“Bring her in over here.” I don’t know how long I was out before I started hearing someone talking again, after my mind fully caught up I realized it was princess Twilight Sparkle in the flesh. I almost couldn’t stay still because in my head all I could think was, ‘HOLY SHIT IT WORKED! IT FINALLY WORKED! HA FUCK YOU HUMANITY!’ I then remembered I’m supposed to be asleep and should probably calm down before they notice my squirming around in excitement. “Lay her down there please. Thanks Aj, Shy calm down she’s just asleep from the spell, give her time. Everyone be on your guard, when Pinkie wakes up so will he.” I didn’t dare open my eyes after she said that, even though I REALLY wanted to know what happened to the party pony, I didn’t want the wrath of the 5 other elements of harmony to come down on me.
I guess I should explain how I know who they are, after all I’m basically an alien to this world. Back on earth there was a electronic device called a TV that basically showed a ‘play’ using thousands of pictures in a way that it looks like the picture is moving. Its something you ponies won’t have for a long, long time. Anyways there was this ‘play’ that was all about your princess Twilight Sparkle when she first came to Ponyville and met the rest of the ‘mane’ six element bearers. This play continued in several segments called episodes, with each focusing on a different major event like Nightmare Moon/Luna’s return, Candace and Shining Armor’s wedding when the changelings attacked, and even the “reformed” Discord who’s probably influencing what is happening now with me and the elements. If I had watched this play all the way through I’d be able to tell you the future of equestrian, however I didn’t so I can’t.
Against my better judgement I opened my left eye just a crack, strangely enough to see Pinkie doing the same. She didn’t even slightly seem as scared of me as the rest of the group and even had a slight smirk on her face. She glanced around to see if anypony was around, satisfied that they were far enough away she edged closer to whisper in my ear. Upon hearing the party ponies plan I almost lost it and laughed out loud right there, thankfully I didn’t make a noise so they were none the wiser.
She pulled a plate of spaghetti out of nowhere because you know, she’s Pinkie Pie and you don’t ask questions. Anyway, she then slurped up all the noodles, how they didn’t hear ill never know, leaving just the red sauce which she poured on her neck and the bed she was on. Until then I didn’t realize that we had been moved from Fluttershy’s cabin to the library/castle. Once Pinkie got rid of the plate (by eating it) she nodded to me to set the plan in action. With all the energy this injured man could muster I jumped up from bed and let out a surprisingly deep growl, I blame the pain I was in, and startled everypony in the room. Before they could move I pounce on Pinkie, which again hurt like hell, and proceeded to pretend I was eating Pinkie. I didn’t expect pinkie to play along so well which is why it scared the hell out of me when she let out an ear-splitting scream.
That got them moving, but it was too late. The scream had scared me so much I actually jerked backwards and fell off the bed, even though I was absolutely sure I re-opened some wounds I couldn’t help but burst into laughter at the prank that backfired. I wasn’t the only one however, I could hear Pinkie laughing as well, which continued even when she fell off the bed and onto me. “Oh god it hurts, but it was so worth it!” I said while my laughter was slowly dying out due to the pain. Pinkie must have noticed my pain, or maybe she saw my blood seeping through the bandages covering my chest and stomach, I don’t know either way she stopped laughing immediately and her mane was flat.
“I’m so sorry! I shouldn’t have dragged you into the prank,” her tears were falling freely by this time, “please don’t die!”
Where is everyone else during this you might ask? Well from the point Pinkie started laughing and they realized it was a prank, they all just stood there facehoofing. Is that the right word? Facehoofing? Eh I don’t know, moving on. I quickly reached for Pinkie pulling her into a hug, “Pinks its alright Twi’s already healing me, just look.” I said pointing to my wounds that were slowly stitching themselves back up.
“My prank still got you hurt! I never wanted to hurt you, please forgive me. Ill do anything!” ‘she’s basically hysterical at this point, I need to calm her down.’
I tightened our embrace while petting her mane, “Pinks it's fine, I did it to myself anyway. I knew this might happen. Like I said it was worth it. You are forgiven, so don’t worry about it, and please don’t cry anymore just laugh at this failure of a prank with me.” I say hoping for her to return to her normal self. It hurts me to see someone/somepony crying, especially one that’s normally SUPER happy all the time.
I sat there holding her hoping for her to calm down, I glanced up to see the rest of the mane 6 watching this happen from a distance. They were close enough to take action if need be but keeping their distance from me and watching every move I made. While I was wondering what they were thinking about this whole situation Pinkie had calmed to a light sniffle every once in a while.
