Hello, allow me to introduce myself to you all, my name is Adrian Frost and this is my story of how I found myself in another world and surrounded by the most strangest of creatures. But of course I do not want to get ahead of myself and I shall start this tale the day of my......departure from Earth.
---------- Earth, USA, Michigan, Adrian's House ----------
“Ugh, shut up!” I yelled out to no one in particular as I reached over to my phone and turned off the alarm that was pounding my head awake. Once it was off I slowly peeled myself out of my futon bed to start my morning routine of showering, getting dressed, eating a quick breakfast, then brushing my teeth to finally welcome the day ahead.
I looked outside and saw that it had snowed again last night and now I would have to shovel again “Ugh, even though I love snow I do not enjoy getting rid of it” I solemnly told myself as I sluggishly got my winter outfit on before stepping outside and being greeted by the beautiful white winter morning and the cool, crisp air as it bit on any small exposed skin, mainly my nose. Thankfully I had left the shovel next to the door, so I grabbed it on my way out.
Lucky for me it was a light snow so snow duties lasted only a half hour before I stepped back into the empty house and tossed the snow gear aside to dry as I went to the kitchen to make myself a nice cup of hot chocolate and marshmallows. Yeah, yeah I know, a twenty two year old making hot chocolate sounds silly but truthfully the taste of coffee is not a welcomed taste in my mouth, so hot cocoa it is! So with a warm cup in hand I headed over to my couch and turned on my T.V.
Nothing much was on so I switched to the news and saw that some sort of holiday event was going on in the park and with nothing to do I finished my drink and wrapped myself up in warm clothing, grabbing my phone, wallet, keys, and other small things one might need. Before I headed out I took a quick look at a photo that was hanging on the wall and I smiled at it before saying “Heading out mom, look after the house”. With my farewell I headed out and locked up before plugging in headphones and picked out my music as I began the walk to the park.
It was only about thirty minutes before I saw that I was getting close to the park so I turned off my music, pocketed my headphones and continued my walk but before I went any further I saw something sparkling off to my right and letting my curiosity lead me on I went down the slight dirt hill and started following the tiny stream while I tried to figure out where the shiny went.
After wandering for a few minutes I was about to give up and get back to the park when I noticed in the distance an old stone well sitting in the middle of a clearing and once again I let my curiosity lead me forward. I reached it and began to investigate it and found nothing of interest on the outside before I stuck my head inside to see down into it and saw only some water that had pooled there over time at the bottom.
I was about to lean back out before I saw a shimmer in the water and I leaned over a bit to take a better look. And that was my undoing, for as soon as I put more weight on the old stone wall, it collapsed and sent me tumbling down the dark well before I splashed into the cold, frigid water. The shock of the bitter cold made me gasp out and draw in water which led to me desperately trying swim up to get air but my legs refused to listen as they yelled out in pain and soon my arms followed suit as all energy seemed to drain out of me.
I began to sink deeper and deeper into the cold arctic waters within the well and soon after I felt my senses start to blacken and I began to lose consciousness as my mind trembled in fear at the knowledge that I was about to die. But that did not last long as my vision went dark while my body was pulled further in until it disappeared into darkness.
---------- Unknown Place, 4 Hours Later ----------
Darkness. That was the only thing I could see when I felt myself awaken from the endless slumber, but with it came some muffled voices all around me, but due to my hearing not being fully awakened I could not understand what they were saying. This continued for a while before color and shapes started to sneak back into my line of sight and the voices started to become slightly clearer though I still could not understand what was being said. I simply laid there and allowed my senses to come back to me.
Was this the afterlife? Simply waking up and slowly greeting it after dying? Seemed a bit bizarre to me but who am I to argue? So deciding that things would work themselves out soon enough, I simply let my body do its thing as my senses came back though I could feel myself breathing just fine. After a few minutes I finally managed to open my eyes and was met with what looked like a blue sky with a few clouds passing by, which seemed very nice before I realized that I was lying down on top of grass as I felt the few stalks of grass gently caress my fingers.
It was then that I realized that the voices had stopped but my sight had thankfully returned to normal but seemed a bit blurry. Great even in death I still needed to wear glasses. But I threw that thought aside as I decided to test my ability to move by slowly clenching both hands into fists multiple times. Not only did I feel my fingers strength return, but I also heard a slight gasp as multiple female voices began to whisper which reaffirmed my earlier thought that someone was talking.
