First Impressions

"Are you sure my cousin will be alright at the hospital by himself, Twilight?"

“Don't worry Paquito, PonyVille has some of the best doctors in Equestria. I'm sure he'll be fine."

Twilight and I left the hospital and walked to her library. She insisted I explain everything to her, and she said the only way we could do that was by being away from distractions and other ponies.
"Wait here..." She walks inside and calls out to Spike. She waits a few moments, then after no response she returns to the door and says “He must be out helping a friend of mine again. Come inside, There is a lot of work to be done."

I walk inside and stare all around me at the books that line the shelves reaching up to the roof. Twilight notices my intrigue and walks to another door and opens it revealing hundreds of other books. Then she walks to another door and another and then walks upstairs showing her personal collection and the living quarters.
"Its not much, there is a bigger library back in my hometown. This is really just the basics."

“No, this is perfect. The books are easy to get to, there’s plenty of room to work, and there's plenty of light. Thank you Twilight; this is exactly what I need."

She smiles at the compliment. Then she puts on a straight face and her horn glows again. She grabs 20 books at least and a large table and sets them in the center of the room. Of course there are no chairs, but it’s fine, I’m as enthusiastic to work as she is.

"Okay, I want a summarization on your world and how, things function there. How... um, what are you called?"

“Well, we are human beings but, we call each other people."

“How do people coexist and collaborate with one another? I'm sure you all work together nice and peacefully."

I stare at the ground, a little uneasy with answering the question. I didn't want to water things down for her, but I didn't want to expose her to all the atrocities of humanity. I would have to mention things like war, and genocide and disease, but I really didn't want to.
"I'll tell you as much as I can Twilight, but let me tell you its not pretty."
I sit on the table and try to sort out the mess in my mind, try to figure out somewhere to start in the clutter of history. Trying to find an answer that's more fact than opinion. Well, here goes nothing.
"To tell you the truth Twilight, humans don't know were we come from. We have assumptions, and different opinions, but very little facts."

Twilight looks baffled at my statement. "Well, then tell me how you think it started."

I smile, that’s something much easier to do.
"Well I believe that everything in existence was created by a being that we call God. Everything I believe is based on the teachings of a book called The Bible. It says God created everything in six days and rested on the seventh day. That’s why we have a seven day week. God created two people in the beginning and they lived perfect lives in the garden God made for them called Eden."

Twilight is...captivated to say the least. She attacks me with a barrage of questions.
"That’s amazing! How did he create it? What were the first two people like? Do you know them? What is God like? Does he use magic? "

"Whoa! calm down Twilight! No one really knows how he did it. No one has ever really seen or heard from God. People say they can get visions from God, or hear his voice after they call out to him and ask for guidance or give him thanks for a long time. We call it praying, and about your second question, no, no one knows about the first two people either, they died thousands of years ago."

Twilight seems almost annoyed at the notion of believing in something you can't see. "Wait, if you can't see or here from him, then why do you believe in him? How do you know he even exists?"

"I don't know whether or not he exists. Its the only plausible explanation I can come up with to how the world was created. It's something we call faith."

"That makes no sense at all! How can you believe everything written in this book is true? Everything in that book could be a bunch of hooie!!"
Twilight looks at me and steps away from the table and says " Oh! I'm sorry! I hope I didn't offend you!"

"No its okay Twilight, I've had my doubts, but I've always kept to my faith and I guess it paid off in the end. At least now I know he really does exist."

"How do you know he exists now?"

I get ready to explain the most unexplainable situation I have ever experienced in my entire life. I can hardly believe it myself.
"Well, as a Christian, that's what we call ourselves. we believe that when we die we go to a perfect place, not Eden, but in the sky called Heaven."
Twilight seems moved by the word Heaven. She steps closer to me and listens closely.
"I died and went there. I saw thousands, no millions of other Christians there. There was no hate, or want. Everything was perfect. I was in the dimension were God resided. I talked with one of the smartest humans ever, Charles Darwin, I was there with my heroes and we were all happy. I was looking forward to spending eternity there until..."
My voice trailed off, I looked to the ground, sad and confused at what I was about to tell Twilight.
"Then I ended up here. My cousin never believed in God, but he had to spend the rest of his life somewhere, and he brought me along for some reason. So now I'm here with all you wonderful peop... ponies. I get to spend the rest of my life in this interesting beautiful place, with the kindest most tolerant ponies I've ever met. Sure I'm a little sad but I've got nothing to complain about." I said with a smile, I always minimized problems this way while I was alive.I was just trying to be positive. I knew my situation sounded dire, and I was... well more than sad, but not depressed about being brought back into the land of the living but hey, at least I was in Equestria, and not back on Earth.

