Emma’s POV – Wake Up to the New World
I woke up with soreness all over my body. It felt as if I was hit by a truck, and it left me with shattered bones. As the pain sinks in to get me to realize that I was severely injured, I heard voices nearby.
“Whoa! What is that!?” An excited voice questioned.
“It doesn’t look like it’s doing so well.” Another spoke with a country accent. “It’s got some bruises here and there.”
“Girls, step back!” One cautioned. “I think it’s a… human.”
“What’s a human?” the excited voice wondered earlier?
By that moment, I realized something fairly off. The fact that they didn’t know what a human was pressured me to believe I was in some alien world. As much as I would like to believe this is a dream, it’s too realistic. The fact that I can process pain right now is enough evidence to show me, I’m not hallucinating. Unless of course I was drugged, which I highly doubt as well. I looked towards the direction of the voices and saw who they belonged to. Ponies of bright colors like that of candy were shown right before me. Struggling with my sanity, I look away and sigh, wondering how I got myself into this mess.
“Look! That human thing just took a peek at us!” One of them pointed out with a scratchy, boyish voice.
I heard another, but just barely. Her voice was nearly faint. “Shouldn’t we do something to help it?”
“The best we can do is take it to the hospital for now. I’ll just use my magic to carry her there. Rainbow, can you go to the hospital and get them to ready a checkup? Tell them that it’ll be very similar to minotaur anatomy. Oh, but be sure to tell them that it won’t have as much muscle.”
“You got it!” The tomboyish voice acknowledged before making a noise of sudden propulsion. I was getting quite nervous around these superhuman horses, but as I am now, I might as well let things be. With the pain I’m going through right now, I might as well hope that they are taking me to the hospital for treatment and not some weird testing facility like in the movies.
“Alright, be sure to keep some distance. It fell through the sky, so I’ll bet it’s feeling pretty hurt.” She warned the others.
It wasn’t long before the ground was no longer touching my back. I turn and see my body being lifted over thin air. The force that blankets my body felt like the air was holding me. The aura also was shown around me, and the color matched that of the pony with the horn on her head. I took note that the unicorn had some powers like she mentioned before. Magic she called it, and here she was using it to carry me to the hospital.
Things just got interesting.
Twilight’s POV – Meeting the First Human in Centuries
“We’ll try our best.” Nurse Red Heart told me. “It doesn’t look like too much damage. I’m sure with a little healing magic, some bandages, and painkillers, it’ll be back on its feet in no time.”
“Thank you Nurse Red Heart.” I said gratefully.
“I’ll call you in when we’re done.”
The nurse went back inside the room to continue her work. It was a relief after managing to bring her in. I bumped its head by mistake on the way in, so I was worried I may have damaged the human’s brain. I went to my friends as they circled around me with questions on their mind.
“Hey Twi! What’s that thing you called? A human?” Rainbow asked.
“Yes, it’s called a human.” I answered.
“So that’s a human?” Fluttershy thought. “I never seen any creature like it, besides monkey’s maybe.”
“Well, they’re kinda, supposed to be… well, extinct.”
“WHAT!?” They shouted in shock. They yelled so loud, a nurse stuck her head out and shushed us. We nodded in apology before returning to the subject.
“So we have a dinosaur!?” Pinkie questioned.
“No! Of course not! They’re not that old.”
“Well, how did they get to be extinct?” Rarity questioned.
“For… Well, something.” I shrugged, not honestly sure myself. “I know that the ponies did have a hoof in it when it happened, but other than that, I don’t know. They were gone for hundreds of years. I’m as shocked as you girls when I saw it. The thing looked like the same human from the book.”
“Wait a minute, did you say ponies had a hoof in it? Like… our great ancestors got rid of them all?” Applejack questioned.
“Sadly, yes. That seems to be the case. I don’t know why though. I know some things about humans, like that they are sentient, they once lived in harmony with other creatures as well, and they were well versed with technology. But after their sudden disappearance caused by the ponies, all that’s left of the humans were ruins of their old places.”
“What do you make of this one then?” Rarity asked.
“Again, this is all new to me. I don’t know what’s going to happen or why this even happened. I have some questions for the human myself once we get the chance.”
