Life of the Average Human in Equestria

I whistle a song as I walk through a street.

I know this is a dream, remembering that I fell asleep.

I control what happens in my dream, where I go, what I want to see, what I want to hear. I control all of it.

In here, the air is cool, it's black out, and I walk along a never ending street. It's so calm, so peaceful.

What happens next is the opposite though.

A mugger. A man in a black hood and sharp knife.

He appears out of nowhere, just like that, a man that appears in thin air. Just because I wanted it.

The mugger rushes at me, holding the knife up.

I look at him and smile. The best thing is that in here, I'm a God.

When he brings the knife down to my shoulder, I disappear and reappear behind him.

I grab his shoulder and kick his calf.

As I do so, I stop time.

I slowly walk over to his hand with the knife and take it out, giving myself the weapon.

I smile and start time and watch him collapse to the ground.

I smile and kneel down next to him. Now I know that he knows that I have the upper hand.

His face goes pale as he realizes what happens next.

I smile corruptly as the knife punctures his throat. He grabs onto my arm and tries to pull it away, but it is futile at this point.

As I watch the life leave his eyes, I notice something.

There's a small glimmer in the reflection of his eye.

I put a confused look and turn around.

That's when I see a terrifying looking pony, about the height of me.

It looks like she's dressed in dark grey armor. Her mane matches that of the stars in the sky. Her coat is a pitch black.

I cock my head to the side.

I don't remember bringing her into my dream.

"Who are you?" I ask impatiently.

"I am Princess Luna, and for the safety of my people and all of Equestria, I will eliminate you." She says getting into some sort of stance.

My eyes widen when I realize that she is one of the princesses.

"Wait!" I yell quickly.

She looks at me, frowning as she does so.

"What?" She asks impatiently.

"Why do you want to kill me? I mean, I don't mean no harm or anything like that to the ponies of this world." I say fearfully.

"Because, we've had your kind here plenty of times already. What happens if we let you live is that you run around, commit murders on our subjects, and cause chaos. So what we have to do, is put a memory erase spell on all those who witness it. Also, your kind has a history of lying to us, which is why we are not able to trust you." She says sternly.

"Wait, I'm not like those people. I am a trustworthy person, Your Highness." I say, doing my best to be civil. I even put a bow after it.

"Well, I can't take your word. So prepare for your elimination!" She yells, charging at me with her horn glowing.

My eyes widen and as she's about to hit me, I wake up.

I sit up in my bed, breathing heavily. I clutch my chest to make sure that I wasn't stabbed or anything.

I sigh with relief, but quickly go back to passing out as I see a little dark red pony sitting on my bed.

I slowly awake, feeling uncomfortable.

I slowly sit up, yawning.

I still am laying in my bed, but this time, there is no little dark red pony.

I sigh with relief, happy that I was just dreaming.

I hop off my bed and stretch.

"You're weird mister." A child's voice said behind me.

I jumped with a yipe.

I turn around, looking to see what spoke to me.

Only to find the same dark red pony that sat on my bed when I woke up the last time.

"Who are you exactly?" I ask, studying him closely.

It's a dark red coated pony with green eyes and wings, a black mane and tail too. He's about as tall as my foot to my kneecap.

"My name is Moonlit Justice. But you can call me Moonlit." He says, giving me a comforting smile.

"What's your name mister?" He asks smiling.

"Um... My name is Jack." I answer softly.

Moonlit sits on the ground and yawns. He studies me closely, catching every detail.

"So, where did you come from exactly?" I ask.

"I live here mister, and this is now our room. My mom and dad live here too, but I think you met'em already." He says giving me a grin.

This kid smiles a bit too much, makes me uncomfortable, I thought.

"So your dad is Black Night I'm guessing?" I ask, giving Moonlit a curious look.

"Yep, he sure is, and I'm proud to be his son." He says proudly.

"And I'm guessing that your mom is Ruby?" I ask.

"Yes she is. She's really nice." He says, looking at me with a grin.

"OK, well then," I start, giving him a questionable look, "Let's head down to the kitchen and make some breakfast." I say, signaling for the colt to follow.

He nods and trots behind me.

We leave the room and head down the nearby staircase.

We soon enter the kitchen, and see Black Night and Ruby.

They both look at us, Black Night keeping a straight face while Ruby smiles.

