//------------------------------// // 4: Introductions // Story: Humans Meet Ponies // by TwiPON3 //------------------------------// I was taken to this room with a large, circular table, surrounded by seven chairs, one of which was smaller than the others, all made of the same crystalline structure that the place was made out of. A bright purple... pony?... came in with more chairs for the each of us from Canterlot City. "I... how... What is this place!?" I asked. By now, everyone was able to speak except me. I was still dumbstruck. "Why don't we sit down?" the lavender winged-unicorn said. "Uh... yeah." "Doubles?" the Rainbow Dash from this dimension asked, somewhat narcassistically, "Twice the awesome!" They gave each other a high-five. Well, OUR Rainbow Dash did. This world's Rainbow Dash gave what could be considered more of a "high-hoof". The winged unicorn, though, seemed somewhat annoyed at this. "Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Pinkie, you are all dismissed. I can trust that you'll make your counterparts feel comfortable during their stay. Starlight and Sunset, you may also be dismissed, if you please." "Actually," the one I assummed to be Starlight said, "maybe we should stick around." "I said it was your call to begin with, so I'm okay with either." "Oh." We sat down, the four of us, and began to chat. "I... uh... um..." "Let's start with names?" she said, levitating a cup of what I presumed to be tea and sipping it. "I... it's... it's Twilight Sparkle." She dropped the cup and spat the hot liquid out on me in complete and total shock. That brought me back to terms with reality. The liquid was definitely tea. "Hey, ow!" I said, wiping the drink off of my face and glasses, "That's hot!" She looked at me with her mouth dropped open. Sunset Shimmer's Point of View I was NOT prepaired for what was about to happen at this introduction, ESPECIALLY considering that Twilight had already been to our world before and had seen human versions of her pony friends. "I... it's... it's Twilight Sparkle." I knew that it's normal for people and ponies to freak out over things, but I hadn't planned for this, especially seeing her go into complete mental shock and accidentally spit out hot tea. "Hey, ow!" Sci-Twi said, wiping the drink off, "That's hot!" Dammit! Was I really the only one remaining collected by any means? At least on the outside. Sci-Twi's Point of View My glasses were dirty now, but I could still see. I was a little mad, though, but not enough where I would have to actually be mad. More like perturbed or annoyed. But not mad or angry. "I'm sorry! I'm SO sorry!" the still-nameless pony said, "I'll get your glasses cleaned for you!" "No," I said, "It's fine. I'm used to it." "Come to think of it," she said, "you DO look a lot like me. I'm the Twilight Sparkle of this world." Princess Twilight's Point of View "Come to think of it," I said, coming to a realization, "you DO look a lot like me. I'm the Twilight Sparkle of this world." Okay. Introductions made it off to a REALLY bumpy start, but I think that things won't completely derail. Sci-Twi's Point of View "Come to think of it," she said, "you DO look a lot like me. I'm the Twilight Sparkle of this world." She seemed calm, and level-headed about the situation. If she was anything that she made herself out to be on the surface, she could (and probably would) teach me a lot about whatever she specialized in. "I'm not... going to be arrested, am I?" "It's a long story," Sunset intervened, "We'll get into that later if you want." Time seemed to slow exponentially. Each nanosecond becoming 500 times longer than the last, to be precise, although my calculations were probably the most inaccurate that they've ever been. "Sunset" Come on, Twilight freaking Sparkle! Think! "said" Maybe she'll just think that it's a hell of a lot to take in and let me go back home. "that" Just breathe, Twilight Sparkle. I took the thoughts that I was thinking and just started breathing again. "you'd like to learn about friendship." What the hell? "Is that right?" I looked at her for a few moments. "Are... are you okay? You look really flushed." I blacked out. Princess Twilight's Point of View "I'm not... going to be arrested, am I?" Twilight Sparkle said. "It's a long story," Sunset said in a casual, "that's not important RIGHT now" kind of way, "We'll get into that later if you want." Twilight Sparkle seemed to be uneasy with something, so I figured that the best course of action would be to give her a quick explanation of why she was here because something was OBVIOUSLY troubling her. I could tell that it was one of those "better not to pry" kind of things. "Sunset said that you'd like to learn about friendship. Is that right?" She became suddenly flushed and pale. "Are... are you okay? You look really flushed." She passed out cold.