Chapter 5: Falling Into Place
I lay on the bed thinking of a plan, since I am always good at those. And when I didn't or couldn't plan I improvised which never let me down. I could hear someone pacing outside of my door and knew they wouldn't leave like the others did yesterday when stuff happened. I wanted to see who was outside but didn't want to meet someone yet, not without knowing where a conversation might lead to. I was pondering as the idea hit me... I started to talk in a low voice
"Nano band, activate Hyper-Time."
"Hyper-Time, activating."
Everything around me slowed. Good, now this way I can tell who is outside. I walked to the door and opened it. Outside of my door I saw a mad yet nervous looking Twilight mid pace, facing the door like she was about to knock. What does she want?...oh...right. She want's to know how and why I knew about this. Well sun butt did say to tell her. Now how to go about this... I formulated different ways a conversation could go and decided to go with the one I saw best. I went back inside and de-activated Hyper-Time and heard a knock at the door.
"Come in."
She walked in with the same expression on her face. Yeah she wanted to talk about how I knew this shit would happen. She walked up to me and sat at the side of my bed as I moved to sit up right on my bed.
"We need to talk."
"Ok, what about?"
"Three things."
"Ok, what are they?"
"One, how is your broken leg doing?"
"That? Oh that healed thanks to my super advanced technology."
"Ok... that's good to know..."
"Nice to know you care."
"I always care about a friend."
"Fair enough, whats two?"
"Two, what happened yesterday?"
"Of course. Ok twi, i'm going to tell you even though it sounds weird."
"As long as it's the truth."
"To put it bluntly... I know the future"
"...How so?..."
"See, in my world, some of us entertained ourselves with... how do you explain a TV to a level one creature..."
"A TV?"
"I think I know how to show you, but I have never tried it."
"What is it?"
"I was thinking of using my nano band's nano bots to transfer information of a TV into your head, but I am not sure it will work... what do you say?"
"...I'll try it..."
"Ok...this might hurt a little since its advanced information in your head in an instant...so i'll try to give you just the basics. You ready?"
"...Yes..."
"Ok then. Knowledge transfer in 3...2...1"
I decided not to give her the information of the complex plasma screen TV, and gave her the information of those old cheep bulky TV's I had as a child. The knowledge transfer went better than I thought, she seemed alright and didn't stir all throughout the exchange in information. That or she was strong. Or it had a different affect on different species. Or maybe its easier on females. Or I did it carefully. To many variables in life... anyway's.
"So, how you doing?"
"...Good..."
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah, its just ... what you showed me...wow just....wow"
"Heh, and I didn't even show you the complex and better version of it."
"There's a better version of it!?"
"Yes, but hold the same basic function. Anyway's you know what it is now right?"
"Yes..."
"And I gave you some example of shows, right?"
"...yes..."
"What happenes to you and your friends is a show in my home world."
"...Really? How is that possible?..."
"The barriers between our universes are strong but still leak information. While someone was sleeping, their minds would wander and pick up glimpses of what goes on in other universes. Thinking it was our imagination at work humans put them is shows. Your show is for little girls and shows 'the magic of friendship' which is what you are studying."
"Ok...one question.."
"Yes?"
"If this 'show' is for 'little girls' as you put it, how come you know so much about it?"
"Ah, yes that question, never gets old. Anyway's, the show was intended for little girls but eventually someone showed it to a guy, and that guy showed it to his friends, etc. Eventually there was a community of male lovers of the show that called them selves 'bronies'. I was a fan long ago but stopped watching because of my study's and...other important reasons..."
"Oh, ok... So this show has our future?"
"Yes, it does as far as I know."
"How come it is further along than our timeline?"
"I haven't figured that out yet but I have a theory. Since the multiverse does exist, there must be other equestrias out there which share some quality's and some must be further along the timeline as other universes."
"That makes sense...I guess. So that's how you knew what would happen?"
"Pretty much, yeah."
"And you know more of what will happen?"
"A fuck ton more, yes."
"...ok... will it affect my friends if they don't know about this?"
"It shouldn't."
"...Will you help us if it ever does?"
"I will, but I shouldn't really be messing with the time stream, my very presence can change the time stream I know of."
"No it can't."
"Yes it can, and actually has. You where supposed to be outside yesterday when that happened and you would run into AJ and try to help her out before rainbow crashed in on us. But instead you where with me in the house and completely oblivious to what was going on."
"Well that explains some stuff. And finally third."
"Yeah you said there was a third. So whats third?"
"Pinkie is mad at you."
"What? Why?"
"She says you stole her cupcakes."
"Ohh, that. Let me explain that now."
"Ok, explain why you stole from one of my friends."
Yeah, well now she knows I know what the future holds. Strangely enough, I recall a stampede was suposed to happen... a rabit stampede. Oh well, not complaining. Anyway's, I explained to her about the cupcakes and what would have happened if I didn't take them. She understood the risk, hugged me for watching out for them and left. I still say that hug was unnecessary, but she did say sorry and stammered a little before leaving downstairs for something... I feel like i'm forgetting something important. Well if it was important I wouldn't forget it now would I? Then again I was never good for memory and using my nano band for memory kind of hurts...wait what was I talking about? Great, I can't remember what I have forgotten about. Anyway's.
