A Wish Come True

Joseph still casts his glance from side to side, observing more and more of the town. Now that a lot of the citizens have seen him walking alongside Twilight, they've seemed to accepted him. No one, er...nopony was looking at him strangely.

Joseph stumbles a bit, but regains his balance. "So Twilight, do you know the time?"

She looks up at the sky. "...Somewhere around one PM."

"Thanks."

"Yep." Twilight returns her focus to the road before her and speeds up a bit. "There it is." The building Twilight was referring to was a medium sized one floor structure with a flat roof. There was a patio out front filled with metal tables and stools, while through the large windows Joseph could see commotion and movement. Twilight heads a bit off course. "It looks busy inside. Want to eat outside in the sun?"

"Sure," Joseph agrees.

They walk up to the metal railing and go through the opening. Joseph looks at the furniture. The metal tables were low to the ground and the stools looked like they were just a few inches tall. He sees Twilight sit down on on of the stools, her front legs still on the ground. Joseph looks at the stool that was apparently his and takes his seat. He crosses his legs and tries to get comfortable. The table came up to Twilight waist, and while he was siting, it did the same to Joseph.

He picks up the menu in front of him and looks at the items. "...Hay burger, hay fries, salad, soup, tea...what kind of food do they really serve here?"

Twilight looks up from her own floating menu. "They serve everything a pony should rightfully eat here."

Joseph grimaces at the thought, and it's cut short by a pony walking up to them. He was another unicorn, and his coat was a deep gray. His mane and tail were a light blue and his eyes were the same. He was wearing a black shirt. "Good afternoon, are you two ready to order?"

"I'll just have the usual," Twilight says with a smile.

Joseph was surprised to see how easily others accepted him when he was with Twilight. "Er...um, I'll...I'll have an order of hay fries."

"Alright then." Two glasses float out from inside, followed by a pitcher of water. They pour themselves and touch down in their spots on the table. "Your food will be ready in a few moments," the waiter says politely. He leaves right afterward.

They sit in silence for a few moment longer before anything happens. Twilight shifts a bit in her seat. "...So Joseph, could you tell me a bit about yourself?"

"Hmm?" Joseph looks at her strangely.

"Like...what you did before you came here. How were you before?"

Joseph drums his fingers on the tabletop. "...Well...I didn't fit in back home. I had only two friends, no...three friends. I had my sister Tanya, my best friend Jerome, and technology. They were the closest I had to family besides my mom and dad.

"Who's Technology? I've never heard of a name like that." Twilight has on a small smile.

Joseph chuckles. "No, technology isn't a living being, like you and me. Technology is an invention." Joseph looks across the street. "...but looking around, it seems the only technology you have are the lighting fixtures in your homes...and indoor plumbing."

Twilight tilts her head. "...What kind of technology did you have?"

Joseph gets a look or sheer exitement. "Oh, there's no way I can even tell you in one day! There was so much of it! There was television that allowed you to watch movies and shows, black and white, in color, with and without sound, recordings and live from on the spot! There were rockets to launch us into space, there were satellites to survey other planets far, far away, there were...there were...oh so many things." Joseph looks at his lap and smiles. "...Oh, maybe..." He reaches into the side pocket of his hoodie and brings out his music player. "Awesome! I still have my MP3 player!" Joseph starts untangling the earphone wires.

Twilight had her head tilted. "What's an MP3 player?"

"What?" Joseph exclaims. "An MP3 player, or a music player, allows you to download and store music off the internet and regular shops. You probably don't know what the internet is, but I'll explain later."

"What do you mean 'it stores music'?"

"Um...here, listen for yourself." He reaches over the table and plugs the earphones into Twilight's head. He turns on his music player and scrolls through his albums until her hits one he thinks Twilight would like. "Here, this is 'Ravers in the UK' by Manian." He presses the screen, making the music start to play.

Twilight's eyes switch from side to side as she listens to the music. "...This sounds like something that Vinyl Scratch would play," she says a bit loudly. She begins to move her head to the beat. Twilight listens for a bit more before using her magic to pull the earphones from her head. Joseph reels them back and returns the main menu. "Wow," Twilight says softly, "how many other songs do you have?"

"Like that one, or all together?"

