Chapter 2 - The Human
"Are you feeling better now?"
Simon and the Ponys went to the nearby farm of Applejack. In one of her barns, they put him down on a pile of loose hay, Twilight and Fluttershy checking him for wounds.
"You don't seem to be wounded", Twilight continued."I guess the shock was just to big for you."
Still exhausted Simon just lay there. "Thank you. Thank you all."
The Ponys formed a half-circle around him. "No need to thank us", twilight responded."Well...we now know your name. My name is...".
"Twilight Sparkle", Simon interrupted."And next to you are Applejack, Rainbow dash, Pinky Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy. I just remembered."
"How do ya know all our names?", Applejack answered in confusion, with an distrusting look.
Again Simon looked like he was thinking very hard. Then he shrugged his shoulders. "Sorry but I don't remember."
"What a joke", Rainbow Dash snarled."Are you a spy or something?"
For a second Simon was shocked by her agressive behavoir."I'm sorry, but I can hardly remember anything. I wish I could."
He looked at the floor, lost in thoughts.
Twilight went to the barn door. The Moon was still illuming the earth in a pale gray. Even the inside of the barn was bright enough so everyone could see clearly.
"Maybe there is someone who can help you remember", she said in a calm voice.
Simon looked at her with big eyes. She turned to him with a smile, when a shadow appeared next to her.
"So there he is. The Human called Simon", princess Luna said.
She entered the barn and moved directly toward Simon. The ponys moved aside, except for Fluttershy, who lay next to Simon on the pile of hay. Simon's eyes where filled with terror when Luna stood before him, regarding him from above with a grim look.
"Twilight sent us a signal. My sister is informed and will come by tomorrow, so you and me will settle some things before." She wasn't using her royal centalot voice, but her tone gave Simon a gooseskin.
She reached out to Simon with her diamond shoed hoof. Simon raised his hands to protect himself.
A little bit confused Luna reached out for Simon again, this time more eagerly. Simon just stared at her from under his arms, shaking in fear.
"Why are you not taking my hoof? I want to apologise." Her hoof still stretched out for Simon.
When he still refused to return the offer, Luna sat down next to him, looking deeply into his eyes.
In a calm voice she said: "Look Simon. I'm sorry I scared you earlier. I'm not used to social interaction and used my centalot voice in instinct. I did not want to harm you in any way. Please forgive me."
Simon could see her sad eyes and instantly knew she was telling the truth. He calmed down and reached for her sad face, stroking the side of her beautiful face. She snorted a little under his touch, obviously enjoying it.
His eyes filled with tears. The beautiful mare princess was so caring for him, the terror of the night so intensive and his memorys were gone. A flood of feelings tried to get released, when he was laying between Fluttershy and Luna, crying. Eventually he fell asleep, exhausted, but calm.
After a short while, Luna carefully loosened Simons grip on her and stood up. She walked to the barn door and turned her head around to the other ponys."As I said before he doesn't seem to be dangerous, and he has a kind heart. But I also feel a dark core inside of him. I hope my royal sister can find out more about him. Please take care of Simon." Then she left.
The Ponys debated what to do next. They came to the conclusion that they will meet in the barn next day again. Simon slept on the pile of hay in peace, so they all left quite and closed the barn door.
When Simon realized he was awake, he raised up in an instant. "What a strange dream", he thought."Talking Ponys and horses. What kind of nonsense".
When he stood up he got aware, that he was in a barn. There was still some hay in his clothes. He looked around in confusion."Where am I? And what happened yesterday?"
His mind was empty. The last he could remember was the dream from this night...beginning with an impact. Only his name returned to him and that he was a young healthy Human.
His stomach grumbled loudly. "And a hungry Human I'm" he said to himself.
"Eeyup!"
Simon jumped in the air screaming and fell back into the pile of hay. Next to him stood a red horse eyeing him with green, relaxed eyes.
Simon stared back. For some reason this horse was familar to him."Big Macintosh?"
"Eeyup", the horse nodded."And ya'r Simon, amarit?"
Simon was a bit confused. Not only because of the strong accent, but why does Simon remember his name, when they first met? And since when could horses talk?
"Wait a second...This must still be a dream and I'll wake up soon", Simon said to himself, irritated.
Suppressing a little smile Big Mac stomped on Simons left foot and pushed him back to the pile of hay."Still dreamin'?", he asked innocently.
