Just outside the school building, two students, smaller and shorter than me and Sunset, stood there, facing their backs at us. From the looks of it, it seemed like they were doing nothing. The one on the left was smaller, his hair was orange, and his skin looked like a mix of blue and gray. He was quite fat. The one to the right however, was a little taller, but very slim. He had amber-colored skin, similar to Sunset, and turquoise hair.

"Hm, these two look like they can help us, but don't they look like kinda dumb and stupid?" I said scratching my head.

Sunset stood still, thinking at the same time. "If they're stupid enough to understand that we know very little about this place, but not stupid enough to know things about this world, then they're the type of people that can help us." She explained.

"Okay, we can try."

As we walked nearer, one of them, the taller, turned toward his... uh, friend? "Hey, do we know who these two are?" He said pointing at me and Sunset.

"No." The shorter one answered.

The taller one looked at us for a moment, and a cheerful smile appeared on his face. "Oh, oh, they're new students!" He said as he extended his right... uh, you know what, I'll just call it "forelimb".

"What do you think?" I whispered to Sunset.

Looking at the two, she stood still, thinking again. "What if we just introduce ourselves? These two seem different from the other students that we saw before."

"Hm, seems fine to me." I answered with a low tone.

Sunset cleared her throat while taking a step forward. "Em, my name's Sunset Shimmer. And, uh, this is Lightning Bolt." She said pointing at me with her right hand.

The taller one withdrew his forelimb, but the smiled that he had was still on his face. "Nice to meet you Sansut Shimmer and Latnung Bolt."

Sunset and I threw a glare to each other, but we were able to calm ourselves. "Um, it's actually Lightning Bolt and Sunset Shimmer." I said.

"Oh, okay." They both said in unison. By that time, Sunset and I continued to exchange disgusted looks. Rolling my eyes, I turned toward them.

"And what are your names?"

Glancing at each other, they instantly introduced themselves.

"I'm Snips." The smaller one said.

"And I'm Snails." The taller one said afterward.

I raised an eyebrow. Hm, what short names these two have. I thought to myself.

"So, could you two help us around. Uh, by this I mean if you two can answer questions and stuff, or perhaps let us know more about this place." Sunset said pointing at the two students.

"Ooh, ooh, of course we can help." The orange haired one shouted excitedly. The taller one just nodded.

Sunset turned toward me with a small grin. "Let's see if they can truly help us." She whispered.

I returned the grin to her. "I'll ask the first question to see if they do know something." I faced the two, and lifted my right forelimb while pointing at its upper part. "So, uh, what are these called again?" I asked, hoping they were stupid enough to properly answer the question.

They were, lucky for us. "Oh, these are called hands, that's an easy question." The smaller one answered.

Oh, so that's what these fucking things are called.

"And how about these?" I pointed at the five long things that projected from the so called hand.

"Those are fingers, they're part of the hand. And the hands is part of the arms." Snails said, pointing at the two very long things that projected from my torso.

"And the arms are connected to the torso by the shoulders." The orange-haired one said rapidly, pointing at the very end of the so called arm.

Sweet, nice to know. I thought as I smirked.

Sunset also had her own doubts, and noticing that I stopped asking any more questions, she immediately asked the two students. "So, uh, what creatures are we again?"

"We're humans silly." Snails briefly chuckled. "Your questions are easy."

"Then, uh, what was this city called again?" Sunset continued asking.

"Oh, that's an easy one. It's called Canterlot." Snips said. Although we already knew what this city was called, we just wanted to make sure. Hearing the name "Canterlot" in a totally different world is still quite strange however, at least for us, which is kinda obvious.

"And in what part of the city are we?"

"We're in Manhattan, close to the northern part I think." The turquoise-haired one answered.

Hm, Manhattan? Sounds very familiar, doesn't it...? Sunset thought as she rubed her chin.

At that time, we were heading to a quite large green open space, which I then noticed that it was a soccer field. Soccer isn't really that common back in Equestria, and I've never actually played it. Perhaps I'll get a chance to play it in this world? Maybe. "Cool soccer field you got in this school, it's larger than others I've seen." I said in a somewhat lower tone than before. I've actually only seen soccer fields in photos, so I don't really know how big they were.

