Chapter 11

After my conversation with Celestia, the girls, the CMC, and I were making our way though Ponyville towards the library. This town is just as calm and relaxing at night just as it is durning the day. It’s a shame that there aren’t many places like this back on Earth.

We’ve been walking for about 10 minutes now and the girls are talking amongst themselves while I’m once again left to my thoughts. I think back to what I had done back at the house, the feeling within my soul and the energy in my hands had imprinted themselves within my mind and body. There’s also the beam of energy I fired from my hands, specifically the name I called out once I unleashed it. “Buster Cannon”, if I remember correctly that move was the same move that the character Trunks uses in the show. To watch it on TV is one thing, but to actually do it in real life doesn’t even come close to just watching it. What’s strange is that it felt just as natural to do it as when I kicked the manticore. My movements and actions felt like I’ve known how to do them my entire life, that includes my Buster Cannon. Perhaps it has something to do with the potion I drank that I got from F when I arrived here. According to her letter to me, she said it would provide me with the skills an knowledge of the “champion of my youth” which I can only assume is my OC during my role-playing days. I had made my character a master of multiple fighting techniques, even though I personally had no fighting experience. As for my powers, thanks to my new found knowledge, I can recall and know how to use pretty much all the kinds of ki techniques from the show Dragon Ball and the game Xenoverse. If my purpose of being here has something to do with these abilities of mine, then maybe there’s something more to this world than meets the eye. But then again, this world seems so peaceful so I’m probably just overthinking it.

“Well, here we are!” Twilight calls out.

I blink out of my thoughts and stop in front of what looks like a large oak tree with windows, a chimney, and a door in front.

I raise my eyebrows in amazement at the tree. “Wait,” I say, “this is a library? You live in a library?” I ask Twilight.

She turns around with a smile and nods. “Yup! Welcome to the Golden Oak Library!” She says proudly.

Twilight and the others lead me towards the door and allow me to be the first one in. I reach for the doorknob and turn it to open the door. As I’m opening it, it’s strangely dark inside. I reach to the side of the wall to feel for a switch of some kind.

“Where is it, where’s the damn- ah! Here we go!”

Click

“SURPRISE!!!”

“JEEZUS!!!”

All of a sudden I’m met with a large group of ponies and I scared almost shitless. Streamers and confetti come flying out from every direction as I’m trying to keep my heart beating properly. The girls behind me laugh at my reaction and walk past me inside the library and turn towards me.

“Hey big guy, you ok? Don’t tell me the hero of the hour is scared of a little surprise party?” Rainbow dash teases.

I shake my head and look around me. The ponies are all smiling and waving at me with a welcoming feeling. I see a couple tables filled with an assortment of refreshments and sweets. I look up and see a unicorn mare behind what looks like a DJ set up with speakers and turn table. Above her is a banner that says “Welcome to Ponyville! Thank you for saving Dinky!” written on it. I take a step forward and a familiar pink blur runs up to me and fills my vision with a set of equally familiar light blue eyes.

“HI WILLY!!! SO? WERE YOU SURPRISED? HUH? HUH? WERE YOU? HUH?” Pinkie asks me repeatedly.

I chuckle at her comically bubbly attitude and look back towards the crowd. “Pinkie, did you set all this up for me?” I ask.

“Uh huh! At first I wanted to host the party at Suger Cube Corner but then the fire happened. So after you saved Dinky, and after you decided to come to Twilight’s library, I changed my plans and set up the party here! This is you’re welcome to Ponyville and Savior of Dinky Celebration party!” She excitedly explains.

I’ve had parties before but I don’t think I’ve ever had a surprise party like this. I smile and bring Pinkie into a hug. “Thank you so much Pinkie, it really means a lot that you’d do something like this for me.” I tell her.

Pinkie hugs me back with light squeeze and giggles. We break the hug and she turns the group and breaths in deeply.

“LET’S PARTY!!” she yells. The crowd cheers and I proceed to mingle with the ponies of Ponyville.

1 hour later

This party has got to be the funnest parties I’ve ever been to, let alone have it be thrown for me. The party games were fun to play, the music sounded a bit like dubstep which I hummed along to, and the refreshments were delicious! Whoever made these cupcakes sure knows what they’re doing. Each and every pony were very friendly to me and they each gave me their fair shares of compliments and praises for my heroic actions today. I even saw some of the mares stare at me with blushes on their faces and when I looked towards them they’d blush harder and giggle like little girls which made me smirk.

I feel like the most popular kid in school right now, how ironic. I think to myself.

I was sitting on a chair happily tapping my foot to the music while enjoying a cup of soda. I then spot Rarity, Applejack, and some kind of humanoid lizard with them. He has purple scales and deep green spines in his head and tale while his underbelly is light lime green. He’s wearing a red T-shirt and brown cargo shorts. His eyes are slitted also green as his spines. I’m guessing due to his appearance he looks to be a young teen. They walk up to me so I stand up from my chair and meet them half way.

“Hello, ladies. How’re the both of you tonight?” I ask.

“We’re quite well, darling. Thank you for asking.” Rarity says.

