A Strange But Familiar Place

I open my mouth to speak but am interrupted instantly. "Alright Twilight, I'm gonna get back to my farm. I'll see ya in the mornin' okay? Send the princess a thank ya note for me if you don't mind." says Applejack while walking out of the library with one of those golden tickets flying next to her.

Rainbow Dash blows a raspberry at me and flies out. She yells something inaudible as she flies away towards a cloud home in the sky. I look around for Fluttershy and notice she is already gone as well.

"Well, I guess I must either worry them or scare them huh?" I say while laughing a bit nervously.

Rarity walks up to me and smiles. "They just assume that you are going to hurt us. After all, the Princess didn't even let us see you until you were brought to her castle for inspection most likely." she says while looking at me sympathetically.

I nod and smile back.

I guess Rarity is a bit nicer than I thought. Perhaps since I offered to show her my clothing my world has, she thought it'd be nice to return the favor and give me a chance perhaps?

"Rarity, thank you for showing me some generosity. I need to talk to you in a second, so will you stay here for a bit?" I ask.

Rarity nods and sits on a comfortable love seat that seemed to appear from somewhere outside my vision.

I turn around and face Obsidian. "Do you mind standing outside for a bit? I have to talk to them in private. It's kind of confidential, at least I believe it is. Ask Celestia next time you see her and maybe she will give you clearance for our conversations." I say with some authority hoping she won't call my bluff.

Obsidian looks like she is thinking and then nods before walking outside, closing the door behind her.

I smile at Rarity and turn to Twilight. "I know you have many questions for me, but I need to talk to Rarity about something important first. BUT! Since I know you are bursting with questions, I will allow three for now." I say with reluctance.

She gasps with excitement and scans the now ten foot long parchment she has and checks off three different questions.

"What are you?" she asks while pulling a separate piece of parchment from somewhere else.

Well that one was very predictable.

"I am what is known on my world as a 'Human', scientifically we are known as Homo Sapiens. We evolved over time from a species of monkey. We are omnivores that cover most of our planet. There are different races and cultures within our species as well." I say in reply.

Twilight appears to write everything I said down, including a small diagram of the human body.

Wow, that was quick. I mean she IS Twilight I guess.

"Does your species use magic?" she asks quickly.

"No, we are usually unable to. Though it seems like I can in this world. Maybe my world just has no magic in it, or the so called ley lines. At least not in the same way this world does. It's just a geographical alignment for us. In recorded history however it was shown that certain beings could do things no other could. They were considered gods. I can go more into explanation about that later when we have more time. Other than that, we primarily use technology to survive and spread in our world. As far as I can tell, it's a lot more advanced than in this world. Perhaps that is because we have no magic and therefore needed something to replace it. Anyway, next question please." I reply in a calm manner.

Twilight has a paragraph written under the diagram she made as well as notes on the side.

"Do other beings like humans live in your world?" she asks after finishing her notes.

"No, as far as we knew at least. No other being on our world built and spread like us. Besides ants, we are the only creatures that create large societies with success. We have advanced to where nothing can really stand up to us at all, and that we are actually reaching an overpopulation problem." I say quietly.

She looks slightly sad and then writes what I said down while putting her quill and notes away on her desk.

"Alright, I suppose that is three questions. I'm going to start cleaning up a bit around here, tell me when you're done speaking so I know when you are both gone." she replies with a smile while pulling a very curt looking Spike with her magic towards the stairs and up it. A golden ticket is following her as well.

I lift my middle finger towards Spike, he looks confused and does it back. I chuckle a bit and wave at him. I hear a burp upstairs and a celebratory 'yes' from Spike. I turn to Rarity who seems to be reading a newspaper of some kind while wearing glasses.

"Rarity, I would like to speak now if you don't mind." I say with care, trying not to interrupt her abruptly.

She proceeds to take her glasses off and put her newspaper down next to her at the same time and smiles at me while laying across her love seat.

"Yes darling, what do you need from me?" she asks with grace in her voice.

"I have this for you." I say as I hand her a letter Celestia gave to me before sending me off to Ponyville.

