Chapter 2: Ponies? What the F*ck!?

Darkness, that was all I could sense around me. I don't know if you have been knocked out before, or fainted, but it's a strange feeling. You can kinda feel what is going on around you, your brain tries to come up with reasons, and for the first few moments it's kinda like your dreaming, only, in darkness. Yea, it's hard to explain, but that's what I felt. Slowly however, I started to come around, that started with the voices around me.

"Rainbow! You hit him too hard!"

A girl said, sounding concerned for my well being. Thank you for that, though, maybe do not knock me out next time.

"He was going to hurt Flutters!"

A raspy voice replied, sounding embarrassed and outraged.

"You really have to be more careful, dear. What if you really hurt him?"

Another voice said, sounding rather posh and British. Not that I would know.

"Come on, I didn't hit him that hard!"

Raspy, the name I gave the voice, replied quickly. The more they talked, the more I seemed to wake up, and it occurred to me that I was surrounded, by the sounds of it, by girls.

"Oh! Maybe he needs some cake when he wakes up! A 'we're sorry for Dashie being such a brute!' Cake"

"Hey! I'm not a brute!"

A new voice had entered this, very odd conversation, she sounded chipper and overly happy, like a hyped up child.

"Well, we need to figure out something before this guy wakes up."

Okay, now I was starting to wake up just by pure irritation and confusion. There was ANOTHER voice?! Just how many was in my fucking barn?? What was funny however, they all had a certain character trait, just in their voice alone. This new one who had joined in had like, the classic southern farmer accent you imagine a cowgirl would have.

"Do.. Do you think he'll be alright?"

A very gentle voice suddenly asked. The voice was so soft and gentle, like a soft velvet blanket of fussiness, if that makes sense? Probably not. At any rate, I was getting back to full consciousness more and more, and right now I had made a mental calculation that there was six females around me.

The strange thing was, as I started to get back around, I remembered what I saw before everything went black. At first my mind struggled to believe it, but I was sure I saw her, a terrified, light yellow pony, Fluttershy? The voices started to sound familiar too, but, but that couldn't be right.

"Hey! I think he's waking up!"

"Okay girls, calm down, let me do the talking okay? Let's not start anymore trouble.

"Hey, why are you looking at me?!"

"Shhh! He's waking up."

I let out a groan, my head hurt, it was like I could feel my heart pounding from the very top of my head. I could feel the cold concrete floor beneath me, and I could feel I was on my back. My eyes darted around for a bit, then slowly but surely, I opened them.

I was met with an insane sight, two big purple eyes staring back at me. My eyes got wide, and by reflex I sat up, letting out a shocked yelp. "Whaa!"

SLAM!

"OW!"
"OW!"

In my haste to sit up, my head collided with something I had not noticed. So with my head already hurting, and to then smacking my head against something that felt like a horn, that really didn't help. I rubbed my forehead, feeling like my head could split open, voices brought my attention back to the present.

"Are you alright sugarcube?"

"That did look rather nasty.."

I couldn't believe it, I simply stared at the scene playing out before my eyes. Right there, in my barn, sat a lavender unicorn, rubbing her horn, with an orange pony tending to her along with another unicorn. I knew them, I kne-

"Hey you! What's the big idea!?"

A new set of eyes and the same raspy voice from before interrupted my sight and thoughts. A cyan colored Pegasus, with a rainbow mane and magenta eyes, hovered right in front of me, glaring at me. She was talking to me, they were all talking! She let out what I assumed was a growl and said.

"Hey, I'm talking to y-WHOA!!"

Before she even got to finish her sentence, a pink mass came in from the side, pushed her away and a pair of pink eyes stared intently at me.

"HEY! I'm Pinkie Pie! What's your name? Oh, are you an alien, oh no, wait, we are in your world so I guess we are technically in yourworldbutperhapswecancallyou-."

She talked faster and faster, and with so much intensity my brain could hardly process everything that was happening around me. What the hell was going on here?!

"Pinkie!

A purple light, the light I must have seen from my house, surrounded the pink pony and pulled her back a few meters. The lavender pony was now standing, rubbing a hoof to her horn, but still tried to maintain a friendly smile. The shock of seeing them had made me forget all about the thumping pain in my head.

"Uhm, hello, sorry about Pinkie Pie, she get's excited when she meets new ponies.."

She said, looking a little embarrassed about the whole situation. I know it get's old, but I was really so shocked that I didn't even think about correcting her, telling her I was not a pony, but she probably already knew that was saying it more out of habit than anything else.

