The Power of a Little Kindness

According to Twilight, I had slept for 3 hours. That meant it was 11 O'Clock, and we had an hour before the others got here. The others, at least, aside from Fluttershy. I was aware that I would need to do my job and help her feel better, though. After stretching my legs and wings, I went downstairs. Twilight was reading and studying, like usual. Spike was nowhere in sight.

"Hey," I said, feeling much more awake than before, "The others get here at twelve, right?"

"Morning, sleepyhead," she said, chuckling. I hadn't noticed that my hai- mane was very unkempt. I had hair sticking up in several places "Spike stepped out to get Princess Celestia. She's been wanting to meet you."

"Has she? I assume then," I said "That you've  told her of your plans?"

"Yep, she knows that you're here because we all know you're the most likely to make Fluttershy feel better."

"Okay. Any idea when she'll get here?" I asked, "I'd like to look less dissheveled."

"She should be here in about an hour." she said, "Spike decided to take the train over. She should be here when the others get here."

"Alright. Do you have a mirror? I'd like to fix my h-... Mane."

"Allow me," she said, her horn emnating a violet glow. I saw the same color glow around my head. My mane got lowered down to its normal state. "There. Now you don't look so bad. If my friend Rarity caught you like that she'd have thrown a riot."

"And why would she do that?" I asked, confused

"Rarity is a bit of... A fashionista, for lack of a better word. In the meantime, I have some studying to do. I'm working on a spell to make it easier for somepony to manipulate the clouds."

"Wait wait wait..." I stopped her, "Did you say... Manipulate the clouds?"

"Oh right," she says "Pegasi can control the clouds and weather. I'll have to have my friend Rainbow Dash teach you sometime."

"Ah. Sounds... Fun."

"Oh, Celestia, I'm sorry." She suddenly says, "Do you want something to eat? The kitchen is right over there. Help yourself."

"Oh, no, but thank you." I said. And almost immediately after I said it, my stomach growled louder than the pop I heard back in my own kitchen.

Silence for a few seconds.

"... Oh shut up..."

"Kitchen's on your right," she said, laughing slightly

"Thanks."

~---ONE HOUR LATER---~

About an hour later, I was in my room, listening to my ipod. It was a pain in the ass to get to work, with the password and all that, but I finally did. 'Sitting in a corner all alone, staring from the bottom of his soul...' Now I understand why my Cutie Mark is what it is.

"Twilight, Chris, I'm back!" I heard Spike call from downstairs.

"Oh, good. C'mon Chris, let's go down. It's not polite to keep Princess Celestia waiting," Twilight said, just outside the door.

"Okay, coming," I said, muting the ipod. I had no idea that music would be so annoying to get sometimes.

As we  got downstairs, I could almost feel the sun radiating off of Celestia. When I saw her the first time, I instinctively bowed, half of my own will, half subconciously. Twilight did the same.

"Hello, my faithful student," Celestia said, in an almost motherly voice, "You must be Chris," she said, now looking at me, "Welcome to Equestria. I am Princess Celestia, Goddess of the Sun."

"It's an honor to meet you, Princess."

"I should say the same. You're the first human to be in Equestria," she said "Twilight said while she was studying your world that she found your race intriguing and most inventive."

"Intriguing and inventive aren't the words I'd have chosen, personally." I said.

"Oh? And why might that be," The glorious alicorn said in confusion,

"Well," I started, "We have many issues. We have war, famine, disease, poverty, crime, and the threat of a nuclear attack on my country is somewhat high at this moment."

"New... Clear?" She asked, looking at her student, Twilight shook her head. "What is... New-Clear?"

"Nuclear technology is a very destructive force created about seventy years ago on my world. With its use, we can destroy whole cities in a matter of minutes. And the city-wide destruction is weak by today's standards. Now, if we were to use it, we could theoretically wipe out the population of my world."

"Oh my..." Both student and teacher said in unison. Celestia replied, "That sounds... quite awful."

"You've got no idea..."

After a short while of explaining the basics of our worlds to eachother, Celestia told me that to blend in better, she'd use her pseudonym 'Sunny Skies', because only the other six that I knew were aware of that. As she stepped upstairs to store her crown and accoutrements, the others arrived.

"Oh hello girls, we've been expecting you," Twilight said, going to the door to meet her compatriots. "Come on in."

One of them, a cyan mare with a rainbow mane, looked me over and whispered somehting to Twilight. I could barely hear her, but I could make out something.

"Who's this?" she asked Twilight, looking at me with her violet eyes. Twilight whispered something back but I couldn't hear it.

The pink one, whose darker pink hair was very unkempt, with three baloons on her flank let out a sudden gasp, which was loud and very long at the sight of me. I was a bit startled, as I was focused on Twilight's conversation out of the corner of my eye.

"Don't worry about Pinkie," Twilight told me, revealing her name, "She always does this with new ponies."

"Yep! And I have to throw a HUUUUGE party for two reasons now!" She screamed, "One for a new pony, and one for Fluttershy when she gets better!"

"Um... Excuse me?" I asked, still a bit confused, "I'm getting... a party..."

