* Still not owning MLP *

I'm sitting in a couch in what seem to be a gigantic library. Holy Cow, there must like a millenium of knowledge in there ! I wonder in which language there written, because now that I think about it. I'm in a place filled with talking ponies. It's already a strange thing in itself, but they talk English. How did they learned it ? How could it survive ? Oh, god, I should not think that much. I'm not a nerd... well not that much. Knowing how to solve algorithms doesn't really help on the street you
know ?

Focus McQueen ! I shake my head, and look at Twilight, who seems to be staring at me in silence. It's a bit awkward just to say. I feel I'm about to be examined by some mad scientist. Doctor Frankenstein, is that you? I hope it doesn't come to that, I would like to keep both of my kidneys, thank you very much !

We just stay like that for a minute or two. Okay, now it's just getting ridiculous ! I caugh to stop her from staring. I guess I'll say something, just to start a conversation.

"Okay, so was there anything you wanted to ask me?"

Her smile widden even more, some things never ceases to amaze me.

" Oh my, where could I start ? I have so many things I want to know ! "

" Go ahead, it's not like I'm lacking time or anything. I'm not really busy right now. "

She nods, take some huge breathes. I have a bad feeling about it. I clench myself. The time I realize what's happening, she almost jumps into my face.

" What species are you ? How do you talk ? Why are you bipedal ? Why don't you have hooves ? And not that much fur by the way ? What do you eat ? Do you have predators ? Are there more of your species ? How do you reproduce ? Are you civilized or tribal ? "

She takes a break to take a breath. I stop her right here. Holy moly this girl can talk ! I need a minute for my brain to catch on.

" One by one please, I don't want my brain to explode ! Figuratively, I assure you. Well, first of all, I'm human. How I talk ? I must not be very different from you, I'm pretty sure it works the same. At first, I'll admit, it was also quite a shock from me to hear you guys talk. Why do I walk on two legs ? Yes, that's what those are. It's way more conveniant for us, at our stage of evolution we've been bipedal for a few thousands years, but I'm not that much of a pro of history to say exactly when. The other question is pretty much an extension, I don't have hooves because I have hands as you can see. Surely you must have at least one species that have hands ? "

She seems to think for a few seconds, then nod. Okay, at least I don't have to explain that. It would be annoying.

" For the fur, like I said earlier, it's more because of evolution more than anything. To adapt to our conditions, we lost our fur and a lot of the other attributes at the time we had to become pretty much our own thing. As for our nutrition. Before I say anything, promise on anything you want that you will NOT freak out. "

" I swear on Celestia that I will not, what could be this possibly bad ? "

" We're omnivore. "

I see her eyes widden, and shaking a bit. I feel bad, because if I were in her shoes, in her hooves I mean, I would probably be terrified that there is an intelligent species that could possibly be a predator and eat them.

" Don't worry ! I don't eat ponies ! Anyway, how could I eat something that cute and that talks ? You're pretty much the only other intelligent species that I've met outside of mine. "

" Really ? I thought it was a pretty frequent thing ? "

" Yeah, not really back home. On that point, I can build my next answer, considering we are the only speaking species in our region, we put ourselves on the top of the food chain. If you don't know what that is, I prefer to not explain, especially to an herbivore. We're a pretty egocentric as a race, I cannot really deny that. Back in our good old planet Earth, because I'll assume I'm not there, we're more than 7 billions. But here ? I'm pretty sure the human population must be close to 0 and that's maybe for the best. How do we reproduce ? Humm... it's the story of a female and a male who loves each other very, very much ! I think your parents have already explained this concept to you so I won't go far into details. After that, the baby grows into the mother for 9 months or so. Then it comes out, not as a egg, but as a living baby. Does it answer your questions ? "

I don't have an answer, but I just notice her writing in her notebook. Had she been writing this whole time and I hadn't noticed. Now that I think of it, it all makes sense. With the number of books in this house, I can only suppose she's some sort of scholar or something like that. I wonder what kind of use those notes will have, maybe she will just keep it for herselves, I hope at least. I don't really want to become some sort of scientific interest.

Then I hear someone coming down the stairs, I turn my head to see a purple and green lizard staring at me. I do the same, there it is again, that awkward silence. Then he just screams.

" Holy Gwakamole ! What kind of monster is that ? "

I just respond by the same.

" Holy Macaroni ! What kind of lizard is that ? "

Then for strange reasons, we just start to laugh. No real reason though, I think I just feel like laughing at how strange this situation is. Thank god, I needed to laugh.

I think Twilight appreciated this little moment, because she smiled and decided to present me to the green-purple guy.

" Spike, it's a human, named... hum, what was your name again ? "

" Oliver "

" Oh yes ! Oliver, it's my number one assistant Spike, he helps with whatever I need in my studies and his pretty much my messenger with Princess Celestia. Oh, by the way, before you ask, he's not a lizard, he's a dragon. "

" A pleasure to meet you buddy, a dragon, eh ? That's cool "

" Same for me, human, you aren't really like I thought you would look like. "

" How could you imagine me if you didn't even knew I was here ? "

" Oh, I was not talking about you personally, more about humans in general, I imagined them more... intimidating-looking when I read those stories. "

I turn myself to Twilight, to see if I did heard what he just said.

