Human Meets Pony

Human Meets Pony – Chapter 2: Getting Acquainted

By: Light_Arrow

My mind is swimming viciously with multiple thoughts. A talking pony… I just couldn’t believe it. My head was swarming with questions.

“How could any of this be happening?”

As I gathered my senses, the purple pony stopped hugging and went back on all fours. She looked at me with those cute little eyes and her face started to blush a bit.

I had so many questions I wanted to ask, but my body wouldn’t allow it yet. I wanted to ask how an animal could speak English, just like a human. Yet, I just stood there like a buffoon, rummaging through my brain trying to get my mouth to talk. I was just so shocked at these turn of events.

“Um…ah…uh.”

Was this really all I could mutter out? I felt so embarrassed. I’ve met with a once in a lifetime opportunity and this was all I could pull off? Stupid brain! Just calmly and collectively ask her the questions!

“So, um… I really want to know… how is it that you can speak?” I finally managed to get the words out.

The pony just stood there dumbfounded. Her face was expressing confusion, as if something like this happens on a daily basis.

“What do you mean?” she asked back.

She just talked again, I can't believe this. I had to collect myself and think of what to say.

“Well…” I had to sit there for a moment and think of how to word this. “It is just that… I’ve never seen a talking pony before.”

“Really?” she seemed quite shocked at this idea.

“Yeah.” I explained. “There are lots of ponies, but I’ve never seen one that could talk before.”

She looked completely baffled and speechless by this. That’s when it hit me. This pony can’t possibly be from here. Could it be that this creature is from another world? After all I had seen so far, I actually kind of believed this. I looked back at her and asked:

“Where are you from?”

The pony seemed unsettled by this question. She gave it some it some thought.
“I… I can’t remember…” she said.

That’s when she put her head down and started to let some tears run down her face. I knelt down beside her and put her arm around her, bringing her close to me.

“Don’t worry.” I said, trying to comfort her. “It is gonna be alright. Do you have a name?”

She nodded and said, “Yes. My name is Twilight Sparkle.”

Twilight Sparkle… what an odd name. I’ve never heard of such a name. Then again, what else should I expect from a talking pony that could possibly be from another world? The name itself was quite beautiful though.

“My name is Felipe.” I replied.

My attention was once again brought to her horn-thing that was sticking out of her forehead. I needed to know what that was.

“Would you mind explaining what that thing is sticking out of your head?” I asked cautiously.

“Oh, this?” she asked, looking up at her forehead. “This is my horn. I am a unicorn pony after all. It allows me to perform various types of magic.”

A unicorn… and to think that those were supposed to be mythical beasts. They were supposed to be fiction and yet here I am in the presence of one. And magic? Could she really perform magic? I was so excited. How exciting it was to be in the presence of a mythical creature. I felt as if I could just burst with excitement!

“Wow! This is just so amazing!” I giggled to myself. “Unicorns were supposed to be fictional.”

Our conversation was ended abruptly with a loud knocking on the front door. When I opened it, there were three large men standing outside, armed to the teeth. They had ragged clothes on and looked as if they were thugs. They pointed their pistols at my direction, causing me to throw my hands up.

“Woah, now. What’s going on?” I asked nervously as I took a few steps back.

They barged into my house and zoomed their attention in on Twilight.

“Give us back that animal, or we will make sure you pay with your dear life!”

I was breathing very heavily now and I didn’t know what to do. These guys meant business, but I couldn’t just give up Twilight now! I glanced at her. My brain started to rewind my memories. I thought about my promise I made with her and how I was going to take care of her. I remembered saving her from the small cage on the side of the road. I remembered how I cleaned her up and saved her from certain death. All these memories came together and made her feel like she was part of my family. I’ve only known her for about half a day, but I already felt so close to her. And now, these loathsome people are going to take all of that away from me. I closed my eyes and tilted my head down as I felt a small tear trickle down my face. I was prepared for the worst.

