My Little Pony: The Human Chronicles

by IlandMina

Rating: everyone
Tags: Adventure, Alternate Universe, Human
Length: 8798

A story about two human children who ventured into the world of Equestria, where they met new friends, gained magical abilities, and fight numerous enemies.

The story follows two human kids named Toby Morrison and Charla Lawrence who are mysteriously transported to Equestria where they gains incredible magical powers and meets a group of talking ponies called the Mane Six. Now Toby and Charla must protect Equestria from all sorts of monsters, crazy bad guys and a mysterious hunter who is targeting them (mostly Toby).

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2017-05-04 08:37:19 UTC

Humans in Equestria - Part 1

My Little Pony: The Human Chronicles

Episode 1: Humans in Equestria - Part 1

And now the series premiere of the Human Chronicles...

In a place called New York City, the roads were swarmed with cars roaring and their horns honking. It was so loud it would make you deaf if you listened long enough. The people of the city were walking up and down the streets, all day and every night, going about their business without a care in the world. There were also tall, concrete buildings that stretched towards the sky, almost making the place look like a giant prison.

Somewhere among this activity was a Caucasian boy named Toby Morrison, who lived a normal but lonely life, going to school and doing homework. In a two story, red and white colored school called Ryder Elementary, Toby was surrounded by his third grade classmates as he prepared to do a magic trick. Toby was eight years old, a mop of short and shaggy red ginger hair resting on his head and youthful looking freckles. His bright blue eyes shone with curiosity, but also hid a mischievous hyperactivity. He was small for his age, standing only at five feet. He wore a pale blue t-shirt, along with blue cargo jeans. The shoes on his feet were also bright red, with traces of mud on the edges. His grades were high and most would think he had it easy but they would be wrong. Toby held out a white handkerchief in front of himself.

"Okay everyone, now as you can see there's nothing here but a plain white handkerchief," Toby said, showing both sides of the cloth to prove his point. "Watch as I take the cloth and gently lay it across my hand," Toby placed the handkerchief on his hand and started to swirl his finger around the cloth. "Now I just stir a little magic and…" Toby started, before taking the cloth off his hand to show a large red apple. "Ta-da!"

All the students were in awe and started congratulating him.

"Wow!"

"That's amazing!"

"Great Toby!"

Unbeknownst to any of them, outside, dark storm clouds had filled the sky and it was starting to rain heavily. One student finally noticed the downpour.

"Oh boy, the weather man blew it again," the student grumbled, Toby and the other kids turned to the window.

"Wow... sure wasn't expecting that," Toby admitted.

"Yikes, it looks like it's really coming down out there," A nine year old boy wearing glasses named Abel Keegan said.

"Aw man, I didn't even bring an umbrella!" An eight year old boy in red named Boston Bradford groaned.

"Hey I have one in my locker; you want to share it with me?" Abel asked

"Gee, thanks Abel!" Boston said happily.

Toby then remembered he had no umbrella either and turned to them.

"Hey, can I come?" Toby asked, meekly. "Guys?"

The other kids did not seem to notice him and continued talking amongst themselves. Toby sighed sadly and walked away.

Later after school, Toby took his red and blue cap with a white capital 'T' on front out of his locker and put it on his head. He also put on his red and blue backpack and got ready to leave. Then he noticed the pouring rain and sighed.

"I'm sure… someone will walk with me," Toby told himself.

Abel Keegan, the boy wearing glasses and Boston Bradford, the boy in red, two kids from Toby's class then ran past him holding an umbrella.

"Bye, Toe!" Boston said to Toby as he left.

"Later, man!" Abel added.

Both Boston and Abel walked out the school with the umbrella keeping them dry as they went.

"Thanks again, Boston!" Abel said, gratefully.

"No problem, dude!" Boston smiled. The two friends proceeded on ahead.

Toby tried to catch up to them.

"Wait!" He cried, but they were too far away to hear him. Toby knew that his other classmate, Charla Lawrence, also has an umbrella, but she was too busy cleaning the classroom along with some classmates since they assigned to do that every Wednesday after school. He then noticed another kid walking to the door holding an umbrella.

"Hey, would it be ok if walk home with you…" Toby started.

"See ya," The kid said as he walked past him.

Toby watched him go sadly, "…Under your umbrella."

Toby sighed sadly, but before he could sink into an even deeper depression he noticed a bunch of bigger kids harassing another kid from his class not far behind him. The boy had tears in his eyes as the bigger kids continue to taunt and push him around.

"Come on kid, fork over the cash or we'll make you for it over!" The bigger kid exclaimed angrily, grabbing the kid by the collar.

Toby wanted to say something or even do something to stop them and save the little kid but he knew that while he had average athletic abilities he was still quite weak and was no match for any of those bigger kids. He knew that if he got involved in any way he would probably make things worse and get both himself and the kid they were picking on into even bigger trouble, so instead he walked away into the pouring rain while the big kids snatched the crying kid's money out of his hands.

"Sweet! Looks like we'll be hanging out at the arcade tonight!" The big kid remarked triumphantly.

As Toby looked on, Charla is walking in the main hallway with two of her friends Alexa Quincy (black-haired girl in a green dress) and Lumina Gonzales (brown-haired girl with a pink streak in her hair) when she noticed Toby. She is a girl of nine years with fair skin, back-length wavy hair of sunshine gold tied in a ponytail, green eyes gleaming with gentleness and a hint of curiosity. She stands at five feet three inches, making her taller than Toby himself. She wore a white collared sleveless blouse under a short-sleeved pale blue jacket along with a red skirt with a crimson border. She even wore black long socks, scarlet dress shoes and her favorite accessory: a silver chain necklace with a blue hexagonal gem, which was given by her mother on her 6th birthday. Charla knew her classmates since she moved from Venice, California to New York City, New York last year and she knew Toby more since they live next to each other.

