Chapter 5: Disappointing truth
I got up quite early that morning. I just couldn’t get much sleep. So much had happened yesterday. First, Discord has returned, but is a nice guy now. Second, a human named Dave has appeared here (who got wings for some reason). And finally, my friends turned their backs on me, because I supported Discord. Even Twilight! That actually hurt the most.
I sighed.
Then I got out of bed and went into the living room, where I stepped into something feathery.
“Oh gawd, there’s a dead bird on the fl- oh no, it’s just Dave. Why is he lying on the floor?”
Dave opened his eyes and looked at me.
“Xenos...”
“Yeah?”
“You’re standing on my wing...”
I quickly stepped back.
“Why are you lying on the floor anyway?” I asked.
“The sofa. It’s too small for me.”
“Oh...”
Silence.
“Can you...can you sleep on...cloud beds...like the ones pegasi have?”
“Now that I have wings I can do that, yes.” He responded.
“I’ll ask Rainbow if she can get you such a thing.” I said friendly. “Wait, where’s Discord?”
“Over here.” Discord said, somehow...standing on the ceiling?
“Why are you upside down?” I asked.
“From my point of view, you’re the one that’s upside down...”
“Whatever...” I thought.
“So what are we going to do today?” Dave asked.
“I thought it would be the best, if we all go to town and let the Ponies know that you are here. I mean...” I turned to Discord. “You’re the Spirit of chaos and I don’t think, they’re that happy to see you. You didn’t leave a good impression on your last visit to Ponyville. Don’t expect a warm welcome.” I warned him.
Discord just whistled.
“And for you, Dave. You’re probably an even bigger problem than Discord here.”
“Why? You came from another dimension too. They’re accepting you, right?” Dave asked.
“That’s kinda funny. Actually nopony knows where I came from except for Twilight, Spike, the Princess, the Doctor and you two.”
“The Doctor?” Dave suddenly asked. “You mean Doctor Whooves? You know him?”
“He was actually the first real friend I made here.”
“What about Spike?” Discord asked.
“That’s kind of a funny thing. At first Spike didn’t like me. He actually kinda hated me, but we became friends. We’re cool now.”
“I see...Now...why don’t we go and...rough up town.” Dave said, trying to sound cool.
Silence. Discord and I just looked at him.
“Don’t say something like that...you sound like a dumbass when you do that.”
Dave hung his head.
“Let’s just go...” I suggested.
“Wait!” Discord said. “Put these on.”
He pulled out three pairs of shades.
“Where did you-? Never mind...” I sighed.
Then we went out and headed for the town center, of course in slow motion, because we were wearing shades now.
“Awesomeness increased to 100.”
Switch to Dave
“I probably feel more badass than I should right now.” I think out loud.
Discord looks confused.
“Bad ass?” STOP!
“It’s a matter of speech.” Thank you Xenos. “Let’s hit town shall we?” I nod as well as Discord.
We walk through the streets and all I notice is that Ponies gasp and try to get out of the way as fast as possible.
“Well that was certainly...Eventful...Xenos.”
“I told you not to expect a warm welcome...”
I NEED DASH NAOW.
“I uhm do you know where Rainbow is located right now?” He raises an eyebrow. Wait do ponies even have eyebrows? Well at least that’s what it looks like.
“Well at her house I would guess, but are you really sure? She is not the same as in your world you know? You could be disappointed...” I just nod and then fly away, but before I got too far I turned back and yelled:
“Oh and Xenos, I will be back later!” He nods and I turn around and fly towards where Rainbow’s house should be.
I arrive at her cloud-house and knock on her door. She opens with an annoyed expression, which immediately turns into to surprise as she sees me.
“Whoa, what the buck, are you?”
She backs off.
“Well, my name is Dave, and I’m what we call ‘human’.” Real smooth Dave.
“Okay...Dave. I’ve never seen such a thing as ‘human’.”
“That’s probably because I don’t come from this universe.” Please, atleast seem like your impressed.
“Are you trying to be funny? ...”
She looks very annoyed.
“No I’m totally serious. Really!” Hmm, how should I prove I’m not from here? Oh I know! I then pull out my sword.
Rainbow immediately backs off.
“Put that away! Seriously I can defend myself.” Did I scare her? But I didn’t mean to do that.
“No need to be afraid. I know how to handle it. I can show you. Wanna see me fight a manticore or something like that?”
“ARE YOU CRAZY?! Manticores are dangerous and by the way, they live peacefully in the Everfree Forest. When you go and fight one of them they will attack the village. You should better go now, weirdo”
Rainbow shuts the door.
That went a lot worse than I thought. *sigh* Well let’s get back to Xenos.
I then take off to look for Xenos.
Switch to Xenos
“...I will be back later!” Dave said and flew away.
“He’s nice and everything, but seriously, why wings???”
Eventually Discord and I reached the Town centre. All the Ponies suddenly looked at us.
Silence...
Then suddenly somepony screamed:
“Discord has returned. He will bring chaos and destruction all over Ponyville.”
Soon everypony was running around in panic.
“The Horror! The Horror!”
I sighed.
“Discord? Can you summon me a megaphone?”
“Sure, here you go.”
“How did he do that? It just appeared out of nowhere. He didn’t even use magic.”
