The Ordinary Ponies

Chapter 5 Pony Prophet

Mr. Miracle was getting more and more accustomed in Ponyville.

He had mastered most of the earth pony’s skills, and had a small tent in the outskirts that could shelter him. He also had friends such as Zecora, Apple Bloom, Pinkie Pie, and so on. He only needed to find a job, and he would be considered a true resident of Ponyville.

Speaking of Zecora, their acquaintance came naturally. That day, Mr. Miracle was practicing weight-bearing in the outskirts when he saw a zebra wearing a cloak and hood walking from the direction of Everfree Forest. Any pony would retreat and flee when they saw her, except for Mr. Miracle who dared to talk; Not only dared to talk, but also took the initiative to show her around his “sweet home”.

Zecora came to the town every month with the intention of buying special herbs, but every time she just returned with nothing. Mr. Miracle told her that it was because they had never seen a zebra before and was just afraid. As long as they knew she was a good zebra, all problems would be solved.

After experiencing some twists and turns, with his and Apple Bloom's help, everypony finally eliminated their misunderstandings about Zecora, and they became good friends as a result.

However, at the same time, some ponies also began to doubt Mr. Miracle - he seemed to always make the right decisions and have known the other ponies before they knew him. The problem of Trixie was like this, the problem of an adult dragon creating smoke was like this, and the problem of Zecora was like this...This adult pony without cutie mark was full of mysteries.

When the parasprites ravaged, he was the only pony followed Pinkie in search of musical instruments. Pinkie didn't even explain why she needed them, but he just knew and was more efficient than her. In the end, they successfully resolved the crisis before the visit of Princess Celestia.

His unusual behavior could have been explained as a coincidence at first, but what about afterwards? Now his situation had become similar to that of Zecora before - whenever he appeared in town, the ponies would be nervous, and in this time, they were afraid that his arrival was due to some huge problems. However, he just wanted to talk to friends.

In the Sugarcube Corner, Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Spike gathered together, secretly observing Mr. Miracle through the window. In addition to these dominant ponies and dragons, there were also Apple Bloom and Pinkie Pie, but they were forcibly pulled over.

“Why do you distrust Mr. Miracle so much?” Apple Bloom explained for her big friend in frustration. “He didn't do anything wrong, on the contrary, he has been doing the right thing all along!”

“Yeah! It's unfair to him!” Pinkie followed up.

“It's exactly why we are strange,” Applejack explained. “We know he's probably a kind and good pony, but he's always a prophet...he must be hiding something.”

Twilight was the last pony to be convinced, after all, she had long admired science and magical principles, and never believed in anything that was unscientific such as predicting the future; However, the more Mr. Miracle performed, the more she wavered.

She now wanted to show her worry to Apple Bloom and Pinkie Pie.

“At first, I also thought it was a coincidence, after all, predicting the future is something that no magic or potion can do. But my friends presented evidence to me one by one, and I had to believe it,” she said.

Rainbow Dash continued, “When the adult dragon came to ponyville for a ‘nap’, it was he who strongly demanded we bring Fluttershy. Indeed, Fluttershy was the ultimate heroine in solving the dragon problem, but at that time, none of us knew she could. I didn't want to bring her because she was too timid - but he always encouraged Fluttershy and convinced us, as if he knew she could definitely do that.”

Twilight nodded and continued, “It's not just this one. When Ursa Minor struck, he came straight to me, and I didn't think there was anything wrong at that time. But now, thinking about it, I had never showed any magic from beginning to end that day, and I studied the habits of Ursa Minor only in that afternoon. But he knew I could definitely do it, and he didn't even look for any other ponies to solve the issue!”

Rarity also said, “The day I had a sleepover party with Applejack and Twilight was the same. While I was still determined to use magic to trim tree branches, he took the initiative to help Applejack pull the extra branches and told me the reason. Although Applejack was about to explain to me at that time, he spoke up first. When Applejack and I argued, he left directly...Either he didn't care if we would break up, or he knew in advance that we would make up as before.”

