//------------------------------// // Chapter - 1 'Wait... So This Is Where It Took Us? Why?' // Story: The (Somewhat) Great Adventures of a Group of ("Human") Friends // by IAmBugHorse //------------------------------// You are currently walking down the street with your friends by your side, as a cool breeze blows through your hair. Though they are quite strange in their own way, you’re still glad to have friends as great as these. You all continue to walk down the street, under the light of the moon, while talking and laughing about the problems of yesterday’s tomorrow. “But are you sure you’ll be fine,” you asked, “I mean, it does seem like a hard task to do alone, but if you say you can do it alone, then by all means, go ahead. Don’t forget, we’re here for you.” “Yeah, we’ll always be here when you need us, you know that, right Summer,” Savanna asked, as she looked at Summer. “Yes, but I’m sure I can do it, it’s just an MLP cosplay costume, it’s not that hard to make,” Summer said with her arms crossed, “besides, the con isn’t for another three months, why worry?” “Yeah I guess your right, I still don’t get that show, but I can see why you two enjoy it,” you said in an understanding tone. You knew that Summer and Savanna have had some rough times, and haven’t had the best life, they only had each other, they are sisters after all. But through time they found the show enjoyable and they began watching it. Though you’re not a fan, you see the reason that they chose to continue to watch the show to this very day. “Yeah, so Adam, what are your plans for the weekend,” Summer asked you. “Why do you ask,” you asked. “Well you know how most bronies have their OCs,” she said. “Yes...” you said. “Well, me and Savanna decided that we should create one for you,” she said hesitantly. “You-did-what-now,” you ask quite quickly. “We created an OC based on your personality... we hope your not mad...” she said, in a sad manner. “Well... I’m not mad, but the least you could do is show me what they look like,” you said, in a quite nervous manner. “Well we were hoping to show you this weekend, but if you want to, now is fine. I finished the drawing that I did of all of us in a group picture as our OCs, so, let’s see...” Savanna said, pulling out her laptop and brought up a series of drawings she’s done. And there, on the screen, was the drawing she made. You, her, and Summer. Savanna pointed to the center, and said, “this one’s you.” You take a good look at the pony in the middle. It was what looked like a mint green (or in this case a shade of dark green) Pegasus, with a black mane, with the same shade of green as highlights at the tips of the mane, which was some what long and scruffy, the same for the tail, the eyes a far more lighter version of his hair, and, you presume he, was hugging two other ponies to the left and right of him with his wings. The one to his right was also a Pegasus, with a very vibrant and curly mane, that was purple, the same thing goes for the tail, (assuming it’s female) her coat was what looked like a darker shade of magenta, but her eyes are a shade of indigo. To the left, there was also a Pegasus (geez, they sure do love their Pegasi), she (also assuming it’s female) had a slightly darker version of light blue mane, as well as the tail. They were also less curly than the one on the right, and her coat is a lighter version of her mane, the same goes for her eyes. “Oh, I’m assuming you haven’t seen the Cutie Marks,” Savanna said pointing to the ponies flanks. You have to admit she does pay attention to your eyes. You see that your Cutie Mark is... two mint leaves behind a cloud? You look at the purple shaded one and see that her Cutie Mark are three lavenders. The other one had wait... are those... dark blue delphiniums? Wow, they sure did their research. So everyone’s special talents have to do with plants... great. “So our special talents have to do with plants, I mean I’m not complaining I love mint,” you said in a cheerful manner, “but why flowers for you two?” “Well, we’ve come to like the color, and smell of the flowers, so we made them our special talents,” Summer said. “How are flowers a special talent,” you asked. “Well, we use the flowers to help others, plus we grow them,” Savanna said. “But I thought only Earth ponies could grow things,” you asked. “Yes, but our ancestors were Earth ponies and Pegasi, so we may be Pegasi, but that doesn’t mean we can’t plant flowers, plus, our ancestors used these plants for magical things, but we haven’t made it that far yet into our backstory,” Summer