I
Prelude
The night was warm and between my window, I could see the full moon that sprinkle her cold light in the middle of the streets.
The avenue was deserted, only a homeless in leather jacket, wandering for the streets with a sword in his left hand sing a song about a lost and sad love, and from the heart of the city you could hear his sad cry.
I went downstairs, and I approached to him, obviously, he don’t wanted to talk, only the light of the moon illuminated his sword that fade slowly with the wind.
He looked at me and reaches out with sad and tired expression, he didn’t said nothing, and I suppose that he shouldn’t do it. Although on the one hand I would have liked to hear his story, he has not impetus for that, so I put a few coins in his hand, smiled and I went back to my home.
My mother was asleep, and the clock noted the 02:26 AM and I quietly walked to my room and closed the door with key, I went into the dark silent ritual of seeing my little pony. Once it was over my eyes fell, stumbling from exhaustion, the hour of sleep had arrived for sure, for start with great energies the day that comes in a few hours.
My room lay in the dark and I could hear the wind and the echoes of the trees, I blinked in the dark and I saw shadows come and go, I was prepared for fall asleep and to the sad auto induced lethargy of each night. But then, for the corner of my eyes I saw a shimmering yellow light that was formed in the door of my room, the light attracted the objects to it and the things disappear into it, i was object of the attraction too, no matter how much I wanted to be free.
When I entered into the light, my eyes were closed.
As I went down, I could hear voices, and some things that reminded me something strangely familiar, but then, full of fear i screamed with all the power of my voice and I fell to the ground.
When I opened my eyes I realized that the morning was here, the sun shone with great heat. I went to walk to the path full of death leafs; I was scared I must say it because I didn’t know where I am.
Suddenly i saw ponies that walked in the moor, and they greeting me with a smile
- Good morning young boy - they said
- Good morning - i said
Everything was stranger than my normal dreams and I wasn’t very sure about nothing, i walked every step with great careful, believing that I would find a great threat to face. Sure, I wasn’t prepared or ready, even I wasn’t sure that I’m not living a dream.
Thus I decided to make a little experiment conducive to determine my state of consciousness.
So I approached to one of the multiple apple trees of the path and I kick it, and I could feel, in that way, the tender hug of the pain. So I realized that I’m wasn’t dreaming
But, if not so.... ¿where i was?.
i started to walk for the riverbank, until the delta, slowly, admiring the particular ecosystem. after a 20 minutes of walk and a maddening silence through the plane i could see a city
I approached to the entrance with fear but decided and great was my surprise to find a sign saying "Welcome to Ponyville. Population 12,548 inhabitants".
I had so many hopes of what I could find but didn’t know how I arrived and I was frankly surprised that the inhabitants hadn’t been intimidated by my presence
The town was silent and very few souls nailed their hooves in the streets, I was confused because I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t have money, or place to sleep
I start to walk again after this stop, and suddenly I saw that , in the distance, was the Rarity's boutique
When I saw it, my eyes shone, and many thoughts crossed my mind, i started to laugh with nervous.
Meanwhile Pegasus cleared the clouds to make way for a large and bright sun that illuminated the beauty of all that was available to the eyes
when I arrive to the boutique i could see that it has several towers and windows, the towers was painting of blue and gold, the facade of the boutique was white
I thought a lot my next movement while I was losing my breath, because, in one hand I only want to know her. But on other hand, I didn’t have any idea of I was doing there.
But my spirits suddenly gained impetus and without hesitation I strike the door
II
From The End Of The Word
nobody answered at my call so, in sad resignation, i turned away to try to return home, no matter the way. of course, i was disappointed of my bad luck, but suddenly i could feel the door open with shyness. it was the little Sweetie Belle who came out
- hi! who are you?
