Equestrians and...Humans?

by 12ofSeeds


Chapter 6

Claudia did personally ask each one of the humans, later on, it did take time for her to talk to everyone, almost everyone, she still was unable to get to seek McMirth. She got to know a couple, Emma and Illya, who was on the way eloping while their parents never approved of their relationships, a tragic love story. Abusive parents, trying to get away from arranged marriages. 

  Claudia just doesn't believe that kind of relationship still exists but here they are, in front of her. Then there are the teens, most of them are orphans, around fourteen to seventeen, one girl and the eldest of the group Jenny - having a typical Emo-ish look - just got kicked out of her own home.  She wasn't sure where she was headed until that blue light just popped in front of her and pulled her inside.

“It felt like I’ve been sucked into a vacuum. It was not cool and it almost broke my phone, and ass,” she drawled, looking at her cell phone that she seems to never stop holding and it is out of battery too. 

Another girl is called Niki, a year younger than Jenny ever since they fell into this land, it seems they both have become best friends. There were another two teens, Marco and Hugh, best friends as well since they are in the orphanage, they both were acting out in a forest before they were sucked into the blue light. 

    Terry and Herman had almost the same story kicked out of their comforts, being different in the family brings them stress and pressure. Kammy told Claudia, she just wants her kids, who are all grown adults, to just call her but they never called and it's been too long since they ever came to visit, she was devastated. Kammy also told Claudia that McMirth's story is no different from her. 

"I'm so sorry about that, Kammy. I hope that your children will notice how much you missed them," she holds her hands, then hugs Kammy. 

"Thank you, Claudia. But I think I am a bit forgotten about it, till you asked me. These children made me happy though, they do remind me about my children when they still that small," 

  They both are inside the room with the children and teens and look over at the children who also happen to lay down on the bed bored, Claudia walks up to the children and again introduces herself to them. 

"May I know what your names are?" 

"I'm Lulu," a bubbly faced little girl quickly replied. 

"John," a young boy said, sitting on the bed while putting his hand on his chin. 

"Maria," the other girl replied. 

"I'm Sanjit," 

"Tulip," the last young girl, answered and was twiddling with her handmade doll made out of ripped clothes and twigs, she's the youngest in the group, a five-year-old kid with hair that looks like that girl from 'Poltergeist 1982'. 

    Claudia smiled at them, she began to think and looking at these bored children she thought of a little entertainment while waiting for Rarity and her team to come. She went out and searched for somepony, she went straight to the maids' locker and she got her timing correct. 

"Klutzy," 

  Klutzy turns and shuts her locker door, she was about to start her shift so she just had worn her maid outfits and tilted her head. 

"Yes, Claudia?" She turns to her, "What can I help you?"

"Not to make your work harder, but, are you up for entertaining children?" Claudia beamed.

   Klutzy blinks, she questions why did she ask that. Klutzy is from a family of a travelling circus, she practically raised and was born in a circus. Klutzy hesitated, giving a reason that she has work to do. 

"I tell the head maid this will be a while, and entertaining guests is also a job," she pleaded. 

"Please, Klutzy? Just for a while, they were so bored in the castle,” 

"I guess I can make time for it," Klutzy agrees after thinking a while. 

Claudia squealed, hugging Klutzy and thanking her. They both go back to the room, introduces Klutzy to the kids. 

"You're the pony helped me find the toilet," Tulip suddenly said, "I didn't say Thank You last night," she added. 

"Oh, right you are that little kid, glad to meet you," Klutzy giggled.

Suddenly John raised his hand.

"Yes, John?" Claudia looked at John.

"Can I ask something, Klutzy?"

"Yes, of course,"

"Why do all of you ponies have that tattoo behind your butt?" 

Claudia almost burst out laughing, she turns to see Klutzy all flustered and looking at her behind. Her cutiemark has three balls balancing on top of each other with a plate also on top of the ball. 

"Oh, dear. No, this is not a tattoo. It's called a cutiemark, I don't know how to explain they are like our," she tries to find a word and then Claudia help answer,

"Like a birthmark but instead of when they were born they receive the mark when they are still around Tulip's age. Those symbols could be their special talents,"

  The children awed, the teens also listened, Kammy too interested with what Klutzy and Claudia explained. 

"Then what's your special talent?" Sanjit asked. 

"It's," before Klutzy could answer Claudia just throws a couple of balls at her and instantly Klutzy juggles them before they fall. 

  Claudia also slides in a small chest from the room to her, letting Klutzy jump on top of it while still juggling. The kids all cheered and awed, even more, Kammy included. The teens, especially Jenny, pretending to take a photo on her phone.

