Guess This is Home Now

by Night--Mist

Rating: everyone
Tags: Princess Celestia, Alternate Universe, Human, Main 6, Princess Luna, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Adventure, Shining Armor
Length: 7119

Ever wondered what it would be like to live in another universe completely different from our own? Well, now one of our kind has to. It was sort of by accident.

His name is Chad Harding. Yeah, not a name that seems to jump at you. He is one of few in the world who has been able to harness only some magical abilities. He works for some scientists who wish to make the world better. But when an experiment that was meant to transport people to other places on earth went wrong, that's where his story begins in Equestria. Follow him as he begins his life in a world of ponies and creatures that were only seen as myth or pure fantasy in his home world. Read as he must learn of the Magic of Friendship and how he will help change Equestria for the better and how Equestria changes him, like literally.

Published 2013-03-22 20:40:01 UTC
Last updated 2017-07-08 04:14:52 UTC

So It Begins

It was a normal spring day in the state of Montana. People were going about their daily lives as were all the Animals. Shock Wave, a former Marine of a special branch for ones who possessed magic, who had cacajun skin, dark brown hair and beard at his chin and silver blue eyes, was watching nature as it performed its necessary routine. The vegetarian was always fantasizing having a life within something like one of the animated worlds the brilliant minds in Hollywood thought up.

He wished he could be a character in one of the children's movies or shows, just to escape the pressures of today's world, and the ever growing trend of mistrust that his people were developing both inside and outside his country. He knew if things didn't get better soon his kind would drive themselves to the brink of annihilation. It was the last thing he wanted and he had found a group of individuals that called themselves Fighters For a Greater Tomorrow (F.F.G.T.). He felt it was a long shot, but thought why not stick to people who followed his line of thinking. He found out they were groups of scientist, engineers, pilots and other do gooders that were even in military, who were trying to better the worlds technology for peaceful purposes rather then warlike purposes.

The President of the United States actually funded them and was with them every step of the way. When the F.F.G.T. found out about Shock Wave they figured his magic along with anyone else they could find with his abilities would be able to help them accomplish their goal. He agreed as long as his magic was never used for violent purposes, and it never was. Today, they were conducting an experiment that could transport anyone to anywhere on the globe, aside from current war zones.

They had gone through many tests and each had been successful with plants, animals, and other objects. It was time to test it on a human. Shock Wave volunteered to be the test run and cast a spell on himself that would regenerate his body should the test fail and make him a pile of dust. Soon Shock wave went onto the platform and he had his father's old sword with him, should he run into trouble on the other end. The scientists thought his weapon of choice was questionable, but let him go with it.

Soon they set the coordinates and the other settings to their proper places and asked Shock Wave for the go ahead. He gave them the thumbs up and they had pressed the button that would transport him. Little did he know that just before the button had been pressed, two scientists had gotten into a fight sending one of them flying at the controls. When the controls were bumped, the settings had been changed and the button pressed.

Shock Wave felt a sensation go through his body, which he thought was normal. Light flashed before his eyes as he was teleported out of the room. And thus when he did not show up at the point of origin on the other side, the scientists claimed it a failure and conducted no further tests.

Meanwhile in Equestria

Twilight and her friends had just been recognized for their heroic efforts in the battle against Discord. They were spending some time with the Princesses and Twilight's brother, Shining Armor. "Sure is a beautiful day," Twilight says.

"Darn Tootin'. With Discord back where he belongs, nothing could ruin today" Applejack says.

"Quite Right. We thank you all very much for saving Equestria," Luna says.

"It is nice to see all of Equestria in harmony once again," Celestia says.

"Yeah, and you've got to stop being the one to save all of Equestria. It's starting to get embarrassing having you save my rump like this," Shining Armor jokes to Twilight.

"What and miss a day to see the look on the guards faces? Keep dreaming," Twilight says.

Everypony laughs at her comment as they enjoy time in the royal fields, right next to Canterlot Castle. As they walk through the fields, a flash of light appears above them. Right after the flash of light the now cartoon figure of Shock Wave begins to fall screaming, not expecting to be off the ground. As soon as Shock Wave hits the ground he starts bouncing in summer saults down hill and then rolls while saying, "Da, oof, ah, brbrbrbrbr."