- hello, my name is Lionel - i said - and im looking for... I’m looking for... I’m searching... oh damn it
- you should - she said in a laugh - be looking for my sister, Rarity
- yes, she is - I said with nervous
she came in, while I closed my eyes I didn’t want to talk, i didn’t want do nothing, my legs turn to wool under my feet, suddenly she came out, looked at me with surprise and said
- Lionel, dear ¿what you doing here?
her words frozen my blood, and led a sensation of shivering through all my body ¿how could she know my name? ¿how could she didn’t surprised?
- I don’t know. And.. ¿who are you? - i ask pretending have forgotten everything
- Come on - she said - don’t pretend you don’t know who I am. You know and i know that you know me very well
- well i... well...i...well
- Came in, come with me. don’t act like a stupid, this type of things are simply criminals for someone like me
- sure, sure
i came in, the floor was covered of silk, in the walls, pictures and had several doors that were closed
- your boutique is wonderful - i said in a stupid try to flatter her
- thanks darling - she said blushed - its pretty difficult maintain all of this when you do a job so demanding as mine, you know
- What you’ve doing lately?
- some dresses for the canterlot elite, they are simply divine
i looked at her and laughed
- Why do you laugh? - She said
- must be complicated live in a place where the ponies go by preferably naked - i said blushing at the time that i remembered that the naked in our world its not a common thing
- certainly, I had to work hard, for being here, and a pony so glamorous and wonderful like me, can’t but be related with the high classes
- also I consider a crime that many ponies think that my work is useless, but you don’t do it - she said winking an eye
- of course not ¿how i could?. its a real honor meet you finally Rarity
- i can say the same thing
I got up and walked a little bit, with curious about the closed doors i well know that in a designer boutique, you can't expect surprises, but soon i would understand that this prejudice was a mistake
- Do you want to join you to know the boutique? – she said
- For sure – I said
She started introducing me to the story of her childhood, about that how she got her cutie mark and her hopelessness when she thought that her destiny was a rock, about the difficulties in the fashion school of canterlot
- ... So you didn’t make do so many friends in the school huh?
- Yes, no one was in conditions to talk to me. You know, mostly on one of them had not success. But look at me now. Sometimes, i have the world in my hoof. And this is so exciting. you don’t imagine all the money that i win
- And what about your parents?
- Well - she said in a somewhat derogatory tone - in the school no one ever knew that I had parents. You know, with that farmer accent they wouldn’t cause a good impression. and I couldn’t take the risk of loose my reputation
- so I assume that ... - I said, but before finish she interrupted me saying
- Yes. I had to work and study, for pay the school, and with that scenario, it was detestable. I couldn't stand get dirty or that Somepony touch me, it was really awful, but now all is different
In fact the boutique gorgeously decorated. the rooms don't offered surprises, the mostly of the rooms are for job, so only had sewing machines, fabrics shelves, some empty boxes and a pair of sling
I must note the order of the rooms where no one thing is out of place.
The other rooms were decorated in a different to the way that i thought chandeliers in the ceiling, Flemish tapestry, antique furniture with relief, some rustic sculptures and even a grand piano. Of course I couldn’t but be surprised by Rarity skills but that which was strange is ¿where she had absorbed all that creative influence? That insurance wasn’t in Ponyville but rather in our world
I didn't say nothing, I just look at her and smiled. We had walked the entire boutique but there was a door that Rarity strangely refused to open
- what about that door – I said
- no dear, you cant know, at least yet the secret behind that door
- i can know why?
- no one knows that secret, even the girls or Sweetie Belle, cause you know. she is a potential disaster. but if you make some merits, maybe you will know
- very well – I said laughing – I will try
Between the bristles of the purple curtains while invisibles seraphim sing a noble song, i could contemplate the wind that rocked the trees in the last moments of the twilight who makes born the majesty of the well known darkness
Meanwhile there, outside, the lanterns are lit and the lovers walk together, in a silent walk. Refugees in the power of their love
i returned with Rarity, who wait for me in the living room
- what do you watched? - she said
- this is a beautiful place ¿do you know that?
- yes, i love it. now tell me ¿ how is your world?
