//------------------------------// // Chapter 5 You need to fit in // Story: The Slow Mo Stallions // by gamershot //------------------------------// It didn't take long for Princess Celestia and the others to trot over to Fluttershy's place and when they did they all shuddered. Gavin and Dan were sat up on the grass, Fluttershy and Pinkie sorting out the wounds on their legs. Gav and Dan looked towards them, but their eyes were drawn to the princess, her mane was mesmerizing to them. Princess Celestia cleared her throat loudly, snapping them out of it. "Oh sorry, nice hair... Uh mane." muttered Dan with a smile. Gav looked to Apple Jack. He'd seen a picture of her on Ray's desk. "Uh, hello!" greeted Gavin happily. The princess smiled and laughed. "So, who and what are you?" "I'm Gavin, he's Dan and we're humans from England, which is on planet Earth." Celestia raised a brow. "Humans? Hmm... Please, tell me more about yourselves." Gav and Dan shared a glance wondering what to tell her. "Well, we are very close friends and made a YouTube channel called the Slow Mo Guys. On that we faff about and film cool things in slow motion, that usually end up looking top!" explained Gavin. "Slow motion?" "Yep, we have a high speed, Phantom Flex camera that Gav got us which allows us to shoot with really a high number of frames per second. So the result is, a high quality video of something, really slowly." "What?" everypony said in unison making Gav and Dan laugh. "Why is it high speed...? If its slow motion?" asked Rainbow Dash. "You wouldn't understand." replied Gavin. Rainbow shrugged it off and continued trying to figure it out in her head. Twilight was becoming more than a little impatient, “Excuse me, but I have some questions!” The Englishmen look at down at Twilight, waiting for her to continue. “Thank you. Now, how did you get here; how will we get you back; what’s a ‘YouTube’; and what’s with your accents?” She punctuated each question with a stomp of her hoof. Dan took a breath, “Dunno, dunno, how can you not know, and what do you think you sound like to us?” Twilight shrugged and glared at Dan, "Thanks. That helps a lot." she grumbled sarcastically. Dan shrugged in return while Gavin face palmed and looked to Twi. "Let's see if I can clear this up, we were mixing liquids and set them on fire, then just as we were about to be burnt alive, there was a flash. Next thing we know, we woke up in a library tree, with burns and cuts." Gavin explained. "I have no idea how we could get back and You Tube is a website, there's no point explaining it to you, it doesn't really matter right now." he added. Twilight smiled at him thankfully, he seemed a little smarter than Dan (little did she know). "Thank you, when you did that experiment with fire it must've somehow connected with my magic and teleported you here," said Twilight "we could repeat it to try and send you back but that could take a while..." "I think it best; until we find a way to send you back to ‘England’ that I make you... Fit in a bit more hmm?" Princess Celestia proclaimed with a wicked smile. "What are you doing princess?" asked Twilight worriedly. "What is best for us all right now." She replied with a warm smile. Celestia turned to Gavin and Dan, her horn beginning to glow gently, then very brightly. Gav and Dan were surrounded by her magic and levitated into the air. "Dan! Dan! What's happening.” he yelled as he squirmed around trying to set himself free. "I don't know! Do you feel... Strange?" he asked nervously. They both managed to gulp before Celestia really started her spell. They were lifted higher into the air and covered by the magic which was too bright to look at. The ponies shielded their eyes as Celestia focused even more. This was a very tricky spell to do and she'd never needed to use it seriously before. She closed her eyes tightly and concentrated on the spell, repeating it in her head loud and clear. Gavin and Dan had their eyes closed too; they curled up into the fetal position and waited for it to be over. It didn't hurt much; they couldn't really feel their bodies. It was odd; almost as if their bones were moving and changing... Suddenly the magic dissipated in a bright flash, causing Gavin and Dan to fall to the floor. Twilight slowly opened her eyes but where there once were two humans, there were now two stallions, on the ground and unconscious. Princess Celestia smiled to herself, her spell having worked perfectly. Now that Gavin and Dan were ponies they didn't have to worry about arousing suspicion, or being discriminated against or scary. "I'll take them to the hospital to recover, they may need some pain killers." she chuckled. Everypony just stared at her, gaping. They knew she was a powerful alicorn but... wow. "Princess... Is that Gavin and Dan?" asked Rainbow Dash, her voice barely above a whisper. The princess nodded at her, causing a few of them to gasp. "Wha’ did ya do that fer?" asked AJ. "To make sure they... blend in better, as I said before." she replied with a warm smile. AJ raised her eyebrow at her and took a step towards Gavin and Dan who were lying in uncomfortable looking positions. "Are they... Okay?" She asked whilst poking Dan with the tip of her hoof gently. "Yes, they just need some time to wake back up, preferably in the hospital where they can rest comfortably." AJ nodded, picked up Dan and chucked him over her back. She wobbled about a bit due to the sudden weight of the stallion, but steadied herself in no time. "Will somepony else get Gavin, Ah can't carry em' both! We need to get em' to the hospital soon as we can. Ah don’t want em' wakin' up and runnin' round Ponyville on their own. Ah don't trust em'". She said. "I’ll do it! It’d be bad if they started messing stuff up, we don't really know what they're like yet." agreed Rainbow as she trotted forwards. She picked up Gavin and hauled him up over her back so he drooped across her. The princess smiled at AJ and Dash before turning to Twilight. "Twilight, make sure that they get to the hospital safely. You must ensure that they don't get up to anything. As Apple Jack said, we can't trust them yet. Please stay with them and send me a letter when they wake up. Goodbye for now my faithful student." she said before teleporting herself to the chariot. Twilight gulped and looked at her friends. "We need to get this right, for the princess. You two follow me to the hospital, Pinkie and Fluttershy go ahead to make sure that they have a bed, Rarity, will you go and get them some blankets please?" she ordered. Everypony nodded at her and set off to do their tasks. As Twilight turned around and started walking towards the hospital, she couldn't help but feel like something bad was going to happen...