CHAPTER I

THE ARRIVAL

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“Spike! I know what I’m doing here! You don’t have to lecture me on the implications of summoning something in the castle throne room!” Twilight Sparkle slammed the crystal floor putting her proverbial ‘hoof’ down. Spike sulked and backed away from the humming circle on the floor. The sound coming from it made him nervous, who knew what was going to happen! Even though he knew Twilight could handle almost any spell.

“I’m sorry Twilight! You’ve never tried to summon anything like this before, and I was just concerned that you might not know what you… were… doing?” As the words left Spike’s mouth he knew it was a bad idea to question the Alicorn’s capabilities when weaving the magical arts.

“You think I can’t handle this!? Spike, it’s me! Twilight Sparkle the Element of Magic and Princess of Friendship! Besides, I have to try this spell I found in that book that appeared with the castle. I looked over everything and the calculations are flawless. Plus, it’s the safest spell in the book. A simple summoning spell should be easy peasy.” Twilight increased her magical output causing the circle to pulsate quicker and the hum to grow louder. Soon it began pulsing so fast it was as if it were a solid color. The blue glow suddenly flashed as bright as Celestia’s sun causing the occupants of the room to shield their eyes. Twilight teleported herself behind her throne taking Spike along. Maybe she over did it she thought, and maybe she wanted to avoid direct contact with the light as well as the spell. A loud squeal emitted from the circle causing Spike to scream at the top of his lungs.

“Twilight!!! What did you do!?” Spike’s voice seemed so far away to Twilight and yet they were in each other’s embrace.

“Hold on Spike! It should be almost over!!!” Twilight lied. She didn’t know if it was almost over, but was hoping herself. As if by her command the light dipped in intensity and the squeal returned to a humming noise. Once it passed the room sounded with a dull hum. Spike picked at his ear fins trying to clear the invisible obstruction from them. Twilight lifted her hooves from her own ears and listened for anything out of the ordinary.

“Well, you managed to make us deaf, but I don’t think that was your intent was it?” Spike sat down on the floor noting that it was slightly warm to the touch.

“Very funny, but no I don’t think it was supposed to do that Spike.” Twilight shook her head at the smart mouthed dragon and stood up. The ground was warm to the touch to her as well. “Interesting, the heat from that spell warmed the whole room! I will have to make a… note… about… this?” She trailed off as she beheld the area where the spell circle was. Spike sat up to see why she was so shocked.

“Twilight, What is it? Did you destroy the throne… room… again?” In the center of the table that Twilight inscribed the summoning circle, a cloud of smoke was warped around a figure. It stood up startling the pony and dragon slightly. It was fairly tall and it stood on two legs that were long compared to the rest of its torso. It heaved a deep breath filling it’s lungs with smoke holding for a moment before exhaling through its nose. That made Twilight a little nervous but Spike was enthralled as if it were one of his kin. “Cool.”

The being snapped its head at the sudden noise making Twilight and Spike cower at its piercing eyes. They had an unnatural green glow reminding them of dark magic or perhaps Timber wolves. Twilight was about to grab Spike and run when the creature turned completely facing them freezing her in her tracks. Fight or flight was racing through her head as she started calculating the possibilities of the situation.

“Hello?” A baritone voice called out. Twilight pushed Spike behind her and made a ‘be quiet’ motion with her hoof. The smoke was too thick for the creature to see them she thought. “Hello, is somebody there!?” It started moving towards them obviously seeing or sensing them much to her chagrin. “Where am I? I was just… wait what was I doing? Either way, I saw this big flash of light and…” Twilight had to think fast, what should she do? Answer the thing? It knew her language, but it was possible it was reading her mind to lure her into a false sense of security just like those old Alien comics Spike had lying around the castle! Then it would strike and eat her and Spike! The pure unadulterated horror!

“Oh my Celestia, I sound like those flower girls in town.” Twilight slapped a hoof against her face in disgust at her childish behavior.

“Who’s there!?” Twilight clapped her hooves over her mouth again realizing she said that out loud. Slowly turning she came face to face with the creature looking down at her. He towered over intimidatingly eyeballing her. Maybe he really was going to eat her? “Huh, I thought I heard someone over here. I guess I was wrong.” The creature moved past her towards the door looking around at the castle décor. Wait, she thought. I can’t let him escape outside to terrorize Ponyville! Also, did he ignore me on purpose? Could he not see me? It was time to find out.

“Um, excuse me?” Twilight slowly moved towards the imposing creature debating if she really was as smart as she thought she was.