Suddenly, something unexpected happened. Twilight’s horn started to glow and bursts of light shone throughout the room. A weird aura appeared around my table and it was lifted into the air. I’ve seen it all now. Not only can she talk, but apparently her magic involved telekinesis abilities as well.

As the goons were preparing to fire their weapons, Twilight centered the table in front of her. The guns spewed out bullets, but the thick wood reflected the bullets off of her. The horn glowed a bit more furiously now and her face strained as she concentrated more. She then sent the makeshift shield hurling towards the group of goons and toppled them over like a group of bowling pins. One was crushed completely under the weight and the other two flew onto the ground and were knocked loose of their guns. One of them managed to get up, but the other was screaming and holding his dislocated leg in agony.

Twilight magically picked up a cheap, plastic umbrella I had in a corner near the door. The guy who was up took out a knife he had in his pocket and started running towards Twilight with it.

“Sliiiice!”

Twilight used the pointy end of the umbrella as a makeshift spear and sent it soaring towards him. It went through his chest and out the other end. The man unbelievably lived through that and slowly put his hands on the bloody umbrella that was sticking out of his chest. He was desperately trying to breathe, choking and gagging on his own blood. He eventually fell onto his knees and died a slow painful death.

The last guy left had a horrific look on his face as he witnessed this hideous scene. He tried to claw his way towards his gun, but was not very successful. He sat lying there on his back, wondering how he was going to die. Twilight used telekinesis on him and brought him up to her face.

“Go tell your little friends to never mess with me again!”

She threw him out the door and he was seen crawling away as fast as he could out into the forest.

Her attitude was quite scary, even to me. She seemed to know these guys and hated them with a passion.

I looked around the room and found myself just standing there with my mouth open aghast with my hands still up in the air. I slowly put them down and turned towards Twilight, who was now panting very heavily. I didn’t know she could cause such destruction. If I hadn’t of seen it with my eyes, I would never of believed such an innocent looking creature was capable of such power.

“Wow.” I breathed out. I really couldn’t think of what to say. “Do you know who those guys were?”

Twilight just stood there with her head down and she started to cry. I knelt down beside her and put my arm around her, trying to comfort her. I wanted to ask her about the telekinesis, but I figured now was not the best time.

“Hey, now. It’s alright.” I was hoping my words would soothe her.

She sniffed a bit and looked up at me with her watery eyes.

“Those people… Those are the people who tortured me and caged me up!” she choked up. I stared at her with a concerned look. She then explained the whole story to me.

“I was walking along the forest’s edge one day when those guys popped out of the woods and tied me up. I was so scared and I couldn’t do anything! They brought me back to their camp where I stayed for at least two months or so. Every day I woke up to the sound of a whip cracking at me. I was treated horribly. They barely fed me anything. Only a couple of bread crumbs every couple of days. They laughed and laughed as they brutally cut me up and experimented on me. They always used sharp objects to jab me and then they would wipe my blood in my mane. They always threw dirt at me and kicked sand in my eyes. I was sure that I would die. Then one day, they put me in a small cage and set me in the back of a big machine or something. It was a machine that could move and seemed to be used for transportation. It was just like the one you brought me here in. I could overhear them talking about cashing me in for something. As the machine was moving, I fell out the back end and ended up on the side of the forest. I was stuck there for a day until you came by.” She paused to catch her breath and I wiped the tears off her cheeks. “Everything just seems so weird for me. I can’t even remember my own past for some reason, but I can feel it being there. It makes me so frustrated!” As she said that last bit, she bit her lower lip and tears came down like waterfalls. She then looked at me with wet eyes. “I’m just so glad that you found me!”

She wrapped her forelegs around me and hugged me tightly while sobbing softly.

This was a very sad moment for Twilight. I could only imagine how traumatized she is right now. No wonder she was so angry when the group of people showed up. She wanted revenge. These people sickened me to death and I wanted to kill them so badly. I was so mad for Twilight and I promised myself again that I would do anything in my power to help her. I ran my hands through her mane and tried to make her feel better. Suddenly, she fell flat on the floor and her face cringed.