"Anyway, see you guys tomorrow," Charla waved at her classmates.

"Bye," Alexa and Lumina waved back as they head home.

As soon Alexa and Lumina are out of sight and earshot, Charla tapped Toby's shoulder.

"Charla. I thought you were busy cleaning the classroom today," Toby turned asked.

"Oh, there were a few messes in the classroom so we finished cleaning early," Charla said.

"Great. Do you have a umbrella I can use?" Toby asked.

"Yeah," Charla said as she took out two umbrellas (one green and one blue) and gave the green to Toby. "You can have this."

"Thanks."

The two then proceeded to walk home. In case anyone should know, Toby and Charla lived in a duplex with their respective families.

The rain pounded Toby's and Charla's umbrellas as they slowly made their way home, with a sigh Toby glanced back over at his shoulder. Only to see the other boys and girls getting picked up by their parents and driven home. The sight of this caused Toby to turn away even more slowly than he was before and walk home. Toby wished his mother was here to pick him up and drive him home, but she couldn't, and she will never be able to. Toby's mom died a few years back when he was still such a small child. The only few memories Toby has of his loving mother are the pictures his father left of her on the mantle in the living room. Even then though his father wasn't there to pick him up either. It turns out supposedly he is out on a business trip, Toby doubted that. The only actual person back at home Toby found himself being treated by was the pointless baby sitter. Who does nothing other than chat on her phone for hours on end, leaving Toby to fend for himself. All he wanted was a person that they won't have to wait for to come home, or get off the phone for once. He wanted someone he can talk to, play with, cry with, somebody he can really call a friend.

Charla has always seen Toby this way ever since the two of them met. She can relate her life to his, although her life was not as hard. A few weeks after her move, her parents had to leave for a business trip with Toby's dad (Charla's dad is an old colleague), leaving her and her siblings (older sister Holly, twin brother Alistair, and younger brother Jeremy) under the care of their maternal aunt Stacie. Even though she has no problem with her new life, she longed for her parents' return. All the while, all she ever wished is to have more friends, including the ones she had before and after the move.

Who knew that these two wishes were soon to be granted.

Meanwhile in a mysterious land known as Equestria…

Dozens of books existed within a great tree-shaped house on the edge of Ponyville. Inside its two-story structure, a young unicorn named Twilight Sparkle had a large tome open in front of her, the title of was "Legends of Equestria," Her violet eyes scanned the pages intently, while her purple coat complimented her indigo mane and tail nicely. A personal touch to her mane, pink and purple stripes, was visible. The cutie mark on her flank resembled a six-pointed, pink star surrounded by smaller white stars.

Dozens of books were all neatly organized on several tall shelves, surrounding her. This was due to the fact that her home was also the town library.

"Hmm, what do we have here?" 'The Legend of the Guardian of Equestria'," Twilight read. "Ooh, this sounds interesting. Let's see, it says 'Long ago, Equestria was nearly destroyed by a being that came from the sky; he brought chaos, and darkness wherever he roamed and carried with him the Rainbow of Darkness'."

"In order to save everypony, the ancestors of Princesses Celestia and Luna called forth a being from the sky to stop it and after a fierce battle the light prevailed, but legend has it that one day, the dark one would return and a new guardian will be called to stand against him," she continued.

Twilight was intrigued by the story.

"A being from the sky? I wonder what those even look like?" she asked herself.

A small, slight chubby and adorable purple scaled and green spiked baby dragon with green eyes ran down the stairs near Twilight. His name was Spike.

"Twilight! Twilight!" Spike called out. He tripped on the way down, hitting each of the steps with a thud before landing face first on the ground.

"Spike! Are you ok?" Twilight asked him,

He quickly picked himself up and dusted himself off. "Yeah, I'm good. Anyways, it's time to go meet the others at Applejack's for the picnic!"

"Oh right! I almost forgot!" Twilight realized. "Come on, we'd better get ready to go."

"Finally!" Spike said before running to get a few things. He came back a couple of seconds later with a wagon full of various items.

"Got the snacks?" Twilight asked.

"Check!" Spike replied.

"Drinks?"

"Check!"

Twilight giggled, "Well, looks like that's everything. Let's go."

Both Twilight and Spike exited the library. Unknown to them, a gentle breeze had blown back a page in the Legends of Equestria book, revealing what appeared to be a two-legged being unfamiliar to anypony in Equestria.

Toby and Charla were still walking home down the concrete sidewalk in the pouring rain when they noticed something that resembled a small blue butterfly fly past them and land on a rather odd object lying on the ground.

The butterfly image faded away as Charla bent down and picked up a golden locket with a green gem in the middle.

"Wonder who this belongs to?" Charla asked out loud.

Toby looked around to see if anybody nearby had dropped it but there was nobody around, "Oh well, I guess it's ours now."

Toby put the locket around his neck.

"Cool! It's just your size," Charla joked.

Suddenly, a black car that Toby recognized zoomed by him too quickly for him to check what was inside. His eyes widened with joy.

"Hey! It's Dad! He's home early!" Toby realized.

"And if your dad is here, my parents are, too," Charla added.

They started to run after the car.

As Toby and Charla ran after the car, elsewhere in the otherworldly city of Canterlot, an alicorn named Princess Celestia, the co-ruler of Equestria, stepped out onto the balcony of her giant, gleaming white and gold castle, which was set on the side of a large purple mountain, looking greatly disconcerted. Her white coat shone in the sun as her long and colorful mane caught and reflected the sun's light. Her cutie mark was the sun.

If one looked closely enough and could see everything happening in the badlands, anypony could see a giant floating black castle arriving at the center of it. Standing on top of it, was a large and hooded figure, his gleaming red eyes sent a shiver down Celestia's spine.