“How’re you enjoying tha party Will?” Applejack asks.

“I’m having a great time, thanks!” I reply. I look down at the teen and smile while offering my hand. “What’s up man? How’s it going? I’m William Saber the human.” I introduce myself.

“Whoa,” he says, “and here I thought everypony was pulling my tail! Nice to meet you to, dude!” He says while grasping my hand with his claw. “I’m Spike, Spike the dragon and Twilights number one assistant!”

A dragon?! Oi, me and my big mouth. Still cool I’m meeting a dragon though.

I look back towards the girls. “I gotta say,” I tell them, “it’s definitely a pretty damn good party. Reminds me of the parties back in my world where some of them I used to sing for.” I tell them.

They both look at me with surprised expressions. “Darling, did you say you sang at parties?” Rarity asks.

I nod, “Yeah, but only if I was allowed to. I can also play the guitar and it’s more like a hobby to me.” I tell them.

“You can sing and play the guitar?!” Pinkie Pie asks out of nowhere, “Oh! Oh! You should totally sing a song for us!” She tells me.

I arch a brow and look back towards Applejack and Rarity. They look like they also wish to hear me perform, and by the looks of it so do the rest of the ponies who heard Pinkie.

“Well, I’d like to but I don’t have a-“ Pinkie interrupts me by pulling a guitar out of her mane.

“-guitar… Uh, thanks I guess.” I say to her. She just smiles at me as I can already feel a migraine coming on because I’m trying to figure out how she kept that in there.

I shake my head and walk towards the DJ booth and pull my smartphone out. I go through the list of songs and find one that I think they’ll enjoy.

This one seems good enough.

I make it to the table and approach the DJ mare. She has a yellowish white coat with a wild looking cobalt blue mane and tale with light cyan streaks. She’s wearing deep purple shades and a pair of light blue headphones on her head. She’s also wearing a white T-shirt with what looks like two bridged eighth notes and a loose grey sleeveless jacket and a pair of tight denim jeans that hug her legs and hips snuggly. She looks at me and takes her headphones off while turning the music down a bit.

“What’s up Mr. Saber! Name’s Vinyl Scratch but tonight I’m DJ Pon-3! What can I do for you?” She asks.

“Nice to meet you DJ, just Will is fine by the way. I was wondering if you could play this song for me? I’m gonna sing it on stage” I ask her while showing my phone. She takes my phone and stares at it curiously and looks back to me and smiles.

“No problem, man! Just get up on stage and let me know when you’re ready to play.” She says.

I nod and make my way down to the small stage with my guitar. The music stops and DJ taps the mike. “Attention eveypony, hope you’re all having a fun time tonight!” She says over the microphone. The crowd agrees with her with cheers and applause. “Great! We’ve got a special treat for you tonight. The human of the hour who this party is for will now sing a song for us. So without further ado, please welcome Will Saber!” She says.

More claps and cheers erupt from the crowd as I walk on stage with my guitar while taking off my jacket toward the mic stand.

“Thanks DJ! Hey eveypony, I just wanted to thank you all for throwing this awesome party for me. Never thought I’d be welcomed here this way, not that I’m complaining.” I joke causing them to laugh a bit. “So, this song is a song from my world, hope you like to dance cause this’ll get you to move!” I look back to DJ and nod. She nods back and plugs my phone in then hits the play button. I hear the taps of the background tempo and begin to sing and strum my guitar.

As I’m singing, the ponies start to dance and are really starting to get into the music. I do a little dance as I’m strumming my guitar and start to make my way off the stage in the middle of the crowd. When I start to sing the Spanish part of the song, I take turns and walk back and forth to the mares surrounding me. Each time I finish a lyric they blush and swoon at my words and a couple of them faint. I finish the song with the last note of my guitar and do a little pose. I look up from my guitar and the ponies are silent for a moment and then erupt in a flurry of cheers and applause, I then smile and bow to them. I’m about to walk back towards the stage when they start chanting.

“Encore! Encore! Encore!” They chant.

I look around and smirk. Well, who am I not to oblige? I think.

“Alright, one more song!” I announce. They all cheer and I walk over and grab a stool. I walk back to the center of the room and sit on the stool. “Let’s take it nice and slow.” I tell them. I then pluck a few cords and begin to play.

I started to sing softly as the lyrics came to me. My singing again caught the attention of everypony in the room. Some were leaning on each other and enjoying the sound of my voice and guitar. Some mares were looking at me with half lidded eyes and smiling at me with that dreamy look. I continued to sing and saw the mane six and Spike staring at me with admiration. When I finished the song I paused for a moment and looked up. Almost immediately cheered and applauded for my performance. I got up and bowed again and set the stool back where I got it.

The mane six and Spike walk up to me with huge smiles on their muzzles. I smile back and put a hand on my hip. “Hey eveypony, I take it you enjoyed the songs?” I ask.

“Are you kidding? That was great! Who knew you were such a talented singer, dude!” Spike tells me.

“That was so awesome! You keep getting cooler like this and you’ll be just as cool as me!” Rainbow Dash cheers.

