Chapter III
“One at a time”, he said, making them pause. To which Twilight responded first, “What are you?”
“Well, I’m a human, I come planet Earth” he said in his seat.
“My spell missed by a planet?!” Twilight said, putting a hoof to her mouth in astonishment.
“I guess, yeah”, he said with no surprise.
“So what is this thing? It looks kinda freaky…” Rainbow Dash was next to say pointing to the black carriage.
“This is my car, vehicle, automobile, whatever you please to name it. It’s made to move me around, other people, and things.” He said simply.
“But… why all black?” Fluttershy asked, still scared of both the car and the human.
He laughed lightly at that question, “because it looks cool, I like this style, and it’s meant to scare people”, he replied happily.
“Why would it need so many doors?” Rarity said, wondering why a cart would need so many doors. {Durr}
“Care to look inside?” He asked annoyed by the obvious question, to which they all said yes at the same time. He then reached to unlock the rear left door manually. “Please excuse me” he told them so he could get out once again, to which they reversed and he extended his left arm while facing them to open the door. “Please, step right in” he said like a gentleman.
They were all static at the look inside, no other interior from any cart looked so simple yet so elegant. He then got in again to unlock the other doors, opened them from the inside, and got out again. “Go ahead, just be careful” he prompted them to get in, knowing they can’t do much to a car with a dead battery.
Twilight then sat on the driver’s seat, putting her hooves on the steering wheel and trying to figure out what each button does and pressed them curiously, she looked at her side below to see more buttons and a knob with numbers sticking out while the others explored around the back, Rainbow Dash telling them how it smelled great inside and Rarity complimenting how well the material and stitches of the seats are built.
“I suppose this wheel is for driving, but why does it have so many buttons? How does it move around if there’s nopony pulling it?” Twilight asked while looking close to the instrument panel behind the steering wheel.
“Well each button has its purpose, the ones in the middle control from the music to the air conditioning and heater. It uses fuel as a combustible for an engine right here on the front that converts chemical energy into mechanical energy…” he explained while leaning on the door as Twilight tried to absorb with interest every detail of how this machine works.
Meanwhile on the back, Pinkie Pie sat on the far right seat and Rainbow Dash on the left, still looking around.
“Oh boy,” Said Rainbow Dash, “These seats smell great, the whole interior smells great!” she said while raising her forelegs happily.
Pinkie Pie then looked at her left to see a black jacket; she lifted it up, looking at it carefully, and started searching the pockets just out of curiosity. She then felt her hoof hit something soft, she prompted to pull it out and saw a bag full of a strange green plant. “Hey, I found something to eat,” she said, pulling it close to her muzzle to sniff the bag. “Yuck, this smells…!” she said grossed out, having second thoughts to smell the bag again. “This smells… it smells… great!” she said loudly, causing the stranger to look back to her; which they still haven’t learned his name yet.
“Hey! Don’t Eat That!” he said while putting an emphasis on each word, all the girls stopped what they were doing, from Rarity counting each stitch on the front right seat, Rainbow Dash hypnotized by the scent of the interior, and Fluttershy with Applejack looking at the carriage strangely; all eyes were fixed on him. “This isn’t for you… yet” he said while taking the bag away from Pinkie, thoughts circling his mind how she would react if she somehow ingested it.
“What kind of plant is that?” Twilight asked, looking at the human to which he was enveloped in his thoughts.
“Just… don’t open it” he said, letting go of his grip on the bag of Orange Kush.
Twilight held it with her magic, looking at it closely, so did her friends; she pulled it close to her nose to smell it. She winced, “Eww, what is this!” she said loudly while still in the driver’s seat. She sniffed again, “It smells… so good!”
He watched them with a smile as they passed on his bag of goodies, but still making sure they didn’t open it. “So, you liked it?” he asked them. They all responded in agreement. “Alright then, I guess I can show you girls some other things I have, even get my car running.”
Applejack then sat next to Rarity from her exploration around the car, mostly the wheels. Still looking around, she put her hoof on a button in front of her, not expecting it to be the glove box, and pressed it. Down came a compartment filled with things, Rarity then picked up what resembled a book with her magic, and opened it. Having no clue what it actually was, she asked, “Why would you carry an empty picture frame?”
He then made his way to the rear seats, “Hey Rainbow, let me seat in the middle, please” he told her, she then got off the car, making way for the human to get in. He sat in the middle and Rainbow Dash jumped back in again.
“Wait, how did you know my name?” she said confusedly, not remembering any introductions.
“I… guess because of your mane?” he lied, he knew exactly who they all were.
She looked up at her mane, “Oh, okay.”
Rarity held it open and magically handed it over to him. “It’s more than a picture frame, it’s a tablet.” He said, swiping his finger across the screen, causing it to wake from standby as it showed an image. “Ooooooo” was all he heard; even Fluttershy got in and sat beside Twilight. As they were staring at the screen from all directions, “It can play music” he showed them the player, searching for a not so loud but good song, and pressed play. “I can view movies, pictures, play games, write letters or work on documents…” he said while showing them everything it had to offer, from funny pictures to some painfully hilarious videos, they all laughed. The ponies felt comfortable around the human, seeing as he brought technology never known to ponykind, Equestria can learn a lot from him.
Almost an entire day passed while he showed not even half of his belongings, as most of them were curious in the car itself, he explained what most buttons do and their purpose. Finished with his teaching for the day, the girls got out of the car and turned to leave. He turned to look at Pinkie Pie, “Hey uhh… pink pony,” he tried to call her, not wanting to tell her name and have suspicion grow around him, “what’s your name?” he asked.
“Oh I’m Pinkie Pie” she said, running quickly to greet the human and extended her hoof towards him.
“Nice to meet you, Pinkie” he said, bending down a bit to accept her introduction. “Hey, could you do me a favor?” he spoke in a low voice.
“Sure, what can I do for you?” she asked as he got on his knee to talk to her on eye level.
He then got his bag of cannabis in front of her, “Could you bake some brownies with this?
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Dis gon be gud.