//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Meeting my imagination // Story: Take a second look // by posponer //------------------------------// "A. You're adorable, B. You're so beautiful. C. You're a cutie full of chaaaaaaarms~" fuck it. If I'm crazy then I might as well just sing like one! Besides I've been here for a long time and I'm stuck like this! Sitting in a chair not allowed to move unless it was a bathroom break. If I can't move then I'll try the next best thing. Annoying the hell out of Sparkly and Scales. Though Scales often help in annoying Sparkly so he's okay in my book "Ugh! You are driving me crazy! Please be quiet for a moment. Just a small moment please!" "Ahh but my dear Twilight don't you know the phrase 'speech is silver, silence is golden.'" "Uhh that phrase means it's better to be quiet at times. What's the connection with that and me trying to make you quiet down except it being what I want?" "Well Sparkly, annoying others is diamond, diamonds are forever and definitely higher than the other two!" I then proceeded to laugh like a madman "That doesn't even make any sense!" "That's right. It doesn't make any sense. What's your point?" "Wha. What's the point?! The point is.. Ugh I can't handle this alone anymore! If this goes on I'll end up crazy!" She then galloped away to the sunset. Well not really, she just went and ran as far away as she could get. I love pissing people off. But these ponies or twilight at least makes a funny target, if all else fails me. Then annoying others is the best thing I could think of. But what should I do now? This fucking world is missing something very very important.... Where the fuck is the meat?! All I see are fucking fruits and vegetables. She even gave me faux burger... Made from hay! Bleugh. Disgusting. People at my school may be trying to make me a vegan (and I don't hate veggies and fruits) but eating hay.... Is fucked up. Period. "Hey scales! You there?" I called out to nowhere but got no answer. I sighed "great. Now what can I do?" Apparently nothing. I was stuck in this stupid chair and this thing that's keeping me here is melded into the chair. God damn magic. I swear the next time I play an RPG I'll kill every magic using enemy I could find. Well with nothing else to do I should just do the next best thing. Sleep and wait. ~|(\_/)|~ Twilight Sparkle ~|\_/|~ "I'm so glad you're all going to help me with this. I don't think I can last longer being alone with him." I might do something drastic to him if this lasts longer "Wait. So let me get this straight. A pony from the other side--" "Human." I corrected her but she just rolled her eyes and continued " 'Human' from the other side of the statue got here. How the hay did that happen?" I've been sighing more than I should these days "It's about the time when Sunset Shimmer stole my Tiara. On the way here she got followed by a human and she teleported him away." I sighed again 'I really should get some stress reliever' "Gee Twi, Don't you think yer just makin' this into somethin bigger than what it should be?" I shook my head and said "I wish I was Applejack... I wish I was." Another sigh. ~|(\_/)|~ ~|\_/|~ "Alright girls be gentle with him. It's the first time he'll meet ponies other than me." "Okay, but Ah still say you're just being like Rarity right now." "She would get angry at you if she heard that." "Well luckily for me she ain't here ain't she Rainbow?" they then laughed loudly... as in just LOLed... damn noise woke me up but at least I've got something to do now... I decided to act like I was sleeping. I can't wait to see the look on Sparkly's face after this "So where is this... person from the other side." Hello? Right here damn it! Use your eyes! They're big as fruits aren't they?! "Oh. Never mind I think I just saw it." I hear clip clops. They're almost near me "He's asleep." Okay, southern accent - check. I want to make sure this southerner was wearing a stetson but nah. Making Sparkly's life miserable for a short while is much better "And he's drooling." FUCK! I don't care whether it's dogs, ponies or human or whatever seeing me like this. Drooling is NOT COOL... and it's embarrassing okay. Time to play it cool... act like you're asleep and gently wipe the drool in your shirt. I can do this. There! Mission accomplished and they are none the wiser! "Aw well ain't that cute? He's like a sleeping foal." I am not cute... I'm handsome and furthermore I am not a fool! She did say fool right? "We need to wake him up. We'll have to explain to him how long it'll take for him to get back to his home and we also have to make sure he isn't a danger to other ponies around." Great explanation there Sparkly. Now hurry up and wake me up wake me up inside ahem. Now isn't the time for songs. "Hey Biped wake up. I want you to meet someponies." I rolled my eyes inside my head at the name she called me. 'Biped' just because I can walk with two legs doesn't mean that you can call me that. Whatever. time for me to act I slowly opened my eyes to see flesh? or maybe orange colored pony next to Sparkly and sure enough this was the owner of the southerner voice. How do I know this? She's wearing a stetson hat, either she's a cowgi... cowpony? whatever, either she's that or she's in a cosplay of doctor who. Great, I forgot to watch the last episode of the seventh series. DAMN. And the other one was flying. Yup this is one crazy shit. I would say I'm high but I really don't do drugs, with my powers I would do shit I don't even normally would do. Before any of them could speak up I activated the plan into action. Plan 'fake trauma' is a go! "Please don't hurt me!" I hung my head low and shook my body for added effect "I-I didn't do a-anything wrong. I'm sorry!" plus the stutter effect. What else could I do. "Uhh