Chapter 2: Meeting the Ponies Part 1
by Pixelized Dreams
proofed by ‘crooked’
“Well, here we go…” Evan muttered as he entered the bakery. He got a few stares from a few ponies, hearing a lot of ‘Who’s that?’ and ‘Woah, look at him! It’s a crystal pony!’ and the thing that pissed him off the most, ‘Woah, that pony looks so sparkly!’. Evan tended to ignore these comments the same way he ignores the bad and also weird comments on youtube, the only thing different here is that they are real beings, and he can see their emotions. He doesn’t want to make ponies sad, mad, or cry, he just doesn’t want that kind of treatment. He walked up to a blue mare with hair that reminded him of ice cream.
“Oh, you’re the new stallion Pinkie’s been talking about!”
Just 10 minutes in this crazy dimension and I’m already popular? thought Evan. “Pinkie? The hyper-energetic pony?”
“Yes. Oh, since you’re new here, you can have this!” She said as she showed him a tray of strawberry cupcakes. “It’s on the house!” She said with a smile.
*BOOM*
“Umm, Honey? Can you call the plumber? The pipes… Exploded.” said a yellow earth pony.
“Just a minute, dear! Sorry, but I have to tend to some things. Enjoy your cupcakes!” and with that, she was gone in a flash.
“This is the weirdest and craziest place I have ever been to…” Evan said as he took a bite from the cupcakes. “Mmm, sweet. Better than Starbucks,” He enjoyed his meal full heartedly. “Man, so goo-”
“Hey!” he heard a familiar raspy voice which made his ear turn to the source of the voice. Then, what came into Evan’s view was Rainbow Dash with a blue baseball cap and a whistle. “What are you doing sitting around and eatin’?!” Rainbow Dash quickly pulled him from his seat and grabbed him from his tail. “Hey, my cupcakes!”
“Don’t worry, Pinkie can bake you another batch, but right now, we gotta shape you up to defeat ‘the force’!”
Rainbow dragged him to the Ponyville oval which is 100 meters in distance.
“Oow, I’m starting to feel the pain in my ass…”
“Well you better remove that pain, and get up. Let’s get some exercise.”
“But I’m already shaped up! I’m an athlete!”
“Me too, but you probably didn’t even knew how to walk when you got here!”
“Now that you mention it, how did I learn to walk?”
“Exactly, now practice running!”
“Jeez, Rainbow Six.”
“It’s Rainbow Dash!” She shouted. “Now run, show me that your life is worth dying for Equestria!”
“Wait, ‘dying’?”
Then Rainbow blew a whistle.
Evan ran as fast as he could. Wait, how am I even running? Shouldn’t I be tripping? Me legs are backwards, my hands and feet, erm, hooves are on the ground and I’m not tripping!? he thought. Well, seeing that there’s magic and unicorns involved… I’m okay with it. After 5 rounds of running around in circles, Evan stopped to breathe some air.
“I think that’s enough.” he said.
“Hmm, that’s good. I think we need to do some lower body exercises.”
“I got this… We do crunches, squats, and push-ups, right?.”
“Eeeyup, just 55 of each in one set, and we’re doing 10 sets.”
Oooooh, boy…. I’m not going to have a good time…
2 hours have passed of Rainbow Dash and Evan, doing exercises non-stop. “Can I stop now?” Rainbow gave him a look and said. “Athletes never give up.”
“But my body’s not conditioned for this!”
“Oh… Well, Evan, now you are conditioned for this, so sorry--not-sorry.” Rainbow grinned. “Well, you can go back to Twilight’s library, she has a spare bed.”
“A bed?” Yes! I am so tired! “Well, sign me in! I’m really need to rest-”
“Hey, ummm… Mr. Fong?” then, he heard a voice behind him. “I was wondering after you’ve had your exercise with Dashie, I could give you a massage… If you want to…”
“Yes! I really need it! Thank you Butterscotch!”
“Ummm, it’s Fluttershy…”
“What was that?”
“Fluttershy, Mr. Fong.”
“Oh, well sorry for calling you by another name…”
“Well, good luck with him Flutters. Well, see ya Eevee!”
Woooow, a nickname? No one has ever called me Eevee...Thoughts emerged in his mind that he might be transformed into an Eevee.
Evan let that thought slip away as he focused onto Fluttershy. “So, what’re we waiting for? Let’s go!” he said with a grin.
3 hours have passed by and Evan was sound asleep until he heard random animals tweeting, meowing and barking.
Evan woke up from the noise, feeling really, really relaxed.
Wow, that was amazing. he thought. “Fluttershy?” he said as he stood up from the bed. This must be Fluttershy’s bed. Now where is she? Evan went down stairs to see a bear and Fluttershy.
“Fluttershy! Run! There’s a bear and it’s going to eat you!” Fluttershy looked at Evan and grinned.
“Silly Evan, this is Harry. He’s a friend.” She said as they both lifted their teacups.
“Oh, a bear having tea with a pony. The next thing I’ll see in my life is an abomination.”
