July 25, 2012 Late morning
I felt really tired and I didn't even remember what happened last night. Okay, let's recap, I got dragged here by pinkie pie, I got loose from the ropes, I asked Vinyl out, and... uh... what did I do next?
I rubbed my eyes and than opened them. My first sight was a bunch of fallen over ponies laying on the ground in some building. I wasn't dead or even hurt and I could see that everyone looked like they were dancing because there clothes were wrinkled and covered in sweat, so I quickly deduced that they must have passed out from partying. I than slowly got up and looked around more. The wrecked building told me everything that happened. From the sign that says "Welcome To Ponyville, Neon Blaze" I could tell people were swinging on it because it was torn off on one side and pointed downwards and the other support on it was bent. From the food table that was on it's side I could tell that there must have been a food fight because there was food thrown everywhere around the table. Just from the overall chaos and damage I could tell it was one hell of a party. Kinda sucks that I didn't remember any of it.
Being in a party was something deep down I always wanted to do, it's just I was never invited and I denied that by saying to myself that it wasn't my fault and I didn't want to go. While I did miss my computers and hacking, this new world... it's growing on me. No, I need to go back to earth, I didn't belong here. But... wait.. that means... I won't get to see vinyl again if I go back. No, just no. I won't ruin my life and stay here just because of some pony, my perfect girlfriend or not. When the time comes and I have a chance to go back to earth, I need to make my decision. Or... I could always...No that is a very stupid idea so far out it doesn't belong in science fiction. No wait, there was magic on the world. I wonder if I could make a matter converter and send it's data via Internet and... No now I'm just trying to hold onto things I cant change. Well I really didn't know much about how this world works so I can't rule out that idea just yet. Man, I'm just going completely out of the realms of realism now. Gotta keep my sanity and not get too attached to this world.
I shakily got up from my spot off the ground and stumbled forward toward the door. How can I even be this dizzy? Last time I checked there can't be any alcohol in a show made for eight year olds. But then again, This wasn't a show this was another world if not universe. That also means... No I couldn't do that! She is a pony! I maybe one also but still my mind is the same human mind as I always had it and there is no way I could sit though, let alone do something like that with a pony. Plus I can't stand kids. Anyway, I continued to walk out of the building and than stumbled over to Twilight's house. Once I reached the door, my hoof tried its best to get to that doorknob but no avail. But, lucky for my hoof, the door opened and that purple ... oh man, I forgot her name ... uh, yeah...
"Oh, hey Blaze. I was just about to get you from the party. You look like a mess. What happened? The last thing I remember before leaving was you swinging on that banner." That was me? Man, that sounds like fun. Although, I did now slightly remember me swinging on something... good times.
"Yeah that was... fun and stuff." Really? Stuff? Man, I wish I wasn't hungover, I sounded like a retard.
"And, I heard you got a date. With none other than Ponyville's best DJ." Fuck yeah I did bitch!
"Yeah, I'm still surprised that I did." I believe she said to meet her at the Café during lunch. When I looked back on it, Going to a plain old cafe didn't really sound like something a pony like Vinyl would do. But still! I got a date! What should I wear- oh yeah I had no clothes and we're ponies... OK that solves one problem. No wait, better idea, she didn't seem like the type of pony to plan too much ahead and most likely she would just walk into the Café without anything planned. Maybe I should do the same thing. Well I could easily tell my mane was extremely fucked up so I needed to comb it and maybe add some gel.
"Do you have a comb I could borrow?"
"No, but I know Rarity has some. Some that you definitely need." She chuckled while saying that last part. I decided to ignore that sorta-insult.
"Okay, I will check with rarity at the Carousel Boutique." And with that, I walked to the Carousel Boutique. It was only a three minute walk and it was strange how there weren't that many people out. I reached the Carousel Boutique soon and knocked on the door. Within a few seconds, Rarity came to the door sticking her head out wearing the same glasses and tape measure from yesterday.
"Hello, Blaze. What brings you to my place? And... what happened to your hair! You need a makeover right away!" Oh fuck... There is no way in hell I'm getting a fucking makeover. But I really do need a comb...
