Find Her, Stay With Her

Kyle, Lyra, and Jan had all exited the car, which was emitting smoke and steam from under the hood due to Kyle flooring the engine for several minutes during the pursuit, and the two humans took a good, long look at their surroundings.

"Wow, this is such a beautiful place!" Jan said.

"Totally!" Kyle said. "It looks even better than on the show!"

"Thank you." Celestia said. "It is always nice to hear compliments about my residence."

At that moment, another pony came forward out of the corner, and Kyle recognized her instantly.

"Twilight! It's good to see you again!" Kyle said.

"Oh! Hello, Kyle!" Twilight said. "Um, so... who is this woman with you?"

"This is Kyle's mother, Jan Rhodes-Schaeffer, Twilight." Celestia said.

"It's nice to meet you!" Twilight said.

Suddenly, a voice came from the corridor outside of the portal chamber.

"Twilight? Twilight? Where are you?" they said right as they were walking up to the door.

The voice, as it just so happened, belonged to Spike the dragon. He stopped and stared upon reaching the entry to the room.

"Uh... Twilight...?" Spike began. "...Wh-what are they...?"

"Don't worry, Spike. They're harmless." Twilight said. "This is Kyle Schaeffer and his mother. They are both humans."

Kyle walked right up to Spike and knelt down in front of him. The young dragon was slightly on-the-spot, given that he was only one-quarter of the human's full height.

"Well, it's good to finally meet you, Spike!" he said.

"...What do you mean 'finally'?" Spike asked.

Kyle shrugged. "I guess you could say... we've been watching your lives play out without being here."

Spike darted his eyes for a moment.

"I don't know what that means, but... I guess I'm glad to meet you. You don't seem so bad." he said.

"So then..." Celestia said. "...shall we continue?"

With that, the Princess led Equestria's new visitors, along with Lyra, out to the balcony not far from where the portal chamber was... leaving only the two Richardsons in the trunk, which they, once again, struggled to open due to the confined space.

"C'mon, I could get the latch just fine at the hotel!" Danny said.

"Don't push, son..." Ed said as he continued to try and open the door.

Eventually, they opened it up, and were able to get out. Once they clumsily rolled onto the floor... they were surprised by the scenery that had manifested around the car, including the front half of a police car.

"Where the hell are we?" Danny asked.

"I've haven't any clue!" Ed responded.

They glanced around the large chamber, confused as all hell.

"What is this Mickey Mouse shit!?" Ed questioned.

"Looks like a fairytale castle!" Danny said.

"Well, let's find out where that little shit went off to with his bitch mother and his brain-dead girl!" Ed said, standing up and making his way through the castle.

Out on the balcony of Canterlot Castle, Celestia led the three to the edge to get a view of a large chunk of Equestria. All three were captivated by the view.

"Wow...!" Jan said.

"Equestria..." Kyle spoke. "...it's way more beautiful than I could've ever imagined...!"

Princess Celestia smiled. "Everypony does their part to keep our kingdom alive and as beautiful as ever."

"So... I was wondering..." Kyle began. "...would it be alright if we went to Ponyville? I've always wanted to visit that place!"

"Of course." Celestia said, nodding just before turning to Lyra. "I assume you have some business with your friends back home?"

"Yes, your Highness." Lyra said. "And I'd love for them to meet Kyle!"

Celestia nodded. "I shall prepare my carriage to take us there at once."

"Oh, um... well, Princess Celestia..." Twilight began, suddenly nervous. "...I was actually hoping to... get back to my studies..."

"If you wish to stay here in Canterlot, it is perfectly alright, Twilight." Celestia said.

Kyle smirked a bit at Twilight's response.

Wow... she's apprehensive at meeting other ponies... just like at the beginning of the show! he thought.

Without saying too much more, Celestia escorted Kyle, Lyra, and Jan to Ponyville in her carriage. Along the way, Jan looked both thrilled and anxious.

"You alright, Mom?" Kyle asked.