- its a colorful place. not good, not bad, but im sure that you couldn´t bear a single minute there. you coudn´t bear because sometimes, even i dont bear it
- hmm i see so ¿ you couldn´t take me to your world?
- no, only think that you can cry .. no, is not good for you.
- you are so gentle
- thanks - i said - accepting a compliment I didn't think deserve
Rarity watched the clock
- Oh, it's bedtime. It's too late and you know I sleep well to keep my beauty
- Well, I sleep here - I said pointing to a couch
- Of course, but first...
As I climbed the stairs thousand strange thoughts came together in my giving rise to an odd sense of nervousness
- Wait outside for a moment - she said before close the door
- Well, i will wait here
I expected intimidated without know what i will see and the fear fill me of doubts and make me shiver
five minutes passed until y hear the sound of the open door
- you can enter now - she said
i came into the room with little steps, and i could see her. she was dressed with a sexy black dress, and her body smelled to roses
- how i look? - she ask
- Well - I said a little embarrassed - you look great ... you look great ... very - I started to laugh again
She looked at me with sad expression and moistened eyes
- why do you laugh? After everything you've said about me. Never, ever thought that ... - she stay in silent
- .. What?
- You said me ugly ¿Do you think I am a kind of smelly mule? - Said as tears rolled down her eyes
- No, of course not. You are very .... - I stopped looking for a word to finish the sentence
- Very ....
- You're beautiful, you look brilliantly. And I appreciate your interest in my opinion
- Are you serious?
- Of course!
She turned and began walking toward the bed, leaned back and stretched gently over his white linen body
- bring that chair - she said
So I did and I sat down. I steeled myself and ask
- how you know me? Why do not you surprised? how you know I've talked about you?
- See that computer next? - she pointed a machine that didn’t seems like a computer of our world
- yes - I said
- Well, it was provided to us six by Princess celestia in order to know everything that you talk about us from your world without having to interfere with it
That filled me with a strange fear
- Then.... You know what I said about you?
- That's right - she said blushing
- Oh, I see - I said a little embarrassed
- Don’t worry - she said - many words you your senses can be considered compliments. So I'm not upset. Don’t worry dear
- Thank you, thank you very much. - I - well, now it's late and I must leave
Walked my steps towards the exit door, but was suddenly interrupted by Rarity
- Wait! - She said
- If - I said stopping
- Because do not you come and give me a goodnight kiss and then wait for until i fall asleep?
quickly and without hesitation I agreed to his request even though I felt a little weird doing something that surely would have seemed strange in the eyes of our world
She closed her eyes and i began to touch slowly her mane soft and caressing her horn don´t know for why strange reason. Her breathing became of harmonious in chaotic and choppy and to my surprise her horn began issuing mild flashes, her expression became flushed and said weakly
- ... le ... leave it, dont ... dont do that
I certainly obeyed and sat down beside her to watch her in silence, when she was asleep I whispered
- I had a dream about you from the end of the world.
Elegy To The Snow pony / In The Way Of The Crusaders
Elegy To The Snow pony / In The Way Of The Crusaders
III
Elegy to the Snow Pony
i went downstairs, and i came out of the boutique, and i sat down on the grass, and i saw the shining lanterns of the city, until i heard a little voice
- ¿what are you doing here Lionel? - Sweetie Belle asked me
- I look the stars, this landscape is so beautiful
- Yes it is. ¿do you know about us? We’re searching our cutie marks, maybe you could help us to find them
- Of course that I will help you, to you, Applebloom and Scootaloo
- do you know us? - She asked
- Sure
- Yay - she said
- Now, go to bed.
-yes, i will do it. Goodnight
- Goodnight.
the sun didn’t come out yet, and the clock falls softly for the wall, the bright stars of the night shone beautifully, and a strong feel of sadness invaded my heart, the leafs of the trees are moved with the wind, and my body started to feel the cold of the night.
my hands still perceived, the Rarity’s warm horn and her soft mane, and when i closed my eyes i could see her walking in the red room, I felt strange, but I didn’t know why, like if a strange feeling fill me. But no matter what I do, we’re separated by the distance of being different, and that is something that I must learn to accept.
