“What are those things?”
Nick and Justin looked at each other in confusion. They had been gagged, and therefore couldn’t talk while Luna facehoofed as Twilight bombarded her sister with questions. Nick and Justin had barely been in Equestria for five minutes and they had already been tied up by the Elements of Harmony. She looked over at Celestia and motioned for her to explain.
Nodding, she complied. Or, tried to. “Twilight-“
“I mean, they look like monkeys, but don’t have as much fur! Instead, they’re wearing those clothes. Why do they do that? And why were they attacking Luna?”
“They weren’t, they were-“
“And how did they even get here? Did they kidnap Luna? If so, why aren’t they-“
“TWILIGHT!” All the gathered ponies jumped up in shock, for neither Celestia nor Luna had spoken. Looking over, they noticed that Justin had slipped the rag he was gagged with out of his mouth. “You know, if you untie us, we can answer some of those questions ourselves.”
The Elements gaped at him in shock. Twilight finally spoke up. “Y-you can talk?!? How is that even possible?!”
Justin shot her a deadpan look and then glanced at Luna. “I’m not sure if we should feel insulted, or what.”
Luna giggled. “Don’t take offence to it; they act like this all the time. Rainbow, could you and Applejack please untie my
friends? They look slightly uncomfortable.”
“Huh?!?”
“Untie yer what?”
“My friends. Like I said, they look slightly uncomfortable.”
“’Slightly uncomfortable’. Always the kidder, aren’t we?”
Luna giggled again as her friends stood up, rubbing their wrists. “I got it from you two, so blame yourselves.”
Nick laughed, happy that his gag was gone. “Yeah, I suppose you did.” The three of them laughed while Twilight and her friends looked on, mouths still gaping.
Luna looked at the six of them. “I suppose I should introduce you all.” Everyone nodded. “Alright, here we go. Subjects, these are my good friends Nick and Justin. Guys, this is Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rarity.” She pointed to each pony as she relayed their names.
Justin nodded at each one before turning to Luna. “Well, at least we know they’re a loyal bunch.” Luna looked at him quizzically. “Well why else would they tackle us and tie us up to protect you?” He asked while shrugging.
The trio turned back to them, and Nick spoke again. “So, anybody here have a question?” They all looked at him confused, and Luna whispered something into his ear. “Uh, ok. Does anypony have a question or two?”
Pinkie Pie zoomed up until her nose was touching Nick’s. “Doyouguyslikeparties?BecauseIalwaysthrowpartiesforeveryponyinPonyvillewhentheyfirstshowupandIlovethrowingpartiesandwanttothrowoneforyoutwobutneedtoknowifyoulikethemfirstbecauseIhatemakingponiessadorupsetbutthenIthrowanotherpartyandit’sallbetter!”
Nick looked at Justin with a look of mass confusion to get an answer while Luna rolled on the ground laughing. The others simply facehoofed. “She said what now?”
Justin shrugged. “I don’t know, but I did hear the word party. And you know we’re always up for a party.”
Pinkie jumped up in the air. “GREAT!!!” she screamed before vanishing in a cloud of dust.
Both humans looked at Luna with faces like ‘what was that?’ She only said “It’s Pinkie Pie. I learned from her friends that the less you think about it, the less your head hurts.” The others all nodded in agreement.
Celestia spoke next. “Well, it’s getting dark out, and you two need a place to stay.”
Justin looked confused. “I thought we were going with you guys?”
“You can’t; your presence would cause mass panic and some slight confusion among the nobles in Canterlot. No offence.”
“None taken.”
“I was hoping one of the girls would take you in, seeing as how they wanted to meet you at first.”
“Then why’d they tackle us?”
“Shock, I guess. You should probably ask later. Anyway, one of them is going to take you in”
It was about a minute before Fluttershy stepped forward. “I could, um, take one of them…that is, if they don’t mind…”
Applejack stepped up next. “Ah could take one. We’ve probly got sum room up in the barn. Maybe the house if Granny Smith cleared out the guest room.”
Twilight practically jumped at the humans. “I’m sure you could spend your time at my house! I have so many more questions to ask, ooh, maybe even an experiment or two…” Both their eyes got wide at the word ‘experiments’.
Nick made his decision first. “No offence to any…pony…else, but I’d feel better with Fluttershy. She seems to be the quietest one here.”
Fluttershy blushed at his comment and nodded her head.
Justin simply stared at the other two.
“Oh, um, great! I should probably get you to my cottage then. There are some things you need to know about my animal friends. Um, if that’s ok…”
Nick nodded his head. “Sure thing Flutters, lead the way.” With what sounded like a small ‘squee’, they started walking to a cottage in the distance.
Justin continued to stare at the other two ponies offering him living quarters.
Luna nudged him. “You need to decide.”
Justin shook his head, clearing it of whatever random thought had strayed into it. “Oh, um, right. I guess I’ll go with-“
He was interrupted by the sound of an old wooden cart. Looking to his left, he saw a large red stallion with a slightly annoyed face pulling a cart with a bouncing little filly in it.
Applejack looked at him with a confused expression. “Applebloom? Big Mac? What’re you doin’ here?” She looked back at Justin and explained. “They’re mah siblings. Now what’re yall doin’ here?”
Big Mac didn’t answer. He simply grabbed the back of Justin’s shirt and flung him backwards into the cart. Justin was slightly off put by the smiling filly who now sat her face less than an inch from his.
Big Mac kept walking as Applejack called to him. “So ah guess we’re takin’ ‘im?”
“Eeyup.”
“May ah ask how yall decided on that?”
“Applebloom.”
Applejack looked at her sister, now lying on Justin’s head while he sat there still in shock from being thrown. She continued to mumble “Maybe I shouldn’t have told her about him…” Sighing, she started heading down the road after them.
Luna could barely contain her laughter at what happened next.
“Ok Applebloom, he’s comin’ with us. But he smells, so before he comes inside for supper, yur gonna help Big Mac and ah bathe him.”
“Ok AJ!”
Realization finally crept into Justin’s confused state of mind.
“YOU’RE GONNA DO WHAT?!?”
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Here you go bronies and pegasisters, chapter five. Hope you enjoy! Like, comment, fave, you know the drill.
That's a little better. But why so many interruptions?
Hey, it's your student.
You're right, I should probably-
Hey guys!
Pinkie?
Great. Two fourth wall breaking ponies. I'm stopping this now before you blow up my computer.
Ooh, like Luna? Is there gonna be that same boom and everything? And what about that party? That's coming up, right?
...Goodbye