"Well..." Jan began. "...I'm not really sure how to feel about all of this right now."

"Don't you think this place is amazing, though?" Kyle said.

Jan looked around. "Well, to be honest, I don't know why this place even exists... but, I'm actually starting to like it."

Kyle smiled. "Oh, I'm positive that you're going to love it here in Equestria!"

After a bit more traveling, they made it to Ponyville, where Lyra stepped out first.

"C'mon, we're here!" the Unicorn mare said.

So, they made their way into the ever-busy streets of Ponyville, and sure enough... many of the ponies began to direct their attention towards the two humans accompanying Celestia and Lyra. Most of them were background ponies, and no major ponies were around to be seen, from what Kyle could tell. They were all forming a crowd around them, the Unicorns and Earth Ponies shuffling around each other, while the Pegasi simply hovered above them.

"What... are they?"

"Are they... humans?"

"You mean, like... from the legends?"

"Humans are savages in the legends, though!"

"But... why would Princess Celestia bring them here!?"

"...Are we being punished by her or something...?"

Princess Celestia cleared her throat. "Please, everypony settle down!"

The murmuring among the crowd of Ponyvillians immediately ceased. Celestia then continued her speech.

"Now, I am sure many of you are concerned simply by the presence of these humans. But I wish to reassure you, they mean Equestria no harm. If anything, they are actually very good humans. This young, male one, Kyle Schaeffer, is the one responsible for raising Lyra Heartstrings to adulthood." the Princess said.

Whispering ensued once again.

"Who's Lyra Heartstrings, again?"

"I guess she's the green Unicorn up with them."

"Wasn't she the filly from Canterlot who went missing, like, fifteen years ago or something?"

"He actually took care of her?"

"Why would humans show mercy to ponies?"

This time, Kyle stepped forward to speak to all the background ponies.

"What Princess Celestia is saying is true." he said. "I took Lyra under my care, and went out of my way to keep her safe from the dangers of my world. And... she really came to be one of the best friends I've ever had in my life."

All of the ponies stared in awe. However, this was very brief, because somepony was pushing their way through the crowd.

"Outta my way! OUTTA MY WAY, EVERYPONY!" came a high-pitched, energetic voice.

Kyle happened to recognize it, even after so many years. And sure enough, he was right; the voice belonged to Pinkie Pie, who was making her way up to the front of the crowd. Once she got to the front, she stood up on her hind legs with her forelegs spread out wide and a big smile on her face.

"Oh... Pinkie Pie..." Kyle uttered.

"Welcome to Ponyville!" she said. "I'm Pinkie Pie, the bestest party-thrower you'll ever meet! And it looks like I get to have the honor of throwing the first 'Welcome-to-Equestria' party for HUMAAAAAAAAANS!"

With that, Pinkie pulled her Party Cannon literally out of nowhere, and fired off a blast of confetti from it.

"It's gonna be the best 'Welcoming-humans-to-Equestria' party EVER!" she said, ever-so-enthusiastic.

Jan was quite surprised by the pink, party-animal of a pony.

"Uh... what's up with her?" she asked her son.

Kyle pursed his lips. "That's just how she is... just play along, because she doesn't take 'no' for an answer."

Immediately, Pinkie began to hop around the two humans.

"So, Iwasthinkingthatmaybewecouldstartoffwithanicebigbuffetofcakeandicecream, andafterthatwecouldhavesomecoolpartygames..." Pinkie started her relentless rambling.

Kyle, Jan, and Lyra all started to walk away while Celestia hastily returned to her carriage; though she was a benevolent leader, her patience did have its limits, so she wanted to get away from Pinkie herself. Meanwhile, for the next several minutes, Pinkie continued hopping in circles around Kyle, Lyra, and Jan. The three of them were becoming increasingly annoyed, especially since Pinkie did not appear to stop even to draw breath. Even the ponies of Ponyville had scattered to avoid her.

"...andafterthatwecouldhaveagreatbigslumberpartyatSugarcubeCorner, andwe'llstayuplatetellingscarystories..."

