Hooves and Hands: A Dimensional Crossing of Worlds

They stood there, dumbfounded. Before them stood 6 colorful, and TALKING ponies. They didn’t know what to say, none of them had ever imagined that this could happen, what would they say? Alexi quickly picked up his gun, aiming it at the strange creatures. He had had enough.

“This better be joke, or bad shit will go down!”

A blue aura surrounded his gun, and with a force ten times greater than his own, the weapon was ripped from his hands as it flew across the room, hitting a nearby wall. He looked in shock as his best means of protection just left his hands. “What matter of trickery IS this?” Alexi thought to himself. Never once in his life had he experienced something so odd.

“Now, now deary, there’s no need for violence.” Said a disgruntled Rarity, glaring at the large Soviet

“I’m Twilight Sparkle, this is Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack. Who are you and what are you doing here?”

They looked at each other, Unsure of what to say. William decided he’d be the one to speak to them. Since the rest were either frightened, knocked out, or in Alexi’s case, trying frantically to find his gun as he muttered to himself in his native language.

“Miss Sparkle, ladies. My name is William, this large gentleman over here is Alexi, and this is Orvil, Preston, Matt, Johnny, Jackson, and Merasmus. We uh….we come from a very different land….”

Once again, Alexi interrupted the conversation, oblivious to everything around him.

“I demand to know where we are! What land is this, and which one of you has mind powers!?”

“That would be me darling, you really should control yourself, like your refined friend here. What did you say your name was again?”

“William, miss…..?”

“Rarity.”

Rarity examined William a little more, he was obviously a man of class, and of wisdom. She hoped she could get to know him a little better, and hopefully soon.

Unbeknownst to all of them, Rainbow Dash had been staring at Alexi since the moment she saw him. He paid her no mind, he was angry and confused at what was going on. She had almost an instant lust for him, dirty thoughts filled her mind as she glared at the strange creature in front of her. Whoever he was, she had to have him. All she knew about him was he was hansom, and his name was Alexi. She would need to talk to him soon, get to know him better. She would do that in time, she needed to wait.

Twilight was the next one to speak.

“To answer your question, you’re in the land of Equestria, specifically, a town called Ponyville, and you are in the library. How did all of you get here? We’ve never seen your kind here before.”

“My time travel device sort of….backfired you see. It sent us spiraling into your world from our own I would imagine.”

Twilight glared at the being in front of her, trying to grasp what he had just said. He DID say time travel right? There’s no way, these were obviously non magical beings, they couldn’t have mastered time travel spells. They obviously weren’t from Equestria. Although, she was impressed at his intellect. Maybe the Princess would know what to do with these things.

“Well whoever you are, your welcome to spend the night here. However, tomorrow we’ll be taking you to Princess Celestia, she’ll know what to do.”

Alexi looked up, he was fuming with anger.

“A princess? A PRINCESS! You mean to tell me, that this land has imperialist ruler!? ROYALTY!? I suppose this is what I get for trusting lunatic.”

“W…w….w…will you s…s..shut up!”

Alexi turn around in a fit of rage, his red hot glare burned a hole through Preston’s very being.

“What did you say?”

“You h…h..heard what I said. Shut u…u…up!”

“Oh I’m going to KILL YOU!”

In fact, Alexi never laid a finger on Preston, Twilights magic kept him frozen in place until he calmed down nearly a half an hour later. He explained in his calmest tone that he did not enjoy dealing with royalty. He hoped this ruler was at least wise enough to not kill them. Alexi promised to keep quite tomorrow at the risk of being levitated out of his boots again. After much discussion, all was calm. William sat down to talk with Twilight Sparkle, who was now preparing beds for her new guests.

“So, you mean to tell me that this land is home to talking ponies?”

“Yup”

“And, you’re a unicorn? You have magical abilities?”

“That’s correct”

“Incredible, only in my dreams have such magical lands existed….”

“Tell me William, do you read books?”

