Once they reached the city limits, Twilight began showing them around. “Now that we’re in Ponyville, let’s begin the tour.” First among their many stops, they passed a school that seemed rather vacant, with the students and teachers being more than likely frightened inside from the arrival of the humans. “Hold on just a second,” said Twilight as she hopped the fence, approached the door, and knocked on it. “Who’s there?” said a terrified adult voice, no doubt the teacher. “Cheerilee, it’s me, Twilight Sparkle. I just checked out the airship that crashed near Ponyville, and there were a group of odd looking creatures on board…” “Creatures?” said Scott in an offended tone. “Forget it, Scott,” replied Sammy. “…but rest assured, the-” “HUMANS!” interrupted Scott across the yard. Sammy punched Scott in the arm for making a scene. “The humans, as they like to be called, are actually really friendly and they mean us no harm. So could you please open the door? The humans would like to meet some of the children so they can create a good image for themselves.” There was a slow walking sound getting louder as the pony walking was approaching the door.” The door was opened and a fuchsia colored pony with a pink and light pink mane and tail walked outside with the school’s children cautiously approaching from behind. The teacher and her students looked at the humans with the same shock and awe they were met with at the airplane crash. Scott then crouched down and stuck in his hand through the gate reaching out to the colts and fillies. “Don’t worry little guys. I promise I won’t hurt any of you,” he said delicately. The only one brave enough to venture closer was a yellow filly with a red mane and tail with a large red bow on her head. She approached closer and closer with Cheerilee and the other students watching closely, expecting the worst. Once she got close enough for Scott to reach her, he put his fingers on the back of her neck and scratched gently. “Wow, that sure feels good.” Said the filly in a state of bliss. Her voice also had a southern drawl. The kids seeing that there was no danger with the humans ran outside and lined the fences, with Cheerilee sighing with relief. The chatter from the young ponies made it impossible to have a conversation with them. Thankfully, the school bell rung and all the children ran inside except for the one whose neck Scott scratched, and the two of them were having a conversation. “So you’re from a whole ‘nother world?” asked the young filly. “Sure am. By the way, I think you should be getting back to class,” replied Scott. “Okay, then see you later. I’m Apple Bloom by the way.” “Scott. Scott Freeman.” “I’ll see you, Scott Freeman!” The little filly ran inside and Twilight resumed her tour. “It’s good to see that all of you are making friends so quickly,” said Twilight. Scott gave her a warm smile.
Their next stop was a farm called Sweet Apple Acres so Twilight could introduce the humans to another one of her friends, Applejack. However, the only pony they could spot was a large, red colored pony with an orange mane and tail. “Hey, Big Macintosh, have you seen Applejack anywhere?” The large pony nonchalantly replied, “Eeyup. She’s over buckin’ some apple trees, as usual.” They made their way to an extensive field of apple trees. Each of the apples looked delicious, but the humans knew better than to steal fruit from someone else’s property. It wasn’t long before the group saw an orange colored pony with a yellow mane and tail that were both tied up and was wearing a light brown Stetson hat. She was charging towards a tree at full gallop, then quickly turned around and used her momentum to buck the tree with her hind legs, from which a plethora of apples fell and tumbled right into the few baskets that were set around the trunk. “Funny. This was how I first met her,” said Twilight to the humans before redirecting her attention at Applejack. “Applejack!” called Twilight. “Howdy, Twilight,” replied Applejack. “Hey, did y’all see that big, boomin’ beam o’light? Craziest thing-” She then realized that next to her friend, were seven other alien beings standing behind them that she had never seen before. Though shocked by their appearance, she attempted to keep her composure and be polite. “Uhh… who are your new friends, Twilight?” “They call themselves humans, and they’re the ones that came out of that aircraft that appeared from that flash of light. But don’t worry. They’re very friendly.” She then acknowledged Scott. “In fact, this one right here already made friends with your sister Apple Bloom when we stopped by at the school.” “No foolin’?” asked Applejack. Since Applejack represented the element of honesty, she could tell a truth from a lie, and Twilight was telling the honest truth. Applejack went to Scott and started shaking his hand vigorously with both of her front hooves. “Well howdy, Scott. Anypony who’s a friend of my lil’ Apple Bloom is a friend of mine.” She eventually let go, with Scott shaking his arm like one would when you hit your hand; even for having no hands, she held a really firm grip. “I’d love to sit and chit chat, but I was just goin’ to buck this last tree and pick up Apple Bloom from school.” She bucked another tree, and more apples fell, all except for one. “Shoot,” exclaimed Applejack. She continued bucking the tree until the bark started to chip away. “Come on, you varmint!” yelled Applejack, but the apple wouldn’t budge. “Here, let me try.” Said Maddie, stepping up. “Be my guest, little lady, but that apple is stuck there like flies on a cow,” replied Applejack. Maddie took a running start, and ran up the trunk of the tree, grabbing a branch. She then climbed up the other branches until the apple was in reach. She plucked it, and climbed down as quickly as she climbed up, putting the apple in one of the baskets. “Thanks a bunch,” said Applejack. “In fact, you can each take an apple from the basket as a welcomin’ present from me personally.” “Thanks,” replied Maddie. Each of the humans and Orion took an apple from the basket and took a bite. The apples were so sweet and juicy, that everyone had to bend over to keep the juice from dribbling onto their clothes. “I’ve eaten a lot of apples in my day,” said Lucas, “but that has to be the tastiest one I’ve had in a while.” “Thank you kindly, sir,” said Applejack. “Please. Call me Lucas,” he replied. “Lucas,” confirmed Applejack. “Well it’s been fun, but I gotta pick up Apple Bloom. See ya later,” shouted Applejack as she galloped away from Sweet Apple Acres. “Anypony?” asked Sammy. “That’s what we say to refer to ponies here. What do you usually say?” asked Twilight. Sammy responded with, “We usually say ‘anyone’ as in-” Juice from her apple started to drip down her arm. “Does anyone have a napkin or something?” asked Sammy.
