//------------------------------// // Meeting Tony and Sandra // Story: A Human World // by Icewind505 //------------------------------// The girls, along with a very happy Dex, walked through town. They got many strange glances from people. Dex hadn't had this many girls following him before. The girls shrank from the curious gazes, but Twilight jumped happily. Everything seemed better, she was going to a library, there were going to be books, books and more books! She squealed inside at the pure joy of it. But as soon as they arrived, all her hopes were dashed aside. It wasn't much of a library as it was a small house. Her heart dropped to the bottom of her feet as they walked in, there were only two bookshelves in the whole "library". But she did see something that caught her eye. There was a little girl with long light green hair sitting on a bench reading a book. She was tossing candies in her mouth as her bright green eyes darted across the pages. Her purple dress with yellow front billowed out around her. She momentarily looked up from the book to see the girls but her eyes were centered on Dex. She sighed and tilted her head up and yelled. "Tony! Some people are here to see you. Dexter came with them!" The small group heard frantic footsteps coming down the stairs. Suddenly there was a loud crash. In the blink of an eye a boy came tumbling out of a staircase, trying to muster all the pride he had left, he got to his feet and brushed himself off. He had jet black hair that was cut just below his ears and (strangely) a natural purple stripe running down the length of his hair. He was wearing a purple sweater with purple sweat pants. Even in the middle of the summer he seemed unfazed by the heat. He smiled warmly at them, and his smile grew ever wider when he layed eyes on Twilight. He cleared his throat to speak. "Welcome, everyone, to the town's prized library. Oh, and by the way, my name is Tony Seens" All the girls looked around. There wasn't much to look at. Just two shelves lined with children's books. Twilight pouted, this was nothing compared to her library at home. Tony stole a glance at Twlight and blushed, but he cleared his throat and pretended that it never happened. Twlight giggled, it was always funny to see colts or stallions like this, but humans looked downright ridiculous. He scrutinized every person in the room, including the little girl. The little girl rolled her eyes, she grabbed Tony by his ear and started to yell. "TONY! FOR THE LAST TIME! I DON'T CARRY MATCHES! NEITHER DOES DEXTER AND ALL THE OTHERS ARE NEW! PAY ATTENTION FOR ONCE YOU EMPTYHEADED NITWIT!" Tony shook himself free and shook his head. He glared at the little girl, but she was too busy reading her book. He sighed, he couldn't do anything with her anymore. Now that she was at 11 years of age, she just refused to listen to him. He decided to put it aside and instead turned to the group and motioned for them to follow him while he walked toward the carpet in the middle of the floor. "No need to yell Sandra. I know you guys think that this is it. Well, Dexter knows, but still. Anyway, this is the cover library. If a thief decides to steal something he wont have anywhere to go. The real library is down here." Tony tore the carpet off the ground with great exageration. There was a small door inlaid into the wood. But the handle was missing, just a small ridge in the side of the door. Tony grappled at the ridge but it was too small for his hands, plus, he was still a bit dizzy from his tumble. Sandra groaned and got off her bench, she walked over to the door and grabbed the ridge. She raised it and glared at Tony, he glared back. But they soon saw the strangest sight they had ever seen, instead of a staircase like they had expected, there was just a huge slide. Pinkie squealed and jumped right in, Rainbow Dash shrugged. She grabbed Dex, who had started protesting, by the hand and plunged in with him. Twilight, eager to see the library, jumped in next. Applejack, who wasn't one to be left out, jumped in with a loud "WHOOWEE!". Fluttershy gulped nervously but decided that it may be fun, she carefully took one step and slipped in. Rarity was the only one who stayed back, the slide looked so dirty. She turned toward Tony with eyes narrowed. "You don't think that a lady, such as me, will go down the dirt hole? Do you? I work as a seamstress, unless you have a whole section on sewing and dress designs, I'm not gonna set-" "As a matter of fact, we do have a section on that, in fact, six of our hundred bookcases are taken up by-" Tony never got to finsish his sentence however, as Rarity had just jumped in, excited at the prospect of so many books on the topic she loved so much. Tony laughed and looked over the slide, even he was a little reluctant to go in. But he didn't have much of a choice as Sandra came running up behind him, and pushed him in. He grapple at the air for a moment before scowling at Sandra and falling in. Sandra fell on the floor laughing, but it came to an abrupt stop when she saw Tony's hand grab her ankle. She tried to grab the edge of the slide, but the smooth wood slipped out of her grasp and she went tumbling into the darkness. ~ No one knew how but the slide had divided into six different sections. A person slid into it and ended up on a mattress on the other side. Pinkie was the first to find herself in the library. The book cases towered above her like skyscrapers, there were at least a hundred books on each shelve, and at least fifty shelves on each bookcase. Pinkie couldn't help but jump around. She was followed by Dash and Dex. Rainbow Dash gaped at the huge library while Dex was still in shock from the grabbing. Twilight came out of the slide next, she landed hard on her bum but the mattress took most of the blow. When she saw the library, she looked ready to blow into a thousand tiny Twilight pieces. She ran around the library hugging the bookcases and taking out all the books that caught her interest. Applejack landed square on her feet and whistled at the sight of all the bookcases. Fluttershy came out next, she looked up at the bookcases and whimpered. They made her feel so small, but she still let out a small "Oh my" when she saw all the books. Rarity came sliding in next. She dusted herself off and impatiently waited for the last person to come out, she was surprisingly unfazed by the sight of all the books. She stood for a second, until she heard a strange sound behind her, she screamed as Tony and Sandra came out in a tumbling heap and knocked her out of the way. The two flopped on the floor with a loud "OOF". Twilight ran over and lent a hand to Tony. "Are you all right Tony?" Tony looked up, he saw Twilight looking at him with a warm smile. His whole face felt like it was on fire and he jumped to his feet. "I'm just fine, thank you uh... I'm sorry, I never got your name." Twilight pointed to all her friends and herself accordingly. Tony was a little suspicious of the names but decided to put it aside. He pointed Rarity toward the sewing section but she rejected going there. "I think that I might stay here for now, I can't sew today, after all. I'm not at my boutique any longer..." Tony looked concerned as Rarity walked away, obviously very distraught. As Fluttershy rushed to try and cheer up her spa buddy, Rainbow Dash voiced all the girls' concerns. "Um. How do we get out?"