Equilibrium, Book 1: The First Human.

July 22, 1000.
11:15 A.M.
Outskirts of Ponyville.

One long-winded explanation later...

"So let me get this straight," Dash said as she wrapped John's ankle in gauze being careful as to not aggravate it. John blushed slightly as she did this but tried to not think too much into it.

"Why brain?" He asked as he continued to tell the group about their world from his point of view. Fluttershy snickered as she read his mind holding a hoof to her muzzle to hide her laughter.

"You can see us through this device called a TV?" Dash asked as John nodded his head. Twilight was mostly silent as she scribbled down notes her quill in her telekinetic grasp along with her notebook. Dash continued her question's as her friends listened in.

"And over there in your world we're like super famous? "She asked as her eye's lit up with excitement.

"Oh." John gasped as the wrap on his ankle was pulled a little too tight.

"Oops." Dash chuckled as she quickly fixed her mistake.

"Sorry about that." She said trying to hide her blush and failing. John just chuckled.

"To answer your question Dash, yes you all are very famous where I come from." He smiled.

"So much so that there are entire websites, books, movies, fan ideas, and dozens of other things all dedicated to your whole world." He said as Dash finished with his bandage.

"There almost done." She said rubbing the bandage with a hoof. John was curious. Just as he was about to ask he felt a tingly sensation make its way up his leg. The pain he had felt began to melt away.

"Wow Dash What was that?" He asked feeling as if he was given a shot of morphine. She just smirked.

"Good old-fashioned healing spell." She said as a smug grin crossed her features. John gave her a look of contemplation.

"So let me get this straight." He pointed to the whole group. "You all have access to way more magic than in the show." He stated as he tried to keep from fanboying.

"How does that work?" He asked as Fluttershy helped him to his feet. Twilight finally piped up.

"Well from what I can gather." She said going through her notes. "It would seem that your people can somehow take look through the dimensional aither and peek into one of many different worlds." She stated in a matter of fact tone. The girls all nodded there head while John scratched his.

"So my world can see only one of many alternate universes then?" He said feeling at least partially as smart as the rest of the group. Twilight nodded.

"Yes. That's why most of the knowledge you have is accurate but not all of it," she started shuffling through her notes.

"For example." Twilight pulled out one of her pages. "There are actually seven elements in this universe. Not six." She stated showing John a small diagram of the elements of harmony. He had to do a double take.

"What?" He all but shouted as he took a hold of the page and held it up to his face. The girls all flinched at his outburst and a few of them instinctually started up there magic. John continued to look at the picture Twilight had sketched oblivious to Dash and Rarity's magic flaring up causing sparks to dance across Dash's coat while Rarity battled with her subconscious mind trying to subdue the crystal's that had tried to burrow through the earth right below John's body.

"Wow," John said as he passed the picture back to Twilight who took it and delicately put it back in her book.

"This is a lot to take in." He stated as he got to his feet.

"You can say that again," Pinky said as she and the other's all got to there hooves. Pinky suddenly thought of something before she began to wiggle in place.

"You ok there pinky?" John asked as he slowly put pressure on his injured leg. Pinky looked at him with a soft smile on her face.

"Say, John?" She asked with barely constrained glee. He gave her a nod.

"Would it be ok I kinda sort of through you a welcome to Equestria party!?" She blurted out rapidly causing John to step back while he processed what she had all but spewed at him at high speeds. After having given it some thought he looked at the sun in the sky.

"Um well, are you sure that's such a good idea?" He rubbed the back of his head feeling very nervous about this sudden rush of information. Pinky smiled.

"Of course!" She said bouncing into the air.

"It'll be the perfect way to introduce you to the ponies in town!" She said as she skipped along the dirt road.

"Come on everypony!" she shouted to her friends. They all looked to John who shrugged his shoulder's. Smiling he gave them all a nod.

"If it makes her happy why not. Just got to treat it like a band-aid. Rip it off really fast and the pain will only last for a few short seconds." He said earning a nod from all the ponies present. Rarity, however, shook her head.

"Darling not that it is any of my business but you don't plan on going to your first party in that do you?" She cringed as she looked at John's clothes which had seen better days. He smiled.

"I thought fashion was your business Rarity?" He asked earning a deadpan glare from the mare. He just chuckled and waved a hand.

"To answer your question Rarity yes. This is what I planned on wearing. Don't really have anything else to wear so until I can get the bits together to buy some custom made clothes I'll just have to make due." He said. He stopped as the group neared the little bridge that lead to ponyville proper.

"Here goes nothing." He felt a hoof on his shoulder and looked up coming face to face with Rainbow who wore a smile.

"Don't worry about other ponies ok?" She said giving his shoulder a shake. He stood hoping his face didn't light up like a Christmas tree.

"Besides if anypony gives you trouble they'll have to deal with all of us." She waved to the group of six mares all giving John a look of sympathy. He got his emotion's under control enough to not stammer out a thanks and the group all continued to trot into town. All the while Fluttershy was tittering to herself as she read the human's thoughts.

"Oh, he's such a sweetheart." She thought as they all crossed the bridge.

Ponyville Public Libary.
11:30 A.M.
Ponyville.

"So far so good." John thought as the group all made their way into Twilight's Libary. They passed through town without incident. Sure they got a lot of odd looks but Fluttershy held a wing around John as Pinky ran interference towards any question's directed their way by handing out a flier and telling anypony who asked to come to town hall tonight at 6 PM. All in all the group was more than happy to make it inside the confines of the library and then rest up.

