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// The Maretro Station 
// Story: Starting on a New Hoof 
// by Dracoraun 
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	I yawned kind of loudly. My boredom level was rising insanely, and all the other ponies seemed to be very content just looking around at the various sights in the Mareto Station, or I've heard it be called before. So, I took some time to get a good hold of where I was, exactly. I used my shopping senses that I picked up from the many different malls I went to with my old friends, mainly to either catch the newest flick or so what they had in the various and varying stores in there. It'd get boring fast though. So, anyways, I found out a few things from some history books and maps. Apperently, Equestria is essientially the name for the continent and the world they live on. There's this forest that surrounds the continent, save from some ocean. I guess they go past the ocean some times, but not much is really said about it.
Well, here's the interesting part. This forest is apperently some dark place where the weather controls itself. That part didn't scare me at all, but the part that got me concerned was talk of monsters. I wasn't that sure whether to listen to my common sense, which told me monsters equals bad news, or to listen to my gamer sense and think that I can kill them and get money. I legitimately thought that for a second, before smacking my face with my hoof and bruising my nose. I guess I used a bit too much force, but I deserved it for thinking that. So, I got a basic idea of where I was. I probably could have learned more, but I was too busy not caring about history. Anyways, I started to notice that one by one, my friends seemed to wander off. 
"Well, that's great..." I said underneath my breath. Finding them was going to be a bitch, so I decided to just find some place to sit down and think for a bit. I turned around, only to come in contact with something solid that wasn't there a second ago. It took me a second to realize that I accidently ran into a rather large male pony and knocked him to the ground. His brown hair was in his face as he started back to his hooves, laughing for some reason. I was sure he was the insane type, his red eyes staring at me like he was going to kill me. He raised a hoof, and I was absolutely sure he was gonna hit me. Flinching and closing my eyes, I only felt his hoof pat my back as he continue to laugh.
"That was a bit of force! It's alright, though." He said with a smile across his brown furred face, brushing the darker brown hair away from his face. Don't get me wrong, I was pleasently suprised. However, it's not what I expected at all. I stood there with a dumb look on my face, dumb struck and left without a response.
"What? Something wrong? Is there salad in my teeth again?! Jeeze, I thought I got it all out... I hope none of the mares noticed. " He turned and winked at one of the passing ponies, and I figured that one was female. I was kind of getting that down, the whole male and femal pony things. So the females are called mares, and the males are called stallions. The age complicates things, and sometimes men are called boys, or the equivilant, which would be colts. I found that slightly funny, mainly because one of my friends was a serious Colts fan. Of course I naturally thought of football when I heard that, and I almost mentioned that before I realized how many ponies here would know who that was. A whopping one. The best part is that one would be me. Yeah, I found it a good idea not to mention that. 
"You a mute or something?" He said with a laugh. I realized I zoned out a bit, and I shook my head and brought my attention back to him.
"Yeah, I am. I'm so mute that I can talk" I said with a frown and a slight blush that was hidden underneath my fur. He laughed again and patted my back.
"Hey, me too! I'm also blind! Wait, no I'm not. That would suck something fierce. Fiercer then me! I couldn't see any of the pretty fillies around here, if you know what I mean." He said with a wink and nudge. As he got close to nudge me, I noticed he had neither horn nor wings. Earth pony? I didn't catch his cutie mark, but I figured this casa nova de pony would have something like a heart.
"Sure. I wouldn't want that." I said with only a hint of sarcasm in my voice. I know, I know. Me? Sarcasm? Well anyways, he seemed to believe it fully. Another pony who doesn't register sarcasm.
"Right?! Oh, I should tell you my mane! I mean, name. Yeah, that's the one. Though my mane looks fine too... Oh yeah, name. Name's Novaria. Eros Novaria. But you can call me Super Nova. " He made an arrogent half smile and extended his hoof to me
"What's your name?" He continued. I was contemplating what to say, but I figured I should just say my pony name given to me.
