//------------------------------// // Revelations // Story: A Second Too Late // by Thunder Seethe //------------------------------// Dashie’s POV OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH!!! WHAT IS THAT! IT’S LIKE THREE TIMES MY SIZE! OR TWICE STORM’S SIZE! OH MY GOSH! WHAT IN CELESTIA- "Dashie! Calm down. I know that this difficult for you to comprehend, but he's from a different universe. Calm down." “A different universe?" "Yeah, he came from a place called Earth. It’s unlike this world, they don't have wings, or mag...." I left the room flying as fast as possible toward Twilights house. I got there in 10 seconds FLAT! I use that too much. I'm going to stop now. I didn't think about what I did. I just reacted. Storm had a face of concern, like he knew this would happen. It’s too late to think right now, I'm going to tell Twilight regardless... I bucked the library door and, Twilight got startled of course. "TWILIGHT! EMERGENCY!" "What’s wrong!? Is there some random new creature around that may destroy us all?" She said it so sarcastically, but at the time I was so confused and... I hate to admit it, but I was scared. I said what I thought at the moment, and when I took my first look at him, I panicked. But I had a question to answer. "YES!" "Oh Celestia! Where is it now?!" "At my house!" We scurried out toward my house, and before we could make way toward the door, Storm was standing there listening to the whole thing. I'm such a liar. I told him that I wasn't going to freak out, but I buckin did. I'm such an idiot! This probably ruined whatever trust we had, and worst yet, this is happening on his birthday! Definitely not what he would want. At the time, all I wanted was for him to feel safe... maybe I should have told him, and he would have known why I've freaked out even though I promised him. I don’t know. Maybe I'm just being silly and trying to make myself feel better. Ugh! Why is this even bothering so much! He's just a stallion, nothing more! Or so I thought... "Look, he's really no different than any of you! He's similar to a pony but he just looks different! I don't know why you freaked out on me like that Dashie, even though YOU promised me that YOU wouldn't go freaking out and startling anypony!" I was shocked. I've never seen him so angry, he's always been the forgiving type right? I'm glad that he is. And now, I bring you back to the present. Oh Celestia... what did I do. "I...I... Well, how do you know for SURE that he's like us and wouldn't harm anypony!" This could get him right? He won't have an answer for this. "Oh, is that so?!" Wow, he responded really quickly. "Well... Celestia forgive me... I used to be a human myself. I am not allowed to explain how though." "What?!" Twilight and I said in unison. "Yes. It’s a long story, but to make it short... I was a college student back at Earth, and I was studying when this started. An explosion took over, a metallic pipe punctured my arm, and then I passed out. The building was in flames, but my friend risked his life to save not only me, but sixteen other people... in case you don't know, we call ourselves people for plural for person. Person is one human." I couldn't close my mouth, I was shocked. He kept such a big secret from us. I don't want to trust him anymore, but then again... I'm sure he can't trust me anymore either. I feel so bad about making him tell us his secret that he wasn't supposed to tell us. I know I'm saying the same thing over and over again... why do I care so much to make myself reiterate everything I say? Nothing seems right anymore. I used to be the tough one, but now I'm acting so weak. I don't even have anything to say to him, so all I could do was look down and the ground and be guilty. Twilight was just looking at me to see if I had anything to say, but I just gave her the look to go ahead and speak. "Thu-Thunder..." "You can call me Shayne if you like. Just when nopony else is around." "Well... Shayne... I... I don't know what to say. I feel so bad that you're going through this on your birthday." "Well, you kinda get used to it ya know." That made my heart burn. That probably meant that he never really had a real birthday in a while... oh Celestia... what did I do. It’s been a moment of awkward silence, so to break it I was about to speak up, and say how sorry I was about this. And that this was all my fault, even though that would REALLY kill my pride. But it would also relieve all that guilt I'm feeling right now. Until Shay-I'm just going to call him Storm. I like it better. Anyway he spoke up first. "I am sorry for putting you girls through this. Sorry I yelled at you guys, and sorry Dashie for freaking out on you. It wasn't right of me, and I should have expected that you would have been like that. It is your character after all..." he chuckled and I smiled back. "Anyway, I'll leave you two alone. I got to find Sean a place to