"Ouch ouch ouch. That hurts". Simon checked his foot, but the pain already faded away, not being hit that hard. Pain? How can he feel pain in a dream? Then realization hit him harder then Bic Mac's stomp; that all was no dream! Even yesterday was real!
Lost in thoughts he wasn't aware of Bic Mac until he was over Simon, looking down grimly at the young Human. Simon looked up, a pearl of sweat running down his face.
"Ma little sister told me about ya", he said in a deep voice, intimidating Simon."She doesn't trust ya." He stomped the ground next to Simons head very hard; Simon could feel the quake and was nearly paralized in shock."And Ah don't trust ya either". His face was very close to Simons, still looking grimly at him, taking a big sniff at him. Simon gulped.
Then Big Mac got up."She also told me to bring ya some food". Big Mac pointed at a wagon near the barn door. It was filled with different kinds of bread, fruits and many other things.
Big Mac stepped back so Simon could stand up. With shaking legs he stood on his feet, his hunger killed by Big Mac's "shocking" performance. Big Mac was still eyeing him.
"Thank you. I'm starving", Simon said thankfully to Big Mac. His hunger returned now that the shock faded and the meal was nearby.
He passed by Big Mac (getting another little bump by Big Mac, which nearly sent Simon back to the floor) and tried one of the cake-like things. It tasted wonderful. Sweet and with apple flavor. He felt tears coming up and wiped them away, suppressing a sob and continue eating this delicious things."Thank you again", Simon whispered weepingly.
Big Mac smiled at him. "Ya welcome". Simon didn't see the smile and concentrated on the food in front of him."I'll tell ma sister, that you'a awake." He passed by Simon, giving him a soft nudge with his big head, and went to the barn door."Watch out, will ya?". Then he was gone. The door was left open and bright sunshine filled the barn.
After some more minutes of eating Simon was satisfied. He left through the barn door and checked the enviroment. Green plains stretched in front of him and it was a shiny and warm sommerday. He decided that he just wanted to relax in the green for a while, so he went a few steps, let himself drop into the grass and watched some clouds in the sky, listening to the wind in the trees. Then he fell asleep.
He was dreaming. In his sleep he realised he was dreaming. He saw the face of a human girl, looking at him and calling for him. Simon knew this face, but he couldnt remember the name. He tried to call for her, but no sound left his lips. He reached out with his hand. It became a blazing torch and began to hurt. The girl began to fade, leaving Simon behind. Then Simon woke up sweating. His hand still reaching out and hurting.
It took a few seconds before he realised what was in front of him and why his hand hurt. Applejack stood, from his point of view, head first over him and was chewing on his hand.
"What...?OUCH!Dammit!", he pulled his hand away and was cursing. He blew on it to cool down the pain."Fuck. Are you crazy?"
Applejack just remained there and was monitoring him with her green eyes, a cold look on her face."Ya tried to grab my face, so Ah bite", she answered cool.
"I was dreaming. Sorry about that!", he spat back. His hand was bleeding. He sat on his back and ignored Applejack to check his hand."Ouch!", he said grinning with pain.
Applejacks face softened a little."Did Ah bite too hard?". She scraped with her hoof unconfortably.
"Yes you did. It really hurts", Simon said angrily. He looked around for something to wrap his hand in to stop the bleeding, when Applejack came closer. "Here. Let me help ya". She carefully hold Simons hand with one of her hooves and licked the bleeding wound. Simon was startled. Her soft tongue carefully went over his hand, cleaning the bleeding wound. At first it hurt, but it soon got better, waves of pleasure flowing through him. He blushed and drew back his hand.
"It...It's fine again", he stummered."Thank you". His anger was gone; confusion about her strange behavoir was left. He turned his head away, hiding his red face.
"Well if ya say so". Her face hardened again. Simon turned his head and met her cold eyes.
"Is something wrong?", he asked carefully.
She snorted loudly."Ah might be sorry for hurting ya, but that doesn't mean that Ah trust ya."
Simons expression became doubting."What have I done that you don't trust me?"
"Ya might have convinced some of ma friends and even the princess Luna,", she answered,"but ya know our names, but we never met before. How?"
"Oh...but I already told you, that I forgot", he scratched his head thinking," I can't remember anything up to yesterday."
Applejack was not convinced."Ya can't fool me. Ya possess magical abilities. How can ya lose your memorys? Or are ya hiding something from us?"
"What does magic have to do with my mem...wait what did you just say?", asked Simon.
