From the Journal of Leon the Dragon

This couldn't be happening. I had to be dreaming or something. People don't actually get transported to other worlds, especially not ones you know of because of a children's cartoon. I mean, who would actually believe me if I said I got sent to Equestria? Much less a version where they're all anthro-style ponies that don't wear clothes and have their boobs just hanging out for anyone to see? That kind of thing only happens in bad fanfiction stories!

[Go away Pinkie. No! You don't get to write anything down!]

Those thoughts ran through my head as I looked at Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Twilight Sparkle staring back at me in confusion. With a slight cough, Twilight brought my attention back to her. "I'm sorry," she said, "but I don't think I've ever heard of a creature like you, much less met one before. How is it you know who I am? And what exactly are you?"

Well I'm fucked, I thought in an almost casual way. I was gifted with a naturally analytical and logical mind, so the small part that wasn't gibbering to itself about how this couldn't be happening noted that if I was dreaming then my dream Twilight would already know who I was. And would already be trying to have sex with me. So I was pretty sure this wasn't a dream.

Of course, that used up just about all the coherent brain power I had left so my only answer was, "Uhh..."

"Yeah! And what are you doing here with the Tree of Harmony?!" Rainbow Dash demanded of me. Which didn't help my brain since another small portion started chewing over the fact that she had named a tree using capital letters. It always strikes me when you can actually hear someone use capital letters on words. Like when someone says, "The President" of the United States as opposed to the president of a fan club.

And again, no brain was left for speaking. "I, uh..."

"Not a very articulate creature, is it?" Rarity quipped while placing a hand on her hip. I noticed two things from her change in posture. The first was that her off hand was occupied holding some kind of tapestry, and the other thing was how putting her hand on her hip was distracting me again. It called attention to her generous curves, and I could swear that between her legs I could almost see a hint of her...

Bringing my mind up short from that direction of thought had a side benefit of clearing my head a good bit. "That would be 'He,' actually. And I'm really sorry. This is all just a big shock to me." I finally answered them. "As far as I can tell I've been sent into another world. And ... And none of you are going to believe me when I tell you how I know your names." I had to shake my head at that.

Twilight drifted a step closer, curiosity plain on her face. I tried my best to ignore how this caused her breasts to sway in a hypnotic fashion. "So, what are you, if you're from a whole different world?" she asked again.

I took a deep breath before replying. "I am what's known as a human."

Twilight reacted with more shock than I had counted on. "Wait... What?! You're actually a human?!" Behind her Applejack gave a low whistle and snapped her fingers.

"Well heck, guess I owe Lyra ten bits."

Rainbow Dash was covering her face with her hands. "Just ten?" she moaned through her fingers. "Now I'm not going to be able to afford a ticket to the Wonderbolts show next week!"

Personally I was wanting to do a face-palm hearing the name Lyra brought up. "Seriously? Lyra actually has an obession about human beings? What's next? Vinyl and Octavia actually being roommates?" I mumbled to myself.

A sudden screech of indrawn breath next to my ear nearly made me jump out of my shoes! In the corner of my vision I noted a pink blob bouncing up and down at my side. "Ohmygosh ohmygosh OH MY GOSH!! Vinyl and Octavia ARE roommates! And they just moved into their new house last year. How did you know?!" Pinkie blasted into my ear, making me cover it up in painful reflex.

"Ow! Ow! Not in the ear, Pinkie," I complained while rubbing the side of my head. Taking a quick look around showed me that all of them were looking at me with varying degrees of curiosity, so there was no way I was going to be able to avoid explaining this. "Um, listen guys... I mean girls... Look, the answer to how I know things is long, very complicated, and is going to sound silly at first. So can it wait until we're some place more comfortable? Please?" I looked around at all of them with a slightly pleading expression. Thankfully this was met with a collection of nodding heads.

"Sure thing Sugarcube."

"Fine Darling."

"Yeah, whatever."

"Okie doki loki!"

I didn't hear Fluttershy answer, but that could have been because of how she was hiding behind Rainbow Dash at the moment. Twilight, however, was the one I was worried about, and for several seconds she simply stood there chewing her lip while staring at me. Finally she let out a sigh and nodded as well. "Alright, but I'm not letting you out of my sight until you've given me a good answer for knowing about us."

I let out a quick sigh of relief. "Thanks a lot." I replied. Starting to turn around I began to ask a question of my own. "So if I can ask something first, do you guys know how...?". I promptly forgot the question I was asking in favor of a new one that couldn't wait. "Twilight, why does this tree have things that look like your elements of harmony stuck in it?"

"That's, um... actually a recent development, and..." Twilight started out before I heard her sigh behind me. "Actually, since you already knew things about us I was hoping you would know about the tree as well... That you could tell us what the box is for." At that point I finally noticed the large gem-shaped thing at the bottom of the tree, further noticing that it seemed to have a set of what looked to be keyholes around the top section.

With a slow shake of my head I turned around to face the ponies again. "Sorry Twilight. I'm afraid I don't know anything about your box." Scratching the back of my head, I looked over my shoulder to the Tree of Harmony again. This was really a lot I was trying to take in at once and it left me feeling like my brain was mushy and slow. But just before the looks of disappointment could settle on the girls' faces I snapped my fingers. "Hey, I know! Why don't you try asking the tree?"