He finally hits a far wall, with some blood lightly trickling from the right of his forehead, as he tries to regain his senses while rubbing his now hurting neck as quotes Bugs Bunny from the Loony Toons, "I knew I should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque."

Everypony laughs at his comment, wiping away their initial shock to his presence. Shock Wave finally regains his sight and sees many ponies, animated ponies looking at him with curiosity. He then thinks, 'Is this a dream?' He tries to get up but feels a pain in his right shoulder. 'Nope, definitely not dreaming,' he consludes as he sits against the wall. He then sees himself and notices he now had a cartoonish look to himself. The next thought that comes to mind is, 'Where am I and what have I gotten myself into?'

Before he could contemplate further he was surrounded by guards in armor and spears pointed closely to his neck. He gulped as one of the ponies in armor asks, "What are you and how did you get in here?"

Shock Wave was too nervous to speak and was beginning to sweat at the thought of if he moved, his life would end. Shining Armor, then trots up and says to the guards, "Lower your weapons stallions, you're all frightening the poor creature. Sorry about them, they're a little uptight after the defeat of Disord."

"Wh-who in the w-world is D-Discord?" Shock Wave asks, still nervous, but finally feeling comfortable enough to talk after his shock of talking ponies, and from this point he thinks things couldn't get weirder nor surprise him if they did .

Shining Armor's jaw dropped and he asks, "How have you never heard of him? Belay that, what are you exactly?"

"I'm what's known as a human where I come from sir," Shock Wave says in a less nervous tone as the other ponies trot in closer to listen.

"What do the humans name you?" Princess Celestia asks.

"Shock Wave, your majesty," Shock wave says, noticing the crown upon Celestia's and Luna's heads and answers their following questions still a bit nervously.

"Well Shock Wave, let us be the first to welcome thee to Canterlot in the magical land of Equestria," Luna says.

"Thank you your highness," Shock wave says.

Soon everypony present introduces themselves and Twlight asks, "May I ask where it is you are from?"

"I'm not sure you would believe me if I told you," Shock Wave says.

"We've had odder run ins then this. Can't think of any right now, but," Rainbow Dash says.

"Well, I'm from an alternate universe that somehow found a way to transport me here. My home world is a violent place that I'm not sure any of you would like to see. Seems something went wrong with the scientists' experiment and," Shock Wave says before Twilight interrupts.

"Wait they have scientist in your world? Were you one? Can you perform Magic?" Twilight says before Celestia clamps her mouth with magic and says to the purple mare, "Twilight, let the boy speak. You are a boy right?"

"Yes your highness, and to answer her questions, yes there are scientists, no I was not one, and yes I can perform magic, but I'm still learning. To continue, when the test went wrong I ended up here as you see me now," Shock wave says, seeing that his blue shirt and jeans had been slightly dirtied and cartoonized along with him, as well as his sword.

"May I ask, do you know how to get home?" Shining Armor.

"Unfortunately I don't. The machine they were using was a one way transport and with out another one like it I can't go back, plus I don't know what to find to build it in this world, and no magic exists to get me back, so looks like I'm stuck here for now sir," Shock wave answers.

"What did thou do exactly, back in thy home world?" Princess Luna says.

"I was a Marine, a warrior for my kind your highness," Shock Wave says.

"A warrior, like our royal guard?" Celestia asks.

"Well sort of, I wasn't at the castle most of the time, I was far from it trying to keep distant threats at bay if you get what I mean your highness," Shock Wave says, thinking it would be better not to tell them his home wasn't ruled by royalty.

After many more hours of explaining his story and getting more comfortable with the situation he finally lets them know why he has a sword, but tells them he will not use and even hands it to them until Shining Armor tells him to keep it because of it's meaning to his family.

"Well that was quite a story. We do believe thou and we're sure everypony else does too. Why don't we have our guard take thee to our hospital to have a look at that wound on thy head," Luna says.

Shock Wave was confused at first but soon touched the right side of his forehead to see dry blood on his fingers once he pulled his hand away from the sting it left. "That's probably a good idea your highness," Shock Wave says.

