PonyVille

“You seem new around here. I’m surprised Pinkie Pie hasn’t shown up to greet you and try to throw you a welcoming party,” Spike smiles as he struggles a little to carry the cupcakes as Zero took half the load. “Oh, you didn’t have to do that.”

“Don’t worry about it Spike... now could you tell me about this place since as you can see, I am new around here.” Zero smiles at him as Spike, telling him about the two celestial princesses, to the Elements of Harmony, to the Mane six as Zero just listens to Spike’s story as he thinks to himself that he’s in wacko land, a coma, hell, or in another dimension. He concludes that he’s in hell because there’s no way he’ll dream up something like this in a coma.

“So what’s your story? You don’t look like a pony. Are you some kind of alien?” Spike looks up at Zero, his eyes filled with wonder as Zero just the chuckles at him.

“Well, you could say that... but let’s keep that between us for now. Don’t want to cause panic around here.” Zero winks at him as Spike nods, understanding as they come up a giant tree as Zero checks the place out and whistles. “You live in a tree?” Spike nods his head as he opens up the door, inviting him in as Zero follows him into the kitchen as they both place the cupcakes on the table.

“Twilight! I’m back! Also, I brought a guess.” Spike shouted as he takes the cupcakes and sets each of them on the table as Zero hears the sounds of hooves coming towards them as he looks at the culprit.

“Spike, what did I say about... strangers...”

Zero looked at the female as she was wearing a gray uniform blouse and a navy blue skirt, almost looking like a schoolgirl as she was possibly at his chest in height as he notices she had a horn. Her skin color was a pale purple as her eyes were a moderate violet.

There was an awkward silence as the female horse just looked at him like she seen a ghost so he coughs slightly to get rid of the awkward silence as he spoke first. “Hello miss... I’m Zero. Zero Blade, pleased to meet you,” He held out his hand for a handshake as he gave her an inviting smile, showing her he’s not a threat as he thinks to himself that she must be a unicorn so he had to be cautious of her. He sees that she gives a smile of her own and shook his hand.

“Well hello Zero, I’m Twilight Sparkle. But everyone just calls me Twilight,” She looks at Zero and wonders what kind of creature he was since she’s seen nothing like him before, but she had to control her enthusiasm as she hears the others coming into the kitchen.

“Hey, Twi did Spike get back with the...” Zero looks behind Twilight and sees a group of females as he studies each of them. The first one hid behind her wings as she had yellow skin, light pink hair that fell to her waist and wearing a blue sweater that matches her eye color and she wore jeans.

The second girl was pink, had dark pink hair, wore a white shirt with light blue streaks and a short white skirt, and she had a grin that would give Vector a run for his money. The other female also had a horn, but she was white, wore a lavender-colored dress with a pearl necklace and had blue eyes. The tallest one of the group had orange skin, was wearing a button-up brown shirt, a cowboy hat, and short jeans. And lastly, the one who spoke was cyan with wings as the shy one, a rainbow mane, and tail, wearing a white tank top, short blue jeans, and had rosy eyes.

Zero looks at each of them as they just look back at him, not saying a word as he clears his throat, “Well since none of you won’t talk... hello, I’m Zero. Zero Blade, pleasure to meet all of you.” He gives them a inviting smile as they all turn their heads to Twilight who just had a cheeky smile and shrugs.

“Hey Twi, could we... you know, talk in private,” The rainbow-haired one said as she grabs Twilight’s hand and took her back to the living room as all the girls followed, leaving only Spike and him in the kitchen as they both just shrug. “Twilight... who the heck is that??”

“I don’t know Rainbow Dash... Spike brought him here and seems to have gotten help to carry the cupcakes here,” Twilight thinks as she looks at the rest of her friends to get an opinion from them about Zero. “So what do you girls think? Fluttershy?”

“Well... I think he seems nice... a little scary looking with the scar, but nice…” Fluttershy smiles softly as she looks at her energetic friend, “What do you think Pinkie Pie?”

“Well, I think he’s super-duper mean-looking, but deep down he’s a nice pony who just wants to gain the respect of others,” Pinkie smiles and then gasps, “I almost forgot! I’ll be right back! Rarity, you’re up next!” She dashes right out the door as they all chuckle at Pinkie’s craziness.

“Well, I for one can see that he’s a pony of high status... I mean look at his style of clothing. He gives off that feeling of someone you want to respect but there’s that hint of a bad boy in there.” Rarity blushes slightly, thinking about how Zero looks without his shirt on and thinks she finally found her knight in shining armor. She stops drooling as she looks at Twilight, “My apologize deary... Applejack, what about you?”

