//------------------------------// // Where am I? Escape from Canterlot! // Story: Running around with ponies // by danail24 //------------------------------// Chapter 1 Where am I? Escape from Canterlot! It was a bright sunny day in Canterlot Equestria, with only a couple of cumulus clouds hanging in the air. Princess Luna was in her private chambers, lying on her bed, reading a book. When she didn’t know what else to occupy her time with, the princess of the night always opened up some of the older volumes, a thousand years or more old. The current one carried the name of “Arcane spells of the ancients”. Being back from a thousand years of exile hadn’t helped her when it came to reintegrating herself in today’s pony society. Even though she had a blast during Nightmare night with her new Ponyville friends, it took some time for the others who hadn’t gotten used to her to start trusting her again. Sure, here in Canterlot everyone respected her out of her sister’s good name but the Crescent mare couldn’t feel the warmth and love that Celestia basked in with each public appearance. The days of hate were over of course! Tia cared deeply for her, and only wished for everything to get better, assuring her that the future holds a brighter tomorrow. Well, until that time came, Luna would just have to wait and see. Flipping through the pages, a certain spell caught her eye. It was an inter-dimensional viewing spell, with the help of which she could observe other worlds and their inhabitants. This sounds most amusing, the princess thought. She wondered if she could perform it. It would be pretty entertaining to watch many various and exotic otherworldly creatures go on with their lives. It’s not like she would disturb them. This spell was for monitoring only. So with a “what the heck”, the mistress of the moon read on as to how to execute the magic. After a 15-minute learning experience, Luna decided to give it a go. Tapping in her magic potential, her horn glowed dark blue. Concentrating, the alicorn did a circular motion with it, opening a rift through space and time. Smiling at her success, she squealed with delight and clopped her hooves against one another. Peering thought the round window, this is what she saw. It was a room filled with all sorts of strange metallic devices. The walls were of a mellow yellow tinge, with portraits of strange creatures hung all around . One of em was of a strange furless bipedal creature with a blonde spiky mane, with its upper appendages cupped together, containing a glowing sphere of blue energy. Тhe writing, which by coincidence was the same as Equestrian read “Kamehameha”. “What strange writing! It is written in the Equestrian alphabet, yet it makes no sense! I wonder if there is anybody living in this strange home I’m observing!” the pony monarch was struck with fascination. Just then, without warning, strange music started echoing throughout the room. Guitars and sequencers could be heard, followed by a singer, performing the musical piece in a foreign language. The tune was catchy and melodious. Just when the mare’s royal ears were starting to enjoy it, another furless creature appeared, this one alive though. It too walked on two feet, with strange upper limbs that resembled paws but could handle objects with ease, short brown hair, wearing a pair of green pants and a blue sweater. /on the other side/ Ivan was his name. A 21 year old Bulgarian College student with blue eyes. After a long debate with his parents, he finally got the chance to go and study abroad in the US. It felt good studying at Stanford University! But the best thing was the gymnastics! Being an amateur martial artist, he trained himself by watching youtube videos, and practicing with real training equipment every day. Add to that two years of gymnastics and strength training and the student was really starting to get the results he wanted. Back in his home country, everybody used to pick on him for being different. For being a nerd who loved kids cartoons, and anime, and for being weak and scrawny. Well now his muscles were starting to grow, and he acquired the build. He only needed some more extra pounds! Now the Bulgarian was in the US, and here the people were more welcoming to oddities such as his! He was going to finish his education, make many good friends, get an awesome job and date girls. The dude sang the Dragon Ball Z anime theme, while doing karate punches on a wooden post, hardening his fists. Then he proceeded with boxing the sandbag, Muay Thai punching, kicking, knee and elbow combos and all the other exercises. “I must be strong like Kenshiro, fast like Goku, as agile as Luffy!” Ivan got into his own state of mind, motivating himself. After a little while, the guy decided to move on to other equipment, moving out the line of