The Power of a Little Kindness

"Are you ready to go?" Twilight asks, her horn glowing a shade of lavender as she readies her magic to take us to Equestria,

"Yeah, I think I have everything I need," I reply "and even if I did forget something, 's not like it would matter. I don't think we'll be coming back for a while."

"Even still, I would double check. Just to be sure." She says

"Mkay."

'Money, airsoft gun, Swiss army knife, hoodie, coke...'

"Ah crap," I say, coming to a realiazation

"What?"

"What am I going to do for food? It's not likely you have a Path Mark around, right?" I say to her, not sure if I should pack anything

"Oh, don't worry about that," she assures, "we have places like Sugarcube Corner, where my friend Pinkie Pie works, and a few restaurants."

"Thank God for that," I say, relieved that I won't need to deal with the food issue, "But wait, won't everyone find a random human walking around in Ponyville a bit odd?"

"You don't have to worry about that, you'll be turned into a pony when you're in Equestria." She tells me

"I don't find that very... Assuring..." I say, a but of worry in my voice, "I mean, for starters, won't having my whole DNA rewritten hurt? And what will the mark on my flank be? I don't think an Xbox controller is going to be very possible. And I don't think that I'll just get one."

"Well," She says "What are you best at?"

"Oh man, I have no idea... I'm pretty good at airsoft."

"What's that?"

"It's a type of fake combat. We get these guns," I take out my pistol, "And we load them with little pellets. Then we run around and shoot at eachother."

She gets a look of confusion on her face, "Does it hurt when you get hit?" She asks

"Depends. If you wear good enough clothing and a mask, you're set to go, but if you're wearing a T-Shirt and some light shorts, it's gonna sting like hell."

"That doesn't sound like it'd be a good Cutie Mark." She tells me

"On the topic of that, we should get going," I tell her, packing the last of my stuff away "Fluttershy's not getting any better while we sit here and talk all day."

"Right, I almost forgot. Are you ready?"

"Yes ma'am. Let's go."

"Okay, hold on," she says, "It may be a bit bumpy."

A lesson for first time teleporters with Twilight: Do not under any circumstances close your eyes. The feeling of moving at the speed of light is bad enough, but with nothing to see it with, you will lose your balance and almost fall off. The fact that you're turning into a pony doesn't help.

As we landed, I noticed we were in the Library, or as it's more commonly known, Twilight's House. I looked at myself in a mirror, to see what my cutie mark was, and I was a bit surprised. I turned out to be a red Pegasus, with a dark brown, almost black mane, (I expected this, due to my hair color), and my cutie mark was a band logo. I'm not sure why, personally, but who knows?

I think to myself 'That wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was expecting severe pain in every cell of my body... Ah well, it's better to not think about this.'

"Well, here we are, Equestria," Twilight tells me, taking off her saddlebag and putting it away. "Pegasus, huh? With... What is that cutie mark?"

"It's a logo for a band in my world," I said, not sure why I have their logo as a Cutie Mark.

"Anyway," She said, "I'll have Spike make a room for you. Spike!" She calls, "C'mere! There's someone I want you to meet!"

"Yeah yeah, I'm coming, hold on." I hear from upstairs. After a few seconds, a baby dragon walks downstairs, and says "Hi, I'm Spike! I'm Twilight's assistant!"

"I'm Chris. It's nice to meet you," I say in reply

"Spike," Twilight says, "I need you to set up a room for Chris, he'll be staying for a little while."

"Okay, I'll have it done soon enough."

"Thanks, Spike." Twilight says, "Well, I guess we'd better introduce you to the others, then."

"Yeah, that seems like a good idea. And later we can talk to Fluttershy?"

"Yep," she says "Time is the same here, so it's still pretty early. Most ponies are still asleep, so make yourself at home."

"Okay, where should I put my stuff?" I ask,

"Just put it by my saddlebag." She replies

"Will do."

I put my stuff down, and Twilight says to me

"Since you're a pegasus, you should probably practice a little flying. You should fly around inside. I wouldn't know how to work wings, but I would assume you just use them like any part of your body."

"Okay, I'll try to be careful," I say

After a few minutes of me crashing, and getting up, I finally get the hang of it. I'm not perfect, but I can hover and fly around at some decent speeds. At least enough to sustain an average life in Ponyville. It also tired me out, so I asked Spke where my room was, and I told Twilight I was gonna take a quick nap. She said that whenever I'm ready, we can go and meet the others.

As I sat down on the bed, courtesy of Spike, I think to myself 'What could be making Fluttershy so depressed? And what will Twilight's friends think of me? Twilight herself seems nice enough, but I wonder about the rest of the ponies. Ah well, I'll think about that later...' as I drift off, I think of home, not sure if I want to leave...

END OF CHAPTER TWO