One way ticket

There was now a slight pressure on your shoulder. You look up in to the caring golden eyes of the mint pony.

The logic and reasoning part of your brain was trying to gain a suitable foothold in your mind. But the wasteland, inside your head at the moment could barely sustain anything other than basic functions and sobs.

But the part that was still there picked up something odd, she hadn’t said anything yet. Who was she really? Sure her name was Lyra Heartstrings, a mare that every self respecting brony knows of, but which version of her? Was she obsessed with humans, like the fandom have depicted her? Did she even have a voice? You only asked yourself that because you have seen some versions of her without, and they were all very well thought out.

“Are you okay?” Relief filled a tiny spot in your mind.

She did have a voice, and a very beautiful one at that. It was like a late spring breeze, scented by the early seas, slamming against shore. And she was concerned for you.

Despite you wanting to, you couldn’t muster a response.

“Why are you crying?” She angled her head to see deeper in to your eyes.

This time you had a response.

“Because of you...” She was obviously stunned by your accusations, stepping back removing her hoof from you. “...Because of your beauty. You shattered the walls containing my sadness, my anger, my rage. Walls meant to hold pieces of me from the light, pieces that can and will destroy all of which I care for, if I let it.” Her eyes changed, they were no longer the golden pits, full of care and concern that looked upon you before.

“What are you talking about? You are crying because I... I am beautiful?”

“Yes, you and this whole world. The walls were made for a world of hate and despair, a world deprived of love and beauty. Therefor my defense is one sided, weak and brittle.” You could feel your mind mend, returning to you once more. “I didn’t realize how much I was keeping in... and how much still remains” You paused feeling the part of you that you so tirelessly trying to keep away, pulsing in your heart, wanting out.

“I am sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you,” She uttered with a slight whimper placing her hoof on you once more.

“I believe you, and I forgive you. You could never have known that some random human, with a bad case of inner demons would come along and have a near fatal brake down,” You started too get up, wiping dust and tears off. “I believe in improving on my flaws, I wish too thank you for making them apparent.” A small awkward silence passed, “My name is Richard by the way.” You stretch out a hand.

“You are a strange... strange... wait did you say human?”

“Indeed, I am a human in all my glorious flaws” The little mint pony erupted in to a huge gasp you only thought Pinkie Pie could possibly pull off, she even hovered as the pink pony often did.

“A real human, this is so exciting!” She garbed your hand in her hooves shaking it vigorously, giggling like a school girl, or school filly in this case. All you could think of was ‘Well that confirms it, she is the spitting image of the fandom’s Lyra.’

“Oh how rude of me, I’m Lyra Heartstrings, resident musician and leading scientist on humans in Equestria an-” Was all she managed to get out before all heads were turned towards the pony in the sky screaming like a madmare.

“Again?” You turned to the sky just in time to see the rainbow of colors charging at you.

POW! The impact of a near sonic pony, sent you skidding in to the side of a building leaving a rather nasty dent in the wall.

Against all odds in the chaos of feathers and limbs you managed to grab a hold of your assaulter's mane, keeping her stationary.

“What! No let me go! Help!” She flailed with her hoofs sending dust and dirt flying in all directions. “LET ME GO!” She spread her wings, preparing for a powerful burst with her wings.

In a split second decision you let go of her mane with your right hand and grabbed her right wing.

But this didn't stop her, with her left wing she struck the air. The imbalance of a beat with only one wing sent a surge of movement to your right. You manged used this to your advantage.

with one swift movement with the additional force from the wing beat, you spun around pinning the winged menace to the wall.

“Are we done?” 'wait where did she go? Wait where did the wall go,'

SMACK!

'Aaaannd dirt. What was that?'

“Stay away from my friends you monster!” The new nuisance with an eery familiar voice, turned to her friend examining Her. “Are you okay Rainbow?”

“Urgh...” You roll over to your back pointing straight up in the air. “Human as a matter of fact, and ow! that hurt” You let you hand fall straight to the ground with a small thud.

“Well hewman, I won’t let you hurt anypony else” The voice replied with much resentment, but under all that hate there was something else. Fear, or maybe to much love, you always had a hard time to tell them apart.