He now understood why so many people hated Pinkie. There was no way he could put up with this any longer.

Gritting his teeth, Kyle grabbed Pinkie Pie out of the air while she was in mid-hop, and brought her right up into his face.

“SHUT UP ALREADY!” he shouted, making Pinkie close her eyes as her mane rippled briefly, as if in a heavy wind.

This, however, did not phase Pinkie in the slightest.

“Ooh! You can scream reeeeeeally loud!” she said.

Kyle sighed, and he set Pinkie back on the ground.

"Listen, Pinkie Pie... I really appreciate your enthusiasm, but..." he briefly trailed off. "...I think this welcome party should wait until a little later. Y'know, maybe after we've settled in?"

Pinkie Pie pondered for a moment, just before she returned her gaze and smile at Kyle.

"Okie-dokie-lokie!" the pink mare said.

With that, Pinkie started hopping away, back to Sugarcube Corner. Lyra let out a relieved sigh.

"Glad that's all over..." she said.

"Right, so... where to now?" Jan asked.

After walking for some distance, the two humans and Unicorn ended up at Sweet Apple Acres. Kyle was immediately looking around for any of the familiar ponies who lived on the property.

Wonder where the Apples are... he thought.

Soon enough, however, they happened to spot an Earth Pony mare with orange hide, light yellow mane and tail, as well as a cowgirl hat. She was quite occupied at the moment with shifting bushels around and bucking the trees to make apples fall from them... but she stopped briefly upon seeing the three.

"Well now... what do we got here...?" Applejack said, making her way over.

Kyle smiled a bit at seeing yet another one of the Mane Six.

"Applejack!" he said. "It's great to finally meet you!"

Applejack raised a brow. "How in tarnation d'ya know mah handle?"

"He's seen us on television!" Lyra said.

The farmgirl pony was a bit confused, but did not push the matter any further.

"So, if y'all can pardon me fer askin'... what are ya?" Applejack asked.

"We are humans, from a different dimension." Kyle answered.

"Well, ah'll be!" Applejack said in surprise. "Y'all are quite some tall critters!"

"Applejack?" Came the voice of a filly. "Where are ya?"

All of them look in the direction the voice came from, and saw that it was Apple Bloom who called out, and she was being followed by Big Macintosh. Both the approaching filly and stallion both looked fairly surprised when they saw the two humans.

"Uh... Applejack?" Apple Bloom said. "Who are they?"

"I'm Kyle. Kyle Schaeffer." Kyle introduced himself. "And this is my mother, Jan."

"We're humans." Jan said.

"But don't worry! They're very nice!" Lyra said.

"Well... ah never woulda thought humans were actually real!" Apple Bloom said.

"Eeyup." Big Mac said.

"Maybe y'all could be willin' ta reach up and pick the apples from the branches to help us out?" Applejack asked.

"Sorry, Applejack, but we can't right now." Lyra said. "I'm showing them around Ponyville!"

"Alright then!" Applejack said. "See ya round!"

"Wait! Aren't ya gonna stay for brunch?" Apple Bloom asked, making sad eyes at Kyle.

This made the latter feel extremely guilty about leaving. He did not like seeing any sad fillies (well... save for any of the "bad" ones from the show). So, he simply knelt down in front of Apple Bloom.

"How about this: I'll have brunch with you all sometime within the week. Okay?" Kyle offered.

Apple Bloom smiled and nodded. "Okay!"

"Well, we're off!" Kyle said, standing.

"See ya 'round, pardner!" Applejack said.

Kyle, Lyra, and Jan all continued their little tour of Ponyville... and just so happened to pass by the Carousel Boutique.

"Hm..." Kyle hummed, eying the building. "...wonder if Rarity's around?"

"Rarity? Who's that?" Jan asked.

"You'll see... she happens to work there." Kyle said, pointing at the boutique.

They went inside, Lyra leading the way. Immediately, they saw the back side of a pure white Unicorn mare with an indigo mane and tail that were elegantly curled.