Twilight on the other hand felt terrible for me, she saw my pain through the veil. I could see she how bad she felt by the way she looked at me. She walked over to me stood on her hind legs and gave me an awkward pony hug. It was a little strange because her arms didn't wrap around my shoulders right but ... WAITAMINUTE. HOLY SHIT TWILIGHT SPARKLE JUST HUGGED ME.BEST DAY EVER. Twilight then sat on the table next to me and I continued my story. I explained to her the basics of the Bible, the famous people in the old Testament, Moses Jonah, Esther, Joshua Joseph, all those cats. Twilight was especially interested in the story of Jesus Christ. She asked me dozens of questions about him. “Did Jesus use magic? Did Jesus use magic to turn the water into wine? How did Jesus raise someone from the dead? What spell did he use? Who is the devil? Why didn't Jesus just defeat him with his magic? What the hay is a beggar? THEY DID WHAT TO HIM?”

This was the part I was worried about the most. Explaining human violence. I tried to give the most digestible but still accurate description of Jesus being flogged, then forced to carry his cross, then nailed to it hand and foot and then suffering on it until he died. It didn't matter; Twilight was still on the verge of tears, unable to understand why anyone could be so cruel. I wanted to explain to her that humans aren't like that anymore, but then I kinda realized that they are, just with guns. So I fixed the situation with the happy ending... “But that’s not the end of the story, remember Jesus said that the temple would rise again in 3 days. Well, three days later he rose from the dead."

"WHAT?"

"No seriously."

"THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE!!!!"

“Well, he’s Jesus."

“It all makes sense now! No wonder you have unconditional allegiance! If Jesus rose back from the dead, He must be invincible, and if he’s invincible he must be God, and if he is, then you have to worship him or else you will go to, what was it called, hell? What is that anyway?"

Awww, sheit.
Suddenly a certain Pegasus came to my aid, well not exactly. The door of the library burst open and standing in the doorway was fucking Rainbow Dash. 'RAINBOW DASH, THE IRIDESCENT' was standing right there.

"Twilight you have to come quick! There’s this really weird thing down at... OH MY GOSH THERE'S, TWO OF THEM!"
Rainbow Dash flew in library and knocked me across the room into one of the bookshelves, and then flew back and tried to drag Twilight out of the library.

“Rainbow! What are you doing?!?!" Twilight said just as surprised as I.

“I’m saving you from those freaky creatures! Come on, get up!"

Twilight teleported to where I laid on the floor in pain rubbing my neck.
“Are you okay?"

"Oh I'm fine, just give me a sec. Your friend packs quite a punch."

I looked toward Rainbow Dash who was confused to say the least a (you should see her face, it's adorable!) “Wait a minute! What the hay is going on here?"

"Rainbow, I'd like you to meet Paquito, he is from a place called earth and he means us no harm."

I stand up and walk towards her, but not too close I don't want to get my ass kicked by Rainbow Dash on my first day here. “It’s a pleasure to meet you Rainbow Dash. I'm just as confused as you are right now, but I can assure you we are nothing to fear."

Rainbow Dash was offended that I suggested she would be afraid of anything. "I'm not afraid of you freaks! I'm just don't trust you! How do I know you won't hurt anypony? How do I know your telling the truth?"

Before I could come up with an answer Twilight pulled Rainbow Dash outside leaving me standing awkwardly looking around waiting for them to come back inside. After a while I heard some yelling and whoosh, then Twilight came inside

"I'm really sorry about this but, I have to leave for a little bit, just make yourself comfortable and please don't leave the library." She ran outside and I could hear her clopping down the street (don't think it).

Well, twenty seconds passed before I picked up the books on the table and started reading inside them. I picked up one book in particular that a large old dusty book that had damage on its side. Equestrian text is hard to read but um, the book looked important. I opened it and by the looks of the pictures it seemed to be and Equestrian history book. I skimmed through it and then one picture caught my eye and I flipped back to it. It was then that my mind exploded.

"NO WAY. NO WAY, NO WAY, NO WAY, NO WAY, NO WAY!" Before my eyes was a picture of a castle and ponies running into it away from an army of dragons descending upon them, led by a large man-bat. In the distance was a tall dark castle surrounded by a moat. I knew watching G1 ponies would pay off. Escape from midnight castle was the one of the only G1 episodes I saw but, here it was. I never thought about it like that but, it seems that episode was a part of equestrian history. But wait! if they were named the same names as the ones now, then does that mean that they are named after them or does it mean that these ponies are... or is that not the old ponies real names? Waitaminute! In Cutie Mark Chronicles Twilight's mom looks just like the old Twilight, so how old is this book, how old is Twilight's mom? When did this happen? MUST STUDY!

“Why are you doing this again?"

"For science!"

*Sigh*"Of course."

