It was a warm, summer evening with a light breeze. It was warm, but not unbearably hot - the nice type of weather that made you sleepy. The world was seemingly perfect. Birds chirped out a well-practiced song while foals played in the park, their parents falling asleep on benches or having idle chats with friends.
One of the ponies who was not out enjoying the beautiful, wonderful evening was Twilight Sparkle. Inside of her library, she was attempting an experiment. of sorts. She had been holed up in there for days, and it was now, finally, coming to fruition. Five ponies and a baby dragon watched as she ran around, making last minute checks on her machine and muttering scientific things to herself that none of them could understand.
"So, this will really bring ponies here from another dimension?" Pinkie asked. She was getting extremely exited at the though of new ponies. Hopefully, they'd be friendly! "Yes, Pinkie." Twilight said, in reply to the pink party pony. "If everything goes according to plan, ponies from another dimension will fall through this portal." She said, turning to look at the large portal in the middle of her contraption. "OOOH! I'll have to host a party for their arrival!" Pinkie said, bouncing up and down from excitement.
"Now, Rarity, Will you help me power this up?" Twilight asked, her horn beginning to glow."All right, dear." Rarity said, starting to concentrate her magic on the machine. With the two unicorns magic being pumped into it, it soon turned on, a red glow appearing in the portal. The glow soon turned more solid, becoming a mass of swirling red colors in the middle of the machine, and the smell of burnt flesh and burnt mayonnaise filled the room.
A crackling sound came. It was quiet at fist, but it slowly got louder and louder, until it was the only think that could be heard in the room. And then...Silence. Complete, utter silence. No one was even breathing. And then it happened.
A writhing mass of equine bodies came tumbling out of the portal, landing in a heap on the floor. Flashes of all the colors of the rainbow were visible as the mass of ponies tried to separate themselves from each other. Eventually, most of them came apart. Fluttershy let out a soft gasp upon noticing that one of them, and orange Pegasus, was missing half of its front legs. But the end of her soft "oh my..." was cut off my a loud scream from the corner of the newly-arrived body pile.
Every head in the room turned to look at the thin pinkish-red mare, just in time to see a giant puff of thin white flakes go flying into the air off of her mane, which was a slightly less pink red. Her eyes were wide and her pupils small, her mouth wide open. "Why am I a horse!!!" She yelled , clearly freaking out. "You're actually a pony." Came a voice that none of the newcomers knew.
Turning their heads, they realized that they were not, in fact, alone - six ponies and a baby dragon were standing there, staring at them. "You're all ponies." Twilight spoke up again, blinking at them. She then introduced herself, and all of her friends. "Your probably wondering why, and how, your here..." She said, only slightly awkwardly. She received many nods from her newly-ponified guests. "Before you go into any sort of explanation, could you please get me a stool or something?" The orange Pegasus said, from his laying spot on the floor, "That way I can sit up, and have my front legs sitting on it."
Everyone looked at him, and they all realized what a problem he had. He pulled a back hoof up and itched behind his ear, Noticing the seven faces staring at him, he he shrugged. "S'not like I'm not used to it by now." He muttered, turning his head. Twilight levitated a stool up, placing it in front of him. He gave his wings and experimental flap, then used them to help lift his front end up, placing his stumps on the stool. "Oh yeah, and my name is Handy, just so you know." He said, getting his haunches into a comfortable position.
The pinkish-red mare stepped forward at that point, before sitting down next to Handy. "We should probably all introduce ourselves..." She said, shuffling her hooves a bit. She was obviously a bit shy. "I'm Flaky..." She started, reaching a forehoof up and scratching her head, sending a few flakes falling down. Twilight blinked, wondering why, and HOW, she had such thick dandruff, and so much of it. They she realized that the aptly named Flaky had a cutie mark of dandruff flakes. She felt sorry for her. "I'm Flippy." Said a green Pegasus as he stepped up into the now-forming line, a friendly smile on his face. He wore a camo jacket and a military hat, and his cutie mark was a military sign - an orange shield.
Rainbow Dash, who had made it her personal duty to inspect all Pegasi, noted that though he looked skinny and had a nice build, he was all muscle and would probably be very strong and have fairly good stamina. As Flippy sat down, a purple unicorn colt with white face pain on jumped up next to him, giving an energetic fave and a big smile, before sitting down. His cutie mark was a ball, with white face paint on it and a big smiley face. Flippy chuckled. "This is Mime. He doesn't speak, so I wouldn't expect anything vocal out of him. I don't think he's spoken a word since he was a baby."
Pinkie smiled big, waving back at the mime pony. Next up was a blue....Unicorn? All seven equestrians stared quizzically as he came up, and sat down in line, an idiotic grin on his face. "Hello. I'm Lumpy." He introduced himself, nodding stupidly. He 1420would have looked like an earth pony, except for the two moose-like horns sticking off the sides of his head, one of which was upside-down. They all silently agreed on calling him a unicorn, until further notice.
Next came a yellow Pegasus colt with a skateboard cutie mark. He was wearing a yellow jacket, just a few shades lighter than his fur, with bunny ears on it. He sat next to Mime, smiling a cute smile. "I'm Cuddles." He said, shifting his tail behind him, unused to actually having a tail that was movable. Next, a pink mare came up and sat next to cuddles. Her cutie mark was three bubble-like hearts. "I'm Giggles. " she said, with a small giggle to punctuate it, leaning her head on Cuddle's shoulder.
A blue mare came up and sat next to giggles, but not before checking the ground for any speck of dirt first. "I'm Petunia. " She said, her voice light and a bit breezy. Her cutie mark was three petunias, each with a small vine sticking off of it. Around her neck she wore a pine-tree shaped air freshener.
