The door opened and a smaller pony compared to the guards stood in the doorway. She was purple with a matching mane and tail. She had a horn on her head and for a few minuets just stood there and looked up at me like I was an amazing thing to behold.
"Uh, hi. My name is Alex, Princess Celestia sent me here to stay with you." I said to break the ice.
"Oh, uh yea. The princess told me you would be arriving." she said as she snapped out of her trance.
She told me to come in and I entered what I though to be a strange looking house but it was actually a library. There were books everywhere all with strange names. The pony told me her name was Twilight Sparkle and that she lived here in Ponyville with her friends. I told her that the princess had given me a list of things I was supposed to help with while I was here.
"Okay, the first thing on the list is to help with the harvest at Sweet Apple Acres." I told her.
"Oh yea, I know where that is. My friend Applejack lives their and I'm sure she would love the help." she replied. Hopefully this wasn't going to be a physically demanding job, there was a lot more to do on the list.
So we left the house to Sweet Apple Acres. As I walked down the streets I found that I was getting some funny looks from people. Some of the pony's were whispering things behind me. Things like "that's him" and such. I didn't blame them or get mad. Who could blame them? If the people of where I came from saw one of them walking down the streets they would probably get the same response.
We soon came up on a big field of trees that I assumed were apple trees. There were pony's in the valley running around kicking trees with their hind legs. The apples were falling from the trees like rain into buckets that were beneath them. Soon one of the pony's saw us and ran over towards us. She was orange with a long blondish mane and tail. She wore a cowboy hat on top of her head.
"Hey, Twilight! Its nice to see ya!" the pony said as she came up to us with a prominent southern accent.
"Its good to see you too Applejack, I have a worker for you to help out with the harvest." Twilight said.
The pony named Applejack looked over at me and looked me over from head to toe. With no shoes on and a simple black t-shirt and pants on I guess I didn't look like much. I think the thing that stood out to her was that I was a human. I put my hands in my pockets to make myself look a little smaller and try to pull some of the attention away from me. Applejack looked over to Twilight and said:
"Yep, he will do!" she said in an happy tone.
"Okay, Applejack, he is all yours. Send him back when your done okay? Twilight replied.
As Twilight left I felt as if that I was going to be drop dead exhausted at the end of today. I turned to Applejack and asked her what she would have me do. She told me to go around and pick up the barrels of apples and move them to the barn. That seemed easy enough, at least that is what I thought. Finding the barrels was easy, I just had to look around. Moving them was the hard part. They seemed to way at least 100 pounds of apples in each barrel, and the sun wasn't helping either. Guess it was a bad day to where black I guess. I didn't complain though. These pony's seemed tough and used to this and I didn't want to seem weak to them. A few times Applejack asked if I needed some help. I told her that I was okay and that I did this stuff all the time. She told me I was doing great and to keep up the good work. As the sun began to set Applejack told me that I had worked enough today and that she appreciated the help. I told her it was no problem. I pulled out the list and a check was already there. Strange, maybe the paper was magic and could tell when I has done with the job. Well, from where I got it from and where I was I guess it isn't strange.
I left Sweet Apple Acres just as the sun dropped from the sky. I followed the path I had taken to get there and found my way back to the library where I hoped Twilight was there. I knocked on the door and I didn't see Twilight. Instead I saw a small lizard looking thing that looked up at me with the same look Twilight did the first time I met her.
"Spike, who is it?" I herd a voice call from somewhere in the building, tree, thing.
Twilight came up behind the lizard and saw it was me and told me to come inside. She introduced me to Spike. He was a baby dragon that lived with her. Twilight had prepared dinner for all of us. I had no idea what it was but I was to hungry to even think about it. I ate it and it tasted like chicken. When my plate was cleaned Spike told me that there was a bathroom upstairs and there was a bathtub there where I could take a bath. I told him thanks and went upstairs. I found the bathroom and quickly took off my clothes and hopped in. the bath felt amazing after moving all of those barrels all day. I out and put my only pair of clothes back on. They reeked of sweat and I thought I was going to not be able to sleep cause of the stench. I opened the door to find another pair of clothes laying on the floor next to the bathroom door. I picked them up and walked back into the bathroom and closed the door. The new outfit was a white shirt with long black pants with flames colored on them. I put them on and walked out. I went downstairs to find Twilight and spike waiting for me.
"Looks like you found the new pair of clothes I laid out for you." Twilight told me.
"Yea, thanks Twilight. Where are the clothes coming from?" I asked.
"Rarity made them, she took measurements of you while you were passed out and was told by the princess to make clothes for you." she replied.
"Tell her thanks, the clothes fit perfectly and I like them." I told Twilight.
"Okay, I will. I'm sure that you are tired and that you would like to get some sleep, I laid out a sleeping bag for you next to my bed. Its upstairs down the hall from the bathroom."
"Alright, thanks Twilight, for everything."
I went upstairs to find a bed roll waiting for me. I laid down on it and pulled the blanket over me. I closed my eyes and automatically went to sleep. Tomorrow I would be back on the job for the next pony.