FGIE - Fat guy in Equestria

("OH FUCK WHAT IS SHE DOING?!")

Sidney dared not move a muscle as he looked at the strangely terrifying little equine with eyes almost as big as hers. He could see in his peripheral vision Fluttershy about to move, probably wanting to see what was going on as she was just to the side of the balcony and couldn't see through the door, but a low growl froze her in place.

"I said, WHAT DID YOU DO TO FLUTTERSHY?!"

Snapping his eyes back on to the purple pony Sidney threw out something to say.

"I didn't do anything to her!"

The glow coming off her horn went brighter.

"Then explain those feathers!"

Brain already having been in overdrive he quickly understood where this misunderstanding came from.

"It's from a pillow I punched!"

The next thing to happen would likely be captured in his mind for a very long time. Fluttershy having realized that it was just her concerned friend was at the edge of the door at the same time as Twilight launched a powerful beam of magic at Sidney, Twilight having been pushed over the limit of her tolerance. More adrenaline pumping through him than he thought possible Sidney could see so many little details as he went to shove Fluttershy out of the way. He saw the huge beam of purple stuff shooting from the angry unicorn, Spike standing a little ways behind her and shielding his eyes, Fluttershy's shocked face, and a few feathers that had gotten swept into the air.

Time seemed to flow normally again for him when the beam hit him square in the stomach. Instead of being disintegrated or being pushed over the railing by its force or even having a hole blasted straight through him, he was instead pushed back about half a foot, landing promptly on his rump with a plop and a grunt. His stomach wobbled a bit and had a nice big bruise, but other wise he wasn't harmed from what he could tell.

"Shit~..."

Holding on to his belly Sidney just sat there and waited for the pain to subside before he tried moving again. Fluttershy was on her backside stunned, legs hanging in the air. When she seemed to get a hold of herself and looked around she immediately noticed Sidney had been hit. Getting up as fast as she could she crossed the short distance he had been thrown and started to look him over  frantically.

"Oh dear, are you all right?" She asked in as loud and panicked a voice she could muster, looking very closely at the large nearly perfectly circular blackish purple mark that had formed on his belly.

"Yeah, I'll be fine. It'll probably sting for a while but I don't think it really did all that much dam-"

"FLUTTERSHY!"

The timid pegasus squeaked as she was brought into a tight hug from behind, Twilight nuzzling her cheek. Spinning Fluttershy around to face her Twilight started rapid firing questions at her.

"Are you alright? Did he hurt you? Why were you on the balcony? Where did all these feathers come from? How-MMPH!"

A claw quickly clamped over Twilight's muzzle, Spike looking at the dazed mare in Twilight's hooves with worry.

"I think YOU'RE gonna end up hurting her if you keep it up Twi."

After Spike let her mouth go Twilight noticed just how Fluttershy looked much like she did when Luna had hugged her that one Nightmare Night. When Twilight let go of her Fluttershy wobbled on her hooves a bit, making Twilight blush and look away, tapping her hooves together.

"I'm sorry Fluttershy, I was just so worried."

Shaking her head to clear it of the birds she swore were twirling around it Fluttershy put on a gentle smile.

"It's okay Twilight, I'm fine, but I think you need to apologize to someone else as well."

Fluttershy side stepped, allowing Twilight to see Sidney still sitting on the ground, now having crossed his legs, gawking at just how big of a bruise he had gotten. When Twilight saw it she cringed. She had only wanted to have him know she was serious, but now that she knew Fluttershy was apparently okay with him she felt terrible for hurting him like that.

"OHMYGOSH, I'm so sorry! I thought you had hurt Fluttershy and when I saw all the feathers and when you said you punched a pillow I thought that just seemed ridiculous and that made me even madder that you were lying to me, which of course you weren't, so I decided to hit you with magic in my anger. Not enough to do any permanent harm mind you but enough to hurt, AND I'M REALLY REALLY SO-"

For the second time Twilight was stopped mid-sentence, this time by Sidney raising his in the near universal stop motion. Closing his eyes and taking a few deep breaths before speaking he leveled a deadpan stare at the purple pony.

"Obviously I'm new here and there's still a lot of things I don't know, but I think I can still match colors correctly. Unless I'm missing something wouldn't those feathers be yellow if I had attacked her?"

Twilight's eyes went downcast and her blush deepened, obviously just as sorry as she was embarrassed. Sidney sighed, cursing at himself for jabbing at the pony for what was just a big mistake. Again the idea of not being branded poorly for whatever amount of time he'd have to be spending here was not appealing and just forced past his anger for peace's sake, much like for his sanity's sake he has been sticking to straight to the point questions instead of the many that has built up in him since being here.

"Anyway, now that it's decided that the worst crime I've committed was pillow murder of the highest degree I think some proper introductions are in order. My names Sidney, Sidney Wilson."

He held out a hand. Most of the red in her cheeks gone Twilight gave him a tiny smile and placed her hoof in his hand, letting him shake one good strong time.

"I'm Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship, but Twilight's just fine."

The Princess of Friendship thing was yet another question to be left unasked. Letting go of her hoof Sidney spied the lizard known as Spike hanging around near the balcony doors. Deciding that it would only be fair to greet him properly as well he held his hand out again towards the little guy. Spike still a little unsure about the human walked over and hesitantly took his hand.

"Spike the dragon...baby dragon."

He said the last part with a small bit of detest.

After they shook Sidney stood up, wincing a little, and looked back at Twilight.

"So from what I've heard you're the one that might have some answers for me?"

Twilight nodded enthusiastically, a huge grin gracing her face. Information sharing was always an enjoyable experience for the littlest princess, no matter the situation.

"There's still somethings I need to look into, but I should be able to answer most of your questions."

