Like before, I pull my hood over my head and sheepishly trail behind everyone. As we are making our way through ponyville (I think thats what this town is called) 3 kids stop us. Their cutiemarks all kinda look the same. A small shield with something in the middle of it. In all honesty I've zoned out to the point where all chatter just sounds like mumbling. Must be tired from all the running and injuries. I shake my head and slap my cheeks a few times to wake myself up a bit as the conversation wraps up.
"By the way sis" the one with the bow in her hair asks "who is the monkey behind you?" I sigh and answer before anyone else
"first of all, I'm a human. Not a monkey. Second, my name is Eric Scott, I come from another world and I am an investigative photojournalist" I reply as I direct my camcorder around the town and back to them. They all at the same time ask what my camcorder is and I give the same explanation I gave Twilight back in canterlot. As expected, they want to try it. I stand firm, pass the camcorder to Twilight and fold my arms. I'm so glad I have kids back home. They pulled THIS EXACT SAME THING when they were younger so I know how to handle it. Thankfully, Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash shut them down. The one with the bow quickly says
" Well, if you change ya mind, come see us! I'm Applebloom, Sweetiebelle is a unicorn and Scootaloo is a pegasus! And together we're the CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!" Ouch, there goes my hearing. As my hearing recovers, we say goodbye (thankfully) and continue on until we stop outside a massive crystal castle.
"Is this made of.. Crystals?" I ask. Twilight responds with the affirmative. Struth, she wasn't kidding. I knock my knuckle on it a few times and sure enough, no cracks. I notice Twilight and her friends seem to be snickering at me as I grumpily make my way back to the group and we enter the castle. To be expected, its a maze. Again. Gotta say, I'm glad these guys know where they're going.
I am told to wait in the throne room while they go to get these so called 'elements of harmony'. Gotta say, the furniture is nuts. Seven thrones surround a large circular table. Each throne has each of the cutiemarks belonging to twilight and her friends. After choosing the one with Twilight's cutie mark, I sit down for a quick nap. I put my feet on the large table and shut my eyes. To be expected, its as hard as a rock but I do manage to nod off.
After waking up. cracking my back, my neck and have a stretch, I decide to pull out the 'element' I found. Honestly, it looks like something you would find in a gift shop in a musuem or something. And the book tells me nothing seeing as I cannot read it. I'm brought out from my thoughts as I hear a voice.
"Hey, you must be the 'human' Twilight mentioned." I look up to see a small purple fella standing next to me. He introduces himself as Spike the dragon and we get to tallking. Turns out not only did Twilight raise him since he hatched, but he also can read and write the written language of equestria. I introduce myself and tell him my story of how I arrived in equestria and everything before that. Oh! speaking of things before I arrived, that gives me an idea! I present the book to him but alas, he shakes his head. Seems like he can't read it. He says something about an ancient language or something. I sigh, put the book away and he sits in the small throne next to me. Actually, now seems like a better time than ever
"Hey Spike, whats the deal with this whole 'Nightmare Moon' thing?" I ask while directing my camcoder toward Spike. He ponders before spilling the beans. From what I can gather, Luna was upset over all the attention Celestia's days had over her night times because everyone sleeps through the night. So she manifested a dark magic, transformed into Nightmare Moon and battled Celestia. Celestia had no choice but to banish Luna to the moon with the elements of harmony for 1000 years. Once again, for the millionth time today, I'm flabbergasted. I lean back into the throne to ponder the info I just recieved when Spike pipes up
"Twilight and the others were with you, right? Where are they?"
"She said she was going to get the so-called elements of harmony. She asked me to stay here while she and the others got them.
"Oh" Spike replies. "Well, In that case, we have some time to spare."
"That we do, mate. You got any hobbies or something?" I ask. "I like building models, reading comics and playing video games." Spike's eyes widen before saying
"I like comics as well! Please tell me, what sort of comics do you have in your world? I love the power ponies comics! Do you want to trade someday?" I grin a very smug grin before responding
"You can check out some of my comics right now if you want." I say as I pull out my phone and load up a manga/ comic reading app
"Whats that?" Spike asks.
"It's my mobile phone it has a bunch of functions that I already explained to Twilight but the one I'm showing you allows me to buy and store comics in a virtual library. Think of it as a book shelf you can access at any time." To be expected, Spike is confused. So I boot up the app andflick around to what I wanted to find.
"Now, let me introduce you to Green Lantern."