//------------------------------// // Chapter - 3 'Why Must I Have No Knowledge Of This World?' // Story: The (Somewhat) Great Adventures of a Group of ("Human") Friends // by IAmBugHorse //------------------------------// You are now Mint Cloud, and are currently having a dream, but you don’t realize your in one just yet. “Huh, this seems weird,” you said, looking at the vastness of the space in front of you. “Hmm... I wonder...” you said trailing off. You then begin to think about your old solar system, looking life-like standing, or floating above a pedestal. And there, was what you thought exactly... The solar system, then you begin to imagine a large room with a fire place, a table and chair at one end, a reclining chair at the other, and the solar system in the middle. It’s quite the beautiful room, you, watching the planets go by, at speeds that will never happen with time. “Nice, well time to relax, today was rough, and it was tiring, time to get some well deserved rest, these hooves are going to get me killed if I don’t get used to them, these limbs are also going to need some getting used to,” you said, plopping right onto the reclining chair and looking at your legs. “Hmm... I wonder why Nurse Redheart said I have some nice looking eyes, they are probably just the same as any eyes. She probably has an eye fetish,” you said. “Oh I assure you, that you have some stellar eyes,” a feminine voice called. “Huh? Anypony there,” you said looking around the room. And you saw lying in a couch that you didn’t see nearby before, was a very large pony with wings and and a horn, they were a nightly blue color palate. “Who might you be,” the pony said. “I might just have to ask you the same thing... But that would be rude of me... My name is Mint Cloud, a pleasure to meet you,” you said. “Princess Luna, keeper of the dream realm, you know when I saw that there was a new dream in the dream realm, I had to see it, but you don’t seem familiar, are you not from here,” she said. “I am not from here, nor from this world, as you can probably tell from the floating planets going around the sun in the center of the room,” you said, pointing toward the pedestal. “Hmm... This is an interesting piece as a decoration, what is it, it’s very fascinating,” she said looking at it closely. “Well that is my old universe’s solar system, you said you are the keeper of the dream realm, does that mean you take care of the night,” you asked. “Yes, I look after ponies who are having bad dreams, and help them over come their fears,” she said. “Hmm... Is that all you do,” you asked. “No, I also raise and lower the moon every night, why do you ask,” she asked. This shocked you but you didn’t show it. “Well, you might like this,” you said, thinking about the moons of the different planets. And then the solar system began glowing and with a flash the moons of each planet appeared. Luna’s eye widened as she saw every moon begin to move around each planet, except Mercury and Venus, seeing as they don’t have moons. “Are... Are these...” she tried to say, but you cut her off. “Yes, those are moons, look at the green and blue planet, that is my old planet,” you said, pointing toward Earth. “Oh, this is amazing, thank you for showing me this,” she said. “No problem, but I must say, traveling universes is not the best thing when your forced into a portal,” you said. “Ah yes, my sister informed me about this, that you and your friends, that are currently sleeping, have been forced through a portal, I wouldn’t prosume that your universe is also a universe where everypony is a pony,” she said. “No... Sadly, you see, me and my friends were once humans, do you know about them,” you asked. “I believe so, you were once humans,” she asked. “Yes, but it was after a big flash of light that happened in the portal while we were in it, that I believe changed us into Pegasi,” you said. “Hmm... This is interesting, but it seems that our talk has to wait until next time you have a dream, the moon has to be lowered after all,” she said, getting up from the couch. “Hey, before you leave, don’t tell anypony we’re humans, okay, we don’t want to cause panic of some kind,” you said. “Of course, will my sister be fine, she co-rules Equestria with me, I don’t think she will tell a soul,” she said. “Yes, she is fine,” you said. “Well I better get going, I will see you later, happy sleeping,” she said, before going through a hole and disappearing. “She seems like a nice pony... Wait... Did she say... My eyes looked stellar... Oh boy... So... She doesn’t have an eye fetish,” you said, beginning to blush. “Well then, so when am I...” you said, trailing off. “Oh, wait I’m my own body, I can wake my self up,” you said, prepareing to wake up. ~~~~~ “Your so nice and soft Mint, don’t ever leave our side.” You awoke to the sound of Delphinia saying something in her dream. How nice, she’s having a dream about me. You