//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Leaving // Story: Person In PonyLand // by Z-A-C //------------------------------// "A tree?.......She lives in a tree? Are you kidding me, really?" I asked staring at the...well tree in front of me. "Mmhmm its also Ponyville's library" Fluttershy said smiling as she knocked on the door. Now if talking to ponies wasn't weird enough.....this definitely adds to it. "Oh Fluttershy, Ezekiel come in come in!" the purple pony insisted with a smile on her face. "Whoa that's a lot of books" i said looking upon the massive pile of books in front of me "What happened? Did a shelf blow up?" "I was up all night studying, trying to find anything i could about your species." "Did you have any luck Grape Glass?" "No I did.....what?" "I called you Grape Glass because you remind me of a glass of grape juice. Doesn't she remind you of a glass of grape juice Lemon Drop?" "what are you......oh never mind. No I didn't have any luck there is absolutely nothing on humans in this library." "Well that's a shame...uh...do you still have those questions for me? Because I want to go do some target practice." "With what?" "This right here" I said as I took my rifle off of my back and propped it up on the nearby wall. "Well I guess I'll start with how does it work?" she asked with a quizzical look on her face. I sighed as I took the safety off and unloaded it "Alright let me show you." I grabbed the rounds off of the ground, put them in a line on the table and started to explain. "Can...I watch to?" I heard Fluttershy ask from behind Twilight. "Sure you can. Pull up a chair and pay attention." They both shook their heads and sat down. "Alright now......this is. Itself. The rifle.....its dangerous and you do not I repeat you DO NOT touch it, improper use can and/or will cause serious injury or death. Ok......this is the bolt as you saw me before, you lift up the handle and it ejects the round which is this" I said as I took one off of the table showed it to them and then demonstrated. "Alright this is the magazine it holds up to five of these......above it is the chamber which holds the round until you fire it, that's what the trigger is for and that's what this is. And to close this is one of the most important things on the gun. The safety. You close the bolt and then pull it back like this and turn it left like this and now its safe to carry around until it needs to be used." I then took the safty back off and reloaded it "Fascinating......" Twilight said holding her chin with her hand...er....um...hoof. ".....and humans use it for what exactly" "Well it depends on the human, some use it for hunting, others use it for sport such as target practice. This rifle was also used in a very historical war." "Interesting" she said tapping her chin. "what opposed the humans?" I stared at them for a second "Other humans." they gasped. "And no i don't know much about it" I lied "Oh that sounds simply awful" the yellow one said "Oh it was, lots of lives lost, and a lot blood spilled. But anyway, Twilight anymore questions?" "Yes. Whats your government like? We're ruled by Princess Celestia a kind and gentle ruler and I am her student." "Princess eh?? Hmm.....well it differs from opinion to opinion but....." And i went on to explain everything to the best of my knowledge. I'm sparing you the boring several hours of comparing the two, you should thank me. --------------- We were finishing up with the little Q&A session when i saw something out of the corner of my eye. Something.....pink? "Don't look now but we're being watched" I warned motioning towards the window "Aw you ruined the surprise, but it was your surprise. Can you ruin you own surprise?" she said somehow now in the building with us and as fast as speed boat "Um....I don't kn....." "Oh well. Hi I'm Pinkie Pie, Who are you. Oh what are you I've never seen anything like you before, and I've never seen you before which means your new oh-oh-oh I know I'll throw you a party!!" she was about to run out when i grabbed her by the tail. "1. You talk to fast, I could barely understand you, 2. You are rude and 3. You forgot to ask a VERY important question" "W..what'd i forget to ask. Hey how was rude!?" "Oh its quite simple....you didn't let me introduce myself and you didn't ask what kind of ice cream i liked. There is going to be ice cream, right?" "Oh there will be ice cream and presents and cake of all kinds. Cupcakes, real cake, and Mr. and Mrs. Cake hehe!! It'll be so fun i hope you come will ya will ya will ya??" "I hate fun i just want to go home" I