She’s A Pony, He’s A Human

Chapter 5

Written & Edited by Seven81493

As Andrew woke up, he could hear a conversation going on to his left. He could recognize one of the voices as being that of Twilight Sparkle, but he couldn’t remember the other pony’s name. Something with “rainbow”, but that was all he remembered. Actually, he remembered all the other ones’ names easily, but he still didn’t trust that rainbow one. She seemed like an arrogant bitch, to be honest. Not that he cared, though. At least he wasn’t a strange creature to HIS planet. The scientists there would never let him go. He could only imagine what would happen if one of these ponies had shown up on Earth.

Experimentation. That’s what would happen, and he just knew it. But his train of thought was thrown off when Twilight addressed him.

“Huh?” Andrew looked over at Twilight, and noticing the weird expression on her face, reassured her. “Yeah, I’m okay.”

Twilight opened her mouth to respond, but finding no words, quickly closed it again. How had he known that?

She knew that her friend had the tendency to overreact to the littlest of problems, and that had always led to even more problems.

Twilight cocked her head upon hearing her new friend’s voice, and turning towards him, she gestured for him to go ahead and ask away.

Twilight stiffened at that. How could he possibly know about Discord? The only one that could have told him was...

Andrew simply nodded his head in response, and Twilight let out an enormous sigh of relief. Though, she didn’t know why she had been so worried. What could he have possibly done to her in his condition? And the fact that he didn’t have magic made it even more unlikely that he could harm anypony.

Andrew smiled as Twilight mentioned her friend’s name, and she took notice. “Yeah, the one who hugged me? I like her, she’s really nice.”

Twilight blushed at that, and it surprised her. Why had she blushed? He hadn’t complimented her. He had complimented one of her friends. Maybe it was just embarrassing, the way he had said it.

“Well, Fluttershy became friends with him, and he didn’t want to lose that friendship. So he decided to stop being evil, at least most of the time.”

“It was that easy? From what Luna told me, he’s a mastermind. So how did someone as adorable as Fluttershy best him?”

There was that darned blush again. Twilight could feel it heating up her cheeks, and she still wasn’t sure why. “Well, she just did. I can’t really explain it. You’d have to ask her the next time you see her.”

Andrew accepted the answer he had been given, and went back to thinking. If Twilight asked him why Luna had brought him to Equestria, what would he say? Would he tell the truth?

Andrew immediately stiffened up. Had he just said that out loud? If he had, he might be in a world of trouble.

“Tell me what?” he heard Twilight question again, this time with more force in her voice.

“N-nothing. Look, I’d rather not say. If I do, it’ll ruin my chances of staying here. Luna already knows, so let’s just leave it at that.”

Twilight was confused. If Luna knew, and she didn’t think it was bad, why couldn’t he tell her too? Maybe it had something to do with her? In fact, it was pretty clear to Twilight that it did indeed have something to do with her. Before she could say anything more though, the doctor trotted into their room.

“That’s good. Now, before I release the two of you, I need you to fill out some forms.”

Both Andrew and Twilight let out exasperated sighs, but they nonetheless did as they were told. And after about an hour of filling out what they thought to be too many forms, they left the hospital. Twilight was trotting beside Andrew, and was shocked to see how tall he was when standing up.

Her new friend let out a chuckle, and waved his hand nonchalantly. “Trust me. Five foot eleven isn’t much to brag about where I come from. Some people are seven feet tall.”

Twilight didn’t even know how to respond to that. Seven feet? That was almost three ponies tall! And Andrew had already had to duck slightly just to go through the doors, so she couldn’t imagine how hard life here would be for a human that tall.

She waited a few moments, and it seemed that she wasn’t going to get a response. That is, until he cleared his throat, thereby grabbing her attention. “Well, I was dreaming and your princess, Luna, came in and asked me a question. I said yes, and wouldn’t you know it, here I am.”

Twilight could tell that he wasn’t as enthusiastic as she was about meeting a new species, but she couldn’t blame him. Being ripped from your own world, and being expected to adjust to a new one so quickly had to be tough. No, not just tough. Indescribable. Unless she experienced it for herself, she got the feeling she would never know what he was going through. But at the same time, he seemed to be doing a good job of hiding his frustration, if there was any.

“How are you dealing with it so far?” was the first question that popped into her mind.

“It’s not too bad, though not being able to interact with humans will be weird.”

Finally, they arrived at Twilight’s home, and she opened the door, letting Andrew inside first.

Upon entering Twilight’s home, Andrew took a look around. It looked nice and cozy. And while he wasn’t looking forward to the barrage of questions Twilight was about to ask him, he was at least glad nobody, er, pony, was staring at him anymore. But looking behind him, he noticed that a certain lavender one still was.

Letting out a sigh, he took a seat on a nearby sofa, and awaited Twilight’s questions to continue. He watched intently as she levitated over a quill and ink, along with some parchment, and then took a seat next to him.

Twilight watched as Andrew seemed to ponder her question for a few seconds. “Just one. How many questions will you be asking me?”

“Because you’ve been preparing for well over three hours. It’s almost time for bed.”

He pointed at a nearby wall clock to emphasize his point, and Twilight let out a gasp in response. Had it really been three hours? The clock said it was eight o’clock at night, but there was no way that was right, was there? Though she had to admit, she did seem to go overboard in preparations a lot.

“Alright, I’ll ask you a few questions tonight, and we’ll continue tomorrow morning.”

She smiled as Andrew nodded his head, and began reading out her first question. “Okay, question one. What is the scientific name for your species?”

“Interesting...” was all the response she gave before writing down his answer moving on to the next question. “Do you have monarchy where you come from?”

“Yes, but not in all countries. Mine, for example, uses a democratic republic format.”

She blushed embarrassingly as Andrew let out a frustrated sigh. Obviously he was tired and didn’t feel like explaining too much.

“The idea of a democratic republic is that the people get a say in what happens. So we get to elect who we want to lead our country, rather than leave it to family. We also get to vote on political affairs as well.”

“Well, there’s also dictatorial governments. That means that one person takes over the country by using the military. It's basically fascist.”

“Normally it is, but there was one form of it that was actually good. It’s called Communism, and some countries still use it. Communism is a form of government where the leader tries to make life equal for everyone in the country. But most leaders couldn’t run it properly, and as a result, there was rebellion.”

“At least all the ones I can name off the top of my head,” Andrew confirmed.

“Okay, so,” she began as she finished writing everything he had said, “I have one last question, but it will take a lot of explaining as well.”

“That’s fine, just ask it so we can go to sleep,” Andrew said, seemingly determined to lie down.

“Uh, okay,” began Twilight cautiously, “how does mating work where you come from?”

This floored Andrew. Why would she already be asking something like that?! In fact, why would she EVER ask it?!

“Oh no, please don’t take it the wrong way! I just wanted to get this question out of the way as fast as possible!”

“Uh... okay,” she began, chuckling nervously the entire time, “how long does it last?”

Andrew watched with embarrassment as Twilight vigorously nodded her head. “And how long do human women carry children?”

Twilight let out a series of giggles, and Andrew joined in with his own laughter after a few seconds. Over the next fifteen minutes, Andrew helped Twilight get everything prepared in what was to be his new room. He silently thanked God that she had had the foresight to install a guest room in her library, or home, or whatever it was. It was way better than sleeping on a sofa, that was for sure.

Eventually, everything was set up, and Twilight bid Andrew good night before trotting off to her own room. In the wake of appearing in a new world, he had easily made his first friend. But for now, it was time to drift off to sleep, and prepare to make a few more.

She's a Pony, He's a Human

by Lucky Seven

Chapter 5