A Gentleman in Equestria

Chapter 2: 'Amnesia' recovery

Vinyl Scratch was sitting in Mathematics, not really paying attention to what the teacher was saying. It had been an extremely boring day for her so far; boring lessons coupled with a detention from the Chemistry teacher. It wasn't her fault that it exploded! She had tried to argue with the teacher, but alas, her points came to no avail. At least, now it was her last lesson of the day, and she could soon head off to work on her music for the up-coming dance.

    She had been enduring Maths for half an hour, copying down notes and answering questions from the textbook when the whole lesson changed for the better. As the teacher had been explaining the example of solving quadratic equations, a strange pony she had never seen before had teleported to the front of the room, shocking Vinyl and her classmates.

    "...and so class, if you divide by si- AHHH! Who are you!" the teacher had exclaimed, as the stranger materialised before them. It wasn't only the teacher that was shocked too; Vinyl and her classmates were all startled at the sudden change of atmosphere: from dull to surprising.

    Taking this commotion as an opportunity, Vinyl began to daydream. Lost in her imagination, Vinyl had missed out most of the conversation between the adult and the new arrival. She had only tuned back into the situation to hear the teacher say:

"Well Archimedes, then we better get you to the school nurse." he told the new arrival. "Can someone take him there?" he asked the class. Vinyl's hoof shot straight up, anything to get out of this lesson for a while. "Ah, Miss Scratch, would you kindly take Archimedes, here, to the the nurse?"

  "Yes sir," Vinyl replied.

    Man, this teacher is gullible. I said that I couldn't remember much and he ships me off to the nurse, coming to the conclusion that I had amnesia. He had asked for one of his students to take me to the nurse, and immediately, Vinyl Scratch had put her hand up. Isn't that amazing?! THE Vinyl Scratch. The famous DJ PON-3! Wow, amazing.

    Wait, come to think of it, is she famous? If so, what's she doing in a school? Ok, this cannot be the Equestria from the show. But it's even better! But I've got to find out where I am.

  "Come with me," Vinyl said now next to me. I jumped. Wasn't she sitting at the back of the class a moment ago? I need to start paying more attention.

    Vinyl started walking to the door, I followed. The maths teacher continued teaching his lesson as he probably was before I turned up.

    "So, you can't remember anything?" Vinyl said to me as the door closed behind us. We were now in a large corridor akin to a cathedral corridor, but a LOT larger.

  "Not much, just my name." I lied.

  "Well, I've never seen you before," Vinyl replied "So hi! I'm Vinyl Scratch."

  "Nice to meet you Vinyl," I bowed slightly, "I'm Archimedes Micro. But call me Arch, it doesn't seem as much of a mouthful." This is great! Vinyl was just as fanfics portrayed: laid back and enjoying life.

  "Hey, no need to bow, man," Vinyl laughed, "I'm 17, not 60." Damn, 17? Wait, 17 and in school? Is this pony college?

  "Just showing respect is all." I said to Vinyl in response. "So, where am I?" I asked.

  "Oh, yeah." Vinyl replied, realising I had no clue of my location, "Welcome to Coltbridge High!" 'High' I thought, 'Wait, are they on the Amercian system? So high must mean the equivalent of college. Oh come on! A different dimension and I still can't get away from college?'

    After a couple of minutes of walking, we had arrived at a wooden door, with a glass panel in the upper half allowing you to see through. White text on the the glass read: Infirmary, Nurse Double Dose. Vinyl raised her hoof and knocked. A white stallion answered.

    "Yes?" the pony asked. He was a pegasus, and maybe a little taller than me, judging from the fact that I looked slightly up at him. His mane was long and red, with streaks of white, and styled like Vinyl's but longer. His tail was too long and spiky, with white at the centre surrounded by a border of of red. He had his wings tucked to his side, but they seemed as though they were quite large.

    "Ah, Vinyl. What seems to be the matter?" he asked. Vinyl moved aside to reveal me standing behind her. "Oh. And who might you be?" he questioned.

  "Archimedes Micro," I said "Arch for short."

  "I haven't seen you before." the pony, which I assumed to be Double Dose, said taking a closer look at me, slightly getting in my personal space.

  "He has amnesia." Vinyl said for me, "he might need some time to recover." Dose pulled back.

  "Come in then." he said, he turned and walked into the infirmary.

  "I'll visit you later with some friends," Vinyl said, waving her hoof, she then walked off, probably heading back to her lesson. I turned my attention back to Dose.

  "Sit down Arch," Dose told me, I sat, "now, how much do you remember?"

    Dose had been running tests on me, asking me questions (which I gave false answers to) and toying with the idea of sending me for therapy ever since Vinyl left. Finally, after a couple of hours, Vinyl had returned with Octavia and Derpy, saving me from his flurry of interrogation.

  "How are you?" Vinyl asked as she walked up to my bed.

  "I'm good, but Dose had been grilling me ever since you left." I replied. "Who are your friends?" I asked, acting as if I didn't know them. Vinyl opened her mouth to speak, but then a certain mare interrupted her.

  "Hi! I'm Derpy Hooves! I'm the school's mail mare!" Derpy informed me, very excitedly, her offset eyes  focusing on me, or at least, I thought they were.

  "It's nice to meet you Derpy!" I said, tipping an imaginary hat. I looked to the other pony.

  "Oh! Sorry, I was miles away. I'm Octavia, sorry to hear about your situation." Octavia said.

  "It's not much of a problem, my dear Octavia. I can remember my name and talk can't I?" I assured her, "I'll be just fine."

  "I do hope you recover soon." Octavia replied. Then, something dawned on me. I voiced my thought to the mares.

  "Actually," I told them "come to think of it, I haven't looked at myself in a mirror, I don't even know what I look like. Has anypony got a mirror?"

  "Dose!" Vinyl called, "Can you bring a full size mirror for Arch?" There was a sound of hooves of linoleum from down the corridor, where Dose's office was set. Then, a few moments later, the sound of dragging accompanied the clopping of hooves (get that dirty image of of your head!). Within a minute, Dose had arrived with the mirror, panting.

  "I've... tried... everything," he panted, "hope.. this.. helps..." He walked off, still breathing heavily, damn that mirror must have been heavy.

  "Here!" Vinyl said, as she held the mirror upright with her magic. I hopped off of the bed and landed on all four hooves. I then, for the first time, checked how I looked.

    I was a unicorn (HOLY CRAP I COULD DO MAGIC!) with black fur and a brown and white mane and tail. My mane was styled at the front like I had my hair as a human, a long fringe pushed to the side. The only difference between my mane and my human hair overall were the white streaks that ran though the brown and that my mane was longer at the back, running down my neck. Thankfully, I still had my trusty beard, a thick, soft mustache joined to a luscious goatee. (What can I say? I like my beard.) Something was missing though, and I couldn't put my hoof on it.

  "Wow," I said "I did not know I was a unicorn."

  "Does it help you remember anything?" Derpy asked.

  "Sadly not," I replied with an act of glumness.

  "DAMN IT!" Dose's voice shouted from his office.

A/N: There we have it, Chapter 2. More action coming soon. Feedback is much appreciated.