Stepping In

As I Rub the sleep out of my eyes I roll over and feel the body of my guitar next to me. I decide nothing like a good jam session to help me relax and finally fall asleep. I realize that the body next to me is not my guitar.

"whaaa... what the fuck?" i say aloud as I hear the body stir and eventually a small yawn emits and says "What do you need Opal mommy is trying to sleep." I answered without thinking "Who in the hell is opal?" After I finish my question I immediately kicked myself mentally. 'i should have just tried to sneak out of here... How did I get here anyway?' "AHHHHHHHHHH HELP SOMEPONY HELP ME INTRUDER ALMPPPHHHH" I put my hoof over her mouth and say "Shhhhh i'm sorry I don't know how I got here" I whispered and... "what the fuck I have hooves?"

This body then bit my hand and jumped up and i could see in the shinning moonlight who the "body" was. It was... It was a pony? "What the fuck?" I said a little to loud and fell out the bed who I could only assume that was hers. Just then 5 other ponies burst through the door all ready to fight off whatever the first pony was screaming about.

"Please please don't hurt me!" I said as raised my front hooves. 'again why do I have hooves?' I take a moment to look at myself and see that I am a pony? 'HOW IN THE FUCK DID I BECOME A PONY AND WHY CAN WE TALK?' I quickly look over the place while i was cowering and saw that my guitar was on the floor luckily in tact.

"What the buck are you doing in rarity's room you perv?" said a cyan pony as I looked up i saw that one of the ponies who was mad about a boy being in the girls room so late at night. "what kind of pony does something like that anyway?" said an orange pony who wore a cowboy hat?

"please hear me out im not fro-" "thats enough from you, how dare you go into rarity's room!" said a little purple and green dragon who appeared from a purple pony who had... a... horn? she was a unicorn? "spike let him at least explain himself before we point hooves around. Sorry about spike what do you have to say for yourself?"

"well..." I started as I looked at the ground and scratching my neck with my right hoof. "I have no idea where I am or why im a pony... or why you ponies can talk." Immediately saw the orange ponies eyes stare at me square in the eyes. "He ain't lyin girls... he doesn't know what he is doin here, But maybe he just aint right in the head..." I let my mouth hang open "I... uh... I... am not crazy! I'm not!" i said starting to cry. watery eyed and before anypony could say anything I galloped to my guitar picking it up with my mouth and jumping out a window. Luckily for me I was only 1 floor up as i crashed through the window i heard many Gasps and Somepony say very loudly "WAIT I HAVNT GIVEN YOU A YOUR A PERVERT AND WELCOME TO PONYVILLE PARTY YET!" I ran quicker hoping nopony would wake up and chase after me. I looked back and saw that i was in a tree house... literally a tree house. The house was in a tree. I didn't care at the moment and just kept running before I could get farther than 20 meters from the tree house i was tackled by that cyan pony. "Ugh.. let me... goooo i want to go home!"

"well we might be able to help you perv, just sit tight a moment." she said cooly not at all bothered by the turn of events like she had done this before. soon the other ponies came running up and looked at the cyan pony with quizzical looks. "Rainbow Dash you don't have to be a brute!" said the white pony whom seemed calmed down about the whole situation. It was then when I saw her in better light and not bowing that i saw her purple mane and a... tattoo? on her butt? I started laughing out loud it startling the ponies, furthering their thought of me being insane. "What...ahhahhahaha... hahahahah... On your... ON YOUR BUTT?!" I said while laughing the white pony blushed heavily and looked away frustrated that I had asked such a childish question. "What you havnt heard of a cutie mark?... now that i look at you, you don't have one either... Just who... Who are you?"

My laughing eventually died down as tried to calm myself wanting to answer her question. Once I stopped laughing the cyan pony named Rainbow Dash finally got off me I looked at them and said " My name is Ace... Ace Craftson. Will you guys be able to help me get home?" I bowed my head and knelt my front two hooves down and saw an unusual look on rarity's face. I brushed the feeling and looked at the other 5 ponies and saw that they were all looking at me with the same face.

"what?" I asked. "Am I speaking a different language?" the pause had been too long. "come on? hello?" i said. Everypony who was around me started crying silently. "did i say something to offend you guys?" I said the one to finally speak up was the small yellow pony "You're not funny." she said quietly. "huh?" I said as her hoof smacked me in the face,  and flew away crying. Then the cyan pony flew after her quickly yelling "SHY! STOP SHY COME ON! HE COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO HE IS!" her voice fading in the distance. I noticed that they actually flew in the sky? they were pegasi.

"Is your name really Ace Craftson?" said the purple unicorn. "Yeah..." I said slowly. She looked at me with tears flowing down her cheeks. "He ain't lyin surgercube." said the orange pony again with the same look on her face but no tears.

