Everything is black, Adam slowly opens his eyes but his vision is blurry, he can feel that he is lying awkwardly in a bed, maybe because the bed is too small. Everything is quiet and peaceful, but feels a presence of someone or something in the room.
“Did he wake up yet Twi?” he heard a female voice.
“Not yet-, no wait, he stirring” answered another female voice, sounds almost like Mary’s.
Adam is too weak to lie up, so he insteads tries to speak, he assumes that he’s in a strangers house and his journey to the future was just a bad dream he got while sleepwalking, but why does he have a splitting headache.
“Oh, I had this very strange dream.” said Adam, groggily and weak. “I dreamt that I was in the future and we destroyed ourselves.”
“Don’t worry stranger, you’re safe right here in my library in Ponyville.” answered the voice.
“PONYVILLE!” yelled Adam, jolting himself up. He quickly takes in his surroundings and finds himself in a small wooden room in what appears to be treehouse, but then he sees a purple unicorn standing next to the bed.
“You okay?” answered the voice at the door, he turns to see a cyan-colored pegasus with a rainbow colored mane standing at the doorway.
“AH! DEMON HORSES!” yelled Adam. “STAY AWAY FROM ME!” Adam quickly dives under the covers.
“Calm down, we mean you no harm.” said the purple unicorn trying to calm him down.
“I SAID STAY AWAY!” yelled Adam again, he reaches into his pockets for his gun, but then finds that he’s wearing no shirt, no shoes and just his pants, with his pockets empty. Adam panicks, he leaps off the bed and runs towards the door, shoving the cyan pegasus aside and running around looking for the exit.
He runs down the stairs. “Must find an exit and get back to the machine!” he said to himself, panicking. He sees a door that may be the exit. He quickly opens the door, only to be blinded by the sunlight, but soon his eyes adjust to the light, only to see another strange sight: an entire town street populated by sentinant ponies, unicorns and pegasi, with some using magic. He soon gets vertigo as many of the ponies make eye contact with him, and passes out.
Later, Adam wakes up again, it is dark, with the room lit in candlelight. He then sees the purple unicorn again and immediately ducks his head under the covers in fear.
“STAY AWAY FROM ME!” he yelles from under the covers.
“Don’t worry strange creature, I’m hear to take care of you, me and my friends found you passed out next to a machine and took you in.” answered the unicorn, explaining everything. “What’s your name?”
“A-Adam Grey.” nevervously answered Adam, slowly getting his head out of the covers, feeling that this unicorn is actually nice.
“And where are you from?” continued the unicorn, with curiosity.
“Athens, Ohio” explained Adam, “I am a scientist.” Adam decides to ask her some questions to figure out where, or in this case, when he is.
“What’s your n-name?” nervously asked Adam.
“Twilight Sparkle, I’m a librarian here at Ponyville.” answered Twilight with a smile.
“Well Miss Sparkle, can you tell me what year is this?” asked Adam, trying to be polite to the unicorn who took care of him.
“This is the 2,010th year of the reign of Princess Celestia.” answered the unicorn, matter-of-factly.
Adam looks stunned and turns slightly pale. “I traveld to far.” he mumbles.
“What?” asked Twilight, not hearing what he said.
Adam quickly regains focus. “Look, that machine I came in, is a machine that can travel through time, I come from the distant past, and I never meant to end up here.” he explains.
“You can travel through time?” asked a now intrigued Twilight. “I heard someponies have that ability, but they’re regarded as myths, what kind of strange creature are you?”
“I should ask the same thing.” answered Adam back.
Twilight then sees that it is getting late and walks towards the door. “I have to go to sleep now, just get some rest, and I’ll explain everything tomorrow, okay?”
Adam nods. Twilight then closes the door with what appears to be telekinises, leaving Adam alone in shock.
“Hey! Feeling better yet?” said Twilight waking up Adam. Adam gets up to find that it is morning again, last night was not a dream.
“I’m fine, I think I’m calm enough to get up, can you get my clothes and things please?” asked Adam.
“By the way, why do you wear clothes anyways?” asked a curious Twilight, the sight of something fully clothed rare in her eyes.
“For decency, of course! Although, since you are a unicorn, I guess the fact of walking around without them is normal, but not for me!” answered Adam.
Twilight looks a little confused, but moves on. “Your things are in the top drawer of the night table.” she used her hoof to point towards it, she then leaves the room so the human can get ready.
“Thanks.” said Adam. He walks up to the night table and opens the drawer to find all of his things, except the almanac. “Where is it?” asked Adam to himself.
Downstairs in the main room of the library, Twilight is reading Adam’s almanac, using her magic to turn the pages.
“What’s that?” asked her assistant dragon Spike, walking in from the kitchen.
“Appears to be some kind of alamanc, but I can’t read this strange writing.” answered Twilight, trying to decipher the text.
“Where did he say he was from?” asked the baby dragon, confused about this strange creature.
“He claims to be from the distant past, but I read countless books on history, and there is nothing about his species ever existing, maybe he came way before recorded history.” hypothesized Twilight.
“There’s my alamanc!” exclaimed a dressed up Adam, going down the stairs.
“Sorry Adam, when I saw you brought a book, I couldn’t help myself.” explained Twilight nervously. “Can’t read the writing though.” she said using her magic to hand the book to him.
