//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Welcome to Ponyville // Story: My little beyblade - Friendship is metal // by The Demon of Sloth //------------------------------// “Oh my god! You don’t know what’s a blank flank?!” “Err... no. What is it anyway?” Yu asked in curiosity. Sweetie Belle sighed and explained “A blank flank is a filly who doesn’t have their cutie mark yet.” This only made Yu even more confused. “What the hell is a cutie mark? Sounds weird to me.”  Sweetie Belle’s jaw dropped. Has this pony been living in a nutshell? Meanwhile, Scootaloo was entertaining Jack and Damian with a small conversation. “Soooooo.... where did you come from, huh?” She asked while nudging Damian. Damian, obviously annoyed, gave Scootaloo a knife like glare, hoping to shut her up. Jack, on the other hand, started complaining like a demanding old lady, “Oh, we were just beybattling when Kerbecs opened Hades Gate, dragging everyone of us in. Just as we entered the gates, we were sent tumbling through a portal, sending us here into this...this PLACE. Whatever the name of this place is, filled with a bunch of talking ponies.” Scootaloo gave them a what-in-the-name-of-Celestia-are-you-talking-about face. Dinky started a conversation with Team Excalibur. She tried to talk to someone friendly-- Sophie. Dinky trotted to Sophie and lightly tapped on her shoulder. Sophie flinched, before calming down. “Oh, hello there little one. Would you mind telling me what is this place?” Dinky flashed Sophie a smile before replying, “You are currently in the Everfree forest.” Dinky looked around warily before continuing,” It’s not safe here. The animals only care about themselves, the plants here grow without the help of water or sunlight and the clouds move on their own without the help of wind. But don’t worry! We’ll send you to Ponyville lickety split! You can stay there for the time being. How’s that?” “Seems fine with me. I’ll go inform my friends.” “Hey, which part on Earth are we? Or have we entered into some sort of children’s cartoon, huh?” Masamune asked Applebloom while raising an eyebrow. Applebloom shaked her head vigorously. “No,no. you are in the Everfree Forest, Equestria.” Masamune looked dumbfounded, “What-the-heck-is-Equestria?” Applebloom facehoofed. “Equestria-is-the-country-that-you-are-living-right-now.” She replied like as though Masamune was a dumb toddler or a retard.   Masamune decided to drop the subject by asking, “Hey, can we get off this forest and get something to eat? If I don’t get some food I’m gonna faint from hunger!” Applebloom grinned. “No problem! You can head to Sugarcube Corner for lunch! C’mon everypony!” She trotted out of the forest, with Masamune tailing along. “Did she say... everypony?” Julian asked in curiosity. “Is this pony language?” “Of course it is! Let’s go get some lunch!” Dinky squealed and hopped out of the forest. The others followed. Soon they came to a large restaurant designed like a enormous decorated cake filled with frosting, whipped cream and cherries. As soon as they stepped in, they heard a cheery voice, “Welcome, welcome to SugarCube Corner! What can we do to help you with?” A pink pony with three balloons for her cutie mark. She had a dark curly pink mane and tail. Her blue eyes sparkled with excitement. “Heya Pinkie! I want to order eleven cupcakes with tons of frosting and extra sprinkles! Oh, and eleven cups of hot cocoa with marshmallows please!” Sweetie Belle yelling out her order. “Okie dokey lokey! Coming right up!” Pinkie Pie chirped as she rushed into the kitchens. Meanwhile, Yu was scanning the restaurant with curious eyes. “Woah, what’s up with all these talking ponies?” “Probably we’re in a place with magical talking ponies with strange marks on their flanks.” Masamune replied. “Are you bucking kidding me? Now we’re stuck here with our beyblades missing. How are we going to battle anyway? This sucks!” Damian winned in annoyance. Jack tried to reassure his friend by saying, “Hey, look at the bright side, dude. Maybe we can find out more about this weird place. Relax.” The order came really fast. The ponies gobbled up the delicious treats eagerly.  Except Julian, who ate very little. “I don’t want to get diabetes, neither gaining weight and becoming obese.” He retorted in disgust. “Are you serious? Just eat something!” Masamune replied with his mouth full. The red unicorn shook his head stubbornly. “Never mind then. Don’t blame me if you starve~!” The green unicorn mocked, earning a death glare from the leader of team Excalibur. It was three o'clock when the gang finished their lunch.   “So... what do we do now?” Sophie asked. Wales replied, “Maybe we could talk to some ponies...? It’s really st--” Wales was cut short when he was being knocked down by a pony with bagfuls of groceries. “Oh my! I’m so so so sorry! Are you alright?” A unicorn asked with concern. She had moderate tangelo eyes, pale, light grayish cyan mane with white highlights and a very light aquamarine coat. She had a lyre for a cutie mark. “Fine... just fine...” Wales muttered, getting back up on his hooves, blowing his mane that was covering his eyes. The unicorn mare smiled and said,” I’m glad! Hey, is that Dinky behind you?” Just as Lyra finished her sentence, Dinky hopped towards Lyra. "Lyra!" "Dinky! How has life treated you?" “Terrific! I have made new friends! See?” “Oh wow, that’s a lot of friends you’ve got there.” Dinky nodded enthusiastically. “I’m finding them a place to stay for the time being. Can you help?” “Of course you can count on me!” Lyra announced proudly. “Let the expert handle the situation!” On the hand, the three members of the CMC’s were discussing some stuff with Yu. “C’mon. It’ll be fun!” Applebloom encouraged. “Ya. Since you don’t have a cutie mark and all.” Scootaloo added, bumping Yu’s flank on hers. “Pwetty pwease?” Sweetie Belle pleaded in her baby voice, making the best puppy eyes she could. Finally Yu reluctantly nodded, giving in to Sweetie Belle’s cuteness. “YAY!” The three fillies screamed loudly, so loudly that everyone had to cover their ears to prevent themselves from turning deaf. Damian was stiff for a moment, before blinking and clearing his ears using his hoof. “What... just happened?”