Hey. Sorry for the wait. No real excuses, I'm just really lazy. I honestly am kinda lost right now and my minds being weird, so if this chapter seems odd, poorly written, just plain useless, etc. that's why. Sorry, my minds a prick and my body is junk.
Well, here we are again. Standing outside, in the middle of the night, wondering what the actual fuck was going on. I had another dream, literally that night. This time it was about another version of me leading a revolution. Against what, I do not know. Just that whatever it was, I was very determined to stop it. There was some ponies in that one as well, though I was working with them this time.
Thinking about that version made me shiver. He did things I just wouldn't do. Like, ever. He lacked any empathy at all and was honestly just really sadistic. I mean, I have those traits as well, it's just that he seemed to not care at all. Just evil. Maybe I'm just exaggerating or something, but he... I don't know. What I do know, is that is never happening to me. I can guarantee that. I hope.
"Why's everything gotta be so fuckin' complicated?"
"Probably because you don't get enough sleep."
I jumped at the voice, turning to find a sleepy Fluttershy staring at me by the front door.
"How long have you awake?"
"I should be asking you."
'Hm. She's got me there.' I thought as she approached me with a look of concern.
"What's wrong Jorge?"
"It's... It's nothing. Don't worry about it."
"Well I am worrying about it, because I'm worried about you." She says as she trots up to me and nuzzles my arm. In response, I wrap said appendage around her.
"Yeah, well, so am I. Things here are just so... weird. It's like, I can recognize things here, but when I look for a second too long, I start noticing the difference. It just... I don't know. I know we left Earth, but when I look around, I start to doubt it. It makes me nervous you know?"
She nods silently, sitting down. I join her on the floor.
"I mean, we left for a reason. Back on Earth, there's things constantly trying to kill us, whether it be the poisonous plants, monstrous wildlife, or even the dam weather. There was always something. Here though, everything seemed fine and dandy. No monster, no killer plants, no horrible storms. Then I started to learn about some of the wildlife here, about magic, all that shit, and then that line that separated the worlds got a whole lot thinner. I want to be here, really, but sometimes I cant tell the difference. Sometimes I wonder if I should have came at all..."
It took me a moment to realize what I said. My eyes widened and I snapped my head to the mare sitting next to me, who was looking up at the moon. I tried to speak, but I couldn't. Nothing would come out. I just sat there, watching her stare at the moon with a bank expression. I couldn't even say I was sorry.
"Earth changed me Jorge." When she spoke it snapped me out of my trance.
"I don't know if It was how I wanted to change, or if I even like how I changed, but it changed me all the same. If you had told me that a few months ago, I probably would have gotten very sad. I may have even cried. I'm different now. You showed me that how I used to be wouldn't cut it in your world, so I changed. I became what I needed to be." She stood up and began walking home, leaving me there, staring. As she neared the door, she stopped. She looked back at me and spoke.
"I love you Jorge. I know you know that. I also want you to know that I feel horrible for asking you to come with me. It was selfish of me and because of the situation, I thought it would be okay. It's not though, and I see that now. I can see how much you miss Earth. I... I don't want you to hate it here. I want you to love it like I do. Like a home."
I gave a sigh as I stood up. I didn't want her to feel bad. It was my decision to come with her, and no matter how much this world may remind me of Earth, I have to face the facts: It's not. It's different and I need to realize that. Otherwise, I might as well have stayed on Earth. With that issue resolved, I gave her a smile and walked to the door, where I knelt down and kissed her. I wasn't going to say it, but It did feel weird kissing a pair of lips that were not human. It was something I could get used to though.
After a moment of peaceful kissing, we separated. She had a blush on her cheeks and I've no doubt I had one too. We stood there at the door for a moment, just smiling at one another. Then, we went inside, up the stairs, in the bed, and fell asleep, holding the other in their arms.
I woke up later that day to something bouncing on my back. Not a pleasant feeling. So I sat up, with the hopping menace falling off of me and onto the bed. I have to confess, this was a rather large bed for a single Pony. Ignoring the strange bed dimensions, I found the annoying creature to be a rabbit. Or bunny. I don't really care.
"Was there a reason for that?" I ask the bunny, wondering if it could actually be able to talk to me. To my surprise, It kinda did.
When it saw me in all my morning glory, it quickly went to my bed-mate and started to furiously poke her while glancing up at me every second or so. She got annoyed and pushed him away with her wing. He fell off the bed, making me laugh, which woke her up. She gazed lazily around the room and after assessing that it was too early to be up, plopped her head down and continued to sleep. I was about to join her, but instead took a look outside. It was morning.