"I saw ya using magic against Twilight, when she threw ya away from Fluttershy," she said with an raised eyebrown.
Simon looked at his hands again. They looked normal (except Applejacks biting mark on the right hand), but slowly he remembered his hands being engulfed in strains of light the night before.
"That was magic?", he whispered, more to himself then to Applejack,"My own magic?" He looked at her questioning face."I don't know anything about magic. How is that possible?"
"Beats me". She shrugged."Maybe Twilight can explain it. She is the magic expert".
"Oh." Simon looked to the ground." Yeah...I guess you are right."
"Well then." Applejack turned around to the side of the barn."Ma friends should be here soon. Don't try anything tricky or ya'll regret it." She underlined her words with a hard stomp on the ground."Yes Ma'am", saluted Simon, using his right hand, then drew it back in pain, blowing on it, trying to cool it down again."Dammit".
Applejack giggled a little at him and went for the side of the barn. Simon followed her.
While they moved over Applejacks farm, she showed Simon the sourroundings, introduced him to the rest of her family (including a more friendly big macintosh) and showed him some of the familys apple meals. The weather was beautiful. The sun was shining and the air warm. Some lonely clouds drifted slowly at the sky, driven by a weak wind. While chatting, Applejacks attitude towards Simon changed a bit for the better, but she still kept in mind to be on guard like princess Luna told before. She also didn't forget what Zecora's story about the Humans told her.
When they stood at the front of the farm a lonely cloud moved into their direction, stopping right over them. Simon, noticing the shadow, looked up. The cloud seemed to be normal except it had a multicolored tail.
Like in instict he jumped back. One second later the cloud bursted into a flush of rain, drenching Applejack to the bones.
She raised her head in surprise, then noticed the multicolored tail.
"Rainbow Dash!", she shouted grimly,"Ah think you got the wrong one, sugarcube".
The rain suddenly stopped, Rainbow Dash sticking her head out of the cloud.
"Hehe, sorry." she said sheepishly."Shall I dry you up?"
"No need, thank ya. It's warm enough even without ya heated temper."
"Na...I just wanted to give our new 'friend' here a warm greeting", she laughed. The way she said "friend" made Simon smile bitterly.
"Pff...If you want to give me a warm greeting 'friend'", he shouted up, folding his arms," why don't you give it to me straight in the face?"
He regreted his words at once. Faster then his eyes could see a whirl of colors bursted through the cloud directly toward him, knocking him down; the second time this day already. If he hadn't folded his arms, he was sure later on, he would have had some broken rips. But at the moment all he could do was coughing under a heavy weight on his stomach.
"Well hello there, punhead!", Rainbow Dash greeted with a sarcastic smile, standing on him.
Still coughing Simon uttered:"You Ponys all got...some kind of...Knock-down fetish or something?"
"Ohhhh", Rainbow Dash whined,"You prefer some biting?". She grinned with her big teeth at him, close to his face.
"No thank you. I already got some." With that he looked at his hand. It started bleeding again."Damn. Look what you've done".
Rainbow Dash wasn't impressed."Looks more like something Applejack did to you". She smiled over to Applejack, who looked a bit unconfortable."Besides it's just a small bleeding. Don't be such a cry-filly".
And then Simon was hurt the fourth time this day. Like from nowhere a pink shade came into his view, knocking off Rainbow Dash from Simon...and then landing on him. Again a heavy weight was forced on Simon and his eyes nearly came out of his head. An "Ufff" was the only thing coming from him.
"What kind of game is that, Rainbow Dash?" Pinky Pie stood on Simon and looked over to Rainbow Dash, who layed some meters next to Simon, rubbing her head."I wanna play too". She jumped in excitement, each time landing on Simon stomach again.
"Ufff, Ufff, Ufff". With each jump Simon's air was pressed out of him like a foot pump. With Pinkie Pies next jump he rolled on the side and lay there, coughing like crazy.
"Oh. I think I didn't get this game right". She looked at Simon, her grin gone."Are you okay?"
Simon tried to answer but Rainbow Dash was faster."Don't worry. He'll get used to it." With an evil grin she said: "This game is called Hurt-the-Human."
"This game sucks", Simon said.
"Oh. Okay!" Pinky Pie was instantly grinning and jumping again, when she suddenly saw his bleeding hand."AHHHHH", she screamed,"HE IS GOING TO DIE. WE KILLED HIM!". Then she collapsed on the ground dramaticly.