Finally calm enough to talk she says, “Please let me make it up to you in some way, I still feel super bad.” Knowing she won’t take no for an answer I think up something that would hopefully turn her back to her normal bubbly self.
“Alright Pinks. How about you bring me some of your best cupcakes while I’m recovering, and pinkie promise me that you’ll throw me the best welcome to Equestria party this town has ever seen, after I’m fully recovered of course. Wouldn’t want to miss out on anything at one of your legendary parties because I wasn’t feel good.” If only I knew what I was getting myself into.
The results were instant her mane poofed out and she had a huge smile on her face. “Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a THOUSAND cupcakes in my eye! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!” She then gave me a literally bone breaking hug and ran off to start her preparations.
“Oh god, twi my ribs please fix them.” I barely managed to spit out while trying to get some much-needed air. Twilight and the others just looked at each other then at me shaking their heads and smiling.
A certain rainbow maned Pegasus walked over and put a hoof on my shoulder, “Pinkie did the same to me I know the feeling. Bad news is resetting the ribs hurts like Tartarus,” right as she said that Twilight started healing me. She was not kidding. “however, from that little display you two put on just now, I think can trust you enough not to beat you to a pulp for making me think you hurt Pinkie, just don’t do it again.” Her smile turned to a glare near the end, makes me shiver even now just thinking about that face.
“Duly noted, Rainbow. Won’t happen again,” Turning to Twilight I say, “and thank you Princess Twilight Sparkle for healing me, you have my eternal gratitude for saving my life. You are a true prodigy in magic. I do hope I did not offend earlier when I called you Twi and am truly sorry if I did.” I could have sworn I saw a slight blush at my compliment, but I didn’t want to say anything.
“Thank you and don’t worry about it, I don’t care much for titles. Speaking of names, how do you know some of our names?” The rest of the remaining girls all nodded wanting to know as well.
“Well first of all I know all of you not just some of you, I even know the names of several other ponies in this town and in Canterlot.” Now that got some gasps and even a couple of skeptical stares, one from Rainbow and the other from Rarity.
“Darling I don’t understand how you could, nopony has ever seen your kind before so how could you know so much about us? I believe a full explanation is in order.” I finally got up off the floor and sat one of the beds, so I could be comfortable for the upcoming conversation and the inevitable questions that would follow. ‘Man, this is going to take forever..’
“Get comfortable this is going to take a while. I kinda wish Pinkie was here so I don’t have to repeat this again later.” I really didn't want to explain all this again, it's already going to take a long time as is.
Then out of nowhere, “HEYA EVERYPONY!” Pinkie screamed as she popped out from under the bed I was on. Needless to say we were not expecting it and all jumped in surprise.
“PINKS YA GOTTA STOP DOING THAT,” I say while laughing, “at least wait until I’m better. Now where’s my cupcakes?” With an apologetic look on her face she hopped up on the bed by me pulling a box of cupcakes out of her mane.
“Sorry, here. I just made them fresh, they’re still warm!” Oh man they smelled sooo good, I’m getting hungry again just writing about them. I’ll have to get some after I finish this.
“Thanks Pinks,” I say pulling her into a hug. “Your actually just in time for my story on how I know all your names.”
“Oh that? I already know how you know.” With that she confused even me. A southern voice asked what everyone was thinking.
“Now Pinkie ah know enough about you to not question your randomness, but how in the hay do you know already? There’s no way he coulda told you.” I somehow knew she was going to give an extremely vague answer that wouldn’t help with the curiosity.
“OOH, OOH I KNOW THIS ONE! I read Terran’s letter to the princesses before it was sent!” ‘umm, what?’ it was strange even coming from Pinkie Pie.
I won’t lie, It only just now clicked in my head what she meant. I’m only just now writing this letter to you, Princess Celestia. I’m going to have to watch for a certain hyperactive ball of fun after I finish this. I don’t think anyone will ever understand that mare. That being said I know I shouldn’t, but I’m going to figure her out one day, and that’s a pinkie promise.
After Pinkie’s random answer, which we all decided to ignore, I told them all about ‘My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic’ and gave them the same basic idea of what a TV is like I did in the beginning of this letter. I don’t want to bore you with the details again, so I’ll skip to the reaction. Which was nothing. Nopony moved other than Pinkie and me. I was eating in silence with my arm still around Pinkie while the rest just stared straight ahead with blank faces. “Um Pinks? Did I break them?” I looked down at Pinkie for help.