After about a dozen minutes I came downstairs and passed the time with some books. I was reading until I heard a weird noise and some wind. I moved to where I heard the noise, it was under a table. There was a piece of torn paper with something written in...pen? It read 'Test 8', and that was it. I pondered about it and threw it in the trash. It was of no value to me...Oh, I can invent a pen! Yeah, i'm going to be one rich man.
"You know, why don't you help us with our advancements so we can be like your race?"
"NO, HELL NO!"
"What...?"
"I mean, I can help you with your advancements, but don't you DARE try to be like my race!"
"Why?"
"Because...reasons..."
"What reasons?"
"I am not going to dignify that question with a response."
"Hmp!"
"Anyway's, why do you want me to help with your races advancements?"
"You said yourself that we where a level 1 planet, why don't you help us be a level 5 like yours? It can and would help."
"Some of it would, but not all. You probably don't need guns stuff of the like and I don't want you guys to have pollution so I would have to skip some thing into their advance nature friendly states... I'll probably help."
"You can get a job as an inventor."
"I can, can't I. That's something to occupy my time with."
"Exactly, not only that you can....."
"What is it?"
"...Your eyes..."
"What about them?"
"Where they always black?"
"What? No that's not right..."
"Here's a mirror"
"Thank's...wow"
My eyeballs iris was black. It should be brown...strange. My train of thought was interrupted by Twilight realizing something.
"I just remembered!"
"What?"
"You never told me what that music box you had was!"
"Music box? Oh... wait I didn't?"
"No."
"And you remember now?"
"I had my mind occupied."
"Ok..."
"So can you show me your music box?"
"Its a phone. And no."
"Please!"
"No"
"Please!!!"
Oh God the puppy dog eyes are worse than what I read back home. Yet they had no effect on me when I felt it should. I had a feeling this discovery would prove useful later, but only if she didn't know I was immune to it. Meaning..
"Fine, i'll show you my phone."
"YAY!"
"Where are you going?"
"To get some paper and quills!"
"Why?"
"Well I have to take notes on your music box!"
"Its a phone!"
"Ok, your phone."
"Whatever..."
Yeah, she was going to fill up allot of papers trying to take notes of everything it did. I was waiting for her as I put a song on my phone. Haven't heard this one since I was thirteen, it used to be my favorite. I was humming along to the song. The song came to a finish as Twilight finally came with all her things. She had a shit load of things.
"Um, Twilight?"
"Yes?"
"Are you sure you need all that?"
"Of course i'm sure!"
"...Ok, whatever.."
She asked me to play some 'alien music'. I gave her a few soft songs since I knew it would be bad to give her metal or other songs like that. She kept taking notes and notes, pages and pages. Man she wrote allot of stuff on my phone. After a while she got up and left saying she will be back in a while. She was taking a lot longer than what I though she would take so I took the time to search if I still had a certain Eminem song in my phone. I found the song, looked back to see if Twilight was coming back. When I was sure she wasn't back from whatever she was doing I clicked play. This was my favorite song from Eminem and I found my self singing along to it at the exact same speed. Some people said at a certain point in the song that it would go to fast for them to sing to it, I never had any problem with it so my friends always asked for me to sing along to Eminem to see for sure. They only managed to make me sing along once, and then others heard and asked and I would say no. Yeah it got annoying after a while. But I digress. The song came to a finish as I stopped to take a breath. What? I have to breathe in between the song and it doesn't give you too many chances without messing up. Anyway's I didn't hear when Twilight walked in on me but she did and she was staring at me with her jaw dropped. I simply raised an eyebrow at her expression, still feeling neutral interestingly.
"What was THAT!?"
"A song."
"I know that!"
"Pfft. Then why did you ask?"
"That's not, UGH, you know what I meant!"
"No, not really."
"The song you where singing to, that moment it went so fast I couldn't even understand what it said yet you followed it with ease!"
"Yeah I guess I did. Your point..?"
"That was as fast if not faster than when pinkie rambles nonsense!"
"Hm. Never considered it."
Yeah I was questioned about the song I sang along to. What I get for singing. I finally managed to make her stop asking about my signing, which for some reason sounded better than how I remembered it. Damn pony world. Once her questioning me done we continued with what my phone does. I explained how it can make calls, mail, pictures, video, text, music, watch(which served of no use in the pony world, thanks sun butt), calculator and a bunch of other shit. She ran out of paper as I finished explaining my phone.
"That phone of yours is a very fascinating thing. Can I borrow it sometime?"
"As long as you're careful and tell me before hand, sure."
"Thanks!"
"Yeah, no problem."
...
"Twilight?"
"Yeah?"
"Can we get some breakfast? I'm starving."
"Heh, yes we can get breakfast. Spike was making something for breakfast a while ago, he should be done."
"Good, i'm starving."
"You already said that."
"Because I still am."
She just giggled at my comment as we made our way to the kitchen. Man Spike sure knows how to cook. The rest of that day was uneventful. Pinkie tried to throw me a party but I said she could some other time. Like, never. She is crazy, and i'm using my spare time to figure out how she works. Aside from that I sent a letter to Celestia about getting a job in being an inventor. She said I can be one and she would supply me with anything I would need. I got to start off with allot of metal and wires from old inventions. Twilight helped me move it into the basement she had. I would have to start setting up a lab there. I was also given some chemicals to work with. This would be interesting. I knew what my first invention would be. One I promised to make. Everything was, slowly but surely, falling into place