"Cool, then I guess we should take this inside."

They all agreed on that and walked back into the room, where they all found places to sit. Now that things had calmed down somewhat Sidney grabbed his shirt. High emotions made Sidney's uncomfortableness with his body a secondary problem, but now took the the chance to  immediately grab the burnt shirt from the side table and put it on, not caring of it's current condition as he sat on the bed with his legs over the edge. Fluttershy took a seat next to him as the only chair in the room had been taken by Twilight after she levitated it next to the bed. Spike despite having the option of sitting on the bed as well opted to stand up. With everyone settled Sidney looked to Twilight.

"So should we start the Q&A?"

"Sure, ask anything you want and I'll answer to the best of my ability."

Nodding, Sidney contemplated where he should start.

"I'll start with the most important question first."

He leaned forward to put his elbows on his  knees, his hands interlocking their fingers together, and his face trying to keep a look of neutral control but still betraying the hesitation he had.

"Is it possible for me to get back home?"

Sidney really didn't like how Twilight got really uncomfortable after he asked her, squirming in her seat and avoiding eye contact. He stayed quiet though and let her tell him whatever she had to tell him on her own time. After she did some kind of quick breathing exercise she had relaxed, if only a little, and met his gaze hesitantly.

"It's been about five hours since you came through the mirror that brought you here. I've been looking into what happened in that brief time in hopes of figuring out exactly what had caused such a great malfunction in an otherwise stable portal. I'm afraid that five hours is simply not enough time to do all the necessary research for such an endeavor. While I found some possibly promising information that may lead to a way to get you back home, it will take a good length of time and testing before I would feel confident sending you through any kind of portal, not to mention building a new  one to begin with. I decided to approximate just how long it would take to get a new portal up and working. From what I could summarize it will take around nine months to build and test a new portal, if what I found earlier is useful."

Twilight took a breath as the weight of telling the man the news felt heavier than ever.

"But if it turns out what I found was has no real use I'll have to basically start from scratch with building a portal, which would increase the time it would take to get you back home to around...twelve to seventeen months."

Finishing her explanation Twilight watched Sidney carefully, waiting for him to say something. Sidney continued in his silence, his clasped hands tightening and his eyes narrowed at the ground. Fluttershy looked ready hug him at any moment now and Spike  was twiddling his fingers awkwardly as he saw the tension rise. Not moving his eyes from the ground Sidney spoke.

"So you're saying that this...magic mirror is what brought me here, and that now that it's broken the least I can be expecting to stay here is nearly a year, while the most is over a year."

He never looked up as he spoke, his voice carrying a noticeable tremble and his hands looking as though they wanted to fuse together. Fluttershy took this as the time to actually hug him. She wrapped him around his waist from the side, not fully being able to reach all the way around him. He didn't respond to her comfort. Twilight let out a long sigh before she spoke again.

"Yes, as there is very little recorded data regarding multi-dimensional connection spells, those are the most minimal times possible."

The quiet that followed could have smothered. Fluttershy just hugged the now closed eyed Sidney tighter trying to her best to help him feel better. Twilight let him think, waiting again for him to respond. Spike took this chance to pour himself a glass of water, hoping to try and calm his own nerves.He never like dealing with these kind of high tension situations. After this long pause Sidney broke the silence.

"Can I please be left alone for awhile? I need to...think."

It came out as low and emotionless. Fluttershy looked to Twilight unsure. Twilight just gave a small nod, which Fluttershy returned after looking at Sidney with worry and let him go.

"That's fine. If you need to talk to us just step outside and start yelling for one of us until come find you. It's a big castle and we really don't have an easier way to communicate between different parts of the castle yet. Oh! And also we're going to be having dinner soon. You're more than welcome to come join us."

Still not looking at her Sidney gave her an "Okay." and went quiet again. The non-bipeds of the room gave each other hesitant glances before getting up and making their way out, all of them giving him one last look before they went out the door. Twilight's was worriedly curious, Fluttershy's just plain worried, and Spike's unsure. After they had left Sidney stood up and began to pace around in a mindless pattern in the room.

("A year of my life is going to be here...")

He made many circles, fists clenching and unclenching.

("In "Equestria"...")

He could feel the air filter though the hole in his cloths as he walked, heading out on to the balcony, leaning out onto the railing much like he had earlier and stared out into the sky,sun slowly lowering as the night began to set in.

("...I'm going to be in a world of dragons, unicorns, pegasi, pegacorns, and the what the fuck ever else for a damned year of my life.")

Crossing his arms on the railing and letting his head drop onto them he just watched the stars start to decorate the the sky. He could feel his heart thumping in his chest. He felt the need to just go fucking ape shit on something, his head throbbing, and a heat washing over him.  Standing up straight in a snap he slammed a fist on to the stone railing, ignoring the pain it sent through his arm all together as he did it again and again, small grunts escaping him. Despite his best primal efforts this only earned him a hurt hand with no damage to the stone. Giving up he just slouched to the ground let his legs dangle over the balcony through the railing.

He looked  really paying attention, letting whatever he saw go in and out as he tried to quill the storm inside himself. Thoughts of what his sister would do, what would become of the his possessions that hadn't been destroyed, of all things he would have to learn here, of even the idea of being here at all wen though his mind. After what felt like hours of just thinking, switching between sitting and walking, and finding something else to hit, the emotions stopped. He didn't feel calm though, but rather just empty, drained.

Dragging himself over to the bed landed face first. He laid there for a long time completely unmoving, yet not sleeping. After a while the world started to go blurry, and he couldn't tell if it was him drifting into sleep or him crying, or maybe both.

("...at the least my DS could have survived...") Was his last thought before passing out.