"You can call me High Wing." As soon as I said that, and I mean as soon as, I heard some one shouting my name. I looked around, and I saw stromy and Treble standing off to the distance.
"Who are those two fine mares? Friends of yours?" He said, brushing his 'mane' back with his hoof. Shaking my head, I walked towards them without a word. He followed for some reason, but I didn't really care. He could follow us anywhere, he was about as familiar as the rest of them, except maybe Thunder and Stormy.
"High Wing! There you are. We seem to be seperated from the rest... Amazing right? Who knew we could get lost in a crowd of thousands? Huh. Anyways, who's your new friend?" Stormy said with a grin, her yellow mane, wind blown as always, went in front of her eye, forcing her to push back her mane.
"Name's Noveria. But you can call me Nova, young mare." He said with a slight wink, extending his hoof. She burst out in laughter. I mean, she may have fallen to the ground, but at least she didn't do that.
"Not a chance. I have my eyes on another." She made a giggle and Nova nodded. He shrugged and patted me on the back.
"It's always worth a shot, right? Maybe the quiet one will do." He said with a hint of disapointment in his voice. Treble just blushed madly and shook.
"Me? I... I couldn't. No, I couldn't. Sorry." She averted her eyes, but Nova seemed to not be affected by this either.
"Always more mares in the sea, eh? Anyways, what's both of your names? At least give me that."  His red eyes set to a less playful, more serious kind of look. 
"My name is Stormy Heart. One of the best storm clearers out there! And she's Treble Cleft... A quiet one, but she prefers to let her violin do the talking. Let me tell you, what she lacks in voice she makes up in raw talent." Stormy said with a grin, her blue eyes gently settled upon Treble as she averted her eyes, trying to hide a grin as well.
"I'm not that good. Not as good as my mother... But I guess I'm alright." She said, her hair covering her eyes entirely now. She shuffled her hooves against the ground, but was relieved of the pressure of a whopping three ponies acknowledging her when Fleet flew past, saw us, and did I double take and landed right next to us.
"Hi High! See what I did there? Ha! Oh, and hello Stormy, Canvas and... A newcomer? Who's this new pony here? A water drop as a cutie mark? How the hay did you get that one, spilling water? Is your special talent spilling water?" Fleet said with his eyes closed and laughing like mad. Nova simply frowned and turned his head.
"My name's Noveria. Nova for short. And the story of my cutie mark can wait for another day. It's nice to meet you, Fleet. You have fine fillies for friends." He said with a smile and a wink. Stormy laughed and nodded.
"Right? Oh, and you'll learn how oblivious High Wing is! Just watch'm, you'll see ex.act.ly what I mean." I had no idea what he meant by this. I just kind of glared at him and turned my head, pretending I knew what he meant. Oblivious? Oblivious to what? Well, I didn't really care at the time, nor did I have time to. The rest of them, Picturesque, Thunder, and Canvas all came by at the same time. Thunder began to talk, a wild look in his face.
"Hey everypony. You would not believe what I just heard." A fourth, slightly older pony with a brown mane that had one long gray streak going through it came out from behind him. His white fur seemed to contrast with his stark gray eyes which made my nerves freak out.
"So you're the one, huh? I know something that may interest you." He said, his voice unnervingly deep. Everything about him was unnerving though. Nova shuddered a bit.
"This guy gives me the creeps. It's like... He's bad news. I can feel it." Nova said, his red eyes set and his mouth straight, his body was ready to move in the first sign of trouble. Canvas shook his head and frowned, then locked his eyes on me. He had a real serious look too, which made me panic slightly. You know that feeling when you're called to the office, and you know you did nothing wrong, but you keep feeling like you did, or that they made something else to make you in trouble? And you go up, and it turns out it was nothing? Well, this time I only wish it was nothing.
"I thought the same thing. However, what he said caught our attention... He mentioned humans." Canvas' face remained stoic. However, Stormy's changed insanely fast, as did Treble and Fleets. Nova just tilted his head and made a confused face.