There was simply silence between us, the ponies looked at me with wary eyes, I in turn looked at them with utter disbelief. I could see the lavender unicorn getting a little nervous about the silence, and so she continued.

"My name is-"

"Twilight, Sparkle.."

I said, almost in as if saying the name would end this madness. Me saying her name took her by surprise, as well as the other ponies.

"Y-yes, but how did you know?"

I looked from her, to the others. As I did, I spoke each of their names as I recalled from the show.

"Applejack.. Rainbow Dash. Rarity. Pinkie Pie-"

"That's me!"

"Fluttershy..."

I finished, noting each of their reactions. All of them had different reactions, but none of them seemed very comfortable hearing their names spoken by a complete stranger, which I understood. It would be kind of creepy if they said my name now, something along the lines, 'Come play with us Daniel, forever, and ever, and ever.'

There all seemed shocked, Rainbow Dash seemed to glare and scowl, but at the same time I could tell I had kind of freaked her out.

"H-how did you know our names?!"

Twilight stepped forward, probably to make Rainbow Dash back off, but I could tell she was not very happy with this too, and she wanted to know just as much as her. She however still tried to maintain a somewhat friendly smile, probably wanting to solve this as peacefully as possible and not create any trouble, not for me, or for her friends.

"Are you alright?"

She asked gently, and at that, I finally managed to get my act together. My eyes found hers, and I started to nod a little.

"Yea, I mean no, I mean.." I groaned in frustration. "How come you're here, you can't be real.. You can't be here."

"Of course we're real, dingus. I managed to knock you out, didn't I?"

I had to nod in acceptance of that fact, but did she have to look so proud about it? The others seemed to think the same as I reflexively rubbed the spot where she had hit me. She seemed to notice too, and looked down on her hoof, making small circles with it.

"S-sorry about that by the way.. I didn't mean to knock you out, I just thought you were going to attack Fluttershy..."

She looked a little uncomfortable, embarrassed too. Maybe I should have just told her to forget about it, but I could not help myself.

"Hey, Rainbow."

She looked up at me. "Yea?" I waved her over, and after just a moment of hesitation, she moved closer. I raised my hand, and then. "Ow!" I flicked her nose. "What was that fo..." Yea, she seemed to realize why I did that, and nodded slightly. Pinkie Pie of course thought it was hilarious.

"Now we're even.." I told her, smirking a bit. "But, how the hell can you be here?" The fact I was asking this question to six cartoon ponies made me cringe a little inside. They all seemed as confused as me, but I knew the lavender unicorn known as Twilight had other and more pressing questions she wanted answers to. I knew where I was, but they didn't.

"We.. We are not exactly sure how we got here, it's a little fuzzy.."

She admitted freely, seeming a little embarrassed about that fact. Before I could continue the conversation with another question, I heard something that sounded like a growl. We all looked towards where the sound had come from.

"Whoops! Seems like I'm starving, do you have any food??"

Pinkie Pie asked, like they were already guests. It seemed like it was her stomach that growled, and I could swear I could see the stomach actually vibrate as it did so. What the hell??

"Darling, that is no way to ask for food, I-" Her stomach started to growl as well, and she flushed with slight embarrassment. "Ehehe, I seem to have grown quite peckish too..."

Now looking at all of them, I could see they were all trying to hide their hunger, and most of all, trying not to intrude. It was then that I remembered the rain outside, it was still going, and seeing them like this, confused, hungry and scared, there was simply no way I could turn them away.

Dusting myself off, I stood, smiling a little awkwardly as I still couldn't believe this was happening. "Well, how about we go to my house, get some food and warm ourselves, then we can talk?" The mood immediately seemed to pick up, but I could still tell they were a bit nervous about me, and once again, I couldn't blame them.

"Thank you, if you're sure we won't be any trouble.."

"No it's alright, but it rains, so you might get a little wet."

I could hear the white unicorn, Rarity, let out a small whine at the sound of that. But it was either that or stay in this old dusty barn, and that seemed to make her take the decision to follow us.

* * * *

It didn't take long for us all to get to my house, it was right next to the barn. We all ran to the front door, I quickly opened up, and they quickly entered. To my dismay, all these muddy hooves were now making my entryway dirty, not that I blamed them, but I didn't want them to drag mud into my home.

"Wait here."

I said, and went to fetch some towels for them to use. Rarity seemed to appreciate it the most, getting some nice clean hooves, and I was fascinated by the use of real magic in my world. She was still not to happy about being soaking wet, and so kept the towel, mumbling something about wishing she had her, well I didn't catch the exact words, but something about something for her mane.