“Now I know I heard someone! Show yourself!!!” The sudden scream shook Twilight to her core and she stopped her pursuit of the creature. He loomed closer stomping as he approached, she started to lower herself to the ground. The creature looked down at her and noticed she was afraid of him. “I’m sorry little horse; I didn’t mean to scare you. Someone here is playing with me and I don’t appreciate it!” It was screaming at the ceiling as if somepony was up there. So strange, it seemed like it couldn’t see her until just… wait did he just call her a HORSE!?

“WAIT! I am not a horse! I’m a pony you, you… whatever you are!” Twilight bumped the being in the leg drawing its attention. She glowered at it intensely as it blinked dumbfounded at her. The creature leaned in closer getting within inches of Twilights face studying her features. It was horribly uncomfortable for her and she leaned back. Twilight went to say something to it but was interrupted.

“This is crazy but, did you just talk tiny horse?”

“I said, I’m a pony! P-O-N-Y, PONY!” Twilight slammed her hoof down for emphasize.

“A talking pony huh?” The creature leaned back and scratched its chin thoughtfully. “A TALKING PONY!?” Screaming at the top of its lungs it moved surprisingly quick backing away from her. Twilight put out a hoof to stop its momentum before the creature slammed against Fluttershy’s throne falling backwards and tumbled down over to where Spike was standing with a thud.

“Um, hi there?” Spike spoke quietly hoping the creature wouldn’t find him threatening. It sat up staring at him with saucer sized eyes.

“Talking lizards as well? There are talking ponies and lizards here…”

“Um, I’m a dragon actually.” Its eyes rolled up and it fell over onto the Harmony Map table smashing it and promptly passed out. “Twilight? What in Tartarus is that thing?” Twilight shook her head. She approached the ‘thing’ that had been brought through her summoning spell making sure it was actually unconscious.

“I’m not sure and don’t use that language Spike! I’m going to have to tell Rainbow Dash to stop speaking like that around you. Oh Celestia, It broke the Harmony Map! How am I going to fix that!?” The creature snored bringing her attention back to it. What was she going to do with it? Something told her she was going to have to restrain it. That way it didn’t escape or freak out again.

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A few hours later there was a slam at the front door to the castle as Twilight’s friends arrived for their weekly get together. The 5 ponies had been going about their daily lives before heading to the castle. Applejack had finished her chores at the farm. Rainbow Dash got her work with the weather team done quickly for once. Rarity put the finishing touches on her new spring line of mare ware. Finally, Fluttershy was in town helping Pinkie Pie baby sit the Cake twins. The group chatted as they walked in to the throne room stopping in their tracks noticing the scorch marks all over the place and the broken prized Harmony Map table. The ponies began to panic hoping nothing had happened to Twilight and Spike and began calling out to them.

“Do you think they’re okay?” Fluttershy meekly asked. Just the thought stirred their worry even more and the shouting began again.

“Twi’! Con sarn’it where are yah!?” Applejack looked at the broken table. Something bad must have happened for sure. Twilight would never have done this willingly. It meant too much to the lot of them, it was their work after all.

“Oh my, this room is in shambles! If we knew they were all right I would begin refurnishing immediately!” Rarity huffed as she scuffed at a particularly dark scorch mark.

“You would prissy pony…” Rainbow flew up to the memory tree to make sure it wasn’t completely destroyed. Thankfully it seemed the ground took most of the impact.

“Wowee! It looks like a party that was totally out of control whipped through here!” Pinkie was just slack jawed at all the broken furniture and other various damage.

“Girls!? I’m in my lab downstairs girls!” Twilight yelled out to them as they ran down stairs to her private laboratory. The 5 ponies in their haste all slammed into the room getting stuck together between the door frames. “Oh! Hello girls, are you okay?” Twilight made a small snicker at the pile of ponies in her doorway.

“Twilight darling, we saw all the damage in the throne room! Is everything all right dear!?” Rarity popped out between Rainbow Dash and Applejack dusting herself off, pushing her mane back into its quaffed perfection. Spike got little hearts over his head as he beheld her.

“Everything is fine; I had a bit of trouble with a spell that caused the damage but Spike and I are alright. I needed to handle something before cleaning upstairs. Sorry if we worried you. How was your day girls?” Twilight helped pull the mares apart and sat back down sweating a little.

“Typical snooze fest of a day, are you sure you’re okay? You sure are sweating a lot Twilight.” Rainbow cocked her head at her crossing her arms. “Did you just get done working out or something?”

