Forgotten People

Chapter 3 – Research

It was rather awkward for Alec and Hamish walking through Ponyville. Twilight was right, there was not a single other human in sight, and a lot of other ponies were eyeing them in confusion and curiosity. Twilight and Rainbow weren’t so confident either. A lot of other equines were laughing or smirking at them for being with these creatures. They’d never been this embarrassed before.

“How long before we get where we’re going?” Hamish asked calmly, for once.

“Not long now Hamish. A little further.” Twilight replied. “And don’t worry, a lot of new folk who come here are often stared at, but they’ll get over it.” The two humans weren’t so sure about that, some equines were giving them more disgusted looks.

“Look at the little pink one over there with the tiara. She’s sticking her tongue out at us!” Hamish growled, his fists were starting to clench, but Alec grabbed both of them first.

“Hamish! For god’s sake, calm down!” he whispered, “There’s no need to start us off on a bad foot, and beating up a filly is NOT a good way to gain these ponies trust!” Hamish sighed and kept walking. Meanwhile, Twilight and Rainbow Dash were having their own conversation.

“What should we do with them?” Dash asked.

“What do you mean?” Twilight responded.

“I mean, they’re totally different pon…I mean humans. They’re both 14 and male, but one seems to be perfectly normal and the other one is slightly aggressive.”

“Maybe we should speak to the princess about this?” Twilight asked confidently. Dash wasn’t so sure and insisted not to.

“Okay then, we won’t speak to her then. We have to keep this to ourselves.” Twilight’s house came into distance, so she turned to the two humans.

“Alec! Hamish! We’re almost there!” Twilight shouted back, the treehouse in full view. Twilight unlocked the door and the four animals walked in quietly.

“Now we’re away from everyone else, I have a few questions if you don’t mind?” Rainbow Dash said to Alec.

“Sure, what are they?” he replied.

“Back on the hill when we first met you, did you try to flirt with me?” Alec blushed.

“What…what do you mean?”

“You said my hair looked nice. Was that a flirt?”

“No! It was a compliment, it just looks really colourful.” Alec was trying his best to hide his red face. Back in his world, he was a Brony, just like Hamish, and they each had their favourite ponies from the show. Alec’s just happened to be Rainbow Dash, and now he was confronting her, he was trying to hide his likings for her.

“OK, next question,” Dash said, turning to Hamish. “ You mentioned something about the Olympics. What are they?” Now, Hamish was never that good at General Knowledge but still did know quite a few things, and the Olympics was one event he really liked to watch, so he knew quite a bit about it. Alec on the other hand knew more about the Greek Olympics where it all started.

“OK,” Hamish started, “The Olympics is an event where countries from all over Earth, our planet, come together to compete in different events. These range from Athletics, Swimming, Archery, Shooting, Horse-Racing…”

“Horse racing?!” Twilight said disgusted. “You mean to say that you humans use horses in races? That’s disgusting!” Hamish flinched.

“Sorry if you’re offended miss, but our world is different to yours!” Hamish shouted. He did have a short-temper. Alec gritted his teeth as did Dash.

“ANYWAY, the next Olympics here are in a city called Rio in 2016. Alec knows more about origins of it.” Twilight considered what the human had just said, and within a split-second she began racing around her library looking for a book.

“Is she always like this?” Alec asked. Dash nodded. After frantic searching, Twilight found the book she was looking for: ‘Early History of Equestria’. She flicked through the pages looking for the section about the Olympics. Eventually she found it.

“OK, let’s see here, “These human species have left evidence of old events that took place between them. These were known as ‘Magnus Olympia’ or in English, ‘Great Olympics’. The last games were held in what is now Manehattan, and were next due to be in what is now Ponyville, but they were wiped out by the early equines before this could happen.” Twilight was amazed, the next Olympics were to be held in Ponyville? This would’ve been the biggest thing to be held in Ponyville yet!

“These games would’ve defined us better! Don’t you see everyone? The next Olympics should be here! But should we set them up? It is a long time…” she was so caught up in her own thoughts that she barely heard Dash’s response:

“The next Olympics were meant to be held here?” Dash said, “Well, we’ve gotta set it up! This would be a good thing for our little town!” Twilight looked concerned.

“Hold on Dash, this isn’t like setting up one of Pinkie Pie’s parties, think about how much it took to set up the Crystal Fair (SE3EP1-2) and times that by 10. It takes lots of time! Plus the fact that Ponyville is not that big, so there wouldn’t be space for everything.” Dash’s face went pale.

“Well, what if we did tell the princess in Canterlot? About the humans and their ‘Olympics’?”

"But I thought you said earlier that it wasn't a good idea to tell her?" Twilight said confused.

"Well, what other option do we have Twilight? Besides, this is the OLYMPICS! And if they're gonna be held here, well, we should tell someone!"

“Dash is right. That seems like the best option right now.” Alec said. “But would the princess take kindly to us? Wouldn’t she be shocked?”

“I’m sure you’ll be fine. She is loving and benevolent.” Twilight said.

“Alec, what does ‘Benevolent’ mean?” Hamish asked. Alec groaned.

“Hamish, if you’d paid more attention in English Class, you’d know! OK Twilight, we’ll tell the princess about us and what we found. But first, can I use your bathroom? I really need to pee!” Twilight sighed and showed him the door. He didn’t come out for 5 minutes, and when he did, he looked a lot more relaxed.

“OK, let’s go to Canterlot!”