said. “Yeah well, I like the backstory so far, so what about me and my backstory,” you asked. “Well, from what we’ve got, you grew up on a mint farm, your father was killed by a disease in the mint, and you were left to take care of the farm, with your mothers help. Eventually you have to sell the farm after your mother is killed by the same thing that killed your father, you find out it was a genetic mutation in the mint that caused it, you eventually genetically modify it out of the mint and all mint from them on, and with that you saved the mint production, and all the other ponies who use mint,” she said. You mouth drops to the floor, in awe, at the backstory they gave you. I saved the mint production? Damn... You say to yourself in your head. “Wow, that’s quite the backstory,” you said “Yes, well, your backstory is something else,” Summer says, with a sheepish smile. “Well what is it,” you asked “Well your backstory is also a legend, it goes like this: ‘The one who has saved ponies from the green leaf will come back to save us, along with some others from the flower. Together they will have many challenges, adventures, and chapters to their story,’” Savanna said, in a narrator’s voice. “So, that’s it, a legend, and a backstory, wow you guys are good,” you said, in awe at the amount of time they must have put into your OC. “Yeah, we hope you like it,” Summer said, nervously. “While I never would have thought that I would get an OC, you guys have really outdone yourselves,” you said. “So does this mean your not mad,” Savanna said, cheering up. “Why would I be mad, you put so much effort into my OC, and for that I’m not mad, in fact I’m joyful that you managed this, I’m glad you made me an OC, even if it’s a pony,” you said with a smile on your face. “Really,” they both some what screamed at the same time. “Yes, of course I did,” you said, still smiling. “Oh thank you Adam,” they both said, before they both threw their arms around you. “Woah, ok ok, I get it your happy, *chuckle, let’s continue walking before it gets late, it’s supposed to rain later,” you said, chuckling to yourself. You knew that it was going to rain later, cause you saw it on their tv. You live with them after all, even-though you’re not related to them, you live with them as room mates. It fun living with them, but you treat them as a family instead of just friends, and nothing more. “Yeah well, we can tell it’s about to rain, the wind is picking up,” Savanna said. “The wind doesn’t pick up first when it’s about rain, it first becomes humid, then it picks up,” you said correcting her. “Yes, but the wind is picking up, see,” she said, as a strong gust of wind comes in. “What! But it didn’t even get humid, it actually was a nice temperature out tonight,” you said. “Well what are we doing standing here for, let’s go,” Summer said, speed walking next to you and Savanna, “actually funny enough, this would usually be the scene of some of the MLP fanfics I’ve read, where people get teleported to some place by some kind of transmutation circle, or something of the sorts, and they meet some strange mysterious being, and are then sent to Equestria, fall into a forest, and are found by some ponies, oh I should show you someday.” “Yeah, well right now we’re going home, I’m not one for getting sick from the rain, although I do enjoy the rain,” you said. You, and your two friends start heading back to their house. Everything starts going well, until... *CRASH *BOOM *CRASH *CRASH “What in the-” is all you could say as a loud flash of light appeared behind the three of you. To your amazement, it was a portal... that was currently pulling you in... Wait... WHAT? You mentally asked. “Woah... this doesn’t seem right, why is there a portal... wait Adam, what’s wrong, why are you moving closer to it,” Savanna said looking at you as you were getting dragged toward the portal. “I’m not doing it, it’s the portal, I’m getting dragged into it... a little help would be advised...” you said, as they finally realized that you needed help. Oh now you realize I need help! You say in your mind, slightly scolding them for not realizing. “So... what do you think this portal is... it seem to be getting... stronger... we... need... to... get... out... of... here... NOW,” you said stumbling some of your words before screaming. “Yeah... I second that, this portal’s force is pulling stronger, at this rate we’re all going to get pulled in, but if we do... I wouldn’t dream of being without you guys, even when we go through,” Summer said, holding on for her dear