I took the megaphone with my magic and spoke up:
“Everypony, calm down! Yes, Discord has returned, but he only because he wants to change. He’s not a threat anymore.”
All the Ponies stopped and looked at us.
“Why should we believe that?” Someone asked.
“Because it’s the truth and by the way, Princess Celestia herself told me to integrate Discord into Equestria’s society.”
That worked. Still, some Ponies groaned and looked at us in a strange way, but they accepted Celestia’s will.
Then, suddenly Dave landed next to us and again, Ponies were shocked.
“It’s a monster. A flying monster. The Horror! The Horror!”
“Not again...”
I gave Dave a dirty look and used the megaphone again:
“Please, calm down again. This guy is no monster. His name is Dave and he comes from...a different place and he has no idea how to get back and needs our help. By the way he’s totally harmless.”
Silence.
“A SWORD: THE MONSTER HAS A SWORD!”
“It will kill us all! RUN!”
Panic again. I banged my head against a wall.
“Why me? WHY?”
“Can everypony please shut up!? No, I don’t know why he’s carrying a sword, but I can guarantee you that he’s NOT going to kill you. He’s not a monster. He’s a friend that needs our help. I don’t know what you’re going to do, but I am going to support him.” I shouted, and then I dropped the megaphone.
Everpony stared. They looked at me, like I had insulted Ponyville’s hospitality. Actually I had, but I didn’t care, because I was right. I turned to Dave and Discord again.
“We should probably see Twilight at the library. We need her to find a spell that can get you back to your universe, Dave.” I suggested. “By the way, what happened with Rainbow?”
Dave hung his head. I decided not to ask further questions and we left the town centre to head for the library.
I tried to put on a fake smile, when we entered the library. I didn’t want to let my anger out on Twilight.
Twilight smiled when she saw me, but immediately frowned when she saw Discord.
“Hi Xenos. Hey Dave...right?...Hello Discord...” She said.
Usually I would welcome her with a kiss, but it didn’t seem right now.
“Twilight, we need your help. We have to find a way to get Dave back to his universe.”
“You don’t like him?” She said provocatively, indicating that she was still angry about the Discord thing.
“No, it’s just that the other Ponies don’t seem to be satisfied with the situation. Apparently they think Dave to be a monster and I think I don’t have to tell you what they think of Discord.” I stated, trying not to sound too annoyed.
Twilight mumbled something then started searching through the bookshelves. She searched for about half an hour, then looked back at us, with a disappointed expression.
“I’m really sorry, but it seems that I don’t have any books about that topic. I can’t help you.”
Dave looked crestfallen.
“I’m sorry, Dave...” Twilight said carefully.
“No, no. It’s okay. After all, I’m still in Equestria. I’ll just have to start all over, until I find a way back.” He tried to sound unconcernedly, but I could see that he was badly disappointed.
Switch to Dave
‘How are you doing today my friend? Oh wait...’ GET BACK HERE! ‘NO! AND BYE!’ HELLO? I still hate you for doing this. My head falls. “Uhm, Dave are you in there?” Xenos waves a hoof in front of me. I fall back.
“Huh wha? Oh sorry, I was thinking.”
He laughs.
“Yeah, you kind of zoned out.”
“Seems like it. I’m going out again, seeing as I have nothing to do really.” They all just nod and I walk outside.
Hmm now what should I do to impress everyone that I actually am nice? Hmm, maybe I should give them treats? Nah too much Pinkie. I know what would be perfect, fighting of a monster from the town, but sadly there are no monsters attacking. WAIT!? Maybe I should GET a monster to attack? Yes that sound perfect. YOU ARE ALL GOING TO LOVE ME! Wait too much Fluttershy? ‘I would say too little.’ Are you here to stay this time? ‘Nope so goodbye.’ Why is he doing this to me? I just want to go home. *sigh* Well at least I know how to get accepted fast right? Yeah let’s do that.
As I walk through Town, everypony that sees me just gasps and runs away. Wait why am I not flying there? That would probably go faster. I fly off towards the forest.
I arrive at the entrance, it was awhile since I was here, and it’s giving me a weird vibe. I walk in on the very convenient path into the forest. Wonder where this is going, oh wait is that a house? Probably Zecora’s house, should I ignore her? Yeah, she would probably just warn me about the dangers of the forest and I really hate rhyming, no offence to anyone who likes that.
I walk straight into the forest and all I see is forest, forest and wait is that a chicken? What is that doing out here? And why is it hiding in a bush?
It hisses at me as I see it has the body of a snake, oh shit I should get out of here. And I rocketed out of there. I searched the forest for a manticore for what felt like hours, but it had really only taken me 15 minutes until I found a river, wait where am I now? The Water splashes at my face and I see a sea serpent, wait is that Stephen Magnet? “Ohohoho, who are you little thing?” Yup it’s him, definitely him.
“I’m looking for a manticore.” He inspects me.
“Now why would you be doing that?” I look away.
“A manticore stole something from me.” I lied.
“Oh ok, that’s never any fun, there is a manticore cave not long from here, maybe it there?” I nod. “Ok then just walk that way for five minutes and you should find it.” I nod and walk away.
I continue walking until I see the entrance to a big cave.
Let’s get this over with.
END OF CHAPTER 5
Author's note: More crossover stuff. Action in the next episode. If you don't like Dave then don't worry, he will leave us soon. NO, he won't die...