"Yeah, there's always lots of space here." Snails commented.

"Hm, what other types of sports do you play here?" I asked curiously.

Rubbing his chin, Snails narrowed his eyes to me, but his face later went back to its normal state. "All kinds of sports, from American football to swimming, baseball and badminton, as well basketball and volleyball. But there are still a lot more than just those." He said cheerfully.

A little amazed to be honest, but besides soccer, the sport called "American football" somewhat caught my attention.

Hm, American football, maybe that's what Equestrian football is called in thia world?

Sunset promptly thought of a different question to ask. "Can I ask a different question? Uh, how about something related to magic... hm, do you kinda use or believe in magic?" Sunset asked unsurely.

"Magic? Um, we like magic tricks, and that's magic I guess, but I don't know if there are real magic spells or fairy wands or other stuff like those..." Snails said caressing his chin.

Hm, interesting, if that's true, then I truly don't need my horn in this world anymore, seems fair. Sunset thought smiling devilishly.

We continued asking questions about the world that we were in, until we finally had no other big doubt, or, to explain it better, the doubts that we had, at least almost all of them, were answered.

"So, uh, I guess you two should be heading to your, uh, classes?" Sunset asked plainly.

"Oh, yeah, we should do that." Snips said like someone foolish. They both suddenly walked away from us before we could say anything. It didn't really matter to us anyway.

"Well, seems like those two were fit for the job." Sunset said confidently. "I'll admit that was lucky though, not so many people have that kind of stupidity to answer questions that probably everyone here already knows."

"Huh, yeah, at least we're not gonna be laughed at, that's for sure." I stopped to think. "Hey, how about taking a closer look at the soccer field, maybe I can even learn how to play the sport." I smirked looking toward the big soccer field just several steps away.

"In your dreams, I can go and look at it, but I didn't come to this world for sport, I can here because I wanted to find more power, you know that yourself. And yes, we may not have magic here, but it'll be easier to manipulate people here."

"Are ya sure?" I said, still grinning.

"Of course I'm sure!" She said looking at me with her vicious scowl.

I exhaled. "I'll just go to the soccer field." I said flatly.

"Fine, do whatever you want, I'll go on my own."

I headed to the soccer field, receiving several looks from many students, mostly because I was new. I ignored them however, and just minded my own business. As I was looking at the goal, something that felt like wood bumped into me.

*crash*

"Ugh, what the fuck?" I whispered to myself as I fell to the ground. While placing my hand over my chest, I turned toward the thing that bumped into me, only to see a blonde girl with a farmer's hat, and obviously, like other girls in the school, she also had knee-high boots. At first, we just stared at each other, I had my eyes narrowed for some reason. It seemed very strange, and a bit stupid, to wear a farmer's hat in a school.

"Who are ya? You seem to be new here." The blonde girl asked curiously.

I stood up from the ground and cleared my throat. "Eh, yeah, I am kinda new here. And not many people know me, ya know?" I said scratching the back of my neck.

"That's obvious." She laid the wooden box that she was holding, the one that I've bumped intp. "Oh, and sorry for bumping into ya. Call me Applejack, what's your name?"

"I'm Lightning Bolt." I took a look at the wooden box that was on the floor. "So, is that apple juice?"

"Nope, that's apple cider, which is kinda different from apple juice."

Apple cider, a drink that I've only tasted once or twice. It was back in Equestria, the brothers... uh, I think they were called Flim and Flam, were quite popular, so from what I remember, I just tried a small amount of their apple cider, which didn't really taste that bad, so I guess apple cider in this world has the same taste? Probably.

"Hm, may I taste the uh, cider?" I asked out of the blue.

"The cider's fer the school cafeteria, so you should pay fer it." She said rubbing her chin. "But considering ma family makes quite a lot of apple cider, perhaps you could have some." Grabbing a bottle with her right hand, she tossed it to me. "Just this once, ya hear me?"

"Fine, whatever."

