And I thought we were normal. How wrong I was.

   As I wake up I take another look around my room and try to figure a few things out. Yeah, this place is real. While I'm not entirely thrilled to find out that I wasn't just hallucinating there's still a few things I need to think about if Uefi and I plan on working with this situation. We have shelter, clothing, water and money, but we're still missing a few important things. We still need food, jobs, knowledge of the area and it's customs,  a plan and connections, if we don't have a few friends this could get difficult. While I may know Berry and where to find her, one person isn't a large enough contact web for us to survive on right now, not to mention she is a grown mare, if we don't talk to others our age suspicion is a possibility. Pattern mentioned a mare called Rarity was her assistant, could she be around our age? Not much but it's something to think about. Planing time. First, I need to change into my clothes for the day and clean the watch, I'm not sure of its actual materials but rust and corrosion aren't things I endorse. Second, I should leave that book here for now and practice it later. Third, wake Uefi's sorry ass up. Four, go to town and find a restaurant that hopefully has a few people for us to talk to. Five, head to a supermarket and get some food. Six, return back to here with the food and head back to the town. Seven, hopefully it will be around midday when we return, during that time there should be the highest concentration of ponies near the center of town. We'll slowly move in and try to pick up a little more on their class system and a few groups. Eight, that was a boutique that makes it's own clothes, unless they are common here that could mean that the higher-end shops or specialty shops are in the center ring. Since these shops would most likely be frequented by ponies they might be another good place to meet some ponies. Nine, get some lunch. Ten, let Uefi do some of this damnable guesswork.

"Well time to get ready for the day then." I say rolling onto the concrete, happy that my plan was completed. Why didn't I just stand up and get out of bed? Concrete is a hard surface.

   As I walk over the wardrobe and pull out one of the outfits I bought last night I can't help but laugh a little. I still can't believe I bought these. I walk into the bathroom I notice that the clothes washing and drying machines are to my right with a toilet past them, a sink to my left and a simple shower with a white curtain for privacy.

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   I walk out of the bathroom with my clothes on and grab the silver pocket-watch with its new microphone off the nightstand with my wallet. I forgot to buy a chain for the watch. It will be fine for now but I'll need a chain to put it on. Addition to step seven, buy a chain. Maybe I'll meet Rarity while I'm there. She probably knows a few people and could show us around.

   Putting the watch into my pocket, I walk into the center room I compare my watch to the clock. Adjusting my pocket-watch to 6:07, I walk across into Uefi's room. While I've never seen him asleep, I'm going to guess that this isn't how he usually looks. How did he even get his foot there? Either way I better get him up.

"Get up Uefi." No response. Time for level 2.

"Get up you bastard." Nothing. Skipping to level 34.

"GET UP, YOU FURRY BASTARD!"  Step 3 completed.

"Damnit Quentin, what are you doing her-- oh. So, last night actually happened, huh?" He says looking downcast and looking at his hands. Damn, I feel bad for him, he hasn't adjusted yet. Then again, I guess I haven't either.

"Yeah I know, but regardless, take a shower and get your stuff ready we're heading back into town and get something to eat."

"I'm gonna guess you already thought of a plan."

"Yeah, I'll fill you in while we eat, just go on and get ready." I say walking back though the door. Will we ever be normal again? Or I guess the better question would be, "Were we normal to begin with?".

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   As we walk back along the road to town, I notice a few side paths leading off in various directions and a few squirrels running away as we came out.

   Walking though the center road, we receive a few looks from some of the ponies along the streets. I notice a pink pony a little ways ahead jump behind another building. As we pass by the building I look over to the alley but she seems to of left. Walking a little ways ahead I open my watch and check the time, 7:30. I see a pink head sticking out of the bushes behind us with the reflection off the glass surface. So she's following us? Why? I guess asking couldn't hurt, but I think I'll wait until we find a place to eat. If she follows us there I'll ask.

"Hey Cloud, we've got somepony following us. I'm not entirely sure but if she follows us to the restaurant we'll have to confront her when we leave." I whisper over to Uefi hoping she doesn't pick up on what I'm saying.