Shock Wave soon gets to his feet with some help from the guards as he is led to the hospital wing in the castle. He was amazed by the scenery of this world and wondered what kind of reality he was now a part of. When they get to the hospital, the doctors do what they can for him, bandage is wound and after a few hours of examination and cleaning, he seemed to check out fine. They offer to take his clothes off, but he explains it would be better to at least keep his pants on, so they did not protest he took his shirt of and laid his sword aside as he revealed his military dog tags he had kept on his neck. Seeing that he was alright, he puts his shirt back on, grabs his sword and reattaches it to his belt, and walks out to see that the ponies had been talking about him. "Is something wrong your majesties?" he asks the princesses.

"No, actually, we were talking about what we should do for you since it appears you'll be living in Equestria for the foreseeable future and..... You said you were a warrior? (Shock Wave nods) We were talking to Shining Armor about taking you under his wing to train you as a royal guard for Equestria, that is if you need training and you wish to do so. I know it sounds all so sudden, but I did a magical scan of you and you show a lot of good magic flowing from you. You seem to have great potential as a protector for Equestria and we hope you accept," Celestia says.

Shock Wave was taken by surprise by this offer and he thinks it over for a while, and not wanting to disappoint the royal ponies, who seemed too nice to reject an offer from, he says, "Well, this is a bit overwhelming your highness, but I do accept. I just ask that you give me some time to settle in and give the rest of the ponies some time to get use to the idea of something like me being around. Plus I need to find a place to stay."

"Well ya'll could stay at my place in Ponyville at the apple farm, Sweet Apple Acres, that is, if it's alright with you your highnesses," Applejack offers.

"I think that's a good idea, Luna how about you?" Celestia asks.

"It's fine with us," Luna says.

"I could put my magic and other skills to good work on an apple farm. Thank you for the suggestion... Applejack right?" Shock Wave asks.

"Eeeyup, ya got it," Applejack says.

"Well as soon as you settle in and the ponies are settled with the idea of you being around we'll send Shining Armor out to speak with you, I hope neither takes long," Celestia says.

"I'm sure it won't, besides, I'm sure, Twilight, I think was her name has more questions to ask me. I thank you and your guard's for your help your majesties," Shock wave says.

"Happy to help our newest subject of Equestria," Luna says.

Shock Wave laughs nervously as he and the Princesses walk out with Applejack and her friends who were being given a carriage ride home to Ponyville. The Princesses had him join them for the ride and the guards transporting them were told to keep an eye on him should anypony want to cause him harm and they agreed. Shock wave, Spike and the six element bearers bow to their rulers before climbing into the carriage and taking off to Ponyville, with all six ponies and the dragon asking Shock Wave questions.

"Sister, do you think we should have told him what we know about his future?" Luna asks as they watch the carriage roll off into the setting sun.

"We will reveal what will happen to him when the time is right little sister. He may be too overwhelmed if we reveal what the prophecy reads for him at this point. Besides, magic that nopony or himself can control, may change his fate and rewrite it. It will all be judged by his decisions he will make in the future, and so far, he has made the one foretold," Celestia says as they head back to the castle.

As Shock Wave Rode with the Elements of Harmony and the dragon called Spike, he looked out the window of the carriage as conversation strayed away from him and he says to himself, "Guess this is home now. I'd better learn get used to the way they live."

Welcome To Ponyville

It was early in the morning the next day when the carriage was a few miles outside Ponyville. Shock Wave was still asleep after being asked so many questions about life on his home world. He told them what he could, but didn't realize as the hours passed, more and more of the memories of his home world were beginning to fade. There was some magic at work trying to help him eliminate the bad memories of his past.

All he knew for certain now was he was leaving behind a violent world that was on the verge of collapse. If he hadn't known better, he would have said Discord was behind it all. He had also asked them questions about their world and the more they told him the more of his memory was being replaced with their history.

As Celestia's sun rose, Twilight, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Fluttershy woke up. Rainbow Dash, Spike and Shock Wave were still in dreamland unaware of the sunrise. The Ponies found it cute the way Shock Wave slept, as if he was a child in their eyes. They knew he had much to learn, but were determined to see him through his journey. Soon Twilight see's that they were close to Ponyville and goes to wake up Shock Wave. "Shock Wave? Shock Wave, wake up," Twilight says as she shakes him.