The sound of hoof steps was heard by the Princess and was getting closer. It was Celestia's younger sister, Princess Luna, approaching her from behind. Celestia did not turn around and continued to stare out into the horizon.

Princess Luna had an indigo body and a teal mane and tail. Her cutie mark was the moon.

"Sister?" Princess Luna said, getting her older sister's attention, "What is the matter? You seem… troubled."

"Oh… It's nothing Luna, really," Princess Celestia said, her head lowered, "It's just that… for some reason I have felt the presence of a being of incredible power and darkness and it is coming this way... to Equestria."

"What? Well who is this being?" Princess Luna questioned.

Princess Celestia finally glanced at her sister with a face full of uncertainty and concern that seemed to speak for itself. She glanced back towards the horizon.

"I don't know, but the power he holds is not of this world and it seems to be growing stronger with each passing second," Princess Celestia replied with a hint of worry in her voice. "One thing is for sure… this being… whoever or whatever it is… is pure evil."

Princess Luna walked closer, stood right next to her sister, and joined her in staring out at the land in front of them.

"We must find a way to stop this evil," The younger sister stated firmly. "We have to!"

Celestia nodded "Indeed. Our only hope is if the stories are true," the older sister replied. "That a guardian from beyond the sky will appear and vanquish this new threat,"

Both Princesses' looked up to the sky with hope and concern glimmering in their eyes. Then suddenly, both their horns both started to glow simultaneously with bright magical energy that was almost blinding, much to their surprise and shock.

"Sister! What is happening?" Princess Luna asked alarmed.

"I do not know… but I fear that the prophecy is about to come to pass…" Princess Celestia mused.

Back on Earth, as the two kids ran, the gem in the locket started to glow brightly as well. Toby and Charla quickly noticed the glowing and stopped running while the locket started to float a bit.

"What the heck?" Toby asked.

"What's going on?!" Charla exclaimed.

The gem glowed even brighter and, in a flash of light, Charla and Toby vanished leaving only the locket and the umbrellas behind, which dropped to the ground.

Toby and Charla screamed as they flew down a long, glittery rainbow tunnel straight toward a whole new world. As they flew further and further down the tunnel, a small ball of light with rainbow colored energies emitting from it phases into the boy's body and the gem on the girl's necklace glowed. The tunnel ends when the two kids disappeared into a circle of white light.

Back in Equestria, Twilight and Spike had just arrived at a large meadow with both a barn and a forest full of apple trees nearby. A soft breeze gently blew against the grass and several flowers, giving off a very peaceful vibe around the area. Five other ponies were already waiting for them. Their names were Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy.

"Girls! Look! Twilight and Spike! They're here! They're here!" Pinkie Pie said bouncing with excitement.

Pinkie Pie is a pink coated pony with a puffy rose magenta mane and her eyes are a bluish cyan. Her cutie mark was three balloons.

Rainbow Dash stood up and lifted her tinted black sunglasses.

"It's about time," she sighed.

Rainbow Dash was a pegasus, her coat was a pale cyan and her mane was of the colors of the rainbow. Her tail showed the same colors as well. Her eyes were a violet color. Her cutie mark was a rainbow lightning bolt.

"Hey everypony!" Twilight Sparkle said, "Sorry we took so long; I was just reading this great new book."

"Well, what's it called sugarcube?" Applejack asked in a Southern accent.

Her coat color was orange, her mane and tail were blond and tied in ponytails and her eyes were sap green. She also wore a cowboy hat. Her cutie mark was three apples.

"It's called 'The Legends of Equestria'," Twilight Sparkle explained, "It has all these great stories about all the legendary figures that have come and gone to Equestria, there's even this one about a great evil that nearly destroyed Equestria long before Princess Celestia and Princess Luna came to be."

"Oh my, it sounds scary..." Fluttershy said worried.

Like Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy was also a pegasus, only her coat was pale amber yellow, her mane was pink and she had strong cyan colored eyes. Her cutie mark was three pink butterflies.

"Oh don't worry, Fluttershy, it's not frightening at all," Twilight Sparkle reassured her "It also tells of a mysterious being that came from the sky and stopped it."

Fluttershy sighed, relieved, "Oh, thank goodness."

"Come on Fluttershy, it's just a story," Rainbow Dash reminded her, waving her blue hoof to dismiss the subject. "A really boring story if you ask me."

"It sounds cool to me," Spike said.

"So, what happened to the mysterious being?" Pinkie Pie asked excitedly "Did he vanish? Did he live happily ever after? Did they have a party?"

"I'm not sure, I didn't really get a chance to finish it," Twilight admitted.

"Such a shame. Anyway, now that that's done, may we please enjoy this fabulous sunny day, please?" Rarity asked in a posh upper crust accent. "Twilight you may tell us more about your fantastic new book while we relax,"

She was a unicorn, like Twilight. Her coat was white, her mane was indigo and purple to dark Violet and her eyes were azure colored. Her cutie mark was three diamonds.

"Oh, right, right, let's get started, shall we?" Twilight Sparkle asked. The others all nodded in agreement.

"Finally! I'm starved!" Spike said relieved. He quickly sat down and took a large sandwich filled with gems and took a big bite out of it. The Mane 6 also began eating their respective meals. Everyone stared at Pinkie Pie bizarrely as she slammed her face into a cake and licked all the frosting.

Rarity sighed blissfully, "Such a gorgeous day for a picnic, isn't it everypony?"

"You said it," Applejack nodded.

Fluttershy noticed Twilight deep in thought.

"Is something the matter Twilight?" she asked.

"Huh?" Twilight asked, snapping out of her trance, "Oh, it's nothing, I'm just wondering if that legend I read about is for real or not, the legend about Nightmare Moon came true so what do you think the odds are of this one coming true?"

"Twilight, It's just a story book," Rainbow Dash reminded her, "Nothing in there is real and just because Nightmare Moon's tale came true doesn't mean this one will."

