//------------------------------// // Chapter Six // Story: A Journey Unthought Of // by Hustlin Tom //------------------------------// She was fast! Fluttershy had the advantage of four legs and wings to boot! But I was pretty fast myself; I had had a life full of difficult situations, including living a life partially on the run. I knew how to be quick on my feet! We flew past a large barn with several different ponies in the fields nearby. She tried to lose me by looping around a large fancy home and business; it looked..I guess the best way to describe it was ‘French’. After bolting around a blue shed of some kind near a ‘Dr. John Whooves Invention Emporium’, we came to a building that was obviously the town library. The yellow blur that was Fluttershy dashed into the place of learning and closed and bolted the door behind her. I just managed to catch up to her at that point, and I began speaking to the door, hoping she could really hear me on the other side. “Ms. Fluttershy! I’m really sorry that I frightened you! I was just trying to have a little fun! Could you please come out? I just want to explain myself.” I heard faint voices. “Fluttershy! Get out of the basement! What’s the matter with you?” “There’s a monster out there!” By this point I’d grown a little cross about being called that. “I’m not a monster!” “Don’t open the door Twilight! It’s going to take control of your mind!” she yelped and slammed what I’m sure was the door to the basement. “She is acting worse than Pinkie Pie was with Zecora!” I heard ‘Twilight’ mumble. “I’m sorry for all this trouble,” I said through the door “I just wanted to reason with her.” “Finally, a pony who knows how to be reasonable! I’ve been waiting months for somepony like this! Thank Celestia!” “Well…” The door was unlocked, and a unicorn with a purple coat stood before me. “Now what exactly was your—“ She had opened her eyes at this point, and all she could do was gawk at me. With my reserves of patience almost completely used up, all I did was mutter “Yes, I’m an alien” as I shoved past her to go and sit down on the floor of the library. Fortunately, there was no one, or should I saw ‘nopony’, else in the library at that time. I had my back to the front door, and I was boredly staring at the wall. The door closed behind me, and the purple unicorn Twilight walked from behind me to look at me in the face. We were at eye to eye level; her standing and me sitting cross legged. “I don’t understand,” was all she mumbled. “I don’t understa—I don’t—I can’t.” “I know. I take some getting used to,” I replied flatly. “You walk on two legs.” “Ah-huh” “You can speak like us ponies.” “Yep” “You can think and reason.” “Yes” “You must be some kind of mutant; a magic experiment gone wrong maybe?” Now I realized she was analyzing me and talking more to herself then to me! I had had it; people making assumptions about me, calling me a monster; I’m done! “Hey hornhead!” She then looked me straight in the eyes, caught off guard by her concentration being broken. “Let’s clear things up, shall we? I’m not a magic experiment gone wrong! I’m not an animal, or a monster, or a thing! I told you: I’m an alien! I’m a human being! Why can’t you all get that through your thick skulls!” I stopped myself here, as I saw I had blown up, the unicorn in front of me was frightened, and that I had company. Six ponies stood in the doorway; two of them were Bon Bon and Lyra; the both of them had saddened faces. The other four I didn’t know. One was a blue Pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail, another was a white unicorn, the last two looked like regular ponies, but the pink one had a puffy mane and tail, while the other, an orange pony, was wearing a cowboy’s hat. They looked on me with different reactions; wonder, fear, and suspicion. I looked at them, and I thought to myself Well, for not being a monster, you sure are acting like one. I looked back at the purple unicorn; she was recovering, but she still looked at me with a little fright. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to get angry at you, but I’m just sick of being treated..different.” Lyra came over to me and gave me a foreleg hug, and Bon Bon laid down beside me.