my castle to check on Spike. Then I'll meet you guys at the party," she said as she began to trot away to a different part of town. You were close to the town center, so everything was in a certain direction. The center was comprised of what you assumed was the town hall, a huge rotunda-looking building and was surrounded by cottages and houses. But wait, Twilight had a castle?! A damned castle!?

"Castle? You live in a castle?" you ask astounded. You knew Twilight was a Princess of Equestria, so you should have expected her to live in one. But still the fact remains, that she lives in a goddamn castle.

"As of right now I do, I used to live in the Ponyville Library and worked as it's librarian. But during my battle with Tirek, it was destroyed and when we unlocked the chest from the Tree of Harmony and defeated Tirek, the chest holding the power we needed to defeat Tirek made my castle appear. Any other questions before I go?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

That was a lot to take in, but you were sure she would give you the details later on when there was time. "Nah, but you're gonna have to tell me all about this 'Battle with Tirek' thing. Sounds pretty epic,"

"Maybe I will, but later on. I'll see you all at the party," she said, trotting away. You and the others wave her off and soon you all separate and part ways for the time being. Fluttershy left with the reason being she had to go feed her animals, but would meet you and the others at Sugarcube Corner for the party. You and Applejack went off and walked down the road in the town, AJ pointing out different locations and places of interest.

"So how do ya like Ponyville so far, Leroy?" Applejack asked as you took a turn down to a dirt road leading to the outskirts of town.

"Its nice, I like it. Everyone in town seems real friendly, but again some of them still looked pretty scared of me," you say, putting your hands in your pockets. They all really did seem nice, but there was still a reluctant air about them as the greeted you. Then again, how you would react if you were in their... shoes? Well, if you were in their position and a strange, talking, hairless, six-foot-tall ape your reaction would probably be the same as the ones you saw a while ago.

"Well, not everyday they see somepony else from a different world like you, sugarcube."

"Yeah, I guess that makes sense," you say looking down at the ground. A thought strikes your head and you look back at her. "Hey, so what did you think when you first met me?"

"Ah'll be honest, when the thought of first meetin' you came to my mind, ah was kinda nervous, but a might bit curious too. In the end, when we started getting to know you, ya kinda started to grow on me," she said with a wink. You felt good when she said this, but there was one question remaining. It was probably dangerous territory, but you had to know.

"So two days later you thought it'd be cool to have sex with an alien creature you just met?" you chided, causing her to scrunch up her nose in mock annoyance.

"Why do ya gotta say it like that, all negative? Ah swear, yer makin' me sound like one of those mares that just sleep around with a bunch of stallions."

"I didn't mean it like that, I mean c'mon," you shrug your shoulders. "Its just not something that I'm used to. Like I mentioned before I don't exactly agree with just sleeping with a girl and moving on. I'd just feel terrible for doing that."

"Well, we did talk about it. Remember?"

"Yeah, not to mention that I singlehandedly broke the sexual barrier between our species. I guess it goes to show that love doesn't have any boundaries."

"You really don't restrain yourself when you talk do you?"

"Nope!"

"Ah swear you're more honest than I am," She laughed. "Ah guess that's one thing that Ah like about ya. Ya remind me so much of me and muh brutal honesty."

"I just like to speak my mind, what can I say?"

"Ah can see that," She remarked as she shook her head. "Anyways, but remember what we talked about? How we said we'd give this a shot?"

"I know, I'm willing to do this if you are. We're both looking for someone to spend time with, I figure it would the sensible thing to do."

She looks up at you with an eyebrow raised. "Ya know that there's a lot more to having a relationship than just ruttin' and cuddlin' right?"

You balk for a moment before you answer. "Uh, yeah I know that..."

"Do ya know? Ya do know that right, Leroy?"

"What? Of course I do, why wouldn't I?" Memories flash in your head; you remember the very first time you got physical with another woman. And how badly it turned out. Loveless. Lustful. "I mean I uh-"

"There something on your mind? You look troubled."

"I am, but I think I'll talk to you about it later." you groan and rub the bridge of your nose.

"Hmm, Ah think we should just talk about it right now, seein' as how we got plenty of ground to cover 'fore we get to the farm." you didn't want to tell her about what happened with your sexual ventures on Earth. What would she think of you? Would what you tell her throw everything you could have with her out the window? "Well?"

