New Life in Equestria

by jkreader

Chapter 6 - Party at the Library (Rewritten)

When Nyx and I got back to the library, the sun was almost all the way down behind the hills. I was pretty tired after today. Nyx stopped walking and lowered to the ground to let me climb off.

“Hey, Josh,” she said, “Why don’t you open the door?”

“Uh, why?” I asked.

“You’ll see,” she said.

“Okay,” I replied a little nervous. I climbed off her back and walked up to the door. I grabbed the door handle, and opened the door inside. It was black dark in there. “What’s going on? Twilight? Spike? Are you there?”

click

“SURPRISE!!!”

I jumped. Inside the library, there were decorations hung from the walls, balloons blown up, and a few tables that had plates of food on it. There were also a lot of ponies inside too, and they were all smiling at me.

“Wh-What is this?” I asked.

“It’s your ‘Welcome to Ponyville!’ party!” said a new voice. I looked around the library to find the pony who the voice belonged to and I saw a pink pony bouncing up to me. I saw that it was Pinkie Pie.

“Hi there!” she said, “I’m Pinkie Pie! I put this party together for you! Were you surprised?! Huh huh huh huh?!”

“Y-Yes, I was,” I said, “But, why did you run away when I said hello to you?”

“Well,” Pinkie said, “I know everyone here in Ponyville, and I know I’ve never seen you before, and if I’ve never seen you before, then that means you’re new here. You were all ‘Hello,’ and I was like, ‘*gasp*’, so I rushed over to the library and told Spike we needed to put together a party for you! Do you like it?!”

“I do,” I said as my eyes started filling up, “Thank you Pinkie.” I walked up to her and hugged her.

“Aw,” she said smiling and returning the hug, “You’re welcome, Joshie.”

“Joshie?” I asked looking at her.

“That’s my nickname for you,” Pinkie replied, “You like it?”

“I do like it, Pinkie,” I said, “Thank you again.”

Pinkie hugged me again and brought me over to the floor. I saw Twilight and Spike again, and they walked up to me.

“So, did you have fun with Nyx and her friends?” Twilight asked.

“I did,” I replied, “They showed me other places around Ponyville and I even met Apple Bloom’s cousin.”

“Sounds like you kids had a lot of fun,” Twilight said. Just then, I heard my stomach growl. Twilight giggled. “You’d better get something to eat, Josh.”

I nodded my head and went over to the snack table. While I was getting a few cookies, someone started talking to me.

“Hey there!” said a voice, “You’re Joshua, right?”

I looked next to me and saw a grey pegasus with a yellow mane and tail, bubbles for a cutie mark, and yellow eyes, but her eyes were looking in different directions.

“Uh, yes,” I said to her question, “I am. Who are you?”

“I’m Derpy Hooves, the mailmare,” she replied, “It’s nice to meet you.”

“It’s nice to meet you too,” I said. I kept looking at her eyes for a little bit. Could she see okay with them?

“If you’re wondering about my eyes, I was born with them,” she said, “I do have accidents with them sometimes, but I can still see okay.”

“Oh, okay,” I said. Just then, I saw someone from behind her looking at me. When I looked, they disappeared. I looked back up at Derpy and pointed behind her. “Who’s that?” I asked.

Derpy looked behind her and smiled. “That’s my little muffin, Dinky,” she said, “Come on out and say ‘Hi’ muffin.”

A unicorn filly walked out from behind Derpy, stopped next to her and looked at me nervously. She had a very light purple coat, a yellow mane and tail like Derpy, and yellow eyes like Derpy too, but no cutie mark. She looked... cute.

“H-Hello,” Dinky said holding out a hoof to me, “It’s nice to meet you.”

I wrapped my hand around her hoof and we shook. “It’s nice to meet you too, Dinky,” I said, “Are you friends with Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo?”

“Yes, I am,” she replied, “They’re my classmates too.”

While I was talking with Dinky and Derpy, I met Dinky’s older sister, Sparkler. She was a unicorn like Dinky with a pink coat, a purple mane and tail, purple eyes, and three diamonds for a cutie mark. After I left them, I met a white unicorn mare, with a bright blue mane and tail, big purple sunglasses, and a music note cutie mark. I couldn’t see her eye color because her sunglasses were blocking them. Her name was Vinyl Scratch and she was playing some music for this party. It was fun to dance to.

