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// New Pony In Town 
// Story: Equestrian Battle Tendency 
// by luckyboys121 
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Twilight was somewhat confused as she thought to herself, "Is it just me, or did he say JoJo like it was supposed to be a big deal or something." She then shrugged it off and finished shaking his hoof as she thought, "Well between that and the way he's dressed I guess this guy is just a little odd."

She smiled as she said, "Well again thank you, and if you don't mind could you walk the rest of the way out of the forest with me?"

"Of course," replied JoJo. "If I'm being honest I was just about to ask the same of you since you seem to know more about this place then I do."

"Oh, did you wander into the forest by accident?" asked Twilight as the two made their way.

"You could say that.... I'm what you might call a foreigner to this place and I guess I got turned around," said JoJo. He thought to himself, "I better choice my words carefully here, sure this girl seems nice enough but I think suddenly telling her that I used to be a human who just woke up here could be bad, she might think I escaped from some kind of pony nut house... of course if I tell her almost any story from my life she might think that right now... damn why is my life so bizarre? Regardless I have to feel her out, find out what is and isn't normal to her before I go too far into detail."

"Oh, welcome to Equestria then, and I'm sorry your visit here hasn't exactly gotten off on the right hoof," said Twilight. 

"Eh, it's not the worst welcome I've ever had," said JoJo, resulting in a slight giggle from Twilight. As JoJo looked back he noticed two things as he smiled and thought, "Damn she really is cute... don't know what that says about me that I've been a pony for what five minutes? And already I'm thinking about pony girls that way, but hey when in Rome as they say." The second thing he noticed though caused his smile to fade as he stopped dead in his tracks.

Twilight became concerned at this as she asked, "What's wrong?"

"Your leg," said JoJo as he pointed at a cut on her front right leg that causing her to limp.

"Oh... don't worry about it, it's just a little cut I got when I was trying to untangle myself from the vines earlier. Once I get home and get some bandages on it I'll be fine," said Twilight with a reassuring smile. 

JoJo on the other hand walked up to her saying, "That may be, but I'd hate for it to get a nasty infection, so I think it would be best if I just closed the wound now if you don't mind."

Without another word JoJo bent down and grabbed her hoof, briefly scraping the wound and causing Twilight to wince as she said, "Hey what are you-"

She stopped though as she saw JoJo take in a very deep breath and begin to glow as she thought, "He did this kind of thing before with the timber wolves, but it can't be magic since he's an Earth Pony so what is it?"

Meanwhile JoJo was busy clearing his mind as he thought, "Just gotta deliver a steady dose of positive Hamon just like with Suzie Q," suddenly Twilight's hoof began to glow as well as she stared in awe as the wound close itself and the blood instantly dried up. Once the glowing stopped JoJo let go of her hoof with a smile as he said, "There we are, good as new."

Twilight tentatively placed her hoof on the ground and put weight on it as she said, "It really does feel fine," she then started up a slight trot as she smiled saying, "In fact... I feel better then I did all day, my fatigue is gone, I feel well rested, even the soreness in my flanks from sitting up all night reading is gone!" 

Her smile grew wider as she made her way over to JoJo who leaned forward expecting maybe a kiss on the cheek as thanks, what he got instead was Twilight over excitedly grabbing him by the shoulders and berating him with questions saying, "What was that? Some kind of strange energy field? How did you learn how to use it? Can you teach me?"

JoJo nervously stammered "Um well," as he thought to himself, "Damn, I just had to show off and help her, and just when I was trying not to look out of the ordinary too! Well... I suppose she had already seen me use Hamon against those wolf things so she would have asked these questions eventually anyway, and refusing to answer them would just look even more suspicious." 

JoJo sighed as he looked at Twilight, who somehow had a notepad and pencil now as he said, "To answer your questions, that was Hamon and it is a form of life energy that I can generate through a special breathing technique. As for how I learned to use it, I was technically born with it since my grandfather could also use it, but I've had various instructors who helped me refine it to this point."

As JoJo watched Twilight eagerly copy all this down he thought to himself, "So she's bookish hungry for knowledge type then. Hmmm, I suppose I could use that to my advantage to help me get by here and figure out what exactly is going on."



He put on a casual smile as he rubbed his chin with his hoof saying, "As for teaching I'm not sure exactly... I mean I never taught anyone before so it would probably take a while, and," he then patted his tank top and feigned concern as he said, "OH NO! It looks I lost my wallet in that little scuffle back there, so I guess a hotel is out of the question."

Twilight quickly picked up on what he was getting at as she said, "Oh, if that's the case you can stay with me until you figure something out."

"Oh, I couldn't POSSIBLE impose like that," said Joseph faking humility.

"Oh, it's no trouble at all, I mean I only have the one bed room, but I live in a loft above a library and if I'm being honest... no one ever really comes into the library anyway, so it would be no trouble moving a spare bed down to the lobby at night,"  said Twilight with a smile.

JoJo shrugged and said, "Well, if you insist."

As the two continued walking JoJo smiled that his gamble appeared to pay off, that smile faded though as Twilight leaned towards him saying, "By the way, you could have just asked for a place to stay, you didn't need to put on that over dramatic act."

"Wha-what act," said JoJo feigning ignorance, while blushing from being caught.

"Oh please, next time you want to fool someone don't go yelling 'OH NO' in such a cheesy over the top way," said Twilight with a giggle.

JoJo humphed saying, "I don't know what you're talking about, that's how I always say that."

Twilight giggled even more at that as she said, "Jeez you must be terrible at poker if that's the best you can come up with."