“Klutzy is pretty good at balancing. She’s so good, that even the head maid is super impressed, she never even dropped a single plate!” Claudia exclaimed, winking at the audience.


“Aw, shucks,” Klutzy murmured, while juggling with one hoof, “You’re too kind,”

Claudia stares at the audience, then walks up to the teens who are sitting on the bed, she sits in between Jenny and Niki, “okay, not to be awkward, girls. Sorry I’m asking but, you both missed looking at your phones, huh?” she entreated while giving an awkward grin, “What if I tell you, that I might be able to help to charge them?”

“Uhh, how? They don’t have sockets here,” Niki jeered. 

Claudia shrugged and hummed, “Yeah, but they have electricity here, and also I asked some science ponies to help make one, but all of the sockets are actually at my-” she makes an air quote, “- house. I want to ask if any of you would like to have a walk with me there?”

"Now?" Both of them hummed. 

"Oh no, not now. Maybe tomorrow? Meanwhile, you all are still here. I can give you a tour?" Claudia offered, looking at Jenny, Niki and the others. 

   Kammy doesn't mind a tour, the others hesitated but then nods. Claudia climbed down from the bed, telling them that she will arrange everything. She went back to Klutzy, using her magic use to lift the chest that Klutzy is on, making her jump but without even losing her balance with the ball. 

  The audience clapped their hands, cheering for Klutzy. She just scratched her head, embarrassed. 

"Thank you, Klutzy," Claudia applauded, "You are a great juggler,"

"Stop it," she giggled, "I'm sorry I can't entertain all of you more, I have work to do," 

  Klutzy waved them goodbyes, leaving the room. At the same time, McMirth and Terry were at the door watching as Klutzy pranced away to do her job. 

"I heard loud laughing," McMirth gets inside, hands-on-hips, "Not that I'm against laughter but, what makes all of you so gleeful?"

"Mr Mirth, you missed out on a very awesome and funny act by Klutzy!" Sanjit chortled. 

"Klutzy?" 

"The horse that just left, her name is Klutzy, Mirth," Kammy replied, "Nice pony and very talented one," she added, Claudia nodded then soon biting her lips again as Mirth looked at her again. 

"Oh, you mean that orange pony with the wavy-curl hair? I always love her style," Terry said, peeking his head outside the door, 

"Remind me so much of my old horse at the family stable," 

" You, had a horse, Terry?" Claudia jeered, trying to ignore McMirth for a while. 

"It was back when I was 10, I used to ride my horse around the forest until our family moved away," he sighed, "Just memories left, and she was the prettiest horse I had before," he added. 

  Claudia cooed before hearing someone coughing outside the door,

"Sorry to interrupt, Miss Claudia. But I have some news. Miss Rarity isn't able to come by today for the measurements but she has requested her friend to help with her team and they already waited for you in the foyer," said the guard.

"Oh, thank you. Tell them we will be right over," 

  The guard left, Claudia squeal happily went on asking everyone in the room to pass on the news and meet her at the foyer soon.


  Claudia instructed Kammy and the others to meet her at the ballroom, they all managed to find their way into the castle, with the help of the Royal Guards that they kept asking for directions. 

They were greeted by the sounds of Claudia talking loudly and giggling with a light amber grey coated mare and light cyan mane accompanied by multiple ponies and a Yak in fancy attires surrounding them. 

"Ah, and here they are!" Claudia beamed flailing her hands at the humans, "Everybody, Coco Pommel, the humans, humans, Everybody!" She continues. 

"Oh, my," Coco Pommel sang, "They are many, Claudia. I did not believe when Rarity said there are twenty humans we all have to engaged," 

"Yak is good with crowds. Yak can handle many people like them," suddenly a yak walked around the humans in a circle, the Yak in beautiful jewellery just so happened to look at the men then saw the children, "Is this the tiny humans you talked about?" The yak shouted, scaring the children hiding behind Kammy and Terry. 

  Claudia giggled, calming the loud spoken yak. She then begins introducing Coco pommel and her team.  

"I want you to meet Coco Pommel, one of Rarity's best designer friends from Manehattan. Rarity unable to attend all of you today because she has an important meeting in her boutique,"

"It's nice to meet you all," the soft-spoken mare greeted, "And this is my, excuse me, Rarity's best fashion team ready to serve Miss Claudia and her human friends,"

Kammy and the others replied, waving their hands at the ponies and yak. Before they know it, everyone is also circling them, blabbering to each other, discussing their perfect style to fit their entire physique. 