“All the time, I love them”

“Interesting, whatever you are, your very intelligent.”

“I could say the same about you”

Twilight and William had almost an instant connection. Nothing serious, but they got along just fine. William intended on getting to know all of his new acquaintances by the end of the week, he needed to learn as much about this land as he possibly could before making any attempt to leave.

They prepared to sleep for the night, tomorrow they would speak to this “Princess Celestia”, whoever that was. Alexi sure wasn’t happy about it, but he had to deal with it. Johnny and Merasmus were still out cold, and never knew where they were or what had happened. That night, they slept lightly. Especially Alexi, who never really went to sleep.

The room was filled with mixed feelings, mostly among the six ponies. Rainbow Dash dreamed of Alexi all through the night. She dreamed he would have interest in her, enough to find his way down to where she needed it most. She never had such a dream, so real, she wished it HAD been real. The feeling was intense, yet she knew it was a dream. Across from her, Twilight thought heavily about William. She had finally found somepony, or was that the proper term? She didn’t care, she sound a man who understood her interests, it was nice. What would she do with him once they got back from Canterlot? She decided to think about that later. Little did she know that Rarity was also having the same thoughts about William. However, SHE was thinking dirtier thoughts.

Fluttershy was confused as well, she was having mixed feelings as she turned in her bed, almost waking herself up twice. She wasn’t thinking dirty thoughts, or wondering about what would happen. In fact, all she could think about was Preston, how brave he was, standing up to a big bully like Alexi. She had a huge crush on the human, soon she would make it known. Until then, she had to hide it until she could face him. He seemed just as timid as she was, so she would have to be even more delicate.

In a strange land, with strange creatures, they spent the night. Hoping tomorrow would bring a better understanding of their situation.

Rainbow Dash was the first to awake that morning. She stretched herself out and walked down to where the newcomers were sleeping. Alexi finally gave in at around 4:00 in the morning, and was now snoring loudly. She figured he was asleep, but was careful to lightly walk around him to where his head was. She could notice the device in his hand, the one he had pointed at them last night. Was it a weapon? Perhaps a toy? Was he just trying to scare them that night? Whatever it was, it could wait. This may the only chance she would get to get a good look at him. She leaned down to examine his face. He was rugged, a slight beard forming on his chin, he had black hair, either he didn’t care about it, or he liked it that way, because his hair was greasy and messy. An idea came into her head, could she give him a quick kiss before he awoke? He was fast asleep, no one else was up, he was just so cool. This was her chance. She leaned forward to give him a kiss, their lips touched, and Rainbow could feel an indescribable feeling washing over her. It was short lived however, almost immediately after she first touched him, a red and grey blur knocked her on her back, when she opened her eyes she could see the towering figure that was Alexi standing over her, his weapon of choice pointed strait at her, and he never missed.

Of course the sound of Rainbow falling woke all the sleeping ponies and humans. They looked in horror at what was happening.

“What were you doing so close to bed? Answer me blue Pegasus!”

Rainbow wasn’t in the least bit scared. In fact, his quick reaction time made her wonder how fast he REALLY was. She didn’t answer him, she just stared at him, stripping him with her eyes. What she saw made her want him even more.

“I said ANSWER ME!”

William decided he would step in and stop Alexi, before these magical ponies vaporized him.

“Alexi I have had it with your temper! Put that weapon down! She means you no harm.”

“Then, comrade, explain to me why she was snooping around my bed while I slept?”

“She means you no harm.”

“You obviously did not hear what I said. I sai-“

“I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID! And I mean to tell you that she means you no harm. Isn’t that right?

Rainbow Dash let out a barely audible “yes”, Alexi was the only one who heard it, and he lowered his weapon and placed it in the holster on his belt.

“There, isn’t that better?”

