Chapter 2
The story of meeting – a time of greeting
The next day came with a fright. Morsidus woke up to see Shining Armour just standing at the edge of the bed and staring right at him. The scare was enough to trigger the magic that Discord said he had to the point of teleporting him into the room next to his.
He looked around quick to see if anyone was there. In the chair nearby, noticed a shocked pony. She was orange in color, and she had a yellowish mane. She didn't say anything, just pointed at the door. Morsidus walked out while saying, “I apologize for this, I got scared and ended up in here though magic.”.
The only thing he heard from her was “Yeah' right.” as he closed the door. He looked back over to his room to see Shining standing there with a smile. Morsidus just scowled and walked away to see if he could find Zecora.
He found her in the castle garden meditating. 'Even in this world, she meditates every morning within a park or forest.' He sat there for a while just watching her, getting used to the form she took here. He looked back down at himself, still not used to his new form.
He was thinking about the accident. He was wondering if it was some sort of portal that sent him here, or if it was something like Zecora's meditations. He was thinking about it when he looked back up and saw Zecora's face within an inch of his own. He felt scared and fell back, but tried to control himself due to the fact that he didn't want a repeat of earlier.
“Deep in thought you seem. Does all this seem like a dream?” She asked. She walked away a bit then asked one of the nearby guards for some tea. When the guard asked Morsidus if he wanted anything, he just said coffee. After a while of silence, he finally decided to answer Zecora's question.
“To be honest, I know its not a dream. I still have the bruise to confirm that.” He said while thinking about his 'table manners' last night. “I just don't get how or why I'm even here. I get that some of the equipment went crazy but...” he paused to let out a sigh.
“You wonder if a will be good, like it was when you wore that hood. Even though it might seem astray, I say, have fun and play.” Morsidus smiled and looked at his friend. “Thanks Zecora. You always know how to cheer me up. Even in my world, you have always been there for me.”
Zecora nodded and stood up. She put one hoof on his shoulder then left back to her room. Morsidus stood up and did the same. He felt unhappy that Zecora wasn't able to bring his guitar here. She was however able to remember what it looked like and gave Celestia a detailed drawing. She said she would get a hold of some of her connections.
As he was heading towards the entrance to the castle, he noticed the purple Alicorn called Twilight Sparkle with a few of her friends waiting for him and Shining. Among them was the mare whose room he accidentally teleported into earlier that morning.
“Good morning to you Princess Twilight Sparkle. Beautiful day, isn't it” he said while bowing in respect. Twilight was impressed at his niceness. The other ponies just looked at him, except the orange one.
Twilight decided to speak up when she realized that he wasn't coming up yet. “Morsidus, please stand up. While your living with me, you can just call me Twilight. We are going to have so much fun while we spend time together.”
Before she could say anything else, the blue pegasus with a rainbow mane was laughing at some sort of joke that Twilight made by accident. It took everyone a few seconds to get the joke.
The off-white unicorn with the styled purplish mane used her magic to pull the pegasus to the ground. “Rainbow Dash! Why do you insist on making a joke out of everything we say?” The pegasus took a second before responding. “Oh come on Rarity. You guys make it so easy. Especially Fluttershy.” She pointed to the yellow pegasus with a pink mane. She was talking to the orange pony.
Morsidus made a mental note to memorize the names as they went. Eventually, Zecora and Shining Armour joined them and they were on their way to the train station. Before leaving, Princess Luna pulled Morsidus aside to wish him luck. She gave him a black cloak as well as a small pouch of gold coins.
When they got to the station, Discord was waiting for them. He didn't say anything to them. In fact, he pretended they weren't even there. Morsidus looked around and noticed people whispering about his eyes. He also noticed a small little gift shop in the station.
As he walked into the station, he noticed the one thing he was hoping for, black tinted reflective sunglasses. He was amazed at how they looked exactly like the ones he had back home. He brought them to the cashier and asked how much. When the cashier said ten bits, he set the pouch onto the counter and counted out ten.
He walked out and the orange mare called Apple Jack, who eventually forgave him for the accident that morning, whistled and said he looked snazzy. Not long after, the train arrived and they all hopped on.
Morsidus and Zecora were talking about everyone's reaction to his disappearance back home. They were joined by Twilight not long after. “Something has been bugging me all day. How is it that you two even met?” She asked. Morsidus and Zecora just looked at each other and laughed.
“The way we met, was through our school. Our friendship was made through a circumstance most cool.” Zecora said. Morsidus just laughed at the rhyming. Apparently, Zecora did that in his world as well. Twilight just looked confused and turned her head a little.
Morsidus decided to explain. “We were taking a world culture class together and we were told to do projects on a different one in teams. When I was told I would be doing one on the Kivuli Tribe with Zecora, we became the best of friends. I even taught her how to play a bass guitar. Her first show with us was where the accident arose.”
Twilight just nodded with agreement. She now knew how they met and that was all that mattered to her. That and how Zecora's magic could allow her to be in two worlds. She was about to ask when Rainbow Dash appeared behind her. “So in your world, are you two like dating or something?”
Morsidus just did a literal facehoof while Zecora kinda blushed a bit. Rarity used her magic to pull Rainbow dash away. No one said a word for the rest of the ride.
When they got off the Train into Ponyville, Morsidus noticed right away that it seemed like a small village. Everypony else went their own separate ways and Zecora went to walk around the marketplace. Morsidus followed Twilight to her home. As they arrived, he realized it was a library. He also realized the little purple dragon outside sweeping the doorstep.
Twilight called out to him, which made him jump a bit. “Spike, I'm back. Go and get the guest room ready, we have a visitor staying with us for a while.” He ran into the house and went right to cleaning the guest room. “Morsidus, go ahead and make yourself feel at home. That shelf over there has some spell books if you wanna go ahead and try to learn a few today. If not, we will start tomorrow.”
He decided not and told Twilight he was heading out to explore. She gave him a saddle bag and put his bit pouch in there. She figured he might buy a few things to make him feel more at home. He hung up the cloak but left his sunglasses on as he walked out into the village.
He walked around for a bit and just watched the small town go about it's day. He noticed Apple Jack selling apples with a large red stallion. “Hey Apple Jack, what you up to?” he asked as he walked up. The stallion just ignored his arrival and sold a few apples before he came over.
“Who we got here. Ah don't recognize you at all. You new 'round these parts?” he asked. Apple Jack turned to him. “Big Mac', ah told you about Twilight's guest. This here is Morsidus Grim-Record. He's not too bad of a guy. Could use a little more practice on the magic though.” She said as she winked to Morsidus. Big Mac' just gave her a confused look and went back to selling apples.
Morsidus bought a few apples and found a little stall that had an assortment of random items. He noticed a set of guitar picks and bought them. He decided it was getting late so he went back to Twilight's house. When he got there, he noticed Zecora was there as well.
“Hey Zecora, what are you doing here?” he asked as he took off his sunglasses. Twilight answered the question as she came down the stairs. “I asked her to stay here for a few days. I figured that since she has known you longer, you might feel a bot more comfortable with her around.”
Morsidus just nodded and went to look around the library. He found a few books he figure he might read later. One of them included the first Daring Do novel. Zecora finished her tea and then set up a small blanket on the couch. Morsidus noticed and frowned.
“Zecora, take the guest room. I'll sleep on the couch. Wouldn't be the first time right?” he said as he chuckled a bit.
“Your niceness is pure and true. Morning is when I'll next see you” she said as she gathered her stuff and went to the guest room. Morsidus laid on the couch and started to fall asleep right away. He figured he would need as much rest as he could get if he was to learn to use some basic magic tomorrow.