"Let's see here... no, that would be hideous... oh, absolutely not that texture..." she muttered to herself.

"Excuse me." Lyra spoke up.

Rarity sighed impatiently, just before turning around and putting on a false smile. "Yes? Can I help you?"

"Well, actually..." Lyra trailed off. "...there's someone who I want to introduce you to. One of them has been hoping to meet you for a while, Ms. Rarity."

With that, Kyle and Jan had both come into the open. Rarity's eyes went wide, her pupils shrunk, and her jaw dropped.

"Wh-what are these... creatures whom you brought into my boutique...?" the fashionista pony asked, nervously.

"It's alright, Rarity. We're not going to hurt you. In fact, I've looked forward to meeting you for a long time!" Kyle said.

"And, you are...?" Rarity asked.

"Oh!" Kyle realized. "Of course, how rude of me... my name is Kyle Schaeffer."

"I'm Jan, Kyle's mother." Jan introduced herself.

"Well..." Rarity said, somewhat relieved. "...I'm glad that otherworldly beings still have decency."

"Don't worry about it. I don't blame you for being nervous around us." Kyle said.

Rarity stepped forward, examining Kyle from head to foot. The latter simply stood where he was, confused at what she was looking for.

"What exactly are you doing?" Kyle asked.

"Um... if you don't mind, darling... would you be willing to let me take a few... measurements?" Rarity asked.

"Why?" Kyle asked, assuming she wanted to possibly make some garments based on his physique.

"You've just given me some ideas for a whole new line of garments!" Rarity said.

"Uh... maybe later?" Kyle said.

"Yeah," Jan added. "we're just checking this place out. And my son just wanted to say hello."

"Oh... well, alright then." Rarity said, briefly disappointed before she smiled and waved. "I do hope to see you again soon!"

"Bye, Rara!" Kyle said.

Rarity looked confused. "What did you just call me...?"

Kyle had forgotten that nopony in the show actually called her "Rara"; only people on the internet back in his world did so.

"...My tongue slipped." Kyle said.

So, the three were continuing their journey through Ponyville, occasionally getting glances from curious bystanders.

"Well, so far, so good." Kyle said.

"Yeah." Jan said. "True, this world seems a bit... cartoony. But, I think I like it already!"

"Well, look what landed its way in Ponyville!" came a voice from above them.

Out of the sky, landing right in front of them was a sky-blue Pegasus mare with a mane consistent of all six colors of the rainbow. Kyle, like any brony, knew all too well who she was.

"Ah, Rainbow Dash." Kyle said.

Rainbow Dash narrowed her eyes with a confident smirk.

"Well, how 'bout that?" she said. "Even in other worlds, I'm still awesome, and everypony knows who I am!"

Oh, you have NO idea how popular you are where I come from, Dash... Kyle thought.

"So, like, where'd you come from, of all places?" Rainbow Dash asked.

Kyle took a breath. "Well, believe it or not... we're actually humans, from a different universe."

"Really!?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Are you, like, from the future or something? Did you evolve from regular ponies? Do we have robots that do our work for us in the future?"

"Um... no. It's nothing like that." Kyle said.

"We just live in a regular community, like you do." Jan said.

"Aw... that's boring." Dash said. "But, I know how to fix that part of you!"

"What do you mean?" Kyle asked.

"You wanna learn how to be cool around here, you should hang with me!" Rainbow Dash said.

With that, the rainbow-colored Pegasus started to hover, flying directly behind Kyle, and lifting him by his shoulders.

"C'mon! I'll show you my home in Cloudsdale! It's a good place to start!" Dash said.

Kyle gasped as he felt his feet leave the ground as Rainbow Dash began to lift him up. It stunned him that a meter-tall mare had the physical capacity to lift him, despite him being just above underweight for his size.

"W-wait...! Rainbow Dash...!" Kyle exclaimed. "L-let me down...! Let me down!"

