A Light in The Dark

Chapter 2: Meetings and Introductions

“Well, I really screwed that up.” I said, walking back outside from Colgate’s house. “She really gets worked up about people not brushing their teeth.”

“Well, it’s not entirely your fault you know,” Twilight said, giving me a measure of my confidence back. “You got brought here with nothing so, you can’t really do anything about that.”

“Well, it would’ve been better had I not argued with her about the ‘correct’ way to brush teeth.” I said shrugging. “I guess humans and ponies are more alike in some ways than others.”

“Well yes, including anatomy, physiology, psychology, and they have more adaptable social interactions than other animals.” Twilight said excitedly. “I never knew that there was a species so much like ponies, well, except for griffons maybe.”

“I really am going to miss steaks, the nice slightly burnt texture, the juicy insides, mmmmm.” I said drooling. “I really could go for a steak right now.” I said under my breath.

“What is a so called ‘steak’ made out of, if you don’t mind me inquiring?” Asked Twilight, intrigued.

“Should I tell her? It probably might freak her out. Oh fuck it.” He thought. “It's made out of cows. Beef or steak comes from cows. That’s what I am really craving right now.”

A completely horrified look on Twilight’s face confirmed his suspicions that he had said something wrong. “Ummm, okay. I guess your planet is different than mine so we would eat different things. Also, don’t tell Fluttershy, she might not take kindly to that.” She said.

“I was not planning on that.” He said, remembering about how easily she is scared, “Well, who are we off to see now?”

“Well, since we saw many of the other ponies, I would say Applejack, we are quite near her house.” She said, pointing down a dirt road. “It’s not that far.”

“Well, I’m up for the exercise. I haven’t gotten that much since I have been here.” I said, looking down my shirt, my abs still prominent.

Twilight chuckled at my expression, “You can’t be that out of shape after a few days here.” She said, “It’s just not possible, unless you’re like me and you don’t exercise very much. Reading can get very exciting. I think I might have packed on a few pounds from snacking.” She said sheepishly.

“Oh Twilight, you are not fat. Don’t beat yourself up.” I smiled hoping she didn’t get angry. “Oh look! We are almost there.” I said loudly, dispersing the quiet moment.

“Oh, okay.” Twilight said, obviously confused about the sudden change in topic. “Look, there’s Applejack.” She said, pointing at the orange pony waving to them.

They walked over to Applejack while she bucked another tree, the apples falling into perfect piles inside buckets. “Hiya Justin an Twilight.” She said, wiping her brow which was partially soaked with sweat. “What brings y’all over to Sweet Apple Acres? Do ya want some apples?” She said looking at us both.

“I’m fine, I had something to eat a little bit ago. So, I’m not really hungry.” Twilight said laughing slightly.

“I’ll have one,” I said, looking hungrily at the apples. “That is, if you are okay with it. Are you?” I asked Applejack.

“Oh yeah, have one,” She said, picking one up with her hoof and tossing it to me. “There are plenty more, but don’t go uprooting trees because they're that good.”

I laughed loudly and bit into the apple. The promptly fell over.

“Justin! Are you okay?!” Twilight and Applejack yelled as they saw me fall over.

“Oh man that is one good apple, I haven’t had an apple like this in my lifetime! It tastes so good! Ohh, the crunchiness and the flavor, oh my fucking god. SOOO FUCKING GOOD!” I shouted while laughing.

They both rolled their eyes then Applejack said, “Are they really that good?”

“Oh hell yes, there aren’t apples like this from where I come from. None came close to how good this was.” I said smiling at a blushing Applejack.

“Ah shucks, thanks Justin.” She said, crossing her hoof in front of the other and pulling her hat down a little to cover her blush. “Ya can always come down here fer some apples if ya wish.”

“Thanks Applejack, I’ll make sure to come down sometime.” I said looking over the farm before looking at Twilight, who was still quite annoyed that I had scared her. “Alright see you around.” I said as Twilight and I began to walk.

“That was a slightly interesting first impression,” She said to me as we began to walk away. “Great, now who should we go see, nearest is Rarity but Rainbow Dash is somewhere around here.”

“Well, why don’t we pay Rarity a visit? She seemed nice enough when I first got here.” I said reminiscing back when I arrived. “Yeah, lets do that.”

“Okay, Rarity it is, she lives over this way.” She said, pointing towards Ponyville. “Its about noon so she might be eating lunch so this might be a good time to meet her officially.”

“Alright, lets get going.” I said walking ahead of Twilight.

“Hey! Wait up!” She said laughing.

A few minutes later we arrived At Carousel Boutique, Rarity’s Home. I knocked on the door a few times with the iron door-knocker.

“Come in !" A sing-song voice came from inside the building.