“Oof…” she moaned. “The wound near my hoof… it is really hurting now.”

Well now that those guys know where we were, I figured the best thing for us to do was to get out this area as fast as we could. I didn’t want to leave the house, but I didn’t want to risk getting us killed.

“I think it would be a good idea if we left this house and moved out of the area. I’m going to gather a few things and then we are going to hit the road.”

Twilight nodded her head in approval. I had planned on driving a few miles down the road and sleeping near the forest’s edge. I would make sure we weren’t in plain sight just in case we were being followed. I went to my closet and gathered a sleeping bag that I had stored away.. Since I only had one, I gathered my blanket off of my bed and threw it all into the backseat of my truck. I had some money put away for emergency situations, so I gathered that up and stuffed it into my wallet. I had to make sure to use this wisely so that it lasted more than a week. If all else fails, I could just resort to my credit card. Finally, I gathered some canned foods, all the bottled water I had, a frying pan, and some matches. I had just eaten before Twilight, so we wouldn’t be needing any food for tonight. I also took a flashlight with spare batteries and loaded it into my truck as well. This should last well over a month.

Now I proceeded to check over the dead bodies. Luckily for me, they had lots of spare ammo on them. One of them had a full ammo belt tied around his waist. I loaded their guns and ammo into the truck because I would definitely need that. I threw the corpses into the forest and decided to the clean the mess later.

“Ready to leave Twilight?” I asked.

“Yeah, I’m ready. By the way, how are we going to leave?”

“We will leave in my truck. We should be able to drive some miles without having to worry about being followed.”

Twilight was a little nervous when entering the truck, but I assured her it would be ok and hoisted her into the passenger seat and strapped her seat belt in.

“What is this thing for?” she wondered.

“It is for safety.” I explained. “If I accidently bash into another car or something, then you have a higher chance of not being injured.”

I hopped into the driver’s seat and started up the truck.

“Eep!” Twilight yelped. “What’s that noise?!”

“Don’t worry.” I said. “It is only the truck.”

I drove out of my dirt driveway and off we went.

“This is amazing!” Twilight exclaimed. “I’ve never seen anything like it! I would love to learn more about these machines!”

“Alright then.” I figured I might as well. It would be better than just sitting here all quiet. So, I told her all I knew about the history of cars and how they came to be. I didn’t know too much about it, just the bare basics. She really seemed interested in this subject.

As I was talking, I kept looking for a good place to stop and rest for the night. It was starting to get dark and I wanted to call it a day. I eventually came to a nice, flat area near the forest. I parked the truck behind some shrubs and trees so if anyone drove by, they wouldn’t know we were here.
I got out and set my sleeping bag down. I helped twilight into it and made sure she was all comfy.

“Where are you going to sleep?” she wondered.

“I’m going to sleep on the grass with my blanket over me. I don’t mind and besides, the grass here is pretty soft.”

She looked over at me with her eyes and they started to water up.

“Thank you… Thank you for everything you have done for me.” She croaked out.

I gave her a warm smile and wrapped my hand around her head.

“No…” I said. “…thank you for adding a little something to my life.”

Twilight let her tears run down and couldn’t help but smile as well. She wrapped her forelegs around me and kissed me gently on the cheek. I was a little surprised by this action, but I allowed it to happen anyways and I hugged her back.

“If you need anything, I will be right over here.” I said. “Now try and get some sleep.”

I sat right next to her and pulled my blanket over me. As I lay on the ground, I stared up into the stars. I wondered about my life. I wondered what I have gotten myself into. I tried to reassure myself that it was worth it, but what is going to happen to me? To Twilight? I couldn’t stop thinking about her. I felt so attached to this pony and felt as if I could give up my life for her. I needed to find out how to keep her safe from those fiends. I thought ahead to tomorrow. I wondered if I would see any of those people again. Surely, the message has reached the leader, if they had one. I decided to worry about all of this tomorrow.

I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.