Twilight Sparkle sighed, "Maybe you're right, I mean it's not like something weird is going to happen anytime soon."

Suddenly Pinkie Pie's tale began twitching, "Ooh! Ooh! Twitchy, twitchy, twitchy, twitch... My tail is twitching! My tail is twitching!" she announced

"Oh man, you know what that means," Spike said a bit worried.

"That something's about to fall from the sky? Yeah," Twilight Sparkle nodded. Everypony looked all around and above them and saw nothing.

"I don't see anything…" Fluttershy said cautiously.

"Me neither," Rainbow Dash added.

"Strange, usually something would have fallen out of the sky by now," Twilight Sparkle pointed out, "Pinkie, you sure your tail was twitching?"

Pinkie Pie nodded in a fast motion, "Oh, yes, yes, yes! I'm absolutely, positively, one hundred and twenty percent sure that something weird is about to fall out of the sky right about…"

Then, suddenly, a small hole appeared in the sky and a rainbow appeared soon afterward. They all gasped in shock.

"Whoa…" All except Rarity and Spike said in awe.

"Beautiful!" Rarity said, enthralled by the beauty of the rainbow.

They then all saw someone, or something, rolled and tumbled down the rainbow and into the forest below.

"…Now," Pinkie Pie finished.

"What the tarnation do you suppose that was?" Applejack asked.

"I don't know. But let's find out, come on girls," Twilight Sparkle said as she started to walk to the forest.

"And dragon?" Spike asked innocently.

Twilight smiled at him, "And dragon..."

"Yes!" Spike said to himself as he began to follow her. The others, minus Fluttershy began to follow as well.

"Um… I'm not so sure about this…" Fluttershy said.

"Aw, come on Fluttershy, it'll be fine trust me," Rainbow Dash assured her.

Fluttershy still looked hesitate to go.

"Come on, please?" Rainbow Dash begged slightly.

It took a while before Fluttershy finally responded, after seeing how much her friend was depending on her she finally gave in.

"Well… ok, I trust you," Fluttershy nodded. She started to follow them.

Elsewhere, in a far off section of the forest where Toby and Charla had landed, as the former slowly got up off the dirty and dusty flat ground he groaned as he stretched all of his sore muscles.

"Oh, my head," Toby grumbled. After brushing the dirt off his clothes, he looked around and was shocked to see that he was not in New York any more, but in a large forest full of apple trees. Charla also got up and dusted her clothes as she just as confused and amazed as her friend.

"Where are we?" Charla wondered.

"Ok… this is weird," Toby said to himself. He slapped himself to see if he was dreaming but all he got was a red cheek. "OW! Ok, I'm not dreaming but for some reason I feel… good, great even, I wonder how I got here…"

Toby and Charla walked further into the forest until they reached a dirt road. The two gazed at all the apple trees as he made his way through the forest, they each provided sufficient shade from the sun as he wandered around the apple tree filled forest.

"What is this place?" Charla wondered aloud as she saw a large tree up ahead.

"Hmm..." Charla pondered before she called out to Toby, "Hey, Toby. Can you climb up this tree to try and get a better view?"

"Will do," Toby rushed over to the tree, grabbing onto the first branch he could see as he made his way up. Along the way up, he accidentally held onto a branch so hard, he broke in half causing him to lose his balance for a minute or two. He barely noticed this and continued climbing.

As for Charla, she looked around until she noticed until she noticed her necklace gem glowing. This time, the glow start to become brighter, bright enough to blind Charla. Once it dissipated, Charla noticed nothing happened.

"That's weird," Charla remarked.

In another part of the forest, the Mane Six and Spike were all searching for whatever came through the magic portal.

"I sure hope whatever came out of that hole in sky isn't… dangerous…" Fluttershy said hopefully.

"Oh pish posh, Fluttershy," Rarity stated, "What kind of monster pray tell would ride down a rainbow so beautiful, so dazzling, so magnificent, so…"

"So what?" Rainbow Dash interjected, "Cloudsdale, makes way better rainbows than that, heck, I make better rainbows than that."

"Ok, that's enough bragging then there, little missy," Applejack told her. "Now let's just find this here critter and see if he's friend or foe."

"Ooh! And see if he likes parties because I have to throw one for anypony who comes to Ponyville!" Pinkie Pie said bouncing up and down with excitement.

"Let's just find it before we do anything, ok?" Twilight Sparkle asked.

"But this place is huge, whatever fell here could be anywhere," Spike pointed out.

Rainbow Dash flew into the sky dramatically, "Never fear, Rainbow Dash is here!" she said proudly "I'll just search from the sky and let you all know if I find something."

"Ok, go," Twilight Sparkle nodded. Rainbow Dash zoomed off further into the forest.

At the same time, Toby had nearly reached the top of the tree.

"Boy, who knew Gym class would ever come in handy," Toby muttered to himself, "Ok, nearly there, just a little more…"

Soon Toby reached the top of the tree, but just as he started to gaze at the sight of the large forest. He saw something flying straight toward him like a bullet. He screamed, covered his face and braced for impact.

Unknown to him, that thing was Rainbow Dash and when she saw that she was going to run into someone, she closed her eyes and immediately stopped in front of Toby.

Both Toby and Rainbow Dash noticed that she didn't crash into anything and slowly opened their eyes. They stared at each other for a quite a while, until both of them then blinked twice before screaming at the top of their lungs.

Rainbow Dash flew off while Toby lost his balance and fell off the tree.

"Found anything yet?" Charla called, only to see him land on the ground with a thud, leaving a small impact crater in the ground. Toby groaned and sat up. He looked both shocked and scared.

"W-was that a… a… Pegasus?" Toby stuttered, then pinched himself. "Ow! Nope. Not dreaming. Why aren't I dreaming!? I have to find somebody! Somebody human before I go nuts!"