view. “Hey, where is he going? I want to see more fantastic movements such as the ones he did just now! Thy princess is not amused!” The blue equine pouted, looking back to the book “How do you enlarge this thing?” She attempted to zoom out so she could continue enjoying the show but that didn’t turn out well. That was a slip-up that would cost Luna dearly for ever tampering with unknown dimension vortexes. And wouldn’t you know the rift destabilized, becoming wider and wider until it was human sized that triggered the most obvious thing happening. The bipedal creature unwittingly stepped through the portal, while doing combo moves, followed by the portal closing, and an awkward situation ensuing. “Ha, haaa! Uuuh…” Ivan suddenly stopped hitting the air and looked around. Something told him this wasn’t his training room anymore. He scratched his head in bewilderment, wondering if he was hallucinating or something. Just then the college student heard strange noises. Turning his head leftward, he was flabbergasted to see a dark blue mare, with a matching mane made of energy that consisted of entire star constellations, and a crescent moon on a black background tattooed on her flank. She seemed to be aware of his presence as well, obviously speechless, with her snout wide open in shock. Now that was a doozy! Next thing you know the equine screamed at him in a deafening way: “AAAAAAAAAH! THE CREATURE CAME INTO MY ROOOOOOOOM!” /nearby, out in the hall/ “I’m telling you buddies! We’ll be Royal guards in no time! Just stick with me, I know the head honcho around here! We’re like real tight!” A vegetable green unicorn colt bragged as him and his friends were trotting down, after a long and hard lecture in tactics. They were all unicorn royal guard trainees, dreaming of the day they would graduate and get all the privileges of being a keeper of the law and order in the palace, the very elite. And all the mares they would get! But all that had to wait as a scream was heard from Princess Luna’s dorm. “Shiver me timbers! That sounds like Princess Luna in distress! What should we do lads?” A patch eyed trainee called out, all panicky. “Quite obvious, actually! We gallop to her rescue!” The green bragster proclaimed in a very corny way, dashing for it. Everypony else followed, except one that questioned his command. “But shouldn’t we call actual royal guards? We’re still just trainees!” The male in question asked, but after he received no reply, he decided to go and call for back up himself. Back at the ruler’s bedroom, both homo sapiens and Alicornus Equidae had gone silent, sizing each other out. By her height Ivan judged her almost as tall as himself, not to mention she looked like a cutesy wootsey talking animal as if taken out of a kids show. “Where am I? How did I get here? Who and what are you?” The young man looked in all directions frantically, confused, frightened, wanting answers. “Uuuh… I’m terribly sorry, uuuh, sir! But I seem to have accidentally teleported thou to my home of Equestria! Thou art in the royal palace, situated in the city of Canterlot! I am princess Luna, Mistress of the night! As to my species, I am reffered to as an allicorn!” The mare tried her best to come up with a precise, short and exact explanation of the situation. “You gotta be kiddin meh! I get separated from my world by a talking Unicorn, Pegasus female thingy who also happens to be both a princess and a sorceress!” Ivan face-slapped himself at this ridiculous pinch he had just gotten himself into. “I didn’t do it on purpose! Besides, thou ist to blame for not paying attention and stepping through the portal!” Luna attempted to defend herself. “Well excuuuuuuse me princess! Whose idea was it to open up this enchanted wormhole in the first place?” Explanations turned into arguments. All of a sudden, the trainees appeared surrounding the human. “A monster? Just as I thought! You dare attack our beloved princess! We the Royal guards in training shall not stand for this! Capture him and put him in the dungeon!” Their green boastful leader overdramatized every single word and reaction before pointing his hoof, giving the signal for the rest of his squad to follow his order. “No, thou don’t understandest! Tiz all my fault! He’s just an innocent creature I conjured up from another dimension!” The co-ruler of Equestria cried out but was left unheard as the armored colts pushed her back for safety reasons, leaving her outside, telling her to contact her sister. “Now just stay there and let us catch you! If you don’t struggle we’ll get you a good cell!” The law ponies made their “reasonable request”. “Cell? Dungeon? Oh, no! I’m not gonna let a bunch of talking horses lock me away to rot because of some made up charges!” The out-worlder refused, clenching his fist “You have to fight me first!” He turned sideways, striking a battle pose, prancing on his tippy-toes for more maneuverability, which activated Kenshiro's theme from Hokuto no Ken. “2... 