"Hey sweetheart, what's up?" Ruby asks Moonlit, giving him a smile.

"Nothing much mom, just meeting the guest." Moonlit says looking up at me with a smile.

"OK Moonlit, come sit down, breakfast is nearly ready." Black Night says, smiling at his son.

"Sweet! What are we having?" Moonlit asks anxiously, trotting over to Black Night.

"Waffles. You know, the ones with chocolate chips in them." He says happily.

I the smile on Moonlit's face grew larger, and his eyes grew bigger.

"Really? That is so awesome!" He yells, his voice cracking as he does so.

Black Night chuckles at the voice crack, but Moonlit just smiles sheepishly.

"Don't worry Moonlit, your voice will stop cracking as soon as you turn thirteen. Which, I forgot to remind you, is tomorrow." Black Night says, giving his son a knowing look.

"Really? My birthday's tomorrow? Sweet!" He says jumping around happily.

"Hey mister! Want to come to my birthday party?" He asks, looking up at me with puppy dog eyes.

"Son, come here. I need to tell you something." Black Night says, signaling Moonlit to come to him.

Black Night whispers into his ear and the smile on Moonlit's face turns into a sad face.

Once they're done, Moonlit's head hangs low as he walks over to me.

"Is it true mister? Is it true that the guards are looking for you?" He asks sadly, looking up at me.

I look at Black Night who gives me a nod.

I look back at Moonlit and nod.

He looks at the floor and sighs sadly.

He walks over to the table and sits in a chair, his head laying on the table.

I feel guilty now. I didn't want to make him sad or anything, but if I did go I would get spotted by one of the Princesses or maybe Twilight's friends and be takin' away.

I walk over to the table, and pull up a chair next to Moonlit.

He looks at me, tears welling up in his eyes.

I look at Black Night, and give him a frown. He just looks at me back, and shakes his head.

"He can come, but if he gets captured by guards or anything like that, I'm blaming it on you son." Black Night says angrily.

Moonlit smiles and jumps up and down with joy.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Moonlit chants over and over again.

I smile at Black Night who has now folded his fore hooves and is looking away, muttering words.

Ruby comes over, whispering in his ear and kisses him on the cheek.

He sees me staring at him, and he groans.

I just smile and look back at Moonlit.

Moonlit is sitting and is grinning largely.

I bend down and whisper into his ear, "I think I'll get spotted by guards or something but make sure it's the best party ever."

He nods happily.

"Waffles are done!" Ruby says, placing a plate of waffles in the center of the table.

"Would you like a waffle sweetie?" Ruby asks Moonlit.

"Yes, please." Moonlit says, nodding as he does so.

"OK then, what about you Jack? Think you can dish yourself up?" She asks jokingly.

I don't know how she figured out my name, Black Night probably told her or I just forgot that I told her. Either way, doesn't matter.

"I can dish myself up, thank you very much." I say with a grin on my face.

"OK. What about you Black? Hungry?" She asks with a polite smile.

"Yeah, starving really." He says with a joking grin.

"OK, seems like everyone's starving now." She says, chuckling to herself.

We all dig in, and within seconds, we're all finished up. Not a crumb or waffle was left.

We all burp loudly and laugh.

"You guys are awesome!" I say with a smile.

"Thank you Jack, we think you are too." Ruby answers back.

I get up and stretch, feeling and hearing my joints pop.

"Well, I am going to go explore Ponyville, see ya'll later." I say, heading towards the door.

"Wait!" Black Night yells. "I need you to remember, there are ponies out there that will turn you in for bits. So be careful, please." He says, giving me a worried look.

I nod, gripping my cloak and covering my head.

Really, I don't know whether or not the ponies looking for me are stupid, because I'm a giant creature, taller than any creature so far, that is in a city roaming around.

Anyways, I twist the door nob and head out.

I leave the property and head out to wherever I want to go.

I decide to look for signs, hoping they point me towards interesting places.

I found one. Unfortunately, it is written in the world's language, not English.

I sigh, and head down a dirt path.

This dirt path has apple trees on it, but they're fenced off. Which means somepony owns it.

I shrug and continue down the road.

I then see a farm, with a big sign out front that reads "Sweet Apple Acres".

I give it a confused look. That sign seems awful familiar.

