"Wait, wait, wait, WHAT?!"
"You're a unicorn, silly! How many times do I have to tell you? Seven? All right: You're a unicorn, silly! You're a unicorn, silly! You're a unicorn, silly! You're a uni-"
"No, it's not the fact that I can't hear, it's the fact that it's so hard to believe. How did I get turned into a unicorn in the first place?"
"I think I know the answer!"
"REALLY?! What is it?"
"I have no idea!"
Bodil facehoofed. Stupid hyperactive freaking confusing annoying aggravating bothersome irritating... He stopped thinking for a moment, either because he had run out of words to think of, or that he didn't like to use his brain. He sighed. "Seriously?"
Pinkie Pie grinned and said, "Yup. I totally love the fact that you're new in town and that we should throw a BIG HUMONGOUS SUPER SPECTACULAR EXCITING PARTY-TASTIC welcome-to-Ponyville party for you, but if what you say is true, then there are other new ponies out there as well, and the party just wouldn't be complete without them! I mean come on this is a welcome to Ponyville party and it wouldn't be good if there was someone new to Ponyville and they didn't come to this party because then they wouldn't feel like they were welcome and then they won't have fun and what's the point of having a party without any fun?!"
Bodil blinked. He could almost hear the sirens in his brain going, "System overload, system overload. Beep beep beep beep beep..." But he was impressed by the way that Pinkie could catch every detail so well.
He rolled his eyes. Personally, though, he'd probably feel more welcomed if this pony wasn't here to greet him.
He looked up and saw the hole in the ceiling that he had made. When he had first realized that he was falling, he expected the fluffy cakes and sweets to catch him, softening his fall.
Nope.
He had not been expecting to smash through wood and concrete and land on top of a pink pony with a springy mane. She had gasped as he slammed into her, and then zipped off and ran around the room in a circle, screaming, while Bodil fell onto the floor and watched dizzily as the pink pony ran around the room so quickly that she could have created a sonic boom if she tried.
She had finally stopped right in front of him with a freakishly large grin on her face and said, "WELcome to Ponyville! My name is Pinkie Pie! Oh, gosh, how did you fall through the roof? I always thought that it was made of cake and cookies, too, but then I tried to eat it and it turns out it's just wood and concrete! Say, how does concrete harden, anyway? All you do is add water to it, but then it turns rock solid! Too bad that real cakes don't do that! It would save us he trouble of having to bake them! But then they'd be too hard to eat, and who likes a cake that can't be eaten? I mean, come on, cakes that aren't meant to be eaten are like-" she paused for a moment and gasped for breath.
Bodil thought this a good time to cut her off. "WHAT. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" he had asked, walking around in a circle and finding that, surprisingly, nothing hurt. He had then looked at her. "WHY ARE YOU A TALKING PONY?! WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS?!"
Then, Pinkie had tilted her head sideways in confusion. "What are you talking about?" she asked, eyes widening. "You seem like a perfectly normal unicorn to me."
"Wait, wait, waitwaitwaitwaitwait. So, we're in a world called 'Equestria?"
"Yeah, and this particular location is called, 'Ponyville.'"
"Ponyvil-Wait, that means there are more talking pastel ponies walking around here?!"
"Well, when you put it that way, it does sound kind of weird...."
Sky frowned. He glanced at Jason, whom they had run into in front of Golden Oaks library in the middle of a heated argument with Twilight Sparkle over astronomy, then at Ant, who was using his hoof to draw something in the dirt.
Ant wasn't paying attention. None at all, whatsoever. Why should I have to pay attention to something I already- he caught himself again. Ant sighed, and diverted his attention to Twilight, who was beginning a lecture on the Elements of Harmony.
"The Elements of Harmony are six supernatural artifacts representing subjective aspects of harmony. They are arguably the most powerful force in Equestria. Though the extent of their power is largely unspecified, the elements were taken from the Tree of Harmony, however, doing so had the potential to release the Everfree Forest and destroy Equestria. Each artifact represents an element of friendship and can presumably only work if wielded by one who possesses the corresponding trait, and only if all are used together. They have been wielded on rare occasions, particularly during events marked by danger and anarchy as a last resort to restore and enforce the balance of peace and order. However, the effects of their use are generally temporary and non-lethal, usually a form of banishment or imprisonment."
Ant blinked. Wow. Egghead.
Sky stared. Jason stared. Applejack and Rainbowdash stared. Ant yawned.
Twilight looked at him, annoyed. "Well, to sum it all up..." she began, but was interrupted by a wailing noise from Rainbowdash.
