“Let’s see, Phone,” you pat the right side of your upper thigh checking for your favorite device, and with much relief, it was there, “Check-” you then pat the other side of your thigh, to see if you had your wallet, “Wallet,” pat-pat “Check, and my passport is in my…” you pat the backside of your navy-blue jeans to check for the international id, “back pocket, alright, I think I'm ready," you say, as you walked to the door, but stopped once you realize something was missing, Hmm, you hummed to yourself, "Why do I feel like I'm forgetting something," You did one final re-check, going through the procedure once more.
I have my phone, wallet, passport, and I already had taken Allie to the kennel you scratched the back of your head as you tried to remember, but that's when it hit you like a baseball bat, "Oh, my hat," you turn to face the view of your apartment living room, and on the kitchen counter, was your favorite green cadet cap almost staring right back at you.
You jog up to the counter, swiped your hat, and swiftly placed it atop your head, "Can't forget about that," you said to yourself, "I need to make a good impression, I mean when's the next time I'm gonna visit an alien world!"
This young twenty-something man is mister Alton Perlstein; an aspiring cartoonist, fresh out of college graduate, an employee at a local library will be one, of the many others, to vacation in Equestria; an alien world that was discovered some four and a half years ago.
It all started back in 2008: Barack Obama was just elected president of the United States, iPhones, and smartphones dominated the tech-market, and new changes were coming to not just America, but the rest of the world as well.
However, one thing that came about this year was the portals; these portals first appeared just in major cities around the world, but soon, they began to show up in national capitals as well.
But it wasn't just their appearance that surprised the human race, but it was what was on the other side that really shocked us. Behind these portals, there was a magical, mythical, world known as Equuis; in that world, sentient creatures such as Griffons, Dragons, Ponies, Hippogriffs, and even Yaks, inhabited the planet and structured not only simple towns but even some Empires and colonies.
As interesting as this was, relations with Equuis were shakey at first, when a completely alien race suddenly come out of nowhere, especially showing up in a post-9/11America where some saw them as a threat, you could see how things were a bit rough. But, as the respective rulers of Equuis began to having trade and peace talks with the leaders of each different country of Earth, relations between the humans and Equuis began to slowly improve over time, with Equuis heavily declaring themselves not only to be a peaceful world, but also how they were willing to let researchers, and as well as some military personnel, to explore and research the lands of the countries inside Equuis.
Once trading began between the two worlds, relations positively rose, as Equuis would trade large amounts of food and even some potions that could heal the worst of diseases, and Earth would trade some of their own food over to the more, omnivorous countries, as well as some technologies over in hopes of technologically advancing Equuis.
To make a long story short, as the years went on, Equuis was largely accepted by many countries around the world, they even had their own seat at the United Nations, which was later named to the United Inter-Dimensional Nations (or UIDN), and trade with the nation as lead to the end of many major diseases from Cancer, to Influenza, and other such things.
Not to mention how much Equuis' leaders have helped bring an end to terrorist organizations and helped rebuild certain areas caused by said organizations.
As for Equuis, they recently just opened their first power plant in the royal city of Equestria, Canterlot, which as largely contributed to the usage of electricity and lighting for many of the city's residences, there are also some talks of helping fix up cities like GriffonStone, where a large majority of the housing development in the city looked very underdeveloped.
About a few months about ago, at the beginning of 2012, plans were announced to allow normal citizens to visit and vacation into Equuis, and around spring of the new year, the first vacation advertisement was televised for the public and went on something along the lines of:
Are you bored, feeling a little down? Then what are you waiting for, come over and visit Equestria! All the magical, out of this world fun you can have, see and experience the cultures of places such as Griffonstone, Canterlot, Ponyville, the Crystal Empire and so on, Enjoy the food, and most of all enjoy the times you make with your friends as you take the trip of a lifetime!
It was because of that advertisement that the idea of visiting such a fantasy-like world immediately peaked your interest, and around the time summer began, you about your tickets, and prepared for your journey to the not-so-new land.