Alexi let out an angry snort. He walked toward the window and just stared. He gazed off into the sunset of Equestria, wondering if he’d ever see home again, more so, if they did get back, could William fix the mistake he made with the machine? All these questions sat in Alexi’s mind as he stared. No one dared to approach him, he was a scary man already, who had threatened to attack a living being in his fit of rage. Alexi felt bad for it almost immediately, but he couldn’t put down his front. He had to remain strong.

Rainbow Dash slowly got up and walked back over to her friends, who were still frozen in their place at the sight of the large man who had knocked her on her back.

“Gosh Rainbow, you alright?” asked a very concerned Applejack.

“I’m fine, he’s got more guts then I give him credit for…”

Rainbow never spoke a word the rest of the morning. She was content to just sit back and stare at Alexi, who was still thinking by the window.

There was a long silence, which Preston gradually broke.

“So…wha….wha…where to n..n..now?” He said in a very shaky tone.

“I think it’s time we take you to Canterlot, to speak with Princess Celestia. She is the ruler of these lands, and my personal mentor in magic. She can help you understand where you are. But more importantly, if you all are threats or not.” Twilight just stared at the 7 humans before her. She kept a close eye on Alexi, and when he turned around to speak, she was prepared for the worst.

“Pardon me miss, but I can tell you right now who are most hostile people.”

Twilight just stared at him, who could possibly be more hostile than him? He pointed a weapon at her friend. She didn’t trust his words for a second, but she was willing to give him a chance.

“And just who might that be?” She said very sarcastically.

Alexi just stood there, and glared over at the 2 STILL unconscious men lying on the floor. He pointed a lone finger to them with his black gloves.

“Those two dvornyazhka’s laying on your floor. They will cause trouble, should they awake.”

Twilight didn’t see any immediate threat with the 2 unconscious men, but she was reassured when all of her human guest said in unison that those men were trouble. It was good enough for her. She encased the 2 men in a magical aura, which would hopefully hold them at bay until they could reach Canterlot. William insisted that they be put in the local prison, the others loudly agreed.

“That is for the princess to decide.” said Twilight as she carried them out the door. “Now come on everypony, we don’t want to miss the Canterlot Express”

The group packed what belongings they had and exited the library into the bright Equestrian sun. As they walked, they passed many ponies, many either fled in horror, or came up and poked them to make sure they were real. It had begun to annoy Alexi, so much so that he almost kicked a few ponies off of him when they came up to him. William took the time to examine ponyville, what a marvelous place he was in. He may not have invented time travel, but the next best thing, warping through dimensions! He saw ponies as if they were people, running errands, working jobs, he thought he even saw someone get mugged. He took at his surroundings, the detail of the buildings, the beauty of the streets. He saw a schoolyard, filled with miniature ponies playing in the courtyard. He decided he needed a better look at Ponyville.

“Excuse me miss Sparkle, but do you mind if we stop, I’d like to get a better look at this town. It’s just so much to absorb.”

“We really are on a tight schedule, I don’t think we have time for you to explore Ponyville, William.”

William was content with that answer, they DID have an urgent appointment with the ruler of this land. He completely understood. However, Preston decided that they wouldn’t notice him being gone for a little while. He sat down at a nearby table and began to stare at the young fillies outside the school. He was particularly aroused by the little yellow one, the one in the red bow tie. He felt a lust within him. He adored children, maybe he liked the erotic side of them, but he still loved children. Oh lord, if Alexi knew he was fantasizing about having sex with the school fillies…..he’d probably have his head on a pike. Preston could feel his body heating up, when suddenly…..

“WHAT IN TARNATION ARE YOU DOIN’!?” Said a very angry Applejack. “ARE YOU MAKIN’ GOOGLY EYES AT MAH LITTLE SISTER?!”

Preston didn’t know what to say, all of them stood there, waiting for an answer. Alexi was giving him the death stare, the kind where if Preston answered wrong, he was going to get a pummeling from the Russian mad dog.

“I was just exam…..exam….examining the schoolhouse, it’s very p…p…pretty…”

Alexi leaned over to Applejack who was nearly fuming with rage. He whispered a little phrase in her ear, Preston couldn’t hear it, but he already knew what it was. Alexi’s little test.