“But, but...I can also ‘predict the future’. Whenever something happens, my whole body will react. I guess he might be...just like me, is it a talent or family inheritance?” Pinkie added.

Fluttershy shook her head and said, “His condition is much more serious than that. I think he may be good at mind-reading, because the things he did are quite similar to mind-reading…”

“Uh, is there any difference?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Mind-reading is at least...more credible than predicting the future.” Fluttershy's voice grew weaker and weaker.

“It doesn't matter what he knows, what's important is that he has some mysterious ability!” Rainbow Dash shouted loudly. “The Parasprites crisis was even more outrageous. We've been with Pinkie for so long, and she didn't say she was looking for instruments to deal with the problem. We don't even know why. He just came to here not long ago, but when Pinkie said she was looking for instruments, he knew everything and even came back to explain to us!”

“Indeed, but...” Pinkie still wanted to say, but she was also a little wavering. “I think all of this can be explained.”

“Even if he has any abilities, we can’t distance ourselves from him so much. He is our friend!” Apple Bloom protested.

Applejack hugged Apple Bloom and said earnestly, “My dear sister, you're still immature. Promise me that you'll keep distance from him before we figure everything out, okay?”

“Not okay at all!” exclaimed Apple Bloom. “I'm not a child, I only know he's my big friend. He can reason, knows everything, and has taught me a lot!”

“What do you mean ‘teach a lot’? You've known him a long time ago? I thought you got to know him after seeing him expose Trixie.”

“Uh, this... um...” Apple Bloom was momentarily speechless, but then she firmly pouted and said, “That's right! We were friends before Trixie came.”

“Why didn't you tell me?” Applejack said angrily. “I told you - don't talk to unfamiliar ponies casually!”

“You also told me to help and be honest with other ponies.”

Applejack still wanted to say, but was stopped by Twilight. Twilight knew that Applejack was too concerned about her sister to be in such a hurry. In fact, everypony knew Mr. Miracle was a good pony, but before continuing to deepen their friendships, it was necessary to first clarify the mystery behind him.

Who knew if he was a subordinate of some evil organization, but just because he was a good individual didn't mean the evils behind him were also equally good. This was not a random guess. It had been proven that anything was possible in Equestria.

Pinkie also remembered the scene when she first met him and knew that he was indeed a “strange pony”, which was why she called him “Mr. Miracle”. As an earth pony, he couldn’t run, couldn’t write, couldn't recognize words, and didn't have any cutie mark as an adult...it was really strange.

Outside, Mr. Miracle looked around and saw that the ponies seemed to be hiding from him. He had a vague guess, so he sighed and walked towards the outskirts.

Perhaps he shouldn't have caused trouble in the first place, after all, even without him, other ponies could still solve all the problems, right? Perhaps he should be a bystander, quietly waiting for everything to happen, so that at least every pony would treat him as normal.

But if that was the case, what was the meaning of his existence? Did he just come here as a spectator? His original idea was similar, but after being taught by Apple Bloom, he felt he should live well and make his own marks and traces in this world.

Perhaps he could achieve a balance between doing his own thing and not making others feel he wasn’t “normal”. But now it was too late to think about this, the result had been achieved.

He walked while thinking, and unconsciously arrived at the small bridge in Town. He couldn't help but laugh at this bridge, which he had seen for the first time but had been extremely familiar with.

He didn't expect that this time it was he who came here to think about life. He stood on the top of the arch, looking down at the river and his reflection, as if seeing another distant place.

While he was lost in thought, a familiar and childish voice came through, which was Apple Bloom. Mr. Miracle turned his head and saw her running towards him panting heavily, her eyes filled with eagerness.

“You don't actually need to come, I know why they're avoiding me,” he said calmly.

“You know?” Apple Bloom paused for a moment. “So you do really foresee the future?”

Mr. Miracle shook his head and said, “This time it's not, it's just a simple inference.”