Luckily for you, you lived in Seattle, so you quickly drove over to the portal-station, where you would end up sitting your other group of first-time travelers, as well as two Equuis beings; one was a unicorn mare with mint green fur and a dark-green mane, the other was an earth-pony mare who had cream colored fur, and dark-blue and pink mane.
The mint green pegasus stared at you with a wide grin, her eye's wide and pupils dilated, "Um," you began, as you stared back awkwardly at the mare, "h-hey?"
The cream-colored mare looked over to see what was going on, and quickly reprimanded the unicorn, who blushed in embarrassment, "Lyra," she groaned loudly
"Oops," she said, rubbing the back of her head as she turned back to you, "sorry about that, I'm just really excited to finally meet an actual human,"
You smile back at her, although her first impressions were a bit odd, you could really blame her for being this interested in your species, "No problem," you reassured her, "I would probably be just as excited if I meet a completely alien race-" you extended your hand to better greet the two, "Name's Alton," you greeted.
"I'm Lyra Hartstrings," she stated happily as she pointed to the mare next to her, "and this is my partner Bon Bon," the earth mare waved at you, "Were were actually just her on vacation, and now we're heading back,"
"Hmm," you hummed in surprise, "what a coincidence, I'm actually about to visit Equuis today,"
The mint colored mare eye's widened with elation at your words, "Really!" she exclaimed gleefully
"Yeah," you affirmed, causing the mare to squee in excitement, "I'm visiting some place called-" you pull out your plane ticket to check your destination, "Ponyville?"
The grinning mare squeed in happiness once again, "No way, that's where BonBon and I live, you should totally visit us when you get there" the cream-colored mare behind her smiled at her friend's excitement.
You smile, "Don't worry I'll be sure to-" you paused mid-sentence as the stations P.A came one
"Now will now be taking passengers for portal 2-B, portal 2-B, you looked down your ticket to see the same portal number as what was announced, "Oh, I gotta go," you quickly said as you quickly walked over to the line for 2-B, "But like I said, Lyra, I'll be sure to visit!,"
"Okay, see you soon," the unicorn shouted back, as the two mares waved at you.
You walked over to the line, where once again, you could spot one non-human in the line, who appeared to be a grey griffon-hen who was carrying a tan, satchel, luggage bag, Wow, you definitely don't see that every day, you thought to yourself, as the line shortened, slowly getting you closer to the portal, which allowed you to see the other side of what appeared to be an Equestrian train station.
After a few minutes of waiting it was finally your turn with the TSA agent, who swiftly patted you down, waved you with a metal detector wand, and finally asked to empty your pockets to present what was Inside, "Just my phone, wallet, and passport, sir," you assured him.
"Alright," the agent turned his direction over to a middle-aged woman, who sat at a table behind a large computer "he's good," the lady nodded, as you approached her to show your passport.
She took up your passport, and looked it over, before going back to typing on her computer, "Okay sir, do you have your ticket?" she asked. You pulled out your ticket and gave it woman, who used a small black wand that was connected to the computer to scan my ticket and then quickly went back to typing.
"Business or Pleasure?"
"Pleasure," you answered simply
"How long will your stay be?"
"About a week"
"Do you have any allergies, Illnesses, mental illnesses that the ponies of the Canterlot Express or the Equestrian Transportation Team should know about before you board?"
"Nope," he replied happily, "Perfect bill of health,"
With a few final clicks on the keyboard, the blonde women returned your ticket and passport before finally allowing you to enter the portal, "Alright, enjoy your visit to Ponyville, sir,"
You instinctively waved back at the woman, "Thanks, you too," you said as your body was fully enveloped by the portal. Once you entered into the Canterlot Express station, your eyes widened in realization of what you just said, sigh you sighed with an annoyed expression, "Dammit,"
The black train sped through the Equuis lands as it was headed for a well-known small town where a certain princess, as well as her seven friends, waiting for the train at its stop.
Inside the speeding train, while most of the passengers on the train were ponies, and others were the various other species of Equuis, there were a few humans who boarded the train; those same humans being the first civilians to visit Equuis.