After entering the school, what Sunset had in mind was going to the cafeteria for some food, but the problem was that she couldn't find it. And there was actually another problem, she didn't have money to buy anything.

She found the principal's office, which is to be expected since both of us were there before. Most of the corridors had green lockers, so it's easy to get lost. Sunset headed toward to the right, but then ended up in another corridor full of green lockers. She went to the left until the end of the hallway, a few steps more and what she found wasn't actually what she was expecting.

"This isn't the cafeteria." She mumbled to herself as she tried to remember what that big place was. While looking around, she realized it could only be one thing. "Damn it, this is the gymnasium. Or gym. Whatever works." She said with an annoyed look.

As she walked passed it, someone with pink hair suddenly grabbed Sunset's shoulder. "You're new here, aren't you? Hi, my name's Pinkie Pie." The pink girl said with a wide smile as she extended her right hand for a handshake.

"I'm looking for the cafeteria, not for someone." Sunset said, still a little annoyed.

"Oh c'mon, cheer up!" The pink girl said with a happy tone. "At least tell me your name?"

"Argh, fine, call me Sunset Shimmer then!" She said turning away without doing anything else.

"New students... always very strange, but I know I'll always get to know them better." The pink girl grinned and mumbled to herself. Seeing that there wasn't anything else to do there, she hoped toward the opposite direction from where Sunset was heading.

"Are ya finished with that?" Applejack asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"Yeah, kinda." I ruminated for moment. "So, I think I'd still go with apple juice instead of cider if I was to choose."

"Argh, I didn't ask your opinion, but for your information, apple cider is healthier, it ain't sweetened like apple juice, ya know?"

"Yeah, yeah..." I rolled my eyes. "Healthiness is something, but taste is another."

"Gosh darn, ya would prefer the unhealthy than healthy?" She pointed at my face.

"Goddamn." I smirked as I imitated what she said before, but in a more offensive way. "Sometimes, yeah."

With brows furrowed even more, she shook her head and slapped her forehead, and then carried the wooden box that I bumped into. "I'll go to the cafeteria, I shall se ya later then."

"Uh, yeah... later, of course." I stood motionless for a few moments until someone tapped on my shoulder.

A little surprised, I turned my head rapidly to see who tapped me, but what I saw was a rather familiar face, and unsurprisingly, a familiar hair. "I see you met one of my friends." She said smiling smugly. "Care to join me for a soccer practice?"

"Wait, so that blonde girl that I've just met is your friend?"

"Yeah, got a problem?"

"Um, no. It's just somewhat of a coincidence I guess." I shrugged.

"So, soccer practice?" She begged me.

I drew an exhale as I scratched my head. "Uh, what if I told you that I don't know how to play."

A bit shocked, and kinda perplexed at the same time, Rainbow Dash could only give a face with jaws dropped to ground. "How? I-I don't believe you, like, really? You seem like the perfect guy for this type sport, or any sport to be honest."

"Well, uh, back in my, um, old school, I didn't really play soccer much. I was kinda more into other sports actually." I said, a little unsure.

Still a bit surprised, Rainbow took a few steps toward me, and playfully punched me on the shoulder. "Dude, you gotta know how to play soccer, or else you're, uh... uh, you know what, just come with me." She said as she grabbed my wrist.

"Whooaa!"

Sunset was walking through more corridors, which obviously had green lockers everywhere. Even though desperate for finding the cafeteria, she stopped to think. "Damn cafeteria, is there any other place that I haven't checked?" She mumbled to herself. Remembering that Canterlot High is such an enormous place, she instantly thought about a second floor. "Hm, this place is huge, so there should be more floors, right?" She walked back to the entrance and desperately looked at her surroundings until she found stairs the led to a higher floor. "Double damn it, how did I forget about these stairs." She climbed them until reaching the second floor. Seeing that the place was still very large, she decided to walk at a more normal speed so she wouldn't miss anything important.