Later, I was drinking some lemonade when I felt somepony’s hoof tap my shoulder. I turned around and saw two ponies: a unicorn and an earth pony. The unicorn had a bright green coat, a light blue and white mane and tail, orange eyes, and an instrument cutie mark. The earth pony had a tan coat, a blue and pink mane and tail, blue eyes, and three candy wrappers for a cutie mark. The green one looked very excited while she was looking at me.

“Uh, hello,” I said.

“Hello,” the earth pony said, “It’s nice to meet you, Joshua. My name is Bon Bon, and you’ll have to excuse my friend Lyra here. She saw you with Twilight and Nyx earlier today and got excited.”

“Why?” I asked.

“A human...” Lyra whispered.

I looked at Lyra confused.

“Is there something wrong?” I asked her.

Just then, she picked me up in her forelegs really quickly. I was startled.

“Oh no, nothing’s wrong!” Lyra said, “It’s just that your arrival just won me a lot of bets!”

“Huh?” I asked.

“Lyra! Put him down!” Bon Bon said. Lyra did, but kept on looking at me.

“Sorry about that,” she said, “Anyway, my full name is Lyra Heartstrings, and I’ve believed in humans ever since I was little filly, but other ponies thought I was delusional. But now that you’re here, everypony now sees that I was right!”

“Settle down, Lyra,” Bon Bon said, “Don’t scare him. He’s still a child.”

“Right, sorry,” Lyra replied, “Anyway, do you think you could answer some questions I have about humans for me sometime?”

“I’d like to help you,” I said, “But I don’t think I’ll have every answer for you.”

“I know,” Lyra replied, “All I ask is that you try your best, okay?”

“Okay,” I said.

“Thanks a lot!” Lyra said happily. She then leaned her head down and hugged me, and I hugged her back. After we finished, I heard a clock ring. Everyone in the room looked at a clock and saw it was 10 o’clock.

“We’d better head home now, Lyra,” Bon Bon said, “It was nice meeting you, Joshua.”

“It was nice meeting you too, Bon Bon and Lyra,” I replied.

“See you later, Josh!” Lyra said as she and Bon Bon walked away, “And thanks again!”

“You’re welcome, Lyra,” I said waving to her. I looked around the room and saw that ponies were leaving the library or helping clean up.

“Hello again, Joshua darling.”

I looked behind me and saw Rarity standing there with something red in her magic.

“Hi Rarity,” I said, “What’s that?”

“It’s your first new set of clothing,” she said, “It’s a good thing I finished it in time tonight. I imagine sleeping in daytime clothes must be very uncomfortable.” She moved the red thing in her magic to me. I took it and unfolded it. It was pajamas.

“Thank you Rarity,” I said smiling and giving her a hug.

“You’re very welcome,” Rarity said hugging me back, “Sweet dreams.” After she finished hugging me, she left the library next. After a few minutes, most of the ponies said goodbye and welcome to Equestria to me as they left. Pinkie Pie was the last one.

“So Joshie,” she said, “Did you enjoy the party?”

“I did, Pinkie,” I said, “Thank you.”

Pinkie picked me up and hugged me again. After she put me down, she bounced out of the library.

“Goodnight, Joshie!” she said.

“Goodnight, Pinkie Pie,” I replied. I yawned after Pinkie left. I was really tired.

“Tired, Josh?”

I looked behind me again and saw Twilight standing there.

“Yeah, I am,” I answered nodding.

“Let’s get you to bed,” she said, “You’ve had a long day.”

She picked me up with her magic, put me on her back, and began walking up the stairs. We got up to a room that had two beds and a basket in it. Spike was asleep in the basket and Nyx was asleep in the smaller bed.

"Nyx offered to share her bed with you," Twilight said.

"Okay," I said, "I'm going to go put these pajamas that Rarity gave me before I get in."

"Alright," Twilight replied, "Goodnight, Joshua."

"Goodnight, Twilight," I said, "And thank you again for letting me stay with you."

"You're very welcome," Twilight said with a smile. She leaned her head back and rubbed her nose on my cheek. I climbed off her back and went into the bathroom to change into the red pajamas. After I finished, I walked out and into the bedroom again. Twilight was fast asleep in her bed. I climbed into Nyx's bed and laid down next to her. I almost fell asleep when I felt something being placed over me. I looked down and saw that it was Nyx's hoof. She then pulled me closer to her.

"Nyx, what are you doing?" I asked.

"Just making sure you stay warm tonight," she replied as she rubbed her cheek on mine, "Goodnight, little brother."

"Goodnight, big sister," I replied. A little bit later, I fell asleep.