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Sorry about that rushed chapter before, but I promise that I will try to do better, and from all the messages I got about Steel's name I decided to change it Aceiro it is Galician for steel and as for why I did that, because I can, I also went back to the chapter before and changed it. Now you all know the deal Read and then Review what you think, oh and before I forget happy birthday Thunder Cloud.
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Star's POV
Aceiro got acquainted with his new body, namely him falling on his face from trying to walk and my laughing my flank off, we all were about to partake of the picnic, but it looked like somepony or something raided it. Right before I was about to take Aceiro into Ponyville, Arcana rushed off to somewhere without telling us anything. When we reached Ponyville I gave Aceiro a tour of town, though he knows quite about it already from being a brony and all.
"There's one more thing, in this reality, if you give it an opening, it will take it and bite you in the butt later on," I warned him.
"What like, what could possible go wrong, what could happened, oh or nothing is going to happen?" I winced when he said those lines and he just started laughing, "oh come, those are just surely they are all coincidental, now come on I want to go to Sugarcube Corner."
That is what I thought I first, I thought I as we made our way to the sweet shop, "beware Aceiro you are going to get visited by three trolls of Equestria," I said in a mocking spooky voice, Aceiro rolled his eyes and continues on his way.
As Aceiro and I were walking down the street towards Sugarcube Corner, I felt a chill as if I was being watched, I looked behind me and saw a glimpse of something pink, but it quickly disappeared around a corner, was that Pinkie Pie?
I turned my head and five seconds later a weird wagon rolled out of an alleyway and came to a rest in front of us, I heard a ticking sound coming from it, and then it dinged and all of a sudden the weird wagon opened up and loud music started playing, that seems really familiar to me. When it sound like the song was about to end, I remembered where I have heard this song, I watched the episode back on Earth; A Friend in Deed.
"Take cover!" I said as I dived to my left to avoid what was about to happened.
"Huh?" Aceiro looked at me confused and then there was a boom as the oven portion of the crazy contraption opened at blasted Aceiro with confetti, knocking him to the ground, due to still unsure of balance, and then the cannons on top of it exploded like a volcano, sending cake batter right on top of him.
I stood up and made my way to him, stopping short of the cake batter mess. Aceiro got up, still covered in cake batter, looked at me and said, "I can't believe that I forgotten all about Pinkie's welcoming wagon."
"I can't believe that Pinkie but the confetti in the oven and the cake batter in the confetti cannons again," I said teasing, "oh and that was the first strike, you have two more to go," I added.
"Just get me something to wash off this stuff," Aceiro said annoyed.
"Ok, just wait here and I will get a raincloud," I said as I flew into the air, searching for a raincloud. A minute later I returned to Aceiro with a raincloud in hoof. I positioned the cloud above Aceiro and flew a few feet away examining it, making sure that will wash Aceiro. Satisfied that everything is ok, I flew up to the cloud and gave it a mighty kick, and the results were immediately, for the cloud released its' contents and onto Aceiro, successfully washing away the cake batter.
After Aceiro dried off we continued our way to the Sugarcube Corner, along the way I saw a teal colored earth pony with his mane and tail colored grayish white, with his cutie mark… actually I don't have a clue what it is, huh I guess more ponies are moving to Ponyville.
As Aceiro and I passed a shop, the Doctor stepped out, but he was wearing a neck collar with a neck tie on also, this gain Aceiro's attention and said like a fan, "Oh man, I always wanted to meet the Doctor."
"Go ahead," I said mentioning for him to go for it.
Aceiro nodded and stepped up to the Doctor and asked, "Excuse me are you the Doctor?"
As soon as Aceiro said the pony's eye narrowed and he quickly stepped up to Aceiro and said in a controlled anger that was not in a British accent, "I don't know why everypony keeps asking me that I am the Doctor, but let get this straight into that skull of yours, I am NOT the doctor, I am Sepia Tock, the clock maker here in Ponyville, are we clear?"
Aceiro nervously nodded and said, "Clear as water sir."
And then the Doctor Look-alike attitude changed and said, "Good, see around town then," and with that he went the way we came from.
Aceiro walked back to me and said, "Ok that was not the Doctor."
"Huh, I meet him on the first day I was here; maybe he is out in the universe somewhere."
"Ya, maybe he is."
"Oh and Aceiro, don't you know."
"Know what?"
"That was strike two," I smiled, "you have one more left and I think it will be a big one."
"Oh just shut up," he said getting annoyed and he started his way towards the Sugarcube Corner that was down the street.
When we made it, we saw that there were only a few ponies here and there, eating and chatting, "You go and find us a table," I instructed, "While I get something for us to eat, my treat."
He nodded and went to a table that was in a corner. I walked up to the counter and dinged the little bell and Mrs. Cake walked out carrying the sleeping Cake twins in, foal holders? I don't know what they call those here.
"Hello Star how was your solar eclipse?" she asked.
"It was fine, Arcana and I went to have a picnic, but we had to take an unexpected trip, and when we got back we found that something raided our picnic," I explained.
"Oh dear, I am terrible sorry," Mrs. Cake said concerned.