life onto Adam. “Yeah, I will always be with you all the way, no matter what,” Savanna said, trying not to let go. “Well, let’s hurry up and-” and once again you were cut off as the portal flashed, and it’s pull became two times as powerful. “Woah, well I didn’t expect that to happen, well, here we go apparently, cause now the portal is stronger then us... I hope to see you guys on the other side...” Savanna said, accepting her fate. “Yeah... see you there...” you say, also accepting your fate. “Yep, this seems anti-climactic, were not reacting in a bad way to this, but I guess I might as well say this, brace yourself,” Summer said, bracing her-self. You and Savanna follow suit, as you all get sucked into the portal. ***** You are now a random background pony. You are currently headed toward Sugar Cube Corner. You knew that you always passed the hospital on your way there from your house. It was a short walk, so you got there fairly quickly. As you continue walking, you eventually see the hospital, but when you got there, there was a group of ponies grouped around one of the hospital walls. “What in the name of... what is going on,” you say to the group of ponies. “Well, three Pegasi came out of a portal and crashed into the hospital wall. They are not that injured, but then again it was ironic that they crashed into the hospital,” somepony said. “How did they go through a portal if their just Pegasi,” you said. “Well we think they were forced into the portal, but we’re not sure,” said another pony. “I wonder who sent them through the portal,” you ask to nopony in particular. ***** Five minutes earlier... You are now Adam. You and your friends are currently flying through a portal that appeared, and it’s taking, a really... really... really long time. “Well this is not what I imagined how going through a portal would feel like,” you said, still hugging Summer and Savanna. “I agree with you on that, this is kind of taking forever,” Savanna said, agreeing. “I wonder what’s taking so long, this is quite the time we’re taking,” Summer asked to nobody in particular. “Well what ever is going on, it better-” and for the third time, you were interrupted by a series of flashing lights, and then a crash, as you were blinded, and slightly uncomfortable. “Oh come on, can I at least finish one sentence without getting interrupted,” you said, still blind. “Wait, why are we blind, I can’t see anything, are we-” was all Savanna said before a load warping sound rang through the air, as you all suddenly hit a solid wall, with a loud crash. ~~~~~ ... *BEEP... ... *BEEP... ... *BEEP... ... You are suddenly awoken to the sound of beeping. You feel around the area your in... A bed... what happened..? You mentally ask yourself. You try to open your eyes but realize that you have a bandage over them. Woah... what did happen? You once again ask yourself. You continue to lie there until you actually got the idea of speaking. “Ugh, what happened... and where am I,” you say somewhat out loud. “Hmm, I see that your awake, not really surprising, but still quite good, when we saw you crashed, we didn’t think you’d make it, but I guess I was wrong,” a feminine voice said. “What... AGH, ok never do that again,” you said trying to get up, but were instead hit with a massive wave of pain, and unconfort, especially in you back. “Watch yourself, we don’t want you to get hurt again,” the voice said. “Well, mind explaining what happened,” you asked. “Well, we found you crashed into the wall of this very hospital, ironically. Somepony said that you came out of a portal and crashed into the wall,” the voice said. wait, did she just say ‘somepony’? You asked yourself. “Hmm, I think the part about the portal is right, but I have a question, why do I have bandages over my eyes,” you asked. “Well for one your forehead was bleeding, along with your nose, probably from the sudden force of getting hit into a wall, but it should have healed, if you want I can take it off,” she asked. “First off, can you tell me where I am,” you asked. “You are in the Ponyville hospital, in Equestria, why do you ask,” she said with a question. Well that explains why she said ‘somepony’... wait... EQUESTRIA?!? You asked yourself. “Umm... no reason...” you say sheepishly. Of all the places you could take us portal, you bring us to Equestria... why? You asked nobody in particular. “Well, no matter, you can go ahead and take off the bandages,” you said to the voice. “Alright, here we go and... done, there, try opening your eyes,” the voice said. You give it a shot at opening