"Humans? Hue. Mans? What in Equestria is that?" He said with a frown.
"I haven't heard much about them. Just rumors and bits from my library. But enough to believe it. When I heard about your friend... Well, you. I had to come. I have heard, and read as well, that the 'humans' come from a world seprate from ours. Their world, however, has no magic. They use machines for everything. Even war. Not much is written about this... And what's written is only in myths and fables. Normaly, I would take your friend as a lunitic. However, there is one barely known story lost to ages... There's only three copies left. One is in the Canterlot castle. Another has a location that is not known. And the third. The third, I have in my library. The story is more of a prophecy. Now, the prophecy reads of these creatures, humans, having a strange event happen in their world... One that normaly happens once in a million years. The dimensions align, two more perfect then others. Those two create a tear, and when certain requirements are met, an essance, either pony, human, or anything, can travel through the dimensions. This story wrote that a human would come here... And something would go horribly awry." My heart was racing. Horribly awry? I had no idea what that could have been. I still don't. And the other ponies seemed to not know either.
"What a... fantastic story. But it's a story. Are you sure it's real? Could something like that happen?" Stormy said, trying to take the attention from the last statement. Her concern was likely the same as mine on that case.
"I'm not sure. But that story is so vague and old... Not to mention rare. The chances of this happening..." He seemed to daze off for a second.
"Yeah, and that would explain why magic doesn't effect you. You come from a world without magic... You're like... Like... A hole in magic here. It doesn't touch you." Thunder said, putting the pieces together. I frowned. A hole in magic? A hole in anything isn't good. Especially underwear.
"A world without magic... How was it?" Canvas said, not being able to imagine not having his magic.
"Well, let's see. We make machines to do everything. We have vehicles to take us places... We're focused much more in sciences. Oh yeah, not to mention have of my world is either insane or going insane. It's fun times. Also, it's all I ever knew. It's like me asking you how it feels to be a pony." I frowned and sat down, thoroughly suprised with myself that I could keep up the whole sarcastic thing, even when I felt as bad as this.
"That seems rediculous... Dangerous... Impossible... And a possible adventure which would involve tons of babes, explosions, and fame. Count me in" Nova said with a grin, his eyes settling to his arrogent look that was rudely broken by his look of shock and confusion. I kind of thought about what he said. It did seem rediculous. I had to see that book myself. Which lead me to my next decision.
"Can we see it? The book, I mean. I'll be damned if it exists, but I've been damned so many times that I wouldn't be suprised. So, how about it?" My trademarked scowl remained on my face for a time before fading to a regular, contented look. He nodded, his creepy stare returning back to me.
"I'll take you to my library. It's in Maretropolis, which is just outside of the station. It's a bit of a walk, but it's a lot faster then taking a carriage."
"Faster then a carriage? How? We're walking..." Stormy said, probably considering flying, but reconsidering because of her friends. I knew exactly what he meant though.
"The streets are probably loaded with carriages, if it's anything like home. It could take hours to get a mile. Much easier to walk." I said, finaly knowing something. Made me feel good about myself. Kind of like beating someone once after losing twenty times. 
"That's exactly why." He said, his low voice still creeped me out. I was digging getting something right here, however.  Suddenly, Thunder spoke up again.
"Oh, you never told us your name. What is again?" His intense yellow eyes matching his, those two were seeming to communicate even without talking. 
"My name is Dr. Mirado Stallionhorde. But you may call me Dr. Mirado." Dr. Mirado said, his eyebrows settling in into his intense look. He began to turn and walk off, the rest of us began to follow.
"We're off to sarotoga." I said with a slight laugh. I mean, I thought it was funny.
"What?" Nova said, not laughing just as much as the others. More like making a confused look.
"Uhn... Nevermind." I said, grumbling slightly. Now the ponies decided to laugh, frustrating me further. I stopped caring after that, but continued to grumble as I headed to the library, not realizing that this would be one of the last calm times for a while.