"Come." I told them, and started to walk down the hall and towards the living room. "Sorry for the dark, but I seem to have a power outage."

The six ponies seemed to walk carefully after me, looking at everything around them, either in fascination, or because they were looking for something that might be dangerous. Funny enough, the orange pony known as Applejack seemed to be the one leading the group deeper into the house, not Twilight as I had expected.

"Well, I know a farm when I see one." She said, like it was a plus in her book.

"It's super duper big!" Pinkie exclaimed, and seemed to jump around as soon as she entered the living room.

"Make yourselves comfortable." I told them, gesturing towards my couch and other chairs, while I went hunting for some candles. I could hear the girls move around in there, some sat on my comfy couch, others, mostly Twilight, seemed fascinated, and so decided to look around, investigating everything, but still kept close to her friends.

I could hear them chatting a bit, I could not really hear or understand what they were talking about, but I was mostly busy with searching my closet for candles anyway. Then a voice startled me.

"E-excuse me...?"

"Wha!"

"EEP!"

I turned my head, seeing Fluttershy shaking a little, hiding one half of her face with her mane. Letting out a deep sigh, I put on a friendly smile, hoping that it would relax her a little.

"Oh, Fluttershy, you startled me.. What can I help you with?"

She looked so embarrassed, and timid, kind of like a kid that is in a friends house for the first time and asks permission for every little thing.

"Uhm, I just wanted to say, t-thank you for letting us into your home, and.. Sorry for scaring you, and sorry for Rainbow hitting you.. Please don't be mad at her..."

She closed her eyes tightly shut, as if expecting me to start yelling or hitting her. Kind of made me feel bad, but also made me smile a little. She was a very timid pony, not one to be very comfortable around strangers, and yet, not wanting her friends to be in trouble, she willed herself to talk to a complete stranger, and a new creature she has likely never heard of before. She was brave, in her own way. I placed my hand on the top of her head, causing her to tense up for a moment, then shake ever so slightly. When I started to gently pet her, she carefully opened her eyes and looked up at my smiling face.

"Hey, it's fine. Me and Rainbow are cool, and I think it's brave of you to come and talk to me about your friends.. Don't worry, I'm not mad, and I'm happy to help you guys.."

I could see relief wash over her, and I even felt her lean up into my hand a little. Okay okay, I know, I'm a typical nice guy, yea yea, you've seen it before, but it was the truth. I still had like, a billion questions, most of them revolved about my own sanity at this point, but, right now, I just rolled with the punches, and if they were still here when I woke up tomorrow, then maybe this was real, and that I'm most likely not insane...

"T-thank you..

She said, a little louder this time, and I could see she was searching her memory for something. Not hard to figure what it was, so I helped her.

"Daniel."

I smiled, I hadn't given them my name, so she wouldn't know, but the effort was sweet. She smiled back at me, looking me in the eyes, probably for the first time since we met in the barn, before I was knocked out that was.

"Daniel.. Thank you."

"No problem, Fluttershy."

Her smile grew slightly, but she hid her face in her mane again as she turned and left to join her friends back in the living room. I dived back into the closet, and soon enough found my prize. A few candles later, the living room was lit up, and become vastly more cozy than before. With everything lit, and the ponies warm and dry, it seemed the best time to start talking, and figuring things out.

Twilight seemed to think the same, because I could tell she was looking at me expectantly, so were some of the others, though I suspected it was more for the promised food than the conversation.

"So.. Well, I know all of your names, well, I'm Daniel, a human, sup." Big surprise, I felt really awkward. "Sooo, well I guess I ask the obvious, how did you end up here?"

All the girls seemed to be looking at Twilight, and from what I remember from the show, she was the magical student of the queen or something like that.

"Well, that's the thing, as I told you out in the barn, we don't really remember how we got here.. I'm not sure what happened, if I did something, or somepony else did something...

I tilted my head. "Are you saying you have lost your memory?" She shrugged, not really sure what else to say. She did however have a question of her own.

"You seem to know who we are, but how can that be? We are clearly not from the same world."

Boy was this gonna be fun explaining. "I know your names, and a little bit about your lives.. Now, before I continue, you should know this is probably gonna blow your mind, probably more than mine has already been, if that is even possible, but..." And then I told them, I was not sure how best to ease them into this explanation, but I don't think there is any way to put any of this lightly.

