Time is of the matter
Party
This party was fantastic!...
Well, not really. While I was a fan of sugary sweets, This party was rather... childish. They played parodies of games I knew from when I was like, five. Pin the Tail on the Donkey's ponified version was apparently a popular game. The party continued without a hitch, entertaining everyone who could make it... well almost everybody.
The music playing wasn't exactly my cup of tea, but everypony seemed to be entranced by it. (Yes, I used everypony. I wasn't sure how long I'd have to be in this place.) Everyone of Twilight's friends were there. I had to stay away from Pinkie for the time being, so I decided my best bet were to chat around.
I quickly searched around the bright room, hoping to find anyone I knew or someone willing to talk in general. I was not going to play party games. I walked around to find Rainbow Dash pouring herself a cup of punch. I took this as my perfect opportunity to get away from all of the boredom and find something slightly interesting. All I really had on me for passing the time was my iPod and I'm NOT wasting that.
"Hey! Rainbow Dash!" I yelled as I ran over to her, grabbing her attention.
"Hey, whats up?" She asked, staying as cool as a cucumber as she turned to face me, obviously delighted to finally find something to do.
"I don't know... I'm kinda bored. This party isn't exactly my cup of tea. By the way, tea tastes terrible," I said as I rolled my eyes before turning to a table and sitting down. I then signaled Dash to take a seat on the other side.
She looked at me in confusion before asking, "What kind of parties do you like then? Nothing beats Pinkie Pie's parties."
"I prefer parties that aren't so BRIGHT. I also prefer more party fitting songs like electric with a DJ. I also like thee sweets, but it seems like she over-did it. I think I'd get diabetes from staying here too long,"
She just scowled before she chugged the rest of her beverage.
"Lighten up. It's the least you could do. Be grateful you even HAVE a party dedicated to you."
Okay, now I feel bad. I was just dis-heartened by a pony of all things, "You know what, you're right. I'm gonna go party if you need me."
"Alright... Say, why do you say you're so cool anyway?" Before she could get an answer, I stood up before glancing at her, turning around, and beginning to walk.
"You'll see... later," I walked towards the pink sweets table before grabbing a vanilla frosting cupcake and scarfing it down as if I'd never had a cupcake before. 'Gotta hand it to the Pink Menace... these cupcakes are DAMN tasty.'
I walked over to a table to relax as I searched for another antidote to my boredom. I couldn't spot anyone that I knew personally as there were literally HUNDREDS of ponies stacked into the store. I decided I'd take out my iPod to listen to music as I realized that there was nothing to do.
Before I could reach into my pocket and get it, I heard a certain voice come from nearby as I lifted my head up to reveal the Devil's spawn staring into my very eyes, penetrating into my soul. Pinkie Pie was sitting directly across from my table with the largest smile anyone could ever bare.
"So how do ya like the party!"
I remembered back to my talk with Rainbow Dash before I put on a content smile.
"It's the best party I think I've been to in a long time!" I said in a rather cheery tone. I then looked around to reveal that not a single other soul was talking as if they were waiting for a bomb to go off.
'Why me?'
I looked back at Pinkie who seemed to be really elated by my comment, "You know what it's time for?" She asked in a low voice, "CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!"
Pinkie then placed a giant chocolate frosting cake with the words "Welcome to Ponyville!" engraved on the front directly in front of me from out of nowhere.
Before I could say anything, Pinkie began to sing some sort of 'Welcome to Ponyville' song.
After it was finished, she placed a plate in front of me before giving the rest of the party guests a plate in the blink of an eye. I was about to say something before she skipped off and started to pass out slices to everyone.
After about a minute, she came towards my table and stared at me in anticipation.
"Umm... what?"
"You have to eat the first bite, silly! It's your party!" Answered Pinkie in a overly happy tone.
I sat there for a few moments in complete silence. The room around me was silent. Each pony had a slice of cake on a plate on one of their hooves as they awaited me to take a bite of my chocolate cake. Pinkie held the same smile, awaiting me to finally eat it before she would stop. The world around me seemed like it had froze. I looked back down towards the slice one last time as I finally came to a conclusion.
"I don't like chocolate."
At this moment, EVERY SINGLE PONY in the room collectively gasped as if they had never heard of someone who didn't like chocolate. Pinkie Pie still stood there, smiling brightly, trying to hide the fact that she was deeply dis-heartened by the fact that all of her work was thrown away from one small phrase. I couldn't bare it any longer.
"Pinkie, I'll eat it if it makes you happy," I said looking as grateful as possible while on the inside, I was really just mentally kicking myself.
Pinkie seemed to be completely reborn as soon as those words left my mouth. She smiled before saying, "Well what are you waiting for!"
I opened my mouth to yawn before it was abruptly disturbed as Pinkie shoved the entire slice into my mouth, making me gag. I was unsure what to do, so I began to chew as I took in the undesired taste.
I looked around to realize that the eyes were no longer on me, but on each other as they feasted on their cake slices and conversed. I, on the other hand, was looking for a bathroom to spit it all out.
After a few minutes of emptying my stomach, I walked back downstairs to be met with quite an empty room save for 6 specific mares, all waiting for me. Rarity was the first to spot me coming down from the stairs as she wondered one thing.
"Why were you upstairs, darling?"
"I was conversing with the toilet about today's cake," I said as I reached my hand to my stomach to signal what I meant. I was met with 5 disgusted mares save for Pinkie Pie who was completely oblivious to my encrypted message that even children could get.
After a minute of talk about the party, Each of the mares left one by one until Pinkie and I were in the room.
"Thanks again for the party Pinkie!"
"No Problemo Toe!" She said, calling me in a rather unusual yet familiar nickname.
"I hope we could do this again sometime. Cya' later!" I was about to exit the door before I stopped and turned to her.