Twi?" Southerner is confused, she might hit herself due to confusion "You mind telling us what exactly did you do to the person from the other side?" Oh my god.... my stomach! It hurts! Must. Not. Laugh! "I didn't do anything! All I did was ignore his antics! I really didn't do anything!" They stared her down and the look on her face was HILARIOUS! It's taking my all not to laugh at her plight but alas. All good things come to an end as the two relented and believed their friend. They looked back at me sitting normally "What? What're you all looking at?" three words. Smooth. As. FUCK. I acted as if nothing happened before and their faces was really the icing on the cake. "I know I'm different, but staring is rude you know." the three ponies in front of me had different expression. The colorful blue flying one was between laughing and pissed, must be a prankster as well. The orange one was well... normal. How dull but it's fine. Sparkly's face. Shit. That's a face of rage. I've pranked too many people to know what that face is. "Twi? You okay?" "That's it. I needed a stress reliever anyways." She took a step forward. slowly and dauntingly. It's fucking working! SHIT! "I had learned quite a few magic from a book and I'd love to try it out I hope you're ready." She's glaring at me as she stepped closer again. This may be my last but at least I had fun C'est la vie that's french for 'That's life' but that wont help me right now. She's getting closer. I have three options. Option A - Beg forgiveness like a little bitch. Option B - Play innocently. Option C - Accept demise. Fuck option A! A man never begs. I already chose option C but I should go with Option B. "Hey Twilight. Got anything to eat?" as if on cue my stomach grumbled and somehow this threw her off course from what she planned but she recovered. Tch. "I'll give you something to eat alright." She's still glaring at me. And that gathering light from her horn is no fucking joke. This is dangerous! My whole body is screaming at me saying this moment itself is dangerous! Come on me! Say something! Anything! Damn it I know I'm not a people person. I'm sure as hell that I'm not a pony person too! Well... I'm fucked. ~|(\_/)|~ ~|\_/|~ "I hope you learned your lesson now." Sparkly was huffing as she trotted to the kitchen. I would make a sexist joke here but my mind is still stuck at what just happened. It was like I caught a Firaja Spell of Final Fantasy with my face. I'm not dead, not burned, charred, scarred or anything. But I felt the feeling of being burned. I hate that feeling. New rule, Never mess with magical beings unless I can run. "Well pardner, Ah'd say you didn't deserve that but to be honest, You sorta did." The rainbow one just kept snickering at what happened to me The two followed their friend to the kitchen and I sat there mesmerized and afraid at the same time. three words stuck at my mind 'Fucking hate magic.' screw childhood memories! Those were just tricks! This one was painful and traumatizing! ~|(\_/)|~ Twilight Sparkle ~|\_/|~ I'm shaking. I can't believe I just did that! I wonder if something's wrong with him? It might be a delayed reaction. Or maybe it's something else entirely. I was snapped away from my thoughts as soon as I felt a hoof at my back. It was Applejack, apparently they found me shaking and asked me the reason why "The magic I used wasn't ordinary magic. It was the same caliber of Nightmare Moon's thunder magic! It was a destructive magic. He... he might be hurt or worse just because I wasn't able to hold in my feelings. I don't want to be a killer!" "Woah there Twi! He's fine. A bit spooked but fine. Besides your magic seemed to have failed since he didn't really feel anything." "Y-You sure?" "Absolutely. Now why don't we just tell him what we wanted to in the first place and give him somethin' to eat if he cooperates." I nodded, this was the best course of action for the time being ~|(\_/)|~ ~|\_/|~ The three of them came back all brandishing food... Well can't say I didn't expect this but, Damn this. This is just straight up cruelty. "You mentioned to us before that you were hungry correct?" Sparkly asked me so I decided to answer. I'm not an asshole after all. Just when I want to be. "Yes." Short and simple. "Well as you can see we have some food." I know where this is heading but I'll play along. "We need answers and this might just be your way of getting out of the bindings and getting food so how about it?" I nodded "Okay. Ask away." I would play hardball but the event from before in mind. I'd rather not piss off this pony for now. "How are you feeling right now." That question irks me but just to make sure I looked around at my body and try to notice anything out of the norm but I got nothing. "Fine." "No, Pain or anything?" Why is she being so centered on this? "No. but if it's about pain..." I decided not to continue. I'm pretty sure she knows what she did to me. "'If it's about pain' what?" Why is she acting as if she doesn't know? "Well the moment you used your 'Magic' on me. I felt as if my head was being burned open and melted over with a raging fire. This is your magic so shouldn't you..." Her worried face suddenly brought me to thinking... It clicked on my mind SHE KNOWS WHAT IT DOES! "You wanted to kill me?" asked as calmly as I could since I don't want a take two of the whole thing if I accidentally piss her off. "I'm sorry! I let my emotions get the best of me and for that I'm really sorry!" Right there and then I wasn't able to help myself and I laughed. Of course this earned me questioning looks "Oh wow. That was funny." This comment of mine earned me a glare from the pony in question but I continued "I've been chased. Threatened. And on many occasions Almost killed." I looked at Sparkly and she timidly looked away "But never have