“Have you two calmed down?” I had given them some time to collect themselves in my arms. They both nodded and backed up. I decided to stay sitting down on the street. Communication is done better with constant eye contact, something that is hard to maintain if there is a substantial height difference. I was 7ft 3in (221cm), just an inch below the average height for humans on Terra. The two little ponies in front of me are somewhere around 2ft 4in (71.1cm), barely 3ft if they get up on their hind legs. There was a massive difference.
"Um, how can you speak our language? How do you know about our flag?" Twilight questions nervously. Fluttershy's eyes seemed to hold similar questions but she was too shy to voice them, thankfully, she didn't need to.
"Before that, do you remember how you two came here? If so, was it only you two, or are there others that tagged along?" If two of the Mane 6 are here, it wouldn't be bad to assume the others probably followed. Whatever sent them here seems to be too big of a deal to not involve the other four. If I wished to help, I needed to be thorough.
"We remember," Twilight hesitates for a bit, takes a deep breath, then continues. "My friends and I just finished taking down a being of absolute chaos with our special artifacts of harmony. We thought we had completely won, and banished the creature of discord for good. We had saved all of Equestria for the second time, but when we all headed back to my home to celebrate, the being's final trap activated. A massive energy blast of chaos and something much darker mixed in detonated. It was probably his attempt to get the last laugh, but our artifacts reacted to save us. The opposing forces of power somehow brought all six of us here, as fillies." Hmm, that's quite different from what I originally remember watching.
“Hmm, so where are the other friends of yours?” Twilight’s ears dropped down at my question, Fluttershy looks at the ground.
“We don’t know. When we arrived here one of our friends by the name of Pinkie went crazy with the prospect of meeting so many new creatures and making so many new friends. She constantly ran around and tried talking to the other beings like you-.”
“Humans.”
“Hue-manz? Right, she constantly ran around and tried to talk to the hue-manz. Rarity, one of my other friends, was greatly enamored by all the different clothing styles that the hue-manz had. So, she tagged along with Pinkie and her antics. Which greatly backfired, as a big armored cart came and many hue-manz popped out of it wearing various forms of armor and foal napped both of them. We chased after the cart, but Fluttershy and I couldn't keep up. Applejack and Rainbow Dash continued the chase." It seems that Rarity and Pinkie Pie have been captured by the Domestic Monster Safety and Control.
The DMSC is Terra's version of animal control but worse as they deal with monster taming, a ludicrous business of using a mass-produced Soul-Item called a Soul Collar to gradually tame monsters for domestication or commercial use. while we do have cars in this world, we have yet to invent any form of aircraft. Rather, we have actually domesticated wyverns, I even own one or two...
Ten, I own and meticulously take care of ten of them. Domestic wyverns are as big as a fighter jet and are absolutely jolly creatures that are basically overgrown dogs, just a bit smarter, and a bit less energetic.
"So how long have you two been on the streets. At least without the other four?"
"For about six days."
"Food and water?"
"Wild grass and berries, there is a small river nearby."
"Shelter?"
"Under the bridge over the river."
"Bathroom?"
"..." They have a deep crimson blush as they hide their face in shame.
“Right, how about you two come with me to my house where we can get you guys cleaned up, then we can figure out a plan on how to find your friends. Sounds good?"
"Um, sure, but you didn't answer any of my questions." Twilight was a bit wary of me, and I did try to avoid answering her questions, specifically the last one she had asked.
"I copied your knowledge of the language and applied it to myself when I held your hoof. As for your other question, I wish to explain that when we have gathered the rest of your friends. Is that alright?"
"Sure, but you can do that? Just copy another person's knowledge and skill? I didn't even feel any magic."
"Yes, and you didn't feel magic because I didn't use any. Magic does not normally exist in this world."
"That... explains a lot," Twilight mumbles as if she got hit by an epiphany. "Also, I have one last question, before we decide to trust you or not. Why are you helping us? Especially when one else has even bothered too?"
"The answer to that question is also related to how I know of Equestria, and people don't want to help you because they think you are a bunch of weird stray animals or monsters. My reason to aid you and your fellows is very personal. Though let it be known that I truly do wish for you ponies to be returned home safely, and I hope you guys can believe me." Twilight and Fluttershy start to whisper to each other for a bit before they seem to come to a conclusion.
"We will trust you, but part of that is because we have no clue how we are going to make it around here on our own."
"Then let me reward some of that trust." I hold out my hands and tap Twighlight's horn and Fluttershy's forehead. They are immediately struck with a soft headache, but they understood the knowledge that flowed into them, I gave them the knowledge and skill to speak Issoul, the most common language used by humans on this planet.
"Oh, my, that felt quite awful. Do you get a headache like this every time?" This was the second time I heard Fluttershy speak to me, though still quite softly.
"No," because I don't just store the memory in my mind, but also my soul. Which, according to research done by the scientist of Terra, has an endless storage space. Something that is apparently true for all conscious souls, I'm just the only one who can use my soul productively, at least to my knowledge.
We then finally left the streets, the ponies followed along as I slowly guided them to my abode. A three-story-tall mansion. I personally would rather have a smaller home, but was raised here and this place was given to me by my parents. I watched the ponies' jaws dropped at the sight of it. It was a big place by human standards, for the doors were the standard 8ft and 4in (254cm). Twilight and Fluttershy being fillies didn't help either.
"This place is huge! The doors look like they could let Celestia fit through without having to duck down!"
"Yep, this home is way too big for me but I inherited it from my parents, and it holds too many childhood memories. I'd rather not give it up unless I had to."
Leading them inside, I chuckled as the girls marveled at the insides of my home. My butler, whose name is Jonathan ironically, had approached me.
"Master, as adorable as they are, you must warn us before you bring more pets home. We will need new facilities and servants to-"
"Jonathan, they are not pets. They are guests. They were a group of sextuplet sisters who had been transformed into odd thestral like creatures somehow, probably due to the power of a daemon. I am going to be taking care of them personally and looking for their siblings. I doubt if I put them in an orphanage, they will be adopted. You know I am a sucker for sob stories." While horses did not exist in this world, thestrals did. It was the best comparison I could make.
"That is quite a terrible situation master. I will keep that in mind. Do you plan to adopt them? Will you have the time to cater to their needs?"
"I can easily make time for them, Jonathan. I just have to actually start using my Cater-type Soul-Power's vitality effect to its full potential again if need be. Besides these two are quite mature for their age, I think they will be fine. However, adoption is something necessary if I want to keep them with me legally. I will also have to get working on their identities. They are not registered within Issoulful's database yet, as they were left on the streets for all of their lives. If they wish to roam around and live properly, an ID will greatly benefit them.
"With how you are describing their life, it's a miracle these two even made it this far."
"Yes, but as you can see, four others are missing. Keep a lookout for anything like them, I wish to save the others as well if possible. Also, their transformation has made them vegetarian, be mindful of that when you make dinner later." Jonathan nods and walks off.
"What were you two talking about?" Fluttershy asks.
"I was giving him your alibi. Something that I need to go over with you two. Once we set things up, you two might be hounded by news reporters for some time. In the meanwhile, the closes large bathroom is over there," I point left, "go ahead and-" Before I can finish, the girls blitz away to clean themselves up. I just shook my head and called up a maid, asking her to guide the ponies to the dining room once they are done washing up. Sasha, the maid looked puzzled but complied.