Alexi had this test to see if he was actually staring at children or not. Preston got it right all the time, but when no one was around, Alexi beat him anyway. With Applejack and the others here, he wouldn’t dare make a scene. It was pretty simple, something only a simpleton couldn’t solve. It was a simple memory game, name the number of objects of a certain color in the scene Alexi looked at. Preston always had a photographic memory, he never told Alexi that, for fear he’d change the test to something harder.

Applejack just looked at Alexi before finally turning back to Preston.

“Awlright fancy pants, how many red items are in the schoolyard?”

Oh this was an easy one.

Preston cleared his throat for the list.

"The schoolhouse, the flowers by the fence, the candy cane twirlers, the ponies on the sign post, the red headed baby pony with glasses and the red bow AND hair on the little yellow pony.”

The others stood convinced that Preston wasn’t lying. He apparently WASN’T staring at the fillies. They were all fooled, all but Fluttershy, who could see right through him. She knew he had been staring at the fillies, it made him even more adorable, but how would she get his attention? She had to think about it during the train ride.

“I think we’ve had enough drama today, we need to get to the train station.” Said a frustrated William, tapping his food with anxiety.

And soon they were off again, leaving the incident at the school behind them. It actually wasn’t long at all before they reached the train depot, and once they arrived, almost all the ponies stayed away from the strange beings inhabiting their station. The vendor almost refused to give them their tickets, solely out of fear. Soon all was straitened out with the operator, and it was a good hour wait for the Canterlot Express. It was a very uneventful hour, well, if you don’t count all the frightened ponies that nearly bolted out of the station whenever Alexi looked in their general direction. Soon the train was there and they were free to board, surprisingly, they were the only ones aboard the train.

It was dead silent, nopony, or person, dared to make a sound. They all sat at different seats of the train, all except for Twilight and William, who were having a marvelous discussion about magic in Equestria.

“I find it quite incredible that magic actually is possible here, I’ve never seen anything like it.”

“What do you mean? Don’t you have magic where you come from?”

“Not at all, we humans are not naturally gifted with magical abilities like the unicorns. We can’t fly either, I wish we could though.”

“How interesting, so, if you can't fly, who controls your weather? And the other forces of nature?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, here the Pegasus control when it rains, snows, hails, pretty much everything besides the moon and sun. Don’t you have Pegasus?”

William thought how he would explain his world to Twilight.

“Well, we don’t have any. I mean, there are myths and legends about horses that can fly, who carried great heroes to battle and to the heavens. There is no actual proof of such a creature where WE come from. Our natural forces are well….natural. They act on their own, and we have no control over them. It’s rather marvelous actually.”

Twilight just sat there, their entire land acted as if it were the Everfree Forest. For Twilight, that was a personal nightmare. She delved further into the subject, wanted to learn even more about the mysterious land William talked so much about. Her interest was only matched by his interest. Together, the two of them kept scientific conversations going for what seemed like hours.

The others were distracted, so this was Rainbow’s last chance. She lightly trotted over to where Alexi was sitting, staring out the window, she could hear a faint tune from him, she could barely make out the words….

A v nah --- soldaty

I v nebe tjomnom

Gorit soldatskaja zvezda

She couldn’t figure out what any of that meant she assumed it was a lullaby or something from his world, but without caring, she sat herself down next to him, and poked his shoulder.

“Hey”

Alexi didn’t respond, he honestly hoped the blue Pegasus would leave him be, no luck.

“Hey, your name's Alexi right?”

“Da…”

“I’m Rainbow Dash”

She offered her hoof for a bump, Alexi turned around and properly shook her hoof. “Pleasure to meet you, ledi Rainbow Dash”

“Soooo, what do you do?”

“Nothing, I spend my time, drunk, laying in pool of vodka and dreaming of…..nevermind”

“No no, I want to hear…”

Rainbow just sat there, waiting for the large man to respond, eventually, he turned to face her, completely changing the subject.

