The purchase of goat's milk, harnesses, and leashes went off without a hitch for Jackie, even if it was the strangest purchase he'd ever made. When he'd told the person at the store what he needed, they came to the conclusion that he was hand raising an exotic animal, possibly a big cat. Jackie wasn't able to answer any questions about it beyond saying he was picking things up for his Uncle. Even so, he left feeling more confused then settled.
As he entered Uncle's Antiques, he saw Uncle behind the front counter, going over some old documents. He looked up with a smile as his nephew entered. "Jackie!" he greeted warmly. "Come, give Uncle a hug!"
"Uncle!" Jackie greeted warmly, walking up and embracing the old man.
"What did you bring me?" Uncle asked once they broke the embrace.
Smirking, Jackie set down his satchel. "The artifacts are carefully wrapped on top," he explained. "The, uh...pet supplies are in the bag. Do you have a big cat in here?" He looked around nervously. "Did you get pets?"
"No!" Uncle insisted. "Pets do not listen. One more thing! Too many breakables in antique shop for misbehaving animals. Is dangerous enough with misbehaving children, customers or otherwise. One more thing! Pets take far too much work, Uncle has no time for that!"
Jackie nodded. "Alright. But...why goat's milk? You've been cutting dairy from your diet."
"Is not for Uncle," Uncle countered. "Take it to the kitchen. One more thing, do not step on the ponies!"
Jackie had already turned towards the kitchen at the start of Uncle's second sentence, turning back for the instruction. He paused as he heard the last sentence, trying to make sense of it. "...what?" he asked, confused. "What was that last part, Uncle?"
"Is Jackie hard of hearing?" Uncle demanded. "Jackie is young, Uncle is getting old! Uncle said, do not step on the ponies!"
Jackie blinked. "So I didn't mishear. What does that even mean?"
"Is very straightforward!" Uncle insisted as he opened the satchel. "Now get goat's milk in fridge before it spoils!"
Jackie shook his head as he turned back towards the kitchen, carrying the pet supplies with him. What he saw nearly made him drop the bag as he let out a loud, "WUAHHG!"
A small yellow equine was on the counter, futzing with the coffee maker. An orange equine with wings walked along the bottom of the upper cabinets, tugging on the coffee maker as though insisting she should do something with it, although she raced up the cabinets to the ceiling at Jackie's startled shout. A white equine with a horn floated in a green aura watching the pair, but quickly floated over to Jackie to examine him, squeaking curiously.
"Jackie?" Uncle called out. "What is wrong?"
"Uncle!" Jackie gasped out. "There are...tiny ponies in the kitchen!"
"That is why Uncle said don't step on them!" Uncle called back reasonably.
"That would be somewhat hard when one is on the kitchen counter, one is on the ceiling, and one is floating in the air!" Jackie yelped out, rapidly patting his chest as he struggled to calm his heart.
Before long, Uncle joined him in the kitchen, staring disapprovingly at the ponies. "Apple Bloom, do not tinker with the coffee maker, you will void its warranty!" The yellow pony set the coffee maker down, hopping to the floor. "Scootaloo, floor is for walking, not walls, ceiling, or cabinets!" The orange filly dropped into Uncle's arms, letting him put her down. "Sweetie Belle, no levitation on the first floor, too many things to bump and break, or fall on and break you!" The glow ceased as the white filly dropped into Jackie's arms. "One more thing! ...this is Jackie, your cousin. Jackie, this is Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo. They went astray in a powerful magic spell, and were entrusted to me."
As all three fillies climbed up Jackie, he stared at them. "...you gotta be kidding me..." he groaned out as he examined them. "...tiny, candy colored ponies? A pegasus? A unicorn?"
"Qi-lin," Uncle corrected firmly. "Know your roots, Jackie!"
Jackie rolled his eyes. "Uncle, her horn is not an antler, nor does she have paws, claws, or a full lion-esque mane. Plainly she is a unicorn, not a Qi-lin."
"Same creature, different name!" Uncle insisted.
"Uncle, how can you say that?" Jackie demanded.
Uncle slapped down the documents he'd been going through. "My Chi Wizardy Master's thesis," he explained.
Confused, Jackie read the title, easily understanding the meaning of the kanji. "...Divergent Evolutionary Paths of Magical Creatures, As Pertaining to the Qi-Lin, Eastern and Western Varieties?" he asked, confused. He took a brief glance through it, seeing how Uncle had written that, based on where and when various images of unicorns and Qi-lin had been recorded and the fact that both had the same magical properties of purity and cleansing attributed to them, the two were divergent evolutionary branches of the same original creature, that had traveled and adapted its body in response to the magical field and environmental factors. "...huh. I never thought of that."
"Whether Qi-lin or unicorn, Sweetie Belle is sacred creature of great good magic," Uncle confirmed. "What matter what you call her?"
Jackie nodded, doing his best to wrap his mind around it...and eventually deciding to just accept it without fully understanding, as he had enough trouble wrapping his mind around the mundane world while accepting the possibility of magic, let alone trying to understand magic. "In that case, I will call her Sweetie Belle."
Uncle smiled warmly. "That is good, Jackie. One more thing!" He held out a small wrapped book and three pendants. "Where did you find these? They were at the top of your satchel."
Jackie blinked at the items. "I...didn't," he replied, confused. "I didn't put those in my satchel, either. Where did they come from?"