thought. “Who knew you liked my butt that much...” she said, sighing. Okay, never mind, that’s not nice, why did you have to have of all things a wet dream. But should I really stop it... Actually I probably should, for the better. You thought, as you decided to wake her up by poking her in the side, and it worked. “Huh... What happened,” she asked, as she slowly started to wake up. “Morning, sorry I had to wake you, but there’s a reason why you need to sleep without me nearby,” you said. “Why- oh... Did I have a wet dream again...” she said, blushing very brightly, almost to the point where she might nose bleed. “Yes, you did... With me in it, you need to start controlling it more often, if not, it’s eventually going to happen, and neither of us want that, right,” you asked, and she finally started to nose bleed a little, but not to the point where she will pass out. “Yes... I’m... Not ready for that yet, but the dreams keep getting stronger, but your right none of us are ready for that yet, unless something that usually happens during the spring and summer months happens, then...” she said, wiping off the blood coming out of her nose. “What are you not telling me...” you asked, worried that they might be hiding something. “Oh, nothing,” she said, blushing even more to the point where she finally bled more, and passing out. She laid there on the couch, blood coming from her nose and her legs twitching, you could see something else... But you looked away, so you don’t see it, you knew exactly what it was, you didn’t want to look at it anymore than you might have, but you felt like taking a peek wouldn’t hurt... No, she’s your friend and nothing more, but the thought caused you to nose bleed as well. Though you didn’t pass out, you got up still blushing you move over to Lavender and poked her in the side. “Hmm... Five more hours...” Lavender said, pushing her mane in front of her eyes. “Come on, you have something to tell me, because Delphinia won’t tell me and she’s passed out cold, take a look,” you said, pointing at her. Lavender got up and began to look at Dephinia. “She had a wet dream again,” she asked. “Yep, but that’s not what put her like this,” you said. “Then what was it,” she said. “Well she said, and I quote, ‘unless something that usually happens during the spring and summer months happens,’ what does she mean by this,” you asked. “Hmm... She might be talking about estrus, that usually happens during spring and summer months,” she said. “The heck is estrus,” you asked. “Estrus, or heat, as it’s also called, is when a mare goes into heat, and becomes fertile for producing foals, but seeing as this worlds stallion to mare ratio is one to four, mares get crazy when there’s a male nearby, they can smell your masculine musk, and will get very, very, very aroused, so aroused that its gets very hard to get off it and it’s bothersome for the mare. She on the other hand wants you for when the time comes,” she said, waking up more. “Oh... Ok... Wait WHAT,” you asked. “She want to be with you when the time comes, it’s means she ‘wants’ you,” she said. “Oh... My...” you said, before more blood came out of your nose and you also passed out. ***** You are now Lavender Sky... And you just witnessed Mint pass out. “Ugh... What am I going to do with you both,” you said looking down at the pair. And when you saw Mint, you saw his... ‘man pack.’ A smile crossed your face... “Well, might as well have some fun before Twilight gets up, he usually never finds out I do this to him all the time while he sleeps,” you said, plopping down near Mint’s tail, giggling to yourself, as you saw the passed out Mint Cloud lay there, twitching. ~~~~~ After your ‘fun’ time with Mint, and his quite massive ‘man pack’, you got up and proceeded to head into the kitchen to find something to eat. Cereal, bread, fruit, veggies... Dandelions? “What... Oh right, I forgot... Ponies eat flowers as well...” you said grabbing some bread and putting it on a plate. You then start looking for a magnifying glass, and there on Twilight’s desk was a magnifying glass. “How convenient,” you said, grabbing the magnifying glass in your hoof,” it kinda acts like a hand, you just have to imagine there’s a hand there. Nice.” You then head outside, and place the plate on the floor, you grab the magnifying glass and point it at the bread and it began to toast. “Well, thank Celestia for this,” you said, looking at your toast. You walked back inside, and made yourself, Delphinia, and Mint a dandelion sandwich. You go to wake them up. ***** You are now Mint Cloud, and you were just poked in the side, you also feel... Wait a minute... Why does ‘it’ feel strange... Lavender you didn’t... you feel around... Oh you did, I’ma get you back for that. Why do you always do this when I’m asleep... You also know I’m saving myself for that special somebody- er, special somepony, whatever I’m going to have to get you