“No! No, no, I was cleaning up after myself down here and you five just walked in on me and my work that’s all!” Twilight tapped her hooves together nervously at the questioning.

“Darling you look as if something is making you nervous, are you sure there isn’t something you’re not telling us?” She placed a hoof on Twilight’s shoulder in a comforting manner.

“It’s okay Twilight. You don’t have to tell us, um if you don’t want to that is.” Fluttershy fiddled with her hair as she looked away.

“If’n yah don’t mind mah asking, what’s in tha’ extrah room thar’ Twi?” Applejack pointed at what she thought was a window to another room but was actually a two way mirror behind Twilight, noticing the lights were out in the other room.
Twilight sighed and moved out of the way so the girls could see. Flicking the lights on the creature lay upon a table strapped down. It tried to shift causing all of them to recoil in fright. It was something none of them had ever seen before. Rarity shivered at the sight putting a hoof over her forehead before fainting onto her drama couch. Applejack put her hoof up to her hat placing it over her chest. Rainbow Dash just gave a disgusted face. Pinkie Pie just looked at it confused. Fluttershy just stared at the new creature.

“Sake’s alive, what in tarnation is that Twi!?” Applejack placed her hat back onto her head trotting forward a little apprehensively. “I ain’t ne’er seen anything like it.”

“Did you make some kinda Frankenstallion Egghead? I knew you’d dabble in creating life once you read the new Daring Do.” Dash giggled as she pointed and laughed at the thing.

“No I didn’t make it Rainbow! To be honest I’m not sure where it came from! I was using a summoning spell I found in an old tome and it was only supposed to bring something small to my location! Instead this... thing showed up and went a little crazy when it saw me. I tried to stop it, but it ended up fainting so I brought it in here. I’ve strapped it down so it doesn’t go crazy like it did last time! Also, do you really think I’d do that Rainb-”

She didn’t get an answer as its eyes began to flutter open taking in the sudden light. It was too bright out to be morning it thought. Shifting around it couldn’t move its arms or legs. That wasn’t right, moving around some more it found it couldn’t move anything but its head. Looking around it was still waking up so it couldn’t see quite right. A few shadows danced around slowly coming into focus. 6 multi-colored ponies stood in front of it through a window with varied looks on their faces. One smiled and waved a hoof in its direction. Another was on a couch of some sorts making a small racket. The one it had seen before was looking sternly in its direction. The orange one looked confused as if it was working a test question out. There was one flying!? Finally the yellow one’s eyes were as big as saucers staring through its soul.

“Okay, why can’t I move?” One question at a time it figured.

“I can’t have you freaking out and breaking things like you did last time. You could hurt yourself or others, as a Princess I can’t let you do that. So you are strapped to that table for safety reasons, ours and your own.” Looking at the creature it nodded and set its head back down. It looked a little sad and huffed.

“Huh, so there are talking horses wherever this is? I don’t like being confined; it’s a bit of a phobia of mine. So can you let me out of here?” Twilight shook her head and sighed.

“I can’t let you go just yet, you are an unknown variable and there is too much I don’t know about you. Also, we’re PONIES; you’ll have to learn that. I’m going to ask you a few questions before I decide if you can be released or what to do with you okay?” It nodded slightly, fidgeting from the uncomfortable straps. “Again I am sorry about this.” Twilight felt bad that she had to tie it down especially since she knew now that it had a phobia of it.

“Just make it quick please.” He asked, Twilight nodded and produced a list from thin air. “How… How did you just do that? Making the paper appear I mean?” The creature was fascinated by the use of magic, she giggled at that but continued.

“I’m asking the questions here, it was just a little magic after all. Now, where are you from and how do you know our language?” The creature looked confused but shook its head clear of the information so that it could answer the question.

“Just a little magic it says… I’m from… uh, well. I guess Earth is the best way to put it since this obviously isn’t my home.”

“You’re from the ground? What the buck?” Rainbow Dash did a little flip looking annoyed.

“You sounded unsure there. You don’t know?” Twilight prodded the quill she had floating into her teeth focused on the creature’s answers.

“It’s strange, I can’t remember where on Earth I’m from but I know that much at least. Earth is the name of the planet I’m from.” Twilights eyes lit up at the information she’d received.

“You’re from a different planet!? Fascinating! I thought I was summoning something from Equestria, not another planet entirely!” Twilight giggled incessantly like a school filly enjoying the new information that she could share with all of Equestria. “This is going to require more questioning but for now we’ll move on. Now, how do you know our language?”