She shrugged and leaned against me before saying, “I had the same reaction at first, but it only lasted for like 3 seconds because I realized I already knew that.” Again, what? “Honestly I don’t understand why they can’t see the cameras, I mean there’s one right there. See?” I looked where she was pointing and didn’t see anything but agreed anyways.
“Ya.. I don’t understand either.”
After about fifteen minutes of silence from the mares I laid down due to fatigue, I wasn't nearly healthy enough to be moving around like I had been. Once I was comfortable I noticed Pinkie was still sitting near the end of the bed, where I was once hugging her, with a sad look almost as if she wanted to stay near me. To be honest I was kinda missing her warmth, with a smile I said, “What are you doing all the way over there Pinks? Come here.” With that she practically dove onto me but managed to land next to me when she remembered I was still hurt. We hugged and stayed like that with her head on my chest, I was tired, so I decided to just let myself fall asleep like this.
I woke up sometime later to see it was night, figuring the girls had gone home I was surprised to find Pinkie still holding onto me. I didn’t want to wake her up, so I just lay there with a happy smile on my face, I couldn’t figure out how we got so close in such a short amount of time. ‘eh who cares how, I’ve got a cute mare snuggling with me. I shouldn’t question it.’ As I lay there, I realized what I just thought. ‘Woah there hold your horses buddy, no pun intended. Ya you’ve read probably hundreds of fanfics about this same situation and the romance that happens, but this is REAL not some made up story.’ I’m still not sure what to think about all this..
Wait.. Oh crap. I forgot that Pinkie somehow reads this in the past after I finished. Wow I just confused the hell out of myself, anyways that means Pinkie knows about the cute thing.. Well its too late now, I wrote this with a pen on some parchment Twilight gave me. Aw hell now I’m paranoid about what I’m writing. All that aside, back to the story.
I just lay there my thoughts stuck on a certain pink pony while I went back to sleep. I was dreaming about strawberry milk raining from the clouds when I was awoken by something latching onto my lips. My eyes shot open at the thought that it was Pinkie, however all I saw was scales and large purple eyes. “hewo ummy.” Was all I managed to say because he was keeping my mouth closed, I heard Pinkie laughing beside me so I turned to her. “an ou ease et im?” This only made her laugh more, so I decided to test something I read in a fanfic once. Reaching over I pulled Pinkie over and waved some of her mane in front of Gummy, he immediately let go and started hanging from her mane. “Huh it worked.” I yawned and started to stretch only to remember all my injuries after the pain flared up.
Pinkie must have noticed the look on my face because she got down from the bed and sped off bringing a very confused and disheveled looking Twilight. “Bu- ho- why, Pinkie I was asleep.” Twilight said looking exasperated.
“Terran is hurting again, please help him Twi.”
She sighs, “Alright. But I’m going back to sleep after this,” her horn starts to glow, and I start to feel better. “and you keep calling him that. Is that even his actual name?” Pinkie nodded, and I just smiled.
“She’s actually right Twilight, I should probably introduce myself.” Holding out my hand I say, “My name is Terran Tobias, but you can call me Terran or just T if you prefer.”
Putting her hoof in my hand she says, “Nice to officially meet you Terran, my name is Twilight Sparkle. You can just call me Twi, and don’t worry about me being a princess just treat me as you would anypony else.” Looking directly at Pinkie Twilight asks, “Now can I go back to sleep?”
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It was early morning probably around 5am and I was still wide awake, so I decided to try to move around a bit while waiting for breakfast to be made, Twilight offered, and I couldn’t turn her down because I was starved. Pinks helped me stand, then we walked for a bit until I was tired and decided to just sit and talk in the dining room. Breakfast rolled around fairly quickly, time flies when you’re in good company. I still feel bad for eating Twi’s food and not being able to pay her back. No matter how much she told me it was ok and that I was a guest, it didn’t help. ‘I’ll pay her back eventually.’
After breakfast we moved back to the main area where the beds were to talk about what happened after I fell asleep. “After we got over the shock we talked and came up with a theory, both your world and mine are real and have some kind of magical link connecting us." She paused. "Then we noticed you two in the same bed,” there’s that blush again. “and decided we should let the other princesses know of our current situation. I will also be doing some research to try and figure this out over the next few days to see if there are any repercussions to your appearance.” ‘Just gonna breeze right past the elephant in the room are we?’ I figured there would be questions or at least objections about us being in the same bed, but then again this isn’t Earth.
‘Wait, knowing Twilight she will want to send Celestia a letter. I can’t pass up a chance like this!’ “Hey Twi, could I maybe give it a shot?” The confusion on her face was obvious. “Can I Write the letter to the princesses?” There’s the look I was expecting, a look that said, ‘why would you want to do that?’ I almost laughed out loud.