I think hard on where I've heard it before, but I can't lay my finger on it.

I shrug and head towards the opened entrance.

I walk in and head towards an apple tree.

I pluck an apple off of it and bite into it.

My eyes widen and I study the apple, looking around it.

This apple is more delicious than apples back on Earth, I mean seriously! They taste like someone shoved a bunch of sugar into a single apple and called it good.

I don't know if this was theft or anything, but if it is, it's worth it.

"What in tarnation do yah think you're doin'?" I a voice from behind me asked.

I turned and saw a tan pony with blonde hair, and three apples on her flank. No wings, no nothing. This was a Earth Pony, and her name was Applejack. How I know? The description Black Night gave me. She fits it well.

"Um... Eating a apple?" I say sheepishly, holding the apple in my hand.

"Well, those are my apples, for one, these are my trees, and this is my land. But who are you?" She asks, pointing her hoof at me suspiciously.

"I'm... Um... I-I'm Jack." I say worriedly, looking at the ground so she won't get a clear view of my face.

"Well, Jack, I don' know who you are or what you are, but you need to take that hood off so I can get a good look at ya'." Applejack says, looking at me angrily.

I shake my head.

"Why not?" Applejack asks, obviously getting impatient.

"Reasons." I say.

"Well, if you don't take that darn hood off, I'll force ya' to." Applejack says, getting closer.

"Fine, but please don't do arrest me, I got to attend a kids birthday tomorrow." I say guiltily.

"Now why would I do tha-" She stops halfway when she sees who I am.

"Do I look familiar? Because you're doing an awful lot of staring." I say jokingly.

"Don't you move an inch or else I'll tie ya' up myself." She says aggressively.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Let's not become enemies just yet!" I say defensively, keeping a close eye on her.

"Why should I not arrest an escapist from a prison in Canterlot?" She asks, looking at me angrily.

"Because," I say, looking her in the eyes, "I got a birthday to attend tomorrow, for a colt." I say slowly, not wanting to get her mad.

She gets close to me, maybe about five feet. Then kicks me.

I fly backwards and hit a tree, grunting in pain as I do so.

"You? Attendin' a birthday for a colt? Why should ah believe you?" She asks, studying me closely.

"Because I made a promise that I would go to his birthday, even if I had the risk to get captured by guards. By the way, I'm not as bad as I sound. I didn't really do anything bad, it's just that the princesses have had situations with my kind before, and they think I'll try to overthrow them, but I wouldn't do that." I say, looking at her truthfully.

She glares at me, squinting. Her eyes looking into my very soul.

"I promise on my life that I wouldn't do a thing to the little colt." I say, rearing my head back.

It's quiet for a minute, I hear birds chirping, and cows mooing.

She finally speaks up, "Fine, but ah got my eye on you." She says, taking a few steps closer. "And if you hurt that little colt," she says, getting in my face, "I will kick ya all the way back ta Canterlot."

I nod, slowly getting up.

She sighs, and walks back to her farm.

I didn't know Applejack cared so much for colts.

Anyways, this is going to be one hell of a story to tell the ponies back home.

I open the door and walk in.

It's night time and I believe everyone is asleep.

I took my time around Ponyville today, and now I know more about this nice town.

I hang my cloak on the coat rack. Don't know why ponies use them though.

As I walk up the stairs, Black Night meets me at the top.

"Listen," he says, looking at me worriedly, "I want you to know that we, in this family, take care of our own. Which means that you better be ready if shit goes down at the party. If guards or anything like that show up, please be silent." He says, looking up at me worriedly.

"Trust me," I said, looking down at him with a smile, "I convinced Applejack to leave me alone during the party." I say softly.

Black Nights eyes widen as he hears the word "convinced".

"Really? You convinced Applejack to leave you alone? I can't even do that." He says, giving me a small grin.

"Yeah, she cares about fillies and colts you know." I say, giving him a grin back.

"Well, get to bed, you have a big day tomorrow." Black Night says as he walks down the stairs.

I nod and head towards my bedroom.

I open the door slowly, making sure not to wake the sleeping colt in the bed.

I walk over to my bed and get comfy.

I sigh, looking out the window at the moon.

I wish life wasn't so hard, if it wasn't, I'd be friends with multiple ponies by now.

I close my eyes, take a deep breath, and wait for the next day to come.