Listen Rainbow Dash, I must apologize for way I acted this morning. I am very confused and angry, I cannot find single drop of alcohol in this land. I am very much on edge. Please forgive me if I scared you.”

“It’s fine Alex, It’s hard to scare me.”

Alexi just raised an eyebrow, she was the first one to claim not be afraid of him, and she called him Alex. Nobody called him Alex before, what a strange mare.

“Please do not call me Alex, I prefer Alexi. Is my birth name and I would like to keep that way.”

“I understand hot shot. So, where do you come from?”

“I come from glorious land, the Soviet Union, or at least, it WAS that, on a planet known as Earth….”

Alexi told stories of his childhood, of battles he fought, and of his many travels of the world. Rainbow Dash listened in awe as the man told her everything. It didn’t last long at all, he wasn’t the best describer in the world, but he told the tales right.

“Your accent seems funny…”

“Is Russian accent, and not to poke, to me YOU are one that sounds odd.”

They both got a laugh out of that. However, it was short lived.

“Hey Alexi…”

“Da?”

“Do you like talking with me?”

“You are very wonderful to talk to.”

“Do you have a marefriend?”

Alexi didn’t know what that meant, he figured she was talking about owning a horse, which he didn’t, what an odd question…

“Niet, I do not have so called ‘marefriend’” he said with a questionable tone.

“Good”

Suddenly, Rainbow Dash leaned forward and gave Alexi a big, long kiss. She wrapped her forelegs around his neck as the kiss went on, lasting for a good 30 seconds before she pulled away. Alexi was dumbfounded, did that pony just KISS HIM? He was strangely aroused by it, he had no idea that she had feelings for him. Rainbow Dash pulled away and sat back in her seat.

“Well….uh…I’ll be going back to my seat now, ok?”

“Ok…..” said Alexi still shocked by the kiss.

Rainbow Dash got up and walked back to her seat. “Smooth move dash…” she thought to herself, how could she just kiss him like that? She wished she could take it back, and yet, she didn’t want to. Now he knew she was falling for him, or at least, she hoped he knew. Judging by his attitude, he might have trouble understanding certain things. Perhaps she’d go a little further, when she had the chance….

Meanwhile, on the opposite end of the locomotive, Fluttershy was going over multiple scenarios over how her approaching of Preston would work out. She couldn’t see him from where she was, he sat in the very front of the train, while she sat in the back. Eventually, she decided to be brave and walk over to him, trying to avoid everyponies gaze as she walked. She slowly approached him, she could see him sitting on the edge of his seat, his eyes darting all around the room. He paid no attention to the pony approaching him, his mind was preoccupied with worries. Preston always had a problem with worrying, he was always afraid of something, if he slept outside, he was afraid a meteor would hit him. If he slept indoors, the house might tumble down on top of him. If he went swimming he may be sucked into a vortex. He was shaking at the thought of being on the train, until he saw the little yellow Pegasus looking at him on the other end of the seat.

“May I sit with you?” she said in a soft tone

“S…s…sure, please sit.”

She sat down next to him and immediately began speaking with the timid human.

“I must say, uh, Preston, you’re very brave…”

“W….w…what?”

“I said you’re very brave, standing up to that big man…”

“Oh, that’s j….j…just Alexi….He’s alw….w…always like that.”

“He seems like a very mean man, I’m very proud of you. Why does he hate you?”

Preston just looked down, trying to avoid eye contact.

“You wouldn’t want to t….t….talk to me if I told you…”

“Oh contraire, I think I know already.”

“Y….y….you do?”

Fluttershy nodded.

“H….h….h….how so?”

“Well, earlier today, by the school yard, you were staring at Applebloom.”

“I was not….”

“Preston, I know you were, it’s okay.”

“W…what?”

“I said it’s okay.”