I got an apology for getting my just desserts." "What are you implying?" The Rainbow one asked and I answered "I deserved it. Plain and simple. But I didn't expect her to say sorry. But this isn't what you wanted to know so let's get back to the questions shall we?" at the word 'questions' Sparkly remembered what she wanted to do in the first place and asked again "What is your name?" "I have no name." I got three curious looks "That's not possible. Even animals have names." she rebutted as she huffed "I discarded my name long ago. Just call me 'Anonymous' or Anon for short." They decided not to delve deeper and move on to the next question thankfully enough "Do you remember how you got here?" I shrugged as best as I could (being tied up and all) "Beats me. If anyone here knows that'd be great. I could get back to my world and I'd be off of Sparkly's" She glared at me but I paid it no mind as I continued my sentence by saying "target practice." "Well you see. About that..." Sparkly told me the truth. The Cold. Hard. Truth. If I could hold my head against my palms I would. This is quite hard to take in "Thirty full moons? That would take years!" I'd be gone for a couple of years give or take but still, what will happen to the things I left behind. Wait. I looked down to my chest and saw the ring necklace. That's right. I have nothing back home either. What difference does this world make to the other one. "Yes it would and that would bring us to the next two questions. One, for the love of Celestia, Why did you follow someone to a magical portal?!" Yeah I admit that was stupid but under the circumstances I was in that was pretty much the normal thing a drunkard would do. Like pick a fight with strangers, Sleep outside the street, Puke and drink some more alcohol. Hell Drunks would do everything they could! "Well I was a little... disoriented at the time. A little personal problem. And as you remember the world I was from doesn't have anything close to magic." Explaining about all the advanced technologies that she saw in my world was really hard to do but it was manageable "Okay I won't question your blatantly stupid reason for going in the portal but then it comes to question number two. Are you going to be a danger towards the other ponies in the area? And ponies in general?" I gave her the best deadpan look I could even as all three of them were glaring at me trying to size me up "I can't even move against your magic. Do you think I stand any chance what-so-ever when it comes to a one-on-one tussle?" They relaxed at the obvious thing I asked them "Yeah I guess you're right." "So is the question and answer portion finished? Can I please have something to eat now?" and on cue my stomach grumbled again "Yeah I guess you deserve it." She released me from my restraints and gave me... Fruits. Well I expected this but whatever at least I could eat and as a side note I'm free! "But we're keeping a close eye on you just in case." Damn it Sparkly. Okay scratch that. I'm not free. ~|(\_/)|~ ~|\_/|~ We made idle chatter (mostly them) while eating when I suddenly remembered the RPG thing and decided to ask "Hey Sparkly!" She glared at me again and opened her mouth as she told me "MY NAME IS TWILIGHT SPARKLE! Get it right already!" I rolled my eye at her obvious irritation "Sheesh Okay Relax! Twilight. There you happy now?" she just made a 'Hmph' sound as she looked away but I continued with my question "Anyways, About that magic thing you're doing can you subconsciously use it or something?" But this question earned me a squeal of delight via Twilight. An annoyed grunt from Rainbow Dash Her parents are really original in naming.. And Applejack I've got nothing against her name, Apparently her family owns an Apple Orchard but she insists it be called a farm. Well they raise other vegetables too so I'll just call it a farm as well. just hid her face under her hat and stood still like a statue. I was confused why they acted like that but now I know why. God Damn Nerds. I don't hate nerds but please try not to diverse around the main issue. After her 'Magic lesson' was over, Rainbow Dash was sleepy, Applejack was back to eating and Twilight beaming with a smile. Gah! She's an adorable Nerd. "Well basically Unicorns have the potent power to do magic. Why did you ask about it anyways?" I shrugged at her question "I just find it cool that you can control such a high level magic. Makes me wish I was like you Sparkly." I grinned earning another angry chiding from the nerd but I got something worse "I told you my name is... huh?" She was confused. I wondered why as I continue to look down at her (from my sitting height looking down was the only thing possible) but what made me more curious was the other two wore the same expression only with an added effect of wariness And then I found myself back at the chair but only my lower body was constricted "May I ask why I'm back to being acquaintances with Mr.Chair?" "You tell us Anon. What are you?!" "What the fu- Right no cursing. fudge are you three talking about?!" "You're a changeling aren't you?!" Rainbow yelled out at my pants. Why the heck would she yell at my other head? Damn it Anon. Get your mind out of the gutter! They're ponies for pete's sake! "I'm a human! What the hell is a changeling?" I asked a little more calmly this time "They're bug-like beings in this world with the ability to change into anypony they want. Not much is known about them other than that. You transforming into me doesn't help you with this issue." "Transforming into you? What're you..." and the issue sinked to me "Ah. Fuck." "Anon. Watch your words. We've been through this before." I forcibly removed my power as I scratched my head and looked at them saying "Question and Answer portion part two?" They nodded "Fuck. My. Life."