Knowing that I had some strength left to give, I decided to slowly sit up by propping by elbows on the ground and pushing my body up and into a sitting position with my legs out, though I had closed my eyes as to not get vertigo from the sudden rush of movement and possibly new sights. After getting myself up I rubbed my face and eyes and felt everything still there, a very good sign, and so I slowly began to raise my eyelids and allowed the blurs to reconfigure into my slightly bad sight though the shapes that did appear were not what I was expecting to see.
When my sight finally returned I saw that in a semi-circle around me were five.....no six four legged creatures! But all of them were multicolored and roughly resembled ponies with very big eyes and as I stared at the very bizarre sight I began to notice that a few of them had horns, wings, none, and one even had both a horn and wings! I was simply speechless and I felt my jaw drop and hang down on my face as I sat there wide eyed and stared at them all while my brain was screaming 'WHAT?!'
I couldn't see what sort of faces they were making exactly but I think one or two were like me and stared with hanging jaws, while some others simply stared and I think one was scared, but the only other thing I noticed was a giggle with a very girly and high pitched voice coming from my left side. Only moving my eyes I tried to see who was laughing and I only saw a very pink blob bobbing its head up and down that was in fact emitting the very same laughter.
After a few moments of mostly silence I finally uttered “Wh-wh-who and what are you?” with a very shocked face.
Once again this got a collective gasp from this group of creatures in front of me before the one with a horn and wings stepped forward “H-hello? Can you understand me?” she said, or I assumed for the moment it was a she since it also had a very feminine voice.
I simply nodded and managed to close my hanging jaw before I blinked a few times and rubbed my eyes with a groan.
The same one spoke up again “Are you alright? Is there something wrong with your eyes?” she asked inquisitively.
I stopped rubbing my eyes “Yes, I'm alright. My eyes hurt a little since I don't have my glasses” I replied while slightly squinting.
This seemed to make her happy as I think she smiled and I saw her horn glow a light purple as my pair of glasses, which were also surrounded in the same light purple, floated in front of me “These must be yours then, we found them next to your body” she happily replied.
I slowly lifted my arm and grabbed them and as soon as I did the purple light vanished and I put them on over my eyes and let them readjust themselves. Soon I saw clearly again and I was now seeing these creatures in all details. The one who I assumed gave me my glasses was a lavender colored thing with a horn and big wings and I saw that near her backside she had a mark that looked like six or seven stars but when I returned to her face I now saw two very big and very pretty eyes staring at me very closely, in fact so close that I could almost feel her breath on my face.
We stared at each other for a few seconds before I slightly tilted my had and asked “Sorry to interrupt but I want to ask again. Who and what are you?”
My words seemed to snap her out of her trance and she blushed while leaping backwards “Oh! Whoops! So sorry about that. Ahem. Hello there, my name in Princess Twilight Sparkle and I am an Alicorn pony!” she replied with a smile.
So they are ponies, though very different looking than what I have ever seen but before I could think of anything else my mind snapped to attention at the fact that she was a Princess! Instantly I swirled my legs back and got on my knees in a bow as I placed my hands on the grass beside me and laid my forehead on the ground. “I-I'm so sorry Your Majesty! I had no idea you were royalty! Please forgive me if I did anything to offend you!” I spat out with a hurried tone.
I was met with silence before I heard a few giggles and someone trying to get words out but failing. It did not last long before I felt something on the sides of my head pulling me up, which turned out to be her hooves. “Please! You do not need to do that! That is far too formal and makes me feel bad to have somepony bow so low like that to me! Please rise! Please!” she said with a sad tone and a slight quiver in her voice.
I saw that she had a sad face and I decided that for the moment normal behavior was allowed and while I stayed kneeling I rose my body up to normal “Oh, I see. Well I apologize if I did something wrong. I was not sure how to act in front of royalty” I said with a slight blush.
Thankfully she looked at me and smiled again “Don't be sorry, you did not know and besides, I'm not terribly comfortable with ponies being so formal with me. I like it better to be treated normal” she told me while continuing to smile.
Before I could say anything she said “So, now that I introduced myself now it's your turn! Please.”.
I nodded and I cleared my throat “Hello there, my name is Adrian Frost and I am a twenty two year old human. It is nice to meet you” I replied, placing my arm out to perform a handshake.
She looked at my arm for a second before realizing something as she placed her front appendage out and rest it in my hand, so I curled my fingers slightly around it and we shook but suddenly she pulled my hand closer to her face “Oh my! What are these things?” she said as she poked my fingers with the edge of her......hoof I suppose, since she is a pony.