"It wasn't all that bad, we made a new friend, and I think he is staying here in Ponyville and also can I have a cinnamon roll please."
"Oh a new pony in Ponyville, wait here let me get something," she went into the kitchen and later came back out with a cake balanced on her head, she placed it on the counter and said while she went under the counter to take out a cinnamon roll from the displace case, "Pinkie said to give this cake to new ponies in town," I looked at it and saw that it has 'Welcome to Ponyville' written in icing on top.
"Where is the party pony anyway?" I said taking out bits for the purchase.
When Mrs. Cake saw the bits I was taking out she argued, "No need Star, the cake is free and since your picnic was eaten this cinnamon roll is free as well," she said putting the cinnamon roll on a plate, "and as for Pinkie, she ran off somewhere saying something about fixing a… wall?"
"Ya that sounds like Pinkie, and thanks for the food Mrs. Cake," I thanked her as I placed the cake on my back and picking up the plate containing the sweet roll in my mouth, I made my way to the table Aceiro had picked.
When I got there and placed both the roll and the cake on the table, Aceiro asked as he saw the cake, "What is up with the cake, and one more question, where do you keep your bits?"
"Well this cake is for you and as for where I get my bits more, I get them…" as I was about to explain where I get my bits from I felt a great pressure coming from in front of me; it was coming from the cake, oh boy here comes the final strike.
"Well as for where I get my bits from is totally irrelevant," I said as I sat down. I pushed the cake in front of Aceiro and added, "Oh and also Aceiro."
"Ya," he said as he was about to take a bite of the cake.
"You are about to be Pinkie attacked in five seconds," I said calmly as I took a bite out of my cinnamon roll.
"Wait, what's a pinkie attack?" he asked concerned.
…1
"Will you tell me what a pinkie attack is?" he asked getting nervous.
…2
I shook my head and pointed to my mouth, indicating that it is currently full at the moment.
…3
I swallowed the cinnamon roll, and took a deep breath, "Well you see Aceiro…"
…4
"… a pinkie attack is when Pinkie makes a suddenly appearance."
…5
And then the cake in front of Aceiro exploded and out pops Pinkie saying, "Hi my name is Pinkie Pie…" but after she speaking at hi speeds that it became a jumbled mess of sound, but I think I heard cake, Pinkie sense, and what's your name it there.
Although for Aceiro he cried out, Oh, Dios mío, hay un demonio de color rosa en la torta," he fell over from the chair in a panic gripping his chest.
I looked at him surprised, for he didn't show any signs that he could speak a different language, even though my Spanish is really rusty, I think he said something about a pink devil.
Pinkie, who was now out of the cake and was standing on the table, looked down at him and said, "Why did you call me a pink devil?"
Once again I am amazed at Pinkie, "wait you understand Spanish?"
"Of course, how else am I to understand those Spanish soap operas?"
"Wait what was that?"
"Never mind that, now what's wrong with your friend?" Pinkie asked.
I looked down at Aceiro and saw him twitching, "My dear Pinkie, I think you just gave him a heart attack."
And then Pinkie's face become one of worry, "Oh no not again," and then she stood up tall and yelled, "hay is there a doctor in the house?"
Everypony turned towards her and one of them stood up revealing that he is an unicorn, "You did it again, did you?" he asked tired about something.
"Ya I gave another pony a heart attack," Pinkie said sheepishly.
"Sigh, I will be right there," he announced. He quickly came to our table, with a doctor's bag floating behind him. He sat down next to Aceiro and opened the bag and brought out a defibrillator, he turned it on and it quickly charged up. He rubs them together in his magic and yells, "CLEAR!" and made contact with Aceiro.
Aceiro took in a deep breath as he was brought back, "thanks doc," Pinkie said happily.
"No problem, just try to tone down the… whatever you do, ok?" the doctor suggested.
"Okie dokie lokie," Pinkie agrees. The doctor put away his things and made his way back to his table to finish his meal.
"I am so sorry about that," Pinkie apologized, "I'm Pinkie Pie and I have seen you around here before what is your name?"
"My name is Aceiro," he said getting up from the ground and dusting himself off.
"What kind of name is Aceiro?" Pinkie asked confused, I too wonder what his name means.
"It means steel," he explained to her, now I do, I thought taking another bite out of the cinnamon roll.
"Well anyway Acey," Pinkie said already giving him a nick-name, "I am going to throw you a big 'welcome to Ponyville' party, so I better see ya later," and with that she jumped off the table and made her way to the kitchen, to probably help with the food
As Aceiro sat back down at the table, I said to him all smugly, "and that was strike three, and now welcome to Equestria."
Aceiro looked at me and was about to saw something, but then Arcana rushed into the store, I saw her saw scan the place until her eyes landed on our table to rushed to us and said in a hurried tone, "Aceiro, Star, I," but after that she started panting and gasping for air, as if she had been running this whole time.
"Jeez Arcana, it looks like you have been running all day," Aceiro observed.
"And where did you go anyway?" I asked after I swallowed and put the last of the cinnamon roll in my mouth.
After Arcana regained her breath, she spoke in a more controlled tones, "Aceiro, I found your dad at the hospital just as Fate said, and he's awake."