"Honey, I know its comfortable, but we gotta get up." I got a mumble in response. So I started poking her.
"Stop it." She whispered, pushing me slightly.
"Not until your up and annoyed with me." She gave a scoff.
"I'm already annoyed."
"Oh really? Well then how about I make you feel better." I said, moving my hands to her back.
"By doing wha-ooooh. That feels nice." She responded to my massage. I kept going at it for a few minutes, even getting her very sensitive wings joints, before I stopped. She let out a sigh and pushed her self up, her mane covering her face. With a puff of air it flew away, revealing her beautiful smiling face.
"Good morning."
"Good morning."
After we both got ready for the day, going downstairs, we talked about the plans we had today while she went about her tasks.
"So, what do we have on the calendar today my dearest?"
"Well, first things first, we have to get you new clothes, so that means were going to Rarity's first. After that though, I don't think we need anything. Is there somewhere you want to go?"
"I was gonna say to library, see if I can't start on that funky text I can't read, but I don't know. Say, I'm dying over here, you got anything to eat?"
"Check in the kitchen, you should find something in the cabinets." I did, and found some cereal.
"Hey, is this cereal okay?"
"Oh yeah, its just like the Wheat cereal on Earth."
"Ah. Okay."
After she finished up her duties, which took up a considerable amount of time, we spent the rest of the morning just eating and talking. It felt weird to be doing that while surrounded by animals wanting to get to know me, which included a fucking bear, but It wasn't something I couldn't get used to. In fact, knowing that all of these animals probably wouldn't attack me felt refreshing.
Once we were done eating, we set off to find the carousel, which wasn't that hard. I could see it from Flutters house, honestly. On the way there, a few things popped up in my mind.
"Hey Fluttershy, is there any major history I should know about?"
"Well, before I came to Earth, my friends and I used the Elements of Harmony to seal away the God of Chaos, Discord."
I stopped walking.
"Oh. Ok then. Uh, I have more questions now."
"Go ahead."
"What's this 'Discord' thing your talking about?"
"Well, he's the embodiment of chaos. He's very powerful, but doesn't take things very seriously. In fact, all he did when he broke out of his prison was turn Equestria into Lala land. I think that's what that means anyway."
"Well, its nice to know a maniac with god-like powers is sealed away. How did you do that exactly?"
"We used the elements of harmony. They're artifacts that harness a specific trait about its wielder and use that in combination with the others to form a blast of pure harmonic energy that purges any evil in its way."
"You certainly did your homework."
"I had to. I'm the wielder of the element of Kindness. Ponies tend to forget that while I may be shy, I am not dumb."
"I know that. Say, any specifically saying that kinda stuff?"
"I'm not allowing you to beat ponies up for me Jorge."
"Wha- I wasn't!"
"Sure you weren't. Look, we're here."
Sure enough, we stood in front of a giant building. Well, giant as in two stories. Still taller than me. We walked inside, showing the interior to be beautifully decorated, with a mix of white and purple being the main theme.
"Wow. This place looks pretty swank."
"Thank you, I do try." Turning my head, I found the source of the voice.
Walking towards us was a certain white pony I met yesterday. Or the day before, I can't remember. Regardless, she was levitating multiple pieces of cloth and sewing supplies. Kinda wish I could do that. Man, wouldn't that be weird though? I mean, what would I use? My hands or my mind? Oh, wait, back to conversation. They're looking at me now.
"What?"
"You seem distracted. Is everything alright?" Asked Rarity as she looked at me in concern.
"Oh yeah, just been having some weird dreams. Enough about that though. I have heard that you are exceptionally skilled in making clothing."
"Oh really? Well, while I appreciate the compliment, I must confess that you will be a new field to me. I rarely make clothing for anything beside ponies, but I can assure you I will do my best."
"From what I've heard, I think you'll do just fine."
"Why thank you darling. Now, if you would stand over there so I can get your measurements." She pointed a hoof towards a raised part of the ground, surrounded by mirrors.
"Alrighty." I moved over to the pedestal (or whatever that's called) and raised my arms parallel to the ground.
"Ah, that will help, thank you. Now please, stand as still as possible when I do this." I did as she said, but when the floating measurement tape touched my skin, it suddenly dropped to the floor.
"Ah!"
"Rarity!"
"Woah. Hey, you alright?" I asked she regained her composure. She stood wide eyed as she held a hoof to her head. Fluttershy was at her side in an instant.
"Yes, I'm fine. Just seems I might have spooked myself is all. I apologize Jorge, this certainly wasn't how I wanted this to happen."