" Wait ! You mean there are stories about humans. "

" Yeah, but I thought were only myths and legends, I never actually expected to meet one for real. Books describes you being a lot taller, possibly cannibal, blood thirsty. Minions of Discord. "

" Wow, charming. I guess it also says that we eat fillies. "

" In some, it never been that clear. You know myths, it changes at every stories. "

Great, I'm this world version of the boogeyman. Very flattering, but it will be annoying. How am I supposed to be liked here if everyone thinks that I'm going to eat them ? Maybe not telling I'm human will help in the short term, but I would have to tell it in the long term. So it only delays the problem. Also, what's the problem, if Twilight didn't even flinched, what problem would occur from telling the truth ?

" So, why aren't you scared of me ? ''

She shrugs.

" You didn't give me a reason to be afraid of you. You answered my questions with respect, you haven't tried to eat Spike. You are calm and reasonable, so I don't have any real reason to think that you would be a threat to myself or to Equestria. "

" Oh, that's pretty awesome of you. This whole thing went a lot better than what I imagined in my head. "

She laughs a bit. I like what's happening here. The ambiance is a lot more friendly and I don't feel like my body is gonna be sacrificed for science anymore. That's a good first step.

" How did you imagined it would go ? "

" Meh, I expected coming out of here in a body bag, prepared to be examined by all of the science domain of this land. As you can expect, I am glad it did not came to this outcome, because I'm pretty attached to my life. "

" No, we wouldn't go that far, and as far as knowledge and science go. I'm pretty much the only pony I know that have interest in such matters, no one would be that interested in examinating you outside of me. Of course, I would LOVE to know how your body works, but I'm pretty sure you can explain it to me as well as you explained my other interrogations. "

" I wouldn't have it any other way, but please, let's keep this part for another time, because I think I had enough of this, and I think it's best to keep some for later don't you think ? "

" Good idea, all good things should not be all consumed at once. "

I stood up, preparing to leave. I look at Twilight.

" So, I guess we're done ? "

" I guess so, do you stay at Fluttershy's cottage ? "

" I don't really know, I don't think she has place for me to stay. I mean, I would probably scare most of the smaller animals. Probably not the bear though, but I don't think it would be the best place for me. "

" Understandable, I think we will go talk with Fluttershy to sort this situation out. "

" Good idea, personnaly, I don't mind, any house is great by my standards. Even if it means sleeping with bears."

We go out together, with little Spike following just behind Twilight. I go out in third, to see that Fluttershy was still waiting behind the door. She smiles with me and makes a sigh of relief.

" So I guess everything went alright with our big friend ? "

" Oh yeah, it was really fascinating and interesting, but we had something to ask you. "

" Oh, which is ? "

" Do you have any room for someone like him to stay in your cottage ? "

" Hum... I don't know. I would love to keep him at home, but I'm afraid he would scare the bunnies and birds. Celestia only knows that Angel can be frightened by strangers. "

Yeah, I knew that would be a problem. I know too that I can't just go into town to rent a room or something. For a few reasons, one, I don't have any money, I didn't in New York, and I certainly don't here. I don't even know what kind of currency they have ! Just entering the town could be complicated, if Twilight is saying the truth, I would most likely cause some panic. Not the best idea right now. Suddenly Twilight, just exclaimed, taking me by surprise

" Oh, I know ! There is a free guest room upstairs, why didn't I think about it ? "

" But Twilight, the bed isn't even is size ! "

That was Spike, who spoke for the first time in this conversation. Yeah, good point. I don't think I would fit in a bed made for
a little dragon or a pony.

" Ah, Spike, it's nothing that magic can resolve. I'm sure that I can change the dimensions of objects. "

Magic, wait, what ? Magic ? I think I must have missed an episode. Well, it explains some things, like the blue pony dressed as a wizard when I first woke up. Magical ponies, yeah, just to make this world even stranger than it already was, but I don't complain, the concept sounds awesome. I now feel a bit vulnerable, I don't have magic. What use could I have?
I shake those thoughts off, it should not bother me now. I have other things to think about.

" Yeah, it would be really awesome, if you're able to do it anyway. "

" Of course she can, she's Twilight ! The Element of Magic ! " cried out Spike

" The What of Magic ? "

" Really long story. " says Twilight with a shy smile.

" Okay, you'll tell that story at our next session in exchange of my biology, is that a deal ? "

" It's a deal ! " She says with a bright smile. I could almost reflect myself on that smile.

I nod with a smile.

" Okay, now... I think I will officially ask if I can reside for an unknown period of time ? "

" It's perfect, in fact, I think I can assume you have no currency on you right ? "

Yeaaah... Can't really do much with... what's the currency here ? "

" It's called bits, and yes, you will need them. That's why I'm so glad to have you here. You see, Spike is a fantastic assistant, but I realised that he can't do it all alone. That's why I was thinking about hiring someone to work full time at the library. Your job would basically to deal with the books loans. Noting names of the clients, dates of borrowing, dates of return, book names, etc. Then Spike, will go sort them in their respectives spots. It will be way more efficient. "

I think about it for a bit. A job in a library, huh ? Not the most exciting, but it's a job and I do need the money. I don't think I will stay in Twilight's house forever, I will have to find my own house at some point, but for that, I will have to work. She is giving me a golden opportunity and it's still way more interesting that some jobs I had when I was a teen. Eh, why not ?

" When do I start ? "

I see her smiling once again, damn, I saw more smiles on those two ponies only today, that the people back home in a month!

" Tomorrow, but before that, let's introduce you to Ponyville ! "

Author's Note

Thank you once again for reading this chapter. I know, not a lot happened, it was mostly an exposition chapter. The rest of the gang + some extra ones will come in the next one. I hope I did a good job at writing Twilight and Spike. If not, I will continue to watch more episodes and getting better at writing them in future chapters.

Until next time ! Nicojaller