your eyes, and not surprisingly, you were slightly blinded by the hospital rooms light. It took you a minute to get a feel of your surroundings, but eventually you can see. You look around the space in the room you were in, and saw you were surrounded by a curtain, it wasn’t to close, so visitors can come and see the patients. “Well it’s good to see you awake, you do have some nice eyes if I do say so myself,” said the voice to your left. You turn slowly and try to see the voice. To your amazement it was a pony, you knew not to call it a horse. “Hmm, mind showing me a mirror, it’s been awhile I prosume since I’ve seen myself, plus I did hit a wall... when did I crash into the wall,” you asked, while still managing to lie. “Well to answer the first one, yes, to answer the second one, that was three and a half days ago, you and your friends looked pretty beat up,” the pony said, grabbing a mirror and showing what you looked like, and, to your amazement, you were your OC. “Hmm, yeah, wait... my friends... WAIT, MY FRIENDS, where are they? Are they ok,” you asked, beginning to panic. “Hey, calm down, your friends are fine, to be honest, I thought you were part of a family, seeing how you all seem to be farmers, I mean your talents have to do with plants don’t they,” the, you assume, nurse said questioningly. “Oh, no they, umm...” you tried to remember their backstory, “well, they are just a friends of mine, sure we grow plants, but two different kinds.” “What kinds,” the nurse asked “I grow mint, or used to at least, I had to sell the farm,” you said trying to also remember your backstory as well, “something in the mint killed my parents, so I had no chose but to sell the farm, but then I found out that it was a genetic mutation.” “Actually, I think I’ve heard the story, ‘A young mint farmer, having had his parents killed by a disease within the plant, having forced to sell his farm, eventually finding out there was a genetic mutation in the mint, that same pony eventually genetically modified it out of the mint, and mint from then on.’ You mean to tell me your that same fellow,” the nurse asked. “Yep, the very same one, why do you ask,” you asked. “You do realize that all of Ponyville uses mint at least once a year, you saved all of Ponyville, we knew when we started getting patients in here saying they got sick from mint, I thought they were delusional, but then after seeing the news about the mint, I was thrilled to see that somepony saved a lot of ponies lives, even-though they couldn’t save others, what you did even saved a friend mine who ate a lot of mint products,” the nurse said with a surprised tone. “All of Ponyville, and many more ponies... wow I didn’t realize how many lives I’ve affected, so is it possible for me to see my friends,” you asked, slightly smiling. “Yes, well I think we’ve keep them waiting long enough, here let me help you down from the bed, and... there we-” she didn’t finish, as I slipped from my hooves, and fell face first on my face. “Oh, are you ok,” she asked, looking shocked. “Yeah, not using legs for awhile can do that to a pony, just give me a sec and... there,” you said, still lyeing about your legs, and finally managing to stand. “Here, give me a second to get used to this,” you said, trying to walk. You don’t remember where you were told this but you remember the walk cycle for a quadruped is front-left... back-right... front-right... and back-left? You are not entirely sure, but you give the cycle a try, and surprisingly, it worked, and eventually you were walking like a pony. “Great, it seems your ready then, follow me,” the nurse said, “you can call me Nurce Redheart, if you don’t mind me asking, what is your name.” Of all the things they didn’t tell you about your OC, it had to be the name. You didn’t know of any names, but you remember watching some episodes with your friends, and all the characters had odd names, but you think of a name that fits you... Mint Cloud... your a Pegasus that grows mint, Mint Cloud is the perfect name. “Mint Cloud,” you answered. “Well Mister Cloud, if you don’t mind me asking, how are you able to plant mint if your not an Earth pony,” Nurse Redheart asked. “Most of my ancestors were Earth ponies, they married Pegasi and that’s how I’m able to plant mint, though they never married Unicorns, that part was the thing what threw me off when my parents told me stories about my ancestors,” you said. “Hmm, I guess that explains their reason for being able to plant things,” she said pointing toward my friends. I hadn’t realized, but we were