James' New Life
Chapter 4
Previous ChapterNext ChapterI open my eyes and see a wooden roof over me, and smell... Tea? I let out a loud yawn and wipe the drowsiness out of my eyes... or I at least tried to before I realized my hands were tied up together with rope "what the hell..." I mutter to myself in my still sleepy voice. I look around myself to get a better understanding for my surroundings. I can see books everywhere lining the walls with a coffee table in the middle of the room. To the right of me there was a staircase upwards leading up to a hallway.
I am sitting on a red couch. I look around me and try to get the knot off of my hand by pulling them apart. That is until my wrists started to hurt. I stopped and looked around for something that could cut them apart.
I suddenly hear someone walk out of one of the doors in the hallway followed by several pairs of footsteps. I move my head so I can see them and I see the same horses that were chasing me coming down the staircase towards me. I notice one that I haven't seen before in the group of them.
This one has blue fur and wings 'damb bro I wish I got me some wings' I sarcastically think to myself as they came closer to me. She was wearing a black sports bra and black sports shorts that only went halfway down her thigh and stuck to her body 'damb she lookin fine... but shes not the same species as me... what the hell am I thinking'.
The purple one was the first to notice I was awake and said something that I couldn't quite hear but as soon as she shut her mouth all of them looked over to me. I gave a slight wave (or what could be except my hands where tied together so it looked a bit awkward) and she seemed to tense up a bit but moved came and sat down near me in the nearby seats. They didn't say anything and just looked between eachother waiting for someone to say something... anything...
I decided to break the ice “uhhh so what’s up, also can you untie my hands this shit is kinda annoying” I said thinking that it would make at least a few of them seem less tense whilst full well knowing I wasn't going to be untied. The one with white fur and purple hair spoke up first "How crude, but I wouldn't expect anything less from a thief" now that got my blood boiling a little bit. I looked over towards her "theif?" 'What... ohh' it comes back to me. Now I don't like being called a criminal for a small crime such as stealing a few apples 'Mans gotta eat'.
As soon as those words came out of my mouth she looked at me with anger plastered all over her face "you stole from my friend and dont even remember?" She says in a kinda condesending tone. After what felt like a minute of silence I let out a fake cough into my hand hoping to ease the tension in the room.
"So why am I even here instead of jail?" I asked to anyone in general. The Purple one seemed to ease up a little but there was still lots of tension in the room. "Well there are two reasons, One is because you are the second human to be seen in Equestria other than Sunset here, and Second is because we don't have a jail in Ponyville" As she gestured to the girl called 'Sunset' I looked over to her and noticed the girl that I crashed into yesterday 'please know I didn't mean to run into you' I silently prayed.
Twilight girl kept on talking "So I thought we could come to an arrangement because you are one of the only humans here" Twilight said while I felt everyone looking at me awaiting an answer. 'I might be able to snake my way out of trouble' “uhh yea what you need” I said to her hoping it wasn’t anything too severe. I shifted in my seat because I didn’t feel too comfortable “that isn’t up to me to decide unfortunately, that’s for the princesses to decide, they will be here soon but I have some questions for you” the purple one said to me. *shit* “Uhh yea what you got for me” I just started to notice that my bag was sitting under the table in the middle of us 'please plastic bag stay closed'.
The purple one said something snapping me out of my thoughts “So as a human how did you get here, the portal to the human world broke”. 'portal? I... What...' “I didn’t come here from no portal, my bus crashed and next thing I knew I was here, also the bus fell into a river in the middle of the forest” I said just remembering why I came here. The yellow one seemed to hide behind her hair even more after I said that the bus crashed.
I turned to her and shot a questioning glance “the only river in the everfree is too deep and dangerous to go into with its raging waters" the yellow one said in a barely audible voice. I paused for a second "no one can get anything out of there unfortunately” the purple one said to me with a sad tone.
The room goes silent for what feels like hours “But let’s start to lighten the mood, ummm...” she looked around for a second until her eyes hit my bag “what’s in your bag” she said as some of the girls looked over at my bag. 'nope, I don’t wanna get arrested for drug possession' “actually I was wondering what all your names were” I said to the group in general.
After a few seconds of awkwardness, the first one to speak up was the one with rainbow hair “I’m Rainbow Dash, fastest Pegasus in Equestria”. She was followed up by the one I stole from “ma names Apple Jack and I don’ like thieves” she said the last part in an angry tone. "I was just trying to get by" I say and raise my hands slightly in a *calm down* gesture.