“What do you mean ‘not this time’? So, all the things you did before...were really foreseeing the future?”

Mr. Miracle let out a long sigh, was unsure of what to say. But then he realized that true friends won’t care about his identity, they only care about what his true self is - this was the lesson he learned from the Twilight in the future…or “past”?

And he believed Apple Bloom was his true friend.

“Apple Bloom, I have to tell you something - about everything, everything about me.” His expression was serious, as if he had made some kind of determination. “I just hope all of this won't scare you, after all, you're still young –”

“I'm not young anymore! I'm not a baby!” Apple Bloom protested.

“Okay, what will you think if I tell you that I don't belong here?”

“I knew it a long time ago,” Apple Bloom said with confusion. “You said from the beginning that you came from out of town.”

Mr. Miracle nodded, then shook his head and pondered for a while before continuing, “Indeed. But by ‘not belonging’, I mean not belonging to Equestria.”

“Not belonging to Equestria? Is there second pony country?”

Mr. Miracle wanted to tell her there really was one, a certain empire in the north; But this was not related to the current topic, there would be plenty of opportunities in the future - as long as Apple Bloom was willing to be friends with him after he had explained.

“To be precise, it's not pony country,” Mr. Miracle pondered carefully before finally saying those words. “I come from a kingdom established by another creature, which means I wasn't a pony before.”

Apple Bloom stood still, her chin spread open, and her brain was directly overwhelmed by this huge amount of information.

……

In the Sugarcube Corner, several ponies are still discussing whether to get straight to the point with Mr. Miracle or continue to observe in secret. Applejack felt a little guilty at this moment, felt that she neglected to care about Apple Bloom.

Her sister and he had been friends for so long, and she only realized it now. Fortunately, Mr. Miracle was a good pony. If her sister was to make friends with another bad pony...she wouldn't even dare to think about it!

“Wait, where is Apple Bloom?” Applejack turned around and didn't find her sister. She immediately searched anxiously, but couldn't find her. “Oh my goddess, she must have gone to find Mr. Miracle!”

“Perhaps it's just right, we can have a good talk with him,” Twilight said calmly. “At least we know he has a kind heart and should be willing to talk to us.”

“If he doesn't want to talk, we'll –” Rainbow Dash flew into the air and waved her hoof, but the ponies on the ground looked at her speechless, and she could only scratch her head and change her tone. “- just try to persuade him to talk to us,” she continued.

So the ponies quickly left the house and headed straight towards the outskirts, where Mr. Miracle's tent was located. Spike was instructed to stay behind, which was exactly what he wanted - there were some cane candies and cakes in the kitchen that he could secretly enjoy.

They didn't walk far before reaching the bridge in town, where they could see Apple Bloom and Mr. Miracle talking by the bridge from afar. Applejack rushed out with worry, followed closely by other ponies.

“Apple Bloom, come over quickly!” But she didn't need to say that, because as soon as she finished speaking, she walked up to Mr. Miracle and immediately pulled Apple Bloom to her side.

“Applejack, what are you doing?” Apple Bloom tried in vain to break free from her sister's powerful front hooves. “I had a great conversation with Mr. Miracle.”

“There's no need to do this, you know I'm not bad, right?” Mr. Miracle said.

“We know, but...” Applejack hesitated to speak. “The facts you've done are unbelievable. Can you predict the future or read mind? Where did you come from?”

Pinkie walked up dejectedly and said, “Although I don't want to say this...are you a pony sent by some evil organization? And because you have been loving with our town and couldn't destroy it, so you didn't do anything wrong?”

Upon hearing this, both Apple Bloom and Mr. Miracle burst into laughter.

“What are you laughing at? Am I guessing wrong? Wait –” Pinkie asked, but then she cheered, “- if I guessed wrong, it means you're not an evil sent by some evil organization!” But immediately she was lost in thought.

“Or maybe, it’s possible to deny the latter half of the sentence - do you actually still want to destroy Ponyville?”

