Fluttershy walked through Ponyville, with Black Mage and Fighter following close behind her. Some of the local ponies gave them strange looks at first, but they didn’t focus on them for long, just assuming that they were some strange new creatures that the yellow pegasus was caring for.
While they were walking along, Black Mage looked around at the town; at the colourful ponies, buildings, and the little fillies and colts, running around, playing with each other.
“Man, this place is so girly and froufou-y. I am going to have to kill a lot of orphans to get my mojo back once this is all over.” BM muttered. Fortunately, Fluttershy wasn’t able to hear that comment.
As they continued walking through the town, Fluttershy saw a purple alicorn speaking with a cyan pegasus, a white unicorn, and a pink earth pony, just up ahead. She then smiled widely and called out to them, while waving in their direction. “Hey!” She then started galloping towards them.
The four ponies all turned towards her and smiled. “Hey there, Fluttershy.” The purple alicorn said, with a smile on her face. She then saw two strange creatures walk up behind her pegasus friend, and she shifted her attitude to a more curious one. “Who are these two, Fluttershy?” She asked inquisitively.
Fluttershy stopped inches away from her friends, with Fighter and Black Mage just behind her. All four of her friends were now focused on her and the two behind her. With a smile on her face, she started explaining herself. “I met these two over at my cottage.” She then stepped to the side to point at them. “They said that they’re from another world, and they need help getting back there.”
“Uh huh,” Twilight said, nodding her head towards the two of them. “And what are their names?” She asked, turning towards Fluttershy again.
Fluttershy suddenly dropped her smile. “Oh, I’m not sure.” She then turned towards the two of them again, but before she could say anything, Fighter then stepped forward.
“For-sooth, yon ponies of the colourful variety. Prithee are names be Fighter and Black Mage.”
“Fighter, you know I’m always creeped out when you start talking like that.” Black Mage said, turning to face him. When he was finished, he then turned back towards the ponies. “So, yeah, we’re Fighter and Black Mage. I trust it doesn’t take a genius to figure out who’s who?” He said, sarcastically.
Upon hearing this, Pinkie placed her hoof to her mouth and pursed her lips. “So are you Fighter?” She asked, pointing to Black Mage, with an innocent smile on her face.
Black Mage simply stared back at her for a moment. “Okay, maybe it does.”
While Rarity and Rainbow Dash were still confused about what was going on, Twilight stepped forward to talk to them directly. “So… Fighter and Black Mage? Those are some pretty strange names.” She said with a weak smile on her face.
“Oh, you ponies are one to talk,” Black Mage retorted. “What with this shy pony here with the butterfly tattoo, named ‘Fluffershy’.” Gesturing to Fluttershy with his hand, but not facing her.
“Uhhmm, it’s Fluttershy,” Fluttershy whispered back to him.
“I know what your name is!” Black Mage responded, still not facing her, lowering his arm again. Still facing Twilight, he then continued with what he was saying. “In fact, I bet I can take one look at you guys and correctly guess what your names are.”
“All right then. Go ahead.” Twilight challenged him.
“All right, I will.” BM accepted. He then turned to the side to face the pink earth pony with the poofy, pink mane, and stared at her intently. “Hmmm.” He said, with his finger to his lips. “Poofy Pink?” He guessed.
“Nope, it’s Pinkie Pie,” she responded in a cheerful tone, nodding her head gently, with a big smile on her face. She then started hopping up and down, on the spot.
Black Mage was already beginning to dislike this pony, (at least more so than the others) but he just couldn’t put his finger on the reason why, right now.
“Alright then, now that that’s over, can we move on now?” Twilight spoke up.
“No, wait, hold on. Give me another chance.” Black Mage asked of her.
Twilight let out a sort sigh. “Alright.”
Black Mage then focused on Twilight next, trying to figure out what her name might be. “Star Butt?”
“Okay, I’m not even going to say how insulting I find that, but can we please move on now. I wanna hear more about what exactly it is you want from us.”
“No, no, no. Look, just give me one more chance. I’m sure I can get it this time.” Black Mage begged.
Twilight rolled her eyes in frustration. It was amazing how quickly he was getting on her nerves. “Alright, one more chance.” She said sourly.
Black Mage then turned to face the cyan pegasus, with the rainbow coloured mane, and focused on her intently. After about two panels five seconds, he finally spoke up and made a guess. “Rainbow Dash?”