Uncle rubbed his chin thoughtfully, putting a few things together. "...come! We must do research!"
Chapters are too short!
One more thing!
Writer of this story must update more often!
One more thing!
The coffee maker's warranty expired three months ago!
7148234 One more thing!
Pendants are a Chekov's Gun, I just know it.
It's amazing how foals have a stronger connection to their innate magic than many full grown ponies do.
Please tell me I'm not the only one that instantly thought of this with the second-last paragraph.
you're doing uncle so well I love it.
Time to do research! Jackie actually took meeting his Uncle's new friends a lot better then I was expecting. I was expecting at least one fainting incident.
Hmmm three pendents three ponies i wonder Hmmmmmmmmm
7148266 Frankly, I think he is probably just used to Uncle's shenanigans and doesn't think too hard about things he doesn't understand.
Okay, Uncle is a lot scarier than possible if he wrote that.
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One more thing! Return firearm to Mr. Chekov. Too dangerous with fillies running around shop! They shoot themselves before week is out.
Aiyah! Pendants could be dangerous! Dark magic! Be very wary!
Though given Uncle is not getting the willies, perhaps assessment is premature.
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7148246 one more thing! this story and others by the same writer update every three days on a rotation basis!
*gives up three more bits*
Well there goes my bet that Uncle would say that unicorn is just another word for rhino.
Indeed, it really is very straightforward.
And now I've the strangest urge to make a sign saying this and putting it in the door of my room...
Somewhere back in Equestria, Twilight just had a fan-squeal.
Wait, I was almost right about a possible conversation topic?! WE'RE DOOMED! IT'S THE FILLYACOLYPSE! One more thing, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Jackie should be lucky Uncle didn't hit him yet.
I can hardly wait for Jade's reaction to the baby CMC...
7148429 Oh my God! It is going to be EPIC!!!! Well over time, considering she didn't speak when she first me Jackie.
I get the feeling that Uncle will be arguing over the Sweetie Belle being a Qi-lin for quite some time.
Oh my god, I just realized. With the existence of an earth pony, a unicorn, and a pegasus as proof... SECTION 13 MIGHT ACTUALLY GET GOVERNMENT FUNDING IN MAGIC RESEARCH!
7148359 There's a relationship I hadn't considered. And no, I don't mean shipping.
7148248 it's because they are more open minded then adults. Because they haven't learned any rules of magic, the magic is more open to the open minded(like)...I think.
Does that make sense?
That master's thesis...
Is it actually for Chi Wizardy? Because I would have expected Chi Wizardry
I'm expecting some kind of delayed reaction from Jackie... Also, Applebloom will take to him better than the other two, for some reason. Something about his name?
7148483 It's called Achievements in Ignorance. It's when people are able to do things that are impossible because they didn't know they were impossible.
Makes scary amount of sense to me
Guess we can't say that a big cat got Jackie's tongue.
If I didn't know any better, I'd think Uncle has quite a... Pet peeve.
I think Sweetie is taking quite a... shine to Jackie. She's positively... glowing with excitement.
Don't worry Jackie, Uncle will figure out what the book has and that's a wrap.
7118281 http://kisscartoon.me/Cartoon/Jackie-Chan-Adventures Here you go
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I'm being flooded with mental images of Uncle working as a Defense Against The Dark Arts Teacher in Hogwarts after reading that... and I love it
Mwehehehehehehe... And so it begins...
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Thanks.
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Dammit sans....
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Stop with these puns!
Uncles third most iconic line. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
YES!!!! More chapter, more character acting how they would in this kind of situation!! Moreover...more Uncle with PONY!!! Not gunna lie, this made my week!
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Right behind "Aiiyah!" and "One more thing!"
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...little bit, yeah.
7148246 Chekhov's Gun.
Chekov's gun would be this:
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7148585 I hope there is a story of that someware.
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better, more accurate and detailed definition of Chekhov's Gun http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChekhovsGun
This sounds like something I would love to read in real life.
Very nice chapter, Jackie's reaction to the fillies was much better than expected, and the way Uncle scolded them and they listened was awesome. I can just see Uncle figuring out a vase a person is trying to sell him is fake and handing it over to the Crusaders for 'evaluation' and the resulting fake being destroyed.
7148305 Got to add a classic:
I have a feeling that Rarity would disagree at times.
7148861 You know what I mean, nice pic though.
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the old cartoon, Jackie Chan Adventures. Trust me, it gets better as it goes on. This is all basically world-building for now.
7149541 Jackie Chan Adventures. It was on KidsWB before the channel section was replaced with 4KidsTV. Luckily, the final seasoned aired before 4KidsTV could get their grubby mitts on it.
Jackie Chan Adventures wikia
Would it be funny if Sweetie Bell used the Tiger Talisman, but nothing happened. Instead of turning into two Sweeties (one good; one evil) she just stayed herself or two exact Sweeties were made?
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This is making my month
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Can we get the Anti Punzilla Strike Team here Please...?
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I kinda really want to read that crossover now.
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It's rarely funny when nothing happens. I would like to see Sweetie Belle get the animal morphing talisman. She then could show Rarity how good she is with magic!
I bet those pendants will allow them to take a human form.
Another enjoyable chapter. Great job.
7150003 The CMC with the Monkey Talisman. ...things might get crazy.