"What why would i lie about my name?" i said looking confused. then a pink blur appeared in front of me and said very quickly "Hi I'm pinkie pie and I just wanted to say that your super duper cute and that even though you don't have a cutie mark, that's odd i don't know why you wouldn't you don't look much older than any of us but i could be wrong maybe you had a HUGE growth spurt or something and you might grow to be even bigger than big mac! that would be cool because we could then throw you a party for being the biggest pony in ponyville and i just LOVE parties and..." she was cut off by the purple unicorn who said softly to me "pinkie thats enough... Ace im sorry about her but you have the same name as a pegasus that was going to marry fluttershy and he died yesterday and we were having a sleep over to help her cope and now she has probably ran and hid herself in her cottage." she said and i just sat there in shock. "somebody had the same name as me and died yesterday?" i said in unbelief. "somepony and yes he even had the same color fur and mane as you but just opposite... now that i look at you, it looks like you could have been related..." said stated in a matter o fact way. I just looked down and felt horrible.

The yelllow one called fluttershy was hurt because she thought i was making fun of her dead fiance and... wait a minute... why should i care there are millions of people in this world and i shouldn't be bothered by a little death. and another thing i don't know any of these ponies and they shouldn't even be talking... and i am a pony so i guess im not on earth at least?"

"hey" i asked quietly.

"yeah" they seemed to answer in unity.

"where am I?" i asked.

"This land is known as Equestria... and I am guessing you're from the human world." stated the purple unicorn.

'well I'm not in Kansas anymore am i?' i thought to myself.

"how did you know I was a human?" I asked confused on how she knew what I once was. She answered hesitantly "Well I went to the human world about 2 years ago. It was a very odd experience that I enjoyed." I couldn't believe my ears this pony had been to earth and she could bring me back. Not that I would want to anyway I hated my life there.

"I don't know what to say." I said to myself and apparently they all heard me. "we can let you go back if you want though…" they seemed to look down and the orange pony said. "ah think we should at least tell fluttershy that he is the alternate version of her fiancé though."

"What?" I said. "Alternate version?" I asked. “Well when I went to the human world I saw human versions of all of my friends there. I couldn't seem to find myself though. Who knows what wouldve happened if I did.” She said and then starting to ramble on about how interesting the human world was when I noticed my guitar on the ground shattered to pieces. I started to cry while I picked up my now shattered guitar.

"what are you crying about ace?" pinkie pie said as she hoped over to me. "my guitar is broken beyond repair and that is the last thing I got from my father… before he… he left." I stuttered at the end wanting to punch something. "Awe don't be sad I don't like it when my friends are sad." She said as her mane deflated which I thought was odd. "Friend?! You think were friends!?" I started to raise my voice scaring her a little as she stepped back in fear. "Why on earth would you be my friend? I wake up next to ponies and they accuse me of being a pervert, chase me down and break my guitar?!" I screamed at the end. I got up and turned away from them but the purple unicorn walked up to me slowly.

"hey…" she said slowly. "I know what it's like going into a whole different universe and it changing you're shape, but it must be worse because you weren't expecting it."

She said in an understanding voice. "I want you to know we are all very sorry for the way we acted I knew that the portal to the human world was still open in that mirror and I asked Princess Celestia if I could borrow it to study it more."

"You mean to tell me its your fault that I'm here?" I said slowly. "well maybe…" she replied sorrowfully.

"well thank you…" I said to everyponies surprise.

"wha… can you repeat that?" said the white pony. I looked her and I notice she was also a unicorn. "I said thank you." I repeated and everypony just stared at me with shock. "You may have broken my guitar but I hated earth. Everyone called me crazy and bullied me… I was thinking about leaving the world behind yesterday but I couldn't do it because I was too scared." I finally let out after a few moments of silence. Apparently everypony just stared at me with awe stricken on their faces. "that explains the outburst when ah said you might not be right in the head." Said the orange pony

"Well what are your names? I should at least try and be friends with you guys… even if you are ponies." I said a little irritation in my voice. I didn't want to be friends with ponies… I wanted to be alone. With my guitar… now that my guitar was gone and I was a pony I might as well befriend them.

"well since I was the first one you met I should tell you my name first." Said the white unicorn. "my name is rarity." She said in an eloquent voice as she bowed. "well I am glad some ponies have manners. Even if you guys ended up breaking my guitar." I said kind of coldly. I knew that I was being harsh on her. How would I like to wake up to a strange creature in my bed. She blushed and looked down apparently feeling horrible about the way she and the rest of the ponies acted. "I'm sorry that was rude…" I said as she look back at me smiling weakly. "Its ok." She looked down and blushed again.

"Well my name is twilight sparkle." Said the purple unicorn. I looked at her and nodded. "and mah name is applejack." Said the orange pony. "and I'm pinkie pie…" said the pink pony who I had forgotten about. "hey im sorry for shouting… I can be a real jerk sometimes so don't take it too personally." I said quietly as she looked at me tears flowing down her cheeks. "its…" sniff "ok I forgive you." She said as she got up and hugged me.

"um pinkie?" I asked. "Yes ace?" she replied in a much happier voice. "please don't hug me." I said sternly. "what you don't like hugs?!" she almost yelled. "no I don't." I replied. She fell on her butt and just stared at me. "Why not?" she said with a quizzical look on her face. "I don't like being touched…" I said looking away.