After her the purple one that had been questioning me “I am Twilight Sparkle, an ace student and the element of magic” 'all you have to do in school to get good grades is a kiss ass and get your work in' I thought to myself but I would never say that to her unless she pissed me off. I nod and look towards the one who I have mentally nicknamed 'The Bitch'. She was wearing a red dress and had makeup plastered all over her “I am miss Rarity, a future famous fashion designer” she said with a flip of her hair. 'she gets on my nerves'.
The yellow one mumbles out something that I couldn't hear "what was that" I say on her only for her to say it again but I still couldn't hear her "can ya speak up I can't hear ya" I say and I finally get her name. "F-fluttershy" she said in a quiet voice 'man this girl really got a name that suits her, although that rack, mmm... what the fuck mind shes not even human... although... nope... not human'. As I'm having my mental dilema I'm snapped out of it by someone talking.
Than the only one who didn't get on my nerves was the human sitting there in the corner "Hi, I'm Sunset" she said with a shy smile and a half wave at the end. I give her a friendly nod... the best I could at least.
I see Twilight looking over to me but doesn’t say anything followed by everyone else “So anyways what is in the bag?” Twilight cuts in as the bag floats over to her with a purple aura around it. *wait... what...* I look at the bag “what the hell why is my stuff floating?” I say amazed and at the same time very curious. Twilight looks over at me like I am an idiot “It’s magic... have you ever heard of magi- oh yea that’s right you humans don’t know about magic!” She said than looks over me as if studying me.
*Why the hell is she staring at me* I move a little bit “Why are you just staring at me like that?” I say a little bit weirded out. She sighs. “I expected you to give more of a reaction but really I wasn’t lying that’s magic and only unicorns can do the 'floating,' type" she said to me using air quotations as she said floating. 'I just want to go back into the forest now
Magic and stuff, just let me go man...' I think to myself. “Ok cool you can make objects float, now can you untie me this is getting annoying” I say as I raise up my bound hands. She looks at me “no, we don’t know if you will try to run off” I get a little mad by this but I get it. “So when the hell will I get this off my hands” I say a little bit angry.
The yellow one *Fluttershy I think her name was* backed up a bit into the couch. “When the princesses get here to make the judgement on you, they should be here soon” Twilight saids and as soon as she said that there was a knock on the door 'let me guess'. I see Twilight try to move to get it but the blue one 'Rainbowdash... I think' but’s in “I’ve got it” she saids than flies to the door quickly. *what the hell* Now that got me, the floating objects was weird but actually having the ability to fly wings that small that could actually hold up their body weight *fuck I wish I got some wings* I think to myself not in a sarcastic way this time
When she opens the door I can see a few horses wearing armour start walking in and see they have spears and are followed by a horse wearing a white dress with a white coat and flowing rainbow hair. A dark blue one that’s slightly shorter than the white one with a black dress and hair that looks like the night sky. Height as the blue one.
The last one was a white horse wearing what looked like better armour than the other guards, he had blue hair *the hell is with the hair on these... horses*. All the horses start bowing except me and the princesses, I just look around *I ain’t doing that*. The guards start to stand and they notice that I haven’t bowed towards their princesses “You”. One of the lower ranked guards points at me “Why didn’t you bow to the princesses” He saids in an angry tone. I let out a slight sigh not afraid of this guy at all'If I'm getting my hand chopped of for stealing, bowings not going to change anything'.
“Shes not ny princess" I say as I lay back into the couch. He gets pissed off as I say that and as soon as he opens his mouth “it’s alright we are here to talk to him, not apprehend him” she said to him as she takes a seat and is soon followed by the other princesses. As they sit down the guard apologizes and she dismisses it with s wave of her hand.
“Now” she starts “You have stolen food from miss Applejack, for what reason?” She asks although I can sort of tell she already knows."I was hungry and a mans gotta eat” I say which makes the yellow one speak up. “B-But what about your friends, w-wouldn’t they help you?” the yellow one with pink hair one says to me but retreats back behind her hair as the room of the room looks at her. 'this is going to be annoying to explain'.
"Yea but right now I don’t even know where the hell I am, my bus crashed next thing I know I’m in the middle of the forest with half the bus hanging over an edge of a cliff” I say and as soon as I get that out there all of them have some questions for me if them all talking over each other isn’t enough of an indication.
The Blue one speaks over everyone in a very loud voice *VERY FUCKING LOUD* “QUIET!” She shouts and the room becomes dead silent.