They landed back on the ground, and Dash panted a few times.

"Jeez, you're heavy! What do you humans even eat!?" she asked.

"Trust me, Dash..." Kyle began. "...you don't wanna know what we eat."

Rainbow Dash simply shrugged.

"Well, I'm off." she said. "I've got a lot of clouds to take care of! But hey... see you 'round sometime, right?"

Kyle nodded with a smile. "Right!" he said.

"Cool!" Dash said, just before she took off like a bullet into the sky.

Jan was quite bewildered by what had just happened.

"Well... she was definitely... something." she said.

"She just thinks highly of herself, and wants others to think the same." Kyle said.

They just stood around for a moment to get over what had just happened with the overconfident Pegasus, up until Lyra decided to break the silence.

"So..." Lyra began. "...whats say we head back to my place for now?"

Kyle, however, had other intentions.

"You go on ahead with my Mom, Lyra." he said. "There's... something... I want to check on."

"Like what?" Lyra asked.

"Nothing big. It shouldn't take more than a few minutes, at best." Kyle said.

Lyra and Jan looked at each other for a moment.

"Okay," Lyra finally said. "my house is No. 6 on Pinto Way."

Kyle then went quickly on his way. He hoped he knew the way, according to the information he learned on the internet. He met five of the six famous mares of MLP... and he was thankful that fate had saved his favorite of them for last.

"C'mon, Angel... please?" Fluttershy pleaded.

The bunny stubbornly shook his head after eying the mixed vegetables in front of him.

"It'll make you big and strong!" Fluttershy encouraged.

Just as Angel was about to give another denial, there was a knocking at the door to Fluttershy's cottage.

"Oh! Who could that be?" Fluttershy asked nopony in particular. "I'll get it!"

With that, the cream-yellow Pegasus made her way into the foyer of her cottage. Angel pushed the plate forward on the table, away from him, and quickly got up to leave.

Fluttershy opened the door... only to cower at the towering creature that stood before her.

"...O-oh... my..." Fluttershy stammered. "...Who... who are you...?"

Kyle smiled immensely. To meet his favorite of the Mane Six... and second-favorite pony next to Lyra... it felt like when he first found Lyra in the old park back at his old home all over again.

"Fluttershy..." Kyle began. "...hi! Oh, you don't know how long I've wanted to meet you!"

Fluttershy nervously shuffled her legs.

"H-how do you know... my n-name...?" she asked quietly, hiding half of her face beneath her mane.

"I've... heard a lot about you. And I've really wanted to meet you!" Kyle said.

The timid Pegasus was making some very closed-off body language, and Kyle was beginning to feel a bit discouraged.

Ngh... she's already shying from me. he thought. I have to do something to make her trust me.

He tried to think of something to help ease her nerves.

"Hey..." Kyle said calmly, kneeling down with an outstretched hand. "...it's okay. I'm not instantly judgmental."

This did not yield a great deal of result. If she did let her guard down by it bit, it was not very detectable. However...

...he had an excellent idea... something that he fantasized doing before Lyra became his favorite pony...

“Y'know...” Kyle said. “...I think you're a very beautiful Pegasus, Fluttershy.”

Fluttershy made some nervous hoof motions and blushed, but she smiled while looking up at him with her head angled down, her full face exposed.

“...Y-you really think so...?” she asked.

"Absolutely." Kyle said. "Why do you feel so down right now?"

"W-well..." Fluttershy began. "...I've always had problems socializing... because... I was always bullied when I was a little filly... they called me a weak flyer..."

"And is what they said true?" Kyle asked.

"W-well... kinda, but..." the Pegasus trailed off. "...I can exert some good wing power when I need to..."

Kyle brought his hand to brush her mane back out of her face, as she was beginning to let it fall back in front of her face. He gently stroked her cheek, and the side of her face, making her eyes widen as she blushed again.

"...Don't ever believe anypony, when you know that what they say isn't true..." Kyle said with a warm smile.