I looked at her blankly before responding “Um, those are my fingers?”.
She gasped as she continued poking them “Interesting! I have never met a human before and the only fingers I have seen are on dragons and minotaurs! Your fingers are very different looking and so soft!” she said as she brought my hand up and rubbed her face with it, still smiling.
My face blushed red and I heard a few more giggles before I heard someone else step up to her side and placed their own hoof on hers “Ah, Twi. I think yer embarrising the poor fella” the orange pony said in a heavy southern accent.
Twilight stopped nuzzling my hand immediately and I could feel her face heat up before she dropped my hand “Oh my! I am so sorry! I just....I only was.....ugh” she exclaimed, hanging her head down low while the rest of the group giggled.
I still had a bit of red in my cheeks when I looked at the orange pony, who did not have any wings or a horn “Hello, um I hope I'm not being rude in asking but what kind of.. uh....pony are you?” I sincerely asked.
The orange pony looked at me and had a huge grin on her face “Well shoot, sorry fer not intraducing maself! The name is Applejack and I am an Earth pony!” she responded with while she took both of her front hooves and grabbed the same hand and begun to shake it a lot before letting go.
My hand was still going up and down before I grabbed it to make it stop “Earth pony? Huh. Ok, so you are an earth pony, and Princess Twilight is an Alicorn. So I am guess that the other types are Unicorns and Pegasi?” I said.
Before Applejack could respond a blue blur flew right in front of my face and all I saw was a huge grinning pony with rainbow colored hair “Correct! As you can see I myself am a Pegasus!” she quickly turned around and showed off her flapping wings “And not to brag or anything but you are in the presence of the fasted flyer in all of Equestria!” she said as she crossed her arms and wore a huge smile.
My eyes went wide “Wow! Really? That is cool!” I exclaimed but quickly added “But what is Equestria? I have never heard of that place before.” I asked.
The whole group went silent before Twilight spoke up “Never heard of Equestria? Where are you from?” she asked.
I responded by holding up my right hand and pointed to the bottom “I am from Michigan and I live down here” I said while hoping they knew where I was pointing at.
She tilted her head in confusion “Mishegan? Where is that? I have never heard of that country before” she said.
“Um, it is not a country. It is a state within the United States of America, the country” I responded with.
Once again I only got a confused look “The United States of America? I am so sorry but I can't say I have ever heard of it. Hold on” she said before her horn started glowing again and instantly a rolled up piece of paper appeared and laid itself flat on the ground “Could you come over to the map here and show me?” she asked.
I nodded and I stood up, only to immediately realized that these ponies were kinda small, as they only came up to my waist and I could see that they all noticed this too, especially the yellow pegasus who was shaking a bit and hid behind the white unicorn. I saw this and stopped moving “Oh, I'm sorry. I did not mean to scare you” I said while looking at the pegasus who responded by covering her face with her hooves.
The white unicorn nuzzled the pegasus on the top of her head real quick before she smiled and turned to me “It is not your fault darling, Fluttershy here is as her name implies is terribly shy around new ponies and it usually takes her some time to warm up. Oh! Where are my manners! My name is Rarity and as you guessed earlier dear, I am indeed a unicorn!” she said proudly.
I breathed a small sigh of relief “I see, well thank you Rarity. It is an honor to meet you. I am just glad that I didn't accidentally scare her, I would feel terrible if I did” I said while I gave a small smile.
I saw that Fluttershy uncovered her face and whispered something into Rarity's ear but stayed behind her “Fluttershy here says that she is sorry and did not mean to make you feel bad dear. She is just a little nervous about your height”.
I smiled a little more “Thank you Rarity, I am glad to hear it” I said before I heard a small cough behind me, so I turned around and I saw that Twilight was looking at me expectantly, “Oh! Sorry Princess!” I replied and quickly walked over and kneeled down to study the map. Only to find that I did not recognize anything on it. The label in the corner of the map said “Equus” while the majority of the land was labeled under “Equestria”.
I must have looked worried because Applejack asked “Is everything all right? You look pale partner”.
I gave the map one last look before looking up “I don't recognize anything. I have never seen this map before and I have never heard of any of these places” I gulped before finishing “I-if I had to guess then I think I might have come from another world or something”.
This earned me another confused look from everyone “What do you mean?” Twilight asked.