Their next stop was at Fluttershy’s cottage. Once they arrived, Fluttershy, having already met the humans at the crash site, wasn’t alarmed at their presence. “Oh, high guys,” she quietly said. A white bunny then appeared out of the bushes. Upon seeing the humans for the first time, the bunny screamed and hid inside his house in Fluttershy’s yard. “Oh no. Angel, don’t be afraid. They’re not going to hurt you,” whimpered Fluttershy.” Charley stepped forward and kneeled towards the little house with a piece of apple from her almost bare core. She held out the piece a distance from the entrance whilst making kissing sounds to gently lure him out. Eventually, Angel crept out of its home and took the piece of apple. As it ate, Charley gently stroked its back, with the bunny looking very happy. “Oh my goodness,” exclaimed Fluttershy in a soft voice. “You truly have a gift.” “Thanks,” replied Charley. “In fact, I have more experience with whales and dolphins. I… really like the water.” The pidgey then flew from the side and took Angel’s piece of apple. Angel angrily warbled at the bird and chased after it. “That reminds me,” said Fluttershy. “Are there other kinds of these… um…” “Pokémon,” added Orion. “Yes,” responded Fluttershy. Charley detached a small red and white ball on her belt and pressed the white button in the center of it, causing it to enlarge. She then threw the ball on the ground, causing it to open up and release a white energy which then took the shape of what looked like a fox with a webbed face and a whale’s tail. Fluttershy jumped and shrieked at the sight of an animal that size fitting in that small ball. “Fluttershy, this is Kaelin, my vaporeon. We’ve been friends since I was a child.” Fluttershy looked at the odd animal and asked, “Wait, isn’t that thing uncomfortable inside that ball?” “No, actually,” said Charley. “When a Pokémon goes inside this ball, called a pokéball, the Pokémon goes into a relaxed state, like a meditation. It’s completely harmless; otherwise these things would be illegal where we’re from.” “Oh, that’s good. Anyways, I have to tend to my chickens. It’s been most wonderful meeting you again.” Twilight and the others turned and made their way towards the town, but not before Charley returning her vaporeon to its pokéball.
As they passed by an inviting looking spa, they were headed towards the next destination, the Carousel Boutique, which was run by another of Twilight’s friends, Rarity. Twilight opened the door of the building and there was a white unicorn with a curly purple mane and tail magically sweeping her store with a broom via her magic horn. The door hit a bell to alert Rarity of potential customers. Rarity put the broom down and walked towards the entrance. “Welcome to Carousel Bout-” She then saw the humans inside her store which caught her by surprise. “-EEK!” screamed Rarity as she hid behind a curtain. “Rarity, it’s alright. These guys are friends. They’re the ones that came from that flash,” explained Twilight. Rarity came out, out of breath. “Oh. Of course. Where ARE my manners? I am Rarity, one of the most esteemed clothing designers in ALL of Equestria.” Scott walked over to a dress that was on display, and examined it carefully. “WAIT!” screamed Rarity as she ran in between Scott and the dress. “Please don’t touch this dress, this is made with a rare, fragile fabric which has a 2 year backorder and is for a VERY special client.” “I wasn’t planning on touching it, but from what I’ve seen, the craftsmanship is peerless, even for the standards of where I come from,” said Scott in a critical tone. “So, you know your stuff,” said Rarity in a flattered tone. “Yes. My mother was wealthy enough to afford and collect all kinds of dresses, and I, being an only child, helped her with putting them on and examining them. I guess for all those years of doing that, I gained a critical eye for fashion,” answered Scott. “I mean the gold stitching perfectly matches the pink fabric, much like a great musical chord will sound when hit exactly right. I also like the Victorian thing you have going for it. Very retro.” Rarity swooned upon hearing such words of encouragement from a human. A loud meowing was then heard from behind the group, and upon turning around they could see Alex having his hand bitten repeatedly by a white cat. “Opalescence!” yelled Rarity. She used her magic horn to pull away her cat from Alex’s hand. “I’m so sorry,” she said. “Opalescence can be a bit… temperamental.” As soon as she released her cat, though, she ran right back to him. “That’s quite alright,” said Alex. “We were just playing. My cat back at home is just like that.” They resumed playing, with Alex rubbing Opalescence’s belly, while she tried to bite him. She soon got bored and walked away. “Well, we have a couple of more stops to make, so I’ll see you, Rarity,” said Twilight. “Take care!” shouted Rarity as the group made their way out.
