(POV: none)
Merasmus follows Applejack as they make their way towards Ponyville. "So tell me, where did you live before?" Applejack asked. Merasmus looked at her.
"Well, I used to live in a castle. A haunted castle to be exact." Merasmus said, slightly smiling. Applejack stops and looks at him, clearly shocked.
"HAUNTED!" She yells. Merasmus flinches from the volume. Than he shakes his head.
"Yes, a haunted castle. I liked living there, it wasn't so bad." He said.
"Well, I haven't always been the type to believe in such things, but just incase ah'm wrong, Ah'm sure the farm ain't haunted." Applejack said. Merasmus shook his head.
"It ain't, and hey, some ponies believe in ghosts, some don't." Merasmus said.
"It's not that ah don't believe in them, I'm just a bit suspicious about their existance." Applejack stated. Merasmus nods.
"And I don't blame you." He said." So, how far are we from the town?" He asked
"Oh, it's just up ahead!" Applejack said, pointing a hoof at a small town. Merasmus looks and his eyes widen.
"You have a castle made out of crystal in the town!" Merasmus said.
"Ah, my friend princess Twilight Sparkle lives there. She used to live in a library built inside a BIIG tree." Applejack laughed as they walked into the town.
'This world gets weirder and weirder by the minute' Merasmus thought as he followed. He looked around, taking in the buildings and sights, but he didn't see any pony outside.
"Where is everypony?" Merasmus asked.
"I dunno." Applejack said as she looked around. She saw a pony duck into a building and facehoofed.
"Ah see. Same thing happened with zecora. They hid cause they thought she was spooky and whatnot." She said. Merasmus sighs and shakes his head.
'Not again' He thought. "Shouldn't they be over this already?" Merasmus asked Applejack.
"Well, you're new, so they're just being cautious. It happens to any suspicious character who comes through." Applejack stated.
"Well I guess that makes sense. A town being cautious about someone new." Merasmus said as he continued to look around. He saw old thatched houses, some a little bit more modern, one building caught his attention, a house that looked like a gingerbread house. 'Must be a bakery." He thought as they neared it.
"Now, if you were a pony, they'd all be saying hi and trying to make friends." Applejack said.
"But it's because I am a zebra that they are being cautious." Merasmus said.
"Yeah. To be honest, I didn't think they'd react this way." Applejack stated as she knocked on the gingerbread house's door.
"What is this place?" Merasmus asked, looking at the house. "It looks like it can be eaten." He said.
"I know it does. Don't try though." Applejack said as no one answered. She walks in and holds the door.
"Thank you." Merasmus said, walking in. As he did, he smelled wonderful smells. He smelled cookies and cakes that made his mouth water. He saw a pink pony look at him, before ducking behind the counter with a "eep".
"Pinkie pie!" Applejack yelled at the pink pony. "You of all ponies, were the last I would expect to treat our new resident this way!" She yelled. Pinkie pie poked her head from the counter so only her blue eyes showed.
"Wh-what if he is bad..." Pinkie pie stuttered.
"Pinkie-" Applejack said, sighing heavily. "Just stop." She said.
"Okay..." Pinkie pie said.
"Umm, what was going on?" Merasmus asked.
"I couldn't tell ya." Applejack sighed. Merasmus raised a eyebrow.
"Ok than." He said. He looks at Pinkie pie. "So your Pinkie pie, one of Applejack's friends." Merasmus said.
"You aren't going to...turn me into soup..are you?" Pinkie pie stuttered.
"If he was gunna turn anypony into soup, it'd have been me since ah'm right here. Now, can we stop all this nonsense?" Applejack asked.
"Yeah, sure..." Pinkie pie said, turning on the lights.
"Why would I turn you into soup, you would taste awful and I'm not that type of pony, or zebra in this case." Merasmus said. Pinkie pie stuffed some of her mane into her mouth. Merasmus shook his head in confusion.
"It's cotton candy flavored!" Pinkie pie said.
'She is random, just like pyro. There's always something going on with that guy.' Merasmus thought. "Okay than. Anyway, I am new to this town. So it's nice to meet you. I also heard from Applejack that your a entertainer." Merasmus said. Pinkie pie gives Applejack a disgusted face.
"APPLEJACK!! You know I'm not into that!" Pinkie pie yells. Applejack facehoofs.
"Ah meant entertainer as in making ponies laugh!" Applejack retorted.
"Oh, that's good." Pinkie pie said. Merasmus laughs at Pinkie pie's face.
"Now, we need to let everpony know merasmus isn't bad." Applejack said, sighing heavily. Merasmus nods.
"Pinkie, ah was hoping you could show our new friend around town." Applejack said. A huge smile appeared on Pinkie pie's face and she nodded.
"Sure!" Pinkie pie yelled, bouncing around Merasmus, who looked at pinkie.
"Is she always like this? A energetic pink ball of fur?" Merasmus whispered to Applejack.
"You'll get used to it." Applejack whispered back, patting Merasmus on the back.