“I’m speaking English.”

“English? Ponykind call it Equis, a dialect of it but no matter.” She marked something on the paper she had and cleared her throat. “Next question, what are you? I mean, what species are you?”

“Equis? That’s different but, um, species? I’m a human and my sex is male.” There was a small giggle from one of the other mares but he wasn’t sure who it was. The purple pony marked something else down and looked him in the eye.

“Hugh-man? That’s a funny word! Also, he said ‘sex’!” Pinkie giggled bouncing in a circle around Twilight as she glared at her childishness.

“You don’t know what a human is?” The creature asked looking puzzled.

“We don’t have anything that looks like you here and can you calm down Pinkie!? Now, what is your name? Do you have one?”

“My name is… I’m… give me a second. I… I… I don’t remember.” He frowned looking off to nothing in particular. “I can’t remember my name!”

“Oh no, you poor thing!” Fluttershy jumped up and put her hooves against the glass. “It’s okay, if you can’t remember, I could give you a name if that would make you feel better!?” He looked at her confused and shook his head.

“No it’s okay, I may not remember but I can see a name in my head. Not sure why but it’s in there. Anonymous, you can call me Anonymous.” Fluttershy put a hoof to her mouth gasping a little.

“Anonymous!? But that means your nopony! You’re not a nopony mister, everypony has a proper name! We can’t call you something so sad!” Fluttershy slid down the window in despair.

“Don’t worry about that, if it makes you uncomfortable you can call me Anon for short. It doesn’t sound as bad does it?” Fluttershy thought about it a moment then smiled and nodded. He couldn’t put his finger on it, but he couldn’t stand to see her upset. Thankfully he could appease her easily enough.

“Well I guess that works, Anon it is then!” Twilight wrote it down on her paper. “I guess we can tell you where you are now. This place is called Equestria, and you are currently in the town of Ponyville. This is my castle, it’s new but it’s home sweet home you know?” She smiled broadly proud of her home. Anon looked around as much as he could considering his mobility was hindered. It was made of stone, or something else? He wasn’t sure. Lots of books on the shelves behind them, the purple one liked to read obviously.

“Nice place I guess. Can’t really see much in this room you got me in. We have castles too; none of them are made out of this material though.” Anon lays his head back down and sighs. “I can remember things like that but not who I am or where I am from? This is confusing…” He closed his eyes and the ponies all looked at each other with similar faces of sadness.

“What was the last thing you remember before you showed up here?” Twilight put quill back to parchment.

“Well, I don’t know that either. Whatever it was, it was something routine? Food or work, something like that? I remember a sudden flash of light and feeling like my whole body was on fire. My clothes disappeared and then a tingling sensation crawled down my spine, and here I am.” Twilight cringed when she heard the description of his arrival through her spell. The girls looked on in sympathy and Applejack rubbed her back soothingly. It was so much better having them here, she didn’t know if she could have done this without them. Friends made life so much more.

“Let me introduce you to my friends. This is Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy and I am Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship.” Pointing to each of the ponies Anon makes mental notes of them for the future. Applejack is an orange coated mare with long blonde hair tied at the ends with red ribbons. She also wears a Cowboy hat it seems. Rainbow Dash is the flying pony. A Pegasus in real life huh? A cyan coat with rainbow hair. Gee, Anon wonders where she got her name… Pinkie Pie was pink, like ALL pink! Also an obvious choice for the name, do these ponies have any originality in naming their children? Rarity is white coated with purple hair done up in a fashionable manner. Obviously Rarity is a very girly pony. Fluttershy was yellow coated with long pink hair. She seems very concerned with his wellbeing which is a nice change of pace since he came to this strange magical talking pony world. Twilight with purple coat and mane, a few highlights running through her hair. She said she was a Princess, and of friendship? How can you be a princess of a relationship between others?

“How did I get here Twilight, you seem like a smart pony, do you happen to know? You were in the room with me when I arrived after all.” Anonymous questioned.

“Thank you for the compliment.” Twilight blushed a little before continuing. “Yes I can explain that to you. I summoned you here, accidentally through a spell. I was simply trying to summon an object or small creature from somewhere in Equestria. I’m not sure how it happened, but I managed to bring you through the portal instead. I will look into that but for now it seems you must remain here for the time being until I can figure out how to send you back. I’m very sorry about all this…” Twilight focused her magic and removed the straps from Anon’s body. Fluttershy lets out an interesting sound and flies behind Twilight in a panic. Getting up Anon took in his surroundings now that he wasn’t confined.

