{*First-Person View, Main Character*}
“GAH!!!”
I yelled in the dark confinements of Twilight’s guest room. Well, at least that’s where I think I am. Let me double-check… Yep, I’m still on a different planet. I looked towards the window to the right of me. From what I could tell, the shadows of the storm sere still looming over my situation. Was that what woke me up? Was it the lightning and thunder? No, from what I could tell, I was sweating and my heart was pounding. I felt like I just woke up from a nightmare, and yet… I couldn’t remember what kind of nightmare. Don't you hate that? When you have a dream but you can’t remember a single inch of it? Yeah. I do.
I held my hand up, wiping the perspiration from my forehead. I took a moment to take a breather and get a hold of myself. Whatever that nightmare was, it sure was a scary one! My blood pressure was so high from the experience I could feel my temples pound! What the heck did I dream about to get this worked up?
…Well, It doesn’t matter anymore. It’s all in the past, and I just have to move on. But I’m still curious, what that important? Was my sub-conscious trying to tell me something I needed to know? It certainly felt like it. I can’t really describe the feeling, but my instinct that I was missing something very crucial to the situation. I shook my head and let out a large breath. My legs suddenly cramped up in pain. Since I was cooped up in the library’s extra bed that was fitted for small vibrant mammals, no wonder my knees were aching! I winced in agony as I tried to stretch my lower appendages a little.
Wait, stop. Think. Where was everybody? It came back to me, little by little. I was meeting all the inhabitants of this new world before I feel asleep-no, before I fainted from exhaustion! I met six ‘ponies’ as they were called altogether. I think once was called Twilight, then there was Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie (uuugh god, I actually kinda wanna forget her) and Rainbow Dash (What a BITCH!). Twilight was interrogating and harassing me at the same time while I got comfortable with everyone! She was accusing me of invading their planet as an extra-terrestrial! What an asshole! Sure, the part being an alien might have been true, but that still ticks me off! No, wait, I already got my revenge by swearing at them a million times. Hee hee, that felt really, REALLY good when I did that. A wide smile grew on my face remembering that memory. And then, Twilight wanted to teach me how to do magic, and I…
Oh my god. I almost smoked the entire library! Literally! According to the ponies, I became a big blue ball of fire! As far as I could tell, I was just losing control of the magic! Back when it actually happened, it felt kinda like a dream. Like it wasn’t really happening and I wasn’t really there. But looking back, there was no doubt about it that I performed magic and almost obliterated my lodgings in the process. Did I really do that? Did I really use magic and did I really set my arm of fire? It was just so unreal. It made no sense, like the rest of this world.
Like the rest of this unknown world…
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…Hmm.
All of the sudden, there was a loud clatter of noises that seemed to come from out of the room. What was all the commotion about? Was everyone downstairs doing something? Maybe I was missing out on some kind of discussion. I heard more crashes coming from the door to the living room. Looking cautiously, I realized that normal conversations don’t involve creating a hullabaloo I don’t think. Well, then again, these ponies aren’t exactly a normal bunch, but you know what I mean! There was more than meets the eye. No, that’s a Transformers quote, think of something else. There was more to this situation then it seemed.
I swung my legs from beneath the blankets carefully and planted them firmly on the cold, hard surface wooden floor. My skin crawled at the sudden icy sensation around my heels and toes. Springing out of the bed, I started to creep my way towards the door. I cautiously lowered my ear to the door side and laid my head against the brown entrance. I abruptly heard more crashing and banging. My eyes widened. It sounded like glass was hitting the floor! Something was happening out there, something with trouble!
I backed my head up, stood up straight, firmly grasped the door handle and swung it open unnecessarily dramatic like. Thankfully I remembered to keep holding the door so it wouldn’t slam against the wall disruptively. The living room was substantially dark and there were no signs of light anywhere. The fireplace had been put out and it looked like all the others left quite a while ago. I could barely see the clutter in the limelight that reflected off the surfaces on the floor, yet I could still make out the rain pelting the windows all around the room. Shockingly, I saw a mysterious and suspicious four-legged figure crawling about on the main floor. It looked like the body of a pony’s. It was currently trying to clean up the mess it created on the floor. I couldn’t see exactly what was on the ground, but it looked really cluttered and disorganized. Anyways, it was taking things from the ground and putting it in some sort of pack it had on the side of its body.
What it stealing? It certainly looked like it. I think it is! It’s stealing from the library! Who would want to steal from a library? What would you gain? Paper? Books? Knowledge? Well, actually that’s a pretty legit reason to steal from a library, but no matter! No one’s pulling any fast ones on my watch!
“Hey you!” I announced, jumping onto the railing of the stairs and smoothly sliding down them. “Stop right there!”
That definitely got the pony’s attention. I heard a feminine gasp as I saw the outline of her head turn around. There was a flash of lightning that lit up the scene around me for a split second. Fortunately, a second was all I needed. Standing before me in a mess of books, broken glass, scattered scrolls and broken plant pots was…
“Twilight?”
“Um… Hey there Griffin…” She sheepishly squeaked. “What-what are you doing up so early in the morning?”
Whelp, that confirms my theory of it being an unusual time to get up. “I should ask you the same thing. I heard a bunch of COMMOTION down here and thought that with all the stuff on the floor getting TAKEN by a MYSTERIOUS FIGURE, someone was STEALING from the library!” I replied, pushing my point forward.
“Well, I uh, as you can see here, It’s just little ol’ me, organizing the shelves a little bit.” Twilight suggested.
“No I cannot see a thing at all, unless you can shed some light onto our situation?” I asked politely.
A sudden burst of light came from her direction. I had to squint my eyes due to the sudden change of brightness. Twilight’s horn was lit up with a strange white glowing ball. Probably another spell or something. Whatever, at least I could see her face now.
And boy, was she nervous.