"Anyway, shall we get going Pinkie?" Merasmus asked.
"Sure!" Pinkie said, bouncing out the door with Merasmus following.
"Ah'll be at th farm if ya need me!" Applejack yelled.
"First of all! I'm pinkie pie! What's your name!?" Pinkie pie asked, grabbing Merasmus's hoof and shaking it so hard that he is bouncing up and down. His skull hat falls off his head, and his bombinomicon falls out of his robe.
"M-m-m-e-e-r-r-a-a-s-s-m-m-u-u-s-s." Merasmus said while he was bouncing up and down. Pinkie pie suddenly stoped shaking Merasmus's hoof. Merasmus staggers a bit, than shakes his head.
"What kind of name is M-m-m-e-e-r-r-a-a-s-s-m-m-u-u-s-s?" Pinkie asked.
"I meant to say Merasmus." Merasmus said, putting his hat back on and bombinomicon back in his robe.
"Oki doki loki!" Pinkie pie said, hugging Merasmus tightly and smiling widely.
"Need...air...again" Merasmus gasped. Pinkie let's go.
"Sowwy..." she said, hanging her head and her ears droop, before perking back up again.
"Let's go!" She yelled skipping down the road. Merasmus shakes his head and follows.
' She is so random.' Merasmus thought. "So Pinkie pie, where are we going?"
"Only everywhere around town!" Pinkie pie yelled.
"I see, where shall we start?" Merasmus asked.
"Here!" Pinkie said, pointing a hoof at sugercube corner. "Let me show you inside!" She hummed happily, trotting into the candy coated building. Merasmus shook his head in confusion and then pointed his hoof in different directions.
"Huh... but... wait..." Merasmus stuttered. "We just came from here. Why are we back?" Merasmus asked. He than facehoofs and follows inside.
"Don't tell me ya showed him the whole town already?" Applejack asked.
"Nope! We just started!" Pinkie pie said. She turns towards Merasmus. "This is where I work and live!" She said.
"I see. You work at a bakery," Merasmus said. "Applejack works on a Apple farm." He said. She than grabs Merasmus's hoof and drags him upstairs into another room. Merasmus sees two baby ponies in a crib. He couldn't help but smile at how cute they where. He also saw that one was a Pegasus, and the other was a unicorn.
"This is pumpkin and pound cake!" Pinkie said.
"Hello." Merasmus said. Pumpkin and pound cake looked at him, causing Merasmus to smile warmly. Then Pumpkin cake's horn started to glow and Pinkie immediately knew what was happening. Merasmus was suddenly dragged closer to the crib and pumpkin started to suck on his head, while pound cake was banging Merasmus's head with his rattle. Pinkie gasps.
"Pumpkin, and Pound cake!" Pinkie yelled. "Put that down!" She yelled. Merasmus was quite shocked to see that The unicorn has magic at quite a young age.
"Magicus counterus" Merasmus whispered. The glow surrounding Merasmus ceased, but the babies where still on him. Pinkie pie pries the both of them off Merasmus and places them back in their crib.
"Sleep!" She yells. Both of them stare at her then instantly fall asleep.
"They're just so energetic! Who knows where in Equestria they get their energy? " She said, skip-hopping out of the room. Merasmus looks at them and nods. He than follows pinkie pie. As he left the room, he felt something heavy on his tail. He looked and saw Pumpkin sucking on it. Pinkie saw it and started to pull pumpkin.
"Let go!!" She yelled, but pumpkin refused to let go. Merasmus shakes his head and chuckles.
"Only if fluttershy were here!!" Pinkie yelled, continuing to try and pull pumpkin off his tail.
"Who is Fluttershy?" Merasmus asked.
"A friend of mine!" Pinkie said, finally yanking pumpkin off Merasmus's tail. Merasmus flinches as pumpkin comes off. Pumpkin spits out clumps of hair from her mouth.
"Thank you. And I see." Merasmus said. Pinkie zips back into the room, and back out.
"Now, where were we?" She asked, putting a hoof on her chin. "Oh yea!" She says, trotting down the stairs with Merasmus in tow. "Sorry about that. They can be hoof-fulls." She said. Merasmus nods.
"Indeed they can." He said.
"Try babysitting them for a day!" Pinkie pie said.
"Well, i never babysat before, ever." Merasmus said.
"Oh, it's fun!" Pinkie said as they reach the front door. "At least it's what you think until the babies take control." Pinkie chuckled.
"I see." Merasmus said. "So, where to next?" He asked. Pinkie looked as if she was thinking.
"AH! The boutique!" She yelled.
"The boutique?" Merasmus asked.
"My friend Rarity works there." Pinkie said.
"I never been in boutique before." Merasmus said.
"Well, let's go!" Pinkie said, trotting out the door. Merasmus nods and follows.
'This is quite nice, even though pinkie is a little bit weird. Oh well, the more friends, the merrier.' He thought as they made their way through town towards the boutique.
TO BE CONTINUED