4... 5…Yeah, I can take ya!” Some of the trainees were reluctant to enter battle so soon, since they never experienced that kind of situation before, but with a little push from their leader, one of them decided to charge the so called monster. That was a bad move, for when the equine soldier got in reach, Ivan kicked it in the lower jaw, forcefully lifting it up on his hind feet, and then boxed him in the face with a right cross. All his pals, indignant by this creature’s brutal ways, charged him in a frenzy. Using the momentum, the human jumped, putting his hand on the back of one of the unicorns as a support, shooting himself up in the air, twirling around like a screw, then landed behind another and did a low sweep kick, which made it stumble and slide crash into the others. “You beast, take that!” A random guard swung his enchanted blade. Ivan had to dodge but he wasn’t fast enough for his sweater and t-shirt under it got shredded and ruined thus he had to remove them. Now they could see his upper body physique, which even though not very beefy, it still had a good build, with some good abs, a bit of chest muscles, some well formed shoulders, triceps, biceps and forearms. “Sweet Celestia, he even has the build of a monster!” The green leader gasped. “Shut up! Who you calling a monster! I’m just defending myself!” The homo sapiens was starting to get very irritated. He threw a corkscrew punch, twisting his entire arm to increase the force. It collided directly with a pony in midair that was trying to jump on him and bring him down. “Wooo Ooooooh! Hundred Crack first, GO! ATATATATATATATATATATATATATTATATATAAAA! WATAAAAAA!’ The human also had to do a barrel of fast Wing Chun punches (elbows close to the sides), stooping down to the whimsical creatures level. And this was just the first 2 minutes! Being sick of the pain, three of the wanna-be guards roped him in order to subdue this troublemaker. “Gggh! Gyiiiiiiiih! Darn this magic!” Ivan struggled. Then he noticed that the ropes weren’t that tight. Sloppy work no doubt! If he could force it, then maybe he would be able to widen the snare and get loose. “You really think these flimsy strings can hold me? I’m stronger than you think!” The hairless being smirked. Then he started screaming as if he was powering up. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” The fighter’s muscles tensed up, trying to loosen his bonds. The unicorns shuddered with intimidation. No way, this creature was that powerful to break free from their hold. They were just staring that him, with their jaws and eyes wide open, forgetting to tighten their ropes in order to render his attempts futile. That of course helped bring out the illusion, as through sheer muscle power, the human broke free. The colts backed away in fear, for they were newbies that had never dealt with the art of deceit. Just when Ivan was starting to think he could get away, the expected back up finally arrived, surrounding him in a thick ring of equine authority. “By order of princess Celestia, we order you to give yourself up!” The captain of the guards spoke, demanding compliance. The dude looked around. There was no way out! Beads of sweat started to run down his entire body. He couldn’t beat them all. And these guys looked more experienced compared to the klutzy five he fought just now. What to do? Should he try to bluff them as well? But what if they don’t buy it? Well… desperate times call for desperate measures. “Hold it right there!” The cornered being reached his hand forth menacingly, reaching for something in his pocket. It was a sphere that produced blinding light. A friend of his gave it to him as a gift to use it anytime he found himself in a tight spot. Well, now was the time to use it! He lowered his stance, and cupped his hands, hiding the ball. “I’m warning you! If you don’t let me go, I’ll blow this place to smithereens! This stance which I took now is called “The Kamehameha wave“ stance! By the time I yell the last syllable of the word “Kamehameha”, you better clear out, or I’ll unleash upon you a massive energy beam that can blow up this entire palace SKY HIGH!” Ivan threatened, hoping this crazy plan would work. Everypony seemed to believe him as they gasped with one voice at the declaration. They backed off a little but stood their ground. “He’s bluffing! There’s no way he could do that… could he?” The green colt called out again. “Oh, am I? Okay, then! If you wanna try me, then by George, I’ll accept your dare!” He put on a fake smirk and tightened his stance. ‘KAAAAAAAAAAAAA…MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE…” The Dragon Ball Zee poser commenced