A pale purple mare with a very puffy, wooly-looking mane came up and sat next to her. She was gently holding a pickle in her mouth. Setting t down between her forelegs, she pulled her head back up and smiled. "I'm Lammy," She said, before looking back down at her pickle, "And this is Mr.Pickles." She said, ignoring the strange looks she got.
Next came a pale purple unicorn with a pink mane and tail.He wore round, black glasses, had a small mole beside his eye, and, somehow having figured out how to use his magic already, was levitating something that looked like a catch-pole and using it as a walking stick. His cutie mark was those same black glasses and 'walking stick' . He came forward, but in the wrong place, and slammed straight into Cuddles. Twilight winced. Yep - He was most definitely blind. Cuddles sighed, standing up, and walked the blind pony over to the other side of the line, at the beginning, sitting him down on the opposite side of Handy as Flaky, before going back to his own seat and letting Giggles get comfortable again. The blind pony let his catch-pole walking stick drop to the ground with a clang, before speaking up. "I am The Mole." He said, his voice rather feminine, which matched his feminine appearance. He then leaned over and rested his head on Handy's shoulder, making a bit of a cute sight.
Next a bright blue Pegasus stepped up, seeping confidence and vanity out of every pore of his being. "I, am Splendid!" He said with a grin before settling down next to Lammy. His mane and tail were a paler, more icy blue than his body, but not pastel in any way. The only clothing he wore was a red super-hero type eye mask, which was kind of like a blindfold with eye holes in it.
Then, a pair of green twins came up. "Shifty" Said one. "Lifty." Said the other. Shifty was wearing a hat, but other than that, they looked exactly alike. They had raccoon-face-mask marks over there eyes, and their color schemes were the same. They even had the same cutie mark - money signs. Shifty stepped forward and pressed himself between Lammy and Splendid, Chuckling evilly at the blue colt, who tried to edge away from him, but ended up being blocked by Lifty sitting on his other side, fairly close, also chuckling evilly.
The last pony was a bright green earth pony - much brighter than the twins - who was a bit small. he was rather cute, with a young-looking appearance. His mane and tail were a bit darker than his fur, and had bits of candy stuck in them. He also had a candy-cane stuck to his chest, and his cutie mark was candy pieces. His eyes faced two different directions, but not in the same manner as Derpy's. They looked much more crazy than hers, yet still cute, in a way. One of them had a green iris, but the other was missing the iris completely, instead having just a pupil.
Now that they had all introduced themselves, Twilight got down to business. She explained that she had brought them here through a portal, and that they were now in a land called Equestria. She told them that the machine had a five-month cool-down time, and that they would have to stay here until that time. Then she explained to them all about Equestria.
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After a thorough explanation of the world they would now be living in, It was decided that they would live in Applejack's barn until a better place is found. And so, all the Tree Friend ponies set off for their new home. Flaky,, however, stayed behind for a moment. "T-Twilight...?" She said quietly to the purple mare. "Hmm? What is it, Flaky?" Twilight asked, turning around to the shy red earth pony. "W-wel...There's some things I want you to know about us...Things you need to know.
"I'll start with the simplest...the Mole is blind. I'm guessing you already guessed this, but I thought I'd let you know, just in case. Petunia has OCD. But not normal OCD - she has it REALLY bad. Like, she might kill herself if she can't get clean bad." Flaky explained not pausing when Twilight winced.
"The twins, Shifty and Lifty, are really bad kleptomaniac's. REALLY BAD. And I think that Lumpy might have some kind of mental issue...? Either way, he's unnaturally stupid. Dangerously stupid. His stupidity has gotten people killed or injured before. Splendid is a superhero - or, at least, he thinks he is. He acts like one, anyway. Lammy has an imaginary friend -" Lammy, who had came back to see what was keeping Flaky, sighed and let her ears sag. 'Why does nobody believe me...Mr. Pickles is real...' "- known as Mr. Pickles, and we're not sure exactly whats up with it. Umm...Nutty has a really bad sugar addiction, so we need to keep him well fed on candy. Somehow, he manages to survive eating only sugar, cake, and candy.and he's on a constant sugar high."
Twilight nodded, taking in all the information. Then she saw a dark look pass onto Flaky's face. "There's...One more thing..." The shy red mare said, quietly, before looking up a bit. "Its about Flippy." She said, chewing on her lip slightly. "Oh, the nice veteran stallion?" Twilight asked, receiving a nod from the earth pony in front of her. Flaky, took a deep breath, then began to speak. "He has...Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Really bad.
"Well, At least we think that's what it is. Either way, its from the war. He developed an alternate personality to help him with the fighting. We call it Fliqpy. It made him a super soldier. Not only did it make him get stronger, it gave him the will to do things that most people wont. Things no sane person would do...COULD do. It saved his life many times. But it got worse and worse over the years, it mutated into a full-on alternate personality - A murderous lunatic that will do anything to survive. Anything...To kill." As Flaky explained the terrible tale, Twilight was having one of those - 'OHGODWHATHAVEIDONE' moments. "So..." She said after a few moments, "We have to worry about him randomly deciding to kill people...?" Flaky shook her head. "Its not exactly random. Whenever he hears or see's things that remind him of the war to much, he flips. Loud tapping noises, most sudden loud things, or anything that goes boom really." She explained, hoping that Twilight wouldn't hold it against him.
They finished up their conversation shortly, and after Flaky made sure(multiple times) that Twilight wouldn't hate the green Pegasus for something that no one could control, she left.
On the way to the barn that she would soon be living in, she couldn't help but think - This is going to be one strange five months...