"Huh, who, wha, what's up?" Shock Wave says, surprised by the sudden awakening.

Twilight chuckles and says, "Were almost in Ponyville, your new home town."

Shock Wave sits up and looks out the window to see the small town he would be staying in. It wasn't much different from the town he grew up in back in his home world, aside from the fact it was populated by ponies rather then humans. He says, "I hope the ponies here don't fear me or anything."

"If Ah know the Princesses, They've probably sent word ta all Equestria by now bout your arrival and told the ponies ta give you a warm welcome. Ah'm sure they'll all be a bit nervous at first, but the ponies here warm up easy. I mean look how fast they accepted Spike. He's a dragon and his kind are a force ta be reckoned with," Applejack says.

"You know it," Spike says as he tries to show off by flexing what little muscle he had.

Shock Wave raised an eyebrow and thought, 'Yeah, maybe the big ones, but Spike, I think he needs to grow a bit before he's a force to be reckoned with'. He then looks at Applejack and says, "Well thanks for raising my spirits a bit, but I think I'll be more nervous to meet them, than they will to meet me. I mean you saw how nervous a wreck I was when I was beginning to talk to all of you."

"Yeah but you warmed up pretty fast ta everypony there after we opened up ta ya a bit," Appljack says.

"Yeah, and nopony's gonna stick a weapon in your face when you talk to them here. Those guard were just wound a little too tight after the encounter with Discord," Rainbow Dash says, who had woken not long after Shock Wave.

"I know, and this Discord guy, well from what you told me that he does here, it sounds like if there is a Discord in my world, he already won and took over," Shock Wave says.

"That bad huh?" Twilight asks.

"Eeeyup," Shock Wave says.

"Hey, your starting ta sound like an Apple member," Applejack says.

"Well, I will be living on your farm so I'll pick up the accent sooner or later," Shock Wave says.

"Well, can't argue with that," Applejack says.

"Well, I hope whoever lives with you on the farm won't be to shocked to see me," Shock Wave says.

"Hey, just cuz your names Shock Wave doesn't mean you're gonna shock them. Besides, I already had the princesses send a letter via magic, to let them know you're comin," Applejack says.

"Well, that's a relief," Shock Wave says.

"Though you might want ta watch out for my youngest siblin. She and her friends like ta do some crazy things ta earn their cutie marks, and they might ask ya ta help them out, so unless you don't think it's too dangerous, try ta not get caught up in their, what they like ta call crusadin," Applejack warns him.

"Well, I've seen a lot of crazy things back in my home world. Can't think of any right now but, I'll keep that in mind," Shock Wave says.

"Well, um, guys, we're here," Fluttershy says.

They all look out the windows and sure enough, they were in the streets of Ponyville. They soon pulled up to the town hall and Mayor Mare was there to greet them. As they step out she says, "Good morning girls, Spike. Oh, and you must be Shock Wave, the uh, Human, right?"

Some of the ponies stop what their doing when they see Shock Wave and he feels quite nervous with all the ponies staring at him as he says, "Yes that's me ma'am. It's nice to meet you."

"Well, let me be the first to say, welcome to Ponyville. I trust you're going to enjoy your stay here. We will all do the best we can to make you feel welcome here,"  Mayor Mare says who had explained to most of the ponies in Ponyville of his situation that she had received in Celestia's letter.

"I appreciate that ma'am, thank you," Shock Wave says.

"Well, I can honestly say you are a well mannered young lad," Mayor Mare says.

"Well, I don't want to give anypony the wrong impression on my first day in town Mayor Mare," Shock Wave says nervously again.

"Well, I'm sure that these fine ponies are anxious to show you around. Do feel free to drop by if you ever need anything from me. I won't keep you all waiting," Mayor Mare says as she trots into Town Hall.

Twilight was the first to break the silence as she says, "Well before we have him go to Sweet Apple Acres, what do you think we should show him first girls?"

"Why not Sugar Cube Corner?" Pinkie Pie suggests enthusiastically.

"Well I think We should show him my boutique to find him some new clothes to wear," Rarity says.

"I could show him the animals at my cottage if that's okay," Fluttershy says.

