"Wow, this place looks pretty cool." Jimmy said as he walked inside, looking around at the inside of the house. He noticed it was a perfect circle since it was carved into a tree, only it seemed smaller than the tree itself. It had only two doors, the one to the outside that George was walking in, and one to what he assumed was either her bedroom or kitchen. She appeared to have enough things in this main room to cook food.
"Looks a bit smaller than it did outside." George observed as he closed the door behind him.
"Well behind that door is my bedroom. Or would you expect me to sleep on this hard floor or outside on a plume?" Zecora asked with a tone of sarcastic humor in her voice.
"Oh, right. Sorry." George said feeling a little embarrassed.
"Sorry if that sounded a bit rude. Cheer up, and have some food!" She said happily handing George what appeared to be a sandwich with a flower on it. He just stared at it for a few seconds while she also handed one to Jimmy.
"Not to sound rude but...what is this?" George asked as he lifted the bread to reveal a larger flower inside.
"I'm gonna guess that's a dandelion." Jimmy said causing him and Zecora to chuckle.
"I know but, we don't exactly eat flowers." George said as he handed her back the sandwich. Jimmy soon followed and handed his back to her too.
"Oh! That's my mistake. Is there anything you like to eat that doesn't require me to bake?" She asked looking around for anything to give them.
"I guess some fruit and berries." Jimmy said looking outside the window for any fruit hanging from the surrounding trees.
"Look! Apples!" George yelled as he spotted an apple tree right outside the house. The two quickly ran out and grabbed a few apples and came back in and began eating them.
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"Ah, that was good." Jimmy said throwing another apple core out of the window.
"Are you sure we can just throw these out the window? Don't you have a garbage can?" George asked Zecora throwing out his last core too.
"Why yes I am completely sure, this is what all animals do in nature." Zecora said as she began staring at the two humans curiously.
”So where exactly did you two originate? I’ve never seen anything like you, and a living thing isn’t something someone can just create.” Zecora asked.
“Oh, we’re called humans. We come from a place calle-“
“Humans you said? Oh no, the last humans were a sign of dread.” Zecora said, interrupting George.
“There were humans here before us? Who were they?” Jimmy asked getting interested wondering who else could have come to Equestria like they did. Maybe they could find them or tell find a way back home.
“What were they like? I wonder what era they were from.” George said imagining all the time periods in human history. Zecora just kept mumbling to herself and looking for something.
“Are you OK Zecora? You’re kind of scaring me now.” Jimmy said as she came to one last bookshelf and began to throw books to the ground looking for just one.
“There is something you should hear, let me just find the book I keep around here.” Zecora said, a tone of fear in her voice. Finally she found what she was looking for, a large and thick brown book with what appeared to be a golden alicorn symbol rising from it. The book had golden stripes on its spine. Zecora opened the book and looked at Jimmy and George and began to tell them a story.
“Now listen closely, and I shall tell you the story, of how Evil rose to glory”
“1000 years ago, humans came to Equestria like you two, but there was little about the danger that they knew.”
“An empire of crystals that lost everything dear, before their corrupted leader cursed them all to disappear.”
“Their evil king was banished by two royal sisters to the ice, but nobody knew how he went to cruel from nice.”
"Wouldn't that be Princess Celestia and Princess Luna?" George asked. Zecora nodded and began reading again.
“There was then a time of calm and bliss, but it was something they would soon all miss.”
“Once again, all was not well. Evil rose again before it fell.”
“The Everfree animals were once kept in check by a Draquonecuus named Discord, they all followed his rules as if he were their lord.”
“His rules kept them in the forest, this let people outside the forest peacefully rest.”
“So Discord controlled the animals in the Everfree? No wonder they're all insane now, their leader is gone.” Jimmy said as he thought about the lack of animals outside of the forest. Zecora nodded again and continued her story.
“Everything changed once he was gone, now it's only safe at the crack of dawn.”
“We are unsure of their exact number, but all they do during the day is slumber.”
“They still obey his rules, and the only people who venture into the forest at night are fools.”
“Despite him being a trickster and a clown, the two sisters were able to chase him down.”
“They realized he too was corrupted because all he did was mock, so they decided they had to turn him into rock.”
