Jacob had to get support from Fluttershy about 5 times on the way to the cottage, which made him feel a little bit worse about himself. He was still taking in the scenery when Fluttershy snapped him out of it with a quiet “Excuse me?” Jacob shook his head and looked ahead, seeing a wooden home ‘That must be the cottage…’ he thought.
Fluttershy smiled at him and said “We’re here, sweetie…” The grass was even greener here than it was back in the clearing, and the trees were much bigger, blocking out parts of the sun. She stepped through an opening in a fence, and many small animals came out to greet her: some white birds with red crests on their heads, some small, white, furry mammals with long ears, and a few more colorful birds flying around her.
Jacob was somewhat cautious around these things, especially one of the creatures with the long ears; it was slightly bigger than the others, and was up on Fluttershy’s back, staring him down ‘That is one creepy little bastard…’ he thought, not taking his eyes off him.
Fluttershy opened the door, and coaxed Jacob in with a few light nudges.
Jacob was still taking everything in; everything was so peaceful, so serene. A complete contrast to the hectic place he was in before.
It took quite a bit of doing on Fluttershy end to get the mute pony to get onto her bed. Fluttershy smiled when he took his satchel off and placed it next to himself on the bed.
Fluttershy sighed softly, and approached Jacob again “Um… I know you can’t talk… but can you write?” she asked.
‘Of course I can write! I’m might not be the smartest guy back home, but I’m not illiterate.’ Jacob thought in his head, but simply nodded back at her.
She smiled, and said “Wait right here, I have a few questions I’d like to ask you, if that’s ok…” she told him happily, trotting off into another room when Jacob nodded his approval.
Jacob quietly sighed, looking at his clothes ‘I certainly hope I’m not stuck like this forever… Even if this ‘Twilight’ person… or pony… can fix me up…’ he thought.
Fluttershy suddenly trotted back into the room, holding a scroll and a quill in her mouth. She placed them on the bed before him, and asked “M-My name is Fluttershy. Can you tell me your name?”
Jacob sighed again, thinking ‘If I’m stuck here, might as well make at least one friend…’ before clumsily grabbing the quill with his hooves, and sloppily writing ‘Jacob’ on the scroll.
Fluttershy gave him an odd look “I’ve never seen a unicorn that didn’t use magic to write…” she pointed out.
Jacob immediately froze, his eyes wide and staring at Fluttershy‘Unicorn? Magic?!’ he thought. From the way she was talking, magic was a common occurrence in this world. He quickly pushed away the scroll and quill, thinking ‘No further comments.’
Fluttershy’s ears folded back, and gave him a worried look “I-I’m sorry, did I say something wrong?” she asked.
Jacob nodded quickly, painfully scooting backwards, away from the quill and parchment on the floor. He then felt his head, and his horn ‘This horn… I’ve never seen a pony with a horn, or even wings like her… Am I a unicorn?’ he asked himself in thought, panic in his eyes.
Fluttershy wasn’t sure what to do, and began apologizing up and down for what she had said.
After a few minutes of Jacob staring at both the parchment and Fluttershy, he scooted forward again, straining to reach down and grabbing the quill and scroll from the floor.
Fluttershy took a deep breath and asked “ I-I’m sorry I upset you… Wh-Why are you so upset?”
Jacob shook his head.
“You don’t know?” Fluttershy asked.
He shook his head again.
“U-Um… Maybe you don’t want to tell me?”
Jacob finally nodded, calming down a tad, but still looking upset.
Fluttershy smiled a little, and thought ‘Well, he panicked when I said ‘magic’…’ but continued asking questions. “A-Alright, Jacob… Where are you from?” she asked.
Jacob sloppily scribbled something on the scroll, and Fluttershy read it out loud.
“New New York…?” she asked, getting a nod from Jacob “I’ve never heard of that place… Where is it?” she asked.
Jacob scribbled another word, ‘Earth’.
Fluttershy shook her head “I-I don’t know where that is, either. Sorry…” she sighed.
Jacob cocked a brow ‘Ok, so maybe this isn’t a Magus’ trick…’ he thought ‘At least the last one I was stuck in had other humans and at least knew what the name of the planet was.’
