A New Beginning Mlp (Wip)

Chapter 2: Part 2: Time

Without another word Dash was out of sight. Probably flying, but I wouldn't know, I suppose.

In a few seconds, they were back. The new pony was purple, and had a horn sticking out of her forehead. Was she a... unicorn? I quickly peeked behind her to see her wings, but her back was flat.

"Austin, this is Twilight Sparkle, Twilight, this is Austin." She said proudly. She was almost startled by my appearance. "He's a human." Dash explained under her breath. This didn't seem to appease Twilight Sparkle, seeing as she probably had no clue what a human was. "He’d like to take a shower! I found him out by the lake trying to bathe." She admitted.

“Nice to meet you, Twilight Sparkle..?”

"Hello," she said excitedly, smiling to herself. "Nice to meet you, Austin. You can just call me Twilight. The shower is down the stairs and to the left."

I wasn’t expecting such generosity! I just simply nodded and walked in the direction she told me. As I continued to walk I came across two sets of stairs, one going up and the other going down. I quickly went down the stairs and gazed, as I went, at how many books there were! I had never seen this many books outside of a library!

"Man, I think there's some on the ceiling." I mutter to myself. At the end of the hall I came across a brightly colored door, opening it quickly. It's a small bathroom, and I don't waste any time before ripping my clothes from my body and stepping into the running shower.

It took me a few seconds before I realized that the water was scalding hot. "OUCH!" I yelled before I could stop myself. I clamped my hand over my mouth and turned the knob in the other direction. I found that I was shivering when the water hit me. "Damn!" I mumbled. Talk about sensitive water temperature. I turned it slightly and sighed in relief. "Ah." I breathed at the warm water flushing all the dirt off of my skin and down the drain.

"It's amazing how much has changed." I say to myself out of habit. I was used to having no one but myself to talk to back in my bunker, but I'm sure it's weird here. I look at the assortments of beauty products and shampoos, picking one at random. It was for manes, but it was probably as good as it was going to get. At least I only knew three people. And they weren't even really people.

I had a bathroom in my bunker, of course, but I rarely had water to shower, and when I did... it either had no pressure, or smelled funky. I finished my shower after that, knowing it would be rude to drag it out, no matter how good it felt on my sweaty, dirty skin. As I stepped out, I realized I didn't have any clean clothes to dress in, so I just put my old ones on. They felt uncomfortably grimy on my clean body.

I walked back upstairs and up to Twilight Sparkle. "Is there any way I can get these washed? It kinda defeats the point of having a shower, don't you agree?"

"Of course, Austin. Give me a moment and they will be clean." I thanked her as she briefly flipped through a book and told me, "Close your eyes." I didn't feel anything, but she told me after a few seconds, "Your clothes are clean." I looked down at my body, and, to my utter amazement, they were clean.

"Thank you!" I breathed in amazement. I made a mental note -- talking, flying, magical ponies. She nodded to me but didn't say anything else. I let my eyes wander to all the books surrounding me, Unicorn Magic Through the Ages, Unicorn History, Pegasus Olympics  History. I must be in the history section.

I ran my fingers over the cold books, quickly reading some of the titles, Blue Tail: a Love Story, and Tales of the Changeling. This library-house has everything! Maybe I could learn something about the town I'm in... I wonder.

Twilight's voice startled me, "Are you looking for something?" She asked curiously. She seemed like the smart, helpful type. I knew right away that I was going to like her a lot.

“You wouldn’t happen to have a book on the history of this land would you?” I asked, a little embarrassed that I was snooping around her library.

“I sure do!" She said, brightening up, and bolting out of the room. I smiled after her. She was so... friendly. After being alone for so long, it was good to have friends again, even if I could count all the new friends I had on one hand.

“Here you go!” Twilight said with a huff of breath from her exertion. I hadn't noticed she came back, and she dropped the massive book on a nearby table with an audible thud. I looked at the title and read to myself.

“The History of Equestria” I whispered. "Is that where we are?" I looked to Twilight, "Equestria?"

She nodded seriously, "We are in the kingdom of Equestria, but, more specifically, we are in Pony Ville." I nodded to her absently. I flipped through the pages that seemed to cover thousands of years of history, all the way back to when the three types of ponies -- unicorns, Pegasus, and land ponies, used to live in separate kingdoms.

“Wow” I said in shock at the size of the book, “Thank you, Twilight. Do you mind if I stay here and read this for awhile? I need to know what’s happened more importantly how long I’ve been here...” I was mumbling by the last sentence.

“No problem,” she said with a quaint smile, “stay as long as you want if you’re confused. Just ask me if you need something to be explained, I’ve read that book several times.”

“Okay, then. I can't thank you enough for this.” She didn't say another word before giving me a wide smile and exiting the room, leaving me alone to study.

I sat down in the nearest chair and heaved the massive book on my lap before beginning to read.