Simon recovered a bit, trying to sit, rubbing his chest and hands. He looked at each pony with a grim look and then said:"If this continues for the rest of the day, I'm sure you'll do, everyone of you."
"That would be a shame", Rainbow Dash said sarcasticly.
"Ah. Come on, sugarcube. Don't ya think ya're going to far?" Applejack asked Rainbow Dash.
"Yeah. I like him", Pinky Pie said, now looking angrily at Rainbow dash."Besides the princess told us yesterday that he is okay."
"Hm...". A Memory from yesterday was coming up in Simon's mind: The princess Luna in front of him, looking at him with her green, beautiful eyes and laying next to him, soothing his fright and .
"Hm...?", someone hummed in front of him. The image of Luna's face vanished and was replaced with Pinkie Pie's. A little bit startled he leaned back."You got such a tired look on your face", she said to him."Need some cheer-up?"
Simon looked at her in confusion. Then Pinky Pie carefully took his face in between her hooves and brought him closer to her face, her eyes closed.
Simon's heart raced and his head turned red in an instant, but before he could do anything, Pinky Pie was stretching his face."Blehh. BLeeuu", she babbled making funny faces along with Simon's stretched face. She giggled, but Simon just stared at her with confused eyes. "Hahaha. You look so funny", Pinky Pie said laughing. She rolled on her back and laughed uncontrollably, until she got a hickup. The Hickup made her laugh even more, making her cry in joy.
Affected by her hillarious laughter, Simon had to laugh as well. He laughed so hard, that his stomach hurt, but all the other pain was forgotten. Even the other Pony's fell in, the mood cheering up.
"Looks like you all got a good time already", a voice said.
Simon looked where the voice came from. Twilight, Fluttershy and Rarity came toward them, Spike sitting on Twilight. The dragon boy made big eyes at Simon.
"Wow", he said,"so that's the human you talked about? The one who fell off the sky?"
"Fell off the Sky? What is he talking about?", Simon thought,"If I were to fall from the sky I wouldn't walk around on the next day. Wouldn't I?"
"That would be just one riddle about Simon". Twilight glanced at him."I hope Princess Celestia will be able to tell us more about you. And your lost memorys."
Simon wanted to answer, when he suddenly felt a soft nudge against his head. Fluttershy was next to him and tried to cuddle with Simon who still sat on the ground.
"Oh hey there", he laughed,"how are you Fluttershy?". He stroke her mane and neck, making her purr silently like a cat.
"I'm fine Simon, thank you" Fluttershy answered."Oh...this feels so good." She stopped purring when she saw his hand, slightly covered in blood."Oh my. What happened to you? Does it hurt?"
Simon looked at his hand."Yeah...a little bit. I made a 'biting and stomping' experience this morning" he said with a sideglance to Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash just rolled her eyes, while Applejack looked at the ground concerned.
Fluttershy wasn't listening. She was busy carefully licking his hand. Again Simon felt waves of pleasure flow through him and started blushing."Na...I... It's okay already", he muttered and carefully removed his hand.
Rarity and Twilight came closeby to investigate the wound."I think I can fix that", Rarity said. She used her unicorn powers to get a roll of fabric out of her bag, cut it into a smaller piece and then carefully folded it around his hand. It looked like a professional bandage.
Simon checked the bandage."Very nice. Thank you Rarity", Simon said.
Rarity just looked at the bandage and then said:"No. This doesn't go."
She got a smaller piece of fabric out of her bag in a different color and made a small ribbon on the bandage.
"Ah. This looks much better", she said happily.
Simon smiled bashfully, scratching the back of his head:"Ah yes. You are right. Hehe."
Rarity now examined Simon closely. She wandered around him, accompanied by some "Hm"s. "What an appearance", she exclaimed,"interesting clothing style but much too sloppy. You plan on appearing in front of the princess in such clothes?"
Simon looked down at himself. He was wearing a big red pullover with a hood attached to it. His Jeans was blue and looked like it was too big for him, fastened by a black belt. He wore old, white sneakers.
"Uhm...is there any problem with my..."he was stopped by Rarity's insisting look,"clothes?", he stummered.
"You call that clothes? Oh Darling", Rarity answered."I'm not managing a fashion boutique for nothing. You look horrible! This absolutely doesn't go. Thank godness that I got some of my working stuff with me."