He then brought his other hand up to the crown of Fluttershy's head, and started gently rubbing. This made her close her eyes and smile as she let out a pleasured hum. She leaned her head into his hand as he continued to pet her.

The next few minutes consisted of nothing but this petting session. It surprised Kyle that Fluttershy was enjoying it, very much like a dog would. He gradually began to recede from it, however, since he knew that his mother and wife were both probably wondering what was taking him so long.

"Well, it was nice to meet you, Flutters." Kyle said, standing back up. "I hope to see you again really soon!"

“You mean... you're leaving?” Fluttershy asked, suddenly discouraged.

“Yeah,” Kyle said. “I have to meet back up with Lyra Heartstrings in Ponyville.”

“Aww...” Fluttershy uttered, a sad look spreading over her face as her gaze fell to the ground.

This was one of Kyle's key weaknesses; seeing Fluttershy upset or distraught. On a screen, it was one thing, but in real life... it was like a knife in his heart. He just could not stand to see Fluttershy so sad.

Kyle knelt down and spread his arms out, smiling.

“...Hug?” he asked.

Fluttershy sat upright, now smiling herself. She then walked over to Kyle, and wrapped her forelegs around him in a gentle, but caring embrace. He returned it to her, but not so forceful on a pony as delicate as Flutters. As he held onto her... all that entered his mind were impulsive thoughts... some that could potentially destroy his current love life if he was not careful...

After partially separating, Kyle nervously glanced around to see if Lyra was anywhere nearby. Fortunately, she wasn't, so he turned back to Fluttershy.

“Now, Fluttershy...” he said. “...promise you won't overthink what I'm about to do, and that you won't tell anypony.”

“...Okay.” she whispered.

He then, despite a bit of hesitation, brought his face close to the Pegasus' own face... and kissed her. At first, Fluttershy was surprised, but then she fell into a deep trance as she started to kiss him back. The two had their lips locked, frequently adjusting suction, for a short while, before they eventually separated, their eyes now being the only things locked.

“I'm sorry I can't be with you, Flutters... I really am...” he said. “...but just know that, even though I'm already with Lyra... I will love you deep down like I love her.”

He ran his fingers through her soft, silk-like mane.

“You're a very sweet pony, Fluttershy.” Kyle finished.

Fluttershy smiled as tears fell from her eyes. She placed a hoof on the hand he was using to pet her.

“Th-thank you, Kyle...” she said. “...nopony's... e-ever been so... nice to m-m-me...”

"Chin up, Flutters. There's no need to cry." Kyle said.

"...I-I'm... just so... h-happy..." she said.

"Just know that Lyra's taking good care of me, as I am for her... and I hope that the stallion you end up with one day takes extra special care of you, as well." Kyle said.

It had become fairly late in the evening, and Kyle and Jan had just finished setting up improvised beds in the spare bedrooms of Lyra's house. Kyle got the one upstairs, next to the master bedroom, which was Lyra's, while Jan took the downstairs one.

Kyle had been reading some books that happened to be in the house and listening, through the wall, to Lyra playing a very lovely melody on her lyre.

"Like I said years ago... she's like the ultimate lyrist." Kyle said to himself.

In any case, he was getting fairly tired, and decided to stop reading for the night. he switched off the light, and simply laid in his firm but cozy improvised bedroll. Lyra was continuing to play her calm, pleasant lyre music.

It was like a lullaby to Kyle, as it helped him to put his previously-excited nerves at ease from entering Equestria, and allow him to calm down enough to start to drift off. Soon, after Kyle was asleep, Lyra stopped playing, and decided to crawl into bed for the night as well. All three of the house's occupants were sound asleep before midnight.

Unbeknownst to Kyle, however... he had gotten the attention of several of the young mares of Ponyville, who had stalked them throughout the day. And Jan had gotten quite a bit of attention from several older stallions, who did the same. And when it was late enough in the night... many of them began to crowd around Lyra's house, the Unicorns telekinetically opening the locked windows and doors, and all of them sneaking in...