AppleJack looks back into the kitchen to see Zero and Spike just talking as they were eating a cupcake as she sighs “Well how do I put this... I want to trust him, but there’s just something missing,” they ask her how as AppleJack had a shiver down her spine. “I mean when he told us his name, he was sort of telling the truth. His name is Zero, but not exactly... I don’t know, I need a little time to think about this.”

“You see, Twi?! I don’t trust him either because... I mean just look at him. He’s not any kind of creature we’ve seen! For all we know, he could be some spy sent by Chrysalis to try to get our trust and then stab us in the back,” Rainbow Dash grumbles and mumbles as she looks in the kitchen as she sees Zero showing off his blade to Spike. “He even has a weapon Twilight. Which means we have to watch our backs with him.” Twilight looks in the kitchen as well and sighs as she looks back at all of them.

“Alright, we’ll give him a week. If he seems suspicious, we’ll see what he’s up to... but if it’s nothing bad we don’t bother him, but if it’s bad, then we’ll tell Celestia okay?” All of her friends agree as Pinkie comes back in time to agree with them as.

Unknown to any of them, Zero was listening to their conversation the whole time as he thinks to himself that if he wants his space; he has to be careful in what he likes to call, the game of chess. Like a game of chess, he has to make the right move otherwise it could cost him the game. He hears them come back in as he puts away his bowie knife and looks at them, “So what’s the verdict?”

“The verdict is we will ask you some questions about who you are and where you came from. Is that alright with you Zero?” Twilight smiles, hoping he said yes since she wanted to know more about him.

“Sure why not?” Zero saw how wide Twilights smile got as she led him to the living room. The game of chess has begun.

Twilight and her friends sat on the couch as Zero sat in the rocking chair as he looks at all of them. “So, ask away you guys.”

Twilight nods as she summons a notepad and quill with some ink as she looks at Zero. “Well I think the obvious question we have is, what are you? I mean, you don’t look like any creature we’ve ever seen.”

Zero blinks his eyes, shocked to what he saw and wonders how she did that as he sat up a bit. “Well, I’m a human, or if we go by the scientific name, homo sapiens,” They all gasp as Twilight writes it down.

“There’s no way you’re a human... right Applejack?” Dash looked at her as she shook her head, indicating that he was telling the truth.

“What is the diet of your species?” Fluttershy asked shyly as she looked at Zero.

“Well, the answer to that is humans are omnivores,” He saw how the girls cringed their faces as he just grins at their reactions, noting that they still had characteristics of the horses on earth.

“You eat meat?” Twilight asked, shuddering a bit as she scribbles down what he said on her empty parchment.

“Yeah. We, humans eat meat to get the protein we need to survive and help our bodies grow. However, some humans find eating meat wrong and turn vegan. They eat nothing animal-related and get their protein from some various vegetables.” He explained as they all looked relieved about hearing about humans who only eat vegetables.

“What kind of meat do humans eat?” Pinkie asked, seeming to be on the edge of her seat the whole time.

“Humans profoundly go for meat that comes from cows, pigs, and chicken. But some humans in different parts of the world prefer other animals to eat,” He noticed how they cringe each time he mentioned eating meat as he grins to himself, absolutely loving this.

“Like what?” Twilight asked.

“Other than the animals I said, some humans eat off of different animals such as dolphins, sharks, and other creatures that live in the wilderness,” He said as he looked over and saw that Fluttershy shaking violently.

“Your kind eats one of the fiercest predators in the ocean?” Rarity asked, skeptical of the idea.

“Yeah, shark fin soup is quite a delicacy in a place called Japan. I always went there to visit on some… business trips with partners of mine.” He replied, smiling a little as some memories of his first mission came back to him.

Zero looks over and sees Twilight writing down as much as she can during our chat. “You seem to be paying close attention to all this,” He said as he smirks at Twilight.

Twilight looked up at him and smiled enthusiastically, “Of course I am! Knowing about your planet and your race is very interesting to know about and important to ponykind.”

“That’s Twilight for ya, the biggest egghead of all time,” Rainbow said as Twilight blushed in embarrassment.

He chuckled and laid back against the chair, “Being intelligent isn’t bad at all. Having a gift like that can make a huge difference in one’s life and affect our lives in many different ways.”

Twilight seemed to take his compliment well because her blush increased as she smiled at him, “Thank you Zero.”

“Anytime. Now then, any other questions you gals have?”