Walking farther from the stairs, Sunset found another large space, though still not the cafeteria. What she saw was nothing more than a librabry, the school's library. But a distinct reaction came out of Sunset. "A librabry...?" Her thoughts then shifted to all the magic spells that she used to learn from different books back in Celestia's castle. "All those magic spells, the dream of becoming a princess of Equestria..." She sighed. But that defeated face of hers was later replaced by a pale grin. "Well, at least I don't have to worry about a Princess Celestia in this world." She murmured to herself as she walked pass the school's library.

"Oh, come on Rainbow Dash, I know what's a penalty kick!"

"That was just if you don't remember."

A small smile grew on my face. "Maybe you're the one who forgot what's a penalty kick." I said with a nudge.

"Hmph, I'm the captain of every sports team here at CHS, so why would I damn forget about a fucking... uh, penalty kick?" She ended the sentence with an unsure voice tone, and mildly blushing cheeks.

I laughed. "Hah, seems like you can't even remember the word." I was able to control my laughs in an instant. "So, let's continue the 'soccer practice'?" I said in a mischievous way.

The way I said it just made her blush a little redder than Sunset's hair. "Y-you know what, let's just continue with it." She looked at me with a vicious glare, similar to the ones that Sunset gave me.

I couldn't help but laugh a little more, not caring about anything else.

"S-so, are we gonna continue or what?" Her tone became flatter than before, and she crossed her arms, still blushing though.

"Fine, fine." I said, still with a smug smile.

From the opposite side of the field, someone, who by way I don't know, was walking toward us. He was orange, well, most of his body was orange, his hair was striped with two shades of orange, one darker than the other. Oh, and by the way, if I still didn't say how my hair is, all that I have to say is that is blue, two shades of blue. One was baby blue, yes, it sounds pathetic, doesn't it? And the other shade was a blue that has my first name, so I guess the name's lightning blue? Probably.

The orange guy went nearer to us, his face seemed like that of a kind man, but his appearance was overall tough, not as tough as me though.

"Hey fellas, how's it goin'? What are you two playing?" The orange guy asked.

"You have eyes, right?" Rainbow replied.

"Oh, yeah, can I join you two?"

"Is he your boyfriend, Rainbow Dash?" I asked out of the blue.

"WHAT, NO!" Rainbow shouted immediately. The question alone had made her face like a bomb about to explode. Seriously, it was far redder than a tomato, wait, is that even possible? I dunno.

I laughed loudly, and the orange guy joined, despite the question being about him as well. This just made Rainbow Dash more irritated than before.

Grabbing my chest, Rainbow furrowed her brows more. "Listen, Lightning, he is NOT my boyfriend, I don't even have one." She let go of my chest, and tried to calm herself.

"Hey, you're new at CHS, my name's Wonderfire, nice to meet ya." As usual, he extended his hand for a handshake, like the other students that I've met.

I narrowed my eyes for no reason, or perhaps there was. "I'm Lightning Bolt." I said as I shook his hand.

"So, let's go have lunch? I'm starving." Rainbow said like everything was back to normal.

"Yeah, of course." Wonderfire said.

"Yeah, let's go." I nudged Rainbow, and then gave her smirk. What I was expecting was a scowl or something, but surprisingly, she actually blushed a little.

Walking through more corridors, Sunset's tummy suddenly growled, indicating that Sunset was very hungry, well, it's kinda obviously since she desperately wanted to go to the café.

A few steps she took until she met a rather familiar person, a person with pink hair and skin. "Wait, that's the pink girl from before, right?" She mumbled as she bit her lower lip. What made Sunset more confused was that the pink girl was holding a balloon in her hand.

The pink girl hopped like a small kid toward Sunset, cheerfully and blissfully. Sunset just frowned at her.

"Heya, Sunset Shimmer, how ya doin'?" She said happily as she lifted both of her hands to the air, along with the balloon that she had.

"How did you remember my name that easily?"

The pink girl went closer to Sunset, smiling cheerfully. "Well, I remember it, so I guess... uh, it remains in my mind? And besides, I like meeting new students, and who wouldn't a new friend. You can never have too many!"

Heh, yeah, friends... Sunset thought arrogantly.

"So, what were you looking for anyway?" The pink girl asked curiously.