“Fluttershy! I got brought you a cool gift from the 6th dimension!” Then what came into Evan’s sight is a chimera smiling, hovering on air holding and is holding a Black Gaseous Cube which is supposed to be a gift to a little small horse having tea with a bear… Well… I don’t know what to say!
“Okay, Pony universe! You win!” Then Discord took notice of the new guest.
“You’re the ‘human’ that Princess Celestia has chosen?” Discord then laughed. “Please! Excuse me for my behaviour, but you, an ex-human, chosen to defeat ‘the force!” Discord laughed some more. “Phew, okay, seriously, where’s the man of the hour?”
“Discord, this is Evan. He really is the chosen one!” Matrix suddenly came into Neo--Uh, I mean, Evan’s mind.
“Oh dear, I think she chose the wrong person for the job.” Discord floated around Evan. “I doubt that he could defeat ‘the force’.”
“What do you mean Discord?” Fluttershy said. “He looks like he’s capable of stopping it.”
“He’s a single pony! And the worst part that he hasn’t got a clue about magic and this force will strike in three days! I can’t stop it, neither can the Titans!”
“Wait, titans are here? What’s next? Is the all powerful Zeus gonna break through that door?” said Evan. Discord gave him a suspicious look.
“How do you know about Zeus?” questioned Discord
“That depends, who’s asking?”
“It is I, Discord! The God of Chaos.”
Great, there are really gods in this too?
“But please, tell me ‘human’, how do you know about the other gods?”
“Well, books! Where else?”
“Oh, really. Well, by the looks of it, you don’t read a lot.”
“Ehh, not too much. I have limited knowledge on Greek gods. I think there’s Venus, Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Ocean, Chronos and Neptune. I forgot the rest but are you familiar with them, Discord?”
“Yes, although teaching this today is not allowed, even Twilight doesn’t have a clue on who’re the Gods, and - did you say ‘Greek’?”
“Yeah, why?”
“Well, they’re the only gods!”
“Well, in our world, we have a lot of Gods. While I believe in one god, others believe in 2 or 3 or 4.”
“Well, what do you believe?”
“His name is God.”
Discord laughed “That’s it!” He laughed even more “Nothing special?”
“Yeah, nothing special. He did have a son named Jesus Christ, but that’s a story for another time. So Fluttershy, am I going to sleep here?”
“Well, Evan… I’m sorry, but no. Harry has a bad back and I have to give him an all night massage. Maybe you could ask Twilight, she has a spare bed.”
Again with this Twilight and spare bed. he thought. “Well, see ya later Fluttershy.” he waved them goodbye as he walked out the cottage.
3 hours later, the sun was now setting and Evan was getting really tired from the long walk. He knocked on the door and called out her name “Sparky! Open the door, please.”
Twilight opened the door and let Evan enter her library. To Evan’s surprise, there was a tall pony with a white coat and a hair with some kind of Rainbow effect. “Why, hello there. My name is Princess Celestia.”
“I’ll go make some tea.” Twilight said, leaving the room.
“Well my name is-”
“No need, Evan. I know you well, I picked you because I see power. Power stronger than Discord, me and my sister combined! Evan, you are not just some ordinary human. And that is why I’m giving you this.” Princess Celestia brought out a shining crown. “You are the first human Element. You are the Element of Strength.”
“Elements? Really?!” Evan said, “It’d be best If I were to transform into Plutonium.”
“I meant Elements. Think of it as superpowers.” Princess Celestia said.
“Wait, I have powers?”
“Yes, you are part of the Elements of Humanity. There are more than just one. There is Strength, Intelligence, Emotion, Risk and---”
“Hold on, there are MORE?”
“Yes, Evan. You are the Element of Strength and well, you see, there are more, but I located you first, and sent Twilight and her friends to, well, ‘pick you up’,” Celestia explained. “However, I didn’t tell them that there were more, hence the whole ‘Chosen One’ thing going around.”
“The question was, why didn’t you tell them that there were more?”
“It’s a secret strategy plan.”
Evan still had a puzzled look on his face. Ignoring that, he then continued on with the discussion. “So, where are the others?”
Celestia used her magic to illuminate her horn and pointed at Evan’s head. He suddenly felt a shiver in his back and his eyes started glowing. Celestia was showing him his memories in a more 3D perspective. It looked like all of his videos posted in a wall, and some footage of PAX and other conventions, but what all they have in common was they all included his friends: Craig, Tyler, Daithi, Marcel and John.
“Wait, so what you’re saying that me and my friends have super powers?”
“Well, yes, but with great po-”
“You’re not the uncle or aunt here, Princess. I know that I should use my powers for good.” Evan said. Damn it, why do I have so many movie references in my mind? he thought. “But, Princess, it’s been a long day, can I go to sleep?”
“Well, I’ll leave my sister to do the talking.”
“But I’m tired.” said Evan in annoyance.
“Don’t worry, you’ll see in the morning. Right now, get some rest. In a few week’s time, we need you ready.”
And just like that, Evan was asleep. Like an Angel’s nap.