Rarity seemed very excited. It was her first time planning clothes for a human and the day before, when they first met Simon, she was only slightly aware of his clothes, but now she was exploding with ideas.
Simon just answered calm:"That's very friendly, Rarity, but I like those clothes. I don't think I need others for now. No need for the effort."
But Rarity kept going:"Simon Darling. Don't be silly. I'll gladly take any effort to make my friends look stylish." 3 Tapelines, some fabrics and needles were floating next to her. "Okay. I got all I need. Would you remove you clothes, please?"
Simon got big eyes."Wh..what was that?"
"Your clothes, Darling", she answered,"I need to take your measures. Please undress."
"Uhm..." His head turned a bit red."As I said it's okay this way. No need, really."
Rarity looked askant at Simon:"Is there any problem, Simon Darling? Do you think I won't do it correctly?" She seemed upset and sad.
He instantly had the feeling he was hurting her feelings, but undressing in front of them all (they were animals, but they were also intelligent, speaking beings; and girls to be even more concrete, he thought). He then realised that being naked is totally normal for them. His mind drifted a bit away while he searched for an answer. He then said with a slim smile:"I feel a bit cold today. I'll surely catch a cold if I were to undress me."
The other ponys were watching the debate interested. They could not understand why Simon was so unconfortable with taking of his many clothes. Especially on such a warm day.
Rarity giggled a little:"Ah Darling. It is such a wonderful warm sommerday. You're afraid for nothing." She came closer to him.
Simon moved some steps backwards, holding out his hands."No really thanks. No need." But Rarity was getting closer and closer, his arguments fading.
Then a voice whispered directly into his ear:"Scare-filly".
Simon turned around in surprise to see Rainbow Dash flying next to him. She pushed him forward to Rarity, laughing.
Rarity on the other hand looked grimly at Simon."If you refuse to take off your clothes then I'll do".
Using her unicorn magic she pulled at Simon's pullover and tossed it aside. He was wearing a white T-Shirt under the pullover.
"Ah. Stop that", Simon exclaimed, holding tightly on his jeans, which started to glow magically.
"You are refusing the help of a Lady, Darling. That's not nice" she said upset.
She pulled harder on the jeans until Simon lost his grip on it and tossed it aside to the pullover. His shoes and socks following. He was now sitting on the ground in red pants and his white T-Shirt.
"I SAID STOP THAT!" he cried.
Rainbow Dash behind him laughed out loudly at him, tears in her eyes.
"My my, calm down", Rarity said to Simon."If you insist so much. I guess it'll work this way, too. Please stand up so I can take measures."
Simon still felt uneasy being barely dressed around those pony girls, still watching him with interest. They have never seen a human before and he was about to undress; how exciting.
"Better get it over with", he thought to himself. He got up and raised his hands so Rarity could take measures.
But before the tapelines reached Simon Rainbow Dash sneaked up behind Simon again and pulled up his T-Shirt, flying away with it.
"Dammit. Cut it out!", Simon shouted at Rainbow Dash."Give it back!"
She just flew higher and laughed at him waving with his T-Shirt.
"Please hold still", Rarity said calmly. The tapelines coiled tightly around his waist, chest, arms and legs, checking his size. Just standing there in his red pants, being watched by some pony girls, Simon's face turned as red as his pants. He looked around suspiciously for no one to take away his last piece of clothes, hiding his manhood.
After a minute it was over. "Excelentement.", Rarity said happily,"Now was it that hard?". The Tapelines flew back into Rarity's bag. She seemed happy now.
Simon just went silently to his clothes and put them back on. It took a while until his blushing ended and he could think normal again. When he was looking for his T-Shirt it fell on his head, dropped by Rainbow Dash."It stinks", she said, with a mean grin to him. He ignored her and removed his pullover again. It was just too warm today so he decided to wear a T-Shirt only. Besides that he was sweating from all the struggling.
Twilight went over to Simon."Are you fine again? Princess Luna told us yesterday, that princess Celestia would come by today. I'm sure she knows what's up to you."
Angrily he responded:"Well...at least you all know what's up with my clothing." He looked at each pony and then added:"It might be normal for a pony to run around without clothes, but we humans are...we feel..." He stopped, thinking. Though he didn't knew any other Humans he was sure he was right."It's normal for us to wear clothes. We have no fur to keep us warm."
"So you are really feeling cold today?", Rarity asked doubting with an raised eyebrown, looking at his T-Shirt.
