An unexpected visit

Dinner wasn't very special, a potato salad, vegetables, some raw, some cooked, and of course bread. It's the type of dinner you always prepare for Twilight and yourself, except now you'd had to make four times as much.

"I'm sorry to say that I haven't got anything for dessert. If you'd told me you were coming then..." You get cut off by the pink party pony.

"Don't worry you big worrying worry face. We brought the dessert." Pinkie says while magically pulling a huge cake out of thin air and placing it on the table.

It's the most luxurious cake you've ever seen and, honestly, it looks more like a wedding cake than dessert. It stands about a metre tall consisting of three layers of icing covered cake, probably with some kind of cream filling.

You walk back to the kitchen to get some plates, but before you even take a second step half of the cake is gone, and a pink pony is not so pink any more. Before you know it there's only a small piece left and the other ponies are also covered in white and pink icing.

You sigh and still decide to go to the kitchen to get a plate and a small fork for yourself. You want to be civilised and eat like a normal human... Even though you are the only human in this world, probably even in this dimension.

After dessert and doing the dishes, which you are very qualified to do because of your hands, you and the ponies talk casually for quite a while until Applejack says something that catches your attention.

"...Ya know I've noticed some strange things happenin' at the farm lately. Ah don' really know if it's anything ta worry 'bout, but ah think that you, Twi, might be a bit interested. 'S got something to do with magic 's all ah can tell ya." She says with her still casual tone.

"Can you clarify a bit maybe? What kind of things are happening AJ?" Twilight asks still giggling about a joke Rainbow had told.

"Ya know them Zap-apples are mighty sensitive ta magic, right? 'N well, they've been acting all weird, zapping when they ain't in their season. Thank Celestia they ain't bloomin' cuz that would mean a lot of extra work. But that ain't the only thing happenin'. Yesterday mah little sister got the scare o' her life when she walked into the barn 'n saw all them tools just floatin' in mid-air!" Everyone, including you, was now paying full attention to Applejack as she told her story.

Thoughts start flying through your head and makes you wonder.

"Hey AJ. When did this start to happen, these magic thingies?" You ask, wondering if you may be the cause of it.

"Well it started 'bout a week 'n a half ago. Got no idea why, it just started." Yes, it definitely has something to do with you and your magic.

"Twilight. You know what that means right." You say while walking over to your desk where you keep the books on minotaur magick.

You pick up the book and check the table of contents again, this time carefully reading each title. You finally find what you're searching for 'warnings for health- and magick-hazards'. You never really looked into it because you thought it wasn't very necessary, and also twilight hadn't mentioned anything about possible side effects.

You open to the page in question and starts reading aloud.

"Okay, so it says

'Warning! Safety, health and magick regulations.

1. When under aged, pregnant, elderly or chronically ill Do Not practise without parental supervision or medical consent.

2. Do Not vent excess magick unless absolutely necessary. [environmental hazard]

3. Do Not attempt Magick with non-Magick power unless under supervision of a Magick-user/Minotaur.

4. ... '

"Well I think I should've read that first..." You say sheepishly while looking at a confused and slightly mad Applejack.

You continue reading the warnings for yourself until you reach warning number fifty-four. This one really surprises you and you really need to sit down now.

"Twilight, you said that there is no record of any other human ever coming to this world right?"

"Uhm. Yes, why?"

"Well, there's something about warning fifty-four. Here it says 'If you are Homo Sapiens you are strictly forbidden, by the Minotaurian government, to divulge in the practises of magick. If you ignore this warning then you are to be executed immediately.' The fuck is up with that!?" You look at Twilight who seems to have realised that she might have accidentally sentenced you to death the moment she unlocked your powers.

After a good long minute she starts. "Okay... No need to panic. We'll just go to Taurussia and explain what happened to the elders, I'm sure they'll understand... Right?" Sure she said not to panic, but it seems she's the most panicked at the moment.