“I put some blankets on you so you would be warm in that cold room. I noticed you don’t have much fur or hair on your body, is that something that all humans have in common?” Anon wrapped the blankets around his body hurriedly realizing Twilight had seen him naked. Now securely wrapped only his face was exposed.

“Yes, we don’t have fur we have hair. Head, chest, back, arms, legs and… *ahem* privates. Some have more and some have less.” Looking around, Anon notes how small the ponies are compared to him.

“Is everything all right darling? You look flushed.” Rarity approached the mirror looking him up and down fully enveloped in his blanket cocoon.

“Um, well, I am naked under these blankets in front of a bunch of magical talking ponies. So I’m feeling a little exposed.” The others giggled at Anonymous’ shyness. Rarity on the other hand felt his plight.

“Hush all of you! Can’t you see he would prefer to be clothed? I for one like a fashion forward stallion.” Rarity gave Anonymous a flirty wink. “I will whip something up for you until I can give you a proper ensemble befitting my skills. We’ll need your measurements for all of this of course.” She sat down beaming a smile back to Anon.

“Thank you Rarity, that’s very generous of you.” Rarity waved Anon’s kind words off as she started thinking of all the new fashions she would be creating.

“Well now that your clothing problem has been solved let’s move on. The reason you’re still in the room is I can’t have you wandering around town. I hate to say this of ponies but they aren’t the most welcoming to new creatures. They have to get to know you before they’ll accept you.” Twilight set her quill and parchment down and looked back at Anon. “I have one more question, you seemed curious of my magic. Do you have magic in your world?”

“No. We know of it, but only from old fictional stories. It doesn’t exist in our world.” The girls were beyond shocked. Twilight looked the worst for wear; magic was her element and practically her reason for being.

“That… That’s impossible, magic is everywhere! It’s what everything is and isn’t, the driving force for love and friendship and... I can’t… I…” She sat down rubbing her head. It was too much to take in. No magic! How did they function!

“How do you fly in your world!?” Dash slammed against the glass startling Anon.

“Humans can’t fly themselves; we use planes to do that instead.” Dash wilted and sat next to Twilight lost in thought.

“What’s a plane Nonny?” Pinkie tilted her head in confusion looking very much like a dog.

“It’s a vehicle we made that transports humans around our planet quickly. We fly that way because our world is so big. There are people that need to get around quickly and go to places that are around the world within 24 hours.” Twilight perked up at that.

“24 Hours? How big is your planet?”

“I think it’s about 24,000 something miles? …Another weird fact I know?” Twilight gaped at him.

“24,000 miles and you can fly around it in 24 hours!? That’s not possible!” Dash was brought out of her stupor now.

“Well, when a plane reaches cruising altitude which is about 35,000 feet a passenger flight goes about 575 mph and WHY DO I KNOW THESE THINGS!?”

“Five… Five hundred… Not possible. That’s IMPOSSIBLE!” Rainbow Dash was beside herself. “I can’t accept that! The fastest pony ever only went 200 mph! There is no way some, machine went faster!” She slammed her hooves down on a table.

“Well that’s only a passenger jet. The fastest vehicle we ever made was a space shuttle that went 24,000 mph.” The room went silent. Nopony moved save for their mouths grasping at nothing. Anon just stared at the little ponies as they tried to make sense of what they were just told. Rainbow Dash trotted up the stairs and walked out of the lab slamming the door. Twilight looked at the human dumbfounded still.

“Are you even real? You’re not lying are you!? Aj!?” Twilight grabbed Applejack by the withers and shook her a tad bit too hard. “Tell me he’s lying!”

“N-no, he ain’t Twi. I cahn’t believe it either, but he ain’t lying t’all.” Applejack is the element of honesty and wouldn’t lie; she could tell if ponies lied as well if she tried. Twilight sat back down and just stared into space. It was too much to handle, no magic, technology that allowed flight beyond anything anypony ever thought possible.

“Okay, I am going to say that’s enough for now. I don’t think our minds can take all this at once. I’m going to let Rarity in to get your measurements for the clothing she’ll make. Does anypony wish to join her in watching over Anon?” Twilight opened the door to Anon’s room after he backed up.

“I would like to go in Twilight, if Rarity doesn’t mind that is?” Fluttershy surprisingly raised a hoof.

