The train left the station, and when it did the moon shone through the windows. It blinded me for a moment, before becoming bearable, and as it did, outside the windows came into focus. It was beautiful. The land outside was covered in snow, and it was night. I was in a sleeping car, and there was one other pony in the car besides me. It was a mare, if my knowledge of horses (or probably ponies, as that is what the Shaman said), was correct. I knew she was a mare because of her body structure. I quickly look away, deciding not to stare at the pretty girl sleeping in the room with me. I looked and saw the top bunk open. I stowed my duffel bag, and climbed on to the bunk. I stared out the window for a while, looking at the snow covered land, and the aurora above in the sky.

After that, I checked my duffel bag, found a flashlight I put in for emergencies, or for reading at night, and grabbed the book the Shaman had gave me. How to Train Your Howler. I laughed at the reference to the books and movies, which in my opinion had been great. To bad I wouldn't get to see three. I opened the book up, and started to read up on my powers.

The sun shone in my eyes as I was shaken awake. I opened the to see a pretty face looking at me. The face was covered in a butter yellow fur, and she had pink hair that covered her right eye just a little. She was giving me a worried look, shaking me lightly.

"Um, mister. We will be arriving at the Crystal Empire soon. I just thought you would like to get up and get yourself ready. I'm sorry if I bothered you." Her voice was above a whisper, but wasn't loud enough to be heard in a crowd.

"No, thank you. I am sorry if I might have scared you, being in the same room." She shakes her head no, and tells me she knew that she had been put with a man. She was happy that I wasn't someone who would take advantage of her having been asleep.

"I would never. Actually, the idea of even taking advantage of someone like THAT, almost makes me want to throw up, pardon the crass words."

"It's okay, and I agree. It makes me sick to think that there are ponies out there that would do that. Anyways, would you like to come and sit with me and my friends? It might make it easier on us if you do, they were worried about who I was sleeping with."

"Sure. Lead the way." And lead she did. As I followed, I did take the time to check her out, as I am a guy, and I hadn't had many girls in my life who treated me like this. She was again, beautiful, with nice hips that swayed nicely, and wings that poked out from the back of her large green long sleeved sweater. Her chest, from what I had seen last night, was a large size, I don't know cup sizes, as I wasn't the type of person to ever check on those types of things. Her pink hair came down to her waist, and was meet by the start of her tail, sticking out a small hole cut into the jeans she was wearing, slightly bigger in the legs so to not be digging into her legs.

We made it to the seating cars, and A cyan blue mare with a rainbow on her head jumped up, calling out the girls name leading me.

"FLUTTERSHY, over here." I saw the walking rainbow sit down, and looked at the other four mares around her, and the one lizard like being.

One had orange fur, with blonde hair, and a cowboy hat on her head. I believe the design was Stetson, but I never wore hats, so I couldn't be positive. She was very well muscled, and had a well toned body for her muscles. She wore a flannel shirt that was unbuttoned, and a white undershirt, and she was wearing farmers pants, with patches and dirt on them that clearly would never wash off. She saw me, and tipped her hat a little in hello.

The next pony had royal purple hair that was curled to look prim and proper, and a tail that did the same. she had on a some yoga pants, and a simple shirt with ruffles across the chest. Her fur was a snow white, and her coat was an argyle pattern, and it looked absolutely amazing the way it was paired with everything. Unlike the others, she seemed to have a horn. I could only guess that she might be a unicorn.

The next mare was the rainbow one. Her hair was a rainbow of colors, literally, and she had a cyan blue coat. She had wings as well, and since these were ponies, I could guess she was a pegasus, as was Fluttershy. She wore track pants and a sports bra and tank top. Her winter coat sat on the floor at her hooves. She saw me looking and glared. I didn't think she liked me.

Then there was the one reading a book. AH, a fellow bookworm, I wondered if she read fiction or Sci-fi stuff. She had a lavender fur coat, and her mane, as I finally remembered horse hair being called, was also royal purple hair with a single streak of hot pink and two streaks of lavender on both sides of it. She had a pair of yoga pants as well, and a blouse that went with it. She was the most interesting pony of the group, as she had a horn AND wings. I didn't know what to call her species.

The lizard child came next, though I wouldn't say anything out loud about what he might be. He had purple scales, and came up to approximately my chest if he where to stand up. I stood at roughly 6'1", and he must have been about 5'11". Down his back was a line of spines, colored toxic green. I didn't know whether to be worried about poisoning or not if i accidentally touched one.

And finally, a bouncing pink mare. All pink. Light pink fur, and hot pink mane and tail. She looked at me with eyes as if she knew something I didn't. She was the craziest of the group, I could see it. She was wearing a blue short skirt with blue leggings, and a blue tank top with a yellow half-sleeve crop top sweater. She spoke first.

"Hello again Cameron. It's good to see you again. Don't worry, it has to do with the Flibblecorp., so don't think to much into it. I will say though, I wish the author didn't have to rewrite the story, the last one was getting pretty funny. Oh well, here we are." Everyone but me knew what the Flibblecorp. was, and everyone, including me, didn't understand anything about author or being rewritten.

"Pinkie Pie, you are the most random pony ever."The rainbow haired girl said. Pinkie just sighed, and then said.

"Well, let's do introductions for YOU, as the readers already know us. Skittles is named Rainbow Dash, the bookworm is Twilight Sparkle, the shy mare that lead you here is Fluttershy, as you heard Rainbow scream, the farmer is Applejack, and the British accented mare is Rarity, a fashionista and armor maker. Me and Applejack are earth ponies, Twilight is an Alicorn, a mixture of all three races, Rainbow and Fluttershy are indeed pegasi, and Rarity is a unicorn. Also, HEY TWILIGHT, THIS GUY IS FROM ANOTHER WORLD!" Twilight was jolted from her book at the words, and turned to Pinkie Pie. Before Twilight could speak up though, Pinkie said one more thing.