Toby started to run down the path. As he ran, he noticed how fast he was going and how slow everything around him looked. He was greatly surprised, though his surprised quickly turned into excitement before he decided to slow down, which took a little effort and caused him to break apart some parts of the ground doing so.

"Holy Guacamole, I'm fast!" Toby said amazed.

He looked at a nearby boulder and got an idea.

Toby walked over to the boulder, grabbed onto it and effortlessly lifted it up and sent it flying into the sky.

"And I'm strong too? Wowza!" Toby exclaimed. "But how? Hmm, it must be this place… Wherever this place is anyway. Well, better get searching for people."

Toby spotted another blue butterfly flying past. He watched as it flew down a path in front of him. He then zoomed down the same path. Little did he know is that he left Charla behind.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Charla said as she ran after her friend.

Elsewhere, the rest of the Mane Six and Spike were still waiting for Rainbow Dash.

"I wonder what's taking Rainbow Dash so long," Twilight Sparkle wondered.

"Yeah, she's usually done by now," Applejack added.

"Maybe whatever's in there got her... maybe she's hurt!" Fluttershy said worried.

"Ooh! There she is!" Pinkie Pie said gesturing upwards.

Everypony looked towards the forest and saw something speeding towards them. As it got closer, they saw that it was Rainbow Dash.

"Yep, that's her!" Twilight Sparkle confirmed.

"Boy… she's flying pretty fast, I think she's…" Spike started before Rainbow Dash crashed into them, the all six of them were instantly knocked down like bowling pins. They all groaned in pain as they lay in a heap on the ground.

Rarity stood up first, "Rainbow! Honestly! A little warning next time would not be that much of a bother you know."

The others also got up, including Rainbow herself.

Rainbow Dash panted "Sorry… it's just… I saw… something… in the forest…"

"What did you see?" Twilight Sparkle asked.

"I don't know, I've never seen something like it… but it was… weird looking!" Rainbow Dash told them.

Twilight rolled her eyes, "Rainbow…"

"I'm serious!" Rainbow Dash insisted.

"Well, what did it look like?" Spike asked worried.

"It stands on two hoofs, it has no fur, just a patch of hair on its head, and it has a small muzzle, weird... things on the end of its hooves and a bizarre looking body!" Rainbow Dash explained in a spooky voice.

"Oh my!" Fluttershy exclaimed, putting her hoofs to her mouth.

"It sounds funny!" Pinkie Pie quipped with a giggle.

Rainbow Dash got to eye level with Pinkie and looked at her seriously, "It's not funny Pinkie! It's dangerous!"

"Come on Dash, we shouldn't jump to conclusions, maybe it's a nice little critter," Applejack suggested.

"Yeah, remember when we thought Zecora was a witch before we got to know her?" Twilight Sparkle reminded her.

Fluttershy nodded, "Yes, I think we should at least meet this creature, before we automatically call it a monster," she added, "If... that's ok?"

The others all nodded.

"Right. Now let's go out find it, shall we?" Rarity suggested.

Before they could move, Spike spoke up.

"Uh… guys?" Spike said pointing up ahead. Everypony turned to the forest and they could see something speeding towards them, covered by a thick dust cloud.

"What in Equestria is that?" Rarity asked.

"Whatever it is it sure is moving fast!" Applejack pointed out. Fluttershy gulped and hid behind the others, closing her eyes and shaking in fear.

"Brace yourself everypony!" Twilight told them.

Toby saw something up ahead, stomped on the ground hard and skidded to a stop right in front of the Mane Six and Spike and a large cloud of dust surrounded them. They all started coughing until the dust cloud finally dissipated.

"Whoa, that was close, sorry about…" Toby started until he saw Spike and the Pony gang right in front of him. All eight of them gasped.

There was a long moment of silence as Toby, Spike and the ponies, minus Fluttershy, stared and blinked at each other in complete shock and fear.

A few seconds later, after finally getting over the shock, Toby spoke up.

"Um… hi?" Toby squeaked.

"Whoa! That thing can talk!" Spike exclaimed. It took a minute before Toby realized what just happened.

"Wait a minute… you just talked!" Toby realized.

"Everypony back away, real slowly..," Twilight Sparkle whispered to the others. They all start to slowly back away in fear.

Toby leaned in closer, "How did you do that? Ponies can't talk!"

Fluttershy poked her head out from behind her friends to see what they were backing away from but when she saw Toby, she screamed at the top of her lungs. Toby did the same followed by the others. Toby hid behind a tree while the Mane Six and Spike hid in a large bush.

Toby poked his head out from behind the tree and saw Spike and the Ponies hiding in the bush. They seemed very frightened.

"Huh? They're afraid of... me?" Toby said to himself quietly and confused, before he noticed Charla catching up to him.

"Toby! Can you stop running or, at least, slow down?" Charla panted due to all that running.

"Sorry, Charla. I didn't notice," Toby smiled sheepishly.

"It's fine. Anyway, I wanted to show you something," Charla showed the gem she found.

"What's that?"

"It's a gem but I don't know what it does."

Back in the bush, the seven friends all whispered to each other.

"I saw another one," Twilight said as she pointed her hoof at Charla, who is talking to Toby.

"What in Equestria are they?" Rarity asked whispering. "And where did they get such dreadful clothes?"

"I don't know, I've never seen or read about anything like him before," Twilight Sparkle replied.

"Maybe they're monsters…" Fluttershy said scared, "What if they've come to hurt us?"

"Whatever they are, they're not going to hurt anypony! Not on my watch!" Rainbow Dash declared, "I'm going for it!"

Rainbow Dash zoomed out of the bush and towards Toby and Charla.

"Rainbow, wait!" Applejack called out, trying to stop her.

Toby came out from behind the tree cautiously before immediately backing into the trunk of the tree as soon as Rainbow Dash appeared in front of him and looked him in the eye.

