//------------------------------// // Meeting of the Minds // Story: A Splendid Little Fanfic // by Turdy1 //------------------------------// Chapter 2: Meeting of the Minds At Fluttershy's house… Fluttershy opened her eyes to find she was on the couch in her living room. As her vision cleared, she realized there were two figures in front of her. One was her pet bunny Angel. The other was the creature that was at her door. By the sound of it, she woke up at the end of an interesting conversation. "…My only regret is that I should've used the mattress to block the bathroom door, rather than make that fort." The creature said, causing the rabbit to crack up. He then glanced at the Pegasus. "Oh look, Fluttershy's awake!" She backed away as far as her fainting couch would let her. John held out his hand, "My name's John Paul, and it is WONDERFUL to meet you." "How-how do you know my name?" she nervously asked. "Oh, uh Angel told me." And that was the honest truth… (Several minutes earlier…) John carried the unconscious pegasus inside her house. "So where should I put Flu-" He caught himself. There was no way he could use Fluttershy's name. He had technically never met her before. "Er, what's her name?" "Fluttershy." The bunny responded. John stifled a laugh. Angel sounded identical to the Arbiter from Halo. "So, where should I put Fluttershy?" The rabbit pointed to the couch. (Present…) "So, uh, what are you?" She asked, "I take care of all the animals here and I've never seen anything like you." "Well, I'm a human." The butter-yellow Pegasus began to think. "I think I've heard of those for somewhere, I'm not sure." She rose from the couch. "My friend Twilight Sparkle runs the Ponyville library. I'm sure she'll have a book with an answer." The pony went to the door, motioning for the human to follow her. She then spoke to Angel "We're going to be gone awhile, okay?" The rabbit nodded. "Good! Keep an eye on everything until I get back." And with that, the two left. Angel then whistled, drawing every animal in the house to him. He then led them to the well-stocked pantry. Outside, the two were oblivious to Angel's plans. "Follow me please." Fluttershy asked. As they left her house, John glanced at the Everfree forest. In the shadows, he could make out what looked like a glowing purple eye. He quickly turned to Fluttershy. "So, from what I gather, you know about all the animals around here, right?" She replied, "Why yes, why do you ask?" He looked back to the forest. The eye was gone. With it gone, he decided his original question was less important. Keeping the conversation going, he asked, "How do keep track of all that information? I mean, that's a lot of stuff to now when you think about it" "Oh, it's easy. All you need to do is…" (Meanwhile, back with Michael…) Despite the fact he had taken cross-country track most of his life, Michael couldn't compete in a race against the rainbow colored Pegasus. He leaned against the front door of the library, keeled over and panting like a dying cow. Dash looked at him and said "Man, your SOOO slow, I flew circles around you!" He rolled his eyes and growled between pants. "Maybe *huff*…maybe if you used your LEGS and not your wings, it would have been fair race…look, let's just see Twilight…all the dang ponies in this town are staring at me like I'm a weird freak!" Dash looked at him with a strange look and said "But I thought you WERE a strange freak!" He opened the door of the library and said "I didn't have to put up with this junk on earth, just keep the military off of me so I don't end up being in a cage at some friggin' zoo!" Dash flew past him and said "Military? Do the royal guards count, because other than that, everyone else in Equestria doesn't mess with the princess's ponies!" Before he could explain his thoughts on the military, he looked up and saw a purple-haired unicorn looking at him, her eyes filled with wonder, and fear; he was a striking 6.2 feet tall, and 198 pounds of lean, runnin' machine…the ponies were tiny to him, and they knew it. Dash landed next to Twilight and said "What, bookworm? I thought the pony who charged a hydra would not be afraid of some human!" She glanced at Blackburn, and then said "A human? We haven't seen one of those since the dawn of ponykind! Only the oldest books I have say what they were…" He stepped forward and said "Look, Ms…uh, Ms. Twilight, you don't have to be afraid of me, I come in peace! My name is Michael L. Blackburn, writer and athlete of different sports, as well as a few other things…" he extended his hand out, and hoped the ponies knew what it meant, as well as hoped it didn't mean "Fuck you" in pony-lingo. Twilight just looked at his hand and said "Well, it's nice to meet you…Mikey?" he cringed upon hearing the shortened version of his name; it was taboo for him. He shook his head and said "Please….just call me Michael, Black, or Blackburn…Mikey reminds me of things I don't want to remember." She gave him a look, then said, "Alright…Black? I have some questions for you" "Shoot." "How did you get to Equestria?" "Bill Gates sold me a shitty computer, and Steven Hawkins wrote a book about the cause of me being here, in a nutshell…I really don't know HOW I got here…." "Okay…what do you mean by 'shitty computer', and who are the others you talked about?" "You don't want to know." She shrugged, seeing he was slightly annoyed. She turned to the shelf and a few seconds later, produced a large black book, with old crusty binding. The cover read Pony Lore of Past Eras. A few seconds later, keeping her eyes on the page, Twilight spoke "It says here humans were around with ancient ponies, and disappeared after the princess gained power…humans were wise, smart, and effective creatures, and were well-known for their military power, science, and good communication skills." He shook his head and said "The military part sounds like me…not so much the other parts, I guess, nobody's perfect!" Twilight looked up and began to explain how the Princesses were, but just then, the door opened and Blackburn saw the form of Fluttershy lean in and say "Oh, Twilight, I found somepony you may want to—oh, wait, you found another one." A few seconds later, a human Blackburn had never seen before stepped in carrying a laptop. "Can we come in, please? I swear literally everyone in this town is staring at me," He asked. Blackburn pointed and said "Who's he?" Fluttershy looked at him and said "Oh, I'm sorry. His name is John Paul, and he's a human just like you." Blackburn recognized that name. At first, the guy who warned America of the Brits came to mind, but then another name came up: His writer buddy Turdy1. He stepped forward with his hand extended and said "Hey man…I think I know you. You may remember me…my name is Michael Blackburn." Angel bunny is voiced by Keith David. Who knew? So, I've ditched that stupid plan. A chapter a day 'til we run out. I think that sounds good I'll bet a bunch of you will be disappointed when you find out what that glowing purple eye is. It's a bit hard to write this, since we both have different writing styles and they don't blend too well. so remember that two people wrote this, not just me. God dammit! Why can't I make this whole thing olive!?