chanting the famous anime line, putting on his best act “HAAAAAAAAA…MMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!” he pushed a button, making the device he was holding emit a soft light. The soldiers were baffled and terrified when they saw that glow. This definitely wasn’t a bluff by what they saw. “Hold your positions! We are royal guards!” The captain’s voice trembled. “You doomed us all!” A horrified colt cried out. ‘HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” The anime-lover thrust his hands forward, clicking the button again, and a bright, blinding light then shone out of his hands. Everything went bright and white! Nobody even heard the human trying to get out the door, nor did they hear glass breaking. Everypony was holding their eyes closed and yelling in blind fear that they were dying. “I’m dying! Nooooo, I’m dying... Wait no I’m not!” A dumb pony writhed and overdramatized when it suddenly stood up and noticed everything was actually fine. /out on the balcony/ Ivan walked around in circles, wondering where to go to now. He was stuck on the balcony, which was the only way out of that infernal war zone called a royal bedroom. There was no way to climb to a nearby window or balcony since there were none close by. Approaching the oval shaped marble parapet the fugitive looked down. Man was that high! He knew it was either jumping down and meeting his maker or handing himself over. “Oooooooh! Why did this room have to be on the 30th floor!” The college student muttered in frustration, pulling on his hair. Just then he saw a band of pegasi, flying by bellow. They stopped advancing, staying in midair. There was some sort of instructor pony telling them things. Just when another crazy idea crossed the dude’s mind, the guards found him. “It’s over! You have nowhere to run!” The captain made things clear. “Y-y you’ll never take me alive!” The young man spontaneously decided to risk it all and charged at the wall of equines. They prepared for impact but for their surprise, once he got close, the alien just took a u-turn and dashed for end of the balcony. “NO DON’T!” Princess Luna suddenly appeared along with Celestia by her side, being the witness of this spectacle. “GERONIMOOOoooo!” was only heard as the student plunged down and disappeared from sight. /20 floors below/ “Now team, as you all know there is a difference between being a good flyer and a Great Flyer! And that is…” The wonderbolts’ trainer kept prattling on and on about stuff they already knew. “Gee Spitfire, this boring old speech sure is making me hungry!” Soarin rubbed his tummy with his back hoof. *sigh* same old Soarin! Always thinking with his stomach! When is he gonna learn that all those extra pounds slow him down. He always feels sick, flying at incredible speeds right after he just stuffed himself, Spitfire thought annoyed at this daily routine that served her the same dish, every single day. When is something exciting gonna happen? Can’t a girl have any fun? But as the old saying goes “Be careful what you wish for!” once she wished for excitement, that’s what the filly got. A voice was heard from above, coming closer and louder with time. “I’m gonna dieeeeeee! This waS A BIG FAT MISTAAAAAAAAKE!” and following the sound, came a blur of beige, green and brown that fell on the fiery maned female, dragging her down with it. Ivan clung on the first thing he could grab. Оnce he reached the flying circus of ponies that were wearing some sort of blue superhero costumes, the human frantically spread his arms, grasping something blue with very bushy orange hair. It was a Pegasus as he had hoped. The talking animal squealed in alarm when the Bulgarian wrapped himself around its small body like an overgrown baby monkey on his mama’s back. “Aaaaaaaah! What the hаy? Get off of me you bald… thing!” The pony shrieked angrily. “I’m sorry but if I do, I die! Now please flap your wings I beg of you!” The “bald monkey thing” wasted no time. When they saw that the land was getting closer they both squalled again. “AAAAAAAAAAH! FLY DARN IT! FLAP YOUR LITTLE WINGS! FLAP THEM, FLAP THEM, FLAP THEM FOR THE LOVE OF GO-O-OOOD!” The man comically gestured by flapping his hands as if they were wings, while still holding a firm grip using his legs. Out of instinct Spitfire obeyed flapping her flying attributes as hard as she could. It gradually decreased the speed of falling but it didn’t stop it. They broke right through the wooden roof of a very swanky barn, where they fell on a pile of hay. “Am I dead yet?” Ivan removed his hands covering his face in hopelessness “I’m…alive and well! Hurray! I escaped certain death!” He rejoiced, lifting his fists in the air triumphal but then remembered something “Uh-oh… Oh no! Did I kill it?” the student removed his rump from the flattened equine and poked it. It didn’t seem to move. “I’M AN ANIMAL KILLER! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Mourning Sorrow took over the guy's heart, starting to shed tears when he heard a groan. The furry little thing was still alive, even though half-conscious. Good thing he weighed a mere 132 pounds. Ivan lifted its big disproportionate head and kissed it. “Thank you for saving me, dear… whatever-your-name-is! I’m sorry for using you as a parachute-pillow to cushion my fall but I had no other option! Now if excuse me… Sayonara! I hope you recover quick!” The awkward man left the building with guilt in his gut but also relief that he was okay. But all the worries and trouble weren’t behind him yet. The fleeing fugitive had short time to escape from this crazy place. First things first, he had to find the market place. It’s probably the most crowded area in town in this time of day. It was noon judging by the sun standing right above his head. And the authorities will find it quite the task to find him among so many of their civilians. So Ivan ran like crazy. Everypony was giving him looks as the guy passed through, with astonishment written on their faces. That was natural! He wasn’t from here, what did he expect? The fugitve then thought of asking for directions. It was quite difficult to get some answers the polite way, because every time he did, they just looked at him and walked away disturbed and all. Well the time to be polite was over! “How can I get to the market?” The out-worlder asked a pony with a brilliant azure coat and a pale cornflower blue mane. “How dare you speak that way to the Great and powerful Trixie?” The mare huffed and lifted up her nose. She was wearing a magician’s outfit for some reason. “I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS! MARKETPLACE, NOW!” The pressured human snapped, pointing at her with his index finger. Thunderstruck, Trixie pointed her hoof in some direction, and the fugitive was gone. With his arrival at the market, Ivan started thinking: if he was running away in a foreign land he had to gather some stuff up first; that meant he had to resource to stealing. Our homo sapiens character had never stolen anything in his life before but when you’re in his shoes you have to do it or you won’t make it far. Soon there were lots of angry sales clerk ponies after him, with their loud voices, demanding their stock to be returned. Our guy had swiped the largest blanket he could get, a pony mask, a fake tail, a map of the surrounding terrain and a sack of vegetables all essential if he could only get out of this city. The guards appeared too, joining the small angry mob, looking around in every corner. They lost sight of him on the next turn, so they started to check the establishments. A little bit after they had passed, Ivan popped his head out of a barrel relieved. Who knew running from the law of this world would prove to be such a task. They’re talking ponies for Pete sake! Well, at least the chase was put on hold… for now. “In the name of Celestia what is this thing doing in those empty barrels? An exotic creature escaped from the palace zoo probably?” A sophisticated looking horse by the name of Fancy Pants eyed the human with curiosity. Oh boy! It was time to bail. “How could have I forgotten to put on my disguise?” The man ran in a lonely alley, put on his mask, stood on his fours, tossed the blanket over himself and pinned the tail on the backside. Now that nobody else wasn't staring at him anymore, it was a good idea to leave town unnoticed. Alas, it was never meant to be this easy. After a mere three minutes a royal guard stopped him for a few questions. “Excuse me sir! Have you seen a bald monkey like monster around here?” The law pony questioned. “Why, no officer! That would be just silly! Whoever heard of a bald monkey, running around Canterlot?” The pony in disguise talked back without moving its lips. Checking out his queer and miserable appearance, the representative of the authority thought something seemed suspicious. “Do you have your documents for living in Canterlot! You don’t seem to be around here, so you should have a permit!” “Why I do have it! It’s right here! Look!” The mysterious character made the pony soldier lean down, only to get ko'ed by an uppercut that came from under the cover. This attracted the attention of other armored stallions as they approached him. It was hard enough running with his two own feet! Now he had to do it on all fours. How do animals do it? The masked guy entered a clothes boutique and hid between the clothes ever so subtly. The long hoof of the law scoured it, interrogated some of the customers, then left, for the human’s Great relief. But when he peeped out of the stack of garments, his mask fell off, and gave him away. “EEEEEEEEE! IT’S