lied "Aw but it will be fun please come please-please-please" She asked with big puppy-dog eye and i smile "Hmm......get the recipes ready, pink one, because i'm helping with the baking!" "Oh goodie your coming!!" not even a second later she was out the door I turned around and saw a slightly worried pegasus and a bewildered unicorn "Don't worry I'm not going to do anything bad to her, I actually like baking." I said smiling "Y...you like baking?" the little yellow one said "yeah and a lot other things, why?" "Oh no reason you just dont seem to look like a baker" "I'm not.....I'm a jack-of-all-trade haha but yeah that's just one of the things I...." I was interrupted by Pinkie Pie tapping me on the shoulder, I turned around and she was glaring at me "Those cakes aren't going to bake themselves ya know?" "Haha I guess not, let's go Pink Lemonade" "okie dokie lokie" "Bye Twilight, bye Fluttershy see ya later." I said waving and walking away "um....bye" they both replied --------------- "And here we are Sugar-Cuuuube Corner!!" Pinkie Pie said while bouncing to the kitchen. On the way over all the ponies on the streets just stared, it was the same way on the way to Twilight's i guess i really was a sight to behold.....and kind of scary considering that I carry my guns everywhere. I'm going to have to break that habit if I'm going to survive in this world it would seem. "Yoohoo over here! This way to the kitchen! Just follow the sound of my voice." I chuckled at that because it reminded me of one of my friends back home "coming dear!" i said messing with the ponies that were sitting at their tables. Hearing them gasp like that was very satisfying. "So what's on the menu for the party? Miss Pinkie?" She laughed "Its just Pinkie you silly uh...whatever you are. We're making a cake, cupcakes, cookies and pie! Oh it's going to be so yummy!" "Well let's get started." "Right!" surprisingly after a few minutes we had the cake and the cookies done, i even made me own special recipe that i used to make back home. "Hey Pinkie try this batter, its my own cookie recipe" "So that's what you've been doing" she took a big ol' spoon-full. "Mmmmmm that's really good whatcha put in it?" "I'm glad you like it but its a um...secrete recipe sorry Pinkie." "Oh I see super duper secrete." She said looking around, carefully pouring it on a new cookie sheet. "Okie dokie let's put these in next." "sounds good to me" "While those are baking how about you tell what and who you are, you were so excited about baking you forgot to introduce yourself you silly willy." "Oh! Right sorry about that, I'm Ezekiel, I'm a human." "Oh that's super duper cool, my first human friend! And you have a cool name to. That's so cool! "Well it's my code name i can't remember my real name so i'm using that instead." "Oh I see" the oven dinged. "Ding! your special cookies are done!" "Alright....that was fast." She took them out of the oven, put them on the counter, and went to the front. "OKAY EVERYPONY! LISTEN UP WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST THAT'S NEW TO PONYVILLE, SO LET'S GIVE HIM A.....where is everypony?" i swear i saw her hair deflate. I walked in and sighed. "they're all probably scared of me, I mean they ran before so why should they do any different now?" "Oh no.......please don't leave Ponyville and live in the EverFree Forest." She said crying "We did the same thing to Zecora but she already lived there please don't move away" "That'll do pony, That'll do" I said as I sat down on the floor. "Its ok I understand why they're doing it, I'd probably do the same thing and I'm used to it. You see in my world I wasn't treated much different I mean I had friends but most people thought I was......well.....I don't know." "But i think your a good friend and a nice po...ny?" "Person, a nice person is what we humans say" "Well then i think you a nice person then" "Heh heh well I'm glad" I said smiling and that seemed to make her hair poof back up(man these ponies are freakin' weird) "let's go eat some cookies and pie" she did not oppose the idea and after nearly an hour of eating cookies and pies she finally passed out. "Well guess i better be going now....but i'll leave her a note." And it read: Dear Pinkie Pie I had an awesome time baking sweets and eating them with you I had a friend in my world that was just like you. But I'm sorry to say this because you were awesome........ I'm leaving Ponyville and moving into a cave in the EverFree Forest. Again I'm sorry Signed Ezekiel And with that i left the sleeping pony and walked off toward the evil forest.