She gasps slightly before opening the letter, most likely realizing it was from Celestia and scans it quickly. Rarity looks back up at me and nods.

"I understand. She wants me to teach you how to use your undeveloped magic? I would be happy to, but I warn you... It will be rough. I was taught by someone with a bit more strict teachings than Twilight, so expect to put in a lot of effort." she says with a slight edge to her voice.

Haha, Rarity? Strict and tough? Well, I hope so. I need a quick and helpful training session.

"Thank you. Before you go though, can you quickly show me how to at least pass my magical energy into something? I wanted to be able to at least do that... The house I live in kind of runs on magical activation you see, so I want to at least be able to take shower or wash the dishes." I say not mentioning the horrible restroom issue I have right now.

She giggles a little bit and lifts a hoof up. A small light blue aura appears around her horn and then gathers into a small ball on top of her horn.

"To gather your magical energy you just need to focus and find your magical core, then imagine it spreading your inner magic to whatever part you wish it to exit from. Unicorns tend to rely on their horn due to our innate magical ability that runs through them from birth. Earth ponies tend to use their hooves because of their connection to Equus through them. Pegasi rely on their wings because their magic allows them flight in the first place. For you however, I suppose those would be your best point of exit for your magic." she says as she makes her magic swirl around my hands.

I look down at my hands and then back at her. I close my eyes and focus my attention to the inside of my body, trying to feel anything different from before I was pushed into this world. I notice a slight warmth around my stomach area, specifically my solar plexus. I imagine moving that warmth to my finger tip. I open my eyes and look at my right index finger and see a small glow at the tip of it. The color is once again a yellowish green. I hear Rarity clap her hooves and smile at me.

"That is an amazing color darling! Looks to be like budding flower in the spring, if I were to be specific." she says with some excitement while examining my finger.

"Thank you Rarity. It was actually pretty easy finding my core. It makes sense considering in my world, there is an energy we call 'chi'. It is commonly used in martial arts of a certain culture and is defined as our life force. Chi is usually focused around the center of our body, at least according to human history." I say with excitement on my discovery on how to use magic.

She nods and gets up from her love seat and begins to walk to the door. "I was glad to help. I can teach you between four and five post meridiem. We can even start tomorrow darling, provided you can even make it to my establishment. As far as I've heard, you have arcane absorbers in your house correct? They require a bit of magical energy to work, not much for most, but for you? It would take a heavy toll. Either way, I live and work at Carousel Boutique, so you can find me there more often than not. It was great seeing you again and make sure you fulfill your promise about your clothing alright? I will hopefully see you tomorrow. Oh and your magic is still flowing. Imagine it leaving your finger and running back to your magical core." she says before exiting through the door with a golden ticket flying by her side.

I look at my finger and notice that it is in fact still glowing. I proceed to take the next few seconds figuring out how to move the warmth from my finger to my magical core, feeling a bit more tired than before.

Jeez, that IS tiring. I hope the toilet doesn't take much magic to use because I need it BAD.

"Twilight! We are done talking! I'm going now!" I say loudly hoping she can hear me upstairs.

"Okay! See you soon I hope, and be prepared for more questions." I hear from upstairs.

I walk outside and notice Obsidian standing next to the door, nod at her and smile.

"Welp, I can at least gather my magical energy. Hopefully I can figure out how to push it into something when we get home. I need to use the restroom BADLY" I say with obvious desperation.

Obsidian giggles at me then looks at the moon and stops abruptly. "I need to go do something really quick, I assume you know the way back? Here's the key, I'll be there in a bit." she says before handing me a key and walking off in a totally different direction.

I wonder where she's going... Ah well, first I gotta shit THEN i'll think.

I look at my hand and push magic into the same finger, noticing it's easier then before. I then pull my magic back with the same ease.

Wow, that was much easier than before. Must be like riding a bike. The color of my magic is quite nice looki.... Wait a minute. How did Rarity know the color of my magic? She must be quite special then.. Perhaps she will be a great magic teacher. I may have misjudged her.

I arrive at the door, use the key to get inside and place the key on the living room table. I walk upstairs and open the bathroom door with haste and sit down on the toilet after pulling my pants and underwear down.

Sweet release..