One of those first civilians was you, sitting in the window seat of the train, next to a mother mare and her colt, your headphones bumping some not-too-old school rap music as you nod your head, and occasionally hummed to the beat. You really should thank your old High school friend for introducing you to this album, memories of working at that old fast food restaurant back in the day while listening to this brought a nostalgic smile on your face.
After finishing up with the woman back in Seattle, and mentally chastising yourself for what you said to her, you went through the same procedure as over there, only this time with ponies, and after giving them your information you decided to exchange some of your money for bits, which were these small gold coins that were the main currency in Equestria.
Afterward, you quickly walked over to the train which was luckily already at the train stop when you got there.
As you continued to listen to your music, you notice out of the corner of your eye that, the colt sitting next to you was staring right at you with inquisitive eyes. You couldn't really blame the young colt, this is possibly the closest thing he's seen to an alien, so he'd understandably intrigued, but just like with Bon Bon and Lyra, the mother mare reprimanded her child before quickly apologizing, "Razor," she hissed, "It's not polite to stare-" she turned her attention to you "Sorry about that,"
"Eh, it's alright," I said, "if I were in that kid's shoes, I would probably be pretty weirded out too,"
The mother mare chuckled, "Yeah, you're right," she admitted before she stuck her hoof out which you instinctively shook, "My name is Groomer, how are you?"
"I'm good," you responded, "name's Alton, by the way, I'm actually going to Ponyville right now,"
The mother mare's eyes widened at your explanation, "Wait, are you one of those humans on that visiting trip?"
"Yeah," you replied with a cocked eyebrow
An expression of excitement quickly spread over the mare's face, "oh my goodness," she exclaimed, "You're going to be on that tour trip with Princess Twilight Sparkle!"
Oh yeah, her you thought as you quickly remembered the royal princess, based on certain facts, it seemed that the portals were caused by a scientific accident. But that accident would turn out to do some good as because of it.
But besides that, from what you could tell, apparently Princess Twilight Sparkle was the Princess of friendship, which was a little odd to hear at first, but this is a world where magical talking ponies exist, so I guess it's not that weird, "I guess so," you replied, "Huh, never thought I would be getting a chance to talk to royalty,"
"You guys are so lucky," the mare said with a bit of a jealous tone, "This must be super exciting for you right?"
Not really "Yep"
"I know I would be, She such an inspiration to ponies everywhere, gosh if I could just me her one day-" the mare stopped mid-sentence as she soon realized how much she went on, "Oh sorry about that, I didn't mean to stop you from listening to your music,"
You held up my hand in reassurance, "It's alright, we still have a few minutes before the train stops in Ponyville, so I'll just jam out the rest of the way,"
The mare giggled a bit at you lingo, "Alright then," she turned back to her foal, who was seemingly fiddling with a small gaming device he brought with him, "Razor-" she called to her son, who looked up at his mother, "Would you like to say hi to the Mr. Alton?" The brown colt shyly, yet lazily, waved at you, and you back at him, before the two of you went back to doing your own things.
Back to my jams, you thought to yourself as you placed you headphones atop your head and over your ears, playing back to the last part of the song before listening to it again as the train made its way to the quaint village.
Author's Note
Ooo, Heaven Knows
Fell In Love With A 'Girl"
Please steer clear of the doors as they are opening, the PA system of the train stated, as the train began to decrease its acceleration, We are now stopping in, Ponyville, Equestria. Once the train had made a full stop, almost all of the passengers got up from their seats and proceeded to grab their belongings and exit to the aisle-way where they would finally depart from the train, and enter into the small town.
Like the other passengers, you got up from your seat and went over to the small compartments that held your baggage above you, the mother mare noticed your movement and quickly signaled her son so that the two of them could move.
"Whelp," you began as you made your way into the aisle, "this is my stop,"
"Seems so," she replied, "have a good trip-" she waved back, and nudged her son, whose eyes were still focused on his gaming device, to do the same.
You quickly made your way over to the automatic doors where the parting passengers went through and exited the train, and did the same.