for this, after I clean ‘it’ and My nose. You thought. “You had to... Didn’t you...” you said out loud. “Oh come on, don’t be so mad, I made us breakfast, plus I had to clean you out, you don’t know how long you had pressure down there,” she said bringing a plate and pointing a hoof between your legs. “Hey you know I’m saving myself for that special someone,” you said. “Yeah well, you were doing nothing else, now here eat up, had to use the sun to cook this so, get to eating,” she said, grabbing her sandwich and taking a bite, her eyes widened, as she continued to eat. You take a sandwich, and take a bite, it tastes amazing, but you don’t know what it is. “Well, well, I thought you were bad a cooking, but I guess I was wrong, what kind of sandwich is this,” you asked. “Dandelion,” she said, smirking. You stop chewing... You swallow... You take another bite... It tastes good... Hmm it seems that now that you’re a pony, you can eat this. “This is good, I might just have to make a modification of this with tomatoes, and lettuce,” you said taking more bites out of it. “Why didn’t you tell me anything about this world before,” you asked. “Well, for one this is a library, read something for once, and two, we will, just give us some time,” she said. “Well it better be quick, cause I don’t want to travel a world without any knowledge of it,” you said. “Hmm... For starters, don’t go into the Everfree Forest, it is the most dangerous forest near Ponyville,” she said. “Alright, so at least I won’t die from dangerous things in the forest, smart thinking,” you said. “Thanks, now let’s finish up so you can go shower, I can still smell you down there,” she said. You give her a glare so powerful it might just take the color out of her. You finish up and head up stares to the bathroom and take a shower. After washing yourself of your musk, you proceed to head back down and grab your things: the cupcake, I think that’s the only thing you had. Anyway, you then realize that you forgot Your a Pegasus, you need to learn how to fly... Oh boy... Why must this universe hate me so... You thought. “Hey Lavender, did you wake Delphinia yet, there’s something I want us to do and I need her to be awake,” you said picking up your cupcake. “Yeah, she’s over there, eating her sandwich, she didn’t care what it was, it’s food none the less,” she said,” so what’s this plan you’ve got for us.” “Well I was thinking we practice flying, seeing as we haven’t flown a day in our lives, what do you think,” you said. “Really! You want to practice with us,” Delphinia slightly shouted. “Yes, I think it will be a nice,” you said. “Thank-you-thank-you-thank-you-thank-you-thank-you-thank-you-thank-you-thank-you-thank-you-thank-you-thank-you-thank-you-thank-you,” both Delphinia and Lavender both started saying at the same time, this continued on for a few minutes. “Well come on, if we don’t go now, something bad might happen,” you said, moving to the door. “Yeah, let’s go,” Lavender said, following you. ***** You are now Twilight Sparkle, and you woke to the sound of the door shutting. “Huh... What... Oh it must be Mint and his friends... Why does it smell like... Oh...” you said, blushing from the scent of a stallion in the air. “I think, either one of them had that kind of dream and accidentally did ‘it,’ or one of them just did him while he slept, either one... Wait I can’t smell a mares musk... So it was the second... Oh my...” you said, before blood came from your nose. “I’m just going to go get some breakfast,” you said, sighing. You got up and went into the kitchen you saw some plates and your magnifying glass on your table with some left over toast. How did they toast it if spike is still sleeping... Oh wait the magnifying glass... Now I see, they know more then they say they do. You thought to yourself. ***** You are now Mint Cloud, and you, Lavender, And Delphinia are practicing flying, so you don’t seem like some weirdos. “This is now as easy as I thought it was going to be...” you said, with your head stuck in a cloud. “It’s easy, just get your head out of the clouds,” Delphinia said, while Lavender was laughing her lungs out. They both managed to fly, but for a person who has never seen the show, you can have some problems, especially with clouds. “Is this the thanks I get, universe, for being here with them, huh is that it, is this some cruel joke,” you said, at the top of your lungs. “Here, let’s get you out of there,” Lavender said. “Thanks... You guys make it look so easy... I wish I knew how to fly...” you said, slightly disappointed. “Well its simple, just flap your wings and take off,” Delphinia said, flying off into the air. “Show off,” you said. “Well here, we’ll take it slow for you. Just flap your wings... Okay now fly in the direction you want to fly... Good, your doing it, alright,” she said. “Yeah, now lets get down, we have to head back to Twilight’s before she gets