"Hey, it's alright. We can do this later if you not feeling up to it."
"Please don't stress yourself Rarity."
"No, no, I am fine. I don't know what happened but I'm fine. Now, please, lets get this done."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'll be fine."
"Alright. Here you go by the way." I say as I hand her the tape. She uses her magic to reach out to it and covers it in a light blue aura until it reaches by fingers, where it suddenly stops.
"That's strange. Jorge, could you let go of the tape please?" I do as asked and watch as her aura covers the rest of the measure, looking at it in confusion.
"Well, that's weird. It was like I blocked your magic or something." I was acting calm, but inside that honestly really weirded me out. Not even the 'me stopping magic' thing either, just that floating tape. It looked very strange.
"Indeed, and It only makes my task even harder. Hmm. Oh well, that just means I will have to guesstimate, though I do find that to be very unreliable. I'm afraid I may have some difficulty making any sort of garment for you to wear. Dreadfully sorry about that."
"Ah, don't worry about it. Aint nothing but a thing." I said as I flashed her a smile. A tint of blush appeared on her face.
"I suppose. Lets try this again shall we?"
After about an hour of trying to get proper measurements, along with several questions about how clothes were back home, we finally got to a point where she had enough to actually make me something. We talked for a bit after that, revealing that the reason I wasn't bombarded the other day with millions of questions was because of Fluttershy's personal request to let me have time to get to know me personally. That and she didn't want me to get pissed off, which she right to do. I gave her a little smooch when she told me that, making Rarity blush. I also think I saw some Jealousy there, but I could be wrong.
We left after she told us it would be a while before she could make me something, which I questioned. When I asked her about the price, she claimed it was a gift. I was a little surprised and was a little insistent on paying her back, to which she declined, explaining her being generous. Something about being one of the elements or something. I decided to not look a gift horse in the mouth (is that racist?) and accepted her gift, whenever it would be done.
As the duo had left the boutique they left the seamstress with many questions she hadn't asked out of respect for privacy. Her thoughts ranged from simple curiosity to more lewd thoughts. One she had that would haunt her mind every time she would see them together would be this:
'How in the world did Fluttershy, of all mares, manage to get such a stallion before I?'
We took a nice stroll around town, not really going anywhere specific. We saw plenty of Ponies going about there business, though some still stared. If one were to look closer, they would see that even the ones acting normal did so with baited breathes.
'So, even when they pretend they don't notice me they can't help but feel scared. That's gonna get really annoying.'
Grabbing a hold of Fluttershy's shoulder, I stopped. If we didn't address this little issues between the towns folk and I, there would be a lot of tension later on, which could cause trouble. All of their eyes were on me, not even a single one was looking away. Certainly made me feel welcome.
"Alright people, look, I know how things are between us. I haven't been here long, and to add to that, I'm something you've probably never seen before. I know I'm weird. Let me tell you something. To me, YOU, are the weird ones. Where I'm from, we don't have talking ponies. We don't have magic. It's just humans. That's what I am by the way, in case any of you didn't pick up on that." I stopped for a moment, just for effect. Their faces as a whole didn't change, but they did relax. Some did at least.
"Are you guys afraid? Is that what this is? Well, let me be the first to tell ya, you should be proud of that! You all are scared, I know that, and your banding together against that fear. Good job, honestly. Let me reassure you though, there is nothing you have to fear about me. I'm a peaceful guy, and honestly, the only reason I might get mad is if this kind of, uh, stuff keeps happening. I want to be a part of your community, ya know? I just need you guys to accept me."
For a good minute there was nothing but murmurs in the crowd. Then a gasp as unicorn stepped forward out of them. She was really blue. Like, blue body, blue hair, yellow eyes though. Also she was a unicorn. I said that already. Whatever.
"You said you were a human?" She asked, her stature nervous but confident.
"Yup. All the way from E-arth. Earth. I meant Earth."
"You-you have hands right?" The way she emphasized on my hands kinda creeped me out.
"Uh, yeah? Why?"
"Can I see them?!" She was practically jumping at how excited she was. Seems this wasn't a first either, as the residents were both interested and annoyed in how she was acting.
"O-k?" No sooner than when I responded did she practically lung for me. As she neared me though, I could see something in her eyes. She was excited, yes, but also afraid. I don't know what she knows about humans, obviously more than anyone else here, and while she may know more, she didn't know me. I think that is what scared her. She didn't know about me personally, how I would react, if I was luring her in or not, If I was going to eat her, etc. When she finally did get next to me, she was much more timid.