Preston started to tear up, no one had ever told him it was ok to look at children, whenever he did, or even thought about it, he was shunned, or beaten. He cried into Fluttershys shoulder, trying to silence himself.

“There, there, it’s alright. Let it out.”

"That a....a....awful, pig headed......H...h...he beats me almost every d....d...d...day....I just......I can't help m...m...myself...."

"I know Preston, it's okay. I won't judge you."

“You’re v….v…very sweet…..”

“Thank you, you are to.”

Fluttershy looked at him, and gave him a smile. He gave her a nice big hug of thanks.

“Preston, if we get back to Ponyville, would you like to come over to my cottage for tea and salad perhaps? I mean…if it’s okay with you….”

“I’d l….love to Fluttershy”

“Good, what time is good with you?”

whenever w….w….we get back. See you there.”

And with that their conversation was over, Fluttershy stayed at Preston’s side the rest of the ride. Once they arrived at Canterlot station, they were immediately approached by Princess Celestia’s personal guards, who escorted them through the twirling streets of Canterlot. Needless to say, many of the upper class unicorns stared at them, some of them taunted or simply talked down to the men. It angered Alexi. Rich, stuck up, insulting, arrogant ponies. They were everything he hated all wrapped up into one. He hoped that the princess he was about to meet wasn’t like the residence of her city.

They walked forward into the great hall of Celestia’s throne room. The men stood, amazed at the all white Alicorn before them. All of them offered a bow, all except for Alexi, who refused to bow to such imperialist royalty. Celestia, being an omnipotent being, knew exactly why he refused to give honors, and she respected him for his integrity on the subject. Once they arose, they addressed themselves immediately.

“Greetings Princess Celestia, we come seeking guidance and advice. We are newcomers to this strange land and we need help getting back. I am called William, these men are my friends, Alexi, Jackson, Matt, Orvil, Johnny and Merasmus, and Preston. We came in contact with your pupil and she was generous to share her home with us for the night, which we are very grateful for. We have come to you hoping you may help us in our time of need your highness. Is there any possible way you can?”

William spoke in his most elegant voice, which made Rarity nearly faint with amazement. Celestia looked at the strange creatures in front of her. She could tell that they were smart, well, most of them. The big one in the gloves just stood at the windows, amazed at the detail. She didn’t know he had a deal to keep quite in front of her. She knew her answer immediately, but she pretended to think it over just for the looks.

“Yes, I will help you. You all are welcome to Equestria, and I hope that while you’re here you enjoy yourselves. Of course, you must respect our laws and my wishes, and keep the big one away from my guards. My dearest Twilight, I am putting these men in your hooves, keep them safe. You

8 will be staying in Ponyville with my student and her friends. Either Luna or I will check up on you from time to time. Oh, and address me as Celestia.”

Alexi was chuckling at the remark made about him. He wasn’t surprised that the guards had to take a second look at the man when he walked by, towering nearly 2 feet above them. He realized they had forgotten something, he decided his previous agreement could be broken, and he informally addressed her.

“Privyet Princessa, I am Alexi, and I have request.”

“You may speak”

“You may have noticed men floating here, these are evil men, I request you lock them in dungeon, before they get into serious trouble. We wouldn’t want anything to….disturb the royal affairs.”

The sarcasm and insult in his tone was sharp, like a knife. Celestia thought about it, she could see the seriousness in his eyes. He was a mean person, but he was no liar. She sentenced the still unconscious men to the Canterlot Dungeon until further notice. With that, they were hauled away by the royal guard.

“Thank you for your time princess, we will be heading back to Ponyville”

“See you soon Mr. William” Celestia said as they left the great hall. They walked slowly back to the train, William contemplating what he would do with the time he had. Alexi approached him out of nowhere.

“Well, meeting went well Da?” he said with a grin

“Yes, indeed It did, now we need to get back to Twilights place, there’s much work to be done.”

“What will we do now comrade? What is there to do?”

“Learn my friend, learn and explore this marvelous land.”