//------------------------------// // 2.To many "now's" // Story: The chronicles of Gan: A story of un-told mystery // by GanAfterDark //------------------------------// Hello, Gan here again. Before I go into my first chapter now, I would like to explain why there are so many "now's". The reason for this is that I.F.A.N wants us to know that there is no real later, there is no past for us, but there is only now. Only the moment that you are doing what you do is later or the past, and the only time is really "now". What I mean to say is that now is forever, and hopefully you understand. But here I am now, following a shy little Pegasus into the animal shack. It's very strange, this pony seems to be afraid of everything, but she seems to be afraid of this forest the very most. She keeps looking around, as if there are evil ponies lurking behind every tree. So now I decide to take out my common place book to write this information down, and she flinches when I take it out. Is everything dangerous to her? "It's only a little journal." I tell her, trying to calm her down. So I write: Yellowish Pegasus, very shy, afraid of nearly everything, especially the forest I am in now. She seems to be the one who lives in the animal shack. Investigate further. Journal entry stop. -Gan "W-what are you?" she said shyly, not daring to look me in the eye. "A-are you an a-animal?" she finished, now stopping in front of me. "Well Fluttershy, the fact is, we are all animals. But my species happen to be one of the most intelligent species to exist. But I do not come from you're... Plasticy 4 year old world, I live in something called 'the solar system'. Do you know what that is?" I ask gently. "I'm not an idiot you know... N-not that I'm saying you are! Oh, I'm so sorry!" she said, cowering below me. "I apologize for making you seem less intelligent than you truly are, but I was only wondering. I live on a planet called Earth. What planet is this?" I asked, looking down at her again. "I-I don't know... I do know that we are in Equestria, but I don't know what a 'planet' is." she said gingerly, getting back up to continue to walk to her house. "wait, if you know what the solar system is then how do you not know what a planet is? You know what? Never mind. Let me introduce myself. My name is Gan." I said, keeping a steady pace behind her. By now I was able to see nearly everything inside her house, and the city beyond her house. "Umm... Gan what?" she said, opening her door and letting both of us in. "I only go by Gan. I cannot tell anybody what my real identity is, because I am in a sec- never mind. If I tell you this I will be giving everything away. But I am a secret agent, and I work for an organization called I.F.A.N. any other questions?" I finished, for by now I was sitting on her sofa making myself a cup of tea. "Y-yes I do! What's I.F.A.N, what race are you, where did you come from, You'll give away what, and what does 'anybody' mean?" she said, serving herself some tea as well. "I shall answer each of your questions one by one, then. I.F.A.N is a secret organization, the name is secret. I am called a human, we have these freaking awesome thing called fingers," I said, wiggling my fingers to show how cool they were. "I came from Austin, Texas, America, The U.S, the Earth, the solar system, and the universe. I didn't want to give away what my mission was, and the word 'anybody' means any human, or person in my case." I finished, making some salmon tortilla roll ups with what I had. "Everything's confusing and mysterious, and that's why I joined I.F.A.N. So I could find out the mysteries of the world." "I guess that makes sense..." she said thoughtfully, sipping her tea. Now I got my first look at this room. "Excuse me, I apologize, but I need to take notes of your... House. Will you allow me to do so?" I asked, but before awaiting an answer I was jotting down nearly everything I could see in her living room. "Hmmm, animals. A lot of them. Very nice rug, wooden floor. Everything seems very soft and peaceful. Two storied house, but I shall let the little Pegasus have her privacy..." I said, writing down the information. "Fluttershy dear, is someone there?" I heard from up the stairs, a very suspicious and sneaky sounding voice. "Yes, I found somepo-thing in the Everfree forest. Would you like to meet him?" she suggested, finishing off her tea. "He seems very curious about everything!" "Hmm... I guess I'll meet him." he said grumpily, walking down the rest of the stairs. "Why hello there! I've never seen something quite as magnificent as you! May I ask your name?" the creature said, awaiting an answer. "My name is Gan, and Gan only. That is all I like to go by. Maybe Fluttershy can explain the rest to you, but my my, I've never seen anything like you either! Actually, scratch that..." I said, pulling out my common place book, taking note of all this strange creatures features, excuse the rhyme. "Oh, I apologize. And you're name is?" I said, putting away my common place book. "Why, my name is Discord. It was a pain to leave my past, but the rest of Equestria depended on me being good. But you wouldn't care about my past, would you?" he finished, putting his hand behind his head and laying back. "I would be very interested in your past!" I said, pulling my common place book. "Oh! Well then, where do I start!" he said, grabbing a bucket of popcorn. "It is a VERY long story..."