“Now how about we ask we go to the person to our left, that is civilized is it not?” the dark blue one speaks up and no one complains 'does she know basic english... why is she using we to refer to herself?'. She looks right at me and her horn lights up a little bit but not enough for anyone else than me to notice “Now what do you plan to do if we set you free” she say's to me awaiting my answer *I honestly don't know*.
I look up towards the ceiling “uhh... probably get a job or something so I can feed myself and not have to steal” *back to schools kiss ass tactics for good boy points... wow I'm even a sarcastic ass in my mind* I say to her and feel a slight tingling on the side of my face but dismiss it as nothing.
The next one is the pink one "DO YOU LIKE PARTY'S?" she said's and as I'm about to answer she leans in closer to me to make sure that she hears this right I assume.
I groan *these people seem like the type to not allow even alcohol at party's* "Uhhh... yea sure I like smaller party's" I say and she smiles and points her tongue out at me. The white one speaks up while I stare at the pink one *is she retarded?* I wasn't being mean but it was a genuine question.
The Bitch gives a follow up question "So, why do you only wear shades of clothing, you have no colour... it is... boring" she say's and I can tell she really doesn't like my choice of clothing if her body language is anything to go by. "I don't like looking like a rainbow and also cus I like grey and black clothing" I say as I lay a little bit more into the couch.
The light blue one goes next "So you are from the human world, whats it like there, Twilight won't tell me any interesting story's from there, and Sunsets are just... depressing" I didn't really mind this one, even if she did knock me out 'I think...'.
I think for a second "when I'm chilling out with the boys it's pretty chill, but other than that it sucks". I continue "I live in the northern part of the prarie provinces in Canada, theres not much up there to do for teenagers, its kinda fu-... kinda boring" that last part slips out.
After I'm done saying that some of them look at me a little funny "what?" I say. The other human girl *Sunset... I think* speaks up "Ponies don't really swear alot, and humans swear alot depending on who you talk to" she saids the second part whilst looking at the 'ponies'.
I let out a sigh "if you think I'm going to stop swearing because you don't like it then ill" I look behind the white princess and see the guard with Blue hair and a white coat staring me down. C
"Cut it down a bit" as the last word one of the lower guards speaks up. "You will watch your tongue, you are infront of royalty" he says and I see him lay his hand on the hilt of his sword.
I'm just about to tell him to piss off but the dark one speaks up first. "Please leave us until I tell you to come back" she says whilst not even batting an eye at the guard. Said guard gulps and walks outside, the other one stands still as a statue.
"So who's next then" the purple one quickly raises her hand *I already don't like this one*. I nod my head her way "what classes did you take in school, and do you have any books from where you live with you!" She almost shouts out. I look at her for a second and she regains her composure and after a minute of silence then clears her throat... that I think was supposed to make her not seem like a lunatic. "This semester I am currently in math, mechanics, and welding, so got my math textbook in my bag" I say and she looks at me funny. "Aren't you supposed to have 5 classes each semester, if not more extra curricular activities?" I was really starting to dislike this girl. "Yea but I saved my spares for the last semester of my last year so I only go for half the day" I say to her and she finally gets it.
As i'm about to adress the next 'pony' her annoying voice speaks up again "but what if you fail, than you will have to take the class all over again" I am now getting really agitated with her constant questions. "Then I will go to summer school and if it's the trades classes then I won't really care because you only need 24 credits to graduate, I don't give a want to go into university I just want to go work" I say now clearly angry.
The white royal one must of picked up on it pretty quickly "Twilight, you know that your constant questioning is agitating towards your guest and others, you shouldn't ask all your questions at once" with that she smiled sheepishly at her. The light blue one speaks up "Guest?" She repeats one of the Princesses words. The dark blue one speaks up "I have been reading his thoughts whilst we where having our conversation, I and thine sister hath concluded that thou art safe to be around, but something is a bit odd with him. If you wouldn't mind my sister and I would like to talk him you privately" she say's adressing everyone.
The purple one speaks up "may I stay while you talk to him, I am a princess too" she said's with a hopeful look on her face. The dark blue one opens her mouth to speak but is cut off by the white one "I'm afraid you don't have much knowledge on this subject... Twilight please give us a couple minutes to ourselves" she saids and Twilight gives a slow knod before following her friends outside.
Author's Note
Im so fucking tired rn ans have shit to do in 2 hours... enjoy
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