"And by the way, only my friends back home call me Toe."
God, how I hated that nickname.
I looked up to the sky as the evening sun gleamed upon me. I was in a great mood. The world around me emitted a happy mood in the air. It seemed too unreal. I had been avoiding my circumstances of ending up in Equestria for a while now. I wanted to feel the same, but my mind chose against it. I wanted to go home. I missed my family, I missed my friends, but most of all, I missed my video games. It was such a tragedy.
'This can't be real.'
My mind raced as I stepped outside of the bakery, away from where my party was held. The clopping of hooves on cobblestone was all I heard around me as the ponies hustled through town, now used to the sight of a human. Everything seemed too unusual to be real. The grass was too green. The sky too blue. The world too cartoon-like. My mind conflicted inside, hiding from the eyes of others.
'What is this?'
I had no idea. I stood in place, the world completely different from me as I stood, lost in time. I was frozen. It took that long to realize that something was wrong. I was hiding the thoughts away. I could not accept what my mind was telling me. It was too real, yet too fake at the same time. All this time, I refused to rationalize. I had no idea what was happening to me.
'Why is this happening to me?'
I was just a normal guy. I didn't recall anything happened to me when this all started. My mind just decided to stick to one. It was made the most sense... yet it still didn't make sense.
'I have to be in a coma... but this it too real.'
I was beginning to panic, shaking in place. I began to sweat profusely from my forehead as my mind questioned my very being.
'This can't be real.'
My mind snapped. I couldn't take it anymore. I completely broke.
"This... isn't... REAL!" I screamed as my legs kicked into action, carrying me across the cobble at record speeds. Ponies looked in my direction but I was already gone.
I didn't know where to go, but I didn't stop. My legs carried me themselves as I passed by ponies and stalls in a blur. The world around me felt like it was shaking as my brain went haywire.
It felt like minutes before I crossed the boundary between Ponyville and the rest of the world. I was running blindly down the dirt path ahead, sprinting past tree by tree, trying to escape the conflict in my mind.
'I... need to sit down.'
I looked around in the distance before seeing a farm in the distance. It looked like the stereotypical farm, housing a barn with apple trees and plant life. What questioned my most was the fact that I saw pigs.
'I could have sworn these ponies were herbivores... whatever. This can't be real.'
I quickly made haste towards the farm, hoping to be able to escape this nightmare for now.
I reached the farm as I decided that I would relax in the barn.
I walked up to the door of the barn before opening it slightly to make sure that no one was inside. I was met with complete darkness accompanied by sweet silence. I slowly opened the door the rest of the way. I didn't want to get into an encounter with another pony just to throw me off.
I slowly crept blindly until I reached what seemed to be a bale of hay. I slowly turned away from it and rested myself on it. I wanted to get away and this was the best way possible.
I thought back to everything that had happened, From the Everfree to the party. I was utterly confused. I didn't know if I really was awake. I didn't know if I was actually in a different world.
'Moping won't do anything. I'm gonna have to face this myself. From now on, I'm gonna live here. Might as well have fun being here, no matter how long it'll be.'
After a moment of cheesiness, I slowly stood up. I realized that I had no idea where I was going to sleep anyway.
'I'm pretty sure the owner of this barn won't mind me for one night.
With that, I quickly searched around blindly until I found a pile of hay in the corner before lying down and closing my eyes.
'Goodnight Equestria.
Earlier...
The evening light shone as the orange mare retreated from the party after a long day. Applejack was exhausted after selling so many apples in the marketplace after bucking dozens upon dozens of apple trees in the morning, not to mention the huge event that occurred today with the human.
'Where was that fella' anyway?' She thought to herself as her hooves clopped along the cobblestone path away from the bakery.
She last remembered seeing the human at the party, but she had no idea where he was even going to stay. Applejack would have gladly let him stay in her guest room if granny would let her.
Applejack quickly shook off the thought as she continued down the path towards Sweet Apple Acres. The ponies around her were still talking about their experiences with the human and what he was.
Suddenly, she heard a male scream emanate from behind in the direction of the bakery that seemed all too familiar.
"This...isn't...REAL!"
'What in tarnation?' Thought Applejack as she jerked her head in the direction of the sound. All of the ponies around her did as well. She seemed to be too far away to pinpoint the location of the exact sound, so she decided to dismiss it for the moment.
Applejack turned her head back towards the direction of the farm as she looked forward to the nice, welcoming feeling of sleep. She would really need some sleep if she wanted to buck a good amount of apples tomorrow for sale.
Applejack reached her farm a the sun had completely set as the moon and stars of Luna's glorious night filled the sky. The breeze slowly pushed it's way through the leaves of the trees around her. She walked up to her barn as she prepared to set away the tools before going to rest.
Applejack slowly opened the door to the barn as she stared into the darkness of the room before lighting the lantern she had rested next to the door. The light of the lantern covered the entire room, revealing whatever it was that lay inside.
The orange mare looked around a bit before staring straight at what lay in a pile of hay.
Inside of the barn was Roberto of all people. She had no idea why he was here.
'I coulda' sworn he'd been stayin' with somepony else.' Thought Applejack as she questioned herself what to do.
'Ah'll let him stay here for th' night. Poor critter's probably got nowhere to go.'
Applejack then walked towards the corner of the room where a few blankets and pillows lay in case of a guest before grabbing a blanket in her mouth and walking up to Roberto. She slowly lay the blanket down over the sleeping human before turning towards the direction of her room and turning off her lantern, deciding not to put the tools away in case of waking him up.
Applejack quietly trotted to her room before she opened the door. She quickly lay her special stetson on her nightstand before lying down into her bed.
She closed her eyes before drifting off into a deep sleep.
'G'night, Roberto.'