"We should take him to see the Wonderbolts perform in Cloudsdale," Rainbow Dash.

As the four mares argue, Shock Wave looks at Applejack and Twilight and asks, "Not to be rude, but, are they always like this?"

Twilight and Applejack chuckle as Twilight says, "Sometimes, usually happens when they meet somepony new in town. In this case, you."

"I'd hate to see them on a bad day," Shock Wave says, as the three of them watch the mares continue to argue.

Finally the girls come to a decision as Applejack buds in and says, "Alright, that's quite enough girls, now Ah think the most logical explanation is ta get Shock Wave fitted for some new clothin, then we'll show him ta other parts of town before ya four fight over what he should do first. Ya'll got that?"

The four friends nod and apologize as the lead Shock wave to Carousel Boutique. Once there, Rarity begins on measuring him fore the right fit. He asks for nothing too fancy, for he didn't want to look like something he wasn't, and Rarity agreed, even though she wanted to make him something of outstanding fashion. Once she had finished his clothing she showed  it to him and he says, "Well, I honestly can say I'm impressed. I'll try it on and see how it looks."

He put's on his new attire and walks over to a mirror. He was given a blue t-shirt like his old one, a silver colored light jacket and blue jeans that were a bit lighter then his torn ones, and some comfortable tan boots (kind of military style). He was also given some silver gloves to match his jacket and he says, "I will say this. It looks good on me. Thank  you very much Rarity. I promise to find a way to pay you back."

"Oh, don't worry about that, consider it a welcoming gift from Ponyville," Rarity replies.

"Well, once again thank you," Shock Wave says.

"You're very welcome dear," Rarity says.

"Let's be on our way there's still so much of Ponyville to show you before the day is over," Twilight says.

Just then, Shock Wave's stomach rumbles loudly making his cheeks go red with embarrassment. "Maybe we should make that stop to Sugar Cube Corner first. I'm pretty hungry myself and Shock Wave, well, we all know he hasn't had anything to eat since before he sort of...dropped in," Rainbow Dash says making everypony, Spike and Shock Wave laugh.

Soon all of them head to Sugar Cube Corner and say hello to ponies they pass, introducing Shock wave to them, and it seemed easier then they expected for the ponies to warm up to him, with some asking quick questions about him. He answered what he could and finally they make it to Sugar Cube Corner. Pinkie Pie knocks on the door and the Cakes Open the door to greet all of them. They were a little nervous about greeting Shock Wave, but after a little while of the girls explaining what happened, they warmed up to him.

"So what can we get for all of you today?" Mrs Cake asked.

"Well we would like to see what selections you have Mrs Cake. Shock Wave's gonna need some time to get used to things around here," Twilight says.

"Of course Twilight," Mrs. Cake said.

"Well let me just check on the foals and I'll be right there with you dear," Mr. Cake said to Mrs. Cake.

"Wait, you have little ones here?" Shock Wave asks in alarm.

"Yes," Mrs Cake says, a bit confused at his reaction.

"Oh dear, I'd better find a place to put this out of their reach," Shock Wave says, gesturing towards his sword.

Mrs. Cake sees the sword and says, "Oh, I know just the place dear, let me take you there so you can have it out of the way."

"Thank you Mrs. Cake. I should have done this before coming in," Shock Wave says as they walk.

"It's no trouble dear, I knew your mind was in the right place when you realized you needed to put away that sword of yours, here we are," Mrs Cake says nervously as she shows him the closet to place it in.

Luckily, it had been foal-proofed to make sure the twins couldn't get into it. Soon they head back to Twilight and the group and look at what they would like to order. Soon everypony selects something and they soon enjoy their meals while swapping conversation while the Cakes place the foals in their play area so they could continue working.

Shock Wave would have kept talking with his new friends when he noticed one of the foals had escaped the play area and was on top of one of the high cabinets. The foal was about to fall and without hesitation, Shock Wave got up from his seat and ran to where the foal was. As the foal began to fall off, Shock Wave was there in the nick of time to save the little pegasus foal from crashing on the floor as Shock Wave catches him and falls onto his back to cushion the foals fall. When the Cakes saw what happened, their jaws dropped as did everypony else's in the room. A creature they barely knew had just saved Pound Cake from serious injury. "Phew, that was a close one there little guy. You almost got hurt," Shock Wave says.