It’s true, i said some thing about her that i never should say, and that didn’t make me proud. But i know that when all was said and done everything will be so different
i never was a good man, i assumed, even I’m a lonely man, abandoned by the circumstances of the time, but that no matter now, because I had a motivation to open my eyes to the life, to change, i have the courage, i have the will.
but the feeling of the love, starts to awake in my soul, but sometimes i feel that I’m walking so close to the edge, so close to fall. Some say that the love can change a men, but here i am, alone, with fear, lonely in the dark night.
A great distance separate us, this is something that i must learn to accept, but.. There must be some other way.. Some other way.
In these reflections, the morning comes; i could hear the sing of the birds and the sound of opened windows, until i heard Rarity’s voice
- Lionel, dear ¿where are you? - She said
i looked up and i smiled at her, she greeted me shaking her hoof
- Here i am Rarity
- Excellent, come inside and let’s take breakfast
- Very well
I came into the boutique smiling and planning my next movement.
IV
In the way of the crusaders
The afternoon clock noted the 02:28 PM and after a lunch, i went to the school to pick up Sweetie Belle, for request of Rarity who was to finish some dresses, and i, like it was evident, wouldn’t refuse to her request in any way.
I came out to the road with some fear when I saw The abject way that some ponies look at me, maybe seeing in me a potential threat, they don’t spoke , they don’t looked me into my eyes. They only whispered silent words that i couldn’t hear
Like foreigner, find the school was a great challenge; I walked for the streets for a long time searching that place where I could find the girls.
y thanks to my no capacity of guidance, I finish, again, in a riverbank who was between a green hills
The day was cloudy and dark, I turned around and went to the centre, before go to the suburbs, where i supposed I could find the school
It was getting late, so i started to run, until suddenly i saw to cherilee, teacher of the girls, i stopped and asked her
- excuse me ¿where is the school?
- Well - she said looking me with some fear - 500 meters more to the northwest
- Thanks
- You’re welcome
i walked happy after arrive to the school and I remembered the promise that I had done to Sweetie Belle and I turned pale, I wasn’t sure that i should have done that promise
And in effect, Sweetie Belle and Applebloom was waiting, standing there. I arrived, catch my breath and said
- Girls.. I’m.. I’m.. I’m... I’m here
- It took you a long time find the school i can see - Sweetie Belle said
- Yes. I really didn’t know the location, you know, im new in the town
- Who is he? - Applebloom asked
- It’s Lionel, a friend of Rarity. He will help us to find our cutie marks
I wasn’t sure of all of this, so i tried to evade her
- Well, the sky is cloudy; i think that we should maybe search tomorrow
- But.. - Sweetie Belle Said - you said that you are going to help us
- You shouldn’t break your promises - said Applebloom
- Please - Say Sweetie
- I can’t - I said
- You can - said Applebloom
- I can’t - I said
- You can - said Sweetie
- I can - I said trying the inverse philosophy
- You can! That’s excellent - said the girls
- No... That’s not that i ...
- So come on, let’s pick up Scootaloo and let’s start a new adventure of the cutie mark crusaders
They went jumping and singing melodiously, after a while we came to what was once the applejack’s club house, now remodelled by the girls and indeed, there, inside, Scootaloo was waiting.
I was invited to sit the house was so small and uncomfortable for me i must said
- Very well, which are the activities programmed for today? - Scootaloo asked
- Lets see... lets see... - said Applebloom leafing through a book - here it is.
- Which are? - said Sweetie
- Racing scooters, Weightlifting and throwing darts
I feel a little bit of fear so I said
- These are talents here in Ponyville?