“That was a really nice song at the end William…” Fluttershy tells me while slightly blushing.

“Oh my stars, what a fantastic ensemble! You’re such a stallion of many talents, darling!” Rarity swoons.

“Ah gotta admit, that was some mighty fine guitar playing, partner!” Applejack says.

“You’re really something special William. Was that really music from your world?” Twilight asks.

I nod and say, “Yep, those two songs are two of my favorites. I’m glad you all enjoyed them.”

I then feel something slam behind me and also something soft press onto my back. Two pink arms wrap around my shoulders and hug me tightly.

“THAT WAS THE BEST MOST FANTASTIC MOST SUPER DUPER PERFORMANCE EVER!!!” Pinkie yells.

I chuckle as she gets off me and turn around. She’s got that trademark smile in her and is jumping I place due to how excited she is. I bring the guitar up and hold it in front of her with a smile.

“Thanks for letting me use this Pinkie.” Tell her.

She puts a hand on it and pushes it back to me making me raise an eyebrow in confusion.

“You can keep it! Consider it a welcoming gift, Willy!” She says.

My eyes widen and I look at my new guitar. I smile happily and sling the strap over my shoulder. I walk back to the booth where DJ is and she sees me and smiles brightly.

“Dude! Awesome songs! Awesome singing! You’re so awesome!” She cheers.

“Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. May I have my phone back please?” I ask her.

She nods and unplugs my phone and hands it back to me. I walk back towards the crowd of ponies and continue to mingle and enjoy the rest of the party with my new friends.

1 more hour later

The party continues with more music and laughter as ponies enjoy themselves. It starts to die down and ponies begin to leave and clear out of the library. Applejack managed to get a pony she knew to take the CMC back to their homes since it was now their bed time, even though they insisted they wanted to stay and be with me longer. Soon it’s just me, Spike, and the girls cleaning up the remains of the party which we get done pretty quickly since we all pitch in. Once we finish, I let out a huge yawn which makes the mares giggle at me.

“Seems like sompony is tired.” Twilight comments.

“Yeah, well when you’re saving the day and entertaining the crowd it starts to weigh on you.” I retort. I then realize something, I’ve got nowhere to sleep… “Speaking if which, where exactly am I supposed to sleep? Do I go to a hotel or something?” I ask.

Twilight tilts her head in confusion, “Why would you go to a hotel? You’re more than welcome to stay here.” She tells me.

I arch a brow at her offer, “Really? I don’t want to impose-“

“Oh don’t be silly,” she interrupts, “as far as I’m concerned you can stay here as long as you like! As soon as you’re able to get a place of your own of course.” She tells me.

I smile and walk up to her and put a hand on her shoulder. “Thanks a lot Twilight, you’re very kind to offer this to me.” I tell her.

She blushes and looks away while smiling, making me chuckle but then I yawn loudly again. Damn, I must be more tired than I thought…I think to myself.

“So which room am I staying in?” I ask her.

She snaps out of her blush and turns and points towards the stairs. “Just up the steps and it’s the first door to your left.” She tells me.

I nod and begin to make my way to my room but just as I’m about to make the climb I feel a slight tug on my shirt. I look to see Pinkie Pie smiling up at me.

“Aw come on Willy! Can’t you stay up just a little more with us? We were actually gonna have a slumber party and play Truth or dare with spin the bottle!” She says.

Truth or Dare and spin the bottle? With just me and a bunch of mares? Oh boy, the ways that could go if I play… I think to myself.

“As much fun as that sounds Pinkie, I’m too exhausted after today. Maybe we’ll play again some other time, ok?” I tell her.

She seems a bit bummed but then nods at my request. “Ok, I understand. What about you Spikey?” She asks the young drake.

“No way,” Spike deadpans, “I’m also gonna go to bed so you mares have fun.” Spike then walks past me and up the stares while turning his head to look at me.

“Night Will…” he says with a yawn.

I smile and wave to him goodnight. I look back at the girls who’re laying their sleeping bags they had brought in a circle. “Goodnight ladies.” I tell them.

They all look at me and smile, “Goodnight William!” They all tell me.

I make my way up the stairs and into my new room. As I’m closing the door behind me I hear the mares start to giggle about something, probably mare stuff. The room is just your average bedroom with a window to the side, a bed in the middle with a nightstand and lamp next to it, a larger dresser on the other side, and a desk with a chair in the corner in the room. I take my clothes off until I’m in nothing but my boxers and drape them over the chair. I then climb under the sheets and lay down on the pillow with my hands behind my head as I stare at the ceiling.

Man, so much has happened today it’s hard to believe I just got here. I’m looking forward to tomorrow, not only to tell eveypony about myself but perhaps Celestia will be able to answer some of my questions. I wonder how my family is doing… I think to myself. I then get saddened at the thought of them and sigh. Nothing I can do about it now I suppose. I’m here now and I might as well get used to it.

With that, my eyes slowly droop until their completely shut and sleep takes hold of me.

Author's Note

Whoo! First day in Equestria!