"Whoo. Thank Faust that's all done and over with." Dash said as she strolled up the stairs to the huge loft and flopped down on one of several sofas that adorned the spacious living quarters. John meanwhile looked around at the many differences that held him captive.

"Wow. This place look's a lot different than in the show." He said noting the fact that the actual library was a whole section all its own. Twilight gave him a soft smile.

"Make yourself at home John." She looked at the clock, "Spike should be back any minute now."

"Oh yeah, Spike." He mumbled to himself as he shuffled up the stairs and flopped down on a sofa. The rest of the group all came up the stairs and looked around.

"Wow Twi." Applejack said as she looked around. "Only been here a day and already have this place feeling like a home." She trotted over to the last of the sofa's and took a spot on the far end of it leaving room for one other pony. All in all, there were three sofa's, two bed's, and several bookshelves all crammed into the loft area which still had enough room for several other pieces of furniture.

Twilight took a seat on Aj's couch while pulling out her notes, while Dash scooted over to allow Pinky onto her sofa. Meanwhile, Fluttershy went over to the sofa John was on.

"Um is it ok if I lay here?" She asked as John turned to face her. He smiled as he sat up.

"Sure." He moved into a sitting position as Rarity decided to sit with Rainbow and Pinky while pulling out a sketchbook.

"John, dear?" She asked as he turned his head to face her.

"Hum." He smiled as Rarity gave him a look of trepidation.

"Well, would it be ok if I took a quick sketch of you?" She asked and then hastily added. "For a new set of clothes of course." She said her face lighting up in embarrassment. John just chuckled.

"Sure Rarity." He said as he got comfortable while setting his leg down on the floor. A little while later Rarity's horn lit up and she teleported her sketchbook and saddlebags back to her house. As she did so Twilight got done with her notes.

"Ok, John so there are some things we need to discuss." She said getting everyponies attention. John gave her a nod.

"Ok. Shoot." He said.

For several hours Twilight and company asked him question after question about his world the show and anything else that came to mind for them. John answered them as best he could and he simply told them which ones he couldn't answer. After all, was said and done Twilight finish up her note's and sent them off with her magic.

"All done. Now I can submit my report to the princess and-" She stopped dead in her speech as Fluttershy gave her a death glare.

"Care to enlighten the rest of us Twilight?" She asked her voice laced with venom. Twilight just chuckled as she twiddled her hooves.

"Well, what else was I going to do?" She squeaked as Fluttershy gave her a deadpan stare.

"Well for one you could have told us of your intent to inform the princess's." She said giving John a look of concern. He, however, seemed oddly calm about all this. He just got up and waved it off.

"Don't worry Flutters. If Twilight want's to let the princess know about me that's fine." He smiled. "I think they'll be pleased with how she handled the situation and beside's I think it's best to take care of these situation's sooner rather than later." He said as he stretched and looked around sheepishly.

"Well not to sound a little pushy but now that I'm done getting grilled-" He gave Twilight a smirk to which she just giggled sheepishly- "can somepony give me directions to the nearest hotel?" He asked fishing in his pockets. The girl's all gave him a look of confusion. Rainbow flopped over on her sofa.

"Um not to be a buzz kill dude but do you have any bit's?" She asked making John groan.

"Crap your right." He said as he fished through his pockets. "Let's see." He pulled out his wallet.

"Hah nope still normal American currency." He sighed.

"Ok then that's fine I'll just-" He stopped as he noticed the glare's he was now on the receiving end of.

"What?" He asked as he got increasingly nervous. Fluttershy hopped off her sofa and fixed John with a fierce glare of her own. He shrank back a little bit as the small pegasus made her way over to him.

"Don't you even think of trying to spend the night outside Mr." She scolded him as she stopped in front of him and flew up to meet him at eye level. John just chuckled.

"Well, whatever gave you that idea?" He mumbled as he tried to laugh off there concern. They all scoffed at his blatant lie but chuckled as he sat back down on the sofa as Fluttershy lead him to it all but forced him to sit back down.

"Now listen here." She started as she gave him a stern glare.

"We may not know all that much about you and you may know a lot about us. Some thing's that even we don't want you to know." She said as the whole group nodded.

"But we're going to take care of you." She said letting her stern mask breakaway into a soft smile. John just shrugged.

"Why tho?" He asked feeling genuinely confused. Sure the tv show was all sunshine and rainbows but that had to be apart of the show, right? Fluttershy and the other's all laughed.

"Because it's just who we are." She smiled even bigger now. She then gave Twilight a look of concern. Twilight caught her meaning and nodded her head.

"Well, John if you need a place to stay you can alway's use my guest bedroom." Twilight piped up. John looked from the door to Twilight and then over to the rest of the girls. Fluttershy nodded her approval and John just sighed rubbing his head.

"Ok sure why not." He said breaking into a smirk.

"But mark my words Twilight I will find a way to repay you for this." Twilight just shook her head.

"Don't worry about it." She smiled. "After all isn't that what friends are for?" John just stared.

"Us? Friends?" He just shook his head.

"Yeah, I suppose it is." He looked around at all the other's they all nodded. He just shrugged.

"So Twilight were shall I hang my head tonight?" He asked as Twilight lead him through out the libary.