//------------------------------// // First impressions are important // Story: The Hidden Truth: Dimensional Traveling // by Pokemon of the Night //------------------------------// As we entered Twilight's home I noticed that there wasn't much light coming in which kind of made it hard to see so I decided to pull open one of the nearby curtains just to let enough light in so I could see. When I did all I could see was mountain of books piled everywhere. "Hey Applejack why does this place look like a mess" "Who knows, I reckon Twilight could've been up late studying again and probably got a bit carried away" "If you say so but this mess seems like a lot of trouble to create just for studying" "Yeah she does tend to go the extra mile when it comes to leaning and such, anyhay I think maybe we should started looking for her" "Alright" We started to search the first floor but there was no sign of her so Applejack suggested we split up. "How about ya check up stairs while I check the basement" "Alright, I'll call for you if I find her" I then headed up the stairs. When I got to the top and opened the door I saw that it was just as bad as down stairs. I then proceeded to look for her but still no sign of her. As I was just about to head back down stairs I heard a faint moaning sound, I turned around to see what the source of the noise was but there was nothing there. I thought that It was probably my mind playing tricks on me so I started to head to the stairs again but yet again I heard it so this time instead of just turning around I started to walk around to see if I could find the source of the noise. As I was looking around I saw a Pile of books move out of the corner of my eye. I was a little apprehensive at approaching the pile mostly due to the fact that I had seen way to many syfy and horror move but still I let my curiosity get the better of me. "Hello is anyone or rather anypony there" I called out. At first there was no response so I just assumed that maybe the book just collapsed by themselves so I turned back around and started to walk in another direction. But as soon as I did I felt something was watching me so I slowly turned around. Once I did I saw these two very big bloodshot eyes staring directly at me from underneath the pile of books I had just walked away from. Immediately I screamed and fell to the floor. Whatever it was must have ended up being startled by my scream because almost immediately its shot strait up out of the books sending them flying in all directions including at me. I tried the best I could to dodge the books that were sent flying my way but unfortunately for me I wasn't quite good enough as one of the books smacked me right in the face. It didn't knock me out or anything like that but it did leave me holding my face and laying on the floor for nearly three minutes. Once the pain started to ease up I lifted my head and tried to see what just happened but before I could the door slammed open. "Hey Eric are ya alright I heard ya holler "she then looked at my face and noticed the huge red mark. "Eric what happened to your face" I rubbed my face few time "I got hit in the face with a book" "And how exactly did that happen" It then all came back to me and I looked back over to where the pile of books were. It was twilight, she was standing there kind of in a daze and looking confused. It was then that Applejack ran over to her friend to check on her. "Twilight are ya all right" Twilight shook her head a few time to try and snap herself out of her daze. "Yeah I'm fine just give me a minute" she then raised her head and looked over in my direction "Uh Applejack I think I might of been asleep for to long" Applejack was about to ask her what she meant when It suddenly dawned on her. "Oh if you're talking about Eric over there he real" she then motioned for me to come over. I walked over to her reached out my hand, she hesitated for a minute but she finally put her hoof in my hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you Princess Twilight" I then noticed that Applejack had a puzzled look on her face. "How did ya know she was a princess" "Wait a minute didn't you tell him" Applejack scratched her head with her head for a second before replying "No I don't think I did" they then turned to look at me. I started to sweat a little and i started to think to myself "grate I haven't even been hear a full day and already I've screwed up". I thought and thought an till finally something came to me I just hoped this excuse would work. "It's just that see that you look different then every other pony meaning that you have both a horn and wings I figured that you must have been special and you being a princess was the first thing that popped into my head" I waited for a response as both of them seemed to be thinking it over. Finally they told me what they thought of my explanation. "I see will I suppose that makes sense" "Yeah I recon it does" I gave a heavy sigh of relief and then regained my compose so as not to look as nervous anymore. I then decided to properly introduce myself. "Like I was saying before it's a pleasure to meet you Princess Twilight my name is Eric Reitzell" "It's nice to meet you to but you don't have to call me princess" "Are you sure" She just smiled and said "Yes I am since seeing as you're not from around here, you can just call me Twilight Sparkle or even just Twilight" "Well okay if your sure anyway what do we do now" "hmm well I suppose that we can introduce you to the rest of our friends what do you think Applejack" "I sounds like a good idea to me" "Alright it's settled then Applejack If you don't mind do you think you could gather the rest of our friends and bring them here" "Sure thing Twi" Applejack then said that she would be back soon as she ran out the door. While it was just me and Twilight I deiced to ask her something. "Hey Twilight" "Yeah" "I was just wondering what were you doing under those books if you don't mind answering that is" "Well um that is I was kind of doing some extra studying on some princess stuff and it took me all night to find the exact book I was looking for so I was kind exhausted" a slight blush of what I could only guess was embarrassment appeared on her face. "I was so excited that I had finally found the book that I was looking for that I decided to start reading it right away and well I kind of wasn't watching were I was going and in my exhausted state combined with me not paying attention I walked right into one of the book shelves. That's when the book fell off the shelve and on to me, of course I wasn't that hurt just a little confused and then with me being so tired I sort of just passed out right there" I just stood there for a minute to make sure that I understood her story correctly. I then walked up to her and placed my hand on her head which kind of took her by surprise. "You know you really should be more careful you know" she kind of just stared at me unsure of what to say next when finally she said "Uh thinks I'll be sure to". We then headed for the stairs which led down to the first floor so we could wait on every one to get here. As we were walking I had noticed that I hadn't seen spike around so I decided to ask. "Hey Twilight where's Spike at" She then stopped walking and turned to look at me with yet another confused look on her face. Right then I knew that I had just screwed up yet again.