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// Chapter 2 
// Story: My Tale of Equestria 
// by LolianTriforce 
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	Sitting in front of her bedroom window watching the world below was her favorite past time. She was glad one thing had stayed the same. Lolian watched as ponies went on with their lives, as if everything in the world was right. 
She became sad thinking about the man she had met in the previous dimension; Aiden. She missed him greatly. She almost considered him her colt-friend and—Ah dang it! She hadn’t even been there one day and she was already speaking just like them.
Sitting up, Lolian decided to go for a quick walk outside to clear her mind. Quickly, she exited her room and walked downstairs. She found the place darker than night. What cause this? It was only noon. She looked around, trying to find the door. She reached out and her hoof met in contact with the door knob. But before she could even turn it, the lights turned on.
“SURPRISE!!”
The shout had startled her and she fell over. She lifted her head and looked around to find ponies all around her. In the center of the room stood the mane six; Pinkie Pie was jumping up and down.
“Wow!” she shouted. “I guess she really was surprised!”
Lolian stood up and dusted herself off. She had forgotten that Pinkie threw a party for Twilight her first day. Why would she not expect this? Adjusting her hat, she looked around and noticed most of the ponies in the room were background ponies in the show.
Twilight walked up to her.
“Hi, my name is Twilight Sparkle,” she introduced. “And these are my friends: Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Apple Jack, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. We threw this party to help you feel welcome here.”
“It was hard to set this up without you knowing!” Pinkie exclaimed. “You were pretty quiet in your room and your little dragon said you didn’t want to be disturbed! I don’t think I know another pony who LIKES to be alone!”
“I’m not very social, either,” Lolian mumbled.
Pinkie walked around Lolian and inspected her appearance. Her light blue eyes searched over her curiously.
“You know,” she started. “I know all the alicorns in Equestria, but I don’t know you.”
Lolian rolled her eyes. Already she was getting annoyed. She had been away from home for too long. She didn’t want to stay here any longer. She grabbed her coin purse full of bits from a small table next to the door and opened the front door, ready to leave.
But before she could even walk outside, she was face to face with Celestia, Luna, and Cadence. Her eyes went wide and she backed up, allowing all three to enter her house. They looked around a little, but Celestia turned her attention to Lolian.
“So,” she began, “You must be the new alicorn?”
Lolian nodded a little. Her whole body was stiff in shock. Celestia looked at her for a while.
“Interesting,” she said quietly. “What is your name?”
“… It’s Lolian.”
“…. Lolian?”
She nodded again.
“She has a weird cutie mark, too!” Pinkie interrupted.
Lolian looked at her flank. Her cutie mark was three gold triangles stacked together to form a bigger triangle. In the Legend of Zelda series, it was called a Triforce. The bottom right triangle stood for courage, bottom left for wisdom, and the top for power.
As she inspected her cutie mark, she noticed the tips of her wings were dark blue.  She opened her wings a little and noticed that her wings had a gradient of white to dark blue. She liked it.
Folding her wings, she remembered that she was surrounded by ponies. She looked up at Celestia, who had a curious look on her face. That’s when it hit her.
A sick feeling entered her stomach. It was a homesick feeling. She felt lightheaded and her knees became weak. Her vision became bury and the world suddenly tipped over onto its side. She heard the muffled cries of the other ponies before she blacked out.

***

Lolian slowly opened her eyes and looked around. She was in bed with the lights dimmed. She glanced out the window next to her and saw the sun beginning to set in the distance.
She couldn’t remember what had happened before she woke up. All her muscles were stiff and they ached in pain. Then it came to her. She had passed out after feeling sick. She was surprised she wasn’t in a hospital after that.
She heard someone clear their throat. She looked over and saw the mane six standing by her beside.
“Are you alright?” asked Twilight.
“You gave us quiet a scare, darling,” Rarity remarked.
“It was Twilight’s quick thinking that helped you recover,” Apple Jack added.
Lolian sat up and cringed in pain. Her muscles were sore from sleeping so long. Twilight rushed to her side and inspected her.
“Oh my,” she gasped. “Looks like you’re still pretty sore.”
“You think?” Lolian asked sarcastically through her pain.
“…… Where did you come from?”
Lolian stopped. She hadn’t really planned out an answer for that particular question. What should she do? She couldn’t tell them she was from Earth. But then Lolian remembered a movie where Twilight visited a High School back on Earth. Maybe she could tell them….
“… It’s a long story,” Lolian replied.
“We’re not rushed.”

***

Twilight looked at Lolian with a surprised expression.
“You mean, you’re from the same world Canterlot High is?” she asked.
Lolian nodded.
“My friends and I were in a different world before I came here. I just want to go home.”
Twilight smiled.
“I think I can arrange that trip for you.”