What happens next surprises Shock Wave as Pound Cake jumps up and attempts to hug his neck with his little legs giggling. All the Ponies see this cute scene and say, "Awwwww."

Mr. and Mrs. Cake trot up to Shock Wave and Mrs. Cake says as she picks up her son, "Thank you so much for saving our son. I hope you can forgive us for being so nervous upon first meeting you. We were just so unsure of you, but you obviously show you don't want to hurt any pony. How can we ever repay you?"

"No need for that ma'am, it's not in me to see little ones get hurt and I forgive you for our first encounter. I'm sure I would have been uncertain of me too, since I'm new to this place. Your hearts were in the right place to be suspicious. You have little ones to protect, and I respect that," Shock Wave says.

"Well we clearly had the wrong ideas go through our heads, and we have never been so happy to be proven wrong. Looks like we'll have to teach Pound Cake a lesson now," Mr. Cake says, looking at his son.

"He's just a foal, he doesn't know any better, that's how we all were at that age," Shock Wave says.

"I guess you're right. He is just a foal, let's get him back to where his sister is," Mrs Cake says.

She soon sets her Son back in the play area with his sister and then fetches Shock Waves sword and gives it back to him. Shock Wave and his friends wave good bye to the Cakes and Shock Wave hears, "Shock," from the pegasus foal and, "Wave", from the unicorn foal and he smiles as he and his pony friends take off to the next place the ponies wanted to show him.

Adjusting to a new Life In Equestria

It had been a couple of weeks since Shock Wave had arrived in Equestria and had come to live in Ponyville. Word had spread quickly about what he had done for the Cakes, due to Pinkie Pie throwing a party for him to welcome him to their little town and he got blasted at least twice with her party cannon. The ponies all over Equestria had soon gotten used to the idea of a human living in their world, with a little help of the Princesses convincing them he wasn't a danger of course. Shock Wave had gotten used to the idea of walking and talking with ponies, but no matter how hard he tried, he always had a feeling in the back of his head that he was still an outsider. He had begun to help the Apple family out with their daily chores and they had formed a strong bond that would was right up to the status of family bond, even though they had only met him a short time ago. He could still remember the first day he arrived on the farm with Applejack.

Flashback

"Well, it's been a might busy day for ya'll and me. Ah reckon it's time ta hit the hay," Applejack says.

"I won't argue with that," Shock Wave says as a huge yawn escapes his mouth.

Just the the Door opens and they see Big  Macintosh standing there as soon as he sees Shock Wave he lunges towards him. "Big Mac, don't," Apple Bloom pleaded.

It was too late. Big Macintosh was already pinning Shock Wave to the ground as he says, "Applejack, run, Ah got the creature."

"Now hold on just an apple pickin minute. Didn't ya'll get the letter Princess Celestia sent ta ya?" Applejack asks.

"Heh heh, oops, sorry sis, Ah forgot to show Macintosh," Apple Bloom says, blushing furiously with embarrassment as everypony and the human look at her.

Applejack face hoof's herself and Big Macintosh looks at Shock Wave as Shock Wave says, "This is, uh, this is awkward."

Big Macintosh gets off of Shock Wave and Applejack soon explains what happened. After hearing the whole story, Big Macintosh finally says, "Sorry 'bout earlier. Thought you meant ta bring harm ta my little sis."

"Hey, no hard feelings. Was bound to happen to me sooner or later," Shock Wave says, making every pony laugh.

"Well for not bein a pony ya sure are a handsome young fellow," Granny Smith says.

"You're too kind miss Granny," Shock Wave says.

"Oh, feathers on the goat, don't make me blush," Granny Smith says.

The whole group laughs and soon Big Macintosh says, "Well let's show ya'll ta the spare bedroom, hope ya feel right at home here."

"Thank you," Shock Wave says.

They soon bring him to his room he would be staying in and told the Apple Family he would help them out on the farm to pay them back for his time living there. None of them knew what was going to happen in the weeks to come but they knew the could face any surprises.