Fluttershy began to pace about in front of him “I hope Applejack and Twilight Sparkle arrive here soon…” she mumbled to herself.
It wasn’t long after she had spoken up that Applejack returned, and a purple unicorn walked in afterwards “Fluttershy, Ah brought Twilight!” Applejack announced.
The moment Jacob laid eyes on Twilight, the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end, and he backed himself up against the wall where the bed was wedged in.
Twilight looked at him oddly and said “So is this the pony you were talking about, AJ?” she asked.
Applejack gave a quick nod “Sure is. He was kinda dangerous at first, but Fluttershy here was able to calm him down.”
Fluttershy looked at the ground bashfully and mumbled “It wasn’t anything big…” with a smile on her face. She looked over at Jacob “This is Twilight Sparkle, and this is Applejack.” She said, introducing the two with a point of the hoof.
Twilight made a small nod, saying hello, and Applejack tipped her hat as she said a loud “Howdy, partner. Glad tah see you’ve calmed down a bit!”
Fluttershy then looked back at Applejack “By the way, I got him to answer some questions for me while you were gone!” she mentioned, showing the scroll to the two other ponies.
Applejack looked it over “So… His name’s Jacob? Weird names for weird ponies, Ah guess.” she told her.
‘Right back at’cha, pony.’ Jacob thought, frowning.
Twilight Sparkle rolled her eyes “Applejack, he’s still in the room, you know…” she told her. She then rolled up the scroll and placed it on a table “And we should take a look at his injury, before we keep going.” She told the other ponies.
Fluttershy carefully moved the bandages aside, making Jacob wince and the other ponies wince.
“Ouch, you said a razorboar did this? I’m surprised he got out alive…” she mumbled, looking at it closely under Jacob’s watchful eye. She took a deep breath and said “Alright, some magic should fix both this injury and his voice.”
Jacob immediately tensed up, and made another hissing noise at Twilight, making her take a step back.
“What the hay?!” she asked in surprise.
Fluttershy walked up to her and said “I, um, should have mentioned… He got really upset when I mentioned magic…”
Twilight looked between her and Jacob, confirming what she had asked “He didn’t write why? I mean, if he’s a unicorn, he must have used magic to write that down, right?”
Fluttershy shook her head “No, he wrote holding the quill in his hooves.” She corrected.
Twilight was really intrigued at this point “Alright, I’ll be careful with my spell, then.” She said quietly, pointing her horn at Jacob.
Jacob’s eyes widened, leaping off the bed and running into the next room. A loud crash of metal pots and pans and a hiss of pain echoed through the cottage.
Fluttershy ran over to the other room, to see that Jacob had slipped on a carrot on the floor, and slammed into a table, where he pots and pans currently were placed “Oh-oh gosh, are you alright?” she asked, kneeling down next to him.
Jacob slowly nodded, pulling a pot off his head and placing it on the wreckage of other objects.
Twilight and Applejack couldn’t help but hold back a few laughs, before Twilight said “Ok, ok, enough laughing. We should really get you fixed up… Were you ever able to talk? Or was it something that just recently happened?” she asked.
Jacob carefully stomped his foot twice, indicating that it was the second option.
Twilight Sparkle nodded and said “It’s probably just a problem with your vocal chords. It’s not the first time it’s happened.” Her horn began to glow, Twilight focusing on the spell.
Jacob’s eyes widened, trying to back up, but couldn’t due to the wreckage.
Fluttershy placed her hoof on his shoulder, quietly telling him to calm down.
Beads of sweat began to form on Twilight’s face, as a light on the tip of her horn began to glow brighter and brighter. Twilight then quickly fired the white ball of light from her horn, hitting Jacob in the throat.
His body shone from when it hit, spreading from the throat to his wound, the latter which closed itself within moments.
Jacob let out a loud cough, as if he was choking on something “ARGH, DAMMIT ALL! YOU HIT MY ADAM’S APPLE!” he hissed, his hooves holding his throat. Suddenly, he realized that he spoke! The unicorn WASN’T out to destroy him. He smiled a little, pumping both fore hoofs into the air, letting out a loud “FUCK YEAH!”
Twilight was taken aback by the strong language, thinking ‘I hope I didn’t make a big mistake.’