"Alright whatever-you-two-are, who are you? What are you doing here?" Rainbow Dash demanded. "You'd better answer!"

Charla held her hands up, attempting to calm the Pegasus down. She clearly looked very afraid.

"Ok, ok, just take it easy. My friend and I here mean you no harm," she told her. "Any of you."

Slowly, the others poked their heads out of the bushes.

"You think she's telling the truth A.J.?" Spike asked Applejack.

"I think so, these here little fellers sure doesn't seem to want to fight, that's for sure," Applejack said as she walked over to Toby, Charla, and Rainbow Dash.

"Settle down there Dash, I'll talk to them," Applejack told her.

Rainbow Dash grumbled, "Fine. But no funny business."

"I'm actually very sad right now…" Toby admitted.

"So, what're your names?" Applejack asked.

"M-My name's Tobias Morrison, but call me Toby, everyone does," Toby said.

"And I'm Charla Lawrence. What about you?" Charla asked.

"Name's Applejack," Applejack replied, "So what exactly are you anyway?"

"We're called humans," Toby stated.

"What now?" Rainbow Dash asked confused.

"Humans. Our kind is the dominant species on our planet and because our amazing opposable thumbs we can do things animals like you ponies can never do!" Charla told them.

Rainbow Dash didn't seem to believe him, "You expect us to believe that?" she asked.

"Oh, so you don't believe me, well watch this!" Toby said before he and Charla jumped out of their shoes and high up into the tree, they swung from each branch using their hands and feet.

The others poked their heads out of the bushes and watched in amazement.

Rainbow Dash scoffed, "Oh please, anypony can swing from a branch by their hooves!"

"Not anypony I know," Applejack interjected.

Toby and Charla landed back in their shoes right in front of them in a crouched position before standing up.

"Woo-wee! That sure was something there little critter," Applejack admitted.

"Thanks, luckily we always paid attention in Gym class and played on the jungle gym more than once," Charla said as Toby turns to Rainbow Dash, "By the way, in my world we call our 'hooves' feet, and these are called 'hands', see? Take a good long look."

Charla wiggled her fingers in front of them. Everypony, excluding Rainbow Dash who just grunted, looked at his fingers in awe.

"So, where ya both from?" Applejack asked.

"We're from a planet called Earth," Toby explained. "We also have ponies there… but they don't talk."

Pinkie Pie suddenly popped over much to Toby's surprise and bewilderment.

"WOW! We have a connection! You're from this Earth and I'm an Earth Pony!" She said excited.

Toby and Charla stared and blinked at her, looking lost.

Applejack smiled nervously, "Uh… we'll explain that later. Anyway, I assume you aren't here to hurt any of us?"

"Nope," Toby stated simply.

Applejack looked at him closely to see if he was lying. After a few seconds of staring, Applejack turned to the others.

"It's ok, they're telling the truth!" She assured them, "Y'all can come out now and introduce yourselves,"

One by one, the rest of the gang stepped out of the bushes. Toby waved but Fluttershy still looked at him frightened. Twilight was the first to step forward.

"Hi there, my name is Twilight Sparkle," she said.

Toby gave her a look as if he couldn't believe her. "Really? That's your name?"

"Last time I checked. Why?" Twilight Sparkle asked.

"Nothing. Nothing," Toby said quickly.

"Anyway these are my friends, this here is…" Twilight Sparkle started before Pinkie Pie got in front of her.

"Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! You like parties? Because I love parties! In fact, we should throw you a welcome party! What do you say? Huh? Huh?!" Pinkie Pie yelled whilst smiling and jumping up and down excited.

Charla blinked, not knowing how to respond to Pinkie, "Yeah… I think silence is probably my best option now."

Twilight looked at Pinkie Pie annoyed then continued introducing the others.

"Anyway, this here is Spike," Twilight said gesturing to Spike.

"Ooh, what's he?" Chalra asked curiously.

"What am I?" Spike asked surprised, "I'm a dragon! Can't you tell?"

Toby raised in eyebrow, "You sure? I've seen bigger dogs. Actually I've seen bigger cats."

"Technically, he's a baby dragon," Twilight Sparkle explained.

"Oh, that makes sense," Toby said.

"Anyway, that's Rarity," Twilight Sparkle gestured to Rarity.

"Charmed," Rarity stated with a slightly bow.

"Likewise," Charla smiled. She then noticed Fluttershy cowering behind them, "Hey, who's that?"

"Oh that's Fluttershy," Twilight Sparkle replied.

Fluttershy glanced back and forth between her friends and the two human kids, "H-Hello," she whispered.

"Hi…" Toby and Charla said slowly and uncomfortably, unsure of what they should say anything else to her.

"And you've already met Applejack and Rainbow Dash," Twilight Sparkle said. Toby and Charla smiled at Applejack but frowned at Rainbow Dash who was giving them a suspicious look.

"Ok then… now let me ask you guys something, where the heck am I anyway?" Toby said in a questioning tone.

"That's easy, you're in the magical kingdom of Equestria, it's ruled by both Princess Celestia and Luna. We all live in Ponyville; it's a town not too far from here," Twilight explained.

"Cool!" Charla said intrigued, "Can you show us?"

"Sure, why not?" Twilight Sparkle said. Then Rainbow Dash stepped in between her and Toby.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on a minute," Rainbow Dash interjected, "We can't just bring him into Ponyville! We don't know anything about this kid!"

"Come on Dash, they're harmless," Applejack insisted.

"Haven't we learned our lesson about automatically trusting everypony we meet?" Rainbow Dash reminded her, "Remember the parasprites?"

The others all shivered at the memory while the two humans looked at them confused.

"I say they should go back to where they came from!" Rainbow Dash declared.

Toby stepped forward, "Uh… don't I get a say in this?" he asked.

"Nope," Rainbow Dash shook her head.