"Argh, well you see-" Before you could say another word, a loud noise reaches your ears.

"CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS, MONSTER CATCHERS! GO!"

You and Applejack looked to the left where the sound was coming from. It became apparent as to who was making the noise when you see three small blurs charge at you. Before you could react, all three of them leaped and clung onto different parts of your body. A creme colored filly with an apple red mane clung onto your left arm, one having a dark orange coat and purple mane, clung onto your right leg, and the last one with a white coat and purple and pink curly mane clung onto your midsection, her muzzle digging into your hip.

"Scootaloo! I got 'em!"

"Me too! Sweetie Belle?!"

"I'm barely hanging on, but I got him!"

"Apple Bloom! What in the hay are y'all doin'?" Applejack asked, astounded.

"We're monster catchers, sis! We heard there was a monster walkin' around Ponyville so we thought we oughta catch 'em!" ah, so she was Apple Bloom, and obviously she was AJ's little sister. The little filly was still clinging onto your shoulder and tried making her way up to your neck.

"So, are you all having fun?" you ask, sarcasm in your tone. These little fillies felt heavy, but for some reason you carried them with relative ease. Probably from your magically enhanced strength.

"We're taking you in Mr. Monster Guy!" The orange filly named Scootaloo shouted.

"Well, first of all my name is Leroy. And I am not a monster, I'm a human. Now could you please get off?"

"No way! We ain't giving up!" Apple Bloom shouted.

"Yeah! We're not letting go till we get our Cutie marks in Monster Catching!" the white filly squeaked in agreement.

"Alright then, you asked for it," now what you planned would probably end badly, but you think to yourself that you have levitation down, so you try something very dangerous next. You focus on the three ecstatic fillies and imagine them being lifted by giant hands. Your giant hands to be exact. The next thing you notice is the three fillies being encased in your familiar navy blue aura, their grips being released from you, all three of them being lifted gently into the air, and floating idly in the air with wide-eyed expressions on their faces.

"Sweet Celestia, how in the world are ya doin' that Leroy?" Applejack asked. You had forgotten she did not know of your newly gained magical prowess.

"Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I have magical powers now. Funny ain't it?"

"Hilarious, now could ya please put my sister and her friends down?" she deadpanned.

"Oh right, sorry girls," you focus and gently place them back down on the ground. That was incredible what you just did! Not too long ago, you were barely able to lift a damn book off a bed! Now you could probably lift a full sized pony! Or make that ponies. "So, now that you have stopped trying to arrest me, how 'bout I introduce myself?" the three fillies listen intently. "My name is Leroy, Leroy Evans. And I am not a monster, I am a human," you explain to them.

"A hooman?" Apple Bloom asked.

"What the heck is that?" the orange filly known as Scootaloo asked with a puzzled expression.

"You're tall," the while filly known as Sweetie Belle squeaked.

"Well, I come from a different dimension from a planet called Earth. Earth is similar to Equestria in some ways, but minus some other things," you explain to the curious fillies. "Now how about you introduce yourselves?" this triggers them somehow because they all beam up at you and gather together in a line, as if they'd practiced this before.

"Ah'm Apple Bloom!"

"I'm Scootaloo!"

"I'm Sweetie Belle!

"And we are..." they took a second's pause to huddle closer, "THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!

Their volume made you cringe a little bit, but you still smile at the performance that played out in front of you. "Wow, you guys sound like you've actually rehearsed that before," you say rubbing one of your ears.

"Uh, we have actually," Apple Bloom answered.

'Oh, well that was very good then," you smile sheepishly.

"Well, now that that's over with, Apple Bloom, ya mind comin' with me to show Leroy around the farm?"

"Uh Ah dunno sis, me an' the others were gonna go off to find other ways to get our Cutie marks," Apple Bloom said.

"Apple Bloom, our new guest needs a warm welcome to the farm. Besides, ya played with your friends all day long an' yer gonna have to come back and help me an' yer big brother around the farm later on today," Applejack scolded. Hmm, she really is the motherly figure. But wait, she never mentioned her parents, you should ask her about them later on when you were not so busy.