- Anything can happen - said Scootaloo
- So lets go - said Applebloom
We came out to the plane; they brought all the implements for the day and began with the tests. The first one was Scootaloo who took the scooter went to a ramp and asked me to position myself at some point of it
- You’re sure that I can trust - I said
- Sure
she turn on the little engine, the scooter slid down the ramp and when reached the pinnacle shine with the sun, but when started to descend, it was directly into me, i did hundred of possible connections, who crossed for my head and rolled to one side 3 seconds before, or maybe i would have died, And though Scootaloo landed smoothly almost I ended up with a heart attack.
- Hey girls!, you nearly killed me - I said almost in a scream
- Sorry. I suppose we must try with the weight – said Scootaloo
It was the turn of Sweetie Belle this time, a weight of 44 pounds she leaned over the little table and began to lift with great effort and vigor
I was asked to hold on one end of the weights, but I presume that it were defective because one of the weights started to slide i must said that I'm not strong, I couldn’t hold it and the weight fell on my feet, it don’t exploded, strangely. But it caused me a great pain and a instant swelling in the foot, I screamed so loud.
- But what happened now girls.. You cant have any sense of... for celestia´s sake I never.. I never should ... - I said
The girls laughed I couldn’t stand it anymore... but everything exploded in the third test: the darts. cause I positioned myself under a tree with the target between my hands.
I dodged the first dart that went straight to my head, but the next two fell directly into my arms and legs. I pulled them out immediately and fell on my knees.
Almost shouting i asked
- The darts are of Rusty steel?
- Yes - the girls said
- Oh no, damn it - I shouted
I got up with difficulty and said
- Well girls, this was all for today. If you'll excuse me I must go to the hospital
I was going away slowly along the path, I looked back and the girls said
- It was a pleasure that you helped us after all, get well soon
I went away whispering words and angry for my bad luck, simply, I couldn’t believe that three girls could cause so many problems. I passed for the park and I found Lyra sitting in a bench
She looked at me and gave me a kick with her hoof. And yes, I assume that this was one of my worst days
Arrive at the hospital for a quick and urgent attention. I searched for a doctor, after a while, he came out
- So you are a human
- yes ¿ what will you do it to me?
- Leave you here in the hospital under observation while we get the necessary medicines to prevent a future tetanus
- Oh, well, do what you must do. But do it!
From there to an hour I was in my bed waiting. I must be frank, nothing was going well and I was getting tired of all this
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. I thought it was one of the doctors or nurses with their stupid pills or something like that
- Go ahead - I said with morose and reluctantly
To my surprise wasn’t a doctor, it was Twilight Sparkle who came through the doorway
- Hello Lionel - she said
- do you know me? -
- Of course! - She said
- All right, thank you for your concern
- I brought some books
- Daring - do? - Ask almost automatically
- Yes - She smiled - there you have them. Oh yes, someone else wants to see you
Suddenly I heard the sound of hooves in the distance until an orange pony entered
Into my room
- Yee haw - shouted - how you been little cowboy?
- Very good, or rather. Far better
- Applebloom told me that you had an accident
- A? Rather, it was too many accidents - said in a laugh
- Well, I brought an apple pie and cider to revitalize you, I'm sure you'll like. i would Have come before, but had some guests
We talked a while and then she went to help big mac with the apples. Twilight was leaving, but I stopped her
- Wait Twilight!. Please
- Yes? - She said
- Please look at me. Tell who I am
- A human, of course.
- Need to ask a favour, your magic is the most powerful in all ecuestria
- Oh, I'm flattered - said blushing - of course
- I need to become a pony
She looked horrified
- But why?
- I can’t tell you. Just tell me if I can go to you home after I get out of here
- Sure you can. And I will see what I can do
The door opened and I heard suddenly and a voice saying to me
- Dear, what happened? Oh how horrible kind of terrible thing these girls did to you?
- Nothing that can not be remedied Rarity - I said
- Oh, do you look bad - said pointing my leg - I’ll take care of you tonight - said
The night passed while she was telling me stories of his life and the wonders of Ponyville
The clock pointed the 4:40 AM when she closed her eyes in the dream of a dream, fragile and weak I got up and I hugged her, almost imperceptible.