“Human. Its pronounced human... Wait when did I hurt somepony?” You shot up to a sitting position when you realized you had been accused. You looked at the two ponies with a concerned look on your face, scrambling your mind to find a reason for theese accusations. The unicorn! It hit you as a metric ton of bricks would.

“Ah I see, did Miss Rainbow over here blow things out of proportion, or was it you Miss purple and magical who misunderstood?”

“My coat is lavender for your information.” 'Heh it's just like her to pick about technicality’s”

“Oh my apologies Miss lavender.” You gave her a short semi sarcastic bow.

“Twilight Sparkle” She frowned.

“Well Miss Sparkle,” There was a strange tingeing sensation in saying that name out loud. You suspect that the shock of where you actually were still haven't sunk in just jet. “I assure you I did not consciously hurt anypony, he meddle with human technology, and when the damage was done I carried him, in nothing but my underwear, which is in fact is very embarrassing for a species that wears clothes all the time. To get him to the hospital. That's when I first met our delightful kamikaze flyer over here. And do I smell smoke?” You look to your side, and awe and behold some of your left side was ablaze with a ''lavender'' flame burning slowly scorching your shirt and your skin.

You quickly pulled of your shirt and threw it on the ground stomping at it. But your efforts did nothing to the purple flames slowly burning your only thin shirt to a smothering pile of ashes. You took a few steps back as you realized your efforts were for nothing.

You gave a loud and very irritated sigh, and turned to the two ponies still a little confused as to what is happening, and started walking towards them. The two ponies shrunk to two tiny spots as you stood over them gleaming guilt on to them.

“You two! You owe me an apology for one, attacking the first alien contact you have ever had, and second for burning my only wearable piece of clothing in this wretched climate! I am hungry, hurting, burned, battered, half nude, and not in the mood”

“But you started it, by coming here.” The cyan pile of feathers wimped from behind her lavender meat shield.

“I STARTED NOTHIGN!” You stopped dead in your tracks took a deep breath and slumped down on your backside. “What am I doing, I'm yelling at two small ponies one of witch probably is the only one who can help me. ''sigh'' Look I'm sorry for yelling and I understand where your actions come from, but you must understand where I stand. I'm stranded here, I never came here on purpose.” The two ponies look at you confused.

“Wait, you're lost?” Twilight asked tryingly.

“More than you can imagine...”  Your mind wandered to the tiny house you once called home. “But it could be worse, at least this place is populated by intelligent life, and the language barrier seems to be non-existent, not too shabby if you ask me.”

“Yeah what's with that, how come you speak equestrian?”

“How come you speak English?”

“Good point.” The twilight shook her head in disappointment.

“Look as much as I love talking, can we take it somewhere else we are drawing a crowd...” You look to the small gathering of ponies who were staring intensely at you and the other ponies but mostly at you.

“Erm... hehe, sure we can go back to the library it's not that far.” Twilight jumped up on a crate to address the crowd. “Okay everypony nothing to see, just a small misunderstanding!” There was collective sigh from the crowd as they departed to resume their daily races. “Rainbow can you get the girls, we need to discuss this in number”

“Yes mam!” and in a flash she was off.

“Hey I found him first! You can't just steal the high of my carrier just like that!” The mint green pony trotted up to the two of you with a disinterment frown on her face.

“Whoa there, calm down, she not stealing me, I need her help to get in contact with the princess. I have some things I need to set straight. I'll be back, and I'll make sure not to sell the rights to an interview to anypony other than you,” You get down on your knee and try to give her a reassuring smile.

“Oh no I'm not letting you get away you big cry baby, you are the greatest thing that happened to me since Bon Bon,” Her eyes were glued to you with a steel grip.

You look to Twilight and back to Lyria, in utter bewilderment, this put a small dent in your plans, all you could think was 'okay lets improvise.'

“I'm not getting rid of you am I?”

“Nope”

“It seems we will be one more for our meeting, is that okay by you.”

“Um.. its okay I guess. I never got your name by the way.”

“Richard nice to meet you”

Short chapter I know, but I'm just getting back in to it, sue me.

PS. shutout to excerpt1 for prof reading this.

Also have a nice day