Simon answered:"It's not only warmth. We feel like something is missing, if we wear no clothes. Like...", thinking again,"as if you put off your wings, horns or tails or something like that."
The ponys made big eyes at him. Then looking at each of the their mentioned body parts (if existing) then looked questioning at Simon again."Really?" asked Twilight.
"Oh my, what have I done!" Rarity cried dramaticly,"if I were without my horn I would feel so...helpless. Oh Simon darling."She now looked concerned at Simon,"please forgive my rudeness.I had no idea those clothes mean so much to you."
He just waved with his hand."It's okay. Now you know".
Rarity shoke her head."No. This doesn't do. I hope you'll have time to come to my boutique later. I'll try to pay back for my rudeness by making you a whole set of new clothes."
"That's too kind fair lady". He smiled at her, then gently took her hoof and gave it a kiss, slipping into the role of a gentleman."Your graciousness is an outstanding delight for me."
"Oh my", Rarity blushed, her hoof still in his hand."What a gentleman". She winked at him.
During all the time, Spike was standing nearby and watched Simon, but when he saw him "flirting" with Rarity (his great love) he got angry. Folding his arms he whispered to himself:"Gentleman? Tz. What a jerk".
No one noticed it, except for Rainbow Dash, who was standing close to him. A dark idea crossed her mind and she whispered to Spike. First he was surprised, but then he smiled as well, nodding his head. No one watched those two.
And then the silent noon was interupted by a loud fanfare.
"Ah. It's the princess!", Twilight called.
A white and golden carriage appeared at the sky. Two strong, white Pegasi pulled it through the air, straight toward the group of Ponys and Simon. The white princess stood calmly in the carriage. When the carriage landed in front of the group, she got out and moved forward the ponys.
Simon and the ponys bowed at her approach."Get up my friends", princess Celestia said."And welcome Simon."
When Simon got up he was surprised at first. The mare in front of him looked like an copy of princess Luna, except that she was white instead of black. Golden shoes were attached to her white hooves, a multicolored mane waving behind her. Her eyes were purple instead of green, her flank was tagged with a sun instead of a moon, but size and face where identical, smiling cheerfully. He rubbed his eyes.
Celestia laughed a bit:"You look surprised, Simon."
"I'm, your highness", he answered,"you look exactly like your sister Luna, except for the colors."
"Do you like it?", she asked smiling.
For a moment he was startled, then he said:"Yes. You both are wonderful".
"Thank you Simon", Celestia said cheerfully,"but I guess we have other things to discuss for now. Let's talk about you. I would like you to tell me your story or at least everything you can remember."
And so Simon told everything he remembered from yesterday. He told about the impact he experienced, the escape into the forest and how about he met twilight and the others. There wasn't much to tell, but Celestia asked many questions and listened carefully to him.
When he finished Celestia asked:"When you experienced the impact you were in a small cave. Did you have anything with you except your clothes?"
"No, I'dont think so", Simon answered. His face suddenly brightened up."Could it be, that there is still something in that cave?". Celestia nodded:"I think it's worth a look. Please show me the place."
The group went to the cave. The nearby crater marked the landscape like a giant's footstep. Some daylight entered the cave, but it was too dark to see clearly.
Celestia and Twilight summoned light at the entrance of the cave, then Simon carefully stepped in. Though he scrawled out of it the day before, it was big enough to walk. He then stepped on something.
Looking down he saw that it was a book. He picked it up. The title was "advanced algebra, stochastics and functions". A math book. Nearby he found some other things: a blue bagpack, filled with more books and learning stuff and a ruler. He picked up his stuff and went outside again, where the others were waiting.
He poured out the inside of his bagpack and distributed his belongings on the ground. They investigated them; Celestia and Twilight were especially interested in the books, while Pinky Pie was playing with some pencils. There were also some magazines: One about sports, which was investigated by Rainbow Dash and Applejack and a fashion magazine, checked by Rarity and Fluttershy.
After a while Celestia said:"Well. I see the books are full of knowledge, but I can't figure out any of it. It seems to be more related to where you came from - another world." Her smile was gone.
"Another world?", the ponys said simultaneously.
"Yes", answered Celestia,"what I read from those books doesn't fit in any way to our own world. It's all based on history and knowledge of humans. And I never heard about humans in any land I know about."
Simon stared at her, a distressed look on his face:"If I'm from another world...how do I get back?"
The princess just shoke her head.