Chapter 6

Nightmares

James walked out of the bakery, laughing. And then sighed. "God damnit. I need a shower, new clothes...least I have cupcakes."

Opening the plastic box under his arm, he grabbed a bright orange cupcake, and bit into it. "Mmmn. Orange." Chuckling to himself, he turned round, to see a ivory coloured mare. A unicorn to be exact, judging from the white horn poking from her forehead. Her mane was purple, and tightly curled. Blinking lightly, he swallowed his orangey cupcake mouthful, then smiled politely.

"Good day.. Is there anything I can help you with, miss?"

The unicorn looked back at him, then at his unzipped jumper, rather disdainfully, tutting loudly. "Now, this won't do, will it. I mean, look at you, your clothes are a mess! What have you been doing, rolling through bushes. Or chocolate.." She sighed slightly, looking at James' hair. Then she shook her head. "Pinkie been having fun with food again, I see. Anyway, let's go. I'll sort you out some new garments."

James blinked, then shook his head. "It's fine. I have no money anyway.."

"Ah ah. None of that. You can have your first outfit for free, I insist. I did the same for Mark, you can have the same treatment. Now, no more arguments, and let us be off. My shop is just round the corner, you know."

Sighing in defeat, and sheer *I Don't Give A Damn Anymore-ness* James, sensibly, followed her.

Giving a soft huff, James was stood in the centre of the Carousel Boutique, but smiling ever so slightly. The ivory coloured pony, Rarity she had said, first having let him take a shower (It was a little too small for humans, but a kind gesture none the less) was looking at different coloured cloth and fabric, all the while levitating three or four tape measures, and rapidly extending and contracting them, before flying them back over to her side. "Strange. You have a lot more muscle density than Mark. And no trace of magical interference."

"Uhh...What?" James said, raising an eyebrow, then shaking his head.

"Hrmm. Twilight would be better to explain this. She knows more about magic than I, even though I can use it." James nodded once, then felt his hoodie slide off of his arms, then large squares of black material wrap around his arms. Blinking slightly, then tensing up as scissors start to cut up the material, into sleeves, the back of a hoodie, the hood. Then, white material went onto his arms, and started to stitch themselves into a half-spiders web on one arm, and the Hyrulian Crest on the other.
James looked at the crest, then at Rarity, but before he could open his mouth, she spoke.

"Mark told me a little about your likes and dislikes. And what you find "Cool"" She even did quotation marks with her hooves. "He sounded like Rainbow Dash. I believe you two have met." Chuckling slightly, she smiled at him kindly, then nodded, standing back, admiring her handywork. "Well, I don't say that I agree with the style, but It gives me something good to work with. Now then! Shall we go find Twilight? Perhaps she can explain magic to you."

"Ok. And thanks! I'll pay you back!"

Mark was already at Twilight Sparkle's treehouse, reading quietly in the corner. As James, and Rarity walked in, he looked up, waved once, then went back down to his book. Twilight, the pony that had shouted at them when they had first came here, was resting her head on Mark's shoulder, reading with him. Then noticing James and Rarity, she smiled lightly, and then waved at them. "Hello! Take a seat, the others should be here soon."

Mark smiled slightly, then blinked/winked with his one eye. "You get to see your favourite pony, James."
James, blushing slightly, put his middle finger up to Mark, then replied the same thing to his friend. "Anyway, what ya reading there?" James asked interestedly. Holding up the cover of the book, James read the title out loud. "Equestrian Fauna and Flora"

"Yeah. Reading up on the things that attacked me. Timber Wolves, they seem to be enchanted bundles of sticks, in the shape of wolves. They are vicious, driven by a inhumane desire to feed off of the magical energy that made them. Me and Twilight were figuring out how they found me. She can't sense any magical energy from me at all."

"Well, that is rather odd. but, lets save it for when the oth-" And with that, the door was rapidly knocked on. James laughed, and said lightly. "I'll get the door. Wonder who that co-"
And then the door flew open.

"HEY!" A familiar, rainbow coloured pony flew into the room, rainbow trails and all. She flew once around the room, then knocked James to the floor, sitting casually on his chest. "Yo. Whassup, big guy."
James sighed, then grabbed her under where her shoulders would be, and lifted her carefully up, then sat her to the side of him, propping himself up on his elbows. Rarity huffed slightly, then walked over to the door, welcoming the two other ponies into the house.