"All together."

He looks at his screen and presses an icon. "All together...six hundred forty eight songs." He looks up at Twilight flabbergasted expression. "...Most of them are instrumentals though, you know...without lyrics and words, just music."

The waiter returns with their food. The plates float in front of them and settle down with a soft clink. "Enjoy." He walks back inside.

Joseph looks at his food, then at Twilight. She had a sandwich...with flowers in it. Daisies, most likely. Joseph picks up one of his fries and dips it in the small paper cup of ketchup that came with it. He stuffs it in his mouth and tests it. It was different than any other kind of fry he's had, but it was still good. Really good. "...Mm...so this is a hay fry?"

"Correct. How is it?" Twilight bites into her own food.

"It's really good. They must use the good high grade potatoes to make these." He chomps another, then another.

Twilight swallows her bite. "Mm, those aren't made from potatoes, they're made from hay." Joseph looks up from his food and swallows, waiting for more info, and shoves another fry in his mouth. Twilight shrugs. "You know...straw?"

"...I'm eating...straw?"

"Yes."

Joseph looks at his half eaten plate of food. "...I know I'm a vegetarian..." he swallows, "but this is a bit extreme." He stares at the fries before him and downs the rest of them rather quickly. "...Chm...thank you very much Twilight. That was the first time I've really eaten today."

"Oh, it's no trouble at all Joseph," Twilight replies with a big grin. "I want you to feel welcome here in Ponyville." Her gin fades after a bit. "Although, since you just seemed to appeared out of nowhere, there might be a bit of trouble at first, but I'll help you get through it."

Joseph cracks his knuckles. "I'm just going to not asks what trouble that is."

"Alright, I'll explain it when it happens." A small piece of paper floats over to the table. Twilight using her own magic to conjure more stones and places them on the table. "There, a few bits should do." Joseph smiles to himself as he watches her act so kindly. She nods to him and the both stand. "Come on Joseph, I want to show you the rest of the tow

Back over at Twilight's house...

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! We don't know how long they'll be out!" Pinkie rushed from one side of the living room to the other, running up and down ladders and pulling streamers and confetti. "Come on! We gotta hurry!"

"Pinkie, dear," one of her friends say from the other room, "perhaps we have more time than you you think."

"Maybe, but we don't know! Everypony line up!" A zip here and a zip there and the other three ponies and Spike are in a straight line in front of the couch. "Okay," Pinkie continues, "Rarity!"

Rarity looks up at her friend. Rarity is a white unicorn with a very dazzling and curling purple mane and tail, and her eyes are the purest blue ever seen. The mark on her backside were three diamonds. "Yes, Pinkie dear?"

"You're in charge of floor level decoration! Fluttershy!"

The pony Pinkie just called forward looks around. She was a pale yellow pegasus with a very soft looking pink mane and tail. Her blue eyes zipped around the room. She, too, had marks on her flanks; a few butterflies. "Um...yes Pinkie?" she says in a very soft voice.

Pinkie Pie starts to jitter and vibrate across the floor. "I need you to handle the streamers and the banner! Applejack! I need you to make some sweets for the party!"

"Will do!" The pony who answered was a normal earth pony. Her mane and tail were a lovely golden blonde, and they were done up in a...ponytail. Her coat was a nice shade of orange and her green eyes fit her color scheme. The mark on her thighs were a few apples. "I know just what ta make!" She rushes into the kitchen.

Fluttershy flaps her wings a few times and grabs a banner with her mouth, flying it up to the ceiling. Rarity, however, taps her foot on the floor. "Pinkie Pie, listen. I know you love to throw these parties to welcome new ponies to town, but-"

"Oh, he's not a pony," she replies bluntly, "he's a special new friend of Twilight's! Right Spike?"

"Yeah," he yells down from upstairs. "He's not a pony. I heard them talking when Twilight shooed me upstairs." He pops his head over the edge of the upper floor. "He's a human."

"A human?" Rarity blurts out. "I've never heard of anything like that."

"Well, he'll be here soon!" Pinkie yells from her new perch on a nearby ladder. "Come on! We need to hurry!"

Rarity shacks her head and levitates a few streamers over to her side. "Ugh, will she ever slow down?"