I opened the door and walked in looking around the room, “Woah, this is really fancy.” I said to myself, wondering how much this stuff must cost. “Hello? Rarity?” I asked, looking around.

“Hello Justin, you look marvelous today, wearing the same clothes the last few days…” She said, laying a disgusted eye on my garments which were covered in stains and holes. “Could I possibly make you some more clothes? You wouldn’t want other ponies to see you wearing that.” Rarity said gesturing to my clothes again.

“Sure, If you really want to that would be good, I guess.” I said, “How long would that take you, if you don’t mind me asking?”

“For you darling, check in with me by the end of the day. I should have at least one outfit done then I’ll work on a few more in the coming week.” Rarity said, walking away to go get some fabrics. “Come see me later in the day! And have a good day Twilight.”

“Oh, okay Rarity,” Twilight said startled, just woken from a trancelike state while reading. “See you later!”

As we opened the door and walked out, I sighed, “Does Rarity always do that? Like offer to make clothes for you all?”

“Well, of course. She is the Element of Generosity.” Twilight said matter-of-factly. “It’s kind of her nature. To be generous that is.”

“Element of Generosity? What’s that? Well, I get the generous part but what’s up with the elements?” I asked puzzled.

“Well the Elements of Harmony are magic jewels that harness the power of friendship. Like me, I am the Element of Magic, Pinkie Pie is the Element of Laughter, Applejack is the Element of Honesty, Rarity is the Element of Generosity, Fluttershy is the Element of Kindness, and Rainbow Dash is the Element of Loyalty.” Twilight said. “These elements bind us to one another with friendship. We have defeated only two or three villains already using the elements, but they were in existence long before I even existed. Celestia and Luna used them to banish Discord to stone and then Celestia used them on Nightmare Moon, banishing her to the moon. Before that, I’m not sure there that they even existed, maybe I can talk to Celestia about that.” She said talking quite fast.

“Alright, I have a few questions about the entire essay you just recited.” I said with a chuckle.

“You want me to recite an essay?” Twilight asked, “I can do that for you, here’s one. ‘The Effects of Magic on Non-Pon-’.”

“Hold on Twi, I was just joking I would like to hear about that just not right now.” I said quickly.

Twilight looked crestfallen at first then perked up, “Really? Well, we have a few other pon-”

“BOO!” Came a voice from a cloud above us.

“AAAHHH!” We both screamed. “Rainbow Dash, that was not funny at all.” Twilight said.

“HAHAHA, that was priceless.” Rainbow Dash said rolling on her cloud laughing. “You eggheads are so easy to scare.”

“Well hello to you Rainbow Dash.” I growled, “Damn she’s annoying.” I thought to myself. “I just don’t know how they deal with her, REALLY good friendship I guess.”

“Well, Rainbow Dash we just came to say hi and see what you’re up too.” Twilight said. “If you wouldn’t mind telling Justin about yourself, that would be fine.”

“Well, if you say so Twi.” Rainbow said, then turned to face me. “I’m Rainbow Dash, head weather-pony at the Cloudsdale’s Weather Control Factory. I’m the Element of Loyalty and I can do a sonic rainboom. Also, future Wonderbolt. That’s me!” She said with enthusiasm.

“That’s pretty interesting,” I said. “What’s a ‘Sonic Rainboom’?” I asked.

“Well, if you must know, its when I break the sound barrier and a really large explosion of rainbows goes everywhere in a shock wave and a trail of them follows me. Its really cool.” Rainbow Dash said, moving her hooves to show me kind of what happens.

“Pretty interesting if I must say so.” I said. “What does ‘head weather pony’ do?”

“Well, I manage other pegasi with arranging clouds into places so that they can get their normal weather. Since clouds don’t move on their own. Except in the Everfree Forest, they move on their own which is weird.” Rainbow Dash said shivering.

“How is that weird? The clouds move on their own where I come from.” I said. “I guess this place is more different than I previously thought.”

“Well, nice seeing you. I have to catch up on my napping schedule.” Rainbow Dash said, pulling the cloud along, ten or fifteen feet off the ground.

“Well,” Twilight said, pulling her nose out of the book, “Lets go see Pinkie Pie, she lives right over there.” She said, pointing to a large structure that looked like a life-size gingerbread house.

“Hiya Twilight!” Pinkie said, floating out of a window with balloons tied to her back. “I heard you talking to Dashie and I wanted to come say hi!”

“Dashie? I’ll have to remember that nickname.” I chuckled.

“Well, Pinkie. How about you come down and talk to Justin about yourself, and what you do if you are fine with that.” Twilight said, taking out her book again.