worried,” Lavender said. “Well... That was... Fun, yeah, let’s head back,” you said, flying off toward town, Delphinia and Lavender followed. You made it back to the library, and found Twilight reading a book, she looked up from her book and said,” hey, so what did you all do while you were out.” “Fly, just fly,” you said. “Well, if that’s all, then I might as well ask this, who did ‘you know what’ to Mint, because he was the only stallion in the library,” she asked, pointing to me. “Hehe... Well you see...” Lavender started to say, but never finished. “Lavender, you have nobod- err nopony else to blame but yourself, you got yourself into this, you get yourself out,” you said out loud. “Well, are you going to explain,” Twilight said, looking at Lavender. Lavender began to explain what happened and both you and Delphinia blushed. “So that explains the smell you left in my library, it’s a good thing it didn’t last long or ponies would start getting suspicious,” Twilight said. “Well now that that is taken care of, we will-” you were interrupted by a letter popping in front of Twilight. “What’s it say,” Lavender said, looking at Twilight. “Dear my fateful student, I will be visting in an hour after you get this letter, I personally want to see these ponies myself, I will explain more when I arrive, until then, Yours truly, Princess Celestia. Ps. Luna’s coming as well.” “So we’re getting visited by the princess... Wait Twilight, did you send a letter to Princess Celestia last night,” Delphinia asked. “How did you know I traded letters with the princess,” Twilight asked. Oh fuck... Now we’re so boned, you just had to say it, let me guess, your going to say it was a hunch again... You mentally scolded them. “Oh, just a hunch,” Delphinia said. Called it... I FUCKING CALLED IT. You thought, it was a good thing you didn’t scream it out loud. “Hmm... Ok well we might as well get these couches back to where they were before she arrives,” Twilight said. “Yeah, let’s,” you said. You all begin tidying up the place, and getting it ready for when Celestia arrives, who should be arriving right about... *knock knock ....now. “I’ll get it,” Spike said, walking to the door. “Oh, hello spike, may we come in,” the pony at the door said. “Of course, Twilight is over here,” Spike said, letting the two ponies in, one of them you already recognized to be Princess Luna, the other you presume is Princess Celestia. “Oh, well look who it is, the one who said my eyes looked ‘stellar,’ none other than Princess Luna, I see you brought your sister, so, I might as well introduce myself to you Princess Celestia, my name’s Mint Cloud, and these two are Lavender and Delphinia Sky,” you said, first looking at Luna then to Celestia, then pointing to your friends. “Nice to meet you, you know when she said you had stellar eyes, I didn’t believe her myself, but I guess she was right,” Celestia said, looking at you more thoroughly. What the hell is wrong with ponies getting entranced by my eyes. You thought. You look over at Lavender and Delphinia, they look like there’re about to explode from fanning over the two royal sisters in the room. Would the term ‘adorkable’ fit or is that only for Twilight, cause just the way they both speak, it’s too hard to tell. you said mentally, while also regretting thinking it. “Well... Enough about that, we came to talk,” Celestia said. “Talk,” you asked. “Yes, talk, when we heard that four and half day ago, you three crashed into the wall, I was shocked, for that was when I got a magical disturbance, it was during day court when suddenly I was hit with a massive shock and passed out, you would not believe how many walls I broke with magic, just from that shock,” she said. ***** Four and a half days earlier... You are now Celestia a few days earlier, and are currently in day court, a few minutes before the inevitable shock. “Yes, your highness, I realize that this is a bit wierd, but the combination of both Unicorn and Alicorn magic may increase the output of the spell used, I would like for you to consider the possibilities,” a white unicorn mare said. “Yes, well thank you again, Ms. Root, this does seem like an interesting idea, I will put it trough some consideration,” you said. “Thank you,” the pony said, before heading out the door... “Well, that sure was interesting, she has always been a nice mare, wonder how her colt-friend is doing, she did explain that she got the courage to speak to me from him the last time she was here, though she was shivering a lot, though her coat did look a bit smaller than most ponies, anyway bring in the-” you stopped, the guards noticed this and looked up at the you. “Your highness, is something the matter,” one asked. “Something doesn’t seem... AAAAHHHHHHHHHH,” you screamed, as you were hit with a massive shock and it caused you to shoot a bolt of magic at the wall. You then passed out, but you could still hear some things