//------------------------------// // Exposition // Story: The Girls: Children of Troy and the Sons of the Bear // by Chelis //------------------------------// When I usually cross the portal, I would normally be awake through the whole thing only to be tackled by an excited Rainbow Dash shortly afterward, but that time it knocked me out as soon as I walked into the mirror. I woke up again to the cold, hard marble floor. I had lost the sense of how long I was out. when I finally oriented myself, I looked at the beautiful room that I was accustomed to and smiled. Oh, Equestria, how I missed you! I looked around, realizing that between expecting the pouncing from Rainbow Dash to my paradise away from earth and wanting to find out what was going on, I had lost my friends as well when we went through, like what happened to the main six when they went over. All I can do when I made that realization was chuckle. Oh, the irony. I started to casually walk to the large, purple door. If I was going to figure out how to help Equestria, I would first have to get my friends together. Canterlot Castle is huge, there's no way in hell I'm going to find them. I guess it didn't take too long. Right before I opened the door I heard a high pitch scream that sounded like Trisha. Welcome to Equestria, kiddo. It was then I heard a booming laugh, that sounded like a madman who had finally snapped. Thought Josh would enjoy this place. The door slammed open and Rainbow Dash was in front of me, her pony form. Being in her pony form meant that her tackles were a bit harder, but fluffier. That time was no exception. She flew to me, the streak of rainbow behind her. She hit me on my chest and it knocked me back to the ground, I held on to her as I fell. "Welcome back," she said, her face moving against mine in affection. "Did we just meet?" I asked. "You know you guys were knocked out for at least an hour, right?" "Really?" I asked. I guess that explain the weird feeling earlier. "Yea, we all figured we would let you all rest a while. Everyone is getting the others, and they told me to get you!" "Isn't that nice?" I said as I playfully ruffled her hair. "So, what did I miss?" "I went to griffonshire and ran into Gilda again, and I nearly was framed for doing some shady shit and nearly kicked off the Wonderbolts. Other than that it's been boring!" "Neat" * * * We walked…. I walked and she flew to the throne room, which was a long walk. Took us around a few minutes, getting lost and turning into the wrong hallways at times. When we arrived, we were greeted with all my friends, both pony and human alike. Honestly, I felt like in that damned human in Equestria stories. Good luck fucker, you're in one now! Trisha looked scared as shit while Josh was about to break like a schoolgirl meeting their teen heartthrob. Everyone else was meh to the situation, but they did look around, seeing how things were different. Rainbows friends assaulted me with hugs and excitement. "Glad to be back!" I said in the middle of their group hug. "Really girls, it's been so long!" Jenna added. I guess in the excitement of seeing my friends from Equestria and from home again, that I must have forgotten that we were in the throne room, in the presence of a goddess. She cleared her throat to get everyone's attention. "I see that Rainbow Dash successfully found you and your friends. I wish I can give you enough time to catch up, but pressing matters are at hand. Follow me," Princess Celestia gently commanded as she got off her throne. We followed her lead as we walked down the hallway to our left. Celestia's head went up to my neck, which made me remember that these ponies were not so little, the rest of the ponies' heads reached my stomach. Celestia closed her eyes as she walked. "I would not have called you here unless it was dire. A few days ago, we had heard of mysterious creatures coming from the Everfree forest. They were just rumors at first until they started being seen on the outskirts of towns and cities… As if they were scouting. We realized they were from your world, they look like you but they spoke a language that no one heard before. I wrote them off as curious visitors and allowed them to look around without interaction. They started raiding towns yesterday, taking ponies and hauling them back to the forest. That's why I summed you here, to send them back to your world." "I don't get it. Why can't you use your guards to evict them? They seem capable" Jenna asked. "They are. I want you and your friends to do it before I resort to that. I do not want to start a war with your world," Celestia answered. We walked in an empty room, same design as the rest of the castle. As soon as the door was closed behind us, Celestia's horn lit up. As she used her magic, the floor became a holographic map of Equestria. Joshua was about to explode in glee. "This is kinda cool," Trisha commented. Three red 'x's appeared on the map. "Yesterday this town was raided. This morning, this town was attacked. That was when I decided to send Rainbow Dash to get you. We just received word a few minutes ago that this town was raided. As you can see …" "It's following a pattern," Nassir breathed. Twilight interjected. "Correct, Nassir. If it follows the pattern, the next town is… Ponyville" Oh Boy. Nassir sighed. "I mean, I want to help y'all, but I got shit next -" "You're either all in or you are dead to me. I am willing to get suspended a few games than watch this world suffer," I answered. Nassir Chuckled. "I ant gonna abandon y'all, don't worry." I looked to see how Trisha was holding up, and that's when I saw it. There was a weird dot on her glasses. Now, I wouldn't have bothered with it, but the problem was that Trisha never wore glasses. I put two and two together and I realized she was recording this. She has Equestria in her recording, evidence of my relationship with Rainbow Dash, and magic talking ponies. So this girl, who was probably distraught over my relationship with another girl is recording the fact that the girl i'm dating is a pony, and that there is an another world filled with talking horses and magic. She had the recording that could ruin my life and endanger it, so was I worried? Meh.