//------------------------------// // A Portal Away - Chapter 2 // Story: Two Portals Away // by RowanSkie //------------------------------// Me and Mina sat at a bench. "Mr. Von Saphyr," called Mina. "So that's the start. Cool how you instantly told them that you want to be a pony." "Well, it took quite a while to adapt, then I'm adapting into human nature again..." I looked at the things around us. "Exactly when did you start up the ISAMD?" "Oh, it all started with Rarity buying the science and magic facility's sewing kit," she replied, "then, we got the idea to reopen it, this time advancing more on magics." "Oh." I looked at Mina. "Makes sense on how Rarity recognized me as soon I hit Carousel Boutique for something as a souvenir." "And that's a..." I pulled out a Twilight Sparkle doll. "Oh." I woke up at my bed, which was at Twilight's spare room. I stood, and looked at the mirror beside me. I hadn't really got a full check on myself, and I doubted I was never going to be a human again. Anyway, I had light blue fur. My mane and tail, blue with brown stripes, seemed to match my blue shade. My cutie mark, however, didn't amuse me. My cutie mark was a lance, and since I enjoy myself while fencing, it could make sense. I tried my magic by simply levitating my blanket and fixing my bed. The results weren't bad, but it did attract Spike and Twilight Sparkle's attention. They came into my room and were simply stunned at what I was doing. "For a human, you're good at magic," Twilight commented. "Like you’re great at it!" Spike added. I winced. I didn't know that. "Uh... thanks? I had a few magic classes where I came from, and almost all of my buddies had access, and I didn't exactly listen." Twilight was stunned. "Magic class?" "Not all the human worlds are the same," I replied. "There are even a few where this is... pure fiction." "Really?" Spike asked. "And... gonna have to cut this conversation because I want to go around, maybe buy something in style." I trotted to the door, before Twilight stopped me. "Okay...?" "I'll have to watch you for that. Deal?" Twilight stopped blocking the door after I nodded. I trotted outside and took a slice of candy from my bag which I retrieved from the Everfree Forest. Apparently, they've been sneaking into my items as well, but they haven't seen my journal for I placed it in an bigger-on-the-inside secret pocket. I pulled it out, and Twilight was shocked. "Where did that come from?" she asked, looking at my bag, "I didn't see that before!" "Unless you're planning to read my journal, you really aren't gonna find it," I answered. "Now, to write my patch off..." I levitated the pen with it- no, a quill since the portal affected it to match the style, and began to write all the things that has happened. I stared at Twilight, who was trying out my candy, which is just a simple candy that can fill my stomach, a candy just enough for those who are trying to adapt to something, in my case, having no meat. "And... signing off." I closed my journal with a smile, placed it inside an emergency chest they saw, and locked it with my sealing spell, which can only be opened by 'open sesame.' "You know... who's at Carousel Boutique?" I asked, "I really want to meet her." "Well," Twilight looked at Spike, "she's my friend, Rarity." "Oh. I'll... go there," I notified her. I then trotted to the said place, while Twilight casually followed. Once I got in, however, a white unicorn closed the door on Twilight and Spike. The white unicorn introduced herself as Rarity Belle, Equestria's Intel for ISAMD. I didn't know that. "Impossible! How?" I asked. "Well, having a friend that can be trusted does explain it, darling." Rarity went to a drawer and took a Twilight Sparkle plushie, placed it in a bag, and gave the bag to me. "Uh... thanks." I gladly took the bag, while one half of me was confused. "Mina said to give you that," Rarity whispered, "because she heard you like her." I winced and blushed. "No, no, I don’t." "Well, don't tell Twilight either," she joked, "good luck. Now, off to remove seriousness, I say!" I found myself being measured, taped, in the middle of an unfinished set of clothes, wearing different kinds of clothes, combed, and lastly wearing fancy. "I'll have to hate this..." I muttered. But I quickly regretted what I muttered as I saw myself in a mirror. "Dear me, I look as fancy as a peacock!" "And guessing that a peacock is that wonderfully tailed bird, yes, you are!" Rarity commented. "...Seriously," Mina said flatly, "what nice." "Eh, good that I got that set of clothes, now I have to hide it from everypon-everypo-gah, everyone!" I raised my arms, flailing, "you know, like it was one big secret!" "I've heard you had a secret too," Mina reminded, "obviously affecting who you are." I stopped. "Guess it." "Hmm..." she went on a few wild guesses, before finally resting on one, very crazy, answer. "You have a small split personality that isn't technically one yet you call it one and it takes over you when you let it..." she took a deep breath and continued, "when you let it and you only let it when you really, really need it?" My jaw hung open. "H-how...?" "Easy, it's all but believing Pinkie Pie," Mina joked, "but actually, just something I learned, and it did involve Pinkie in a way." "Now that reminds me of how I reacted to Pinkie with her Pinkie Sense," I said. It wasn't bad really that bad, "but long story short, it took one of these things like Twilight did." "Season 2... right, that day where Twilight was just dozing off when Pinkie’s tailed twitched.," Mina remembered, "are you a brony?" "Well," I thought about it. "No, not really. Just that split personality takes over when hearing new things, such as worlds or science." "So your split personality is a brony..." Mina chuckled a bit. "Nope." "Then how the hell did you had the urge to go to Equestria!?" Mina asked. "Maybe because instincts, like when you want to visit for a special reason for a special somepony?" a surprising voice asked back, and I faced at whoever said that. Then everything went black and with a thud, I simply fainted. I woke up at a small bed, and rubbed my face with my hoof. Hoof!? I'm back at Equestria!? I quickly calmed myself down and went around the room where I am and wondered where in Equestria am I. I saw a door and opened it, then confetti is first what I saw. "Uh, how long have I been out?" I asked nervously. "Emerald Slicer, you've been out for a week darling," Rarity replied, "you've slept like a prince!" "I... I did!?" I asked again nervously, and it sounded more of a worry than of a shock. "Well," Spike replied, "Light Feathers did help." "Who?" The name sounds familiar yet foreign. "Who again?" "Mina Alexa Santalune." Twilight replied. "Oh." I facehooved, "why didn't I thought of that..." "She just left yesterday, though. Heard going to buy something in Canterlot," Twilight said, smiling a bit. "Oh, ok..." I sheepishly walked out of the library and quickly ran to the Everfree Forest and hid myself in a makeshift tent I made. There I saw her, Mina, constantly switching between pony and human form. She stopped after looking at me. "You... you've got a lot to explain, mister," she scowled. "What?"