THE HIDEOUS CREATURE THAT THE GUARDS SPOKE OF!” A hooved lady bawled. “Who you callin hideous? You ain’t no vision of loveliness either?” Ivan retorted. He wondered why these ponies were so mean and rude to anything and anyone that looked different. But that had to wait. The lad made up his mind, that he wasn’t stopping until he exited this here settlement and no…pony he guessed… was gonna stop him! It’s do or die! So the escapee picked up speed and made like a motor. Every kind of those critters were right on his tracks now: Pegasuseseses, Unicorns, ponies with no horns or wings. The pursued finally got close to the front wooden bridge gate. They were just about to close it too, when the human jumped for it. He didn’t make the jump, so the student fell into the river below. “He fell in the river! Send a team to search it!” A Sergeant Major pony ordered, as a couple of earth pony soldiers dived in. /meanwhile back at the palace/ “Sister I demand an explanation!” A furious Luna stomped on a wanted poster with her hoof. “Calm down Luna! I do this for the alien creature’s own good!” Celestia briefly responded, while ordering the rest of these be delivered to every city, town and village stationed around Canterlot. “This creature is not a monster nor is it a criminal to be hunted down!” “I know it’s hard for you since you made a little mistake but I must ensure the safety of my people!” “He is not dangerous! He is just a misunderstood creature who is frightened and confused! It was only defending itself against the guards who hastily rushed in and forced it to fight and run away!” “I know! But all the better to find it and send it back where it came from! Now what do you think would be best for you if you were in his horse shoes? Do you think you should wander around a land you don’t know or return to the safety of your home as soon as possible?” “Just promise you won’t send it to the dungeon unless it did something really inexcusable!” The dark blue mare’s eyes reflected her solicitude. “I promise!” The ruler of Equestria spread her wing and sheltered her little sibling under it before giving another order. “Commander Storm cloud!” “Yes you majesty!” A hard boiled piece of male ponidom suited in black armor appeared. “Make sure you do not harm the creature in any way, once found! It is to be treated as a guest of Equestria that has lost its way! That is a direct order from us both!” The white Alicorn specified. As the two regal monarchs left the scene, our attention shifts to the “wanted poster” which had a picture of our character with a ferocious screaming face, in a battle stance (thanks to the trainees who were the ones to describe it). It read “Wanted, alive and in good condition, a missing foreign creature. Even though dangerous looking, it is harmless. If you see it or happen to hear information about it, please report to your local law enforcement center, or send a letter. Do not try to confront it, for it is very easily frightened! By order of the two princesses, Celestia and Luna” /in a forest near the city/ Ivan was lying on a flatstone in a forest. Once he ditched the chasing party, the man stopped at the first clearing he could locate. He was reading the water proof parchment and scoping out where he was and where he could go from here. In the nude! Yes, his pants, blanket and underwear were wet from the river, so the dude had to hang them up some branches to dry in the sun. He doubted anybody could see him so it was okay. The sun was warm anyways! The map showed off all the areas around this city of Can-ter-lot as it read. His food was still good but it could only last for a day and a half at this rate. Where could he go? The college student knew they were gonna warn the nearby villages, but what choice did he have. He knew he had to risk it, and go stealthy by going into a village during the night for some more stuff, then get out. Hmmmmmm… which one was the closest? /three days later/ “Tralalalalalalaaaaa!” A cute yellow pony, with a soft pink mane and a butterfly cutie mark carried her basket to a nearby flower patch, to pick some beautiful begonias. Then she saw something that frightened her. The equine looked up. “Eeep!” The filly thought she saw something staring at her from the forest. But there was nothing there! “Oh, Fluttershy, you’re starting to see things! Creatures from the Everfree forest never come out in the open like that! I better hurry to Rarity’s! She said she needs these flowers for her latest work!” the peace loving girl brushed off her thoughts and decided to head for her friend’s place. Poor thing didn’t know that what she thought she saw staring at her from the entrance of the Everfree forest came out as soon as she departed and started following her. Fluttershy found Rarity finishing up her latest dress… with an