Pinkie Pie took the strings off the balloons and inhaled the helium while floating back to the ground. “Well, my real name is Pinkamena Diane Pie, but everybody call me Pinkie Pie. I’m head baker over at Sugarcube Corner right there.” She said in an extremely high-pitched voice while pointing behind her.

I had to keep pinching myself from laughing, but I failed in the end. “That voice is hilarious Pinkie, how do you keep it up that high?” I said rolling on the floor laughing.

“Hee hee *snort* that’s why I’m the Element of Laughter silly! OH! Can I throw you a ‘Welcome to Equestria Party?!” She said.

“Sure I guess, that would be a good way to get to know the other ponies around here.” I said getting up off the ground. “If they aren’t that scared of me.”

“Alright Justin, we better head over to Fluttershy’s house. Its a pretty far walk.” She said putting the book back into her saddlebag. “Have fun Pinkie!” She said.

“Yeah thanks Pinkie!” I said over to her.

“Wait! I forgot your cupcakes!” She said shooting back inside leaving a silhouette where she had just been standing. Shooting back outside to cover the silhouette again she handed me a box of cupcakes. “Here you go! Bye!” Shooting back inside again.

“Ho-how does she do that?” I asked Twilight.

Twilight just shrugged and looked at me, “It’s just Pinkie being Pinkie. There is no scientifical explanation so we all just call it the ‘Pinkie Effect’. You’ll get used to it.” She said naturally. “Lets go see Fluttershy.”

“Alright,” I said, taking one of the cupcakes out of the box and unwrapping it. “What flavor is this I wonder.” I thought to myself. Biting into it, I knew what flavor it was. “German chocolate, my favorite. Wait. How did she know I liked this flavor?!” I said out loud.

“Just Pinkie being Pinkie.” Twilight said naturally. “Look Fluttershy’s house.”

Walking up the dirt path, we arrived at the door and knocked three times and a small voice said, “Hello?”

“Hello Fluttershy, It’s Justin. Can I come in?” I asked quietly.

“Sure. I was just preparing dinner for the animals.” She said. “You can watch if you like.”

“If you are busy, we can come back tomorrow in the morning.” Twilight said into the crack of the door.

“That would be nice, if that’s okay with you.” Fluttershy said. “I am quite tired so, I mean, if you want.”

“Okay, we’ll come back tomorrow.” Twilight said walking away. “Come on Justin, lets go see if Rarity has your clothes done.”

“Oh yeah, she said we could pick up the clothes later today.” I said, looking at the sky. It looked like it was a few hours away from sunset. “What time is it?” I asked Twilight.

“Well, let me check.” She said, her horn glowing. “Its about thirteen touns and forty entins through our twenty-three toun day.

“Okay, I’m guessing a ‘toun’ is equal to sixty ‘etins’ and a day is twenty-three ‘touns’ long?” I asked Twilight.

“Well, yes. That sounds about right.” She said, putting her hoof to her chin. “You said that your day was twenty-four ‘hours’ long and an ‘hour’ equated to about sixty ‘minutes’. Correct?” She asked me.

“Yeah that’s right.” I said. “Oh look, here it is, Carousel Boutique.” I walked up to the door and knocked a few times.

“Come in.” Rarity said in her singsong voice.

“Hi Rarity, how’s it going?” I asked her, trying to keep my question at bay.

“I finished your first outfit, I had some trouble with the waistline but I figured it out. Since ponies don’t have much business wearing clothing, I made it out of my good stock of silk that I have acquired. So it should be very comfortable. The pants are made out of a denim/silk hybrid I had the chance of stumbling on, while shopping in Canterlot. Overall I think it is my hardest project so far.” She said gesturing to types of fabric, my clothes hanging on the wall and the room behind her.

“Wow, thank you Rarity.” I said. “Now I understand why they call you the Element of Generosity.” I said while stroking my clothes.

“Thanks, again Rarity.” Twilight said. “We have to go because it is getting pretty dark and I don’t like walking home in the dark.”

“It’s okay Twilight, you’ve got me. Doesn’t that count for anything?” I said smiling at her.

Twilight laughed, “It’s okay I’m fully capable of fending for myself. But I think that you are as well.” She blushed slightly.

“Well, thanks Rarity.” I said opening the door and stepping out into the dirt road.

“Good night you two.” Rarity said giving me a wink.

While walking home, Spike opened a window and yelled down, “Would ya be more quiet? Someponies are trying to sleep.” Then promptly closed it again.

We both laughed and went inside. I hopped onto the couch in the living room and spread the blankets and hopped under them. “Good night Twilight.” I said

“Please Justin call me Twi. Goodnight.” She said.

Author's Note

Sorry it took so long. Was a long chapter and took a while to get out.

Enjoy