//------------------------------// // Really Twilight? // Story: Suddenly Ponies // by Billy G Gruff //------------------------------// "What do y'all mean y'all just pulled somepony from another reality?!" came a strong southern voice from somewhere in the distance. It took me a moment to get my bearings as I started to stir awake. I was suspended in the air now in some kind of ball with my arms and legs all curled up like I was an infant. It was a comfortable position, but claustrophobic at the same time since the floating sphere of solid energy didn't offer room for much else. If this was a chance of being some kind of drug induced hallucination was pretty much tossed out the window. "Twi y'all can't just be doing that to folks, it just ain't right!" Whomever this was, she was speaking sense. I heard the sound of hooves echoing on crystal and two horse creatures walked into the room I was in, one of them being the purple one I had seen before and the other an orange one with a cowboy hat. It was still so surreal how bright and vibrant the colors of this place was. "He's fine! Look, I had him all washed up and everything" I shuddered a bit and closed my legs together upon hearing that. She had cleaned my body while I was unconscious? Someone seriously needs to teach this lady about personal space and boundaries. I'm not sure I could exactly given I was being kept in what felt like a magical fish bowl, but still something needs to be done. "Twi!" the southern pony yelled out in admonishment to the purple one, violently gesturing at my suspended form "Y'all got him sealed up in a ball like he's some kinda guppy! Let him out of there this instant!" "I can't Applejack! For one thing we don't know if his physiology is holding any pathogens that are dangerous to us and we don't know if there are any bacteria or viruses among us that could make him deathly ill. I'm currently scanning him right now but until then his interaction with the world needs to be minimal" "Hey why don't we talk like I'm actually in the room!" I yelled out in frustration. This was thoroughly humiliating regardless of how surreal this was. I was stark naked with no real way of covering my self floating in front of what are basically two women in a ball and I wasn't having any of it. "Dear Celestia what was goin through your noggin when you did something like this Twilight?! Ah thought you were a smart filly!" The purple horse's ears drooped a bit at the both of us yelling at her before she stomped her hooves in annoyance. "What do you want me to say AJ?" "Ah want you to at least put the poor guy down or something, he's clearly not a critter to be hogtied!" Twilight let out an exasperated huff and lowered me down, expanding the field holding me and flattening the bottom on the ground so I could stand up, though I wasn't exactly inclined given I had no clothing. Instead I just set about covering the important parts. The orange pony came over and put a hoof on the field and gave me a genuine smile "Don't worry there sugarcube, ah'll talk the crazy princess to get you out of there right quick" "I am not crazy!" Twilight look increasingly disgruntled at this whole turn of events. The cowgirl mare turned around and advanced on the 'princess' "Sugar you are lucky ah don't buck you in the face for somethin like this! What the hay were you thinking?" To my surprise the purple ones lip started quivering as she sat on her haunches. Applejack sat beside my field and pointed at me like she was a parent scolding a child. "Tell the...what are you again?" She looked over to me and asked that last part under her breath. "Uh....human?" "Tell the Human you are sorry!" Twilight's eyes were watering now but she nodded "Okay...I'm sorry..." she seemed to think of something "...actually I haven't asked your name yet...What is your name?" I sighed and scratched my head, trying to keep from freaking out. She really didn't seem bad, just incredibly, INCREDIBLY misguided in how she was supposed to use her magic. "I'm Mike" I said leaning back against the magical field. "I am Princess Twilight Sparkle and this is Applejack" her voice was slightly quavering but she was getting a hold of herself. Applejack tipped her hat towards me with a sympathetic smile "Howdy, sorry we had to meet under these circumstances." Twilight wiped a hoof over her eyes and spoke up "Listen, I'll prepare your return spell as soon as I can but I want to make sure its absolutely without error. This is going to take time. I haven't found any real incompatibilities with your body and our planet just yet, but I don't want to screw up and cause an epidemic or make you terribly ill." "Yeah, I know, its too bad you can't make this thing like skin tight or something so I can just walk around in it until you figure that out" The princess blinked, then blinked again. Cocking her head to the side she screwed up her face to a pensive expression before nodding in agreement of her own thoughts. "Actually I think I could manage that. It would have to be around your individual cells if you wanted to eat and not get sick... I don't see why not though... hold still a second" She pointed her horn at me and I winced a little, a long thin line of magic went across my body from my feet to the my head. I felt lighter for some reason and my body had this light purple glow before fading away. The purple mare clapped her hooves in excitement. "I did it! It shouldn't affect your native biomass and you'll be able to interact with our world for the most part. The only problem is it needs an anchor to stay charged, and since you aren't inherently magic you cannot serve as your own anchor. A pony will have to serve as it." I pointed at Applejack "Could you attach this...anchor as you call it to her? I'm sure you are a nice lady" "Mare" Applejack corrected "I'm sure you are a nice mare I mean, but you did kinda kidnap me against my will and say you wanted to experiment on me." Applejack didn't look pleased with what I had requested, but she didn't fight it either. She had at least let me know that there was some sense in this strangely colored world and I wanted to stick to the closest thing resembling sanity in this place as hard as I could. Twilight looked like she wanted to protest and was going too, but Applejack shot her a stern look and clammed her up real quick. I looked over at the Cowgirl pony "Are you sure you aren't the princess?" She let out a short laugh at that. Twilight smiled ruefully too, the tension in the air seeming to disperse a little. "Alright, I'll tether the magic to Applejack. You have to stay within one hundred feet of her at all times or else it will start losing power, and I don't know what will happen if you are exposed to our world naked" "Speaking of naked...I've really tried to keep cool about this, but humans aren't exactly used to walking about without clothing. I was taking a shower when you got me..." "You pulled him from another dimension while he was taking a shower?" Applejack asked incredulously. Twilight groaned and flared her horn, connecting a tendril of magic between Applejack and myself. "Yes yes I know I screwed up!" she huffed a bit before drawing up her hoof and pushing it away with an exhale to calm herself. "The connection has been made, if you want clothing I'm sure Rarity could help fit you with some attire. I'm going to go work on fixing this before I die of embarrassment" With that she walked off, lowering the field around me in the process. "Twi isn't so bad once you get to know her, she sometimes just gets lost in her magic and does things she aught not do. If its any consolation I got plenty of room on my farm until she sorts out the return spell." "Thanks, I think I'll like that, nice to meet you Applejack" I said appreciatively sticking out one of my free hands for a shake. She looked at it weirdly for a moment before raising her hoof to meet it. It kind of looked like a dog learning to shake for the first time. Her eyes glanced over at where I was covering myself and she had a bit of a smirk "So ahm guessing you aren't used to haven your little colt flappen in the breeze then considering how steadfastly yer holden on to it. Its mighty adorable, Ah haven't seen somepony so self conscious before" I reddened and coughed, getting to my feet and trying to get as much dignity out of this scenario as I could. Applejack whistled as I got to my full hight. "Well hogtie me and stick me over a fire you are a tall one aren't you! Plum near Twice my size standing up on your hind legs like that!" I smiled ruefully and scratched the back of my head with a free hand. I did not like the fact her head was at the same point as my waist one bit. This whole situation was just crazy. "So this Rarity Pony makes clothes huh? I hope its more than just hats" Applejack guffawed at that, a warm friendly laugh that both put me at ease and made me all the more uncomfortable. Still chuckling she gestured me to follow as we walked out of where ever this crystal room was. The sooner I could get into some clothes, the better I'd feel about this whole situation.