"I-I've only ever read about humans before. I never realized how scary one can be." I think she was talking to herself, trying to psyche herself up.
"Oh? You say you've read about humans before?"
"Yes, but only in myths and legends. Even then, it doesn't say much."
"Hmm. That's kinda weird. You guys are mythological on my world too. Though I think it's fair to say that we can dispense with those now. You wanted to see my hands right?"
"Yes! Uh, please?"
"Alright, hold on." I sat down, in the middle of the street, to make myself more comfortable.
"Ok. Here's my hands." I presented her my hands, which she gently took with her hooves, feeling them. They must have some kind of natural magic or something, because she was gripping my hands with nothing I could seen. I could feel it though, and I was kind of like hands, but not really. Its hard to describe.
Eventually some of the ponies behind her got more courageous and came closer, while most went about their daily lives. When I looked towards my companion, she was watching the whole thing with a smile, one that I returned. When the unicorn, whom introduced herself as Lyra, stopped with my hands (I say stopped as in I had to take my hands away. I think she was gonna do something to me that only lovers should. Crazy, but nice lady.) I noticed something in my lap. I picked up the object, which was a pink envelope, and opened it.
"I'm assuming this is an invitation of some kind?" I said as I passed it to Fluttershy.
"Yes, Pinkie Pie loves throwing parties. I'm not surprised that she has one set up already, to be honest. She usually invites everypony in Ponyville to them."
"Oh. That's, uh, sweet of her. I'll be sure to attend. Actually, speaking of attending." I stand up, the ponies surrounding me backing away. "We have to get going. It was a nice talk though, and If yall have more questions feel free to ask me later. Just not all once, ok?"
Once we got moving again, this time heading towards the giant tree in the center of town, I leaned down to Flutters and whispered to her.
"Sorry about leaving so suddenly, I just got kind of uncomfortable being surrounded like that." She looked back up at me and gave me a kiss on the cheek.
"Don't worry about it. I thought you might get uncomfortable and I'm proud you stayed that long. I don't think the ponies around here will be so scared now."
"Yeah, well, give them time, I'm sure one of them can come up with something. Say, I've noticed some people buying, like, Halloween decorations. Is something like that going to happen soon?"
"I think so. We'll have to ask somepony, I've lost track of the dates."
"Well its a good thing we're headed to a library then. Maybe what's-her-face will have some answers."
"Twilight, Jorge."
"Oh yeah. I keep forgetting her name for some reason. I think it might have to do with my forgetting of the books."
"I'm sure you'll remember eventually."
We stopped in front of the tree, with me looking at the door. It reached my neck. Did I grow? I feel like I did, because I know Flutters house door was just big enough for me. Maybe this is just a smaller door? That makes sense. Sticking to that. Goddam small doors. I knocked on said tiny door, kinda loudly if I must say. A moments wait revealed a familiar tiny lizard opening the door.
"Aye, tiny lizard man! What's up?" Taken back by my response, he looked at me for an awkward of time before responding.
"Uh, hi, uuuuuhhhh, Jay-"
"Jorge."
"-Jorge! Hi Fluttershy! Let me guess, you want Twilight right?"
"Yeah. Got some questions for her, if she aint busy."
"Oh, no, come right in! She's just organizing her books. At least, I think that's what she's doing." He ushered us inside, showing the very clean interior of the tree.
True to his word, Twilight sat inside, using her magic to float multiple books to and fro, seemingly looking for a particular page. She gave a frustrated sigh as she returned a group of books back to their respective positions on their respective bookshelves. She pulled another group of books out from various bookshelves and, without even turning around, asked aloud.
"Spike, who was at the door?"
"Well, if you'd turn around you'd see us Twilit. I know that's not your name by the way."
Giving a little gasp, she set the books down on a table in a stack. She turned to find me and my eyes roaming her library, while I thought 'How the hell am I going to learn to read this crap?'.
"Hello Twilight."
"Hi Fluttershy. What brings you two to my library?"
I tore my eyes away from the weird ass squiggles these guys have as a language, one which I am determined to learn, I took a look at our host. Purple Unicorn. Yup. No wings. I wonder if that's gonna happen one day, or if it was just a weird dream. I have a feeling its the former.
"Well, to be honest Twilight, I have a whole ton of questions, as I'm sure you do as well. I'm here to see if we can answer each other." She got a very large smile at that, summoning a little notepad and pencil. Huh. I thought they used quills here.
"Certainly. Where to start though?"
"I think we can start with something that happened today. Ya see, we went to Rarity's..."