"Uh yeah I guess I might need one, but could I borrow a comb? And I really don't have time for a makeover I'm going on a date with-"
"A date! With who! This, I have to know! I must make you look stunning and completely irresistible to this lady you are meeting! For, I'm RARITY, the one and only! Now come on inside, Neon Blaze. We need to get you dressed up! Blaze? Where did you go?" I did feel kinda bad just going into that place and taking a comb while rarity was making that speech. But then again this was probably a casual date and I didn't have the time to get a makeover. So I just took the comb and started running. I was still running and attempting to comb me hair and once I finished with my hair, I arrived at the Café and saw Vinyl walk in. Perfect timing. I followed her in and sat down at the same table as she did. She was still the same cool looking pony as before with her white skin and rock'en hair but this time, she didn't have her headphones or her glasses and her eyes were a deep and beautiful crimson. She looked amazing. She had a laidback smile on her face when she saw me sit down with her. Do we makeout now? I didn't understand what to do next... I think she saw my confused look and said,
"Hey, dude. Cool meeting you here." Well I'm just gonna say the first thing that comes mind now because I have no clue what to do.
"Cool story, bro." Man, I really suck at talking to people. Her face changed a bit showing the emotion of amused.
"Heh, so than why didn't you want to go to that party?" Uh... how can I tell her that without telling her of my past or being human? Eh, fuck it.
"I have to go to the bathroom!" And with that I ran out of the chair and uh.. where is the bathroom? No wait, we are ponies, we can shit on the floor, AW YEAH. Probably not a good idea since they act close to human anyway... well, there goes dream #503. I walked back to vinyl and she just looked confused.
"False alarm, didn't need to go."
"Uh, okay. So then where did you come from and why are in Ponyville?" Saw that coming. Didn't Twilight say something about a Canterlot when getting the materials I need? Out of options, gotta use it.
"I was born in Canterlot, but I couldn't stand the town and Ponyville just seemed like a good fit so as soon as I could move out from my parents house, I did and traveled down here." Hey I actually said something smart! I think I might be able to win this.
"Cool story, bro." I couldn't help but smile at that line, she said it such a relaxed way. I noticed she had a tattoo on her flank. It was a double music note, or something like that. I never learned how to read music. Too much culture, I could never stand art.
"So why did you get the tattoo on your flank?"
"What? What's a tattoo?"
"That thing on your flank, the music note."
"Oh, that. That's my cutiemark. When I was a filly, I was always going to parties and on one of the parties, the DJ had to leave unexpectedly. He asked me to take over because I was the closest pony there and I was amazing at being DJ. People loved it when I played as DJ. After that, I've entered a lot of DJ competitions and won every single one. I was a natural at it"
"That's cool. So where did you come from than?"
"I was born in Manehatten, the city life was fun and all but I like Ponyville's atmosphere and pace better." Just then a waiter unicorn came to our table. He had tan skin and a brown mane and was levitating a pen and paper.
"May I take your order?" I was the first to say an order.
"Ill take a hamburger and a coke." The waiter just gave some very odd face that made me thing he thought of me as I was from some strange culture that ate nonexistent food. I kinda miss bacon, being American and all, but, there was none here. I looked around and saw other ponies eating some form of hamburger but instead of meat there was hay and others had salads. I hope my tastebuds changed, because I'm about to eat hay.
"I will take the burger with hay on it and water." Kinda wish I knew what it was called.
"OK, one hayburger for the gentlecolt and what will the mare be having?"
"Ill take a salad and water" And with that, the waiter left and walked into the kitchen. I noticed it was rather quiet. There were no screaming kids, no glasses or plates clanking, no loud conversation, it was pretty nice. I looked around some more and saw that the tables were white with green outlines and each had 4 black legs on the sides and the floor was made up of uniform white tiles. The walls were a plain white and had a few pictures hung up on them. There were only about 5 or so groups in the Café so it was pretty private compared to most restaurants back on earth. Me and Vinyl continued to make small talk and laughed about events from our past and what we like to do and only after a few minutes of it, the waiter came back with our food being levitated by him on a silver tray. While this kind of life is nice and all, I do miss my hacking days and outsmarting people. Strange why I thought of that. I than had a feeling that I would regret saying that. Oh well our foods here and I haven't had anything since I've gotten here. I grabbed the hayburger and let me tell ya son, you try grabbing a cylindrical object with hooves. Yeah I thought so. I looked over to Vinyl who was happily eating her salad using magic to lift the fork. Duh! Why didn't I think of that? I lifted up the hayburger and put it to my mouth and took a bite. It was OK, not that great, but still edible. Real American hamburgers are and will always be, the best food ever. I finished my hayburger after a few more bites and Vinyl finished her salad within a minute after me. She still had that perfect smile. Right as she finished the last bite, the waiter walked up to us and said,
"That will be 20 bits." What the fuck are bits? Vinyl levitated some kind of coin out of... her pocket? Where did she keep that? We don't wear clothes...