After packing a now heavy travellers backpack, custom made by Rarity for you, and Twilight having packed her own bags, which looked more like saddle bags, you immediately took off for Taurussia. Twilight had said that you shouldn't waste any time and get there as quickly as possible, to prevent any unnecessary conflict.

Twilight carefully cast a spell on you and herself to give an energy boost, so that you could travel for three days straight without having to sleep. You still have to eat and drink but those only require small stops and don't take too long. Twilight had even convinced her friends to stay in Ponyville. Reason? She said that it would seem intimidating if the elements of harmony suddenly crossed the border to a different country, and could be misunderstood as an invasion.

So you and Twilight start on the trek to Taurussia which, according to a map, lies somewhere in the far north of the planet. It will take you at least five days to reach the capital, but Twilight thinks it absolutely necessary, so you two leave at two in the morning and take the train to Canterlot first, to inform the Princess.

*Previously in Taurussia.*

"Are you absolutely positive? It wasn't an energy spike from the pole?" One of the Elders said with a heavy Scandinavian accent.

"I've gone through the data twenty times at least, and even let my students do the tests but all results suggest the same." A large man with a bull's head said.

"There is no doubt that once again a Human has entered our world." He continued severely, making the Elders shift a bit in their thrones.

"Have you located this Human yet?" Another Elder asked over the mumbling of his colleagues.

"We haven't been able to locate It yet, but we know that It is not in our country. We have already sent out our scouts in order to locate it." The large Minotaur replied.

The throne room was similar to a large Gothic Cathedral, with the most horrendous gargoyles on the in- and outside. It housed thirteen thrones. Twelve for the leaders of their respective land and one for the King and keeper of peace between the lords.

It was now that the King spoke.

"Find this Human and bring It to me. Alive. If you cannot perform this task I give you, then you are to never return to this land. You may use all means you deem necessary to do so, but be reminded, shall you fail then you will be stripped of everything you own, including your name." He ended with a snarl, making the professor take his leave.

"How much further is it?" You sigh, trailing a few feet behind Twilight.

It's probably the hundredth time you've asked this question but you've been walking for three days straight now, after having visited and informed the Princess, courtesy of Twilight's spell.

"Don't worry and stop nagging. We're already past halfway there, and it's not like you're walking of your own strength. My spell is doing ninety-nine percent of the work."

You know what she says is true, but you're not physically worn out but more mentally. You thought it would be fun to trek along the countryside, but after three days of seeing nothing but tall grass on your right and thick forest on your left, you get tired of the view.

"Tonight I will refresh the spell, then we can probably make it to the capital in one shot. But before we can do that we have to cross this..." Twilight stops in front of you, and since you were looking down you almost run into her, even though she barely even reaches chest height with the tip of her horn.

You look up to finally see some change in scenery, although it is not the kind of change you were hoping for. What lies in front of you are two cliffs, one on each side, reaching up at least a thousand feet. Your path goes directly through the pass, and there seem to be a lot of possible avalanches.

"We.... have to go through there..." You state slightly shocked. The sheer angle of the cliffs are impossible for Earth's standards but apparently geology and physics are a bit different here. It was to be expected with everything going on, but it still surprises you every time you see something that was not possible back home. Home... 'sigh'.

"It'll be fine, don't worry. Nothing is going to happen to us." Twilight says reassuringly, but all that goes through your head is 'Famous Last Words'. The words Twilight just spoke just jinxed the both of you.

"Can you please not say anything like that ever again?" You mumble nervously, barely loud enough for Twilight to hear.

"What was that?"

"Never mind." You say with a loud sigh as you start your walk through the gorge, which is bound to end badly.

A.N.:

I'm extremely sorry that this chapter is so short, but I've seriously got no inspiration at the moment.

I'll try to make it up to you next chapter, but I need some kind of source of inspiration again. Maybe if someone can leave a suggestion I can get past this block.

Anyway thanks for reading. I hope y'all enjoy the story.

Yours Faithfully,

Porqupine Static

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