End of Flashback

He laughed at that thoght, but in the last few nights, he had wondered, if he could be teleported to this world, who's to say that this magically advanced society, even though it was a pony society, wasn't able to transport to his world. He knew a good deal of magic and thought maybe there's a spell that could transport him back, if he could find a book about it. Then it clicked, Twilight might know if there is such magic in their world and if not her, then Princess Celestia would.

After he had finished the last of his chores, he told Applejack he was going to head to Twilight's library after he got cleaned up. Applejack told him to be home by dinner, almost acting like she was his mother, but he went along with it and agreed. After Shock Wave got himself cleaned up and put his clothes on, he headed out the door to Twilight's library. Many ponies of the town greet him as he passes by, and he had become friends with all of them, so he is stopped by some of them for a quick chit chat on his way to the library.

When Shock Wave finally made his way to the library he heard some clanging coming from inside. "Oh boy, she's at it again," Shock Wave says to himself, remembering Twilight's friendship report freak out from two days ago.

He then knocked on the door, and Twilight came to open it a few seconds later. "Why hello Shock Wave, what brings you here today?" Twilight asks, quite calmly.

"Twilight, what's all the commotion in there? It sounded like you were freaking out about your friendship report again. Please tell me that's not the case," Shock Wave says, hoping he was right.

Twilight giggles as Spike bolts past both of them and she says, "No, that's not it. Spike was just a little eccentric about his ruby missing. He was saving it for a special occasion. What that was, I don't know. Maybe his birthday that's coming in a week. Good thing I made a check list for that, or I probably would be freaking out just as much."

"You make a check list for just about everything, don't you Twilight?" Shock Wave asks.

Twilight giggles once more, realizing he was right and says, "Enough about me and Spike. What was it you needed to see me for?"

"Well, I know this is an odd question to ask but.... Do you know if there is any books about spells that can teleport you to other worlds or possibly other universes?" Shock Wave asks as he walks in and closes the door.

Twilight hangs her head low and says, "I'm sorry Shock Wave. But there are no such spells."

"Are you sure?" Shock Wave asks, wondering how she was so quick to answer with 'no' instead of 'I don't know'.

"Yes, I even asked the princesses for special permission to find any trace of it in the library at Canterlot. They gave me access to restricted sections and there was no trace of it in any of the books, new or old. I was hoping if I found it, then, if you ever asked to be sent back, we would be able to do so. I'm really sorry Shock Wave," Twilight says.

"Hey, don't worry about it. It's not like I don't like Equestria. I would say it's an upgrade from my home world. I just thought, if any of you ever became curious about visiting my world, I could take you there for a brief time, not that I think it would be a good idea, but I got to admit, you ponies are very persuasive," Shock Wave says as he puts his hand on her shoulder.

"But what about your family back home?" Twilight asks.

Shock Wave sighed and says, "Well truth is, my family died long ago. I was only ten when it happened but it was a heavy hitter for me. I had to take care of myself after they died and that's why I became a warrior, so I could protect others from harm, and and they would not have to go through what I did."

"Oh, Shock Wave I'm so sorry," Twilight says.

"No need to worry. It's been a lot easier to let go of my past since I showed up. Though, I think I may be experiencing some side affects," Shock Wave says.

"What do you mean?" Twilight asks.

"Well the longer I've been here, the more of my memory of my home world seems to fade. I don't think it's a bad thing, for there is some stuff I still remember that I would like to forget. Who knows, in a month, maybe even two weeks time, I'll may barely remember anything of my life in my home world. I'm not trying to raise alarm here, but this might be a way to help me adjust to this new life in your world, and trust me, I'd much rather stay here then go back to my home world," Shock wave says.

Twilight was a little shocked to hear his explanation, but she was also happy that he was content with staying in their world. "Well, I hope it doesn't change your personality. You're really fun for ponies to be around.  It was amazing how fast everypony warmed up to you around here," Twilight says.

"Yeah, just wish I got a break from the media though. They're always so eager to ask a human warrior questions it seems. I sometimes wish I was little again, they rarely ever bug children, and I never had much of a childhood after my folks passed away. Kind of makes me bummed out sometimes, but no worries, I always find ways to occupy my time. Training with my magic is one of those things," Shock Wave says.