Once you were outside, your eyes widened in surprise at the scene before, it has always been said that the cities, Empires, and towns of Equuis looked like something straight out of a fantasy book, the large, towering castles of Canterlot that sat at the horizon of Ponyville, the rustic, homely, styled cottages that used thatch for the roofing, and the streets and alleyways that were covered with cobblestone.
Although using the term, 'fantasy' would no longer be considered the correct term, the setting, countries, and creatures of Equuis were like a little kid, or a D&D nerd's, dream come true.
Already enjoying the view of your new vacation-stay, you made your way over to the exit of the train station where beyond those doors, there would be the HoofStep Hotel.
However, before you could even get close to the doors of the Ponyville train station a sudden puff of smoke cloaked your vision, causing you to stumble back and fall on to the ground in surprise. The cloud of smoke quickly dissipated, and behind that smoke, a tall, serpent-like, creature wearing a red valet outfit, stood in front of you with a large grin, "Oh hello there," the animal-mishmash creature exclaimed as you, and some of the other passengers, stared at the being in awe and confusion.
This ~~odd-looking~~ gorgeously handsome creature, was non-other than the ~~crazy~~ dashing draconequus known as Discord; apparently, in Equuis, he was a chaotic god who used his powers to control the world, merely wanting to bring the world into chaos for his own amusement.
But, after being re-incased in stone a second time because of Twilight and her friends, and later became reformed because of one of the princesses' friends, Discord would soon use his powers only for good, or at least for the occasional prank.
Lucky for Earth, the portal opened up at the perfect time, as the god of chaos had completely turned a new leaf, and even though is appearance was a bit, overwhelming, for some his comedic and over the top personality made him an instant hit with every TV talk-show and radio hosts.
Oddly enough, the draconequus was offered to be the guest co-host of a popular Japanese game show, which he graciously accepted. While many in Equuis knew Discord as a reformed villain, the people of Earth viewed him as more of a celebrity personality.
While many of the Equuis creatures, as well as some of the humans that knew about the odd and comedic nature of the creature, went about their business; some either took pictures of the god of chaos with their phones or quickly walked by as not get involved with his antics.
After the shock had worn off you quickly got yourself up you picked up your belongings, I wonder if this guy... You were about to ask the former lord of chaos about the arrangements of the trip, until the shout of a pink unicorn interrupted you, "Discord," she scolded angrily as she walked over to the two. Looking over to see the mare, you notice something behind her ear, behind it was a miniature flagpole with a Korean flag, the Republic of Korea's flag or course, attached to it.
She approached the two of you with an irritated expression geared towards Discord, "Its only been a few minutes, and you're already scaring one of the tourists," she groaned at him
"Oh lighten up Starlight," he jested, "there's nothing like a good jolt to welcome our non-pony visitors-" he turned over to you, "Wouldn't you say, mister-" he paused as he waited for you to introduce yourself.
"Perlstein, Alton Perlstine," you stated, "and I, guess your right, what better way to introduce yourself than to just scare the crap outta people,"
"See," he said with a sneer, as the pink unicorn simply groaned before introducing herself as well.
"Hey there, my name is Starlight Glimmer," she greeted as she extended her hoof out to greet you.
"Sup," you greeted back as you shook her hoof, "So I'm gonna go ahead and assume the two of you are the tour guides?"
The unicorn paused a bit before answering your question, "Well, yes and no," you looked at her with a confused expression before she continued on with her explanation, "while Discord and I, as long with the others, are your tour guides, the tours have been split up based on language-" she pointed at the miniatures flag behind her ear, "as you can see, I'll be helping our Korean visitors, while the others are helping out with the other nationalities-" the mare pointed behind her where the famed elements of harmony, as well as a certain drake, and three other Equuis inhabitants, were currently busy helping other groups of tourist.
From what you could see, the Element of Kindness; Fluttershy was introducing the Japanese tourist to Ponyville.
The Element of Loyalty; Rainbow Dash, would be guiding the Dutch tourist.
