Ragnarok

When I awoke, I felt amazingly good for someone who got zapped with a magic spell. In fact, I felt like I could arm wrestle a bear and win. It was as if a previously unknown floodgate had been opened and I was in the middle of the wave!...Uh anyway, I opened my eyes and discovered I was in Twilight's guest bed (it's kinda small) in the upper level of the library. The sun was starting to dip lower on the horizon.

'I imagine Celestia's getting ready for bed right now. Funny, I didn't think I'd take being transported to another world quite so well. I guess I'm too excited about being in Equestria to freak out.'

I noticed there was a cupcake on the bedside table. A note by it read: "Hope this makes you feel better after passing out on the floor. I know cupcakes always make me feel better."

"Aw thanks Pinkie"

I took off the wrapper and took a bite. It was the best cupcake I ever had in my entire life! Seriously, this thing blew all Earth pastries out of the water! If JESUS took baking lessons, it wouldn't even come close to a sugarcube corner cupcake!...But that's beside the point.

"Twilight and the others are probably downstairs wondering what to make of me. I'd better make a good first impression. If I'm gonna start a new life here, starting on the right foot would be a big leap forward."

After finishing off the cupcake (I think I got a glimpse of Nirvana for a brief second), I took a few deep breaths to harden my resolve and went to the door.

"I wonder where my walkman is."

Suddenly, I could hear the conversation downstairs as if I was already down there.

"Well I don't trust it. I say we get rid of it!"

Typical Rainbow. Thinking all the world's problems can be solved by force.

"Rainbow Dash! That poor creature is probably scared out of it's wits because it's so far from home. The last thing we want to do is startle it."

Wow. Fluttershy really took Rainbow's "be more assertive" advice to heart.

"Fluttershy's right. If it knows we won't hurt it, it'll be far more likely to talk to us and answer our questions. Like how it knew my name."

'The voice of reason as always Twilight. Well, waiting's not gonna make this any less akward,'

I opened the door and started down the stairs wondering why I could only start hearing them after I wondered where my walkman was. Although, considering people on Earth are probably watching this right now, it was most likely for plot convenience.

'I wonder anyone I know is watching this right now. No wait, it's monday on Earth. They probably don't know anything about it yet.'

But I'm straying from the point. Anyway, I sat on the bottom step to look as non-threatening as possible.

"And what about that yellow light it started giving off? It looked and felt a lot like a magical aura."

'Wait, what!? I can do magic now!?'

"But the book said humans can't do magic."

At this point, I decided to speak up.

"Well I don't know what book you mean, but yeah that's generally true Twilight. In fact, most humans don't even believe magic exists. And, for the record, I'm a he."

Everyone jumped at the new voice joining the conversation. Twilight seemed shocked I was out of bed, Rainbow looked ready to beat me senseless if I so much as breathed too loud. Applejack eyed me suspiciously ,the worry showing in her face. Rarity looked like she was about to have a series of elaborate heart attacks followed by a stroke, the drama queen as always. Fluttershy scuffed the ground with her hoof not sure what to do, Pinkie looked like she was fighting the urge to glomp me.

"Well um, hello I'm..."

'I can't tell them my human name. I don't plan on staying human for very long. I just have to figure out how to do that. Well I have magic now apparantley so I guess all I have to do is look in the right book.'

"...Roadie."

Next thing I knew, Rainbow had me pinned to the wall about three feet off the floor.

"Alright pal, spill. How do you know Twilight huh!?"

She knocked the wind out of me so it took me a few seconds to answer.

"Not just her. All of you. Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Spike, Owlowicious, and you Rainbow Dash."

She shoved me harder.

"Okay, in retrospect, that was kinda creepy wasn't it?"

"How do you know us!?"

"Put me down and I'll be more than happy to tell you."

She dropped me for my lip. The landing was strangely soft.

"Huh, thought the floor would be harder."

Spike looked surprised.

"It Is. You moved a cushion under you with magic."

"Whoa seriously!?"

I looked down and, sure enough, I was sitting on a throw pillow that wasn't there before.

"That. Is. So. AWESOME!"

I was just about to geek out when Rainbow almost literally glared daggers at me.

"Oh right. Well, you see um...oh boy, how do I explain this? Uh, well...um..."

Fluttershy placed a surprisingly soft reassuring hoof on my shoulder. I guess she saw me more as one of her animal friends scared %@#$less than anything else.

"It's okay. Take your time."

That made me feel a lot better. Then again what do you expect from someone from who can charm the birds down from the trees? I took a few deep breaths and started again.

"All right. You see, in my world, people are able to watch the six of you and your adventures in one of our forms of fiction called TV. At least, I thought it was fiction."

Suffice it to say, they all gave me looks of shock and disbelief. That was going to get old. I could tell. Twilight broke the silence.

"Wwwwwwhat?"

"No really! I can prove it. Ask me anything."

Pinkie approached me. I got the strangest feeling she already knew all this and was just obfuscating ignorance for her friends' sake.

"Okie dokie. Um...what are my bosse's names?"