The next stop was Sugarcube Corner, where Twilight would hope to have the group meet Pinkie Pie. As they walked in, they saw the two owners, Mr. and Mrs. Cake, hard at work making the confections that the store was renowned in Ponyville for. Twilight spoke to them. “Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Cake.” “Good afternoon, Twilight Sparkle,” responded Mr. Cake. “Do you know where Pinkie Pie is?” asked Twilight. “She was going over to the abandoned theater to help with the renovation,” answered Mrs. Cake. Knowing Pinkie Pie, Twilight knew exactly what she was up to. Mrs. Cake looked behind Twilight and saw the group of humans standing there. “Oh, you must be the new visitors. It’s so good to meet you in person.” “Likewise,” chimed Lucas. “Mmmmm. Everything in here smells heavenly.” “Why thank you, sir,” said Mr. Cake. Lucas responded with, “I also take joy in baking, and I’d like to try some of your lot.” Lucas pulled out his wallet and was about to take out a bill, but a thought stopped Lucas. “Oops. I didn’t even think of that.” “Of what?” queried Mr. Cake. “We come from a different world, so it’s very likely that our money is worthless to this one.” Mrs. Cake then said, “Oh, that’s alright. Free item for first time customers.” She pulled out a tray of small carrot cake squares. “Thank you, that’s very generous,” said Alex. Each human plus Orion took a morsel and ate it. They were delicious. Even Alex, who was never a big fan of carrot cake, found it to be amazing. “Astounding,” remarked Alex. “Thank you,” said Mr. and Mrs. Cake simultaneously. “Well, I’d love to stay, but we have other things to take care of,” stated Twilight. “Thanks for stopping in,” said Mr. Cake, and with that, they left.
Their final stop was Twilight’s home, the Ponyville library. Upon entering, Orion, a part time bookworm, made straight for the shelves. “And finally, this is where I live.” “There you are, Twilight,” shouted Spike as he was coming down the stairs. “I can’t believe that you would abandon me at Sugarcube Corner like that. I could’ve been abducted by those creatures that ca-” Then he saw the humans in his house. He immediately fainted. After an hour or so, Spike snapped out of unconsciousness. “Ugh, what happened?” He awoke to the sight of Sammy and Alex kneeling over him. Frightened, he ran for the wall. “Don’t come any closer! I’m a dragon; who knows what I’ll do?” Twilight walked over towards him. “Spike, calm down. These guys aren’t going to abduct you. They have been with me all day, and they’re all very nice people.” “Okay, Twilight,” responded Spike. “But if they do something bad to you, just know that I was right.” Twilight made note of Orion who was blissfully reading a book on basic magic spells. “So Orion. You seem to be taking a liking to that magic book.” “Why yes,” said Orion. “I’m very much into magic and sorcery.” “Well, I’d hate to burst your bubble, but only unicorns such as me can produce magic,” said Twilight. “Is that so?” retorted Orion. Orion then took out a foot long stick that looked as if it was made of jade from a sleeve tied around his hip. “You see, I see magic as controlling matter around you and manipulating it to yield results that the matter wasn’t meant to do. Such as fire, electricity, etcetera. Being a psychic type pokémon and a gifted one at that, controlling this matter is a cinch to me. All your book does is train my mind to learn how to control the matter to do other things like grow hair, or turning an object into another object.” He pointed his wand at a flowery vase on a table, and shot an energy out of it. When the energy hit the vase, it turned into a silver decanter with a rose inside of it. “Impressive,” stated Twilight. “Anyways guys, this is the end of your tour, and hopefully the theater is ready by now.” The 6 people left the library while thanking Twilight for the nice day. Alex was about to exit when he saw Orion still standing by the shelf reading the book. “Orion, are you coming?” asked Alex. Orion, too busy in thought, said, “Sure, I’ll be there soon.” Alex chuckled and left the library.