It was a peaceful morning, and Om Nom, the little candy-eating monster was still happily asleep on his pile of candy. Had it really been less than a week, or a day since he arrived back in the present day, after going back through time and meeting prehistoric versions of himself? Even so, he was glad to be back home where he belonged.
As he slept and wouldn't be up and awake for another 20 minutes, he felt a soft thump from beneath him. But two thumps later, he awakened in horror, as little spider-like creatures were stealing pieces of his candy, one by one!
"WAAAAHHHH!!!" was all he could scream, as one of the little spiders stuck his tongue out before leaping out the house window.
Om Nom ran outside, chasing them. He suddenly stopped, and to his amazement, a big hot-air balloon took to the air, with the spiders and his candy in it!
But poor Om Nom was so distracted and focused on the candy-like pattern on the balloon, he didn't realize until too late that his left leg was caught on the rope, and he was dragged into the air!
As Om Nom dangled helplessly in the air under the basket of the balloon, he noticed that his candy was falling out of the balloon, and it landed everywhere... near an arch bridge, and in a junkyard.
Then suddenly the spiders made the balloon descend a few feet close to some water, hoping to somehow drown Om Nom, who, unbeknownst to them, was holding his breath.
Alarmed, Om Nom released his breath and screamed under the water, as he was about to bump into someone standing on an underwater rock!
Luckily the balloon pulled up just in time, and he was lucky not to have been bumped or drowned.
Almost 5 minutes later, the rope his leg was tangled on got weak, until it eventually snapped, and he tumbled down into the woods!
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When Om Nom awakened, he didn't know where he was. He was in a forest, true, but he was completely unfamiliar with it. His candy was nowhere to be found, neither were the little spider-like creatures, fortunately.
"Where am I now... or... what is this place...?" he thought to himself as he looked around.
He was in a forest, true, but he wasn't quite familiar with this particular one. He then started to walk around, exploring, while hoping for a way out. As he walked along, he couldn't help but admire how amazing this place was.
About ten minutes later, Om Nom had stopped for a rest. He realized that he had come across a vine with blue leaves. Unaware of what they really were, he decided to stay back and stay clear of them.
Another half an hour later, after what seemed like ages because of his size, Om Nom was out of the forest. He was very glad to be out in the open air, then he looked up and noticed something odd.
To his confusion, he saw what he could swear were birds moving some clouds.
In the skies above, several Pegasi had moved a lot of storm clouds into position. The days were hot as a desert and the town of Ponyville was in desperate need of a downpour.
"There we go," one said.
"Good work, guys," said another, who had a rainbow-colored mane and tail. "You can all return to Cloudsdale; I'll finish up here." The Pegasi nodded.
Although he was lucky not to have been seen, Om Nom heard everything, and began to continue his walk, hoping to find shelter and help somewhere.
But less than six minutes later, the rain came... and it came down hard.
As he walked along, Om Nom began to feel sad. He was tired, hungry and lonely, and he hadn't found any pieces of his candy.
All of a sudden, several ponies began running for cover, splashing straight through a few puddles! Om Nom was close to one of them, but even as he was lucky not to have been kicked around or trampled on, he was splashed by the stomping hooves! The poor, little green monster was all wet.
"AH....AAAH-CHOOOO!!!" he sneezed.
This loud noise caught the attention of Pinkie Pie, who, having been at the marketplace earlier in the day to pick up someingredients and decorations at the Cakes' request, had suddenly stopped and could see how tired and sad the poor creature was.
"Aww, you poor little green creature," she said gently. Om Nom looked up. Although he was too tired to run in fear, he could see that this pony was very concerned. She carefully offered her hoof, to which he accepted and was helped onto her back. "Don't you worry," she said as she began to walk through the rain. "I'll take you to Sugar Cube Corner where you can warm up and have something to eat."
Om Nom was very grateful, and held onto her back as she began to pick up the pace on her running. Almost five minutes of running, Pinkie arrived at Sugar Cube Corner.
Once they were inside and immediately after bringing the bags of ingredients in, too, Pinkie Pie helped him dry off Om Nom, and had provided him with a warm cup of hot chocolate, which he gratefully accepted. As Om Nom was warming himself up and slowly enjoying his refreshing hot drink, Pinkie Pie, being the hyper pony she was, was filled with questions.
"What's your name, little guy?" she asked.
Om Nom couldn't really speak normal words at all, so try though he did, and Pinke was just guessing his name several times over, much to his frustration. However, even though he kept calm and didn't act out of anger, he decided this time to simulate himself eating a piece of candy. His idea paid off and out came a very clear "Om Nom" sound.
"Om Nom?" she asked. The creature nodded. "That's quite a cute-weird name, but I like it." Then she added, going hyper, "How did you end up here in Equestria? No, wait, don't tell me... you're from a different world where your owner feeds you candy, then you unexpectedly went back in time meeting prehistoric ancestors of you, then you were chasing little creatures who stole your candy, you went after them but you ended up here in Equestria after you fell from a hot-air balloon after being dangled then you arrived at the Everfree Forest in search of food and help?" in a single breath.
Om Nom looked speechless! He looked at her as if to say, "How did you know all that??"
"Just a hunch," she squeed.
And for the first time since he landed in Equestria, Om Nom had to smile.
"Mmm!", he said happily, until he was interrupted by a rumble in his stomach.
Om Nom gave a sheepish smile, then pointed to his mouth and said, "Ah...".
"Oh, yes, silly me," said Pinkie. "Hmm... oh!" Quickly, she looked all around the store, and sure enough, she found a big dish of candy, from chocolate to many fruity flavors. She opened a piece, and to Om Nom's excitement, it looked very much like his cherry-and-lemon candy!
Without hesitation, Om Nom immediately began to eat it.
After four more pieces of candy that Pinkie Pie had offered to him, Om Nom was full, satisfied and happy. Pinkie began to pet him, and Om Nom loved it, so much so, that he began to purr out of pleasure.
"Good boy," she said gently, and then she added, "how about I take you to my room to sleep?"
As if to answer her by saying yes, Om Nom happily jumped on her back.
"Okie-dokie-lokie!" she chimed, and trotted to her room upstairs. Once there, Om Nom hopped off her back and onto the pillow of her bed.
"Aw, shucks," she said. "You were out in the rain for so long, so it's best that we keep you warm during the night."
Om Nom had no objection to this. Fortunately Pinkie provided him with a pillow case that he could use as a blanket. After brushing her teeth, and helping brush Om Nom's, Pinkie climbed into bed. Even though it was only a full day since he arrived in Equestria, Om Nom could tell that he wasn't going to be alone anymore.
"Good night, Om Nom. See you in the morning," yawned Pinke. Then she turned off the light and went to sleep. After he got comfortable and warm with the pillow case, Om Nom closed his eyes, and allowed sleep to take over him.
Author's Note
Back when I was on DeviantArt, I made several scenes of Pinkie thinking about what to give little Om Nom, and it was remarkably amazing.
I often imagined seeing this in a story, but I never really had any good ideas on how to put it into one until now.
In any case, that's chapter 1 for you.
Stay tuned, because in the next chapter, Pinkie will introduce Om Nom to her friends and try to help him overcome his fear of meeting her toothless pet gator, Gummy!
But first, she'll end up having to explain a certain, unexpected problem to Mr. and Mrs. Cake in the morning.
Uh-oh...
