//------------------------------// // A Helping Hoof // Story: One Soul, Two Worlds // by Sparkleman //------------------------------// "Ah, what a day," I said while I woke up back in the human world. I took a quick look at my clock and saw it was about 10:00. I remembered that it was Sunday and took a look over at Will's bed. It was empty, but I expected that. Will worked on Sundays at the local frozen yogurt shop. I thought about visiting him but shook it off. "Yo, Dylan, you up man?" Came a voice from outside of my door. "Yea, give me sec so I can get dressed," I replied. I could tell it was my friend Trevor by the voice. He is also the only other brony on our floor. A few moments later I was out the door and sat down in the chair next to Trevor who was gaming away on Battlefield 3. As I watched he flew a jet strait into a building. "Well, fuck." He said. "Man, for a person who is major to be a pilot, you suck." "Ha, ha very funny. You know I'm getting my training for helicopters, not jets." "Yea, I know." "So, what's this whole thing going on with the world jumping?" Trevor asked without even turning his head from the screen. "Will told you about it." "Yea, so spill the beans. Is Equestria is cool as what we see on tv?" "No." That made him turn his head in shock. "It's twenty percent cooler and more awesome." "Sweet, also nice use of Dash." "Thanks, and she really says it too." "That's cool." Trevor had gone back to gaming mode letting his mind answer in auto pilot. I watched him play for a little bit until the game ended. He turned off the Xbox, which are twenty percent cooler than playstations, and turned face me. "Ok, now tell me everything." Trevor demanded. The process I did with Will happened all over again, except I added what had happened last night when I went to sleep. Trevor seemed to absorb everything I said, and almost cried when I told him about Scootaloo. Trevor's favorite pony was Scootaloo, even more than the mane six. "She really doesn't have a home?" He asked. "Yea, but that's going to change come tonight, or tomorrow for Equestria." "It better," he sounded almost threatening, "because by god if you fail this, I will hurt you." "Dude, chill out, I got this. Scoots gonna have a home by the time I'm done." "Good. Now, I'm starved, you wanna get lunch?" I looked at the time and facepalmed. Five hours had passed. Why in Zeus's name do I take so long to explain my visits. At least I knew I wouldn't have to do it again for a while, if at all. "Sure, you what do you want?" "Lets get some burgers, then go harass Will for the remainder of his shift." "Oh yea," I said smirking. Not only do I get more burgers, Will's going to have to obey my outrageous order. Trevor and I left the dorm and went strait for In-and-Out. After we finished we headed over to the yogurt place and harassed Will for a while. Once Will got off work we headed to the movies. On the way I briefed Will on what happened after we went to bed, also bringing him near tears. After the movies it was about seven so we hit downtown for a bit. After about an hour we got bored and headed back to the dorm. We jumped on the Xbox till about ten when I decided to head to bed. "Remember, get Scootaloo a home or there will be pain," Trevor reminded me. "I know, I know. Night guys." "Night," they said in unison, eyes still stuck on the screen. I threw off my shit, too lazy to change into my pajamas, and fell on my bed. Sleep almost instantly took me over, letting my transportation to Equestria begin. ------------------------------------------------------- I awoke with a slight light coming threw the curtains. It took me a second to get my mind strait and remember where I had spent the night. I heard some snoring and looked over to find Scootaloo fast asleep. Daaawww. She looked so cute. I slowly got out of the makeshift bed as to not wake her up. I failed horribly. "Uh," said a just woken up Scootaloo,"what time is it." "I don't know." I looked over at the clock. It ready 8:30. "It's about 8:30 Scootaloo." "Oh, ok..." Scootaloo proceeded to jump right out of bed in a panic and started to clean up the clubhouse. "Hey, hey, what's the rush?" "I have school today and it starts in thirty minutes!" Said a panicking Scootaloo, "It's a twenty minute walk from here!" "Uh, you know I can just teleport you there if you want." Scootaloo stopped in her tracks and looked right at me. "Really?" she asked with the cutest face I have ever seen. "Yea, I'll also be closer to Rainbow Dash's home too." "You're really going to ask her for me?" Scootaloo seemed