"Alright then, what does it look like?"

"It's a pink earth pony mare wearing some gray pants and a blue shirt." I say putting the watch back into my pocket.

"Ok I'll mention it if I see her. You alright with that place?" He says pointing to a little café to our left.

"Sure, by the by I've been thinking. If we're ponies, we won't eat meat will we?"

"No I guess not. Oh well though, as long as there's eggs." He has a point, meat is meat, BUT EGGS ARE FUCKING EGGS!

   As we walk in I notice a few ponies sitting at some of the tables and couple, looking like waitresses, walking around and talking to them. One of them, a beige pegasus who seemed to have noticed us, walked over to us.

"Well you two sure seem to be oddities."

"Yeah, we're new here and it seems like everypony has noticed, but so far nopony has asked us anything." I say keeping a indifferent face.

"Well most ponies here have just gotten up and don't feel like thinking. Give it some time, where are you living anyway?"

"We live alone a little ways into the everfree." As I say this she seems on the border between calling bullshit and being concerned.

"S-so you live by yourselves out there? Are you two brothers?"

"Yeah we live in our home out there and no, we're best friends." I say remaining indifferent.

"Well ok then, I'm sorry I shouldn't really pry into the lives of newcomers like that."

"It's fine, if anything I should be sorry for wasting your time with a story like ours. Should we just take a table?"

"Yes, just take a table. What will you be having since I'm here."

"Do you have eggs here?" Uefi asks deciding to speak up.

"Yes, how many would you like?"

"I'll just have two eggs and you Still?" He says, surprising me by remembering to not using out given names.

"I'll just have one egg and a piece of bread Ms...?"

"Just call me Persicum and you two are?

"I'm StillSonata and he's Cloudbreaker." I say sitting down at a open table.

"Well ok then, I'll be back in a bit." Se says walking off into the back.

"Alright fill me in on this "plan" of yours" Uefi says sitting down besides me.

"We'll head to some kind of market after we're done here, then head back and drop our stuff off, from there we head back to the boutique so I can get a chain for my watch. Then we just try to meet people and learn where the high-school is until tonight when that meeting is, I guess."

"You need to go with the flow a bit more. You know that right?"

"Yeah it sounds like he does need to loosen up." Persicum says placing our plates in front of us. Not her place to pry, but yet it's her place to eavesdrop? Fair enough.

"Not much but some, yeah. He always makes a plan and unless by some random urge he chooses to change it he'll try to stick by it."

"I'm not even going to deny it, what's true is true." I say deciding to be honest.

"At least he realizes it. Anyway, that will be 15 bits."

"Well honesty is a virtue. Thank you." I say handing her the bits.

"You're welcome." She says walking back off to the door to meet the new customer. Oh my Luna, she was following us.

   Turning around I see the same pink mare that was following us and a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane. The pink one whispers something to the  cyan one while pointing over to us before they proceed to sit down. With both of them seeming to keep a focus on us. Ok, we can either try to slip away from them or confront them. For now we'll try to slip away. I wonder if one of the spells in that book could help.

   Remembering I forgot to put the book back, I take the book out from my chest pocket, and begin look though the chapter titles. Sound spells? No, if they know where we are so those won't help us. Perception spells? No, those would probably drain me and I'd have to throw off almost their whole perception. Light spells? Right on the money if I can cancel out all light. If I cancel out all light within a good area Uefi and I can get away without anypony seeing us. I start flipping though pages until I find the one I'm looking for.

Chapter 3: Light Spells

Spell 1: Light Cancelation

This spell was designed by a thieves organization that was in existence more than 100 years ago. It's purpose was to repel all light within and coming into a area so that daytime robberies could be easier to pull off. This is the last record of this spell, all others were destroyed and those who knew of it were arrested and are now dead. First you must envision a orb or dome around yourself that you want to cancel light from. Afterwards picture five small dots,such as those from the levitation spell, and place them in the middle of a white sphere. Then begin to push you magic into them and the area within their formation and push them outwards. This spells will continuously drain you because of the light continuously trying to get in, and even more so if you take too long to push your dots outward entirely. For a more affective approach just make a smaller orb around the lights source, you will only have to keep magic within that area and no light will get out. So you get a larger area for a lower cost.