“Well, I say this because right here it says the name of this planet is Equus, while I come from Planet Earth. Other than that the map could not exist in my world as most of this area” I made a small square with my fingers “would be where my country is. So, unless I am dreaming then I am in......another.....world.” I finished that last sentence as it finally hit me. I was in ANOTHER WORLD! WITH TALKING, MULTICOLORED POINES! It hit me hard and almost immediately I backed up and away from the group and began to hyperventilate and started to walk in circles.
Fortunately the group had taken notice of my distress and all came running up to me, Well, most of the group. The pink one who I did not know yet zoomed off into the distance impossibly fast and Fluttershy, while looking quite concerned, held back at the back of the group. But due to my panic attack I could not hear what any one was saying to me as I continued to pace back and forth, mumbling something under my nose. Finally my knees gave way and I tumbled to the ground and fell on my side, the pain shot through me and snapped me slightly back to reality as I noticed all of them looking at me with sad and fearful faces and I could also see Fluttershy who started to form tears in her eyes.
When I saw their faces I began taking deep breaths and after a few moments I had calmed down enough and slowly bent up into a sitting position so I could clear the tears from my eyes. It had looked like Twilight was about to talk but she stopped when Fluttershy walked by her and came straight up to me, sitting down and placed a hoof on my knee. She looked up at me “A-a-are you alright?” she said with concern and sadness in her voice while her eyes watered up.
I looked at her and I looked down and took one more deep breath before speaking up “I'm sorry, I freaked out when I finally realized that I had traveled to another world somehow after I woke up from drowning” but once more I took a deep breath in realization that I was indeed drowning but instead of dying I had instead traveled to another world.
Fluttershy gasped when she heard about me drowning and she stood up and placed both her front hooves on my legs, looking up at me with concern “Drowning?! You almost drowned!?!” she said with a concerned and very surprised face and fear in her voice. I saw that her tears had returned and the began to flow down her cheeks.
I don't know what it was but I could not stand to see her cry so I gently lifted my hands to her muzzle and I wiped her tears with my thumbs then I went to scratch the back of her ear. This surprised her as she jumped a little but when I began scratching she calmed down almost instantly and slightly leaned her head into the scratching hand while, the few remaining tears rolled off. I wiped them off again and continued to scratch her ear.
With a sigh I said “Yes, I did. I was walking to the park to go experience an event they were holding there when I got distracted by something shining in the distance and after a little while I found myself looking into an old well. When I saw the water at the bottom shimmer I leaned in closer to see what is was, and then I fell through the old stone work and landed in the water. The water was icy cold and my limbs froze up and I had swallowed water and before I knew it I had blacked out, thinking I was going to die” I shivered at the thought and closed my eyes.
But before long I felt her shift in my lap and I felt my chin being rubbed against something soft, so I opened my eyes and saw that Fluttershy was sitting in my lap and she was nuzzling my neck to comfort me. I smiled and gave her a small hug “Thank you Fluttershy, I'm glad that I don't scare you anymore” I said with a small chuckle.
This made her blush a little before she nervously stuttered “O-o-oh, I....I am s-s-sorry about that. I j-j-just get nervous around new.....n-new ponies” she said.
I gave another slight chuckle “It's alright, I understand” I said as she continued to sit in my lap.
After a moment she shifted so she had her back to me and sat down “Um, I hope you don't mind me asking but c-could you.....you.....” she quietly said.
“Yes?” I responded.
She gulped as she struggled to find her voice “C-c-c-ould you.....scratch my ear again” she finally said. I could see her neck growing slightly red and I smiled. She was really shy but sweet. I responded by bringing my hand back and began to scratch her ear again. I could tell she was relaxing as her stiff body just seemed to turn into jelly as she leaned into my hand and she gave a quiet “hmmmmmmm”.
The rest of the group simply stared in amazement at their shyest friend being so bold before Applejack laughed “Well shoot sugarcube, looks like ya made yerself a friend” she said. I could feel her head growing warmer as she blushed again before she relaxed at my touch once more.
I looked around the group and I saw the cyan pegasus flying and smiling “Pardon me, but I never caught your name after you told me you were the fastest pegasus in all of Equestria” I asked her.
She looked confused for a second before realizing I was talking to her “OH! Yeah, sorry. I probably got caught up in the moment again. My name is Rainbow Dash!” she exclaimed before she did a few back flips in the air. When she stopped and saw my amazed face her grin grew even wider “Aw yeah! Just made myself a new fan!” she said as she quickly flew down and rubbed the top of my head with her hoof before flying back.