“OH! OH! OH! OH! MEMEMEMEMEMEME!” Pinkie said raising her hand while bouncing up and down in her seat.

“Alright Pinkie, what’s your question?” He chuckles as she reminded him of Neon, full of happiness and fun.

“What kind of sweets do humans like?” She asked, smiling brightly.

“Well, humans generally like anything sweet. From cakes to pies, doughnuts to fritters... really anything as long as it craves their sweet tooth,” Zero said as he looks at the hyperactive horse. Or pony as Twilight said.

“THEN YOU LIKE CAKE!?” She asked while shouting in pure joy as she then pulled a large cake out of nowhere with Welcome To Ponyville! written on it.

“How... did you-…”

Before Zero could finish his question, Spike cuts him off. “Don’t ask,” He stated flatly.

“Here, try some!”

Before he could answer, Pinkie shoved a forkful of it down into his mouth. He chewed it as it had a weird taste to it, but other than that, it was a good cake. Not as good as his mom’s or the bakery on fifth street as he slowly swallowed it “Hmmm, that was a pretty nice cake Pinkie.”

“Thank you Zero, I love baking sweets!” Pinkie chirped as her smile grew from the compliment.

“Okay then. Well, do any more questions?” He asked, looking around at them.

“I do. What kind of major accomplishments have humans achieved?” Applejack asked.

“One of the greatest achievements I could think of is that we humans accomplished going to the moon,” He said as they all looked at him with utter shock.

“Your race went to the moon!?” They all asked in unison, their mouth hanging wide open.

“Mhm, but space travel isn’t my thing. Plus some people on my planet believe that it was a hoax while some believe it was real. I don’t care though since that’s not in my expertise,” Zero pauses for a moment as he sees Rainbow’s wing flutter and the next thing that came to mind was flight. “Another achievement we accomplished was inventing something we call airplanes.”

“What are airplanes?” Rainbow asked, curiosity in her voice.

“Planes are machinery that can allow us, humans, to fly. Another flying machine we created are known as jets, which can fly at high speeds.”

“How fast are we talking about?” Rainbow asked now, more interested in jets and planes when flight speed was brought up.

“The fastest known jet is called the North American X-15. It has the current world record for its maximum speed which Mach 6.70,” Zero looks and sees how Rainbows eyes sparkled as he chuckles softly.

“Really!? That’s so cool! I can’t believe you guys made a machine that could make a Sonic Rainboom!” Rainbow said, totally surprised a machine could fly as fast as her, if not faster.

“I don’t know what the hell that is, but I know some jets could create a sonic boom. But at least you can fly anytime you want since you have wings. Using an airplane or a private jet to most people is just too expensive for a single flight,” Zero smiles slightly.

“Well, what about you? Did it cost you a lot to fly an airplane?” Rainbow asked.

“Well, when you’re a businessman like myself… money is not really a problem since I co ran a multi-billion dollar business.” They all look at him in shock as they were about to bombard him with questions about his business, “That’s a story for another time, but I’ll answer any other question.”

“What is human fashion like darling?” Rarity asked.

“Well Rarity, as much as I’ve seen, I don’t see too many differences yet. Well except that we humans wear shoes but other than that, what you all are wearing is like what most people wear back in my world. But I haven’t been here long enough to know for sure.”

“Well, as one can see from your clothes you arrived in, human fashion must be just fascinating,” Rarity stated happily, “And speaking of your clothes. I simply adore your sense of fashion!”

He looked at Rarity and gives her smile as a thank you, “Well I appreciate the compliment Rarity. But from what I can see, your dress is amazing and tailored to match you personally. The pearl necklace goes well with the dress, showing off that natural beauty of yours. Not to mention your baby blue eyeshadow... it goes well with bringing attention towards your eyes since it is the location where you want most people to look at.” He told her as he notices the girls were awestruck, especially Rarity who had the largest blush he’d seen from the compliment he gave her.

Rarity then smiled and had her eyelids closed halfway as she gazed at me, “My, my, my, aren’t you such a gentle colt. You know how to compliment a lady right. I like that…” She said, giving him a wink.

He felt a little weirded out as he smiles nervously, thinking there’s no way he will get attracted to a horse as he looked at Spike who was pissed for some reason. Zero just shrugged, thinking he must be jealous as he looked back at the girls, “Anything else?”

“Umm.. I-I do,” Fluttershy said above a whisper.

“What’s your question?”

“Umm... w-w-what kind of... animals does... your planet have... i-i-if you don’t mind me asking?” She asked nervously.

