//------------------------------// // 2. Conversation over lunch // Story: Wandering Equestria // by Diokno44 //------------------------------// "This is some really good stew Fluttershy." I said, taking another spoonful of the warm soup and pork, savoring the taste. Fluttershy smiled across from me, Angel glaring from his chair, frowning. "Oh, thank you Christian, I do enjoy cooking for my friends." She said, munching on the crispy lettuce on her plate, dipping it in Worcester sauce. "Oh, I hope you don't mind, but I invited my friends over." She said, her voice going down a few pitches. I waved her off, wiping my mouth and placing the empty bowl, spoon, and fork in the sink, "Nah, its alright. So, you don't seem surprised to see a human in Equestria, and why you immediately trust me?" I asked, folding my arms as I leaned against the wall behind me, right under an owl-shaped clock, ticking. "Oh, well you aren't the first human to arrive in Equestria. The first was, after a portal between Equestria and Earth closed, fifteen hundred years ago, Megan Richards, nice women, thought it was only twenty years for her. Thankfully, the portal's opened again, and time flows the same amount between worlds, its that solid rainbow extending out of that hole in the sky." She said. I looked out the window, and saw just that, a rainbow wedged in the ground, and a swirling vortex hovering in the air, "So, from what you've told me, your Earth is probably in an alternate version to hers. There's a theory about that, what was it?" She tapped her chin with a hoof. "The String Theory." I suggested, stretching. "That's it, than you. Anyhoof, Twilight's actually been able to, thanks to the help of Celestia, Luna, Nyx, Cadence, and Discord, have managed to map out a number of universes. Like one, which reminds me of this one video game I play sometimes, Fallout, and another is...disturbing." She shuddered. I spoke up upon hearing this, "Let me guess, Pinkie has a dress made of Cutie Marks, one of which looking eerily like Luna's, a necklace made of Unicorn horns, and has an accessory made of Pegasi wings, and killed Rainbow Dash. and theres a factory that makes rainbow colors out of Pegasi who fail their flight exam?" "Um, yes, well, it turns out the Rainbow she killed was, urm, a copy from another alternate universe." She smiled, "Thankfully, Scootaloo was able to convince Rainbow not to kill her. Oddly enough, our Scootaloo was able to transport to that dimension in a dream, but, after Luna and Rainbow came in, she, and the Rainbow Factory versions of Scootaloo and Rainbow, were all pull them into this world, and now they live together, and Rainbow adopted Scootaloo." She said, fluttering in the air, "She also proposed to me, the weddings in a few months." She beamed. "Well congrats." I grinned, throwing my arms out. Well, internet, one shipping pair exists, whats next, EnglandXFrance is canon? Or SaskueXSakura? "Oh, I have to go get things ready before they arrive, would you, um mind if I asked you to feed my animal friends, if that's alright with you Christian." She said, trotting up the stairs. "Its aight Fluttershy, I'm used to it, I have five dogs, well, six, granted, if more puppies had lived, and Speedy hadn't died, but I also had two birds once, so I can take care of a couple animals." I said, "Where's the food?" She pointed to a door, before disappearing upstairs, "Salamat!" I said, opening the door to find bags of food, pooper scoopers, the works. Hauling out a small bag of dog food, I picked up a small plastic dish, "Well now, time to get down to business." After about two hours later, I collapsed on Fluttershy's violet couch, exhausted. Thankfully, Angel was still busy eating those carrots I gave her, and with his wife, though I don't know what bunny in their right mind would marry that spawn of Satan. Unfortunately, prodding him with my cross didn't make him go away, after he sat on my leg, all I got was a half eaten carrot to the face. Groaning, the hoped to God that Fluttershy would keep that little troublemaker in line, or he could at least not be such a massive donghole. Thankfuly, the other animals had been mostly complacent. Mr. Honey, if I remembered his name correctly, Fluttershy's bear friend, and the most friendly, oddly enough were the wolves and dogs. I've always loved wolves, they're just so, beautiful in their own way, the dogs were no surprise, after five Chihuahua mix-breeds rubbing against you, you'd have a faint dog scent, no matter how hard you scrub your legs. The owls just stared at me, pecking their food, it was pretty dang creepy. Looking over, I noticed what looked like the Xbox 360 I had back on Earth, black and sleek looking, except, looking at the cover, I noticed it said XBUCK 360. Thankfully, upon reading the intruction manual, the system came with a a couple controllers, one for each species' usage. Picking up the one made for minotaurs, I bent over, searching through Fluttershy's game collection, she was well stocked. There were games I would have expected a kind and peaceful mare like Fluttershy to play, like Animal Crossing and Mario, or Mareio in Equestria. Though there were a few titles I would have thought Rainbow or maybe Pinkie would play, like Call of Cutie or Grand Theft Carriage. Smirking, I picked out Grand Theft Carriage V. I haven't played GTA V, but I have watched YOGSCAST, UberHaxorNova, Kootra, and Tetra Ninja play it, and it seems great. Popping the polished disk into the slot, I watched as the large, stylized X flew towards the screen, and AnimalLover44 signed onto XBUCK LIVE. I grinned, this was gonna be friggin sweet.