This is...not what I was expecting my first few hours in PonyVille would be like. I'm currently laying on a metal table, hooked up to about five, while ponies in lab coats squeal every time they guess when my next heart beat is. This has been going for about, hm...thirty minutes. I don't really have a problem with it though. If aliens had suddenly landed back on earth, I'm pretty sure all the scientist back there would act the same.

Speaking of scientist, one of them's walking over to me now. He has a grayish, curly mane with a dark grey coat. Heh, he...he kind of looks like Doc' brown. Yeah, with the lab coat and the goggles and the needle-wait what?

He trots over and places a really...big syringe next to me. He looks at me with a nervous grin. "Sorry kid, but...we gotta get a blood sample."

*Sigh* more needles, this is just not my day. I sit up on the table, and roll u one of the sleeves on my hoodie. "Alright Doc, just...try not to stab anything important, alright?"

He smiles widely, and holds my arm with a hoof. "You got it! We were only able to get a vague layout of your vein system when we pulled that venom out, but I'm sure you'll be fine!" This might not have been a good idea. Before I can tell him this though, he lines up the tip of the needle to my arm and starts to draw out blood. It...stings alittle, but it's nowhere near as had as the one for the map. And it didn't melt my skin, so that's a plus.

After the syringe is mostly filled with the crimson liquid, the doctor removes it and brings it over to a unicorn in a lab coat. They exchange nods, and the unicorn grabs the vial with his magic, causing a light blue outline to glow around it, and leaves. Huh, I just had a random thought. What if my blood is like, acidic or something? That would actually be pretty cool, I would basically be one of the James Cameron Aliens, but...wow, I'm really stupid. Who the hell thinks things like that? Cray people, that's who.

"You alright son?" Doc' brown in pony form (yes that's what I'm going to call him until I find out his name) shakes me by the shoulder, breaking me away from my thoughts. I shake my head a bit trying to refocus, and he gives me a worried look. "You've kind of just been staring at the wall these past few seconds."

I rub the back of my head and chuckle. "Yeah, I was just, uh...thinking."

He raises one of his eyebrows for a second before his grin come back. "Well, when your finished...'thinking', you have a visitor in the lobby."

A visitor!? I quickly hop off of the table, pulling off the rubber suction cups that had been hooked up to the machines around me. "Who?"

"Nurse said one of the ponies who brought you here in the first place."

A 50% percent chance to meet Fluttershy? Yeah, I'm getting out of here. "Thanks Doc'. I'll try not to end up here again."

"Alright kid, good luck with the locals." His eyes narrowed a bit, and he leaned forward. "Some of them might not be as...accepting of you and your friend." His grin quickly returned. "But done mind them, they're just a bunch of horse apples."

I think he just confirmed slightly racist ponies. That might be an issue, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. "Uh, yeah I'll watch out for them." I quickly put my pack back on, hearing a small 'click's as it slid into place. I walked to the door of the examination room, giving various 'thank yous' to the nurses and doctors as I passed. One of the nurses step in my path and looked up at me.

"Do you need help getting to the lobby?" HA! Directions, who needs those?

"No thanks, I'll find my way." I gave her a nod and walked past her, opening the door into the hallway. I really hope I know what I'm doing, I have a good sense of direction, and combing that with my map, I should get there soon.
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Well I was wrong. I've only been walking through the hospital halls for about five minutes, and I honestly have no idea where I am. I can't even use this map that I mutilated my hand over; the projection would give me away faster than if I just ran through this building waving my hands in the air.

But if there's one good thing about being lost, its getting to see just how different pony architecture is from peoples. The hospital is a LOT nicer than any I'd ever been to back on earth. I really like the Colors of the whole though, it's a nice blend of different shades of brown and light blue, makes me feel...relaxed. *sigh* Well, nothings ever gotten done by lookin' at the paint.

I kept walking through the halls, avoiding ponies whenever possible. There were a few close calls though, and I wouldn't have made if it weren't for Aticano. Turns out, it can turn into other things, besides weapons. I never thought knowing about Stealth-Boys would ever help me in life, take that society! I eventually reached the lobby, and well, lets just say...I'm pretty sure my whole 'not wanting to cause a commotion' plan, just when out the window.

There are ponies EVERYWHERE, they're practically lining up out the door. A literal rainbow of differently colored manes, coats and tails is assaulting my eyes. I'm glad I'm not photosensitive or something, I'd probably be having a seizure or something (no offense to anyone who is actually photosensitive, of course). They're all talking, and sometimes shouting, about the 'hairless diamond dogs' that are in town. This is exactly what I didn't want to happen, but I guess that absolutely no-pony being curious was too much to ask. Doesn't mean I'm talking to them all though.