"Ok, what's your problem?" Toby asked her angrily.

Rainbow Dash glared at him "For starters; you two!"

"But we haven't done anything to you!" Charla pointed out.

"Yet," Rainbow Dash stated.

"Alright Rainbow Dash, that's enough," Twilight Sparkle said trying to break up the fighting.

"Stay out of this Twilight," Rainbow Dash told her.

"I don't think I can, you doofus!" Toby shouted.

"What do you mean you can't?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Before we came here, we found a locket with strange symbols and a gem in the middle, then it started glowing and poof! Here we are," Charla explained. "But I think that thing stayed behind in our world after we left so, apparently, we have no way of getting back!"

"So… you're stuck here?" Spike asked, "Forever?"

"That seems to be the case and it's just as bad for me as it would be for you, Rainbow," Toby said to Rainbow Dash.

She raised an eyebrow, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"You care about your friend's right?" He asked.

Rainbow Dash nodded, "Yeah."

"And you'd miss them if you learned you could never see them again, correct?" Toby questioned.

"Well, duh! Of course I would!" Rainbow Dash shouted, it took her a minute before she slowly started to realize where he was going with this. "...What's your point?"

"Well, I have a father back in my world that I care about. He's all I have left after my mother… Anyways, even though he's not around much, I still care about him," Toby explained. "But now he doesn't exist here, I might never seem him again, or my home," Toby turned away he hide his sad face. "I'm totally alone," he continued.

"As for me, well, my life's not as hard as his, but my parents are also in the same situation as his dad," Charla said with slight indifference but with a hint of empathy for Toby.

Sad looks appeared on everypony's face as they all felt great pity for Charla and Toby, mostly the latter. Even Rainbow Dash looked extremely guilty for how she had acted around him.

She sighed, "Maybe… we can… help you get home."

Toby turned around surprised, "You'd… you'd do that?"

"Well yeah, Twilight's a great magician, maybe she can get you home," Rainbow Dash said.

Charla looks at Twilight both excited and surprised, "Really? You know magic?"

Twilight nods, "All unicorns do, watch..."

Twilight's horn started to glow with a magenta aura, and then an apple levitated off an apple tree and into Toby's hands. Toby was amazed.

"Whoa! That is so cool! You're so cool!" Toby stated excited. Twilight Sparkle blushed at his last comment.

"So… can humans do magic too?" Twilight Sparkle inquired

Toby shook his head. "Nope, we usually do things by hand or use nifty equipment to get the job done for us," Toby replied.

"Amazing!" Twilight Sparkle exclaimed, she seemed keen to learn more about Toby's world but then suddenly Pinkie's tail began twitching.

"Ooh! Twitchy, twitcha, twitcha, twitch!" Pinkie Pie said shaking. The others all seemed to know what that meant and gasped.

"Uh… what's with her?" Charla asked confused.

"Uh oh, TWITCHY TAIL!" Spike cried.

"Meaning?" Charla asked even more confused.

"That means something's about to fall from the sky!" Rarity exclaimed dramatically.

"Oh no!" Fluttershy squeaked.

"What?" Toby asked, he looked like he didn't believe it, "That's ridiculous. Nothing's gonna fall out of the sky."

Suddenly a giant black and red dragon, wearing a spiky red collar dropped down in front of them, making them all jump. Their eyes all widen with horror.

"Ok, I believe," Toby said quickly. Fluttershy looked especially scared when she got a good look at the dragon. All nine of them had dumbstruck looks on their faces.

"DRAGON! RUN!" Fluttershy screamed.

Toby nodded. "Yeah, I like that idea!"

All nine of them quickly took off, with the giant behemoth hot on their trail, it's large footsteps made the ground shake nearly every second. Later, they all managed to hide inside large wooden log, panicked looks were still shown on their faces. They remain motionless and silent as the dragon passed nearby. One by one, they shushed each other till Pinkie accidentally shushes so loudly that it catches the dragon's attention.

The dragon picked up the logged and looked through it, finally spotting the nine of them. Both the girls and the guys all looked greatly scared and quickly leap out of the log one by one before the dragon could chomp it's sharp jaws on them.

The Pony Gang along with their two non pony friends continue to run and run as fast as they could to get away from the dragon. Because of his speed Toby managed to outpace the Mane Six, even Rainbow Dash. He chuckled happily at this fact till suddenly, he accidentally tripped over a rock.

"Oh… no…" Toby moaned in slow motion as he fell to the ground face first.

"Toby," Charla approached her friends just as the Mane Six are heading to their direction. They quickly moved out of the way as the Mane Six ran by and into a thin ditch on the side of the path, the dragon was unable to see him and simply continued chasing after the Mane Six.

Sweat dripped from Toby's face. "Huh… and all this time I thought being bigger and taller would be a good thing," He remarked, clearly still shaken by what had just happened. Toby and Charla then heard the shrieks of the girls and popped out of his ditch of a hiding spot.

The Mane Six tried to run down another pathway to escape the dragon, but the Dragon blocked them with its tail and roared. They all huddled together.

"What's a dragon doing here anyway?" Twilight Sparkle asked.

"I don't know, but he sure looks mad!" Applejack replied.

The dragon looked at them closely and snorted a puff of smoke. They all coughed and blew away the smoke.

"Good gracious! Hasn't this dragon ever heard of manners?" Rarity asked annoyed.

The dragon growled and prepared to attack, causing all of them to scream with fear. Toby and Charla could tell that if he didn't do something fast they would all be eaten in no time. They stared at their shaking and sweaty hands and then saw the scared looks of the girls and Spike. Remembering how nice they were to them and that they now had the power to help them, Toby and Charla quickly decided that he wouldn't just walk away this time and nodded at each other.

Meanwhile the dragon was about to chomp down on the seven of them but someone suddenly spoke up and stopped it in its tracks.