The Element of Honesty, AppleJack, was busy speaking to her Russian group, which was funny to you considering a stereotypical western like her, was taking the lead in guiding a group of people from a former communist country.
The Element of Laughter was ecstatically talking to her Spanish group; the element of generosity was introducing her French group. And finally, the Princess of Friendship herself, Twilight Sparkle, was dealing with the Arabic group.
Meanwhile, a purple drake was guiding a Chinese group, while a zebra mare, a brawny, bearded blue stallion, and a white caribou, were guiding the Italian, Norwegian, and the Portuguese guest respectively.
All of them were speaking to the group in that said group native language.
The pink unicorn looked over to her group, which mostly comprised of Koreans, and quickly walked over to them but not before waving the two men goodbye, "Speaking of which, I need to get back to my group, if Discord gives you any trouble you know where to find me," she quickly told the human as she galloped over to her group.
Discord sucked his teeth at Starlight's last words, "Always such a spoilsport," he groaned. The draconequus turned to you with a quick expression change, as he smiled widely, at you, "Well then, now that she's gone, lets get you to your other English Seapking buddies," in a matter of seconds, the god of chaos generated a variety of flags in his hands; in his right was theNew Zeland, American and British flag, and in his left were the Irish, Canadian, and Austrailian flag. There was another flag in his lion paw, but it was not one you could recognize, it was a red and black flag with a diagonal white line going through.
I wonder which country that is you pondered to yourself,
"That would be the Principality of Sealand my good sir," the draconequus answered on the spot.
You widened your eyes a bit at his answer for your internal question, "How did you-"
"You do know I'm an god of chaos right, I'm just as omnipotent as Celly, you know," the draconequus stated, refering to the princess of the sun by a nickname.
"Right," you sighed, I guess the whole, god, part really should have set you off that this guy may have the ability to read thoughts.
With that awkward discovery out of the way, you picked up your bags tightly and went off inside the train station, where you would meet up with your group, Discord following along as well.
The summer sun in Ponyville shone greatly as the everypony was preparing for the summer sun celebration this year; many mares and stallions could be seen setting up in the town hall building and other going over to what would be the fair of the festival and begun setting up a few stands here and there, as well as some other electronic entertainment, such as the arcade machines that a few ponies could be seen wheeling to and from some parts of the fair, one of them being a stallion earth-pony with a slim frame.
As he wheeled the large machine, a sudden flash of light caused his eyes to toy widened, and nearly drop the machine. The quick source of light, from what the stallion could tell once his eyes dilated, came from one of the shuttle buses that drove the human visitors to the hotel; inside one of those busses, the one who blinded the working stallion appeared to be a young Japanese man who looked back at the picture to see if he got a good image.
Fluttershy, who sat at the front of the bus, as the human driver drover to the hotel, looked over at the man and told him in his native tongue if 'he could refrain from bothering the workers while they set up for the festival', the young Japanese man quickly apologized to the mare, before turning off the flash on his phone.
Inside another shuttle bus, the English shuttle bus to be exact, you along with a few of your other group members were being introduced to the town of Ponyville by a certain chaotic god, and while some of them were intrigued by the sight before them, like the mother and daughters of a family of five, who looked around the village in amazement, the elderly British couple who came to Equuis for the nature, and a few other passengers; others simply glanced around the at the buildings and structures, or ignored the setting around them as they messed with their phones.
Like the bored passengers, you simply glanced around the town of Ponyville while you listened to your music as you took in the rustic of rustic charm to the village, even though Equuis had new technologies, thanks to us of course, there was still a sort of fantastical charm to it.
As you continued to look outside the window of the bus, your guide ecstatically announced everything as showed the people around, "To your left, you can see our locally famous Bakery, Sugarcube Corner, where they make the best cupcakes," the creature pointed elsewhere as the bus continued to move, "and far over there our national treasure, the infamous windmill of our little town, and over there is-" Discord paused mid-sentence as one of the passengers raised their hand, "Yes?" he answered.
"Yeah, so," the passenger began as he pointed to a purple crystalline castle, "Is that castle over there really made from crystal?"