“If you’re sure darling, I don’t mind in the slightest.” Rarity and Fluttershy walked in together.
Twilight placed her quill and parchment down on the lab table to look over later and walked towards the stairs with Pinkie, Applejack and Spike. “When you’re finished with all that we will see about getting you something to eat, in the meantime we’ll all be waiting upstairs.”
Rarity stood in front of Anon looking him up and down. “Alright darling, please stand over here and remove those blankets so I can take the appropriate measurements.” Rarity floated over some measuring tape and a checklist to begin as Anon stood firmly grasping his coverings. “You must remove those for me to do this Anonymous. It’s the only way, do not worry though, I have done this for many clients. It’s all professional here.” She smiled brightly up at Anon as he fidgeted. A crimson blush across his face indicated that this was more than uncomfortable for him. Rarity waited patiently as he looked at Fluttershy with puppy dog eyes.

“She is the best tailor and dress maker in all of Equestria Anon, it’ll be okay.” Fluttershy made a go on gesture with her two front hooves. Anon sighed and nodded knowing that if he wanted to get something to wear he would have to grin and bear it. Slowly he let the blankets fall to the floor and crossed his arms in embarrassment.
Rarity was writing something down while he ‘disrobed’ and noticed the blankets fall in front of her. A gasp came from the chair Fluttershy was in catching her attention.

“Would you like to go see the others while I am busy Fluttershy? This won’t take long.” Fluttershy’s mouth was slightly open in surprise and her gaze was fixated in Anonymous’ direction. “Are you alright Flutters-” Rarity had turned to Anonymous to see what had put Fluttershy in a trance, but found herself in one as well. Anon was fully naked on the pedestal waiting for Rarity to take his measurements. His body wasn’t something that Rarity or Fluttershy had ever seen before; his muscles were well defined. His skin was smooth and mostly hairless save for a few patches here and there. Rarity’s blush grew as she noticed his genitals were out for them to see. No sheath? Funny, they hadn’t thought about all this when they were speaking to him through the two-way mirror.

“Hey Rarity, I um, don’t want to sound rude but I don’t want to stand here naked all day.” Anon had snapped Rarity back into reality, clearing her throat she started taking the required information for her outfit. She didn’t look directly at him most of the time finding it embarrassing to do so. As quickly as she could, she finished up and placed her paper and tape on the table next to Fluttershy.

“Okay! You can put the blankets back on Anonymous!” Rarity refused to look at him until he grabbed the blankets back up. Once he had she looked back to Fluttershy to see she was still in the same state she was a few minutes ago. Tapping her in the withers Fluttershy squeaked and sprang in the air. “Sorry dear, I just wanted to tell you to take Anonymous back to the others while I work.” Fluttershy floated back down to the ground and coughed a little bit.

“Okay Rarity, sorry I got lost in thought… I think.” She looked down at the ground ashamed of her own feelings. She trotted up to Anon and guided him out of the room towards the dining hall where Twilight and the others were.

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The ponies were gathered around a dining table conversing on the new arrival to Ponyville. Twilight had sent Spike off to make some sandwiches and tea for them while she explained, but failed, in detail what her spell had done.

“If it worked correctly, I would have brought something around the size of an apple or maybe a watermelon from our world to here in the castle. This was just something else completely, I can’t explain why this happened. I know I conducted the spell as it was written down, it should have worked fine.” She tapped her hoof to her chin in thought as the others listened intently.
Fluttershy and Anonymous walked into the room bringing all attention to them. Fluttershy squeaked and backed behind Anon’s legs trying to make herself unnoticeable. Applejack chuckled and shook her head at the behavior; no one could understand why she still acted this way even around them. Anon approached the group looking at Twilight, he felt confused on how to speak to them. Twilight was a princess, and where he was from, you bowed and only addressed them as such. The others, he couldn’t find a relation to anything in his limited memory. It seemed a little easier for them at least.

“Hello again everyone.” He looked over at Twilight and bowed slightly not sure if it was appropriate. “Princess Twilight.” Twilight cocked her head in confusion at him, he must have been wrong then he thought.

“Anonymous, I’m not your Princess. You don’t have to address me as such. No need to bow either, I’m not uptight like some upper class ponies. I’m just like anypony else here.” He nodded understanding her wishes. “What did you mean, ‘everyone’ though?”

“What do you mean?” He was a bit confused as to her question. “I was simply saying hello to you as a group.”

“Think he’s trying tah say ‘everypony’ Twi’.” Applejack gave a knowing look to Anon. “Sounds ‘bout tha’ same… almost.”