“um, sure I guess I don’t see an issue with it.”
I almost asked for something to write on right there, but she held up a hoof. “First you need to know the whole story of what happened after the hydra attack.” That got me to put my full attention on Twilight much to Pinkie’s dismay, probably because I stopped petting her. “From my point of view I was in my office dealing with some issues around Ponyville, Rainbow Dash came in through the window yelling something about a monster at Fluttershy’s house and needing help.” She sighs in annoyance, “What she failed to tell me however was that it was the ‘monster’ that needed help. So I thought one of my best friends was in trouble. I gathered the rest of my friends and stormed into Fluttershy’s home to find her cleaning your wounds of all the blood.” She shuddered at the memory. “Once I knew the real situation I started trying every healing spell I know. However-”
I knew where this was going so I interrupted, “I was too far gone. I was dead.” All she did was nod her head. “But then how-“
“are you still alive?” she finished for me. “I knew the conventional methods weren’t going to work, at first I thought all was lost but then I remembered something I read a long time ago in a book in the Canterlot hidden archives. It is an extremely risky spell not only for the caster but also for the one its casted on, the spell allows for somepony’s soul, that isn’t the caster’s, to enter the void to find the soul so both can be brought back to their bodies. If the non-casting pony can’t find the lost soul or find their way back in time they too would succumb to the void and die.” Her voice was cracking up at the thought. “I offered up the idea hoping nopony would be willing to be the anchor for your soul. I do realize how that sounds but these are my friends, and I didn’t even know if you were sentient at the time.” She paused to look at the floor. “I’m sorry but even knowing that you were I still wouldn’t have wanted them to try.”
It does sound a bit selfish, but I get it, I might have been the same way in the situation. “It’s ok Twi, I completely understand, but I have to ask. Who did it? I’m alive so obviously someone did. I need to know who. Who do I owe the rest of my life to?”
Twilight looked to Pinkie who for some reason nodded. She looked me straight in the eyes and simply said, “Pinkamena Diane Pie.” I was Stunned, absolutely gob smacked. I have no better words to explain the feeling, I almost couldn’t believe what I had heard. I barely noticed Twilight hoofing me parchment, and a pen. She walked away saying, “I’ll leave you two to talk, when you finish the letter let me know and ill have Spike send it.”
Side note, Equestria has pens? How? You only had quill and ink in the show, though I guess there probably will be some differences.
At this point it was my turn to give Pinkie a bone crushing hug, though I thankfully am not strong enough to actually do damage, she returned the hug and started to explain. “At first it was Fluttershy who wanted to take part in the spell, being who she is she wanted to save you no matter the cost. I just kinda knew that she couldn’t handle it though, nothing against her she’s my friend, I love her and all the others. But that’s exactly why I couldn’t let her, or the others do it. I had to.” This was so strange to hear Pinkie talking this seriously. “I took some convincing, but Twi finally gave in. After she cast the spell I didn’t even know where to start looking because all there was, was nothing but darkness. It made me nervous and reminded me of the old rock farm back home. Then I was there suddenly, just the same as I remembered it. After I realized I had control and filling up on chocolate milk from the memory of when Discord came back,” I couldn’t help but smile, ‘that’s the Pinkie I know.’ She continued, “I thought about finding your soul, then bam I was there watching you watching your memories.” She looked a bit sad and wouldn’t look at me. “I was curious and watched them as well, I’m sorry I know I shouldn’t have invaded your privacy like that, but then you started to fade out and I knew we were losing you. No matter what I said you couldn’t see or hear me, so I grabbed onto you and started pulling you back with everything I had. It wasn’t enough, and I was getting dragged with you until Twilight notice my body shaking and started pulling me back still holding onto you.”
Behind us I heard Twilight walk up. “I noticed another soul with Pinkie but was too late to tell her to let go before you got back to your bodies. Since you were connected at the time of entering your bodies, you are now and will forever be connected even when you are apart. This is why when I cast a sleep spelling you, she fell asleep as well. Please make sure to tell the princess this in as much detail as you can so she knows the whole situation.”
That’s it, everything. Sorry about the length of this, Princess Celestia, I am sure that this will even rival some of the letters Princess Twilight has sent but you have to know almost every detail. I am sure there’s a few pieces of very important missing information that you would like to know, for instance how I got here and my reaction once I realized where I was. All will be answered in due time, I Pinkie Promise you that.
Sincerely,
Terran Tobias