Adam is shocked by this. “How did you do that?”
“Magic, all unicorns use magic.” replied Twilight.
“Magic? In my time period, we’ve proven that magic was just a myth, never existed.” explained Adam, trying to absorb what Twilight said to him.
“You had no magic where your from?” the fact shocking Twilight. “How did you even manage to survive?”
“Simple Miss Sparkle, we built machines and tools, and we have these!” explained Adam as he were giving a lecture, he then shows Twilight his hands and dexterous fingers. “We use these to pick up or manipulate objects, without the need of levitation or telekenisis.” he then turns to see Spike. “What is that?” he asked confused while pointing at him.
“Oh, that’s my dragon assistant Spike!” said Twilight.
“Nice to meet you!” waved Spike, Adam reluctantly waves back. Not only is he in a land of ponies and magic, but dragons too!
Spike walks off to make breakfast, while Adam notices all the books around him.
“I assume you are familiar with our species Adam?” asked Twilight.
“Yes, we have a species like you, only it was just ponies, and they’re not sentient, intelligent nor used magic.” replyed Adam. “We domesticated them to be used as transportation for us, or beasts of burden, they were just animals.” he continues. “I helped raise some of them.”
Suddenly, they hear a knock at the door.
“What was that?” asked a startled Adam.
“Relax, that’s just my friends.” explained Twilight opening the door.
Twilight opens the door to reveal five mares waiting outside, Adam assumes that those five are Twilight’s friends, he saw the cyan Pegasus before, but not the rest.
First was Applejack, a pony who helps run an apple orchid called “Sweet Apple Acres”, seemed reluctant to meet him, but was polite. Then it was Fluttershy, a very shy Pegasus who was afraid to meet Adam, hardly spoke a work to him. Third was Rarity, seemed very glad to meet Adam.
“I like the clothes you wear, very exotic!” she said upon meeting Adam. “If you need any spare clothes, just visit my boutique, and don’t worry, I already took your measurements.” Rarity then winks at him.
Adam was a bit shocked by that fact, next was Rainbow Dash, the cyan Pegasus that he briefly met before, she seemed very welcoming, Adam was more surprised by her tomboyish nature if anything. Finally, it was the most random pony he has met yet: Pinkie Pie.
“Hi, I’m Pinkie Pie!” blurted the pink pony. “Welcome to Ponyville, we should hold a welcome party for you!” the pink pony seemed unusually excited.
“That’s quite alright.” stated Adam trying to convince her otherwise. “I don’t want to bring too much attention to myself while I’m here.”
“Well, Ookie Dokie Loki!” saluted Pinkie Pie “Just say the word!” she then trots off.
After they all greeted each other, Adam decides to get down to business: what happened since his short stop in 2047.
“So what happened in the many years I was away, what happened to my kind?” asked Adam, hoping the ponies have answers.
“We don’t know, our historical records don’t go that far back, or imply a civilization before us.” answered Twilight, guilty for not knowing the answer.
Adam didn’t like that response, he decides to change the subject. “How long was I unconscious?”
“About three days since we foun’ yo’.” answered Applejack. Adam is shocked that a pony is speaking in an accent that he heard and spoke before going to college in New York.
“Can any of you lead me to my machine?” asked Adam.
“I can lead you there.” volunteered Twilight.
In the Everfree forest, Twilight is leading Adam to where his machine is. During the walk, Twilight talked about Equestra, how it was founded, its history and its rulers; Princesses Celestia and Luna.
“Princesses huh? If they are rules, shouldn’t they be called ‘Queens’.” reasoned Adam.
“I think it has something to do with personal taste.” explained Twilight, “At least that’s what they tell me.”
Twilight then talks about the Elements of Harmony and how she and her six friends each represent one of the six elements. Adam has trouble accepting that fact, he has lived his entire life thinking magic did not, nor should not exist, he is a man of science after all, but goes along with it.
The two finally reach a small clearning in the forest, where his machine is standing.
“Here it is.” stated Twilight.
Adam quickly goes up to the machine and starts examining it for any damage. After finding no signs of damage, he looks at the dials to see it read “??? Oct 13 000,001,605,402 AD”. Adam turned slightly pale at reading the dials, he did indeed travel too far, 1.6 million years to far!
“So,” said Twilight interrupting Adam’s train of thought. “You’re going to leave now, return to your own time period?” Adam can hear slight disappointment in Twilight’s voice.
“No” answered Adam. “I’m just here to make sure my machine is in working order, I’m not just going to leave like that.” Adam then gets off his machine. “Besides, you took care of me, so I find it fair to stay here for a while, because as long as I am here, I might as well learn the culture of this place.”
Twilight just smiles "So how long are you planning on staying?" she asks, hoping it was going to be awhile so she can study Adam.
"Until I learn everything there is to know about this civilization." answered Adam.
Adam and Twilight return back to the library, after Twilight opens the door, the two of them are startled as a huge “SURPRISE!” is heard. They look around to see the library covered in banners, confetti and many guests.
“You have no idea how hard it is to convince Pinkie Pie to NOT throw a party.” quietly said Twilight to Adam. Adam nods in agreement, but both decide to join the party.
NEXT WEEK: The Farm