"Yep! And it'll be superly duperly amazingly awesome!" Pinkie yelled, jumping 3 feet into the air.

"Easy there, sugarcube," Another one said, she was an orange mare with a sandy blonde mane. Her flank had the image of three apples. "We don't want t' scare 'im off now do we? Anyway, nice t' meetcha, Ah'm Applejack. Ah work at Sweet Apple Acres, the only Apple farm in Ponyville." She said, extending a hoof to shake.

"It's a pleasure, Applejack." I was tentative on hoofshaking with her. I'd never done it before.

"Somethin' the matter?"

"Yeah," I said "I've never actually hoofshaked before..."

"Oh yeah, Twi said somethin' about that..."

"So I assume twilight told you I'm a human then?"

"Yep. Do you shake hands differently?"

"Well, on my earth we have appendages called fingers that we lock together for a handshake. And well, I just don't get how it'll happen as a pony."

"Oh well in that case... Hold on to your britches..."

"What?" I whispered to Twilight

"Song." she said back

"Again, what?"

"When ya see somepony and ya wanna meet em

Ya gotta go up an properly greet em

That's when you need... A hoofshake

Hoof shake hoof shake it's the way to go

Hoof shake hoof shake don't be slow

Ya put 'em up close and wrap 'em together

Ya pull 'em in tight just like a tether

Hoof shake hoof shake it's the way to go

Hoof shake hoof shake don't... Be... Slow..."

A/N: This. Sucks. Balls. I know. I hated writing it. I just felt AJ needed a song for once. inb4 rage in the comments. Back to the story!

"Well that jus' about explains it." Applejack said, sticking her hoof out for a hoofshake. Now getting it, (Kind of) I reached out and accepted.

"Well that was... Interesting..." I said, confused. "On that note, you must be Pinkie Pie?"

"Yep! I live and work at Sugarcube Corner!" She suddenly gasped longer than possible, given the probable lung capacity of a pony, while hovering two feet in the air. "OhmygoshIforgot!"

"Uh... Are you okay? What did you forget?" I ask, more confused than ever. As I said that, she bolted out the door.

"What... Just..."

"Oh, she does that to everypony when they first come to Ponyville. I'd bet that she's likely gathering party supplies right now for the welcome party she's going to throw you. I'm Rarity. I work at Carousel Boutique. It's a pleasure to meet you. I must say, your mane is absolutely dashing."

Rarity was a white unicorn with a purple mane. Her Cutie Mark was three diamonds.

"Thank you very much. Nice to meet you too. I'm Chris."

"I'm Rainbow Dash." the pegasus who was talking to Twilight earlier said, "Fastest flier in all of Equestria. I'd love to see how you fly." As was mentioned earlier, she was a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane, violet eyes, and the mark of a cloud shooting out a tri-colored lightning bolt.

"Oh God. I can't even fly past what, 20 mph? And from what I understand based on what Twilight's told me, you can break the sonic barrier."

"Yeah, it's sweet. I call it the Sonic Rainboom. I'll have to show you sometime," she said, he face puffing up with pride

"Alright, as soon as Fluttershy's feeling up and around, I'd love to see it."

"Great!" she said, suddenly getting a lot happier.

As we were exchanging simple greetings, we heard Cel- Sunny Skies coming down stairs. She wore no regalia, and she was a plain pegasus like myself with a purple-pink mane. She had the image of a clouded sun on her flank. I could tell that she would not want me to bow, so I resisted the urge to do it. I noted the others doing that as well.

"Hello Sunny," Rainbow said

"Hello everypony. I assume that you've all met our friend Chris here. He's the one Twilight and I have chosen to help Fluttershy in her time of need."

"Yes we have, Pr- Sunny." Rarity spoke up first, "And I must say he seems friendly enough to get through Fluttershy's quiet little shell."

"Yes well," I said, "I'll still need to be shown around town, and I guess have one of Pinkie's parties she's throwing for me."

"That pony does love t' party..." Applejack said, shaking her head

"Well, everypony, we've got some time to spare, right? We can show him around Ponyville today!"

"Actually Twi', Ah've got to hold down the farm. Big Mac's sick, and Applebloom can't do it on her own." Applejack said

"And I've got a very important client coming in tomorrow, so I simply must work on their design!" Rarity said

"Well I guess that leaves just me and Rainbow Dash, so what do you say, care to see the town with Dash, Sunny, and I?" Twilight asked me, looking at Rainbow Dash

"Sounds like a great idea," I said "When can we go?"

"Right now, if you want. There's a lot to show you. And afterwards we still have to get to Sugarcube Corner by 8 O'Clock, for Pinkie's welcoming party."

"Well then. Let's go!"

A/N: That song was a BITCH to come up with. I hate rhymes, and I'm no good at lyrical writing. You can go right ahead and hate it all you want. I hate it personally. I just thought AJ needed a song for once.

Also, I'm changing the title in about a week or so, to give you a heads up. For the record, I had many ideas on how the introduction scene could go. I had chosen Full Moon (No relation to the Twilight series) by Sonata Arctica because that is one of my favorite songs of all time. The band is among my favorites, as seen by the cutie mark.