//------------------------------// // The Adventure Begins. // Story: Out of All The Worlds... // by gordobraveheart //------------------------------// The Adventure Begins. Detroit, Michigan. 8 days until Halloween. 5:55 P.M Normally, if you were able to see six colorful, life like but still a bit cartoony ponies, portal right in the middle of your kitchen doorway, and one of the Princess’ of Equestria is right in that portal just staring at you with a puzzling look, you’d probably have to be insane or really fucked up on drugs. I mean, a shit ton of drugs. But, no, there she was, with her tall, Alicorn self, moving her eyes at her subjects and me, the creature that almosts meets her at eye-level. I turned around for a quick second, noticing how Nino was just sitting on the couch and staring at the portal. He showed no fear, just curiosity. Unlike me. I felt like I was gonna lose my shit. “Well, this is new.” Princess Celestia says as she stares at me puzzlingly. “I’ve never seen a creature like this before.” She moved her eyes down Twilight and the other ponies, smiling at them. “Rise, my friends. I need to talk to you all. Including this new, creature.” “Yes Princess.” Twilight Sparkle says as she is finished bowing. I stare at how all the ponies look up at the Princess, how they all show extreme loyalty to their princess. “There is a reasonable explanation to why we are here. Um, well, you see-” She sounded like she was trying to stay away to how she got here, as if she was embarrassed to talk about it. That was the case until Applejack spoke up. “She don’ goofed on a spell, Princess.” Applejack said as she patted on the back. “She wanted ta take us somewhere, travel between worlds and all that mumbo-jumbo, and we ended up here. On Detroit, Michigan, planet Earth, as that tall feller back there calls it.” She pointed a hoof towards me, whilst I was too busy wondering if Twilight messing up a spell got them here. Well, technically she got it right, but I guess she didn’t expect to land here. “I see.” Princess Celestia said, looking at me. Her calm eyes turned a bit serious, giving me a chill up my spine. “And what is your name, creature?” I might as well tell her what race I am anyways. First, I placed the box of bullets behind me and the knife sharpener on the couch without her looking. I don’t want to be marked as a threat to her ponies. “My name Giovanni. I’m fourteen years old, and I am human. Explains why I’m hairless and have these.” I wiggle my fingers, showing them to her. “And I found these ponies outside of my house, completely passed out. So I took them in, brought some food, and they ate. I didn’t do anything bad, I swear.” Celestia kept staring at me, looking deep into my eyes. That’s when Pinkie Pie spoke up, breaking the tension between us. “Princess, he’s a really nice colt! He brought us food, and showed us this cool thing called a T.V! It shows all kinds of cool stuff!” Pinkie Pie said as she walked closer to the portal. She turned towards me, smiling. “He has a cool dog too! Ask Fluttershy!” She looked over at the shy pony, who was hiding behind her mane. “Um, he does have a nice dog. His dog is very nice, princess. I think he’s nice too.” Fuck yea, it looks like I have both the trust of Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. Maybe if a couple other ponies spoke up, I could gain Celestia’s trust? “Well, If the Element of Kindness and Laughter agree with each other, what say the others?” Celestia said as she looked at the other three elements. The first one to speak up was Applejack, walking a little closer to the portal. “Well, I’m still a bit wary about this feller, Princess. But he did take care of us, I respect that. I think he’s okay, but I’ll keep an eye out for him, I tell you what.” She tipped her hat to the princess, smiling. “In short, yes he’s fine. For now.” The next to walk up was Rarity. Weird, Rarity? “Well, I wasn’t too sure about defending him at first, but he does seem like a nice fellow, your highness. He did feed us all, after all.” She looks at me, smiling. She walks back, and the next up was Twilight Sparkle. “What say you, my faithful student?” Celestia said, smiling at her pupil. “We still have Rainbow Dash to ask, but I would like to ask you too.” “This world is truly fascinating, princess. I would like to study more about this world and its inhabitants. Giovanni is also a nice help. He could help me with tons of