Twilight and I were walking down the streets of Ponyville. I looked around as we were walking and noticed some of the background ponies that I knew; I saw Carrot Top watering her garden, Rose Luck selling flowers at her store, Derpy crashing into a wall and smiling with her tongue out, Time Turner (Dr. Whooves) walking outside of a store and being stopped by somepony. I was trying my best to hold my excitement, but my smile was from ear to ear as I looked every which way possible.
"Are you okay?" Twilight asked.
"Huh?" My smile was still showing, which scared Twilight.
"Don't do that, that's bucking creepy." Twilight then covered her mouth her hoof as if she had said a bad word.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. It's just..." I had to think about what to say. "I'll explain later, alright?" I then tried to look down and avoid any unnecessary eye contact. A few minutes passed by and Twilight was really starting to question my silence when we reached the Library. Twilight opened the door and locked it, flipping the sign to “Closed”. She then looked around the huge tree house to make sure no pony was listening. She led me to a cushion and sat me down, sitting across from me.
"Okay a deal is a deal, now could you please tell me where you're from?" Twilight asked, slightly annoyed.
I looked at her with a serious face "Now before I tell you, I need to know that you won't tell anybo- anypony. Can I trust you?" I asked, looking at her.
Twilight groaned. "Not more secrets, I'm bad at this... Fine, I won't tell a soul."
I then opened my mouth to begin my story.
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There was a maniac laughter as a bright light shone through the dungeon. Moments later the light died down, and a red pony with a black and red mane knelt on the floor. Sombra approached the pony and stated his alleged role in life.
"Your name is The Rogue Knight; your arch-enemy is The Silent Hero. You can master all types of magic, and you are a master of weapons of any type. I have created you to carry out my deeds in far lands. Now rise, my apprentice."
The pony declared as The Rogue Knight stood up and looked at him with deep sapphire eyes, awaiting an order. "Speak Knight, what are your weaknesses?" Sombra asked his new creation.
The Rogue Knight searched his black vest he was wearing, where he found red tinted sunglasses. Putting them on with his hoof, he then looked back at his "Master" and answered the question. "I have no weaknesses, Master." Sombra grinned and then motioned for his apprentice to follow him. He then explained the plan he was forming inside his mind. Sombra needed him to keep The Silent Hero at bay to do so.
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It took a few hours to explain my backstory, and how I knew all about Twilight and the rest of the gang in My Little Pony. Twilight stared at me as I finished my tale, remaining shocked and silent.
"Umm Twilight, are you okay?" I asked after a couple of minutes.
"Yeah, it’s just hard to be told that your social life is a major priority in a show for little fillies, uh, I mean girls," Twilight said, trying to shake off the fact that almost her whole life had been part of a storyboard in another universe.
"So now that you know I'm not supposed to be a part of this world, could you help me get back to my own world?" I asked, trying to ease her off the gloom thought.
"I could possibly find a portal to do so, it’s just I need a lot of power from tons of unicorns. Lucky for you I know Princess Celestia," Twilight explained as she ran up to her room to write to the princess. I knew that it might take a while for her to sum up almost an hour of story time into a little scroll, so as I waited I looked around the library to see what kind of things Equestria held for me. I was in the Fiction section when I saw a book that caught my interest.
‘Pony Wars? That sounds almost like...’ I reached for the book to look at the cover art. I only saw a black pony wearing a cape and mask, holding a lightsaber in its hoof. I shoved the book to its rightful place before I burst out laughing. I then decided to just take a seat and wait for the letter to arrive. I was lost in thought about a theory I had, which was that all unicorns could communicate with each other through their minds. I wanted to try it out with Twilight but I had second thoughts about it. She did save my life so I really shouldn't creep into her mind and freak her out. As I was thinking I spaced out, blocking everything that could distract my mind. When I finally focused my eyes, I saw Twilight staring at me like I was a masterpiece. Naturally I flipped the fuck out.
"Ahh! God damn Twilight, you scared the shit out of me, fuck!" I said, startled.
Twilight jumped slightly at my reaction. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare it’s just I was wondering what you were thinking." She then gave a stern look. "And watch your language here, Spike could hear you!"
"Well what else could I have said? 'Ahh, don't do that'?"
Twilight snickered at the tone I used. "I just thought you would like to know that I sent a letter to the princess, there might be a response sometime soon." I just nodded and gave her an apology for my bad mouth. We started talking about different things: books we like, things we do as hobbies, and of course what it's like in the different worlds. For being almost as intelligent as Celestia, she had some great humor; guess hanging with RD can do that to ya. But during our conversation Spike walked in from the upstairs area carrying different books.
"Twilight I found the books you wanted me to get. Why do I-" He saw me stretching my wings out of discomfort, and dropped everything so he could bow to me. "Sorry, I didn't know royalty was here," he said in a sincere voice.
"Don't bow to him Spike, he's the reason why I made you grab those books. And besides he has a bad mouth as is." She gave me the stern look again.
"Look I said I'm sorry. God, do you want me to sing an opera about it?" I asked, trying to make her laugh.
"Spike, did Celestia respond back?" Twilight asked trying to avoid my silly faces I was making while pretending to sing.