unsatisfied Twilight as her model. All the needle pinching and standing still made the purple mare go nuts. “Please finish up Rarity! I have to… uuuh… go and study or something! Yeah and I have to feed Spike too!” miss Sparkle clopped on the floor impatiently. “I’m almost fini Twilight darling! Oh Fluttershy! I see you’re here with the begonias I so need! Please put them in that vase over there on the cupboard! I need them as an example to make some paper replicas! And they would definitely freshen up my work place! ” The white diva of diamonds and fashion waved to her friend, still dilly dallying on last details of the dress. “Good day Rarity and Twilight, I’ll just leave these and I’ll be on my way!” The lovely voiced stare master did as she was told and was just about to leave when a cute little white unicorn with pink/purple mane shouted. “CUTIE MARK CRUSADER PAPER FLOWER MAKER!” “Oh, no! Fluttershyyyyyy! Sorry to ask you like this but do be a dear and catch Sweetie Bell before she makes a mess of things” Rarity asked politely. “sigh… okay. I’ll try… Sweetie Bell, put these flowers back where I left them! Umm… please” The Pegasus flew after the tiny filly that was jumping around and knocking down stuff, while holding the plants in her mouth and giggling. /somewhere outside town/ It has been three days of endless walking. Sleeping on threes each night was uncomfortable and freezing! Not to mention that he had no clothes from the waist up and that blanket was not thick enough to keep him warm! His food ran out and he couldn’t find anything edible in this entire labyrinth of green. The runaway alien dipped himself in some lakes to wash himself but the water was cold as well. All Ivan could do is wash his face and hands and drink. Once the human reached the end of the forest and saw a pony, he was relieved yet wary. He hoped she hadn’t seen him follow her to the entrance of the city. Now hiding up another tree near the lake, the Earther was going to wait until it was night so he could get some stuff. Now that things have gone a little quieter and he was no longer running for now, it made him think… what now? Was he going to keep running forever? How can a guy live such a life! It all seemed like a dead end street! Either that or be caught and thrown in pony prison! The beds and toilets were probably gonna be too small, and it would be smelly, and… uuuuurgh… No matter! Ivan was gonna wait for night to fall, for every living thing to go to sleep then he’ll decide what to do. As night fell, the bandit like being got down from his hiding place and proceeded scouting the town. He tried the doors but many of them were locked. But for his luck, one of those equines had forgotten to do so, as he entered something that looked like a dress shop. Why would ponies need dresses? All of them already went in the nude… although the human saw some wearing clothes when he was running the streets of Canterlot. Well… he rallied up some nice and thick blue fabric, some thread, needle and a pair of scissors. Next the college student found a barn of some pony ranch (seriously, horses owning a ranch) filled with apples. He got as many as he could carry in his sack and a small pail for water to fill up later. By the time Ivan got back to town a couple of hours had passed. It was so very late. He still didn’t know what to do next. The man was so… very… tired! Thinking it was best to sleep somewhere where nopony could find him and think over his actions tomorrow morning, the guy encountered a large tree in the middle of town and decided that it’d suit him just fine. He was used to it anyways. So, the fugitive got up its big stalk, lay down his body on a nice soft leafy branch, tucked himself in with the blanket, used the stolen fabric as a mattress and fell asleep quickly. As we all know this wasn’t a regular three. The human missed to notice due to the cover of darkness that this was a home with windows and a door. It was also… a library… Author’s notes: Muaaaaaaahahahahaahahahahahahah! I’m so evil! I definitely gonna portrait Ivan’s miserable situation even deeper in the next chapters. I hope you forgive my many mistakes and plotholes. This is just a random story as the title says that I did on impulse. Hope you enjoyed it… its gonna get even freakier from here on out… then its gonna calm down a little… then again hype up… hope you like the anime references… that Kamehameha was more like a Solar Flare judging by its effects! Also Sorry about the guard ponies reacting that way to Ivan. I just wanted to create the atmosphere of the pressure a human would feel in a new world, as a fugitive. Besides it’s the trainee guard ponies fault! They’re just a bunch of idiots who jumped into conclusions and blamed him for all sorts of stuff! Don’t forget to write comments if you like it!