“Okay, okay, stop messing around. There's a simple explanation for all of this,” Mr. Miracle said.

“Let me explained.” Apple Bloom finally broke free from her sister's embrace. “He doesn't belong to Equestria –”

“What?!”

“- And I came from another mysterious kingdom,” Mr. Miracle quickly took over.

“Just like Zecora, his hometown is also in a distant place,” explained Apple Bloom.

“But that still doesn't explain why you can predict the future.” Rainbow Dash interjected.

“Actually, it can explain,” continued Apple Bloom. “The ponies there can predict the future, but only for a short period. So they rarely exercise or write because they always have a premonition that they will get tired after exercise and write incorrectly. To avoid this kind of fatigue, they simply don't do it from the beginning.”

“Is that so?” Applejack raised an eyebrow suspiciously.

“Indeed,” Mr. Miracle added. “So there are very few ponies doing practical things in my homeland. They all feel that the future can’t be changed, and their own future can’t be changed either. But I’m different. I think the future can be changed, so I left home hoping to find another different land to live in.”

“Is that all?”

“That's all,” Mr. Miracle and Apple Bloom said in unison, with polite smiles on their faces.

“Okay...” Applejack temporarily believed. Although this story might sound like a fabrication, they all knew some of legends were indeed true, while others might sound fake but were actually true.

The more incredible things they are, the more trustworthy (limited in Equestria).

The ponies looked at each other in confusion, feeling a heavy stone had disappeared in hearts. At the same time, they had to apologize for suspecting Mr. Miracle. Rainbow Dash stopped flying and landed on the ground, and Applejack also took off her hat.

“Sorry, we misunderstood you.”

“It's okay, in fact, your concerns are reasonable.” Mr. Miracle smiled. “Having a friend who knows everything may sound cool, but in reality, it can be quite unsettling. Please rest assured that I only predict certain major events, not every day, not every minute, nor every second. Can this make you feel better?”

The ponies looked at each other again and then nodded.

“So, what are we going to do next?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Next? We'll have a fantastic ‘welcome party’ for Mr. Miracle!” Pinkie suddenly jumped up and pulled out a stack of party hats from somewhere. It should have been done a long time ago.

“Wait!” Mr. Miracle stopped her. “Pinkie, I appreciate your kindness. But I want to use my money to hold a party after I find a job. What do you think?”

“Okay, it's not hurried for these days anyway.” Pinkie stuffed party hats into her mane.

“Looking for a job?” said Applejack. “Why didn't you say that earlier? I think Sweet Apple Acres might need some help.”

“Really? Can I work at your place?”

“Uh, what I said doesn't count,” Applejack scratched her head. “Although it looks like I and Big Mac are in charge of Sweet Apple Acres, Granny Smith is actually in charge.”

“She will agree,” said Apple Bloom.

“And I sometimes need a temporary assistant,” Rarity added.

“You should have spoken it earlier. We thought you had own business to do outside the town,” Fluttershy said.

“I didn't say it before because I didn't think I was capable yet; but now –” he looked at Apple Bloom, then at Pinkie, and continued, “- I think I’m ready to learn.”

The ponies all burst into laughter, and then a few of them had to go back to do their own businesses. Before leaving, Apple Bloom requested to have a few more words with Mr. Miracle, and Applejack agreed.

“Do you think we can keep this story from them for a lifetime?” asked Apple Bloom.

“There's no need to hide it for a lifetime, and I don't plan on hiding it for that long,” Mr. Miracle said. “I'm saying those now just because they may find it difficult to accept; when the time is right in the future, I will reveal everything.”

“Speaking of which, you still haven't told me why you can foresee the future - it's indeed magical to come here from another world; but it's impossible for all the residents on your homeland to foresee, right?”

“This’s very complicated...maybe in the future, you will know it automatically,” Mr. Miracle said. “But I hope no matter what, we will still be good friends.”

“Of course!”

Two ponies, one big and one small, high five as a vow.