Hark walked out of the store feeling a bit better than entering, now that he had some sort of clothing on his new body. He watched as Pinkie strolled ahead and spoke up.
"Hmm, where should I take you next..." The pink mare said as she looked around.
Hark smiled slightly at her. Seeing her look around gave him a familiar warm feeling. He now realized where. "She does remind me a little of Carrie, doesn't she?"
"I don't know who this Carrie is, but it's a surprise to know that there is somepony out there like Pinkie Pie." Carrot Top said to him with a surprised look.
Hark wasn't expecting anyone to hear that and he frowned slightly at that. "I really have to get the hang of this magic stuff..."
"You're doing great so far. I can hear everything." Carrot Top said with a smile.
Hark merely rolled his eyes not wanting to risk having his thoughts read again and looked towards Pinkie, whom was strangely waving while looking in the air.
"Hey Rainbow! I see you up there!" She yelled to the sky.
Hark looked up and noticed a lone cloud hovering above. Upon closer inspection, he saw what seemed like a piece of Rainbow hanging off of it.
Hark merely looked at it in confusion. That is, until it disappeared.
"Nopony's up here Pinkie! Just a stray cloud floating by." The cloud said.
Hark blinked. "Okay, I wasn't expecting that."
"Oh that's just Rainbow Dash hiding up there." Carrot Top said beside him, making him facehoof. However, he did look curiously as Pinkie pulled a trampoline out of a nearby bush.
"Was that always there?" He thought and saw Carrot Top shrug. He merely looked back just in time to see the mare bounce a few times before launching straight up and through the cloud.
Before Hark knew it the mare came back through the cloud, but was pulling on the Rainbow that turned out to be a tail connected to a cyan pony. This pony mare also had a mane to match her tail, as it was rainbow as well.
"Pinkie! What are you doing? Let go!" The mare yelled as she was being pulled through the cloud like it was a solid object, making Hark even more confused.
"But Rainbow Dash I want you to come meet the new pony in town! You'll like what you see!" Pinkie said before she pulled the mare completely through and down with her towards the trampoline below.
However the blue pony had other plans in mind and spread her wings and flew away as Pinkie bounced on the trampoline.
"I already saw the guy as soon as that mare came into town with him." She said as she floated near Pinkie.
Pinkie stopped bouncing instantly. "Oh, well now you can meet him up close!" She said and hopped off the trampoline.
Meanwhile Hark looked at the new pony. Seeing the rest of that pony and her flying surprised him. Also, Pinkie stopping so quickly made him realize that any logic should just be thrown out the window with her.
Pinkie hopped back over to Hark and Carrot Top while the mare flew beside her. "Pace, this is one of my bestest friends ever and the coolest, Rainbow Dash. Dash, this is Pace, or he would prefer if you call him Hark."
"You forgot to mention that I'm also the fastest and most famous pony in Ponyville." She said smugly as she landed in front of Pinkie and walked towards him. "I'll call ya Hark. That cool?"
Hark merely smiled and nodded, returning to his old habits. However, his gesture didn't fly.
"What, no response? Just a nod?" She said, sounding slightly bothered.
The two mares snapped to attention noting that they forgot to mention his condition. But before they could, someone spoke up.
"Well I'm not exactly used to this type, but it's all I have left. And Hark is cool."
Dash's eyes grew wide. "What the? Did you just speak in my mind?"
Hark nodded once more and Carrot Top spoke up.
"Yeah, he can't speak so instead he's using telepathy." She explained.
Whenever it decides to work... Hark thought before Dash spoke up.
"Telepathy huh? I feel like I've heard that... Wait, isn't that the magic Twilight’s working on? It's supposed to be like super hard!"
"Oh yeah! Thats where I remember hearing that word from!" Pinkie said happily. "Man, was that lecture boooring!"
Rainbow nodded. "It was." She then looked at Hark. "You must be pretty good at magic to learn that hard spell if Twi couldn't."
Hark shrugged. "Trust me, I am not as good as you think.”
“Then I’ll take your word for it.” She said with a small smirk before turning to Pinkie. “So ya giving him one of your famous tours around Ponyville?”