“Ah, I guess that would make sense since he is from another planet. Why would your people say, ‘everyONE’ when meaning more than one though?” Twilight placed her hooves under her chin to use as a brace in deep thought.
Anon scratched his head thinking for a moment about her question. “Not sure really, I guess it is a little weird huh?” Anon looked around the table with a confused expression, Twilight noticed this rather quickly.

“Are you looking for something Anonymous? Maybe I can help?”

“Yeah, can you tell me where the chairs are at? I would like to sit down if we are going to eat and chat here.”

“Oh, we don’t have chairs at this table, we sit on cushions while eating. Let me get one for you.” A raspberry colored glow enveloped a large cushion from under the table. It floated over to Anon and settled at his feet next to the table. “There you go, or would you prefer a chair? I don’t know if I have one big enough for you though.”

“No it’s okay, I think this will be fine since you’re probably right. I’m a might bit bigger than you all.” Twilight nodded continuing her lecture to the four ponies that were next to her.

“Lunch is served!” Spike walked out from the swinging doors to the kitchen with a cart full of sandwiches and tea cups. After placing them all around to the occupants he noticed Rarity was missing from the group. “Hey, where’s Rarity at Twilight?”

Twilight lifted the tea kettle and began pouring for all the girls and Anonymous. “She’s still making an outfit for Anonymous before joining us. She shouldn’t be too long.” She placed the kettle down on the cart as she finished. “You can join her in the other room if you want?”

“Oh, okay Twilight; if you need anything just give me a holler!” Spike had little hearts of crystal over his head as he dashed off in search of Rarity.

“Has quite the crush on Rare doesn’t he?” Anon thumbed towards the door Spike left from.

“Just a little, you can pick that up easily huh?” Twilight smiled a sad look on her face.

“How old is the little guy, if you don’t mind me asking?” Anon took a sip of his tea after blowing on it.

“Almost 14 years old. He’s had feelings for her since he was 10. We don’t have the heart to tell him it more than likely won’t happen, so keep it to yourself please?” Anon nodded and made a zipper movement over his mouth.

“So…” Anon sighed as he set his empty tea cup down.

“So…” Twilight did the same.

“Awkward!” Pinkie shoved her muzzle back into her cup after the announcement nobody intended to make. It was difficult to speak to another species, let alone a being from another planet. The small gist of it was taken care of, but now the hard questions were left in the open for everyon… everypony to think about or ask. Where to start?

“What kind of sandwich is this?” Anon broke the silence first.

“Um, daffodil I think?” Twilight looked to the girls for help and they nodded. “Yes, daffodil.”

“I can’t eat this, I don’t eat flowers.” Anon pushed the plate that contained the sandwich away from him lightly so as not to offend.

“Oh my, we didn’t think to ask you what your species eats. That was unbecoming of us, what does your kind eat Anonymous?” Fluttershy placed a hoof on Anon’s arm trying to be comforting.

“Well, we are omnivorous, so we can eat almost anything. We just don’t eat flowers.” Anon pulled the flowers off and began munching on the bread slices.

Fluttershy pulled her hoof away quickly and slid closer to the others. Rainbow cocked an eyebrow at her. “What’s wrong Shy?”

“Yah jumped quickerin’ a jackrabbit spottin’ a fox!” Applejack petted the mares back as she cowered into the touch.

“You don’t know what an Omnivore is do you?” She said to the confused girls. Everypony but Twilight shook their heads in the negative. “It means he eats vegetables and… Meat.”

For a moment the room was still and quiet other than Anon’s chewing. The girls all looked at one another before scooting towards Twilight. Anon finished his bread and yawned loudly. His canines were visible for them to see, and all of them shuddered at the sight. After a light stretch, Anon looked at the cowering group and raised a brow.

“You girls okay? You look like you’ve seen a ghost.” Twilight composed herself and pushed the girls away.

“We didn’t realize you were a predator Anonymous. It was a bit shocking is all.” Anon blinked a few times looking at each of the ponies as they nodded.

“Oh? Oh! Well I don’t eat anything that talks or at least is sentient if that helps?” Pinkie Pie sat up and bounced towards Anon.

“You won’t eat us then?” she asked.

“No, I don’t think I could ever look at animals the same way ever again after meeting all of you.” The tension lifted in the room a little as Fluttershy scooched back over to her original spot.

“Well, eating me a little wouldn’t be bad…” Pinkie trotted back to her spot muttering.