Before Sunset could say anything, her stomach growled again. Hearing this, the pink girl figured out what Sunset wanted at the moment.

"Oh, so you're hungry. Aaand you're looking for the cafeteria, right? Then it's just right there." She said pointing to the where the café was.

Without saying anything else, Sunset went straight forward to the where the cafeteria was. Unbeknownst to Sunset however, the pink girl followed her silently.

Once inside, Sunset walked rapidly to where the food was, but once there, it was when she realized that her pockets were empty. Her eyes went as wide as saucers.

Fuck, no, I forgot that didn't have money.

"What's wrong? Don't have money, do ya?" The pink girl came out of nowhere, or at least that was what Sunset thought.

"GAAAAH!" Sunset screamed. But the surprised face what later replaced by one of her vicious glares. "Ugh, why do you have to sneak up on people like that? And how did you fucking know about the money situation."

The pink girl brought her index finger to her mouth. "Shhh, don't say those bad words, it's uh, bad."

"Fine." Sunset said scowling.

"So, about your money situation," The pink girl pull out a small stack of dollar bills of different amounts from her pocket. "Here, have this." She gave Sunset part of the stack. "This just happens once, okay?"

Sunset grabbed the money from the pink girl's hand, and kept most of it inside her leather jacket, yeah, I'm serious, that jacket of hers is full of secrets pockets on the inside, so hell knows what she's keeping in them. "Okay." She said a little annoyed.

Instead of directly buying food however, Sunset walked toward her right. Unexpectedly, familiar faces popped up from the opposite side of the café. "Hm, is that the rainbow girl from before? And is that... Lightning?" She said with a raised brow. She became more confused when she saw the orange guy by my side. "Huh, I wonder who that orange guy is." She said whispering.

"Hey, Rainbow Dash!!" The pink girl suddenly shouted when she saw the rainbow-haired girl.

Looking at who called her, Rainbow's blushing was replaced by a coy smile. "Hey, Pinkie Pie!" She said as she walked closer to the pink girl.

I glanced at Wonderfire, who was already buying food for lunch. I was gonna say something to him, but I hesitated and went to where Sunset was. With a smug smirk, I nudged Sunset the same way I did to Rainbow. "So...?"

"So, what? Da fuck are you even doing here?" Sunset frowned.

"Um," I cleared my throat. "I'm hungry, got a problem with that?" I said. My eyes drifted lower until I saw that Sunset had dollars in her hand. "Hey, where'd you get that?" I said pointing at her right hand.

Sunset took a quick look to where I pointed, and realized what was I talking about. "Oh, uh, well, that pink girl over there felt kinda bad for me because, uh, you know..." She scratched the back of her head.

"And she gave you money? Because you didn't have? Huh, that's a bit strange."

"Who cares? It was just for lunch. Oh, and speaking of which, I'm starving!" She said as she caressed her hand over her stomach. Afterward, she went to where the food was served, and probably bought whatever she wanted.

"You're new here, who are you?" Someone said behind me. As I turned, an unfamiliar figure stood there with a welcoming smile. It's obvious though, how could I be familiar with the people here if I've just been here since late morning. It's 1:30 p.m. by the way.

"Oh, well, uh," I cleared my throat. "My name's Lightning Bolt, and yeah, I'm new here."

"Nice to meet you, darling. I'm Rarity." She kept smiling. Her hair is like something that I've never seen before, well, the same goes for Rainbow as well.

Darling? Well, this is odd. I continued to stay still, thinking.

After a few seconds, a voice that came from the same girl caught some of my attention. "Are you okay, darling? You were kinda spaced out. Would you like me to help you with something?"

"Uh, no thanks. And, um, what's with the darling thing?" I asked narrowing my eyes.

She giggled. "Oh, pardon me, I'm just used to calling everyone 'darling', whether they are friends or strangers."

"Strange." I looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "So, uh, what are you doing here?"

"What, can't I eat lunch or spend time with my friends?" She said smiling smugly, at the same time that I pointed toward Rainbow and the pink girl beside her.