On one of the many hills near the road to Apple Acres...

Joseph puts his arms behind his head and crosses his legs as he lays down on the grassy hill. Twilight is sitting upright next to him. "So Joseph...did you enjoy your tour of Ponyville?"

Joseph sighs and smiles. "Yeah, it's a little out of my taste for a place to live, but the whole town seems really nice. A good place to grow up in...if I were younger I mean. But still, it's a good town, much better than any of the ones in my world."

Twilight shuffles a bit. "What do you mean?"

"Well, in my town, the streets are busy, it's noisy in the afternoons, and hard work gets little recondition. But I live, er...lived in one of the better towns."

"How so?"

Joseph uncrosses his legs and sits up. He looks into Twilight's eyes and holds up an open hand. "Well, in other towns, or cities, crime is a real problem. Robbery, kidnapping, riots, murder, just a whole mess of bad things...In my old town, the worst you had to worry about is a drunk driver."

Twilight nods and looks up in the sky again. "...It looks like it's almost four. We should get back to my place."

"We?" Joseph asks.

"Yes we," Twilight says through a smile. "You have a party to go to, plus it's a roof over your head for the night."

"You're letting me stay at your house?"

"Of course! You said you just came form your world, so you're not even a citizen of this town...or any town for that matter." Twilight looks at her feet. "So I just assumed you would be staying with me...and Spike." She looks up. "Unless you want to look for your own place?"

"In due time," Joseph says, realizing that sounded completely out of character. "...Come on, like you said, we should get going."

Twilight smiles and her horn begins to glow. "Get ready," she warns. Joseph clenches his fists and sticks them as far as he could into his pockets, nearly smashing his music player. Twilight closes her eyes and a bright light flashes in the area.

Joseph blinks for a split second, and he and Twilight are back in front of the library. "...Okay, that is cool."

Twilight blushes slightly, but it faded rather quickly. "Oh, before I forget, do you have a weak heart?"

"Weak heart?" Joseph replies. "Like...do l I have heart attacks easily?" Twilight nods. "Um...no, I think I'm okay. After all I got hit by a bus and stood up."

"Alright then. Let's go inside."

Joseph stands up and reaches for the door. He turns the knob. "Why did you ask that anyway?"

As soon as Joseph pulls open the door, a loud noise fills his ears. "Surprise!" Joseph nearly looses his footing. He holds onto the doorknob tight enough to turn his knuckles white. He looks inside as Twilight slips past him.

Streamers, balloons, confetti, everything party related was inside and coating the library's walls, shelves, and ceiling. A big white banner was displayed across the room reading 'Welcome'.

A balloon falls in front of Joseph and that prompts him to enter. He looks at the small group of ponies that have gathered around Twilight. Joseph flexes his toes in his shoes and spreads his arms. "Hey! What's all this then!?" he says with fake enthusiasm.

Twilight steps forward. "Joseph, I'd like you to meet my friends. You already know Pinkie Pie." Pinkie smiles with a large grin that is way too big for her head. "Girls?"

The white unicorn of the five steps forward. She looks Joseph over. "Hm...interesting wardrobe. My name is Rarity." She bows. "A pleasure to meet such an...eccentric creature." She smiles slightly and backs up back in line.

Joseph turns his attention to the orange pony that approaches him. She tips her cowboy hat. "Mah name's Applejack." She smiles and puts her left front hoof out. "A pleasure ta make yer acquaintance!" She smiles. Joseph cocks his head to the right and crouches. He bumps her hoof with his fist and Applejack returns in line.

Joseph looks forward into the group and sees one more pony. As if on cue, Applejack and Rarity step aside to reveal a pony, a pegasus, with her head low. "Um...hi," she says in a soft voice, almost to quietly to hear. "My name is Fluttershy...nice to meet you."

Joseph nods and Stands back up. "Well...I guess I have introduced myself yet...My name is Joseph King...it very nice to meet you all." He smiles and rubs the back of his neck.

"Well," Pinkie yells out, "names have been said...Time to party!"

Author's note: i cant find out how to make 'italic', like leaning letters. the button doesn't work on my screen, so if you could tell me how to manually do it, thx. (PS: Ctrl + I doesn't do anything either)