Author's Note

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Sorry about the delay. I am currently in the process of getting packed in preparation for a move, that combined with work and life in general has been taking up a lot of my spare time.

I'll do my best to get two more chapters out this month if I can. Once the move is over I should be able to update at least once a week.

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Chapter 15. Answers Part Two

"What!?"

"Man, being a dragon has it's downsides as well, I mean could they have yelled any louder!" I thought while trying to ignore the ringing in my ears, noticing that Spike seemed annoyed at the high pitched death shout aswell.

"Gees girls, shout a little louder why don't ya. My ears are still ringing! What about you Spike, you good" I asked in a joking manner.

"Yeah I'm fine, live around Twilight long enough and you kinda get used to it." Spike replied while smirking at said purple unicorn, however his smirk morphed into a look of confusion when he noticed she was just staring, wide eyed off into the distance... well, more like a random spot on my wall...

"Twilight,... Twilight,... hellooo!... Equis to Twilight Sparkle, are you in there?" Spike asked while waving a hand in front of Twilight's face.

"Ha, come on Twilight! The dude is from a different... world... universe... Whatever! The point being, is it really that big a surprise at this point?" Rainbow asked, getting annoyed when Twilight failed to come out of her trance.

"Wow... I may have broken her." I joked.

"(Sigh) Don't worry." Spike spoke up, gaining our attention. "Any time she hears something she cant comprehend she seems to get caught in some sort of mental loop... happens more often than you would think... However, I know just how to snap her out of it!" He finished while a devilish grin instantly made it's way onto his face. Walking up to Twilight's side he whispered something into her ear.... Whatever he said, it was effective.

"WHAT!?" Twilight shouted with a looks of hoarer. "Spike that book was from a limited edition collection! How could you be so reck.. less..." She trailed off when she noticed Spike trying, and failing to stifle his laughter. The rest of us joining in once
we figured out just what he had done.

"Spike!!" Safe to say, she was NOT amused.

" Ha ha ha, eherm Sorry Twilight, but I had to do something, you were stuck in one of your mental loops... again." Spike explained while wiping tears of laughter from his eyes. Twilight instantly blushed in embarrassment, much to my confusion seeing as a blush shouldn't be visible through her fur.

"Hee-heehehe.... (Sigh) Well, thank you for snapping me out of it, but next time please don't scare me like that... you know how I am with books!" Twilight finished while glairing at the little dude

"You!" Twilight suddenly exclaimed, while giving me a grin that is somewhere between that of a mad scientist, and the Joker... nightmare fuel for sure. "This is incredible! I've never heard of anypony being transformed into a different species before! Well aside form a transformation spell that is, but only very skilled unicorns are able to perform one, and they have a limit of about an hour or two before dispelling........." After a minute or so of her rambling on and on I was getting agitated and much to my own surprise I started growling, fortunately I think I got it under control before anyone noticed.

"Hold up!... When did I start growling...? Ah screw it, for now I'll just file it under a side effect of being a dragon, I'll probably be doing that a lot. " I mentally sighed. I definitely needed information on dragons, like yesterday. Anyways, after a few moments of thought sorting I returned my focus to Twilight... who was STILL talking. I was about to intervene, if only to save my sanity, however Spike beat me to it... with a slap to the back of her head.

"I-I don't believe it, ...did the little dude just Gibbs' slap her?!" I excitedly thought, my eyes wide with surprise.

"Ow!" Complained Twilight while rubbing the back of her head while glairing at the young drake. "What was that for?!"

"Sorry about that Twilight, but I had to snap you out of it.. again.. you were going on and on about stuff that I doubt anypony understands..." Spike replied while raising his arms in a calming/defensive manner and gesturing to me and the girls, all of us nodding in confirmation.

"Oh.. hehe sorry about that everypony, I'm just so excited! Think of all the books I could write on the existence of other dimensions. Not to mention a whole other way of life. Think of all the knowledgeeeee!"

"Now hold on a moment there sugar cube,..." Applejack spoke up, looking quite amused with the excited, purple unicorn. "Don't ya think you should slow down a tad and ya know, give the guy a chance to answer them questions... if he wants to that is?" She directed that last bit towards me as a question, not a statement, something I was immensely grateful for.

"Yeah, no problem." I answered nonchalantly. I had prepared myself to answer a few of Twilight and spikes questions yesterday, but seeing as everyone was here today, I decided I could answer a few from each of them. "In fact, why don't you each take turns asking a question or two and In return I get to ask a few of my own." I suggested, Twilight was about to respond but Rainbow beat her to the pitch.