Discord smiled, "Ah, perfect sight," the draconequus commended, "Yes, the castle of Princess Twilight Sparkle is made of one-hundred percent, genuine, crystal, but I must warn you not to try and take, or break any, off of the castle-" just as he finished saying that, another hand, which belonged to the mother of the family of five, rose up, " Yes,"
The mother excitedly asked, "When are we meeting princess Sparkle?" she asked grinning.
"When we get to the hotel," the draconequus replied, to which the blonde mother lowered her hand, but her grin still showing on her face, "Now if any of you have any more questions-" almost everyone rose their hands, "not pertaining to my conception-" all the arms quickly went down, "We can continue with the tour," with that said, the tour continued on.
The draconequus showed off many of the other towns buildings, and telling bits of history and little fun facts about the small town, such as the Parasprite infestation, which was stopped thanks to the Element of Laughter's one-mare-band, and the time half of the entire town was poisoned because of a certain farmer.
Of course, you didn't listen to much of it as you were relaxing to your music.
Soon, the buses began to decline in speed as your hotel came into close view; the hotel was nothing too different, though the structure and design of it contrasted with the vibrantly colorful world that was Equuis, it was a simple towering building that used tan-bricks, and at the very top of the building the words Hoofington Hotel could be seen clear as day, Looks alright, you though to yourself, hope they have wi-fi here,
One by one, the passengers of each bus began to pile out and head over to the hotel to finally, and truly, relax.
Once you entered through the doors of the hotel, you were slightly taken aback by how tall the building really was, floors that reached up to the tens, a large fountain in the middle of the entrance hall of the building and glass elevator shafts that lead to each of the different floors.
Ultimately what caught your eye was the interior design of the hotel, it was somewhat of a mix of Victorian and Modern style to it that mixed almost perfectly, I knew that, with us being the first to visit this place, would get some kind of special treatment, but I wasn't expecting this! You began to absent-mindedly walk both out of curiosity of the design, and to find the help desk to ask check-in your room.
As you did that, however, suddenly someone had bumped into you "Oh crap," you sighed "Hey, sorry about-" you paused mid-sentence as the 'person' who had bumped into you was an inhabitant of Equuis, a dragoness to be more precise, and looked back at you with the same embarrassed expression.
However, it wasn't the fact that she was a dragon caused you to stare, there was something more to it; her presence, her appearance, perhaps it was the somewhat intense color of her white scales, ultramarine fins, and arctic-blue eyes but something about her caused your heart to beat a bit faster.
"Oh sorry about that," the dragoness apologized, not taking notice of your long gaze, and then quickly bowed before moving on her way, leaving you standing there with a forlorn expression.
As you watched her walk out, even though she was no longer there, your hearts pace continued beating, what the hell was that you pondered, as you placed your hand over your chest to feel your heartbeat, why did my heart feel like it was gonna lift out of my chest, back there
"Ah, summer love" the sudden, yet familiar voice, caused you to jump before turning to a certain draconequus who had a large smirk on his face, "I must say, I was not expecting this so suddenly, but who am I to judge,"
"What are you saying?," you questioned with an embarrassed expression, your cheeks reddened as the draconequus looked at you closer.
"Ha," he exclaimed with a triumphant expression, "You may try to hide your embarrassment, but clear all over your face that somebody just found there-" his active levels dropped, almost Barry White levels of deep, as he inched closer to the human, "summer love,"
Having enough of his bits and antics, you quickly grabbed your bags and headed for the help desk as the draconequus watched you with a chuckle as you left for the help desk, but quickly stopped once he felt a nudge on his side, the one who nudged him turning out to be a certain farmer pony, "Ya botherin' one a' our guest, Discord" she questioned
The draconequus simply looked back at her with a smirk before looking back up at you, "I would say it was less of a bother," he replied, "just simply pointing out the inevitable,"
Man, that guy's weird, you thought to yourself, as the elevator made its ascension to the fifth floor of the hotel. After you had met with help desk mare, even though you were still slightly peeved from the draconequus' interactions, she kindly handed you your room key.