But couldn't I just put it around their eyes? I'll have to try that, but I'll just scribble it in for now.

   I look over to the cyan one and envision a dome around her eyes. Then after forming a pentagon outline with the dots over the white background in my mind. I begin to push magic into them and outward of them. The dots and the area within them glow scarlet and push outward at a fast rate since I wanted to make sure I didn't waste any magic. I feel my magic drain out of me and notice I could probably only hold this spell for 20 minutes at the most. I look back to her and see that she has proceeded to stab the table with her fork randomly with a fearful look on her face, as her eyes are covered in sapphire domes with scarlet sparks spraying out of them as the light hits them. I then drop the spell and the domes go away. She proceeds to scratch her head and wave her hand in front of her eyes confused, but doesn't say anything and continues eating. Good, so it did work. But putting it around eyes won't work for what I have in mind.

"Hey Cloud you almost done?" I whisper over to Uefi.

"Yeah I'm done. Do you have a plan to deal with them?"

"Yeah let's get out of here and confront them outside. We're gonna run for it."

"How are we gonna run for it? That pegasus looks pretty fast and even if we do get away plenty of ponies outside could point then in the right direction."

"Not with what I have in mind. We'll have about 5 minutes to make a run for it. Don't worry, nopony is going to expect this. Just make sure you keep up with me when I grab you."

"Alright then let's go, but you better be right about this." He says standing up from his chair.

"Don't worry we'll be fine. After all who is the guy with a talent for this shit?"

"Yeah, yeah. Just get moving with this so called "plan" of yours."

   As we get about halfway to the door the other two get up and follow us out. After we get about 15 feet from the building I grab Uefi by his should and then turn us both around. The pink one trying to turn around before I see then following us but before she can her cyan friend grabs her.

"So you finally noticed us? Took you long enough." She says condescendingly.

"I've noticed since she jumped behind the first building and I don't appreciate being followed." I say remaining indifferent.

"Either way, who are you?"

"I guess that will depend on if you can catch me."

"Is that a challenge?"

"If you want it to be." I say focusing and shifting to the east.

"Bring it on."

"Gladly." And with that the town became covered in darkness.

   I grabbed Uefi amongst the scream of the ponies I just covered in darkness and a familiar sounding female voice saying "bullshit".

   I feel as though I was just punched in the face, but regardless I kept running past and into buildings and ponies hoping I'd be able to find what I'm looking for.

"WHAT THE FUCK? WHY IS IT BLACK?"

"Shut up Cloud we only have another two minutes at best before I have to drop the spell. Just keep up with me I know what I'm doing."

   We come it of my dome and exactly where I planned to be. An apple orchard. Reading to the sign to my left I see it's apparently called "Sweet Apple Acres". Running farther into the trees I stop and drop the spell. We should be ok here.

"Damnit Quentin, what the fuck did you do?" Uefi says catching his breath.

"I casted a light repelling spell over the entire town so nopony could know where we went." I say feeling pain throughout my body.

"Ok, but why the apple orchard?"

"If that pegasus is smart she'll probably fly over the town looking for the two ponies who look like they're hiding or running. Here, we have some trees  for cover."

"Ok, but what should we do now?"

   Still indifferent I look over towards the path though the orchard.

"Want to stop and meet the ponies here? I didn't cover this place. We can get some contacts and wait for the towns hysteria to drop a bit while we do so."

"Why not?" And with that we started down the path and, unbeknownst to us, we also began our walk to a very suspicious farmer and her enraged purple unicorn friend, whom just happened to witness a mostly undocumented form of magic and didn't even think to record the event.

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"Well, how do you think he did?" Safaia asks hovering above Hitsuki.

"He did well. He's raising his magical regeneration and his magic amount faster than he thinks."

"So how long do you think we have until we should talk to him again?"

"Let's give him a week and as for when we let him use us, we'll wait until a situation finally arises to where he'll know for what reason he has us."

"Well ok then, I'm going to sleep don't be too loud."

Damn her and her whole quiet addiction.