  They decided to go two by two since they were not in a rush, Coco and Claudia both stood by while the others were getting measured. When it was Kammy's turn, the others were complimenting the fabrics she had on her even though all of them were worn out and ripped. 

"Cotton fabric and jewels attached to the clothes are so fabulous," said one of the ponies. 

"I think we can work with this perfectly, make exact style for her, but find the finest fabric to fit her gorgeous facial," responds another, bidding to other designers then proceeds to the next person, McMirth. 

   Mcmirth, with his grumpy face, even honestly scared the other fashion ponies for a moment, but they just took his measurements first. They don't talk much but it seems all of them including the yak know what to do with McMirth. 

"Claudia, Coco Pommel. Mind if I ask how did you two even know each other, aside from this Rarity pony you all talking about?" Kammy asked after gotten herself a seat that the others had prepared as they waited their turn to get measured. 

"Claudia helped me with my theatre ponies before when we needed an extra helper and it was a funny story too," Coco chuckled. 

"Coco, please don't tell her that embarrassing story," Claudia groans, face all red. 

"She was with Rarity for a peace mission between our manager and the actors, it was a terrible time and it was our premiere night for Little Fillies," 

"If you want to know, it's just, Little Women but their version," Claudia remarks. 

"One of our main actors quit at the last minute, it was a really big dispute and the show was in a disaster. But until Rarity offered CLAUDIA to play the part,

" Honestly, I didn't know Claudia was reading our script to Little Fillies in silence. In a nick of time, we managed to sew dresses for her part soon while Rarity went chasing after the main actor to come back for the second act,"

Coco Pommel suddenly couldn't stop giggling and Claudia snorted, 

"What happens next?" Kammy asked. 
 
"That was horrible, I had stage fright when my part comes in, of course, the stage was made for ponies, I honestly didn't know much where to go on the stage at first,"

"Remember that time you stepped on the dress on a very serious part?" Coco chortled. 

Claudia continues the story of how the theatre becomes a full comedy show until finally Rarity managed to bring back the main actor to the stage but after all that, it went smoothly. The manager and the rest of the actors agree to be more respectful with each other.    

  Kammy still couldn't believe Claudia did some acting as well, though Claudia begged to differ. She hated it even back in school, acting never was her favourite thing to do and wish to never step on it again but only for watching purposes. She checks out around the ponies beginning to measure the children and teens, all those talking time flies fast and of course, these ponies and yak work fast in terms of measuring and designing. Coco Pommel claps her hooves together and turns to Claudia.

"I forgot. Rarity asked me to get you measured as well, she said your physique might have changed for the past years and she doesn't want you to be uncomfortable when the clothes don't fit," Coco instantly takes out a measurement tape and proceeds to measure her body. 

"Wait, are you saying, I'm getting fat?" Claudia mumbled. 

"Oh no, not that. You're still the same, Claudia just," Coco tickles her arm flaps, "Looks like you are getting thin," she giggles a bit. 

"How dare you," she laughed.



Coco Pommel and the teams are done with their jobs so they left the building, they will return the next morning hopefully with new clothes for them. 

  Claudia decided to talk with the other people first, she had a long thought while staying around waiting for them to finish getting measured. She asked them if they all wanted a grand tour of Canterlot once they got their new clothes on. 

"You mean go outside? Like going for a walk, with all the ponies and whatever creatures are out there gonna watch us like animals in a zoo?" McMirth barked. 

"Technically, we're tourists and I'm your tour guide!" Claudia boasted, "It'll be fine, the ponies and other creatures won't bother you. Taking pictures here and there, but they know we are here for a short while and we're doing some touring!" 

McMirth huffed. 


  Kammy agreed to enjoy some tour to know a bit about Equestria before going home, Emma and Ilya second the motion then followed by the rest of the adults. 

"Eh, we got nothing to do anyway," groaned Jenny and Niki with the rest of the people nodding. 

"Mirth, please follow us? Everyone else agreed to join for the tour, you don't want to stay in this castle alone, do you?" Claudia pleaded, gulped as McMirth stare at her before grunts,

"Fine," 

   Claudia rejoiced for McMirth's decision to join them, she told them to later meet in the foyer when the clothes had arrived and they were all well dressed. Later that night she starts to prepare an activity list for the twenty humans she'll be guided around town. She makes sure everything she has learned from all of them can interest them in staying. 

Staying. 

She stopped writing and ponders at the thought of asking humans to stay. Now she had wondered, if this blue light or whatever the Universe is doing on purpose, like… giving these people a new life here? 

Like herself.