I awoke to the sounds and smells of breakfast.
"Oh no. Oh no no no no no!" I thought to myself, fearing the worst, and jumped out of bed and ran towards the kitchen to find-
Dean, cooking breakfast. I sighed in relief and and leaned against the wall. He gave me a quizzical look.
"Is something wrong?"
"No, I just thought that maybe Lyra...never mind,"
"That Lyra what?"
"Maybe you can ask her to tell you later,"
He shrugged and went back to cooking. After a few minutes, Lyra came out, her bed-mane making her look almost comical.
"Morning Dean!"
"Good morning Lyra," he chuckled.
"So what am I, chopped asparagus?"
"Good morning too, Bonbon," she giggled. "Whatcha making there Dean?"
"Oh, just some eggs and toast. Nothing much really,"
"You shoulda seen the last time I tried to make breakfast. Not a pretty sight," she laughed a little.
Dean laughed and served each of us a plate. I noticed Lyra was watching his hands (I think she said thats what they're called) gripping the platters as he passed them out.
"So, what's it like in your world, Dean?" Lyra inquired.
"It's...pretty different. I mean, for one, there aren't cute ponies like you two everywhere," he chuckled. For some reason I could feel my cheeks heat up, but neither Lyra or Dean seemed to notice.
"So, you've got a bunch of humans in your world?" she seemed excited about the idea.
"Yeah, but, some of them are pretty nasty,"
"A nasty human? I can't think of a human that wouldn't be nice,"
"Well, some of them are...I guess it's kinda lucky I fell through the portal, and not some mean guy that wouldn't appreciate you like I would,"
"You appreciate us? Aww, thanks!" she seemed overly pleased by the meager statement.
He chuckled and took a bite of toast. After we had finished eating, he cleared the dishes.
"Thanks Dean, that was wonderful," Lyra said.
"It's not a problem, I mean you guys are letting me stay here,"
She grinned and asked, "So you wanna go see the town?"
"I'd love to,"
* * *
After cleaning ourselves up, we exited out the front door.
"So, where do you wanna go first?" Lyra said with a bright smile.
"Actually, I was wondering if we could go to Fluttershy's?"
Lyra giggled. "Why would you want to go there?"
He shuffled his hooves- I mean, feet- nervously. "Well, um, on the uh...show I told you I watch, she's sorta...well, my favorite I guess..."
Lyra grabbed his arm and pulled him in the direction to Fluttershy's cottage. "Why didn't you just say so then? C'mon!"
As we approached the house we saw Fluttershy tending to her chickens and other various adorable animals.
"Hey Fluttershy!" Lyra called to her.
She dropped the bucket of feed she had in her mouth and squeaked. "eep! O-o-oh, it's just you Lyra. Hello. Hi Bonbon..."
"Hi Fluttershy," I responded politely.
"Um, did you get a new pet or something?" Fluttershy inspected Dean. "I don't think I've seen anything like this before, is it a breed of ape?"
"Actually...I'm a human," Dean told her.
Fluttershy almost fell over in surprise. "I-i-it TALKS?! Oh...oh my goodness...don't scare me like that!"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to..."
"U-u-um...it's fine..."
"May we come inside? We're showing him around Ponyville," I explained.
"O-o-of course. Um, please, follow me..."
She led us inside and offered us something to eat. We politely declined, telling her we recently ate breakfast.
"So, how are you Fluttershy?" Dean asked.
"U-um, I'm fine..."
"Great..."
There was an awkward silence for about a minute.
"So..." Lyra tried to break said silence.
"U-um, I think I...hear a, um, my um...things that I'm cooking are done..." she left leaving us in an uneasy silence. We all glanced at each other.
"So, want to just leave?" Lyra asked.
"Yes," I said. "Where to next then?"
Dean thought for a second, then said, "To...Sugarcube Corner I guess."
* * *
"HIYA!" We were greeted by Pinkie, who was currently running the bakery. "Who's this? He kinda looks familiar,"
"I'm Dean," he offered his hand politely, which she took in both hooves and shook vigorously.
"I'm Pinkie Pie! It's SO nice to meet you! Are you a human? Lyra talks SO much about humans! Oh hi Lyra!" Pinkie chattered away incessantly while Dean and I browsed the baked biscuits and breads.
"So, whatcha lookin' for?" Pinkie leaned over the counter to see what we were observing.
"Actually...what are we here for Dean?" I asked him curiously.
"Well, I just wanted to, check the place out I guess,"
"Oh! Well that's alright! Here, try a cupcake! I made them fresh!" She hoofed us each a cupcake. We thanked her and munched on the cupcakes.
"So, where you going next? You're touring Ponyville right?"
"Yeah, I was thinking about going to Dash's house after this," Dean told her.
"How would you get up there, silly?" she giggled. "Besides, no one has seen Dash for awhile now," she turned and stared, fixated on a seemingly random point in space. "Nope, not for a little while,"
"Pinkie, what are you looking at?" Lyra asked, trying to figure out what she was looking at.
"Oh, nothing," she grinned and turned back to us. We glanced at each other, then said goodbye to Pinkie and left.