The Shiftier and the Anthropologist

Chapter 4

Hiro-

I walked down the stairs from our room into the living room, sat down on the couch and put my face in my hands

"So, he really doesn't have anyone?" Bonbon asked.

I shook my head "No, only me" I responded "He recently turned 17 and has spent most of his life running" I said standing up “I am going to go take a walk." I grabbed the cloak and walked out the door.

Walking had always help clear my mind ever since I was small, even if I had to walk on my hands, and knees it still helped. I came back a few hours later. Nothing interesting happened and it was dark when I returned. I found Fore, Lyra, and Bonbon were already in bed. Bon Bon and Lyra were passed out on the coutch and Fore was in his bed. Feeling tired myself, I crawled into my bed and fell asleep fairly fast.

Fore –

[i/]"Get away from me" I shouted to the men trying to grab me. Then men in question were the Feds. I could tell that they were Feds because of the Cardiem armor, the only thing in the world I can't shift. They came close enough to grab me. They were going to take me away and make me hurt people or worse

"Did you really think you could hide from us!"

I awoke with a start and quickly sat up in my bed to find that I was drenched in sweat. I grabbed my phone5 and checked the time.It read 12 o’ clock midnight. Our Phones still work on the Equestria only becasue I gave them a very strong upgrade incressing there range 1mill. X 37 pie squared, in short fucking huge. I looked over at the other bed and saw Hiro asleep in her bed. Feeling that I won’t be able to go back to sleep, I let out a frustrated moan and decided to go for a walk. After putting on my cloak of course.

Because of the time night, I could walk normally around Ponyville without having  to keep the hood on. So what did I do? I did what almost every single brony dreamt about. I took a personal tour of the town, starting with the Mane 6’s houses. If they saw me I thought then they would tell Princess Celestia and having read fanfiction she would eather A: Kill me, or B: welcome me, until the Feds came, I was not ready to take that risk so I still had to be quiet.

I found the Library, and laughed a little at the irony of a library being a massive treehouse, The Carousel Boutique and Sugar Cube Corner,just looking at it made me hungry, thoses were the only three that were in the town. I looked up and saw Rainbow Dashes house, the massive cloud classtle had me in awe, but only for a momment, and in the distance I saw Fluttershy's cottage, with all the animal stuff, and Applejacks Barn, that I was still trying to figure how Earth Ponies built it without magic.

As I reached Lyra’s house, I began thinking. All I want is for Hiro to be safe with me, but that’s impossible with the Feds chasing me. All the cared about is wanting to use me. They didn't care about Hiro. To them, she was just in the way.

An unnerving sound met my ears and it was coming from behind the house. Quickly I threw my hood on and hid on the side of the house. Peering around the corner I i saw that it was a Fed warp scout. They were looking for me on all of the worlds near ours.

"God Dammit" I muttered to myself. I found a fair sized rock and changed it into my bastard sword and snuck up behind it, but then a thought struck me. If I destroyed it, then they would know I was here and that’s no good. I snuck backwards towards Lyra's house and another idea hit me. Everything made by the Feds is made with Cardiem. Cardiem is relatively weak metal and is extremely conductive of electricity, almost as good as copper. I whispered to myself "Lightning."

I looked up at a cloud and subtly began shifting it into a storm cloud. Since I had to make the storm cloud from a normal looking cloud, that meant that I had to generate the static electricity in it. Silently, I let out a frustrated sigh. Generating static electricity in a cloud I could do but it was difficult and required concentration. Focusing, I made the water molecules pass each other, causing friction to occur. The amount of static electricity in the cloud quickly grew.Any second now…

CRACK!!! Lightning arced down and contacted the scout’s Cardiem armor. The lightning strike had completely fried the scout’s circuits, turning the machine into a statue to put in someone or somepony’s garden.

The Feds won’t be happy about that. I thought as a small smile emerge. I stood up and took off my hood so that I could admire my work. "Assholes" I said out loud.

"Who's there!"

