Me and dusty where talking a lot between the stops, it only a necessity when he told me there is around 3 hours between each station.
We had been driving for around one hour when I said “hey dusty? Uhm … how long is there before we get to ponyville?” he turns to me and answers “well there is a long time to be honest, we have to get to Fillydelphia and then make a u turn to go back and from here we have to stop in Manehattan too, so there is at the least 16 hours until we stop at ponyville and that is including the stops of 30 minutes at each station, so if you want to get some sleep, which I recommend you do not knowing the time difference between here and earth, you can go and sleep in my bed in the first coupé on the right”
“thanks mate, I REALLY appreciate it” I said with a smile “oh, and thanks for being so kindhearted”
He smiled and said “no problem, bro. I’ll always help if anypony in need” while holding his hoof out, I assumed he wanted to ‘brohoof’ me and I curled my fingers into a fist and hit his hoof, where after he just looked confused at me slightly grinning in a: what-the-hell-are-you-doing? Kind of fashion.
Again smiling I tried to answer his unspoken question as best I could: “it’s like shaking hands where I come from, except it’s only between friends, which I hope we are by now?” I watched him as a smile blossomed up on his face when he leaned in to hug me, I saw him getting a tear in each of his eyes just before his embrace came over me hugging me friendly.
Being confused I returned the hug and padded him on the back while hugging him, he gave a muffled sob as he started to loosen the grip around me.
When we broke the hug, he looked at me with teary, red eyes smiling oddly enough.
I figured from this that the tears he had shed were tears of joy, I smiled back at him about to ask a question when: “I’ve never had a real friend, I hope you aren’t going to abandon me as all my other friends have” he said with a look of sadness in his eyes.
I pushed him away from me a bit and gave a sad look towards him, he only felt worse, I then said “you know I can’t stay on the train with you, right? I mean I’d love to be your friend and come and visit sometimes but I can’t if you live anywhere else than ponyville ‘cause that’s where I want to settle down” to my surprise he became happy again and with a huge grin on his face he went to control the train once again, we had arrived at Manehattan and the break here was changed to an hour instead of thirty minutes.
I was not pleased to hear that, it meant more time before I came to ponyville.
My bag and the other equipment I had brought did not get left behind when I was taken onto the train, it was safely locked away in dusty’s cabin, in the first wagon after the coal wagon.
I was wandering around just inside the door of the locomotive alone, while thinking of the time it would take to get to ponyville when someone or rather somepony (I have to get used to saying that) slammed through the door, it was dusty his hat nowhere to be seen as it had been flung to the other side of the locomotive as he had stopped in the entrance.
He looked horrified and as if he was in panic, he shoved me into the coal pile on the wagon behind the locomotive and began using his magic to cover me up as he told me to be as still as a rock until he came back to get me, he didn’t tell me why but I did as he said.
He knew more about this than I did.
Moments passed as I was half lying half sitting inside the green coal pile, I couldn’t breathe really well and had to get my head out soon, but I still heard voices seven different voices to be exact, one of them dusty’s and the others were some I had never heard before, all male.
I heard the door close and I popped my head out to my surprise nopony had left ‘shit, here goes my time in Equestria, well it’s been fun so far and it’s better to go out with a smile ’ I thought to myself as all seven ponies were now staring at me.
I heard one of the colts almost wisher “oh my” as he backed away the others closing in on me.
I decided I wanted to face my doom in full person and I stood to gain my full height again, the five ponies’ jaws dropped as I were around one fifth maybe one fourth taller than each of them the one shy one hiding in the corner cowering beneath his left wing.
I spoke clearly as the ponies regained their composure “I do not want to hurt anypony” waving my hands in front of me in a defensive manor.
This turned out to be a good way to gain some of their trust also with dusty taking my side, it all seemed to be going well, the purple one spoke as the first one “well how can we be sure of that?” I looked at him and said flatly “Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.”
They all looked at what looked to be the male version of pinkie pie who was jumping looking really happy, when he realized that everypony was staring at him he stopped jumping but still looked happy as he asked “well I guess we CAN trust him”.
The male version of twilight looked at me in worry, “where do you know that rhyme from?” he asked with almost deadly seriousness.
I blushed and looked nervously at the Fluttershy male who was coming out from his hiding place in the corner and then around the floor and ceiling as I answered “Y-you know … that’s not really important, what is important is what will happen to me?”.
The six ponies looked at me as I tried to introduce myself.