The smell of fresh waffles and eggs drifted into my nose. Slowly I started coming out of my dazed state. Fluttershy's cottage was a hard place to forget so I wasn't to surprised when I realized I wasn't in my dungeon. I pushed the blanket off me and set my feet on the floor. Something got right next to my warm body and rubbed up against it. I looked down to see little animals running around the cottage. There was a little bunny curled up around my feet. It must have enjoyed the warmth. I slowly bent down and picked it up. The bunny didn't squirm or fidget. It just balled up and rested in my hand.
Aww. It likes me.
I walked to the kitchen and Fluttershy was just finishing up setting the table. She looked up and gasped.
"Oh my goodness. Is that you Angel?" She asked.
The bunny looked up and did some kind of nod, like it understood what she asked.
"That isn't something you see everyday?" She hovered over to me and slowly lifted the bunny out of my hands. "Angel bunny never likes new people. He always throws a fit when someone new shows up."
I shrugged. "He seems cool to me."
I looked at the table and saw the amazing spread. Eggs, toast, waffles, juice, pancakes, and fresh apples. It looked so good and for a second I was about to jump on the table and just eat everything, but something was missing. There wasn't any sausage, bacon, or meat in general. I started thinking about why she didn't make meat. Just as she walked.... trotted into the kitchen it hit me like a ton of bricks.
God damn I'm so stupid. These aren't people their ponies. They can't kill animals because they are too closely related.
"Um I don't mean to bug you but... Um I made this for you so you could get better." She said quietly.
I snapped out of my thoughts and looked at the little yellow pony. "Thank you." I said with a smile.
I grabbed a plate and started filling it with food. "So Fluttershy.... Where can I go to learn about this place?"
"Oh my cottage? There isn't much to know about it." She said while looking around.
"No. Sorry I guess I asked it wrong. I mean who can I see to learn the laws of the land?" I asked.
"Oh. Twilight knows the most about Equestria. I could take you to her library." She said with a smile.
"Sounds great."
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Twilight lived in a tree towards the center of Ponyville. The walk there was a bit awkward because everyone was looking at me. Jason hadn't shown up to see me so we figured that he was still asleep. Fluttershy knocked on the door on there was the sound of light footsteps then a lock clicked.
A little purple lizard looking creature opened the door. "Who's... Oh hey Fluttersh...."
The little lizard looked at me and raised a brow.
"Is this Twilight?" I asked.
They both looked at me and laughed. Fluttershy stopped and caught her breath. "Oh no. This is her helper Spike. He's a dragon."
"That.... is..... a dragon?"
"Well I'm a baby dragon." Spike responded.
"Oh.... Okay good." I said while getting on a knee to shake his.... Claw.
"Why do you say that?" Fluttershy asked.
"Well in my world there are legends of dragons and they are very big and extremely scary." I said while remembering the old legends in books.
Spike looked at me and laughed. "There are big dragons in Equestria, but they never bother ponies."
"Spike who's there?" A voice called out from the library.
"It's Fluttershy and... um."
"James." I finished.
"James." He repeated.
He stepped out of the way and let us pass. I had to almost crawl to get through the door. The tree house was very nice inside. I could stand up all the way and have plenty of head room. There were bookshelves cut into the walls with a big Trojan head as a center piece. There were books floating around the room and some going into their shelves.
"Twilight. James wants to know somethings about Equestria."
The books stopped floating and a purple pony appeared from behind the Trojan head.
"Wait is that the thing that killed the Hydra?" She asked while scanning my body.
"Yes I am. And I prefer being called a human, not a thing." I replied.
"Oh my.. Where are my manors. I'm Twilight Sparkle. What's your name?" She asked.
"I'm James. It's nice to meet you." I said.
She smiled, "Like wise. Now what do you need to know?"
"I really don't know anything about this world. Can you just teach me about the laws and social norms?" I asked.
She just finished setting the last book in it's shelf. "Sure. I already took care of the chores today and set my letter to Celestia."
"Great." I said with confidence.
"Okay. Fluttershy you can head home. This will take a while. Spike get me History of Equestria, Pony Anatomy, and a map of Equestria."
Spike saluted and disappeared.
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"Fluttershy!? I brought Jason over! He needs to see James." Rainbow yelled while knocking on the door. She looked back and shrugged. "She isn't home. I don't think James is either. What's so important?"
Jason scrunched a piece of paper her had in his hand. "One of Celestia's guards came by and said we had one more task and we could be set free."
"Already? But you said Celestia wanted you to do a bunch of tasks." Rainbow replied.
"Yes, but with our heroism from the attack of the Hydra she says that 'you would risk your lives to save my guards. There is no questioning you integrity.' She assigned us one more mission so we could be seen as hero's across the land." Jason started walking away.
"So she sent you here so we could see you as friends? Not monsters." Rainbow asked.
"Yup. But now I can't find James and I'm getting really angry. Celestia's guards are waiting for us at the rally point." Jason picked up speed.
"What kind of mission is this?" Rainbow was concerned.
"We have to go some where called the Gates of Tartarus. There we need to clear out any enemy's we see."
Rainbow stopped and her face was completely full of dread.