My pupils instantly dilated as I heard the voice. Quickly, I pulled on my hood and ran for the cover of a bush. Once inside the safety of the bush, I peered through the leaves in search of the owner of the voice. Not seeing anypony on the ground, I looked up some and found that the voice belonged to Rainbow Dash. I guess my lightning strike woke her up

"A storm has not been scheduled for tonight. Whoever is responsible for this is gonna have somethi --- What the buck is that!?" She said going from looking at the storm cloud to looking at the scout "I’ll take this to Twilight, I’m sure she will know what it is and what to do with it." She picked up the android and began flying away with it.

"God Dammit" I said to myself. There was nothing I could do but go home.

Later that morning, Lyra decided that we needed to go pick up some groceries and that I should come along. Why? She said “So that I can help pick out food that both Hiro and I could eat.” So, here I am heading into town with Lyra when something, or rather somepony, in front of the Library caught my eye. That somepony is Princess Celestia and she appeared to be talking to Twilight Sparkle. Twilight had sent a letter to the Princess and now she was here. "Damn" I muttered.

Then, something horrible happened. She walked right over to us. "Lyra," she started "I need your help at the library. My student’s friend, Rainbow dash, found something related to humans" I gave Lyra a nod.

"I would be honored but, may my friend come as well?"

She gave me a thorough look over. “Yes, you may bring your friend”

Thank god she doesn’t realize that I’m a human.

"Now, please come with me" Celestia said as she started walking back to the library. Twilight had already gone back inside.

We cought up with Celestia as we entered the library, and saw the Scout laying on the table, I made sure that none of the ponies in the room would see my face or shit could go down right there and then

"Lyra what do you think?"

I began whispering in her ear information about it that wasn't too out of the blue. "Well it appears to be humanoid in structure… and it's made out of some strange metal."

"My magic won't work on it" Twilight started "and Rainbow Dash found it struck by lightning." she stopped "Who are you?" She asked directing the question at me.

Crap.

"His name is Foresight, he's my Brother"

“Ah didn’t know that ya had brother.” Applejack

"Well, he's not from around here. Let him touch it, he figure out what something is made of just by touching it."

I looked to the Princess to see if she would allow me to. She nodded yes. I curled up my hand into a fist and shifted it into a blue hoof, why blue, I have no idea. .12 I reached out and touched it. "The metal is called Cardiem, its magic proof and conducts electricity extremely well." I said hoping they wouldn't ask me to take off my hood " I have to leave now I have… work to do" As quickly as I could without looking suspicious, I walked out of the library and went straight to Lyra's house. Hiro was there, not like she could really go anywhere though unless she had a reason.

“How come you’re back already and where is Lyra?”

I told what had happened last night with the Fed scout. That I was almost discovered by Rainbow Dash. Then I skipped to where Lyra and I were heading to town and everything that transpired afterwards.

"So, she didn't know you’re a human?"

"Nope" I replied shifting my hand into a hoof and back again.

"So there’s no mass difference between a hoof and a hand?”

"Apparently not." A small smile came across my face as I studied the hoof on the end of my arm. My fur feels soft like velvet, cool even. The process was not even that pain full, later I should try finding a pony with the same mass as me.

About an hour after I got home, Lyra walked in the front door.

"So, what's up?" I asked

"Well, Pinkie Pie is searching for you." she replied with a smile. “What about you”

"Well, I'm looking for a stallion with the same mass as me."

"Try Big Mac. His mass might be the same as yours. "

"Excellent idea."

“So what do you think about the android, Fore?" Hiro asked me.

"I’m just glad it didn't see us… but… Hirohito, do you want to go home?"

"Well yes, I mean I know near nothing about this world and I miss my parents. Wait, why?"

My eyes started to glow. "I’m the one the Feds are searching for, not you. I want you to be safe. That means you cannot stay here.” Tears began to form in her eyes as I was saying this. I gave a supportive smile in return. "Now, go home and have fun with your family. Oh, one last thing, Merry Christmas." She gave me a quick hug and I teleported her back to our world, with tears in my eyes as well.

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Don't Worry she'll be back, and also I got an editer to help me out now

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