Spike snickered. "Nope, not – pffft – yet." Within milliseconds after he answered he burst out laughing. Twilight just stared at him and giggled a tad bit, success on my part. After Spike left she went straight to a book called "Mythical Creatures and Other Life Forms Biology". I looked at Twilight with a worried look.
"You're not going to dissect me are you?" I asked. Twilight laughed which scared me a little.
"You kidding? I would never do that to another pony even if they were from an alternate universe. Besides, I can't handle blood," Twilight responded.
I smiled and then got up to get something to eat. I may have been full when I entered Equestria, but now I could beat Jaba the Hut in an eating contest. I started to walk towards another section of the library trying my best to contain my hunger but-
*grumble*
Twilight giggled. "I see that the effect of traveling through different dimensions does have a hunger effect. Let me make you something to eat." She proceeded two steps then turned around. "What exactly do you eat?"
I smile and said with a calm yet quiet voice, "Anything that’s not grass or hay."
I wasn't sure how to feel that one of the many characters in a show for little girls was treating me for lunch, and I'm not sure about the time here in Equestria, but she was giving me food from her own house. I had to find a way to thank her later. I'm not the type to let gifts go uneven or unleveled. It sounded like she was grilling something on a stove but the smell gave away what she was making.
"Well I hope you can eat omelets and rice," she called from the kitchen while she was cooking. I decided that if I needed to be on good terms with her, I might as well be on good terms with Spike; after all he's the messenger to Celestia.
"So, Spike. What's life like here in Ponyville?" I asked.
"Well, there's nothing really 'normal' about this place, I mean we have Ditzy Doo, or Derpy Hooves as other ponies call her. She has this strange thing with her eyes and she also tends to lose some mail, but to get on her good side just give her a muffin. Also, beware of the pink party pony named Pinkie Pie she just... Well I don't know how to even describe her. If I had one word to describe her it would be ‘defiant’." Spike continued on about the rest of Ponyville and how Pinkie is about more than just fourth wall breaking. I think somewhere along those lines she has more than one party cannon, not sure if I was just getting bored about hearing about one pony for the last hour.
"Okay so watch out for Pinkie Pie and give Derpy muffins, I got that down. Anything else?" I asked, trying not to sound like a jackass but might have failed at doing so.
"Well there is one pony who is better than them all. She definitely might be the only normal one in this town other than Twilight."
I knew exactly who he was talking about. "Who is this person then, Spike?"
Spike gave me a confused look. "What? What's a 'person'?"
I sighed. Of course he would seem confused about what I said; the only type of animals here were fucking talking horses and ponies, as well as griffons and zebras. "Sorry Spike, where I'm from we're called humans and we call people, or 'ponies' in this case, ‘people’ for plural and ‘person’ for singular. I've been born and raised to say that, so coming here to Equestria might take some time to change my language."
Spike shrugged it off like it was nothing. "No worries dude, it might be hard for me to keep pretending you're one of us."
"Point taken. Anyways, who is this pony you spoke of that might be the only normal pony here in Ponyville?" I asked. He did have a point, if word got out that another Alicorn was here in Equestria I'd have the press all over me. Speaking of which, how did Twilight and I get here without any type of paparazzi chasing us? ‘Oh well, I guess I'll ask her later,’ I thought before Spike answered my question.
"She's more beautiful than all of the ponies here, she can keep fashion in line, she’s more mature than all of them, and she represents the Element of Generosity. She is Rarity." He swooned at saying her name.
‘I totally called it. Oh well, at least I'm not in a world that’s all Anthro or something,’ I thought to myself.
"Well Rarity does sound like she does on the show, I'll give her a visit I guess," I said. I didn't really like Rarity that much but I could use any help I could to get out of here. A few hours later, Twilight and I were in a discussion of what my world’s justice system was like when we heard Spike burp loudly.
"Spike, is it a letter from the princess?" Twilight asked. Spike didn't respond but he gave the scroll to her to let her read it out loud.
Dear Silent/James,
I have heard about your dilemma, and would like to help out in any way I can. Concealed within this scroll is two tickets for a train heading to Canterlot. I'm expecting to see you here at about 10:00 PM. My sister and I will try to find the reason Discord brought you here. I hope that the hospitality Twilight is showing you is friendly and warming as can be. As for your appearance as an Alicorn, Twilight knows a spell that changes your appearance to other ponies mentally. Seeing as how you're getting used to magic, just keep pretending that you're a Unicorn until we meet in person. James, your presence here in Equestria is quite strange and might interfere with the universal time space and events. I do hope to see you at the Canterlot Castle soon so we can discuss these topics.
Sincerely, Princess Celestia
"Oh man, I haven't even been here for a whole day and already I'm going to be interfering with the time space continuum!" I said, not knowing what the hell I was talking about
"Well then," Twilight said, standing up and packing some books/other necessities into a saddlebag. "I say it's time you went to see Princess Celestia." Spike started packing up too but Twilight stopped him, telling him that someone needs to stay at the library and hold up their end of the budget they made in the show. With my green sunglasses stuffed into one of the pockets in my vest, I waited near the door where Twilight and I would make our way to the train station so we can find a way to get me back home on Earth.