“But before he was turned to stone, he cast a spell to corrupt the throne.”
“Nobody had any clue, of the nightmare that would ensue.”
“This was followed by a small time of peace, but Evil once again found a way to leech.”
“In that small time of peace, the humans could adapt. They even showed us weapons called "swords" to craft.”
“Of course only the humans could use them, but knowledge back then was worth as much as any gem.”
“The humans needed to fight, so they could help prevent Evil strengthen its might.”
“Then, Luna began to change, people began to notice that she was acting very strange.”
“She became less and less friendly, and very soon, she succumbed to the darkness and became Nightmare Moon.”
“Nightmare Moon tried to make an eternal night, but the humans decided to help and fight.”
“Despite their best effort, they could not prevent the Evil from doing its worst.”
“The Evil summoned shadows so the humans could be confined, and it is believe that is where they still reside. “
“After that, Celestia decided upon Nightmare Moon’s imprisonment, hoping that it would make her repent.”
“This time the peace seemed to remain, but Celestia knew that Nightmare Moon would come back just as insane.”
“Once again, Equestria has been cursed, except this time the events have been reversed.”
Zecora finally finished her story and put her book down and looked at Jimmy and George, both of whom realized how similar that story was to the actual story of the show.
"Well, we should probably we getting some sleep now. Where can we sleep?" Jimmy asked as Zecora pointed to the door to her bedroom.
"You two can use my beds, a regular and a spare. I won't be getting much sleep with all this research and dread." Zecora said getting several other books to look up more things.
"What are you going to research?" George asked as he began walking to the spare room.
"I'm looking up some things we will need to know, one of which is a way to get you home." Zecora said as she set everything down on the table.
"Well, goodnight and thanks for letting us stay here tonight." Jimmy said as he pulled George into the room and closed the door. The room had Zecora's bed, which was easy to identify because it looked a little messier than the spare bed which had a little dust on its covers.
"OK, this is weird." Jimmy said as he sat on Zecora's bed staring into space and thinking.
"What's weird? The story being like the show?" George asked sitting on the spare bed after wiping the dust off of it.
"Yeah but the events that Zecora mentioned were all the things that happened a thousand years ago in the show. They're also related to Nightmare Moon, Discord, and King Sombra." Jimmy said as he began to take his shoes off.
"So that means they could come back now?" George asked taking off his shoes and blue jacket.
"I don't know, the weird thing was how all those events happened backwards. First the humans came, then Sombra, then Discord, and finally Nightmare Moon. This time Nightmare moon was defeated, Discord was turned back into stone, and Sombra was destroyed. Now we're here." Jimmy said as he took off his black jacket.
"What happens next? I think we need to go see Celestia or Luna and ask them about this." George said as he took off his glasses and laid down on the bed.
"I guess so, not like we have any other options besi-what are you doing? You're gonna sleep with your pants and shirt on?" Jimmy asked as he stopped taking off his jeans.
"Huh? Oh, well we're here together so yeah," George said giving a blank look on his face.
"Well if that's what you want to do then OK." Jimmy said putting his jeans back on and lying on the bed.
"How are we going to get to Canterlot? Wouldn't people panic if they saw us?" George asked staring up at the ceiling.
"No, only Celestia and Luna would possibly even remember that. Everyone in Ponyville should just think of us as 2 animals. We can tell them we're humans and they probably wouldn't care as much as Celestia and Luna would." Jimmy said turning over in the bed.
"So tomorrow we're going to Ponyville?" George asked sitting up suddenly.
"I guess so." Jimmy said as he began to doze off.
"One question." George said as he looked at Jimmy.
"What's that?" Jimmy asked while sitting up.
"Can I give Fluttershy a hug when we get there?" George asked with a wide smile on his face.
"Haha, I guess we can give them all hugs once we get there." Jimmy said as they both began to laugh before calming down again.
"Alright, night." George said turning over and drifting off to sleep.
"Night." Jimmy said as he began to fall asleep himself, still thinking about everything that has happened in one day.
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Sorry for the long wait guys, but I kept falling asleep whenever I got home from school. It was also annoying thinking of all those rhymes >.< Anyway, I'm gonna try to go back to adding one chapter every day like before :D.