"Oh yeah, and the dragon is Spike, Twilight's little brother. she hatched him from an egg, and they adopted him into the family."

"Pinkie, that is sensitive information. I am sure this man doesn't want to know what happened with my family. And what was that about him being from another world?"

"Actually, my adoption is a lot more complicated than yours. As for what Pinkie said, how did you know? I only arrived last night, and appeared in Fluttershy's room. And before anyone says anything, I didn't DO anything to her. Promise."

"Just a hunch. And a knowledge of events as presented to me by some subordinates in the Flibblecorp. I know a lot about you, Cameron Ruff. Everything in your files when you joined. I also had to talk to some people, and you no longer work for your old boss, what was his name. Harblenip. You don't work for him anymore, you work for me. I will give you your assignment shortly. Anyways, lets get back on topic, before we break our friends." And with that, everyone of the girls seemed to shake themselves out of some sort of funk, and Twilight came at me with a vengeance, backing me into one of the chairs on the train.

Before I could be fully berated with questions, the train pulled up to a station, and the girls pulled Twilight away from me. Spike started to get a wagon, and got everyone's luggage and put it in. I looked around the train car, and saw a bunch of other ponies giving each others high fives, and gearing up for something big. Rainbow Dash got up from her chair and turned to address everyone in the car.

"OKAY EVERYPONY, LISTEN UP! WE'RE GOING OUT TO REPRESENT PONYVILLE! SO I WANNA HEAR, WHO'S GONNA WIN!"

"WE ARE!"

"I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!"

"WE ARE!!!"

"THAT'S RIGHT! NOW LETS SHOW THEM OUR PONYVILLE SPIRIT!!!"

Everyone on the car cheered, and started to offload. The girls were leaving Spike with the luggage wagon, and I walked over to help him, grabbing the handle and pulling the towering luggage pile out of the train. As we exited, I turned to the girls and asked them.

"Hey, um, since I just got to this world, mind filling me in on what is going on, whats happening that we are showing the PONYVILLE SPIRIT? Cause I am new to this." Twilight came to me with the answer.

"The Equestria Games. A series of events that show the prowess of each town and city in Equestria, by showing of what their top athletes can do."

"Oh, so like the Olympics?"

"What are the Olympics?"

"What you just said. A bunch of countries send the top athletes of each country, to compete in a series of sports, to see which country has the best athletes in the WORLD. It wasn't just one country, but the whole planet that participated. It was hosted by one of the larger countries of the world, and it was always something to watch."

"Yeah, that sounds exactly like what the Equestria games are. What sports did they have?" Rainbow Dash asked, as we started walking towards an arena that looked like the Olympic stadium, but made out of solid crystal.

"Fencing, swimming, archery, rifle shooting, boat racing, kayaking, and a ton of other sports. The best athletes trained for years, most their lives, to compete in the Olympics, and to even get there was an honor of the highest order, as it showed that you where better than every other person who did it. To win, you gained world renown fame, and the country you came from gets bragging rights. I am guessing that the city that wins gets bragging rights as well?"

"Yep, and this year it's going to be Ponyville." Rainbow said. We where nearing a statue at that point, and getting a closer look at it, it looked to be a statue of Spike. I asked him.

"Yep, that's me. I helped save the Empire after it had returned from a thousand year disappearance. They built the statue in my honor. In fact, I am to light the torch for the opening ceremony."

"Cool, hey wanna trade me on pulling? I'm getting a little tired, what do they put in these bags?"

"Mostly Rarity's stuff is the weight. She packs like, five suitcases every time we go traveling. But she is really pretty, so I don't mind pulling the cart most of the time. Besides, these 6 have saved Equestria multiple times, they can't be expected to carry there bags everywhere. Hell, Twilight's a Princess for Celestia's sake. She is royalty."

"Wait, the nerds a princess? How did that happen?"

"Well, she finished a spell that the great Starswirl the Bearded couldn't finish, and in doing so, earned her wings and became an Alicorn."

"So Alicorn's are royalty?"

"Yes, mostly because they live for a very long time. Celestia and Luna are over two thousand years old. And they control the sun and moon, raising and lowering them everyday. Is something wrong man, you don't look so good?"

I could not believe that something can move a celestial body. That is impossible. The sun is a ball of gasses that are burning at thousands of degrees, and are billions of miles from the planet. And the moon is just a giant hunk of rock yes, but it is also thousands of miles from the planet. I just shook my head and said that everything was fine, but inside I was freaking out. Why did the Shaman want me to meet them. What did I do to get a chance to meet the most powerful beings in this universe.

As I was having a mental breakdown, talking to the sane voices in my head, we reached the arena ticket booth. As we walked up, I started to drift away from the girls, and had handed the luggage cart off to Spike to go buy a ticket for the Equestrian Olympics, when Twilight turned around and saw me walking away.

"Hey, Cameron, come on. Your our friend, you get VIP with the other girls. Rainbow and Fluttershy are going to get ready for the games with the Ponyville team. I would like to introduce you to the Princesses before the games start though, so follow me when we get to the top."

All I could do was nod and cry on the inside. I am now going to be taken IMMEDIATELY to the most powerful beings. Yay me.

Author's Note

I hope you can take the new time frame well. I felt that the other one had things to cramped in to fit in the time of a month. It didn't give me time to fit some more character development, and bring in some conflict and battles. Speaking of battles, I may have one soon.

Have a Jivin day!