"Well I'm glad to hear that, so, is there anything else I can help you with today?" Twilight asks.

"No, not really, I actually need to get back to the farm. I promised Applejack I'd be home in time for dinner," Shock Wave says.

The lavender mare giggles once again and replies, "Applejack seems to care a lot about you. You haven't been here that long and already she treats you as if you were part of the family."

"Yeah, she and the rest of the Apple Family. Their pretty close knit and seems they extended that bondage to me in a sense, if you get what I mean," Shock Wave says.

"I do, and don't worry about it too much. Better to be on their good side rather than their bad side," Twilight says making them both laugh.

"Well, I better get going. The suns starting to get low and I don't want to keep the Apples waiting," Shock Wave says as he heads out the door.

"Okay, oh and Shock Wave, before you go, I thought you should know that Princess Celestia is going to be here a week's time to see how everypony and you have adjusted since her last time seeing you. She said she thinks it may be time, whatever she meant by that, I don't know," Twilight says.

"Okay, thanks Twilight. See ya around," Shock Wave says as he waves and then takes off for the Apple Orchard.

"Bye Shock Wave," Twilight replies as she wave back.

After some long walking/jogging, Shock Wave was just outside the Apple Orchard and could smell dinner cooking. As he got to the door he could hear tiny hooves galloping behind him. It was Apple Bloom and she seemed like she was running from something. He couldn't tell from the distance, but as she got closer he could see what she was running from. What the ponies called 'timber wolves' were running after her. "Help!" He heard her scream. He runs towards her and then grabs the wolves attention by throwing stones he had collected at them. They stop dead in their tracks as they look in his direction and he says, "Come on you big brutes, come and get me."

He then darts towards the the apple trees and the wolves chase him in hot pursuit. He finds a tall enough tree with a low enough branch, and with the wolves closing in on him, he knew he would have little time to act. He soon grabbed the branch and swung up into the tree, and evades the fangs that nearly had him. He climbs to one of the high branches and watches as the wolves try to get their claws on him. While their attention is on him, Apple Bloom made it to the house and told the family of Shock Wave's situation.

He knew these wolves would not get bored fast and had to think of something to make them run away. Then it hits him, if he could focus his magic enough, he could create a fake imitation, or illusion, of what was called a manticore that he recently read and was told about and give the wolves a good fright. Soon he starts to focus and use his magic to create the best illusion he could of a manticore a few yards away from him and the wolves. For a few seconds, the wolves stand there and looking at it, until he made it roar and the wolves jumped in fright, scampering back to the Everfree Forest. Soon he makes the fake manticore disappear and jumps down from the tree, chuckling as the Apple family trots up to him and he says, "Something must have spooked them."

The Apples laugh with him and Apple Bloom says, "Thanks for savin my flank."

"No problem Apple Bloom. Besides, your family would never let me hear the end of it if you had gotten hurt," Shock Wave says.

"Darn tootin," Applejack and Big Macintosh says together.

"Didn't know you had it in ya'll ta make a fake manticore. Ya'll almost had me convinced it was real. Looks like Twi's got some competition," Applejack says.

"Hey now, I'm good, but I'm not that good.... yet," Shock Wave jokes at the last part, making them all laugh.

"Ya'll better stop showin off 'round here or you'll start to make me look bad," Big Macintosh says, giving Shock Wave  a light noogie.

"I would never," Shock wave jokes as he pulls out of the noogie.

"Alright you two, settle down, we had enough excitement for one evenin," Applejack says, starting to sound motherly again.

"Well how about we get some grub? All that running and working worked up my appetite," Shock Wave says.

"I second that," Applejack says, having the appetite of a full grown stallion.

"Were havin tomato soup, apple dumplins and apple fritters tonight," Granny Smith says.

"Sounds good, oh, and lets keep this wolf encounter to ourselves. You know how much the media likes to harass me with questions. This will only give them more to talk about, " Shock wave says.

"You can count on us Shock Wave," Applejack says.

The rest of the Apple family winks and soon all of them head into the house to get some food in their bellies before resting for the night.

The Pony With the Tiara and A New Cupcake Flavor.

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The Foal Free Press Incident

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It's Time

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