a little surprised that I was following through on my promise. "Of course I am," I replied, "I wouldn't leave a friend in need now." Scootaloo proceeded to tackle me with a hug saying a million thank you a minute. After about two minutes of tis she got off me and we finished cleaning the clubhouse. Afterwards we walked outside and I started the teleportation spell. "You do know where we have to go right?" "Yea, Twilight showed me on the tour." "Ok," Scootaloo replied happily. Just then I completed the spell. Next thing I knew we where outside of an schoolhouse. I could see several different colored fillies and colts walking up. I could pick out Applebloom and Sweetie Bell almost instantly. I also could pick out Snip, Snails, Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara, along with Cherilee leading the group. When the group saw me everypony gasped except Applebloom, Sweetie Bell, and Cherilee. Thank the gods that I met Cherilee at my welcome party. "Well howdy there Dylan, and Scootaloo," greeted Applebloom. "Hey Applebloom, Sweetie Bell," I replied, "and hello again Miss Cherilee." "Well hello Dylan," Cherilee replied, "but you don't have to call me miss, Cherilee is fine." "Ok then Cherilee," I said. She grinned at my drop of formal tone. I took a look at the fellow young ponies. A lot of them were cowering in fear, except for Snips and Snails who looked at me with wonder. It understood why they were afraid, I mean I was a new, very big creature that just appeared out of nowhere. "Oh, my little ponies," started Cherilee when she noticed the ponies fears, "no need to be afraid, Dylan here is perfectly safe. Ah, Dylan, I just thought, why don't you stay for a while as a special guest and introduce yourself to everypony." I was delighted with the offer. "Sure," I replied, "I have some free time. I would love too." "That's so good to here. Ok my little ponies, everyone inside for a special presentation!" The ponies, now overcoming their fear, walked into the schoolhouse. I followed after everypony and waited till the room became quiet. Then I began to talk about myself, where I came from, How I arrived in Equestria so on and so on. I summarized a lot of it to keep it short, but then the questions happened. Most where just personal questions like do you like anypony, where do you live, yada yada. There was one that piked my interest. "If you're so powerful as you say," the bratty little Diamond Tiara said, "then how about you show us." "If that's what you want," I said. I turned to Cherilee, "is that ok with you?" "Oh yes!" She replied, "alright everypony, outside for a demonstration." The ponies marched outside. As I was leaving the room I looked at the clock and saw that an hour had passed. "Really," I thought, "it seems to have been a much longer time than that. Whatever." We went to a little clearing near the school where the ponies gathered around me in a half circle with eyes of wonder staring at me. That creeped me out just a little bit, but I regained my composure quickly. I decided that I was going to do some fancy ice magic along with my iron punch. "Ok, who here has seen ice magic before?" All I got back was blank stares. "I'm guessing that's a no, well then, you're all in for a special treat." I focused my mind and the air began to chill. I stuck my arms out and a wave of ice shot forward. I slowly made a pillar of ice about three feet thick and eight feet tall. I heard oh's and aw's behind. "That doesn't look so special," I heard Tiara whisper behind me. "Not so special huh?" I asked looking over my shoulder. That made Tiara jump back. Ah, sweet revenge for the Crusaders, they couldn't stop laughing. I finished the ice pillar. I walked up and kicked the thing with all my strength just to test how strong it was. Judging on how my knee hurt after the kick, and there where no cracks, gave the ponies and me a good idea on it's toughness. I recreated the iron reinforcement spell on my arm an punched the pillar. It instantly shattered into pieces, sprinkling the school ponies with little ice-flakes. "So, Tiara," I said, "that enough proof?" All she did was nod with an open jaw from my pure awesomeness. Once more the Crusaders busted out laughing at her expression. Score, two Dylan, zero the annoying brat. "Now, if you excuse me, I have some prior plans that I must attend to." I gave a wink to Scootaloo and she winked back. "Thank you for stopping by Dylan," Cherilee said, "now my little ponies, say goodbye to Dylan." The group said goodbye as I walked away. I turned an waved goodbye then refocused