"Hey, you big stupid lizard!" Toby shouted, "Leave them alone!"

The dragon turned to Toby and Charla, who continued to stare at it without an ounce of fear.

"What are you doing, kids?" Rainbow Dash asked, confused and shocked. "Run for it!"

"No way! We can't just stand by and let this thing eat you! We won't!" Toby stated firmly. "Especially when we know we can protect you all!"

"But… you're just two kids…" Twilight Sparkle told him worried.

"Maybe," Charla said. "But that doesn't mean we still can't try."

The Mane Six, along with Spike were all surprised by his bravery as the Dragon lowered its head and locked eyes with Toby.

"What did you say to me?" The dragon growled, its anger starting to rise.

"You heard me you over grown, gecko!" Toby said.

"Ooh, he really shouldn't have said that," Spike grimaced.

"Were you the one who tossed a rock at me earlier today?" The dragon demanded.

Toby then remembered the rock he tossed in the air to test his strength and his eyes widen, "Maybe..."

Charla face-palmed once she heard that. This made the dragon even angrier.

"Any last words before I destroy you creatures from beyond?" the dragon said angrily.

"Ok, but if you're going to stand there blabbing at me dragon boy at least pop a breath mint, will ya? You mouth really stinks," Charla cut in, folding his arms.

"It is rather foul," Rarity nodded.

"Rarity!" Twilight Sparkle hissed.

The dragon wrapped its tail around Toby and Charla and pulled them in for a face-to-face look.

"Toby! Charla!" Everypony cried.

A smile appeared on Toby's face, "Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm stronger than I look!"

Toby broke the Dragon's hold and delivered a high kick that knocked the dragon back. The others watched in shock and amazement as Toby dove towards the Dragon and knocks it flat on its back with a strong punch to the face that actually seemed to hurt the beast. He then finished it off by jumping into the air and landing right onto the dragon's stomach. The dragon roared in pain as he let go of Charla, who landed perfectly on the ground. She then later joined the fighting

The Mane Six, plus Spike, all gasped.

Toby looked the dragon in the eye fiercely, "Have anything to say for yourself or do I have to continue with some more face stomping?" He asked, "Well?"

The dragon looked terrified of him.

It slithered out from under him, causing Toby to fall over while he flew off.

Toby sprung backup, "Yeah! You better fly away!" He shouted before he started to groan as he rubbed his sore rear.

Spike and the girls stared at in astonishment. They could not believe that a small thing like Toby could actually defeat a dragon! They all rushed over to him.

"Hey, did you all see that?" Toby asked, excitedly. "I just punched a dragon!"

"Toby, that was amazing!" Twilight Sparkled remarked

"Yeah, you totally clobbered that guy!" Spike added. Toby blushed with embarrassment then started giggling, full of excitement.

"That was fun!" Toby cheered.

"Boy, howdy, are all you humans this strong?" Applejack inquired.

"Some are strong, but not as strong as me apparently," Toby replied, "Which is weird because I'm usually not this strong, it must have something to do with how I got here, or maybe it's this place, I'm not entirely sure… but right now I don't really care."

"I'm just glad that we're all in one piece," Charla sighed.

"Well in any case, we all owe you our lives, kind sir," Rarity said, she levitates a small handkerchief from her bag, "I'd like you to take this, as a token of my gratitude."

Toby took the handkerchief, "Thanks," He said before he turned to Twilight, "Anyway, Twilight is it? Do you really think you can find a way to get me and Charla home?"

"I don't know, maybe, if not we'll have to ask Princess Celestia. She's my mentor by the way," Twilight Sparkle said.

"Pretty neat having a Princess for a mentor," Charla said, "So, what now?"

"I guess we head back to Ponyville," Twilight Sparkle told him.

She turned to a small village nearby, "It's just over that hill there."

"Cool, I've been itching to see this Ponyville place," Toby said excited, "So, what are we waiting for? Let's get a move on! I'll race ya!"

Toby ran off ahead. The others followed him.

"He sure is an energetic little thing, ain't he?" Applejack stated.

"You could say that again. When he's not sad, he's always like that ever since we first met," Charla said.

"I like him, he's funny!" Pinkie said.

"He's amazing!" Spike exclaimed.

"He definitely is very brave," Rarity added.

"Oh please, I could have totally taken down that dragon!" Rainbow Dash bragged.

Toby stopped, ran back, looked Rainbow Dash in the eye and smirked, "So, why didn't you?" He asked smugly.

Rainbow Dash frowned at him, while the others chuckled in amusement. Toby ran off once more. Charla followed him.

"I still say we should keep an eye on them," Rainbow Dash told them.

"Rainbow-" Twilight Sparkle started.

"I'm serious! I mean they may have beaten up that dragon, but what's to stop from attacking us?" Rainbow Dash pointed out.

"She has a point," Spike stated.

"All I'm saying is these kids may seem nice... but they're dangerous," Rainbow Dash said.

"We understand your suspicions Rainbow, but let's just see what he can do first before jumping to any conclusions, ok?" Twilight Sparkle asked, everypony nodded, "Alright then, now let's get moving and follow him, before something else pops out of these woods."

The Pony gang then began to follow Toby and Charla. As they did, Twilight had a thought.

'I haven't had the chance to ask Charla about the gem on her necklace. I guess I should ask her later.

Meanwhile in the dark Everfree Forest, a tall, shadowy, four-legged figure wearing a hood watched them all make their way towards Ponyville.

The figure turned his attention to a statue that had just been placed beside him by two strange creatures. His eyes flashed red and suddenly, the statue became a tall and muscular, shadowy person.

"Show no mercy," The dark figure said to the giant. The giant nodded and starts to walk towards Ponyville. The dark stranger laughed evilly as he continued to watch his giant minion follow the nine friends towards their hometown before vanishing back into the shadows.

To be continued…