It wasn’t long before Nurse Red Heart came out with a smile. “She seems to have stabilized. Her pain is gone, and she’d like to talk to you.”
“Well, that makes things easier.” Applejack grinned. “Come on ya’ll, let’s meet this human.”
We all went in together, barging through the doors. I didn’t want to make such a rude entrance, but Rainbow happened to be pushing every pony inside. When we came through, we saw the human with her head wrapped in a bandage. The human looked outside the window, observing something across the lush green grass of the park that just so happened to be right next to the building. It wasn’t long before the human turned to us. The voice made it clear that it was a female.
“I just wanted to say thanks for what you did.” She spoke as politely as she can. “But can you please tell me where I am, and how did I get here?”
“You’re in Ponyville.” I answered. “As for how you got here, I don’t know.”
“Ponyville… Wow.” She said with a weak grin. “So, town full of ponies, huh?”
“Like any other town in Equestria.” Applejack stated.
“Oh! Is that what the country is called?” She responded with a twitch in the eye. With the pace heading to sarcasm, she grumbles, “Wonderful, just wonderful.”
“I know, right!?” Pinkie laughed.
“What’s wrong? Why are you so upset?” I questioned.
“It’s pretty obvious that I don’t belong here.” She stated. “I was in a world of humans just yesterday. But next thing you know, I’m here of all places.”
“Another world?” I repeated. “I don’t remember that in the book.”
The human then raised an eyebrow at me. “What book?”
“It was a book about humans.” I explained. “Since the picture looked like you in a way, I assumed you were the same kind as the ones from this world. But they’re all extinct. And with what you’re saying, you’re from a world full of humans?”
“That’s right.”
“Looks like it was just a coincidence then. And here I thought we can figure out some answers on how all those humans came to die out like that.”
“So… I really am the only human in this world.”
“Still, that’s not right.” I pointed out. “There has to be a reason why you’re here. It may be something caused by magic, but for it to bring a creature from another dimension is beyond natural circumstances. Something or some pony did this to you.”
“I’m confused as is right now.” She sighed. “This is the first I ever heard of magic, and it’s already confusing. If someone brought me here, can’t you just put me back to my world?”
“I’d have to get the spell for it.” I explained. “We could try experimenting, but it won’t yield success without some catastrophic failures from testing. For all we know, the first experiment to rip a hole to another world could lead you to some place dangerous!”
“Fantastic.” She groaned in misery. “It was only a week left before I said my speech to the college.”
“College?” Rainbow spoke. “You some kinda egghead like Twi here?”
“I happen to be very smart, yes.” She snapped back. “I graduated just a month ago, and they were happy to let me say my speech to the new students who would be attending next year. If I followed through with it, I’d be able to get a lot of money to kick start my business.”
“What kind of business?” Rarity asked with some interest.
“Eh… Well… I had some inventions being in the blueprints, so I needed the money to make a prototype.” The human girl sighed, looking down in despair as she says, “Unfortunately, all those blueprints are back at my house. I can’t show any of them even if you ask.”
“It seems you still share some common ground with the humans that used to be here.” I told her. “The humans here were known as inventors back in the day.”
“Hey! That’s pretty cool!” Pinkie stated. “Do you think you can help me with my Party Cannon? I want it to shoot like, even more party stuff!”
“Or perhaps make a sewing machine that’ll help me with my work?” Rarity requested as well.
“Anything being built by a human would be very interesting either way.” I assured her.
“I’m not feeling all too well right now.” She sighed. “I really want to take some time to take all this in. If what we’ve discussed here is true, no one here knows of a way back for me to get home… correct?”
We didn’t give a positive look on that outcome. When she saw us avoiding her gaze, she sighs in despair. She laid on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. With such insecurity, she was practically giving up on her situation. Hoping to brighten her mood, I decided to give some help.
“You know… If you need a place to stay, you can come live with me.” I offered. “It’d be nice to learn more about you and your kind. That, and seeing how you were just tossed into Ponyville without a warning, I suppose a little hoof is all you need to get your life rolling.”
“Thanks.” She sighed. “At least I’m not homeless. I can add that to the good things so far.”
Smiling, I leave the room saying, “I’ll get you checked out. And see if they have a wheelchair for you to use.”
With that came my second roommate. A human from another world!