With my Stealth-Boy still good for a few seconds, I think I can squeeze my way through the crowd, until I find my visitor that is. I take a few steps into the room, and wait. The ponies keep up there conversations, completely unaware of my shimmering form. Good. Using some avoidance skills I developed during high school, I quickly make my way through the dense groups of ponies, who other than a few quick looks over there shoulders and even fewer double takes, don't notice my presents at all. Sometimes, if I'm feeling cocky, I eavesdrop on there conversations, purely for the knowledge of course. There nothing special, mostly just guesses as to what I look like or, if I'm a threat or- "Um, excuse me, do you know where the, um...new guest is?" Or Fluttershy wondering where I am?!

Awww, yeah Fluttershy came to see me! I'm pretty freakin' elated, and in my small moment of freaking out, I back straight into a pony. I was able to get around him, but not before he practically jumped out of his skin in fright. I disregard him, at least for now, and start looking around for Fluttershy. I honestly have no idea what I'm going to talk with her about, or how the hell I'm going to explain myself, but I kind of don't care right now.

When I eventually spotted her, she was talking with a nurse at what seems to be a reception desk. She's too far away to hear exactly what there talking about, but I'm pretty sure I can guess. I crouched behind a chair, maybe two feet away from where they were speaking. Wow, Fluttershy is really cute, wait let me rephrase that. Imagine if you will, one thousand shoeboxes. Now in each one of those shoeboxes, are five kittens, all trying to squeeze into it. Now imagine someone invented a machine, one that could harness the raw, unfiltered energy of ridiculously objects, the said boxes of squeezing kittens would come CLOSE to how adorable Fluttershy is.

Hm, how am I gonna approach this? I'm still invisible, at least for now, and I would really rather not reveal myself to every single pony in the lobby. Thinking...processing...running possible situations and there solutions...and, got it! I have the perfect idea, but its going to require military levels of timing and execution. I walked over to a near by hospital cart, one carrying various plates of food, and gave it a push. It rolled down a hallway for a few feet, before hitting a wall, spilling some of its cargo. The noise from the crash caught the attention of every pony the room, and the receptionist talking to Flutters' quickly excused herself before rushing to check on it, leaving her standing alone at the empty desk. *Emperor voice* All according to plan.

I walked up to Fluttershy, and took a deep breath. "Psst, Fluttershy."

"EEEK!" She practically hit the ceiling! Okay, maybe talking out of nowhere while invisible, wasn't the best way to meet the pegasus who's afraid of heights. She stays hovering in the air, eyes wide with fear as she tries to find the source of my voice. "H-hello, is-is anypony t-there?"

"Fluttershy, it's me. The uh, 'very special guest'."

She kept frantically looking around, trying to find me. "W-why can't I..."

"See me? Lets just say it's a...precaution. I never liked being the center of attention, and well..." I looked around at the other ponies would were all still chatting away about me. "Being invisible helps."

She brings herself down to the floor, and tries to look in my general direction. She finally sees my shimmer outline, and slowly walks over to me. She looks right up at me, eyes wide with wonder. She has really beautiful eyes, they're a lovely blueish-green. This is literally the only time that teal will ever be an acceptable color in my book. But back to her looking at me. "Is...is that you?"

"Yeah, it's me." I stuck out one of my hands for a greeting. After a few seconds, she returned the gesture, gently placing one of her hoofs in my outstretched palm. "I'm Perez, and it's very nice you Fluttershy."

"It's um, n-nice to meet you to Perez."

This must look pretty ridiculous to anypony watching. Fluttershy talking and shaking hands with the air. That reminds me, I should probably find a place to suddenly pop back into visibility, before I appear in the middle of a crowd. "Fluttershy, I'm guessing you don't want to keep talking to thin air. Here, let's go into this hall, I kind of don't want to show myself off anymore than necessary."

She gives a nod and follows me into an empty hall. I look around a little, and after I determine that we're alone, I deactivate the stealth-boy, which turns back into its original tube form. As I slowly become visible I notice Fluttershy's mouth slowly dropping open. Its pretty clear why, she probably wasn't expecting me to be so tall. I'm 5'12 practically six feet tall, so she only goes to about my waist. Or, as my extremely perverted mind seems to think, eye level to my...*ahem*, well anyway.

I try my best to give her a reassuring smile but...I don't think it worked. "Yeah, I'm uh...pretty tall, huh?" She kept staring at me. Its kind of...uncomfortable? Wow, never thought I would be uncomfortable with Fluttershy. "Um, 'shy?"

"....Oh...my..." Crap, she fainted! I was barley able to catch her when she fell. I just made Fluttershy faint! Good God, can I not get a break?! *Sigh* at least this can't get any worse.

"OH MY CELESTIA, THE DIAMOND DOG IS ATTACKING FLUTTERSHY!!"

Shit.