"Wait, so Rainbow's your friend?" I said to her.

"Of course, and Pinkie Pie as well." She said confidently.

So the name of that pink girl is Pinkie Pie, really reflects her appearance, huh? I thought as I looked toward the pink girl.

"Howdy, Rarity... and, uh, Lightning, again." The same blonde girl from before greeted us, though a little deadpanned when she said the last part.

"Well, hello Applejack, I was just going to grab my lunch, by I've met this... uh, wait? You two know each other?" The white figure alternated looks between me and the apple girl.

"Eh, yeah, we do know each other. We've met in the soccer field, just before I joined Dash for a soccer practice." I explained.

Looking at me with narrowed eyes, Applejack took a step closer to me. "Well, just remember that there ain't gonna be any free apple cider next time."

"Wait, what happened?" Rarity asked confused.

"Just let the apple girl tell you, I'm gonna get my, uh, lunch money, from my, em, backpack, um, yeah." I said awkwardly as I walked backward, toward the exit of the cafeteria.

Once outside, all I could hear was... well, practically nothing, the hallways were calm and empty, or at least most of them. Looking at my surroundings, the first thing I saw was a blue-haired guy, one that had sapphire blue hair. His skin was a bit similar to mine, but my skin was a little yellower. Sounds like a cool guy, right? But let me just tell ya, my striped blue hair is simply better because it looks much more awesome, and that's just for starters, the rest of me just looks much cooler than anyone here, except for maybe Sunset, but how can I compare myself with a girl? No idea.

Continuing along, I saw someone who looked familiar to me, one that was easy to... 'manipulate'.

"Hey, Snips, how's the day going?" I said with a false smile.

"Hi, Lightning, nice to see you again." The orange-haired student said blissfully, though his voice did still sound a bit stupidish, if that's even a word.

"HEY! SNIPS! Over here! Let's go eat in the café together." Someone said at the end of the hallway, then I realized that it was just Snips's pal Snails.

"I'm right behind you." Snips said happily as he walked away from his locker, a mistake that wouldn't be paid off.

Looking at how the orange-haired student walked away, I started thinking. "Hm, he left his locker open," I mumbled to myself as I smirked. "And nobody's out here to see me, so perhaps..." I didn't finish what I was saying, as I was already looking inside Snips' locker. "Huh, quite a lot of stuff, but what I need now is... bingo!" I managed to find what I needed to find, money for my lunch, and luckily, there was more than enough in Snips' backpack.

I headed back to the café, this time directly toward Sunset, not to any other girl, seriously though, why am I meeting a lot of girls, and not so many guys in this school? Nah, it's probably just a coincidence.

"So, you were gone for a few minutes, where were you?" Sunset said to me as I sat down on the chair that was in the opposite side of the table that she was in.

"I actually managed to get some, uh, lunch money."

"From where?" She said raising her right brow.

"From a student that is a little fat and a bit stupid to be honest." I said with a smug grin.

Sunset chuckled. "Heh, I wonder what would he do if he found out." She paused to think. "Maybe he'd go like 'where did my money go, did I spent it all in candy?'" Both us laughed at what Sunset said.

"Well, I'd better get some food right now, I'm starving." I said.

"You better!"

After I had chosen what I wanted to eat, I sat down on the chair that I occupied before. Sunset and I had a surprisingly fast lunch, and then when exiting the café, both of us were assigned to a class by principal herself, who went straight for us just to say the important piece of info, or perhaps it wasn't that important. Also, it was kinda strange for a principal to just come toward us to just say in what class we were in.

All went good to be honest, though we did initially embarrassed ourselves for not bringing any school material, but in the end, all went good.

It was the afternoon, and it was a good, strange day, at least for me and Sunset. Outside the school, we say everyone walk away from the school, which is obvious, most, if not all, were going back to their houses. Sunset and I however, have got to fix a problem, first of all, we didn't have enough money, and second of all, we didn't have a home, that is if both of us are staying in this world.

Author's Note

Hey, guys. So, uh, if you're wondering who's Wonderfire, all I gotta say is just that he's an invented character, nothing else.