"Yeah, I got a question!" Rainbow shot out "Why do you keep saying 'everybody' and 'somebody' huh? Don't you mean 'everypony' and 'somepony'?"

Her question was one that had me facepalm so hard that I possibly gave myself a concussion, I mean seriously out of all the questions in the world THAT is what she's most interested in!

"Well... to be honest, I assume the local population is primarily composed of ponies, am I right?" I received a nod. "Well, before I became a dragon I was what's known as a human, and ponies such as yourselves don't exist there. Therefore, we use the term 'somebody' not 'somepony'. "

"Oh.. yeah, I guess that makes sense. But, why do you say 'somebody' and not 'somehuman'?"

I stopped at that, trying to come up with an answer. "Well, to be honest, I don't know... but personally I think 'everybody' rolls of the tongue better, don't you?"

She repeated each version a few times to herself before agreeing.

"Hey dash, I got a question of my own. How on earth are you flying?" I asked, receiving an incredulous stare from her which was mirrored by everyone else.

"Uhhh by flapping my win.."

"No, that's not what I mean" I cut her off. " I can see you flapping your wings just fine, but what I want to know is how they're keeping you off the ground! They're way to small to provide enough lift to keep you in the air, at least not at the speed you're flapping. So, how exactly are you physically able to fly."

"Oh!" Twilight exclaimed "That would be the product of Pegasus magic, It lets them fly, as well as interact with certain aspects of the weather. It even lets them walk on and shape clouds." Twilight explained, Rainbow and Fluttershy nodding along with her explanation. "I suppose since pegasai don't exist on you're world you've never seen pegasus magic in effect, am I right?" Twilight asked.

"Yeah, I can safely say we don't have anything, like that on earth. In fact magic is another thing that we have in stories, and legends, but its not real.

"What!" Twilight exclaimed "But that's impossible, magic is literally everywhere around us! There are only a few places you cant find any magic, and you're telling me your entire world is void of magic!"

"Yup" I answered, internally enjoying Twilights mortified expression. Apparently a world without magic would be something akin to a nightmare for her. "Anyways, we can discuss magic or the lack there of some other time, but II think we should let everyone ask they're questions for now. Don't you?

"But-but...(sigh) fine, but we ARE discussing this in the near future." She grumbled, while spike took the opportunity to ask a question of his own.

"So... since there aren't any dragons where you come from, I suppose you cant really teach me about other dragons, huh?" He asked, disappointment evident on all his features. And I felt bad for the little dude. Here I am, a dragon, and apparently his first opportunity to learn more about his own kind, only for his hopes to be shattered. Well, that just wasn't going to stand.

"Well, as far as actual dragon knowledge goes, no. In fact, I have a few questions I was going to ask you... But! There are quite a few fictional stories about dragons and they're habits that I have read. So, maybe one of these days you and I can sit down and exchange information. Sound good?" His eyes got wide and he immediately perked up.

"Yeah! That sounds like a great idea!" He exclaimed before puffing his chest out" And don't worry. I'll teach you everything you need to know about being a dragon..., well everything I know of anyway." I couldn't help but chuckle at the little dudes enthusiasm, but I was genuinely happy I could bring him out of his funk. And while he may be a kid, he most definitely knows more about being a dragon than me.

"Thanks spike, I really appreciate it." Before I could continue, a loud barking and growling sound echoed from outside. Realizing the noise was coming from Wolf I quickly got up and made my way over to the window, looking outside my eyes widened at the sight of a large creature exiting the tree line. It seemed to be a conglomeration consisting of the main features of a lion, along with a set of large bat wings and a scorpion tail, and a pair of horns that reminded me of those on a bull.

A freaking manticore... I'm looking at a real life freaking manticore. I thought in shock before noticing how the beast was starting to stalk towards the barking canine. Oh heck no!

I quickly shot towards the front door while grabbing the 223. rifle I had left leaning near it for a situation such as this. I flung the door open, ignoring the ponies who were trying, and failing to keep me from exiting the house.

"GET AWAY FROM MY DOG!" I yelled out, successfully grabbing the attention of the beast, unfortunately as soon as he laid eyes on me he immediately roared and starting running in my direction. Without hesitation I lifted the rifle to my shoulder, took aim, and pulled the trigger.