One was an orange color, with a blond mane, and tail, tied in a (heh) ponytail. On her head was a brown Stetson hat, and she had bright green eyes. On her flank were 3 marks, shaped like apples. She was looking cautiously around the library, and her eyes narrowed slightly when she saw James and Mark. When the latter ignored her, being absorbed in his book, and the former waved cheerily, she relaxed somewhat, and nuzzled the second pony gently inside. "Don't ya worry, Flutters. If they hurt ya, Ah'll beat tha hay outta 'em"

The second pony walked in, just behind the orange one. This one was a custard yellow colour, with a pink, straight mane, going over one eye, and behind the opposite ear, curling to frame her head, and curling again at the end of both parts of her mane. She also had two wings, the colour of her coat. Her tail was again pink, and wavy, and her cutie mark was 3 butterflies, pink winged, and blue bodied. And her eyes were a bright teal, but were half closed, and she looked terrified..
(bad at describing her mane and hair. )
She cowered slightly as she noticed James, letting out a soft "eep" when he waved. Then, Mark slowly peered over his book, with an odd look in his eye. Standing up, he closed the book with a snap, and walked halfway across the room in two strides. Standing there, looking at the yellow pony with his one eye, he looked terrifying to the timid mare, and she backpedaled, into the hat wearing pony.

Staring at, what to her was a One-eyed monster, Flutters whimpered, then stopped when she saw the wide smile on Mark's face. "THAT WAS SO CUTE!" Laughing, he knelt next to her, and snuggled tightly into her, before chuckling, and letting her go.
"Uh..uh...th-thanks.." She said, then blushed lightly. Twilight then shook her head, and looked around the library, sighing slightly. "Now, where is Pinkie."

"Here, Twilight!" Pinkie Pie, the bane of logic everywhere, had materialised, instantaneously, on top of Mark's head, sitting crosslegged. Mark, as soon as Pinkie had shown herself, collapsed from the weight. "GOD DAMN IT PINKIE!" he shouted, as she skipped off of him. "Sorry!!! And the chocolate on your nose was tasty!"
Rainbow Dash looked from Pinkie, to Mark, and then back. Then, smiled widely, and made a "Awww" sound.

"Shut up, Dash."

"No, you"

"Shut it, the pair of you." Twilight said, sighing slightly. "Now, seeing as we now have two resident humans." At this, Twilight, Flutters, and the orange mare all shivered slightly, then straightened back up. "Anyway. Introductions are in order. As you two know, I am Twilight Sparkle, the librarian in this town, and the student to Princess Celestia."

Rarity then spoke up, bowing slightly with one leg. "And I, am Rarity, Dressmaker and Fashonista of Ponyville. Of course, as you are aware, it is not only dresses I make." At this, she looked pointedly at the hoodie James was wearing. Before Mark, or James could talk, the orange coloured pony bowed, by placing one foreleg across the other, and nodding her head, politely.
"Howdy. Yeh seem friendly enough, so, Ah'm Applejack. Ah work at Sweet Apple Acres." Mark looked at her at this, then frowned.
"Are you Applebloom's big sister? She's a nice girl."

"Uhh... Yah.. But.."

"Helped her carry a basket of apples to SugarCube Corner."

Before they could continue their conversation, Rainbow Dash interrupted, smiling broadly. "And I am Rainbow Dash, fastest flyer in Equestria, and pegasus in charge of weather here in Ponyville. Ain't I the coolest." This wasn't a question, but James answered anyway, smiling slightly. Rarity sighed, facehoofed, then looked pointedly at Pinkie and Fluttershy.
Pinkie blinked once, then let out, in one breath. "HEYI'MPINKIEPIEI'MONEOFTHEBAKERSATSUGARCUBECORNERANDYOUKNOWMEANDILOVESWEETSANDCAKESAND..AND...AND....ALLOFYOU."
" 'Specially Mark."

"AND YOU ALL ARE MY BEST FRI...Wha-what" She started to blush brightly, then shake her head, clearing her head from some random image, before walking over to Mark, and nuzzling his hip slightly.