Aceiro immediately stood up and demanded, "Take me there right now, I have to see if he is ok."
Arcana nodded and her horn started to glow, and we all disappeared in a white flash.
Aceiro's POV
As soon as we all appeared in a hospital foyer in a bright flash, I fell to my knees feeling sick to my stomach.
"Are you ok?" Arcana asked concerned, I waved her off and waited for the sickening feeling to go away.
After the uneasiness went away, I stood up and addressed to Arcana, "Alright I'm feeling better now take me to my dad."
Arcana nodded and started heading down a hallway, Star and I followed her, until we all stood outside of one of the countless doors in the hall. As I was about to go inside, Arcana stopped me with her magic, "your dad was already awake when I found him, but as far as I know, he doesn't know he became a pony, so try not to freak him out," she warned.
I nodded in understanding. I faced the door and readied myself, pushed open the door and went inside. Inside was a well lit room with machines beeping in the background, but my focus was drawn towards the pony that was in bed.
He had a sliver coated coat and gray mane, and as far I can tell, he is an earth pony just like me. I also noticed that he has some bandages wrapped around his forelegs and chest. I walked up to the side of his bed, staying out of his view of sight.
"Dad?"
The pony in the bed stirred when he heard my voice, he trying to see me, but he must still be in pain, for he winced and stopped moving, and then he spoke in the familiar voice of my dad, "Jace is that you?"
That question confirmed that it was my dad, "ya dad it's me," I answered.
"Jace what happened, why am I in the hospital? And why can't I move? And also why can't I feel my toes and fingers?"
Oh boy this is going to take a while, "Well dad, you were in a plane crash," I informed him.
"That's right, I remember now, oh god I am dead, no wait that can't be, you are here, and feel pain, even though I can't feel my toes and fingers."
"Well dad," I said trying to break this to him slowly, "you were saved, right before the plane crash, and as for the other questions well that it is kind of complicated right now to explain."
"How was I saved? Last thing I remember was the plane about to impact the ground."
"Well you saved by a being that calls himself Fate, but there was a catch though."
"What was the catch and why are you avoiding my gaze?"
"Well…," I was worried what was about to come, "… you see the reason I am avoiding your gaze, is because I have… changed and I didn't want to freak you out."
"Jace there is nothing that can surprise me, now show me what you changed."
"Alright you asked for it," I got up and moved right into his view of sight, and of course I freaked him out.
"Oh god why is there a horse in my room, and why do you sound like my son, oh god I really am dead."
"First dad, you are not dead; second, I am pony not a horse; third I am your son; and fourth you are one too, that was the catch when Fate saved you, now calm down."
My dad calmed down a bit, he said in a still lightly panic voice, "Alright will someone please tell me how I came to be here and where am I?"
"I think my friends should also help on this one," I turned towards the door and called out, "Hay Arcana, Star could you guys come in here please?"
My dad's eyes widen, but he didn't say anything, "Ya Aceiro, what do you need?" Arcana asked.
"Aceiro?" my dad asked questioningly, and tried to look at me, but fail.
"My name here dad, you see the naming system is really different here than on Earth," I explained to him, and then I turn towards the other two, "Alright my dad is asking how he got here, and since you have been here way longer then I have, I think it is better that you do the explaining."
"Right," Star agreeing with my, "you see, you are in Equestria, and we are far away from Earth, in fact we are on a different plane of reality."
"Can this Fate person just send me back home?" he asked. I heard him being hopeful.
Arcana shook her head, "Unfortunately Fate can't do that," I saw his hope crash down, "and he's a pony too."
"Why can't he send me back home?"
"Well...," I said taking over the conversation, "…the way we got in was by an invite, but the way you got in was kind of… forced."
"Well we can come and go, but you are stuck here," Arcana explained, "in fact when Star and I first arrived here in this reality, we thought that we stuck here too."
"Wait you weren't ponies all the time?" my dad asked confused.
"That's right sir," Arcana taking over the conversation, "in fact we used to be humans, and I think you heard of us."
"I find that impossible."
"Well anyway my original name was Brittney Houston," and then she pointed Star, "and his was Eric Moore."
And then my dad's expression turned to one that of shocked, "you're the two missing kids and along with their families, you have been missing for months."
"Well we both have been here, all this time and we just learned that our families to have been here all this time too, but we don't know where they are."
"I am sorry to hear that," my dad said disquiet.
"Hay it is better than thinking we will never see them again," Star said, relieved about the situation.
"True, it is better to be like this then dead, sigh," my dad excepting his fate, "Brittney, Eric, can you leave and let me have a word with Jace here."
"Sure and please, call me Arcana, Eric Star, and Jace here Aceiro," Arcana instructed as she and Arcana left the room.
"Now Jace, sorry Aceiro," he corrected himself, "could you tell me more about this world?"
I nodded and started explaining to him about the world of Equestria to him, especially about leaving openings for the universe to answer back.
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Well what do you think? Tell me. Also that background pony from earlier in the story belongs to a brony named Moderate, and I hope you had a nice birthday Thunder Cloud.
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