Surprisingly, yet thankfully, she also gave you the wi-fi code to the hotel. While some of the more urban cities in Equuis were newly implementing internet technologies into their towns, places like Ponyville or Griffonstone were still getting used to televisions and phones being in their homes, so it seems that it was another kind gesture of the princess to add this feature into the hotel. You weren't sure how, but hey who are you to question free internet.
The elevator slowly came to a stop as you had reached your floor, as another kind gesture by the hotel staff, a bell-colt went with you to help with your bags, while you would have kindly declined the offer, considering the bags were not that heavy, who are you to say no to free help.
The doors to the elevator quickly opened, and you, as well as the bell-hop, proceeded to exit the shaft and onwards to your room.
As the two of you walked, you attempted to strike up a conversation with the bellhop, you were never really the type of person to start a discussion, but considering you were vacationing on a completely alien world you might as well try "So," you began, "magic huh,"
"Hmm," the bellhop hummed inquisitively
"I mean, that whole, magic stuff sure is crazy right, hehe," you awkwardly laughed
"Not really," the stallion responded, "considering it's part of our everyday life, I wouldn't really call it crazy,"
"Yeah," yet another awkward conversation, great job Alton! With a defeated smile, you placed your headphones on to your head and was about to play a song from your digital list.
As you were about to, however, you noticed the bellhop stop and turned, which caught your attention as you turned to where he was looking, "Here's your room sir," he responded, as you proceded to open the door with your room key.
The inside of your room was quite average for earth standards, two king-sized beds, an office desk, mini-fridge, a dresser with a flat screen television on top, and finally; a large window, which displayed all of Ponyville, was to the left of the room that pulled it all together. The two of you entered the room, and the stallion proceded to place your bags off of the golden cart, once he was done, you thanked him for his help, and tipped the assistant with three bits from your bag.
Once the door was closed, you finally got to work setting up your gear, "Alright, let's do this..."
The once blue sky of Ponyville soon shifted into a hazel orange as the day continued on, in that glow of the evening, you sat on our ever so comfortable bed and proceeded to play a very nostalgic game of high-speed roller skating on your childhood console. After you had finished setting up your portable speaker, laptop and drawing tablet, along with your black boxy console, you decide to chill out for the rest of the day and play some Jet Set Radio Future before venturing out to the rest of the hotel.
This had been your childhood game ever since your big brother introduced it to you, for as long as you could remember you would play this game night and day getting every achievement you could get, and even restarting the game from scratch just for the fun of it.
In fact, it was because of this game, that it broke you out of your anti-social shell and got you the great group of friends you know today.
As you played the game, you encounter a familiar blue-haired character who was, as embarrassing as it was to admit, was your first-time crush as a kid, and she proceeded to tell you about your mission.
Looking at the character, her familiar color palette reminded you of that a certain dragoness that caused your heart rate to go up, "why-" you began, "why did I feel so weird looking at to her like my heart was about to fly out of my chest, I mean, it's definitely not because of some condition, so-" you stopped midsentence as you suddenly remembered what Discord had said...
"You may try to hide your embarrassment, but clear all over your face that somebody just found their, summer love..."
"I mean,I geuss she was pretty cute," you admitted to yourself with a chuckle as the next song on your Bluetooth played in the background, while you went back to playing your game.
As you continued playing the game, a sudden knock on your door caught your attention, "I wonder who that could be," you quickly paused the game, as well as your music, and went over to open the door.
The moment you opened the door, you were greeted with a sweet, sickly, smell, a mixture of apples, mangos, and melon, assaulted your nostrils, and as you looked down to see the source of the smell, you internally groaned as you quickly became frustrated by the overstocked monster in front of you; in front of you, was a large assortment of fruits of varying colors, the basket that held the fruits seemed stuffed to the brim as bits of grapes spilled over a bit from wooden basket.
Inside the grossly over stoked basket was a small note card that read, "WELCOME TO EQUESTRIA!", the white letter was stained a bit from the fruits inside.
"Fruit baskets," you groaned, "Why'd it have to be fruit baskets,"