Then the yellow mare spoke up. "H-hey..I'm Fl-fluttershy...." everyone looked at her, expecting more, but nothing more was put forward. Shrugging slightly, James smiled, then spoke up.

"So, Hey! I'm James, and I...well, I love computers." The ponies, expecially Twilight, frowned in confusion. "Uhh...think tiny machines, that can move entire libraries of information. And games. I love to play games, with Mark here. And cookies. Cookies are yummy.."

Before Twilight, who looked like she was going to explode from excitement, could speak, Mark spoke up, grinning. "And I'ma be Mark. Uhh....I like to draw, and games. ALL OF THE GAMES. And computers, but not as in depth as James.. I'm more of the one who looks at what is ON computers, not in them."

There was a odd noise, then Twilight spoke up.
"ENTIRE LIBRARIES?! How?! That shouldn't be possible!"

"Not actual libraries, just the information stored in them. Here.." Mark reached into his pocket, and pulled out James' phone, unlocking it, and then just stopped, confused.

"James...."
"What? And how you get my phone, boy?"
"Looked after it whilst you were out. And you have full battery...and full Wi-fi."

James looked at Mark, then put his hand infront of him, slightly apart. "Magic."

Mark chuckled slightly, then started tapping the screen of the phone, bringing up Google. After a few seconds, he was on Wikipedia. Somehow, the magic of Equestria seemed to be keeping the phone charged, and fully connected to the internet. Maybe the Internet really DID go everywhere.

"Twilight, have a look at this."
He was on the page for Mythical creatures, and when he passed the phone to Twilight, she gasped loudly. With Mark helping her go to different pages, her eyes were getting wider, and wider, and wider. "This...is impossible..."

"Maybe here. For us, no. But you can do things we can never dream of.."

At that, however, Rarity spoke up. "Darlings, there is something I need to say. Mark, could you come here a second? Thank you. Twilight, you as well. Now, could you do a simple spell on him?"

Twilight blinked, then concentrated, looking at Mark. Her horn started to glow a dark pink, and then, immediately afterwards, an aura, of the same colour flashed over him. And then she gasped slightly, aura dissapearing.
"Y...you absorbed my magic.. How?"

Mark blinked, then shrugged casually. "I did? I don't feel different.."

"Well...it wasn't much.. but...that should not be possible..Maybe.."

"Twilight, could ya do this in private? I don't understand any of it.." Dash said, confused looking.

"No, Dash, they need to know..and so do we. Anyway. I don't know how you can absorb magic. I don't even get how Equestrian magic can affect you." Mark looked at James, then shrugged lightly, blinking, with both eyes, showing his broken eye.

James cringed slightly...and then smiled shakily. He looked at his friend's eye, then at his hands.
"Twilight....go get me a knife.."

Twilight opened her mouth to argue, then shook her head,levitating a chopping knife from the kitchen. Passing it to James, she cocked her head to the side. AppleJack, however, was looking away, shaking slightly. She visibly cringed, along with the other ponies, when she heard the knife cut through James' palm.

Rainbow Dash, and Mark, spoke at the same time.
"JAMES?! Why did you do that?"
"God damn it, mate. You don't need to hurt yoursel...."

Mark stopped talking, staring at James' hand. A faint, dark blue aura appeared around the cut, then dissapeared. Twilight looked at James, then sighed slightly, shaking her head rapidly, before doing the same scan spell she did to Mark.

"It's....faint. But all over his body...It's a little like AppleJack's...but stronger. You... have the same magic as an Earth Pony..I do not get how this is possible.."

"Bl-blood as a me-me-medium? O-or maybe as an op-o-opening." The timid mare, Fluttershy, spoke up. Twilight nodded, still confused, but formulating a theory in her mind. The rest of the room could almost hear the cogs working.

"Maybe...maybe Fluttershy is right. The wounds you have allow Equestria's magic to seep in...I don't know. We will have to experiment. Then I can get a complete theory."

"Sounds like great fun.."

Author's Note

Oh god help me.
People behind me are talking about Paris Hilton, sucking copious amount of dick.

MMMMOOOOOAAAARRRR!!!!!!

God damn it Jamie. :3