As the Bearers of the Elements of Harmony were training in their world, another group that could be compared to them was meeting in our world. This was a weekly tradition for them and one they rarely missed.
This meeting was what was called a Brony Meet-Up. It was where older male fans of the show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic gathered to discuss various and different aspects of the show. This particular group in question was comprised of 6 younger men, all of whom resembled the Mane Six in many ways. They were in fact the equivalent of the Earth’s Elements of Harmony, not that any of them knew it yet.
There was Antonio. He had gone to Fashion Design School for 3 years, and he now ran his own boutique, much like Rarity did. He perpetually wore glasses, much more out of habit than actual need. His eyesight was good enough to go about his daily life without problems. It was simply when he needed to observe the minute details of his work that he truly needed his glasses. He spent so much time working nowadays though that he often forgot to take his glasses off when he was done for the day. He was Earth’s Element of Generosity.
Then there was Daniel, the horse farmer. He had been raising horses ever since he could remember with his father and brothers. He had always sensed and seen the majesty in the creatures, and couldn’t to this day imagine himself doing anything aside from working with them. He had also taken to becoming quite the accomplished horse whisper, to better aid the horses on his farm. He did sometimes think that there was something missing from his life, but he’d never been able to put his finger on it. He was Earth’s Element of Honesty.
Another was named Noah. He was a scholar who had just recently finished his Ph.D., while also running the bookstore he had inherited from his grandparents. Noah was often called a genius. He had graduated high school two years early and already had a Degree in the field of Teaching. His Ph.D. was more just to help him pass the days than anything else. Running an older bookstore wasn’t exactly an all-your-time-consuming career. He was the Earthly equivalent of the Element of Magic.
The fourth member of the group was a biker named Lucas. He raced for a living, mostly just betting on himself in street races on his bike, who he had named the Rainbow Bolt. Lucas had begun racing at 12, after his parents had died. His dad had left him his motorbike, and Lucas had been determined to protect the one last thing he had to remember his dad. He had quit school to make ends meet, dedicating at least a third of his paychecks to improvements and maintaining the bike. Eventually, at 16, he earned up enough money to have his dad’s bike repainted. He decided to have the front half done in the color scheme of the Wonderbolt’s, and the back half to be done in the style of Rainbow Dash. It was for this reason that he named the bike the Rainbow Bolt. One year after he had repainted his bike, he had entered his first race, betting the bike itself. He had won that race as well as what he now considered his lucky jacket that day. He was the Earthly Element of Loyalty.
The next brony went by the name Oliver. He was a Head Veterinarian at the nearby Pet Hospital. He specialized in smaller creatures, like lizards and mice, but he was also quite practiced on larger pets too. Even though he was only the 4th ranked Veterinarian at the clinic, his colleagues and patients often referred him above all the others. He never turned down a patient in or before school or work, and he wasn’t about to start now. He was Earth’s Element of Kindness.
The last member of this ensemble was Ben. He was a caterer at a nearby bakery called The Sugar Stop, as well as an insatiable party animal. Ben had learned to live everyday like it was his last a long time ago. He had nearly died in a fire at the orphanage where he had lived when he was only 9. He had lost everything he had owned that day. He decided after that experience, that things weren’t important to living. What was important was making memories and making sure you never had any regrets. It was for that reason that he became a caterer at a bakery. He always wanted to attend each of the events the bakery booked, to make sure he could help make it perfect in any way. Very few people had ever complained about him, and those few who had returned later to apologize for how they had acted. He was the Element of Laughter on Earth.
Every week or two, these six guys would get together to discuss the show, having discovered their shared love of it a long time ago in high school. As they were currently in waiting for the next season to air, they simply got together now to discuss their daily lives and occasionally go on an outing together.
Today, they were hiking up a nearby mountain to an area that Daniel described as ‘perfect for any kind of horses.’ None of them were exactly athletic types, except for Daniel, but none of them ever usually did anything like this either.
“Come on Dan. How much longer til we get there? I’m sweating through my leather here.” Lucas yelled up.
“Leather isn’t exactly the best gear for hiking up a mountain. Maybe you should take it off.” Noah replied.
“Noah’s right you know. I could always lend you a different jacket.” Antonio added.
“Like hell. I won this jacket in my first ever race. It’s my lucky jacket. I’ll only take it off when I die, and even then I’d like to be buried in it.” Lucas bit back.
“Well then, would y’all stop complaining already? We’re here. Or at least I am.” Daniel yelled back.
“Finally! I thought we’d never get here.” Ben replied, speeding up to get to where Daniel was.
“At least most of you don’t have work tomorrow. I have to head in early.” Oliver spoke up.
“You shouldn’t have come then Oliver. We would’ve understood.” Noah replied.
“Don’t feel bad. For some reason, I felt like I needed to come today no matter what.” Oliver told them, feeling weird having voiced his reasoning.
“You know what? I kinda felt like that too. I have to head in early tomorrow too, but I felt like this was way more important than any of that.” Ben yelled back at Oliver just as the remainder of the group caught up.
“Wow Dan. I see what you meant. This place is awesome!” Lucas spoke first.
“Didn’t I tell y’all?” Dan replied. “I bring all ma horses up here a week before they go to their new owners. I figure it’s nice ta send em off on that note.”
“It certainly seems perfect for horses up here.” Oliver added.
“But there seems to be some sort of other feeling in the air.” Antonio voiced.
“Yeah. Antonio’s right. It feels like the airs mildly on fire. There shouldn’t be this much static electricity in a place like this.” Noah continued.
“It ain’t usually like this when I come up here. Maybe-“ Dan began.
Daniel was caught off by 6 large bulbs of light appearing above them all in the middle of the field.
“What the f-“ Lucas began, before the lights swallowed them all.
None of the guys could see or hear anything for quite a while. When they finally regained their senses, they weren’t sure of what they saw, but there were some things that weren’t right at all.
First of all, they were all horses. Not horses like on Earth either. They looked like they’d been animated into My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, but that just didn’t make sense to any of them. Lucas and Oliver were pegasi, Antonio and Noah were unicorns, and Daniel and Ben were earth ponies.
“Uh guys…what the hay is wrong with us?” Ben spoke to the group, weirded out that he’d said hay when he meant to say hell.
“I have no idea Ben. But I think we have another few problems. Look over there.” Noah pointed with his hoof, surprised he was co-ordinated at all like this.
All of the other looked towards where Noah was pointing. What they saw confused them even more than the fact they were now ponies from Friendship Is Magic.
In front of them in the field were the Mane Six, wearing the Elements of Harmony, passed out and looking quite tired.
“I think we definitely have a problem here.” Antonio spoke up after a few moments.
“Ya can say that again.” Dan added.