“U-huh! You should join us instead of floating behind us in that cloud like a stalker.” Pinkie said with a smile.
Hark noticed Rainbow Dash blushed hard in embarrassment at that and repond quickly. “I wasn’t stalking you guys! I just happened to float by after taking a nap by my house.”
“But your house is on the other side of town and the wind is blowing so that if you fell asleep, the cloud would have went farther out of town.” Pinkie said matter-of-factly, smile still on her face.
Rainbow’s blush deepened and she glared at Pinkie. “I hate you so much right now.”
“Aww! I love ya too Dashie!” She said while giggling.
Hark merely chuckled quietly at that. Carrot Top spoke up. “So, are we going to finish the tour, or are we going to stand here and talk about Rainbow’s stalker habits?”
“I said I wasn’t-” Rainbow started, only to be cut off.
“Yeah! Come on Pace! There is still much more to see!” Pinkie said before grabbing his hoof and pulling him onward.
Hark nodded as he started to follow, however, he noticed that the new mare wasn’t following. He focused as he thought.
“Hey Rainbow, you coming?”
She jumped at that and turned to him. He smiled at her and she returned it with a small one before taking flight and following overhead.
“So, Hark, what’s your cutie mark supposed to be?” Hark heard from above him.
My what? He thought confused.
“Ooh! I wanna know too!”
Hark turned and saw Pinkie right next to him making him jump. He thought she was up ahead with Carrot Top. He looked forward and noticed Carrot Top looking around before noticing as well.
"How did you get over here so fast?" Hark thought confused as he looked at her.
"I was always here silly. So anyways, what is it supposed to be?" Pinkie said as she pointed at his rear.
Hark looked back and remembered that he had three wavy lines on his flank. Guess that must be the cute mark or whatever Rainbow Dash said...
Hark examined it closely for a moment. Then he shrugged. "I got nothing."
The two mares looked at him in confusion as Carrot Top walked over. "What's going on?"
"Uh, I think the new guy doesn't know what his cutie mark is..." Dash said slowly.
Carrot Top was surprised to hear that. "You don't?"
Hark merely shook his head.
"That makes no sense. Don't you know what your special talent is?" She asked.
"Special talent?" Hark thought confused.
"Yeah! Mines is throwing the funnest and most awesome parties ever!" Pinkie said as she pointed to her flank with three balloons.
"And mine shows that I'm the fastest pegasus around." Rainbow said as she flaunts hers which was a cloud with a rainbow lightning bolt. Somehow Hark doubted it meant that, but who was he to know? He only been introduced to the idea just now.
He looked at Carrot Top, waiting for her to say hers. She noticed him and frowned slightly.
"Mines not all that great like theirs. I'm just good at harvesting carrots..."
Hark shrugged. "Well if it's any consolation, I like carrots."
Hearing that made her smile widely at him. "You do?"
Hark closed his eyes and nodded with a smile. When he opened them, he was surprised. Carrot Top walked to him and proceeded to nuzzle him.
"I'm glad we met Hark." She said happily as she moved away.
As for Hark, he was a little stunned at the contact. What was that about? Although, it did kinda feel nice...
As Hark was lost in his thoughts, Dash spoke up.
"Sooo...ya don't know what your cutie mark is huh?"
Hark snapped from his thoughts and shook his head no at her.
"Don't you remember getting it?" Dash pressed.
Hark frowned. I got it the same time I got the rest of this strange body and ended up in this strange place.
He hoped they didn't hear that. Luckily, none of them seemed to react to it and he seemed to realize a pattern with his telepathy. He gave his theory a try, his horn starting to glow slightly.
"Not really, it just popped up one day..." Hark replied, not exactly lying.
"Oh my Gosh! That sounds horrible! We need to find out what your cutie mark is!" Pinkie said worried. But then she smiled. "But first, let's show you the rest of the town! Come on! That means you too Dashie!"
"Don't call me that!" Rainbow Dash said as she followed, looking at Hark as she passed him with quiet curiosity.
Hark merely smiled at her as he followed them to see the rest of the town.
I wonder what my cutie mark is....