“I deal with all sorts of animals at my cottage; I have a bear there that eats fish. Can you eat fish Anonymous?” Fluttershy asked.

He nodded affirmatively at her. “I have been known to partake of the aqua buffet, though I prefer a nice juicy steak to it any day.” Twilight coughed bringing all eyes on her.

“I believe we can accommodate your diet without much problem. However, I don’t think we can help in the steak department.” The mares all agreed to that sentiment as well.

“I take it from your tone bovines talk here as well?” Twilight nodded at Anon.

“Damn…”

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Rarity had finished the crude garment for Anon; it was not her best work to say the least. If she had her way it would have had more pizzazz, or some kind of accessory. A plain white short-sleeved shirt with some black shorts was as basic as it got. Anon was still appreciative of the ensemble but Rarity insisted she would make something much more befitting later on.

With that done, the girls went about getting Anon comfortable for the night. “So we have everything set for now, we will move on with deciding what to do tomorrow. Anon you will stay in this room in my lab for now but I promise you that it’s temporary.” Twilight set a makeshift bed into the room where Anon was interrogated previously.

“That’s fine Twilight. It’s better than be tied up on a table right?” He chuckled to himself. Twilight and the girls didn’t find the joke very funny but smirked and tittered anyways.

“We will all come to see you tomorrow, won’t we girls?” Fluttershy said back to the others. With affirmative nods from them all they walked out of the lab on their way.

“I know it will be strange sleeping somewhere you’re not familiar with Anon, but I hope you get a good night’s rest for tomorrows activities. I’m sure we will have a ton of questions for each other.” Anon nodded and laid down for the night adjusting his pillow. “Good night Anonymous, welcome to Equestria.” Twilight closed the door and headed off to her own bedroom.

“Good night Twilight.” Anon said thinking she was still able to hear him. Finally in silence, his mind began to wander. (Who was he? What was he doing in this world? How come ponies were the dominant species? Oh no, would he survive without bacon!?) Laying there staring at the ceiling for what seemed like hours, his thoughts turned to nothingness as he drifted off to dreamless slumber.

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With an audible pop, Twilight teleported into her library. A candle lit itself at her presence by a scroll and quill near her writing desk. Picking up the quill in some of her magic she started to write a letter.

Dear Princess Celestia,

On the day of this writing, I found an interesting tome in the crystal castles library. In it were some spells that I had not heard of, nothing from the Canterlot archives compared. Not even Starswirl the Bearded’s collection had anything like this. I carefully looked at the various spells, picking the one that seemed the simplest; a mere teleportation spell that would bring a small foreign object into our dimension.

I know it may have been foolish to attempt any of the spells without taking the proper precautions, or even talking to you, Luna or Cadence. I figured I was more than capable of performing it. I mean, I’m Twilight Sparkle! Element of Magic and Princess of Friendship! I can hear you now though, sighing and shaking your head in disapproval. You would be right to do so.

The spell has proved more than I could handle, first and foremost I am not hurt, nor is anypony else! I know you would be worried about that mostly. The actual problem is that it brought a living being here! I’m not sure if I may have put too much energy into the spell, or perhaps using the Cutie Mark Map table as a staging point inadvertently amplified the spell. Either way, the creature is here now and I would like you to meet it. It is a fascinating creature that I believe we can learn much from. I look forward to bringing him to Canterlot as soon as I can.

Faithfully yours,

Princess Twilight Sparkle.

Twilight rolled the scroll up and stamped her personal seal onto the center. After a short walk, Twilight arrived at Spikes room. “Got a letter to send off to Princess Celestia, Spike!” Twilight smashed open Spike’s door waving the letter around.

“Aw Twilight! I was asleep, can’t this wait till tomorrow?” Spike rose from his bed rubbing his eyes.

“No Spike! This is important information for her about what happened today! I’m sorry I woke you though.” Twilight rubbed her shin in embarrassment at the outburst and for interrupting Spike’s sleep. With a poof, the dragon’s breath engulfs the scroll into green fire and disappears.

“Yeah, yeah well there you go. Now, can I get back to my dream about Rari- I mean, Gemland!” Spike threw the covers over his head. Now he was embarrassed too.

“Yeah go ahead Spike. Again I’m sorry…” Twilight closed his door and walked back to her room whistling a tune. “I can’t wait for Celestia to meet Anonymous!”

END CHAPTER I

Author's Note

So here is the final edit of the first chapter, a long wait for you all! I'm sorry about that, hopefully I will have more motivation to continue this sooner.