things about his race, and many others. He is also very helpful, what with all the food he brought. It’s actually the same type of fruits we have back home, Princess. I mean, there’s bananas, apples, salads, tomato’s-” “Yea yea yea, you think he’s cool, we get it!” Rainbow dash said, shoving aside Twilight. “Sorry you had to hear that princess, she goes into full study mode, you know?” She joked around, smiling at an annoyed Twilight. “Yes, I know.” Princess Celestia said, chuckling. Soon, all the other ponies began to chuckle. Well, I didn’t laugh, because I knew the type of situation I was in. “So, what do you think, Rainbow Dash?” And here comes the boaster. “Well, you know me princess, I have to protect my friends by any means necessary! That even means him, princess!” She points a hoof towards me as she began hovering in the hair, throwing punches aimlessly. “Lemme at em’! That’s what I would say if he started hurting my friends, Princess!” “So, you don’t trust him?” Princess Celestia said with a raised brow. “Well, not entirely.” That’s when she flew behind me, looking around me. “I mean, sure, he’s a nice guy, but something tells me he could snap at any second. Hey, Giovanni, what would you do if I kicked you there like Applejack?” She said, smirking. “What is she talking about, Applejack?” Celestia said, looking down at Applejack. She sighed and told what she did to me, which made Celestia raise a brow. “You hit him there? Well Applejack, you must really not like him then.” “It’s not that princess,” Applejack said, getting a bit red. “Ah just didn’t know at the time. Mistakes happen!” She chuckles nervously, hiding her face behind her hat. “Yea, okay.” Rainbow said, rolling her eyes. She turned her attention back to me, where I was just looking around the room and trying not to make eye contact. “So, what would you do?” I sighed, feeling my self go red because of all the attention I was getting. “I would probably pass out again. Scream first though, for sure.” Rainbow nodded. “Okay. I still don’t trust you, Giovanni. But I can make an exception, as long as you don’t hurt anypony.” “I made a Pinkie Promise, remember?” I say, looking at Pinkie Pie for an agreement. She nodded her head, which was enough to make Celestia’s look grow calmy. “Well, that is great news.” The princess said, smiling. “However, there is something I need to let you all know. That includes you, Giovanni.” I nodded, still not sure if what I am seeing is actually happening. “Yes ma'am.” “As you can all tell from the way my image looks, it is not a portal. Rather, a live moving image.” ‘She’s Basically referring it as a hologram, you notice it, right?’ ‘Oh, hello brain. I haven’t heard from you in a while.’ I say, responding to my head. ‘I know, but be quiet. Just pay attention to her.’ “The reason why this isn’t a portal is simple:There is almost no magic in this world. The only sense of magic doesn’t feel natural to even me. It feels...Evil.” I saw the look in her face, and even Celestia showed a small amount of worry. Still, she kept her calm. “There is only enough magic for me to force through this world to talk to you all and do this.” Suddenly, her horn began to glow, and all these bright colored shined out of the hologram. It’s a good thing all the windows are boarded up, otherwise there would be echo’s and light shining out of here like a midnight club. Then, the room filled with a bright white, and after the light cleared, I saw what she did. Around the Elements of Harmony, where the actual Elements of Harmony, aside from Twilights crown. “The Elements?” Twilight said, shocked. “But, why did you transfer these here, princess?” All of the ponies started looked at their Elements. That’s when I noticed something different about them. “The Elements have turned powerless without their representations, hence the reason why they appear grey. By my guess, they should turn back to normal with you all, but because of the wrong type of magic in this, “Earth”, it will have to take some time. The lack of magic also explains why you were all passed out. Unlike here, where magic is a necessity in Equestria, you all have grown weaker than you are here in Equestria. However, the small amount of magic in the Elements could help you out in the near future.” “I see.” I said, speaking up. “I think I know what’s going on. Without magic, you all are weaker right? Well, as long as you have nutrients in your body, like