//------------------------------// // Specifics come clean // Story: FIMstuck // by SoloBrony //------------------------------// "I'm still warning you that you will go deaf by applebloom and her friends. I would just stay in ponyville and explore the place while trying to find something to hide your horn or wings." -Zapper Frost "Both options are viable, though you're more likely to cause a ruckus in Canterlot. Most members of your subspecies are immortal philosopher-queens, and two of them keep the local geocentric solar system moving. Yeah, this a weird universe. All told, probably best to stick to Ponyville for the time being. The girls will be back in good time, and you can show some initiative in the meantime. Just try not to let too much of the knowledge we're feeding you slip out." -FanOfMostEverything "Be carefull. The Cutie Mark Crusaders are a smart bunch of foals. Also if she hasn‘t heard of another magic expert like Starlight Glimmer you shouldn‘t ask about Discord. And if they are headding up to Canterlot (a city literally build on the side of a mountain) they could be headed for a wedding. Ask her about that. If you ever need to escape there should be a neutral party in the everfree forest (the forest behind you). Her Name is Zecora and she is a zebra shaman. She lives in a tree with windows and masks. And watch out for blue flowers in there. Good Luck for now. Post Scriptum(P.S.): Be carefull about Celestia she is a milenia old chessmaster. She arranged almost all of Twilight‘s adventures. Don‘t fall in her web!" -Arcane-Flower "Wait... check Appleblooms flanks. Does she have a mark there? Also, ask her why her family left for Canterlot." -Nyronus "Yup, shadow. I'd suggest staying here in Ponyville, until Twilight and her friends get back. Try asking around, there are a lot of ponies, might be one or two magic theorists (if not experts) that Applebloom doesn't know about. Riddle: I was always here, from the beginning of time, and I will be here until the end of it. I am tiny. -Eevee" "I would suggest talking to Lyra Heartstrings, Even if she does have a human obsession in this canon, she is still a fellow unicorn in Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns alongside Twilight. Or Maybe Vinyl, She may be mute, but she needs to have fine tuning with her magic to be a DJ. So you could learn from either of them. Also, if the wedding was happening, wouldn't Applebloom already be there to be a flower girl? Applebloom is still there. So The invasion isn't happening. It's Probably something else." -lightningman Tom spent a long moment rubbing his chin. "Well... emergency though it may be, if everypony is out, it can't be helped. I'll wait here for them to get back. By the way, why did they all leave?" In the meantime, Tom glanced at Applebloom's flank (and felt awkward doing so). Blank. Applebloom shrugged. "Suit yourself. They all went to a big wedding. My friends and I were flower girls!" "Oh. That's pretty coo—" Wedding. Invasion. OHCRAP "Wait, Applebloom! Wedding! Canterlot! There's, uh, an... invasion?" Tom felt like an idiot, but Applebloom just nodded and frowned while she spoke. "Yeah, that was real scary. A bunch of these bug-things called changelings broke in and caused all kinds of trouble!" Tom breathed a sigh of relief and disappointment. Guess I can't warn them, but things must have turned out alright anyway, right? "Is everything... y'know, okay?" Applebloom perked up and nodded. "Yeah! There was this huge magic explosion, and all of the changelings went flyin'! You could probably have seen it from here!" "And all of that happened pretty recently, right?" "Yup! Just yesterday. Applejack had to stay behind on 'element' business with her friends, but the rest of us had to head back here to tend the farm. I'm headin' back to meet with her on her way back over." Huh. Based on what the... voices are saying, I seem to have popped up during a pretty important event. Or right after it. Holy @#$!@#$, am I some kind of time-traveler? Tom shook and rubbed his head. "Alright. Uhh... thank you for the update, Applebloom. I appreciate it. Listen, is there, like... some sort of work I can do around here? I need to earn some 'bits' to pay for a room or something." "Sure! Farm always needs tendin', especially today, and plenty of ponies in town could use a helpin' hoof. My brother an' grandma will set you up proper!" Tom stood up and stretched out. "Alright, lead on! Oh, and can I get something to cover up my—" Tom glanced meaningfully at his wings, but the words died in his throat when he saw he didn't have any. ... Huh. ... Huh. Pretty sure pieces of my anatomy shouldn't just be disappearing! Tom waved a hoof about his head and accidentally smacked his horn again. "Oww..." Applebloom just cocked her head. "Y'wanna cover up yer horn? Y'know we'll let a unicorn work here, right?" Tom paused. "Oh... yeah, I guess it was silly of me to worry about that. Sorry." Better to look like a bit of an idiot than to give away being an alipegacornasus or whatever the @#$@ I am. Applebloom shrugged and Tom followed her to the farmhouse, securing thereby gainful employment for the afternoon. It turned out he could work his way around a hoe alright. He whiled the evening away in a hotel room, idly wondering why the hotel's complimentary meal tasted so awful.