I gave a slight laugh before looking back at the group “Oh yeah, what happened to that pink pony from bef-” was all I said before said pink pony just seemed to materialize right beside Twilight, who jumped a few feet in the air in surprise “-ore. Oh, speaking of who, who are you?” I asked while looking right at her.
But before she said anything she quickly set down the sheet of cupcakes she now had, grabbed one and held it out to me “Before that, eat this!” she said before almost shoving it down my throat. I eventually got it in my mouth in one piece and began chewing it. I melted at the taste of the red velvet taste mixed with the vanilla icing as it glided along my throat and into my stomach. I must have had a goofy smile since Rainbow started to snicker.
“Yay! He is all better now! My special “Feel Better Velvet Cupcakes” always do the trick! Oh and my name is Pinkie Pie and I'm the most super duper awesome amazing spectacular party pony you will ever meet! And I love making friends and making them smile! I already made you smile! So that makes you my friend already! I love making new friends, especially since it's a pony we have never seen before but you're not a pony but a human. GASP! My first human friend! Oh I am so lucky and excited! I need to set up a “Welcome To Ponyville” party! NO! Wait! Maybe a “First Human To Equestria” party! NO WAIT!” she continued to go on and on and on about different parties and what not.
Pinkie simply became lost in her world and did not seem to care that she was now talking to herself. Twilight had recovered and spoke up “Yes, well to answer your question that was Pinkie Pie and like she said she likes to see ponies smile and when you.....well.....had your panic attack she ran off to her shop to get those cupcakes for you. She is quite a hoof full but a good friend. Weird and sometimes scary, but good” she said while adding a smile.
“OH! It looks like you are already making friends too! You must be good to already have Fluttershy warmed up to you already! That head scratch looks mighty cozy! He he!” Pinkie added out of nowhere. Flutterhsy probably heard it too but was still smiling away as I scratched her ear. Pinkie tilted her head as she looked at my hand scratching Fluttershy's head before she bounced over to my free hand and lied down “Me too! Me too!” she happily exclaimed.
I simply laughed and I gently placed my hand on her head and began to scratch her ear but I could tell that she was not ready for this feeling because as soon as I did, she gasped loudly before her body just seemed to melt into the ground while staying solid. “Oh, that......feelsh.....shoooo.....gooooood” she sluggishly said.
Pinkie's reaction made all but Flutterhsy start to laugh before Applejack spoke up “Well shoot! Will ya look at that! I reckon yer a good fella if you got both Fluttershy and Pinkie to like ya so quick! Glad ya are, I have to admit that I was slightly worried since we aint seen nutin like ya before and a few times before ya new was not always a welcome wagon” she said calmly but sternly.
I thought about that for a moment “That is understandable, I was in the same shoes when I first saw you all when I woke up. I had no idea what you were going to do with me then I got introduced to royalty then I got my fingers prodded. So I wasn't exactly sure what to expect” I said before adding a chuckle.
Before anyone could say anything else, my stomach started to growl a bit and when it stopped I blushed a bit “Heh heh, eh. Sorry about that” I quickly added.
This got a giggle out of them “Well girls, I do declare that we settle down for lunch down with our new friend! What do you think Adrian darling?” Rarity said.
I thought about it for a moment before nodding “I think that sounds lovely Rarity. Thank you” I added.
“Oh please don't mention it darling. Besides, I have a few questions if you do not mind” she said.
“I don't mind so long as I can also ask a few questions myself” I replied.
With this Twilight started to hop in place “YES! YES! YES! I'm going to write everything down and put it into a book or a journal! All this new information! I can't wait!” she happy said while bouncing.
This made Rainbow roll her eyes “Geez, what an egghead. Though I guess it would be kinda cool to hear about another world, I suppose” she innocently said while trying to look not interested.
With that said the four other girls walked away for a bit before returning with a few baskets and blankets “Good thing we came prepared!” Rarity said before they started to set up the picnic area. Within a few minutes it was all set up and they had plenty to eat. There was no meat but that was understandable since they were ponies.
I stopped my scratches which earned two whines of disappointment but Pinkie stayed where she was and pulled up her food while Fluttershy slowly moved to my other side and got hers. Before we started eating Applejack cleared her throat “Attention y'all! Before we eat, I just wanna raise a toast! To our new friend Adrian the human! Cheers!” she declared before the rest joined in “Cheers!” then we all digged in.
Fluttershy quickly tapped my knee “And welcome to Equestria Adrian” she said with a cute little smile.