live for now. He can't exactly establish a job right now. Seeing some of the reactions right now convinced me enough. Don't worry about it. Just keep this all a secret please." He really is a forgiving guy. But he shouldn't be sorry for something I caused. "Why are you sor-" he cut me short again. "Because now, I'm making your lives harder." with that, he spread his blue wings and started flying away. He headed toward my house, and before you know it, he came out with the human in his arms and flew toward the ground. They walked off toward the Everfree, and were devoured by the darkness of the Everfree. "I'm such an idiot..." Twilight walked up to me and tried to comfort me. NO! I can't let this happen. I got to shake this off and continue with my life. This is not like me! Ugh! I bolted off the ground and started flying towards the highest cloud I could see and just propped myself on it. Before you knew it, I was crying. This time I didn't stop myself. Shayne’s POV I feel so guilty. Dashie probably doesn't like me anymore, if she ever did. And now I gotta find Sean a home. Hopefully he doesn't realize what just went down. "Yo Sean, you doing fine?" "Yeah... what happened with your friend?" "Well you see... there aren't exactly any humans in this world EVER and you're the first one." "Besides you... and I'm going to assume that nobody knows that you're a human either." "Well not anymore. I just told Dashie-my friend and Twilight my other friend what I really am." I technically am a beast imprisoned in a pegasus. To me, it’s the exact opposite, though I don't think my body is a beast. I actually think it’s nice. Perhaps even better than my body on Earth. "Hmm... listen, I've been... I don't know how to say this. You remember the college incident yeah?" I know where this is going. But is he talking about the dream I had? It’s a long shot. But I'll ask. "Let me guess. You're having dreams about it, and you were basically a spectator watching everything go down." "YES! That’s it!" We paused in the middle of what seemed like a nice camping spot and sat down to talk and discuss. We both saw Ron and a few of his pals that took place in that incident. We shared the same dream. Now to figure out what this means. We both saw him disappear in the end, but it could have just been a dream. But why were we able to share it? Sean thinks that Ron could be planning a way to find us and pronounce guilty to what he did. We both knew we wouldn't sympathize for his actions. We didn't need to say it. We both looked like we wanted to give him hell. And there really was hell to pay, turns out, and we both wanted to be his deliverer. I however think that it’s just a dream, and we probably shared some kind of telepathic connection during this time when Sean just switched between worlds. That seemed possible, as magic does have some weird side effects too. Maybe we shouldn't even worry so much about this. The more and more I think about it, the more it seems like we should just let it go and forget about it. That it’s just a dream that'll never come true. A fantasy. Just a dream is all it would ever be. Then again, what are the chances that I end up in a world full of magic, and get turned into a pegasus? Not very likely yeah? So maybe we should worry about this. Sigh this is giving me a headache. My mind is fighting a battle that can't be won. But... could Ron... No. I can't fool myself now. I have to talk to Dashie, its getting dark and I don't want Sean to sleep in the forest. Not with all those creatures out. "Sean, let’s just drop this subject. This should probably be kept between us. Let’s grab my instruments I left outside and get back to Dashie’s. Hopefully she'll be nice enough to let you stay too." he just nodded and got ready to take flight. Heheh... I never noticed this, but he had a really big grin on his face when he took flight. Just like a dog in the car when the window is open. They could never be so happy. "Dashie, you here?" "Yea..." She came walking down the stairs with red eyes. Was she crying? Oh no... I didn't make a girl cry did I? I walked up to her and gave her a hug and a peck on her cheek. She began to lighten up a bit. Does that mean she feels the same way? I'm not even sure if I feel that way about her... but it made her feel better, so that makes me happy too. It makes me feel like a jerk to be a burden on them again. But I can't leave Sean alone either. Not after what just went down. "I know this is way too much for me to ask of you. But will you let Sean stay here? I just can't let him be outside letting him live in the wild. He did come a far way after all... Actually I don't even know how far he had to travel. From the looks of it, he's pretty beat up. So probably a long way. Sorry for everything that happened today. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone you cried." She gave me a long hug and I returned it. "Uh... I'm just going to... yeah." Sean said awkwardly and I could hear him walking away. Dashie broke the hug after realizing how long we were hugging. "I guess he can stay. But he eats what we eat right? Like... hay and stuff." She has lots to learn. "Well not exactly. Humans usually enjoy meat. DON'T FREAK OUT! We don't eat horses. Or at least we don't. I haven't met anyone who has. But we also eat fruits and veggies." "Oh... well I have a bunch of apples in the fridge, so he'll be fine I'm sure." She gave me one more hug and walked up to her bed. I walked toward Sean and told him that he could stay on the couch for now. He asked me if she was my pony girlfriend, and I told him the proper terms used here. Fillyfriend and coltfriend, everypony, anypony, somepony and stuff like that. The general stuff. It’s not like I could have done any better. I'm still a beginner myself. I've only been here a few days. He yawned and asked where the couch was, I pointed towards the left door and he started his way to the couch. I walked up to Dashie’s room and saw her sound asleep. I crawled in the bed and I accidentally woke her up. "Hey Storm... sorry about being a total jerk." "It’s fine Dashie, you don't need to apologize anymore. I've already 120% forgiven you already." I gave her a hug. This would be the right time to do it I guess... "And since you're up, you wanna go to the Grand Galloping Gala with me?" I flashed two tickets and she nodded yes giving me a big smile, I smiled back and we fell asleep staring into each other’s eyes. I wonder if she still thinks of me as a friend, or has feelings for... more than that. Doesn't matter, I'll like her whether she's just my friend or a fillyfriend. I have a practice session with Octavia at 2:30 tomorrow at her place. She already gave me her address, and I can't wait to play. I was sent a telegram by a mare named 'Derpy Hooves'. She seemed like a nice girl but... off, but despite that, she got her place in this world, and I'm very proud of her. Anyway... I'm supposed to be sleeping... Ron's POV The ground is so hard... I should've just gone home to pout to myself. I can't believe what I did anyway. For only a couple thousand bucks and a few credit cards that were probably cancelled. Fuck. I'm stupid. GOD DAMMIT! I woke up and examined my surroundings as my vision cleared into focus. Good to see you're awake. "Who the hell-WHERE ARE YOU SHOW YOURSELF!" I searched for my pistol that should have been in my pocket, but stumbled forward. I looked at my hands and saw... hooves? Like... from horses and stuff. "What the hell?" Heheh... you took it better than I thought. Anyway I'm your conscience in this world. Let me explain where you are, and what you need to do to fit in. "Uh ok..." I couldn't do much else. I looked behind me to see I had a tattoo on the side of my butt. "Why do I have a tattoo of a moon and two swords crossing in the middle of it?" Lets begin then. He told me everything. This land is Equestria, I'm an alicorn which is a rare species. In fact I'm one of the three. The other two are princesses of this land and he made one of them seem evil. I agreed, she imprisoned her own sister for a thousand years. That’s unforgivable. But regardless, the younger sister Luna forgave her. He told me how to fly, and use simple magic. It wore me out but he promised it'll get easier if I continue practice. I think I can trust this guy in my head. He seems to know a lot. I did everything he told me to do. I cut down a few trees using magic and split it up into logs... then planks... then boards. I was then able to make a house, a pretty nice one at that! I thanked him and mentioned everything I had done in the past. He told me he already knew since he was forced to watch. I felt bad about it, and he told me the direction to head in. There was going to be a big meet up called the Grand Galloping Gala that was going to be occurring in a few days. I needed to get a suit. He told me how to set a destination point so I can teleport back here whenever I want. I guess if I want to ask forgiveness for my doings at Earth, the only way to do so was to go to that meet up. But I can't exactly get a tailor to make me a suit. I don't have any bits. Bits are the name of the currency in this world. Like how we have dollars in America. The last thing my conscience showed... not really showed actually but guided me through, was how to make my own suit appear from nowhere. It worked, and looked nice and fit perfectly. Tomorrow... we fly. *Authors notes, I’M SORRY I MADE SUCH A CHEESY LINE IN THIS CHAPTER! THAT’S A TOTAL MY BAD! Heheh… Anyway surprisingly I got a chapter out today. Thank my editor/idea helper AppleMLP so in the comments I want to see this ‘APPLE MLP YOU’RE THE BESTEST EVER I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THE HOMO IN THE WORLD!’ that is all. Hopefully I can get an update tomorrow too! Wish you will until then!