Breakfast was good. Even without coffee. Once Fluttershy brought over her sack, he'll figure out how to roast them, perhaps with Spikes help, might even give it a unique taste. Then when Pinkie gets back, he will abandon all and start making some good stuff. He doubts the ponies have everything he needs, but it'll take a while to finish, so there's time to make anything he's missing.
"So Twilight, while we wait for Fluttershy and Pinkie, whaddya wanna do?" Storm asked as he followed Twilight around.
"I would like to take a look at you and find out how you saw through a changelings magic."
"...As long as you don't go mad scientist on me, I'll let you do what you want. So where are we going?"
"We are going to my lab. And before you ask, no, I don't have a skylight for lightning strikes."
"You've gone mad scientist before haven't you."
"..."
"That fills me with so much confidence. I think I'll need an adult."
"I am an adult. And I wasn't that bad. I only hooked Pinkie up to my machine and she's perfectly fine. Besides, it's all non invasive."
"Well that's good."
A few minutes later they entered into what Storm would call a mad scientist's lab. So many blinking lights, vials and large vats filled with bubbling liquids and one device with a mirror in its center. Definitely mad scientist. He was led over to a seat next to a brain scanner that looks like it was stolen from Doc Brown. Sitting down, Twilight magic'd the scanner over to his head and strapped it on. She connected the cables and turned the machine on. After a few seconds she realized why there was no paper coming out, she used it all on Pinkie. Turning the machine off she refilled the paper bin and turned it back on. On the paper that came out where the usually squiggly line was not a squiggly line. It was razor straight. No deviation up or down. Again she turned the machine off and checked all the connections. Everything was good and seemed in working order. Again she turned it on and again the same straight line.
"Arrrhh, what's wrong with this thing?"
"What's this thing suppose to measure? Besides the amount of colorful blinking lights."
"Oh ha ha. This is suppose to record the subjects magic signature, but it's obviously not working right." She gave it a kick hoping her frustration will make it magically work.
"Right. Twilight, I hate to have to break this to you but I don't have magic. No human does."
"Of course you have magic, everypony has magic. It is an integral part of our world. For Celestia's sake, even my human friends in the other world have magic. There's no way you can't have magic!" Some of her hairs sprung up as she went back to look over the machine, forgetting to turn it off.
"Hold on. Humans in the other world? Twilight!" He was understandably mad, she was suppose to get him home and here she was saying she had a way home.
"Horseapples." She turned towards him. "Yes they are human, but you don't look like them. They can use magic if sparingly and if you indeed can't, then you are different types of humans." He stared in her eyes as she said that.
"I will be the judge of that. You will take me to see this other world."
"I don't think-"
"I will be the judge of that." This time he said it with clear anger. Twilight stayed where she was looking at him before she huffed.
"Fine, but not today, I want to figure this out."
"Tomorrow then." He could be patient for a day. Truthfully he was a bit curious about magic.
Twilight worked silently now, and Storm just watched her, letting his anger bleed away. Finally he was calm enough to ask something he has been wondering about for a while.
"So Twilight, where'd you meet your friends? Not to sound rude, but they don't seem like the types that would usually be friends."
She smiled. "Well I met them all the day Celestia sent me to oversee the Summer Sun Celebration..."
***Assume Twilight is talking about her adventures and these are his responses. Can be skipped***
"I don't like how she did it but you really needed to get out of the library once in awhile."
"Even your friends chased you around town for a pair of tickets. I've seen friendships crumble for more." "Wha-" "I know what I said."
"Ha! Poor Applejack, but that's what happens when you don't sleep."
"You have Griffons here? Cool. I wanna ride one... Don't give me that look."
"Her stare made a dragon feel like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar? Impressive."
"Brave little filly. But really, a pranking flower? Hehe."
"I have a feeling I'm going to be meeting those three sooner rather than later if what ya say is right."
"Run when Pinkie twitches. Got it."
"Wow, Rainbow can go mach 1. I got no words for it." "Mach 1 is breaking the sound barrier." "We're experimenting with mach 22. You do the math."
"The power of apple pie I guess."
"Flat haired Pinkie can't be that scary."
"So she brought you all pretty much knowing you'll wreck the place. Guess she's not all bad."