"Fine, Ah guess Ah'll see ya guys later," Apple Bloom conceded.

"Alright, I'm gonna go see if Rainbow Dash wants to hang out," Scootaloo said.

"Yeah, I guess I'll go back to Rarity, she probably needs me for something," Sweetie Belle sighed.

"Why would Rarity need you Sweetie Belle?" you ask her.

"Oh, that's because she's my sister," she explained. Huh, you did not see that coming.

"She is? Rarity never mentioned she had a sister. I guess now I know," you chuckle.

"Yeah, now you do," she giggled.

After Apple Bloom said goodbye to her friends, the three of you started making your way further down the dirt road to the farm.

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Since you and Applejack walked most of the way already, it was only another fifteen minutes until you reached the barn, Apple Bloom asking you questions along the way about what you were, what you did for work, why you were so tall, and many other questions. AJ had asked the young filly to stop asking so many questions, but you told her you were happy to answer all of them. It was actually quite adorable how curious Apple Bloom was. Before she could ask any more questions a new sight was laid before your eyes. As you walked down the trail, you began to see rows upon rows of trees. It was truly a wonder indeed and your jaw almost fell off your mouth when you saw the multitude of trees.

"Whoa, Applejack this is a beautiful orchard you got here," you complimented.

"Thank ya sugarcube, yer looking at generations of hard work. Here we grow every sort of apple you can think of, including our legendary Zap Apples!" she stated proudly. Wait, Zap Apples? What in the name of all creation are Zap Apples?

"Uh, what are Zap Apples, AJ?" you ask with a bewildered tone.

"Apples that only appear under special conditions once every winter. We harvest 'em to make Zap Apple jam, the best darn jam you'll ever taste!" she stated proudly.

"Well, if they're as good as you say they are, then I hope I'll get to taste them someday,"

"Maybe you will sugarcube, if you decide to stick around,"

"I might just have to take you up on the that offer," you reply. The three of you continue to walk down the trail along the fence until you come across a gap in the wooden fence which is the gate. The gate was nothing much but just a gap in the fence, the only defining feature being the mailbox with the insignia of a shiny red apple. The apple farmer opens and checks the mailbox for anything she might need, but after coming up empty, she joins you and Apple Bloom still moving down the trail that leads to the heart of the farm, the Apple Family farmhouse. Along the side of the house is what you assume to be the barn where they most likely keep the apples when they harvest. You look around the farm a bit and you see different things such as a chicken coop, a field where they have corn, and a pen where they keep different kinds of animals. For some reason you realize they don't have a stable, then again this entire world is filled with equines so there should be no reason for them to need beasts of burden. So you assume since they are ponies, they transport their own goods. It is ironic in a way since back on Earth you need horses and the like for farm work, here they were horses basically. All of this thinking is starting to become confusing and your head starts to hurt. So for now you put these thoughts aside.

"What do you think of our farmhouse Leroy?" Apple Bloom asked, looking up at you.

"I think it looks absolutely beautiful, Apple Bloom," you reply, smiling down at her. "How long have you all been working on this farm?"

"Our family's owned Sweet Apple Acres for generations, Ah think we've had it since before Granny Smith was born," she said, truly a wonder that her family has had this farm for years and years. You can just smell all the hard work that was put into this farm. As you approach the farmhouse, you see someone sitting on a rocking chair. That someone was a light green mare, with a grayed mane tied in a bun. You could very well see that she was elderly, due to the wrinkles on her face. If you were to take a guess, you would say that she is Granny Smith.

"Granny! Granny Smith!" Applejack called out, so your guess was in fact correct. The old mare seemed to be asleep in her chair and did not give a response.

"Granny!" Apple Bloom shouted, she began to stir when the little filly called her name. She slowly opened her wrinkled eyes and immediately they go to you. And for some reason, they grow wide as you have seen them and she takes a deep breath.

"BIG MAC! There's a monster here tryna eat your sisters! Git 'em!" she yells out. Suddenly you look to your right towards the barn and see a big, red, orange maned stallion that burst out of the barn with murderous intent in his eyes. With a loud snort, he charged right at you. Your reaction was as follows.

"OH FUCK!" you yelled as you turned heel and hauled it as fast as you could, away from the charging stallion.