"Carrot Cake and Cup Cake and their foals are Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake."

She gasped. It sounded convincing but I couldn't shake the feeling she was faking it for some reason.

"He's right! What's my pet?"

"A toothless gator named Gummy."

"What's my absolute favoritest thing in the whole wide world to do!?"

"PAAAAAAARTAAAAAAAY!"

Then, to my suprise, she did the Regular Show thing with me.

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

We both burst out laughing. It was the funniest thing I'd experienced all day. Besides Pinkie, everyone seemed a little uncomfortable about something.

"What?"

"No offense darling, but you have a rather sinister laugh."

"I know. I LOVE IT!"

My high pitched Joker-esque laugh sounded out for a little longer until I got it all out of my system. I was trying to catch my breath so I didn't notice the akward silence for a while. When I finally did, I started to feel really uncomfortable. Applejack spoke up about after a minute.

"So, how long have you hi-uman folk been able to see us?"

"Um, about 2 years I think. Starting with when Twilight first came to Ponyville because of Nightmare Moon. In fact, I'm starting to think that my reality, assuming of course I'm in a different universe..."

Twilight confirmed it.

"You are."

"...Is somehow able to form weak connections with other planes of existence and we humans can see them but we think it's just a story."

As I looked around, I noticed there wasn't as much prevalence of hearts and the color pink as there was in the show. Damn executive meddling!

"With some slight differences apparantley."

I could feel the fascination radiating from Twilight at that point.

"This is amazing! I've never heard of a world wide self-sustaining scrying spell before! What other magic does your world have!?"

"Well on Earth, the plants, animals, and weather all take care of themselves just like the Everfree forest. I just thought that's how the world works like everyone else. But... what if the entire earth is teeming with wild magical energy just waiting for us to learn how to harness?"

They all seemed kind of freaked out at the idea of an Everfree world. Rarity fainted then got right back up. Sheesh, and I thought I was dramatic. Then she seemed to have a thought and spoke to me.

"Wait Roadie, you said this is all thought to be a show on your world correct?"

"Yeah."

"Is it a popular show?"

Rarity wants to know if she's famous. I should've figured.

"Oh yeah! It's the biggest cultural phenomenon since the birth of rock and roll."

You're free to think I was exaggerating but I believed it.

"It makes a lot of people rethink the way they look at shows thought to be aimed specifically at little girls."

Rainbow looked offended at that last statement.

"What do you mean 'aimed at little girls'?"

"Oh um, well on Earth, ponies are generally thought to be 'girly'. But you prove that wrong. Sometimes, TV executives interfere with our view of a world and it becomes distorted and inaccurate. That's probably where the misconception stems from. But you've disproven that so well that your teen and adult fans greatly outnumber your child fans. Once this is shown over there, there's gonna be a lot of heated discussion over whether or not having a human in Equestria is a good idea. Remember, they think it's fiction....Say Twilight, any ideas on why I'm able to do magic now?"

She recovered from my monologue almost immediatley to answer. I guess she's grown acustomed to Pinkie.

"Yes actually. From what I saw when we teleported and what you've told us about Earth, I've devloped a theory: I think that humans have magic but for some reason forgot how to harness it."

'Technology and superstition probably had something to do with it.'

"Touching my horn while I was casting such a powerful spell may have awakened the dormant magic inside you."

"COOL!...I guess this means I can't go back to Earth."

Not that I was complaining.

"What do ya mean Sugarcube?"

"We humans pride ourselves on our curiosity. But, a lot of the time, we go overboard to quench our thirst for knowledge. If they saw real magic, they'd capture me and study me in a cage the rest of my life. I'd much rather stay here in Equestria if Celestia and Luna will allow it."

Everyone gave me looks of shock and sympathy. Twilight looked mortified. She must have felt awful for accidentally exiling me from Earth. I walked up to her (almost hitting my head in the process. To clarify, ponies come up to about the chest.) and gave her a hug. I could feel the stress and guilt leave her as she hugged me back.

After we pulled apart, I could tell she was exhausted along with me and everyone else. She yawned.

"Let's think more on this tomorrow. I can tell we're all tired. I'll send a letter to the Princess in the morning. For now, I think we should sleep on it."

"Okie dokie. Bye Twilight, bye Roadie. I promise to throw you a huge welcome party."

"Not until I give the okay alright Pinkie?"

"Okay Twilight."

She hopped out into the night while everypony else said their goodbyes and left. Which left Twilight, Spike, Owlowicious, and myself in the library.

"Well, this has been a weird day. I'm gonna turn in."

"Good idea Spike. Please watch the library Owlowicious."

"Hoo."

The three of us headed upstairs. Spike was asleep before his head hit the pillow.

"The guest bed's a little small. Sorry."

"Don't worry about it. I'll figure out a way to fix that."

"What do you mean?"

"I'll tell you tomorrow. You've got enough on your mind right now. Goodnight Twilight."

"Goodnight Roadie."

My last thought before drifting to sleep was 'I'll look up shapeshifting spells after breakfast'.