He gave her a reassuring smile to let her know he would not bite, “Well, my planet has many beautiful animals. I don’t know if we have the same animals since I can see a floating ink jar and Twilight’s horn glowing. But only time will tell..”

“O-okay, well, do you... like animals then?” Fluttershy asked, making her voice a little higher.

“I love animals... especially kittens and snakes,” He then remembers about his cat and snake on earth as he hopes his teammate treats them well.

“Wow. All this information about your race is so amazing! Are there any problems your race has to deal with?” Twilight said to him.

His smile slowly vanished as a sly grin replaced it, thinking about all the lives he took as he looks back at them with a minor glare, sending shivers down their spine. “To be honest with you all... humans have gone through major problems through many years. My race isn’t that kind and caring and from what I can gather from our conversation, this world isn’t as crazy mine...”

“What do you mean by that Zero?” Applejack asked, intrigued by what he has to say.

He looked at her and stayed silent as he slowly looked back at the rest of the girls, “Our history and lives have and will always be plagued by war... war is in our blood. You wanna know why? It’s because we are conquers. We take what we want when we want it and if we have the power to do so... nobody could stop us. But you’d think we’d learn from our mistakes as no matter what, there will always be that one person who uses their power to hurt someone and leave them scarred for life... wanting revenge on that person who caused them wrong. They want to seek power to stand above others and to be respected.” He explained, thinking back to the day his mother was shot right in front of him and how he was too weak to do anything.

The group looked at him in shock, “That’s... so horrible.” Twilight mumbled sadly by what he had said.

He nods in agreement, “I know what you mean. Not every human has a kind heart like many other people I knew... but some people are too kind-hearted and stupid to defend themselves against a threat.” He mumbled that last bit as he thought about Daniel again and how easily his death could’ve been avoided if he just fought back as he sat in silence.

“Is everything alright Zero?” Spike asked.

“Yeah... everything’s just peachy,” He said, looking at the purple lizard. “Also… what even are you? Because I think you're just a big lizard,” Spike pouts and looks at him.

“I’m a dragon... I don’t do that tongue thing some lizards do,” He instantly does it as Zero chuckle to himself.

“So, do any of you have any more questions?”

They all looked at one another and then shook their heads, telling him they had nothing left. “Okay then,” He then looked over at Rarity, who had a minor blush on her face. “Rarity, you’ve been quiet. Is something bothering you?”

Rarity snapped her head up while her blush deepened, “Oh! Umm... I was wondering if you have a special somepony on your planet?” She asked curiously, almost with a hint of hope in her voice.

He looks at her confused, not knowing their terminology, “Special somepony?”

“Another pony that’s your significant other or is one that’s special and dear to you, that kind of thing..” Twilight explained.

“Ooh okay. So it’s like a girlfriend... well, I would say no since I don’t have a girlfriend anymore.” He looked back as Rarity, Twilight, and Fluttershy were giving me smiles that said they wanted something more. He wanted to scream as his eye twitches a little, not understanding why they were into him that much as they barely knew him. He looked at the clock and saw it was around 12:30 PM.

“Time sure flies when asking and answering questions huh?” They all looked at the clock as well after he said that, seeing what time it was themselves.

Suddenly, his stomach growls as the only thing he ate was that apple earlier. “Sounds like somepony’s hungry!~” Pinkie Pie sang in a sing-song voice.

“Guess you’re right... I could go for a bite to eat. You guys know any place to get some grub?”

“There’s a little shop called Sugarcube Corner. We can go there!” Pinkie Pie suggested.

“Meh, I’m down... lead the way,” He gets up from the chair as he follows the girls as Spike locks the door behind him and starts talking with Zero.

Up ahead, AppleJack looks back at Zero who was still conversing with Spike as she felt Twilight pull her closer to her. “So, was he telling the truth Applejack?”

“He is but… there’s just something off about his story and what he’s not telling us,” Twilight asks what she meant by that as she looks back at Zero before looking back at her. “It means we have to monitor him... just to be on the safe side. He’s telling the truth yes, but… I don’t know. It might just be his presence or something, but I can’t think of what it is.” She squints her eyes as she balls up her fist, not knowing what to do. “Whatever it is... I’ll get to the bottom of it.”

Author's Note

Well guys, here's chapter two of this semi wonderful story cause I know that it has problems, but that's where you guys come in. Comment down below and tell me what you guys think about this chapter. Tell me the errors you see and tell me if you're enjoying the story so far. Thanks again, and I'll see you guys nice chapter