"anyway ace I am going to go tell fluttershy and dash why you're here." Applejack said turning around and walking away quickly. She was mad I could tell. I can always tell what people are feeling even if I cant see their eyes or face. I have always had a special talent of seeing people slightest body language. I could immediately pick up on habits and emotions of people. But I was surprised it worked on ponies as well.

"what am I going to do now?" I asked no one in particular. "well you can stay at my house on the couch since this is my fault…" twilight said reluctantly. She knew that I wasn't the kindest pony and I could be a real asshole already. "thanks but I would rather sleep on a park bench…" She looked surprised and hurt. "why…. Why are you so MEAN!" she said and ran away in tears. Pinkie pie looked at me with an angry glare and ran after twilight saying "come on twi he cant sleep on a bench!" Great job ace… you are a fucking champ. I looked down and rarity walked over to me and said "I broke your guitar so please come sleep at my house." She said with puppy dog eyes.

"its not your fault I'm just an asshole…. Can you tell her I'm sorry?" I said. "oh and I will take you up on your offer I don't really want to be around that purple bitch anyway." I said coldly. "please don't use that language in front of me… especially when talking about my friends." she said sternly "I'm… I'm sorry it's a force of habit… I don't know why I act like this… I don't want to but its like I can't stop myself…" I stared at the ground feeling guilty. She used a hoof to raise my face "its ok dear…" she said quietly nothing but compassion in her eyes. I hated it… It felt like she was looking down on me even though I knew she wasn't my two senses fought over which I thought was right. "I know you can be the better pony." She said looking into my eyes. Why was she being so nice? And so generous? Her voice made her sound like a snooty bitch but she was so nice.

"why are you so nice to me?" I said quietly. She blushed and looked away. " I am the element of generosity my dear." 'Element of generosity? What the hell is that?' I thought to myself. "she laughed and said "oh right you have no idea about us huh." She replied. There it was again I felt like she was looking down on me. Taking pity. I don't need pity. "I… I am really tired." I said letting go of the insult I was about to throw at her. I just wanted to sleep. The events of the night taking its toll.

"well lets go" she said perking up and a smile on her face. I picked up my guitar and walked with her further into town. Why was she smiling? Was she proud of herself in helping someone? But then again why is there a reason to be mad at her for enjoying helping people. My reasons for being mad diminishing. She may have broken my guitar but she didn't mean too. And twilight didn't mean to bring me here to Equestria. In fact I should be apologizing for being so rude. But I didn't want to. I wanted to block them all out. And be alone. Before I knew it I was standing in front of a shop.

"why are we at a store?" I asked confused. "well this is my house silly!" she said smiling. Again why is she so happy about me being here? "okay…" I said slowly. I don't care where she lives as long as its warm, and there is a bed.

She opened the door and I almost stumbled back. It was amazing so many clothes and mannequins of ponies all dressed in amazing looking dresses and tuxedos. "wow." Was all I could say. "I am glad you like the place." She smiled and it was then I realized she was staring at me. "please don't stare at me…" I said "I don't really like people look at me either." I looked away blushing. "why dear? You are quiet handsome" I realized then that she must have a crush on me. "do you?... do you like me?" I said quietly. She blushed and looked away. "I… I do not know what you are talking about." She lied I could tell. "don't lie to me you just wanted to bring me here to take advantage of me didn't you." I said and turned away from the shop. "I know your type all to well… you say you can help. You bring me to your place give me a place to stay…" I started crying. "I cant stay here I'll sleep on that bench." I walked away. Rarity was flabbergasted.

"No! No! you have it all wrong I would never take advantage of anypony!" she said as she chased after me. "But I'm NOT A PONY!" I turned to her and basically screamed. She took a step back fear evident in her eyes. " You don't know me! You don't know anything about me!" I said my voice lowering to a speaking level. "So why don't you let me find out more about you!" she said in defense.

"I… i… i…" I couldn't think of a reason why I couldn't tell her about me. "I hate being pitied and I hate people looking down on me." I said finally. "and If I told you. You would pity me. Everyone does. Nobody cares. They just pity me." I said crying and flopping down on my butt. "but I'm not a person." She said quietly to me and she walked closer and hugged me. I could tell by the way she touched me she honestly cared about me. Maybe not on a friend level but she wouldn't pity me. And she had a valid point after taking my own words right out of my mouth.

"I'm sorry." I said quietly sobbing into her neck. "its ok dear its ok." She said and helped me up. "now lets go inside its cold out and we need some rest." She walked me into the shop and we walked upstairs to her bedroom. "you can sleep in my bed and ill go sleep in my sisters room." She said to me in a loving voice. "she is sleeping over at with the CMC tonight anyway." I didn't care who the CMC were I just was exhausted from the crazy night. "are you sure?" I said half heartedly hoping she would let me just go to sleep. "of course dear!" she said in a happier mood. "and tomorrow we are going to talk about you." She said sternly again. "okay." Was all I could say. I put my broken guitar on the floor near the bed and flopped down on the bed. "goodnight ace!" she said in an usually happy voice.