JoJo groaned at that before they finally exited the forest and Twilight said, "Well anyway JoJo, welcome to Ponyville." 

JoJo took in the sights and sounds all around him, the building that seemed to range from simple and rustic to explicitly modern ones including one that looked like it came straight out of a sugar coated nightmare, as well as the various ponies around him as he noticed that some of them had wings and where flying and others, including Twilight he now noticed, had horns on their heads. "Sugary building, talking ponies, and now unicorns and pegasi, what did I get thrown into a child's story book or something?" thought JoJo.

"Here we are," said Twilight as she gestured towards a tree that had somehow been hollowed out and turned into a building, "home sweet home, the Golden Oaks Library. Oh, I'm sure Spike will like having another guy around."

"Spike?" asked JoJo.

"Oh, me and him have been living together for years now, but because of that he pretty much only gets to hang out with my friends and doesn't have many guy ones so he's probably gonna be excited to meet you and ask you to join his game night and stuff," said Twilight with a smile.

"Oh, that should be fun," said JoJo as he thought, "Only one bedroom and shes lived with a guy for years, damn looks like I'm about to be a third wheel to some sappy relationship, ehh this is why I was glad Lisa Lisa didn't ever let Caesar bring any of his girls to the training island."

Twilight smiled at that, not picking up on JoJo's thoughts, as she opened the door saying, "SPIKE I'M HOME!"

JoJo looked around, expecting to find some buff and suave stallion, but was instead greeted to a small dragon wearing a pink apron with a heart on it as he said, "Twilight! Oh thank Celestia, I saw you had left already and I was worried something might happen to you."

Twilight lifted Spike up in a hug as she said, "Thanks for worrying about me, but I'm fine, thanks to this guy that is." She then turned Spike towards him as she said, "Spike this is JoJo, JoJo this is Spike the dragon."

JoJo chuckled to himself as he thought, "Well they may not be the same species, but I certainly recognize a sibling dynamic when I see one." He then walked over and reached out his hoof saying, "Pleasure to meet you little man, Twilight has told me a lot about you."

Spike grabbed his hoof and shook it saying, "Oh nice to meet you too JoJo, and thanks for looking out for Twilight, she can get kind of reckless when it comes to her studies."

"I could have guessed, I mean not many women would invite a strange man to live with her even if he saved their lives," said JoJo.

"Wait what?" said Spike confused and slightly concerned.

"Oh speaking of which, I better go get the spare bed set up and ready for you," said Twilight as she made her way upstairs.

"Thanks for that, in the meantime I think I'll grab a quick shower if you'd kindly tell me where the bathroom is," said JoJo.

"Oh of course, it's just up stairs here and to the left," said Twilight.

JoJo nodded at that as he followed Twilight up the stairs as Spike soon came after. 

JoJo went left while Twilight went right towards the bedroom and Spike followed her. As Twilight opened her linen closet and used her magic to grab the spare bed she used for sleepovers, thankful that JoJo's Hamon had refreshed her enough to use magic again, Spike listened softly until he heard the shower cut on and knew JoJo couldn't hear them as he asked, "OK, so what's this about him staying with us?"

"Well he had no where else to go and like he said, he saved my life," said Twilight.

"Wait really! I thought he was just exaggerating," said Spike as his concern returned and he began looking Twilight over to make sure she was OK. 

Twilight smiled at the concern as she said, "I told you already Spike I'm fine, in fact I feel great since he used this special energy called Hamon to heal my injuries after it was over."

"Hamon?" asked Spike in confusion.

"Yup, in fact that's another reason he's staying here. He promised to teach me all about it and help me learn to use it if he can," said Twilight excited to learn about something totally new to her. 

"Oh," said Spike as his concern melted away as clearly this stallion was trustworthy. With the concern gone though, he began to shift into teasing little brother mode though as a sly smile came to his face and he said, "So the only reasons he is staying here is so you can repay him and he can teach you this Hamon stuff?"

"Well yeah... why else would he stay?" said Twilight as she tried to find the right sheet and blanket combo for the bed.

"Oh I don't know, why might a quiet bookish mare suddenly bring home a muscular and charming stallion?" said Spike as his smile increased.

Twilight slightly blushed, saying, "It's nothing like that Spike, it's just the right thing to do. Besides you know I'm not one of those mares who swoons over a six pack or anything."

And then as if the universe wanted to join Spike in taunting Twilight, JoJo stepped in with a towel wrapped around himself, and still slightly dripping from the shower as he said, "Sorry to interrupt but you wouldn't happen to have any spare clothes laying around would you? I'm afraid mine need quite the laundering."

Twilight turned to him, and her blush only increased as she saw the water dripping off him and she began saying, "Um s-sorry, I'm afraid that I don't have anything that will fit your pecks, I mean your biceps, I MEAN IN YOUR SIZE!" choked out Twilight.

JoJo smiled at this as he thought, "Yup, even as a pony I still got it," before saying, "That's fine, I suppose wearing them another day or two won't hurt." He then made his way back to the bathroom.

Twilight returned to her task trying to take her mind off the thoughts now flooding it as Spike leaned towards her and smugly said, "Sure you're not that kind of mare." 

Twilight turned to Spike, still blushing but giving her best death stare as she simple said, "Tell this to nopony!"

"Ye-yes mam," said Spike as while teasing was fun, he knew when to back off and when Twilight gave that face, it was time to back off if he wanted all his scales intact. 

As JoJo put his tank top and scarf back on, he looked himself in the mirror with a new swagger as he said, "Yup, I think I'm going to be just fine here."