"I have to say, Twilight, the architecture in this place is amazing." I say as we continue moving through the castle towards the exit. Twilight starts to talk about the castle which slowly but surely turns into rambling about equestrian history. I make an effort to pause her.

"Hey, I know you want to keep talking, but can I do something really quick?"

"Sure, Eric. What's wrong?" Twilight asks. I respond by stopping the video of my camcorder and turning it off. I then swap the batteries and SD card with fresh ones before switching the camcorder back on and resuming the filming.

"Eric, what did you just do?"

"Well, Firstly I stopped my recording and turned off my camcorder because the SD card and batteries were almost spent. Now, batteries are what keep the camcorder powered up. The SD card is what holds all the footage and pictures. Think of it like... filling out a book completely and then when you swap the cards, you're starting to create a new book." All of their faces have dropped open by this point. Honestly, I don't blame them. This tech must be unthinkable to them. I chuckle to myself as we approach the castle doors.

We exit out of the castle and walk through the town. God above, I have never felt so many eyes on me at once. I instinctively pull my hood over my head as I pan my camera around capturing as much of the city as possible. The kids all stare, point, and whisper to their parents as I walk past them. I give a polite wave as they awkwardly wave back. Christ, I feel like I'm on a gameshow or something. Round 2, Eric you have the floor! What is making the ponies stare? Why it's the fact I look like an orangutan! Correct, that's £500 added to your prize pot!

I chuckle to myself as we approach the train station. Twilight asks what's so amusing but I brush her question off by saying "It's nothing". As we approach the station, a brave soul comes up to us and asks

"Excuse me, what are you?" Instantly as soon as that left their mouth, the mother rushes over and tries to take their kid away. I crouch down and reply

"Well, I am what they call a 'human'. And I come from a whole other world filled with all sorts of stuff vastly different from here. Like this" I say as I pull out my mobile phone, snap a photo of them, and show it to them. Their faces are priceless! Both mouths were wide agape with shock. Damn, I gotta remember to take photos and not just record everything.

Twilight calls me back over while I say goodbye to the mother and her kid. We board what seems to be a train and I take my seat. The train soon moves off and while we are moving, the part I had kind of feared started. The questions. In all fairness, it wasn't as bad as I had thought. Just the stuff I had expected like what earth is like, the types of people who lived there, the sort of things we wore, and even what we ate. I decided to not mention the whole eating meat thing. It was then, that Fluttershy asked one that got me really talking

"What was it like coming to our world? What were you doing before you arrived?"

"Um... Well, I received a tip-off from an unknown source about some ruins that had suddenly appeared in a desert and I managed to get a ride in with a team of marines. After arriving, we explored for a bit until we came to a throne room. While the marines stopped to regroup, I wandered past them a bit. Lo and behold, a portal sucked me in and we all know the rest." I get a few oooos and ahhhhhs before Twilight changes the subject a fair bit

"That phone thing you said can take pictures, Right? Does it have pictures of your family on it? You mentioned that you had a wife and children just now"

"Yeah, here" I reply as I pull out my phone and open the gallery app to the correct folder. All six of them huddle around me to look at the photo. It's a picture I had a mate take of me, my wife, and my twin kids. My son is on my shoulders and my wife is holding my daughter. I snicker at this photo a bit. I gotta say, seeing this fills me with a new determination to return home like never before. Rainbow Dash is the next to ask a question

"Hey, is taking photos all that thing can do?"

"I'm glad you asked! It can do tons of things. It can make and receive phone calls and texts, surf the internet, take photos and videos, and even play music. But these things are just BARELY scratching the surface.

"Make and receive phone calls and texts?" Rarity asks

"Surf the internet?" Rainbow asks

"Play music?" Twilight asks

"Yep!" I reply. All six of them are now staring intently at my phone with sheer wonder. A good long while goes by when Twilight asks to hear music from it. Hm... Music from Earth? What should I play? All my playlist has are songs from shows I enjoy and zero organization at all. I guess I could scrounge together a playlist of sorts. Some of the best needs to go in.

My wife likes Im still standing, in it goes! I quite like eye of the tiger so in it goes as well! My daughter likes Let it go and honestly, so do I. In it goes! My son is a bit like me in terms of music tastes. He likes It's not over yet same as me. In it goes! those four along with sixteen other masterpiece songs go in. I feel like Frankenstein creating his monster. I resist the urge to shout ITS ALIVE!! Inner gloating finished, the playlist is done and I get their attention.

"Hey guys! Here's a FRACTION of what Earth's music has to offer! " I click play and soon, the sounds of music fill the train car.

Author's Note

HEY ALL! SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO GET A NEW CHAPTER OUT! 12 HOUR NIGHT SHIFTS ARE A MADNESS!

Hope you all enjoy! Please, if possible, some feedback would be much appreciated ^^