I told them about the show, what I knew of it, what it was in our world and what it was being seen as. Their expressions went from disbelief, to anger, to denial, to shocked. Once I finished there was a long silence, not even Pinkie Pie knew what to say, even though she seemed to take the news with more ease.

It was hard to see who took it worst, the news was probably devastating to them, and the same questions that went through my mind was probably going through theirs as well. Finally, after maybe two minutes, I stood up, thinking this was probably the moment to give them some time to think, and get them something to eat. I didn't say anything, I don't think they would have noticed even if I did, I simply stood up, and walked over to the kitchen.

None of them spoke as I started going through the fridge, probably dealing with the news on their own for now. I don't think they noticed as I started to move a few things around, finding some salad and fruit, making them something I was sure they could eat.

"Hey, Daniel?"

I heard a familiar voice say. Turning around, I was surprised to find Pinkie Pie standing there, smiling calmly at me. "Sup Pinkie? Do you have more questions."

"Nah, I'm good, just wanted to lend a hoof."

It was a little unreal seeing her being calm and even serious. Though it was probably to give her friends some space and quiet to think. "You're taking this surprisingly well. Are you not upset?"

She shrugged, trotting past me to get to the kitchen table. "Maybe a teeny tiny bit, but.. You said we are making a lot of, hoomans happy, right?"

"Humans." I corrected. "And yes, lots of kids, and from what I understand it, a lot of adults too." For a moment I wondered if I should go into a speech about bringing people hope and all that, maybe it was true, but I think Pinkie would be able to see through such an attempt of making it better.

"Then I'm gonna be okay with it!

She said happily, and seemed to get some of her spring back in her spirit. She stood up on her hind legs, looked at the vegetables. Without even asking, she gave them some water, and started to cut them up and prepare them into some light food for her friends. When she saw me staring, she simply smiled back.

"I know what they like."

Did she just wink at me? Letting it pass, I smiled back and started to work on the fruit, figuring there should be enough to satisfy their hunger, at least for tonight. I could go out and shop for more food tomorrow, if they would even be here.

After we made some salads and some fruit bowls, me and Pinkie walked back into the living room. The mood had not really improved that much, but why the hell should it have? For a moment I wondered if I should try and cheer them up, Pinkie however beat me to the punch.

"You're all looking so serious! She exclaimed, getting her friend's attention. "We are celebrities, stars in this world! And we have Daniel here to help us! Everything is gonna be okay! She said that with such conviction I could almost believe the pony, but, how was I even gonna help them? "And we made food!!"

I couldn't help it, I started to chuckle, earning me confused looks from all of them. But it was just so funny, it was so serious, and when her speech did not hit the mark, she puts down her royal flush, 'food'. Soon enough the laughter started to spread, first to Pinkie, and then before I could even keep track, everybody was laughing.

If I were to guess, I bet we would have looked pretty mad when considering our position, but I think we all needed to laugh. When it died down, we had been infected with a small smile. Twilight was the first to speak. "You're right, Pinkie. Everything is gonna be fine, and we will figure this out."

"Yea! There is nothing we can't handle!" Rainbow Dash cut in, following Twilight over to Pinkie. "We show this dimension who's boss!" I was rather tempted to ask her how she would accomplish such a feat, but I choose to just let them have their friendship is magic moment.

Applejack was the next one to join the growing group of friends. "Well, I don't know about all that fancy magic, but I trust you Twilight, and I know we can do it."

"Quite right, and i'm sure Daniel here will be quite the gentlecolt while we are here." Rarity put in, and like the others, joined the group. Again, I was tempted to point out the obvious, like that I hadn't agreed to anything yet.

Fluttershy was the last to join them, but like the others, had a determined look in her eyes, and a small smile on her face. She didn't say anything though, she simply hugged her friends, then looked at me. They all did, all turning to me with a smile.

Pinkie Pie was the one to speak up. "Well what are you waiting for silly?"

"Yea, come on so we can finally eat!"

"I guess I'm in this for the long haul, huh?" Even though this was probably the most confusing night in my life, and there was probably a billion things that didn't make sense to me. I decided to shrug it off, and simply join the hug. I had to get down on one knee, since I was bigger than them, but, they all seemed to surround me, so they all could hug me back.

It felt, nice...

But I knew, there was a lot of things we needed to discuss tomorrow, a lot of things we needed to make clear. But, that was for tomorrow, tonight however, I had more pressing matters to attend to. Like finding them a place to sleep for the night....

Author's Note

Are the colored speech text to much?? Not sure.