"Oh, come on, Twi! They heard it once, no need to do it again," She groaned, bringing a hoof to her forehead and collapsing on the ground dramatically. Twilight rolled her eyes, and Applejack glared at Rainbow.
"So, um, any other stuff?" Sky asked, using his horn and conjuring up a paper and pencil.
"Hopefully not," Jason muttered, pulling out an astronomy chart from...frankly, nowhere, as far as Ant could tell. Did he really carry an astronomy chart everywhere he went?
Twilight saw Jason pull out the chart. She sighed.
Jason cleared his throat. "The constellation Ursa Major contains the group of stars commonly called the Big Dipper. The handle of the Dipper is the Great Bear's tail and the Dipper's cup is the Bear's flank. The Big Dipper is not a constellation itself, but an asterism, which is a distinctive group of stars. Another famous asterism is the Little Dipper in the constellation Ursa Minor."
Ant nudged Sky and whispered in his ear, "Nerds." Sky snickered.
Twilight cleared her throat and began to lecture back, but suddenly they were interrupted by a bright pink cannonball slamming into Ant.
As hot pink hooves wrapped around his neck, Ant had one thought, The second time in ten minutes?! Seriously?!
"OHMYGOSHTWILIGHTWHYDIDN'TYOUTELLMEABOUTALLOFTHESENEWPONIESINTOWNWEGOTTATHROWAPARTYFORTHEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
More strangled gurgling. More looks of, "Help." And more anguish at the fact that he was being crushed in a hug by two ponies that were normally never strong but when it came to hugs. He didn't even like hugs!
"Pinkie, get off Ant. He looks kind of scared of you," said someone from behind Pinkie. He was a unicorn with sunglasses, a bowtie, and an extra spiky mane.
He also had a Bulgarian accent...
"Wait. I said, 'Pinkie, Pinkie, get off Ant. He looks kind of scared of you.' I said, 'Pinkie, get off Ant. He looks kind of scared of you'!!! OHMYGOSH!! ANT!! SKY!! JAS-" Poof. Bodil's sudden moment of realization was cut short by a flash of gray and yellow hyper-activeness slamming into him.
"BODIL!! YOU'RE HERE!! DOES THAT MEAN THAT TY AND JORDAN ARE HERE TOO???!?!?!?!?" Sky screamed right in Bodil's ear.
Ant felt sympathy for Bodil. Hyperactivity plus Sky plus screaming-right-in-your-ear equals temporary deafness.
Sadly, he knew that from experience.
"Um, maybe?" tried another voice. Ant spun around. It was a unicorn.
A very familiar looking unicorn.
"OHMYGOSH,TY!!!!" screamed Sky, launching himself off of a dazed (and possibly traumatized) Bodil toward Ty, who promptly stepped aside and let him crash into another unicorn behind him.
"OH NO!! MY MANE!!" shrieked the unicorn, bucking Sky off of her and using her horn to restyle her mane, which was apparently more important than the fact that Sky was now sitting on the ground, looking very sad and sniffing pathetically.
Why must Sky be such a good actor?
The white unicorn sighed in relief. "It's okay," she murmured and swung her head into the air, letting her mane catch all of the sun's rays, turning it into a radiant violet color. Ty rolled his eyes.
"Um, I think I have Jordan. At least, if you um, you know, want to see him," mumbled a shy, timid pony, poking Ant to get his attention. He turned.
A pegasus almost as tall as he was bit her lip nervously as she waited for a response. Never mind her, Ant thought, looking past her shoulder. Where's Jordan?
An earth pony limping behind her as fast as his three legs could carry him answered his question.
Against his will, his face broke out in a large grin. "Jordan!"
Jordan looked up. He smiled. "Wassup, Ant?"
"The sky," he replied, sharing a laugh and pushing Jordan lightly. Jordan flinched, but tried to look perfectly normal.
His slip up was noticed by Ant, though. "What's wrong?" he asked, examining Jordan, and walking around to examine him further. He winced when he was the problem.
Jordan's left hind leg was...well, he wouldn't get into details about it, but Ant was glad he hadn't eaten anything in a while.
Jordan caught Ant's eye. He followed it to what Ant was staring at, and cringed slightly. "Yeah...I think I might have hit my leg on something when I fell out of the portal." His voice trailed off when he saw the concerned look that Ant was then giving him.
"Hang on. I don't want to interrupt this sentimental reunion, but what's this 'bout a portal?" Applejack asked, shoving Rainbowdash aside and shooting an accusing glance at Ant, Jordan, and the rest of the minecraftians-turned-ponies. "I think you have some explainin' to do."