"Big Mac! Wait! He's a friend!" you hear Applejack yelled. However she went unheard as he lowered his head and prepared to ram you.  You moved your legs as fast as you could, desperately trying to get away. To try and confuse him, you change directions into one of the rows of apple trees and begin to weave your way through them, all the while the big red stallion in pursuit. You ran back and forth between the trees, yelling and hollering out at him to stop.

"Easy there! Stop! Please don't kill me! Wait a Goddamn second! AHHHH!" were some of the words that you were spouting while the chase was going on. Honestly, this is one hell of a comedy act and anyone who happened to stop by would have a laugh. After about a few minutes of this hilarious chase, you decided enough was enough and you were going to stand your ground. You run back out onto the trail and turn around to face the bull rushing Big Mac. Getting low and bending your knees, you get ready to hold him back. "Alright, you wanna piece of me?! C'mon you big son of a bitch! I'm ready for you!" You challenge him. Big Mac lets out another loud snort before speeding up to ram a hole through you. You wondered why Applejack hadn't stepped in, but you figure she wants to see how this plays out. In all honesty, you didn't want her too, this big red horse wants to kill you and you are not just going to let him do so.

You had expected him to just simply try and tackle you down to the ground and you would use your magical strength to hold him back. However, this stallion is smarter than he looks as moments before he hits you, he stops and turns his body and uses all of the gained momentum into one powerful double-legged buck. You hold out your hands in a vain attempt to block the blow and something unexpected happens. A light blue aura sheaths your hands; a half circle of light encases the front side of your body like a shield as his hooves are about to make contact. Instead of feeling the heavy impact of his bucking kick, you hear the sound of his hooves hitting the shield with a loud "thump!". He is then knocked back from the recoil and lands on his face. You relax  and the shield dissipates, and you let out a sigh of relief; Big Mac isn't done yet as he scrambles to his hooves with a nicker, ready for another round. He paws the ground preparing to charge, but Applejack finally decides to step in.

"Alright you two! That's enough! Big Mac, you say you're sorry for attacking this nice uh-," she pauses trying to figure out what to call you.

"Man," you correct her.

"Right, Ah want ya to say you're sorry for attacking this nice young man," she demanded. The big stallion relaxed then looked over at you with a sorrowful expression.

"Ah am very sorry mister," he says with a deep voice. You almost laugh at how deep his voice is, it actually reminds of Darth Vader. If he ever said 'Leroy, come join the dark side,' or 'You are part of the Rebel Alliance, and a traitor, take him away!' you would absolutely lose it.

"Ah, don't worry about it. If I saw a strange alien creature in front of me I would probably attack 'em as well," you say with a slight chuckle.

"Eeyup," he says.

"Sorry I called you a son of a bitch. No hard feelings right?"

"Nnope,"

"AJ is your sister, am I right?" you ask.

"Eeyup,"

"You don't say much more than you have to, don't you?"

"Eeyup,"

"Cool, well my name is Leroy, Leroy Evans," you reach out with your fist for a hoofbump.

"Nice to meet ya," he says, tapping his hoof against your fist.

"Now that y'all have gotten to know each other, how 'bout we go an' give Leroy the grand tour of Sweet Apple Acres?" Applejack offers. You and the other two apple siblings agree and you set off to explore the metropolis of apple trees.

ooo000oo000ooo

"Well, I must say that was quite the tour. Truly a wonderful farm here you got AJ," you say patting her on the back as you walk along side her. You had also met Granny Smith who subsequently apologized for setting Big Mac on you. How could you blame her? She's an old mare who made an honest mistake. You put all of what happened behind you and acted as polite as possible. After that, you explored every nook and cranny of the farm, from the North to the South field, from the chicken coop, to the corn fields, to the lake back behind the farmhouse. For some reason you had not gone into the barn yet, but Applejack promised she would show you the barn later. When the tour finished, Apple Bloom and Big Mac went off back into the farmhouse, leaving you and AJ to your business.

"Ah'm glad ya liked it sugarcube," she says nuzzling your hand. "Say, I still gotta show ya the barn. Care to come see where we keep all the harvested apples?" she asks.

