A magical aura enveloped an old, warn book, guiding it to a small table decorated with different colored quills and several pots of ink. A purple unicorn with pink striped hair followed closely behind the old book, sitting in front of the table as the book rested on the light brown wood. The pink aura lifted up the front cover of the book, revealing the cream colored pages underneath. Her eyes slowly scanned the pages, taking in every word printed on the crinkled, ripped paper. She turned the page, readjusting her vision to fit to the words scrawled on the pages in front of her.
Her ears perked up as she heard soft hoofsteps outside her door, then soon after, a knock on the door
“Coming!” She called, assuming the pony on the other side would hear her. She walked over to the door, reaching forward with her hoof to open it. As she did so, an excited filly popped her head in through the widening crack of the door, making the purple unicorn jump back a few steps in surprise.
“Twilight! Applejack says you need to go to Fluttershy’s cottage right now, an’ that it’s an emergency!” Hollered the little filly, pushing the door the rest of the way open.
“What?! Oh, I hope they’re okay.” Twilight replied, galloping to a storage chest to retrieve her saddlebag.
“I need to get there as quick as i can, so Applebloom, can you tell Spike where i’m going? and also, tell him to finish his chores. I gave him an hours break, which will be over soon.” She called to the little filly prancing around the room behind her.
“Yes, Ma’am!” Applebloom answered, running up the stairs to pass the message on to Spike.
Twilight darted out the door, saddlebag bouncing with every step she took. A few ponies casted a glance her way as she rushed through the crowd, bumping into a few ponies accidentally as she went on.
When she got near the cottage, she could tell something wasn’t right. She could see a tall, strange creature standing just outside of Fluttershy’s door, Applejack standing next to it. She reached the two of them, making sure not to get too close considering there was a possibly dangerous creature standing at the entrance of Fluttershy’s home.
“Applejack! What in the wide world of Equestria is going on here?! And what is THAT?” she exclaimed, pointing her hoof at the new creature.
“Calm down Twahlight, She says she’s sumthin’ called a Hoo-man, and she says she ain’t here to hurt Nopony. She says she’s lost ‘er sumthin’. Applejack replied calmly, hoping Twilight didn’t hurt the Human’s feelings.
Twilight stared at the Human skeptically, examining the girl carefully and making sure she carried no weapons.
“Well if she’s lost, I guess we just have to help her find her way home.” Twilight answered, still examining the Human, admiring her height.
“No such luck, Twi. She’s never ev’n heard of the country we’re in, much less the planet we’re on.” Applejack explained, looking up at the Human as well, wondering what Twilight found so fascinating about the girl.
“So where’s Fluttershy? Shouldn’t she be out here helping us figure out where this Hoo-man came from?” Twilight asked, peering into one of the cottage windows.
“Last i saw of her, she was running ‘round her cottage in a panic. She got pretty scared when she saw Kelly standin’ out here.” Applejack replied, slightly digging her hooves into the soft dirt.
“Not to be rude, but i can understand why.” Twilight countered. “I should probably get her out here. I though she learned her lesson about facing her fears when we had to make that dragon move out of the mountain cave.”
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“It’s okay Angel bunny, we’ll be okay as long as we stay in here...” Fluttershy whimpered, her wings shaking from freight.
“Fluttershy! It’s me, Twilight! Can you please open up the door?” Twilight called through the wooden door.
“No!” Fluttershy shrieked. “Not with that scary, weird looking dragon out there!”
Twilight deadpanned, ignoring the laughter coming from Applejack behind her.
“Ugh... Fluttershy, she’s not a dragon... she’s a new species called a Hoo-man. now can you PLEASE open the door?” Twilight pleaded, beginning to lose her patience.
After what seemed like a lifetime, the door slowly and cautiously began to creak open, revealing the frightened face of Fluttershy.
“Are you... sure it’s not a dragon?” Fluttershy murmured, looking at the girl with skeptical eyes.
“Yes, I’m sure” Twilight droned. “Now please come out. We need help figuring out how we can get her home.