before you lost consciousness. “PRINCESS,” the guards screamed, looking at you. “Quick, get the royal medics, until then tell the other ponies day court is canceled for the reason the princess has been knocked out cold,” one the guards said, as the other ran off. And with that you were knocked unconscious. ~~~~~ Two days later in the Canterlot Hospital... ... ... ... *Beep ... *Beep ... *Beep ... You are awoken to the sound of beeping, but it’s not too close so it doesn’t kill your eardrums, but close enough to where you can hear. “Oh my... What happened...” you said, opening your eyes. “Oh thank the heavens your alright, we were worried when we saw you come in passed out, most of us even cried,” the doctor said. “Oh, its only you Doctor Tenderhoof, mother of me, what happened,” you asked. “Well, from the guards discription, you were talking to yourself and you were just about to ask for the next pony to come in for day court when you stopped,” he said. I do recall that, then... You thought. “They asked what was the matter, then you said, ‘something doesn’t seem’ and then you began screaming in pain, with that you shot a bolt of magic at the wall, sadly,” he said. Oh no... That poor wall... That was the thirteenth wall this week. You thought. “So then they sent for medics and they brought you hear, what could of caused you to scream like that, we heard it, though it only seems like Canterlot was the only town that heard, no other towns are asking what happened,” he said. “Let me try to recall what happened...” you trail off. You then explain that you were in day court as usual, when a massive shock hit you. “Oh my... I would have screamed like that too if I were massively shocked, but if it took that much of a shock to just knock you out, and your more durable than other ponies, then if that shock hit anypony else then...” he paused. You knew why he didn’t finish the sentence. “Yes, well, am I good to go,” you ask. “Yes, if you seem fine, then you are free to go, stop by the counter, and I’ll check you out,” he said. “Will you help me out of bed,” you asked. “Yes,” he said. You got out of bed and began walking around a bit, you look out the window and saw most ponies walking around, sad expressions on their faces, they were sad about what happened... So it seems our ‘host’ has woken up, great. A voice said in your mind. You know princess, if we’re going to live in your mind, you have to at least make sure we don’t die while you get shocked, you nearly fried us. Another said. We would like to go one day without work, maybe go visit Twilight after this. ... Well well well... If it isn’t the ones that talk with me in my brain. However, I can’t get over the fact you called yourselves weird names, so who’s all here. You thought. Seth. Benjamin. Ulises. Okay, so all of you are... So we ready to head out? You asked the trio of voices. Ready when you’re ready. Good. You thought. Wow, schizophrenia can be a pain in the flank, can’t it? Yes, but the only good that came out of it was us, and we’re helping you out, without us you’d probably be dead by now. ... Ah, showing us the silent treatment, eh. “I don’t want to talk about it...” you said out loud, as you walked down the hall, trying to keep your pose, as you continued to walk, ponies look at you, they knew you were struggling, but you paid them no mind. So why now do you decide to talk out loud. “Because I want to,” you said. Ponies began to wonder why you were talking to yourself, they began to whisper things. “Why don’t we be quiet for the rest of trip back to the castle, sound good,” you suggested. ...sure... ...why not... ...okay... “Thank you, at least I can get some peace and quiet inside my mind while we get there,” you said, quite loudly. Ponies again wondered who you were talking to. A Doctor, whom you never knew, began looking at you curiously, and he lit his horn. Hey get out of our head, Doc. Do we have somepony sneaking into our head again? Yep, like Seth said, its that Doctor, over there. “Will you Three quit, I don’t care if there are fifty doctors currently in my head, you will shut up until we get back to the castle,” you half screamed. The Doctor then looked at you dumbfounded by what he just heard, though you could probably tell from his expression that he’s saying,’ what is going on in that mind of her’s?’ ... ... ... “Thank you,” you said. You countinued down the hall until you reached the counter and the doctor checked you out, but not before checking your status. Everything seemed fine until... He saw your mental status was out of control since the last time he checked, but he put it off as being royalty, you didn’t care, you just wanted to get back to the your living quarters, where your had the ‘numb’ pills, though you knew that your mind had other ideas. “Well thanks again doc, see you around,” you said, as you walked out the door. Ponies in the street stopped and gazed in amazement that their princess is fine, you paid them no mind as you began to head back to the castle. “Your highness,” one of the guards that were guarding the gate said. “Thank you, if I may, can I only have one escort,” you asked, and they agreed. “Thank you, follow me, this way please,” you said. You and the guard continue walking for what seemed like hours, it was only, once again, minutes. “Hey, Sargent Longbow, mind, while we wait, I tell you something,” you asked. “Not at all, your highness,” the Sargent said. “You must not tell anyone this at all, not even the Captain, do you understand,” you said. “Of course, your highness,” he said. “How long have you been guarding the door to my living quarters,” you asked. “Two, maybe three, why do you ask,” he asked. “Have you heard me speak to myself,” you said. “...” “What’s the matter Sargent,” you asked. “Nothing, and yes I have heard you speak to yourself, especially at night,” he said. “Well, I’m about to explain why I have,” you said. “I am currently suffering from schizophrenia, sadly I can’t cure it, many have tried, none prevail,” you said. “Wait, schizophrenia, are you serious, oh... My... I should have know this when we began hearing you talk to yourself on the balcony at night, but the others just passed it off as lonelyness, I’m guessing the loss of your sister was what caused you to become schizophrenic,” he said. You nodded. “So now you see what has been troubling me so,” you asked. “Of course, my family has had this happen to them in the past, some worse than others, I know how bad schizophrenia can be, it killed my brother and my grandfather, and seriously wounded my sister,” he said. “Oh... My... So you’ve seen the affects it does to a pony,” you said. “Oh, of course, it can badly damage a pony’s psyche, maybe even scar them,” he said. “Well thank you for understanding, I haven’t talked to anypony about this, and it’s beginning to wear me down,” you said. “Of course, your highness, happy to help,” he said, as you both made it to your living quarters. “Well thank you again, you are dismissed,” you said, as he saluted and began to head off. “Time to head to sleep, with those pills,” you said, as you walked into your room. ~~~~~ Present time... “And that’s all that happened,” you said, leaving out the part about being schizophrenic. “My, oh my, that is quite the tale, but you said we wouldn’t believe how many walls you broke, from the sound of it, you only broke one,” Mint said. “Hehe, that was my poor explaining and over exaggerating taking over,” you said. “So it was actually one wall, or were there more,” Lavender asked. “Oh no it was only one wall, I’m glad it wasn’t anymore than that,” you said. “Well I think it’s about time we tell our tale,” Mint said. “Yes, go ahead,” you said, listening. You then listen to their story about who they are, you knew they were humans, your sister told you. They said everything from getting sucked into the portal, to crashing, to waking up, to the experience at Sugar Cube Corner, all more amazing then the last, even Mint expressing his dream, minus your sister and him talking about the ‘solar system.’ You never understood what that was, you might have Luna bring you into his dream so you can see it for yourself. “What the experience, so what do these Silver Bands of Grouth and Lands do anyway,” you asked. “Well, Mrs. Cake didn’t say how to use them, but she did say we’ll find out eventually,” Mint said. “Well, once you’ve got them figured out, I would surely love to see them, wouldn’t you sister,” you asked Luna. “Of course, if they were created by your ancestors then they must be quite powerful, ancient things are usually powerful, right,” Luna asked. “Yes, well I think we’ve exaggerated our visit, thank you again for the talk,” you said. “Anytime princess,” Mint said. “Well, until next time,” you said, walking out the door. That was a nice talk, to bad you didn’t tell them about us. Yeah, we seemed like nothing to you. “Let’s just head home, we need some rest,” you said out loud, Luna heard this. Whats the matter princess, you don’t look so good, nor do you feel good, you feeling ok? “I’m fine, probably just tired,” you said, Luna looked at you and lit her horn. Hey, look, it’s Luna, welcome to your sister’s mind. Would you look at that, we’ve got visitors. What the... What are you doing in my sisters mind. Relax Luna, we didn’t come here on purpose, we were forced into this mind. How long have you three been in here? A thousand years, maybe more, can’t be sure, its been a long time. A thousand! Why, by now that would be the time I went... Oh... So now you realize. “Hey could you guys not talk about that in my mind,” you said. You see, she has been suffering from schizophrenia, she has only told one pony, I think it’s about time she told another. Yes, sister, you will, once we get back to the castle. “Of course, let’s get going,” you said, teleporting.