"Sure," you replied. You approached the huge, open barn doors and stepped on through. All around there were barrels and barrels of what you guessed was apple cider. Now where the actual apples were, was a mystery. "So, where are all the apples?"

"Oh, they're down in the apple cellar," she says, checking on a barrel of cider.

"Well, where is it?"

"It's back in the far corner over there, where all that hay is," she points with a hoof to the left corner of the barn.

"Alright then," you turn to go back into the corner to look for the door to the apple cellar. You get to it and look around the huge pile of hay, wondering where the door was. "Applejack! Where's the door at?"

"Oh just look around in the hay, it should be there!" she yells back from the other side of the barn. You begin to sweep around the hay, looking for the outline of the door, but no luck. Suddenly you hear the door to the barn close, so you look back to see the orange cowpony standing next to it. "What was that?" you ask.

"Ah dunno, Ah think it was the wind, just keep looking for that door Ah'll get it open," she replies. You shrug your shoulders and continue to sweep around the hay. Said task would be much easier if a certain somepony had not tackled you into the pile?! Wait when did this happen?! Why are you getting the feeling this will ensue an erotic encounter?! You flip back over to see two emerald eyes staring into yours and Applejack breathing heavily, as if she had just chased down and caught her prey. In this case, you were the prey and she was the predator, but for some reason you were okay with this. "Ah dunno about you Leroy, but Ah've been waitin' to get to rut you again since the last time we did it," she says circling a hoof on your chest and grinding on your lower torso.

"So I'm guessing you liked it then?"

"Here's a hint," she leans in to give you a deep kiss, already shooting her tongue into your mouth. She moans into the kiss and you let out a moan as well, both of you melting into the kiss. Pulling her closer by wrapping your arms around her back, you roll her over onto her back. You feel her hooves hook around your upper torso and her hind legs around your waist. Passion overtakes the two of you as you roll back and forth on the pile of hay, both of you fighting for dominance. A battle which Applejack wins by rolling you onto your back and pushing you down with her hoof. To even the playing field, you slowly run your hand down from her neck, to her shoulder, chest, belly, and then-

"Oh~," she lets out a sudden moan from the contact you made with her already moist nether regions.

"Like how that feels?" you whisper, peppering chest with kisses.

"Yes, please do it some more," she begs, so you comply and flip her over once again, lowering yourself so that your face was level with her marehood. You give one long lick from the top to the bottom of her outer lips, eliciting a moan of pleasure from the apple farmer, all the while you keep intimate eye contact with her. You could not get enough of how good she tasted. Taking ahold of her left hind leg, you slowly kiss and nibble your way down, trying your best to give a pleasurable time. That time was interrupted however, just as you were about to get to work on her, you hear the barn door open, and a familiar voice calls out.

"Applejack? Leroy? Where are you guys?" Rainbow Dash calls out. "Pinkie said the party is set up! We need to get going,"

"Damn, to be continued?" you whisper to Applejack.

"Sure, maybe after the party Ah can show ya some other things Ah know," she says in a sultry tone, tapping your nose with her hoof. After you get off of her and shake off all the hay you reveal yourselves to the impatient pegasus.

"There you guys are- wait, what were you doing?" she asks, raising an eyebrow.

"Uh, we were just uh-'" you sputter

"We were havin' a nice little quiet time, until you came in and interrupted us," she said matter-of-factly. Wow, she really is the Element of Honesty eh?

"Oh, you were, were you?" she struts over to where you are and begins to circle you. "Yeah I heard about you and AJ. How good you are in the sack and all that. I don't know about you AJ, but I'd like to see how humans like to rut. Whaddaya say Leroy? Wanna include me in on the fun?" she asks, flicking her tail under your chin. A mad blush creeps onto your face.

"Well, I mean I don't know- I mean uh- I'd hate to uh-,"

"Maybe some other time Rainbow, right now we gotta get to Sugarcube Corner for the party. Let's get going,"

"Yeah yeah, let's get going then," Rainbow agrees. Meanwhile you stand there, still trying to mix together a string of words that actually make sense after what Rainbow had just offered.

"Leroy!" they call out.

"Eh?"

"You comin'?"

"Yeah, I'm going," you jog to catch up with them and walk out of the barn and then go back out onto the trail to make the trip to town, preparing yourself for what could be, one hell of a night...