on my mission. I had to find Rainbow Dash pronto. I decided to talk to Pinkie because I had a feeling that she knew where Dash might be. It took me a few minutes to get to Sugarcube Corner. Luckily Pinkie was outside at the moment. "Hey Pinkie, do you have a moment?" "Well sure Dylan. What can Autie Pinkie Pie help you with?" "I'm looking for Rainbow Dash, seen her?" "Oh, Dashie went of in that direction." Pinkie pointed her hoof toward Twilight's library. "Thanks Pinkie." "No problem, come back when your done and order a tasty-wasty treat ok!" "Ok, I will." I set off to the library. It then hit me that I could teleport. I teleported to the library and knocked on the door. "One moment," I heard Spike say through the door. "Spike, it's Dylan." The door suddenly swung open at in ingodly speed. "Hey Dylan," Spike said, "what'ca doing back here." "Looking for Rainbow Dash. Is she here?" "Yea, I'm here," Rainbow Dash yelled from the stairs. This was quickly followed by Twilight sushing her. "Dash, you're in a library remember." "Oh, yea. Sorry Twi." I walked through the door and saw that Dash was reading a Daring-Do Novel. Why am I not surprised. I took a seat next to Dash and started my question. "So, what'ca reading?" "Just the most awesome novel series ever." "Which is?" "The Adventures of Daring-Do." "Cool, cool. Do you have a minute?" "Yea, what do ya need?" "Well, I have a proposal." That got her wide eyed, along with Twilight. "Wait, wait, wait. We just met and I'm a pony and your a human. I just don't think this is going to work out." I facepalmed. "Not that kind of proposal Dash. I mean an offer." "OOOHH. What kind?" I took a deep breath. "Do you know a filly named Scootaloo?" As soon as I said the name Twilight, Spike, and Rainbow Dash all put down what they were doing and looked at me. "Yea, she's like my biggest fan. Why do you ask?" "Did you three know she's an orphanage?" A gasp escaped the three. Ok, I thought that at least Spike knew. "No, I didn't. Did you Twi?" "No, not at all." "I didn't know anything about it," added in Spike. "Well, Dash, the reason I come to you today is because of that. Scootaloo has been trying to get your attention because she wants you to adopt her." Yet another gasp was let out, but this time just by Rainbow Dash. "That's not all," I turned to Twilight, "I found out last night that she has been sleeping in the Crusader's Clubhouse for the past three years." That brought tears to Twilight's and Dash's eyes. I continued on returning my focus to Dash. "Dash, I know you haven't know me very long, but can you please do this for me. I promised her that I would see to it that you would somehow adopt her. Just by looking at you're faces I can tell you weep for her, so how about Dash, will you adopt her?" There was a brief pause of crying from Dash and Twilight. Even Spike started to tear up a little. Hell, even I teared up while I was talking. Finally Dash spoke. "Yea, yea I'll adopt her," she said threw tears, "and maybe I can teach her a thing or two about flying. Finally earn here that cutie mark she's been hunting." I proceeded to hug Rainbow Dash. "Thank you Dash, thank you," I said wiping the tears away. After a few moments like this we broke apart, tears fully dry. "I should go tell her right now." "Dash, she's at school right now. I dropped her off, how about we wait a little bit." "Ok, sure." As soon as she finished speaking we heard a knock on the door. "Who is it?" asked Twilight. "Twilight," came the most regal voice I had ever hear, "my prized pupil, will you be a dear and open the door." Twilight was at the door in a heartbeat. As the door opened I saw a white alicorn with a mutli-colored pastel mane and tail standing outside. Just behind her I saw a smaller black alicorn with a mane that seemed to carry the stars. I realized that the Princesses of Equestria were just outside. "Come in Princess Celestia, Princess Luna," said Twilight as Rainbow and I just let our jaws hang loose. "Thank you Twilight Sparkle," said Luna. "Now," Celestia said gentle as she faced me, "I am Princes Celestia, and this is my little sister Princess Luna. You must be Dylan Sparks, the human. We have a lot to talk about." ------------------------- Oh yea, the Princess. I guess Twilight sent a letter while I was sleeping, or maybe when I was with Scootaloo. Tune in for the next Chapter for epic shenanigans with the Princesses. P.S. This was written as I wrote the last chapter, and was edited the same time. That's why it came out so fast. Hope you all enjoy and don't forget to comment.