in Summer’s and Savanna’s curtain, and there they were, both ponies. “Yeah, so can I sit in a stool until they wake up,” you asked. “Go ahead, come find me when they wake up, so I can help them out as well,” Nurse Redheart said. “Thanks,” you say, finding a stool and putting it in between both of them, so you can watch them both. How you managed to pick up the stool with appendages you’ve never used? You just pushed it, no picking up was involved, it would be too difficult to attempt, and would damage something in the room. You sit there for a couple of minutes, before you hear ruffling under one of the bedsheets, you turn to see which sister it is, she began shuffling before saying, “ugh... what in the... why do I feel so uncomfortable in my back... where am I, wait... WAIT, Adam, Summer, are you there... Agh, ok don’t do that again,” the sister said, it was Savanna. She was the Purple one from the drawing. “Hey, careful you’re going to hurt yourself,” you said. “Adam, is that you? Where are you and why can’t I move,” Savanna said, in a quite scared tone. “Hey, easy now, the nurse said that you were restrained so you wouldn’t hurt yourself, here let me come to the other side of the bed,” you said, hopping down from the stool. “Oh, and another thing, were ponies... yeah, and we’re our OCs,” you said, breaking the ice. “Wait WHAT, is that why I feel unconfortable in my back,” Savanna said. “Yep, see,” you said moving into view for her to see. “Well then, I can’t say I’m surprised, but I think you can see what I mean,” she said, in awe that they were ponies. “Yeah, but you know you should have told me which of the the two other Pegasi were either one of you, but thanks to you blurting out names, I found out who is who,” you said. “Here let me go get the nurse, she might help you out of the restraint,” you said, trotting off. You go and try to find the nurse. And there she was, behind the counter, though she looked kind of bored. You walked up to the counter and tell her one of your friends are awake, she follows you back to the room. “Hey, we’re back,” you said into the room. “Great, mind getting this restraint off me,” Savanna said. “Sure, mind telling me your name,” Nurse Redheart said. You realize that they never told their OC names. Why they never desided to tell you, you’re not sure. “Lavender sky,” Savanna said. “Well Miss Sky, would this be your sister,” Nurse Redheart asked. “Yes that would be my sister,” Savanna said. “And her name would be...” Nurse Redheart said. Is it what I think it is, please don’t let it be what I think it is... You say, already feeling what might be coming up. “Delphinia Sky,” Savanna said. Damnit... fuck me side ways with a paddle... actually no don’t, that would be painful... You said, mentally cursing Savanna for the pun. “Well, here let me help you out of bed, this will only take second... and there, there’s another stool over there in the corner If you want to sit and wait for your friend, I’ll be at the front counter when she wakes up,” Nurse Redheart said. “Yes, well thank you Nurse Redheart,” you said, thanking her for helping. Savanna seemed surprised by this, but waited until Nurse Redheart left to say, “That was Nurse Redheart! Why didn’t you say anything?” “What do you mean ‘why didn’t you say anything’, she’s just another Nurse,” you said. “Well, she a special Nurse,” she said. “Well come on let’s sit and wait for Summer to wake up,” you said pushing the other stool and moving it next to your stool. “Yes, well shouldn’t we start calling ourselves by our OC names,” she said. “Yes, but do you even know my OC’s name? You didn’t give me a name, so I just had to come up with one,” you said slightly annoyed. “Oh, right, forgot we didn’t give you a name... we also didn’t tell you which one of us is which, so thanks to me saying names out load, you found out who was who... sorry...” she said, sorrily. “*sigh... it’s fine, the name I made up was Mint Cloud, it makes sense in both aspects,” you said. “Well... it does make sense, you grow mint and your a Pegasus, so what, we going to call ourselves by our OC’s names or what,” she asked. “Sure... Lavender Sky,” you said teasingly. “Oh hush, come on, let’s get to sitting,” Lavender said quite annoyed. “Yes, let’s,” you said, agreeing. You two sit there for what seems like hours, but it’s was only minutes. You sit there until a knock at the door alerts you. “Mr. Cloud and Ms. Sky, you have visitors,” Nurse Redheart said. “Who are they,” you asked. “They are Twilight and some of her friends,” she said. Who? You asked yourself.