many living creatures here, you are all still able to be breathing. Am I right?” I say, looking at Celestia. “Correct. But there is something that frightens me so. You see, this place doesn’t have much magic-” “But, then how were we able to come into this world?” Pinkie said, cutting off her princess. It seems like she even knows the gravity the situation. “I was just getting to that. It wasn’t all of Twilight’s magic that brought you here. Something pulled you in.” She finished her sentence with a serious tone. letting know that things were not right. I knew something about this, not much, but I had to speak up. “Witchcraft.” All the ponies looked at me, including Celestia. “Witchcraft?” Twilight said with a raised brow. “But we know a zebra back home who knows witchcraft, and I don’t think it’s enough to force us here.” “But I think your version of witchcraft differs from humanity’s.” I say, looking at all the ponies. “My race, mexican, knows a bit about witchcraft. Mexican is still categorized as Human, just from another country. Some people don’t believe in that kind of stuff, like ghosts, demons, and a higher power, but I do. Witchcraft here is used to do bad things. Very bad things.” “How do you know this?” Twilight said. “Do you have any proof?” “You all being here is proof enough for me.” “Enough.” I here Princess Celestia say, gaining the attention of everypony and human in the room. “I do not have time to discuss this important anymore, the hologram is disappearing.” She said this in a hurry, and we could all tell. The hologram was indeed disappearing. It kept moving all static like, and I could tell Celestia was trying to keep the hologram up long enough to tell us something important. “Forgive me, but forcing this much magic is tiring me. In order for you all to get back home is find away to power up the elements fast enough. The magic you could all conjure together could bring you home.” “We understand, Princess.” They all say simultaneously. Celestia smiled at them all, then turned her attention towards me. “Please, Giovanni. Do all you can to try to help them get back home. It is at most importance if they return before a great evil could arise.” “I understand too, ma’am.” I say nodding. Then, the portal began to disappear, and the darkness around the room began to turn back to it’s original, fluorescent lighted self. I quickly checked the time on the T.V, and noticed how long the conversation lasted than it did before. It wasn’t 5.PM any more, it was already 9:42 PM! I knew I had to get up early, so I lowered the volume of the T.V. “Alright, we’ll find a way to get you all back home. In the meantime, I’m going to bed. You could all watch T.V if you want, just keep it low please. Don’t make so much noise too, the...neighbors don’t like much racket.” I began to walk towards the kitchen, which leads the way upstairs, but I felt a small tug on my pants-leg. I look down to see a tired faced Twilight, looking up at me. “We are all kind of tired too, Giovanni. Is it okay if we sleep in that really big bed upstairs?” I looked at all of the ponies in the room, and I noticed how all tired they really were. I couldn’t say no to those cute faces, so I agreed. “Fine. Just follow me.” “Aright, is everybody comfortable?” I say, looking at all of the ponies in my mothers bed. They all fit in there no problem, but it seemed as if Fluttershy was more uncomfortable than anypony in the bed So, I called Nino into my ma’s room, and told him to jump into bed with Fluttershy. He did so, without a hesitation. He immediately calmed down Fluttershy, being hugged by her. I smiled at the cute scenery, then turned off all of the lights in the room. There were window’s behind them, so the moonlight sort of lit up the room a bit, but not much to bother them. I closed the door, walking towards my room. I turned off my light, and fell straight on the bed. forgot I left my phone on my bed before I changed into some new clothes, but I just set it off to the side, took of my glasses, and closed my eyes. I remembered that I took the box and knife sharpener with me up stairs, and almost panicked because I forgot where I left it, but then I remembered I left the box and knife sharpener with the revolver, behind my bed, covered by some dirty clothes. I began to drift into sleep, and already I know my main priority when I get up. Find a way to return these ponies back to Equestria. End of Day 1.