The unicorn slammed the window shut before pacing around in a circle ranting. “Seriously?! Not only have my house and I somehow been isekai’d into magical cartoon horse land, but now I’m being stalked by the residents! Damn, It’s times like these where I realize why people drink.”
As he was ranting, he heard a knock on his front door. He threw his front hooves up in exasperation, and face-planted into the floor. “Sigh, right, quadruped.”
The unicorn went back over to the window and poked his head out to find the six ponies at his front door. The purple one noticed him and smiled sheepishly.
“Oh… Um, we’re sorry for spying on you. Can we try to explain?”
“…whatever, but there’s no way in hell I’m letting you in here until I have a reason to trust you. You can explain outside.”
“Hehe, that’s fair. So, I’m, Hi! I’m Twilight Sparkle, and these are my friends Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie!”
The unicorn blinked. “Even if you weren’t pointing to them, I could probably correctly guess who each one was by looking at them and that’s freaky. I’m assuming those are nicknames?”
“Huh? No those are our real names. Why would I introduce ourselves by nicknames?”
“…those are really weird names. But then again, different cultures. I’m assuming you want my name now?” At seeing the mares nod, he sighed. “Name’s Galen. To be fair. My name isn’t that normal either. I’ve only ever heard of two others with that name, and one of them is a fictional character.”
The one called Rainbow Dash snrked. “And you say our names are weird! ‘Galen?’ That’s the weirdest name I’ve ever heard!”
Rainbow was promptly smacked upside the head by the orange one called Applejack. “Be nice Rainbow! He’s already uncomfortable as it is!”
“Uncomfortable doesn’t begin to cover how I’m feeling right now. I woke up as something that up until now I assumed to be mythological, and now I’m talking to a group of talking multicolored unicorn, Pegasi and… is there a name for the ones without a horn or wings, because if not I’m just gonna call them ‘normal’.”
“Earth Pony.”
Galen just stared in silence for a moment before muttering. “Ponies. Of course. Why wouldn’t it be ponies? …okay Earth Pony, got it. But as I was saying, I’m here as a fucking unicorn talking to other ponies in a world that looks like it came from the mind of a 7 year old girl. The only reason I’m not flipping my shit is because I’ve determined that logic and reason have died.”
Pinkie popped up next to Galen inside his house making him jump. “Wow, you sound super duper stressed out! Here have a cupcake! It’ll make you feel better!”
Galen blinked, took the cupcake and set it on the table and then dumped Pinkie back out the window.
“Thanks, but please stay out of the house until I say you can come in.”
“Okie dokie lokie! I can’t wait until we’re friends and you let us in so we can all hang out at your super cool house and-“
Galen tuned the pink mare out and turned to Twilight as she spoke up. “Um, sorry about her, she’s a little hyper.”
“I have five younger siblings, I’m more than used to it.”
“Wow, that’s a lot! Most ponies don’t have more than three kids! Ehem, sorry, I’m getting off track. So, uh, where ARE you from?”
“New York state, country United States Of America, planet Earth, solar system Sol, Milky Way galaxy, third dimension. That answer your question?”
Twilight blinked. “No actually. The only thing I know out of everything you just said is the third dimension, but that’s a plane of existence, so it’s kind of hard not to.”
“Yeah I figured not. If there were an intelligent race living within our galaxy, we’d probably know about it. Which leaves two remaining possibilities. Either A) I’m on a planet so far away that even our most high powered telescopes can’t see it, or B) I’m in a different universe. Both are equally ludicrous. Then again, I’m a tiny green unicorn pony, so anything’s possible I guess.”
Twilight had pulled out a scroll and was writing down everything he said down. “Fascinating! You have telescopes as well? I guess it should have been obvious given everything we’ve seen in your house so far. How powerful are they? We could compare models!”
“Well I don’t have one myself, but I think the furthest planet we’ve discovered was like 13,000 light years away or something.”
Twilight stopped writing and looked up at Galen in shock. “Th-thirteen thousand light years?! That’s insanely far! What sort of magic did you use to make such a powerful telescope?!”
“The magic of science. But really though, I don’t know what sort of technology went into that thing. I’m not an expert on the subject.”
“What do you mean ‘the magic of science’? Magic IS science.”
“Not where I’m from it’s not. Where I’m from, magic doesn’t exist. People use ‘magic’ to explain things that they can’t understand. That mentality is dangerous though, it’s what caused tragedies like the Salem witch trials, or how the church got so much power in the Middle Ages. On earth, magic is mostly for children’s fantasies or fiction. To genuinely believe in magic is ignorant. But again, I’m not sure that mentality applies in my current situation.”
Twilight’s eye twitched and her friends took a step back. “How can you not believe in magic?! It’s what keeps the entire world going! It’s how the sun and moon rise and set! Everycreature has magic! For you to say that magic doesn’t exist is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard! Hay, the entire reason you’re here is because of a magical accident!”
Galen took Twilight’s rant with a straight face, but raised a brow when she said that last bit.
“…oops. I meant to ease you into that reveal. Um, I guess I have some explaining to do huh?”
“Uh, yeah. You do.”
“…okay. This is my fault. Don’t get mad at the girls, they didn’t do anything wrong, they were just trying to help me investigate. I was trying to cast a difficult spell, but I was startled and lost focus. The spell went wild and somehow managed to bring your house here.”
“And what was this ‘spell’ supposed to do?”
“It was meant to be a long distance summoning spell, and I guess that’s what it did, just not as planned, hehe.”
Galen said nothing for a while, simply staring at the purple unicorn. Twilight folded her ears against her skull and took a step back. Her friends huddled around her in case he were to lash out at her. Eventually, he lowered his gaze and sighed.
“…I REALLY want to be pissed at you, but based on what you said. This was a complete accident. I can’t really be too upset at you specifically, so my aggression is mostly going to be towards fate.”
Twilight was shocked. “Really? You’re not mad at me at all?!”
“I’ve been told I’m a pretty forgiving person. But still, accident or not, you still tore me away from my life, friends and family. Not to mention my parents and siblings are without a house until we can figure out a way for me to get back home. I’m not mad at you because I feel like the guilt of what you did is punishment enough.”
Galen backed away from the window as Twilight started to tear up. Her friends went to comfort her.
“Come inside once you’re ready. I feel like we need to talk more.”
Rainbow growled and advanced towards the house. “That was cold dude! What is wrong with you?!”
“It was the truth, and a truth she needed to hear. She seems like she’ll be able to handle it, she just needs some time.”
Applejack walked up to Rainbow and put a hoof on her shoulder. “He’s right sugarcube. ‘Sides, he said that he has family and friends back home that he’s clearly missing. Its only natural that he'd be upset.”
Twilight looked up at Galen’s retreating form. “I’m sorry. I’ll try to find a way for you to get home, I promise!”
“I already said I don’t blame you, so help getting back home is already more than I could ask for. Give me about ten minutes. I… need some time to cope. I didn’t realize what I’d lost until I said it out loud. Just jump through the window when you’re ready to come in, there’s no way I’m opening that front door.”
The six mares watched as the green unicorn ascended the stairs.
Rarity pat Twilight on the back. “Are you alright darling?”
The lavender unicorn sniffed. “Yeah… I’ll be fine. Heh, look at me, I’m the one crying when he’s the one who just lost everything.”
Twilight’s eyes tracked Galen’s green form until he was out of view. “I couldn’t have imagined that today would end up like this. I’ll make it up to you… and then hopefully we can be friends!”