"Here is a 20 bit coin." The waiter took it and walked off. "Next time, you're paying for it," She chuckled.
"I will, promise! This lunch was fun. I would like to meet you again soon"
"Yeah, it was, but who said anything about leaving just yet?"
"Well than were should we go next?" I was glad that I could spend some more time with Vinyl, she was fun.
"I have a pretty rock'en house that I just know you would think is cool." I did want to see her house, I couldn't imagine how it would look knowing how Vinyl liked vibrant neon colors. As long as her house wont give me a seizure, I'm good. So we got up and walked out. We talked and laughed at stories we told and just other randomness that happened throughout the short walk though town. I still had to return the comb to Rarity's place so we made a quick detour there... I wished it was quick. The moment I came within 10 feet of Rarity's shop, I saw her walk out though the door. When she was standing near me and Vinyl, she said,
"Oh! Is this the lady who's your date?" Vinyl blushed slightly as I said,
"Yeah! Also here's your comb." I handed the comb back to her using my magic and she grabbed it with her magic.
"Thanks, and I really did want to give you that makeover. Vinyl here would have loved it!" Vinyl attempted and failed to stifle a laugh. She gave up the battle of trying to not laugh and started laughing so heavily, she almost fell over and rofl'd.
"Oh, laugh it up. It's that funny." I said sarcastically. Vinyl than stopped laughing and did the fake wipe-the-tear-out-of-your-eye-because-it's-so-funny thing. "Anyway, we should head to your place now, Vinyl." I said, hoping that this embarrassing moment would end soon.
"Fair enough." And with that, we walked away from Rarity and toward Vinyl's house. I liked how everything in Ponyville is always a short walk away. We continued the same conversation as before until we reached her house after a few minutes. Nothing could have prepared me for this. Her house was much more modern than the rest of houses in Ponyville. It was almost like it was made on earth... if everyone on earth had an insatiable appetite for neon rainbows that is. I'm not shitting you, the house was colored in neon signs and rainbows. Yeah try imagining that. But it was still a kickass house.
"Nice place." I said to Vinyl as we walked in her house. There was a multicolor dance floor that was covered in LED lights and a really big DJ station near it with a classic shiny discoball hanging from the ceiling finishing the scene off. It was amazing."Woah... this is one tricked out place."
"Thanks, I worked hard on it. I'll give you a tour of the rest of my place" She walked though though room and than though a swinging mirror door. As I followed her though the mirror door, I saw my pony self in the door and thought about how I still need to go back to earth and I'm getting too attached to this planet. It was getting harder and harder to make a choice. I shook off the thought and continued to follow Vinyl. She showed me the usual house rooms like the kitchen, the game room, porch, and just about everything else in a house. I wonder how she can live with all the fucking rainbows in the bright neon signs. But then again, it does fit her style pretty damn good. When the tour was over, she lead me back to the living/dance room. She said,
"That was fun! I would really hate to end this."
"Yeah, I liked it too but I should head home. I'm busy on a secret project and girls can only handle my awesomeness in short doses." Did I really just say that? She at least laughed at it.
"I'd love for you to come back soon!"
"Don't worry, I'll come back tomorrow, Kay?"
"It's a date." She than hugged me and waved good-bye with that perfect smile that I loved so much. As I walked back to Twilight's house, I did a mental recap on what had happened. Because of those events, I smiled the whole way there. I was happy. A simple emotion that I rarely felt. Why did I have to leave? This world was perfect. I couldn't believe that I was thinking this. Liking this world better than earth was something I never thought would happen. My life is hacking and I can't live without. Yet still, I'm enjoying my time here. Why can't my choice be easy? I've made many hard choices before involving the lives of thousands but, this time I just can't choose. My life of saving the world many times over? Or my life of being happy in Equestria? I thought very intensely about this for the slow walk home and when I got home, I haven't made any progress on my choice. As I opened the door, I noticed Twilight was sitting on the couch reading a book. She could tell I was sad.
"What happened? Are you OK?" She was worried about the sad look on my face.
"Nothing, the date was good... it's just... no, I can't tell you. I'm fine, really."
"No you have to tell me. I'm your friend and I'm here to help you."
"I don't need your help." Before she could say anything else, I walked away from her into the house and walked into my room and glanced at my just started computer chip. Than the idea of connecting the worlds came back into my mind. The more I think of it, the more I want to do it and realise it's impossible. I sat down at my desk chair and began work on my soon-to-be-computer late into the night.