//------------------------------// // The beginning edited // Story: A non Brony in a pony world // by jaysclub //------------------------------// Non brony in a pony world. Chapter 1 It was a hot sunny day and John was getting ready for school and he was going to do something he had planned to do for a long time ask the girl of his dreams out on a date then his mom calls him from downstairs. "John your friends are here" "Okay mom thanks" John finished getting ready for school and left his bedroom and saw his friends at the front door and greeted them “Hi Mark hi Steve how are you two doing today.” Mark was the first one to speak up “I’m doing okay and you?” “yeah I’m feeling pretty good today, how about you Steve?” Steve jumped slightly when he realised he was being talked to “huh, oh yeah are you going to ask Fiona on a date today?” “Yeah I can’t wait I hope she says yes come on let’s get going” John grabbed his bag that was hanging up and checked he had what he would need for today’s classes are in there then closed the door behind him and set off for school. Steve realised he wanted to give John something so he tapped on his shoulder to get his attention. “Yes Steve did you want something” “yeah I got a new phone yesterday and my old phone is going to get thrown away and since you don’t have an up to date phone yet, I was wondering if you wanted my old one?” “yeah thanks but what about Mark?” this question caught marks ears and he waited for the reply as well. “yeah I already talked to him about it and he said he happy with his phone he has got at the moment and that you should have it.” A few minutes later they arrived at the high school gates suddenly someone caught John’s attention it was Fiona he told Mark and Steve he’ll catch up with them later and started walking to up to Fiona. “Hi Fiona” John said with excitement in his voice. Fiona was one of the most popular girls in the school some people told him not to but he didn’t pay any attention even though they rarely saw each other he madly in love. “Hi john isn’t it?” she asked with uncertainty in her voice which John decided not to mention that she almost didn’t know his name. “Yes that’s my name, I was wondering if you wanted to on the weekend meet up for a chat or something?” he asked whilst trying his hardest to not sound nervous while he asked her. “Well I don’t have any plans for the weekend at the moment so i’ll let you know near the time John... I’m sorry I forgot you last name” “It’s Carther, John Carther.” he said with joy in his voice. “Thanks I’ll let you know later on today what my answer is” she then noticed her friends signalling her to get a move on. “I’ve got to go I’ll see you later today bye” she said as she was jogging to her friends. John felt like he had just won the lottery he knew she wouldn’t say no as he was confident and not nervous near her, just then he heard the school bell go and he realised he had to rush to his first two lessons of the day. The lessons seemed to go like a blur for john as he imagined what his date with fiona would be like, he would possibly take her to the cinema or bowling. whatever she wanted to do he would be happy to do as well he would treat her like a queen and he would be her humble servant. Someone tapped john on the shoulder which made him jump a bit then one of his classmates told him that they were on break now John thanked him and went searching for his friends. The school seemed to be divided into 4 groups John knew 3 of the groups there was one group John didn’t know so he decided to start walking round and listened to a conversation for some time. When the bell rang John went through his next two lessons thinking about what the group was talking about and what Fiona’s reply would be It was lunchtime and John saw Mark and Steve waiting near the lunch room for him to catch up when he did catch up they went and lined up for their lunch. When they get outside John finally asks his friends the one question which has been on his mind since he heard those people talking. “Can I ask you two a question because I can’t figure it out myself?” John asked “If you’re going to ask where we were at break time we went to the library to use the computers” Steve replied whilst Mark nodded. “Well I was wondering about that so thanks but what I wanted to ask is if you knew what one of the groups were saying?” “What were they saying” Mark asked. “I don’t know exactly but they were talking about someone called Rainbow dash and Pinkie pie and that they are amazing characters and their favourite moments from the show, but didn’t get the name of the show so I don’t know what the group was talking about.” When John finished talking he noticed Mark and Steve’s faces were in shock over what they just heard from their friend then two people from the group john was talking about came over. “Excuse me I was just wondering, how do you not know about the show don’t you have the internet at home?” “I do but I don’t keep up to date on what’s popular if that makes any sense to you” “Okay, would you two show him what he has been missing Bronies and Pegasisters unite” pointing at Mark and Steve who both nodded in response he then left with the girl. When the bell rang for the last time they went towards their final classes of today John couldn’t help but think what has he gotten himself into.When the final lesson of the day finished he was passed a piece of paper which read. “Meet me at the town park after school Fiona” John heart skipped a beat this is it. he decided the best way to show he was serious about going out was to get her some flowers and maybe a box of chocolates so that she love him even more so that’s what he did he went the shop nearest to the town park which sold both chocolates and flowers. When he got to the park he sat down near to the fountain. Hopefully Fiona will see me here and give me her answer. He sat there patiently whilst looking around he saw something unexpected that girl who walked over with that boy at school there were a few thing about the girl he didn’t realise before she had short dark purple hair, a rainbow belt and she seemed to keep to herself quite a lot a few people did try to talk to her but she ignored them. While he was waiting he got a text from his Steve asking “where he was?” John sent a text back saying “he was at the town park waiting for Fiona to give him an answer.” Steve after reading it sent him a text back wishing him the best and saying he is at his house with Mark waiting for him to show him what he was missing out on. As he finished reading the text Fiona came into his sight and he signalled where he was by waving to her she saw this and the gifts he had bought for her. “Hi John how are you doing” she asked with a smile on her face. “I’m okay, so you’ve had some time to think about what I said this morning and what’s your answer” “Yeah do you have a phone that can play videos with you?” “Yeah hang on” he searched through his bag and found the phone that Steve gave him earlier that day and passed it to Fiona who sent a video to his phone. “This is my answer hope you like it” Then Fiona turned and walked away without taking the gifts which caught the purple haired girls attention so she thought she best see if the boy she was with is okay. When John couldn’t see Fiona anymore he decided to see what the video she sent him was.The video that she sent him was called my response so he decided to press play and what he saw was unbelievably bad, Fiona had gotten into his room through the window and went through everything. When the video ended there was one line that stuck out in his head. “If you don’t tell anyone I went in you room I won’t tell people what I saw.” When the video finished he realised the purple haired girl was sitting next to him. “I won’t tell anyone I promise.” she then covered her eye which confused john but he didn’t care or want to find out what she was doing. “Thanks did you see much? I won’t get mad if you did I just want to know” John said while trying not to cry. “No I only saw when she was putting the box back in it’s place, weren’t your parents at home?” “No they would have been at work” John’s next thought of how should he tell his friends what happened, he decided the best way was to be straight about what happened without mentioning the video in the text message. "That's one thing I don’t have to think about now what should I do with these gifts"John thought to himself. Then an idea popped into his head but the girl talked first. “Were those for her?” pointing at the gifts in his hand before he could answer he got a text from Steve simply saying “If you come around I’ll put the bloom back on your apple” John didn’t get the joke but the girl next to him did. John got up but thought of a way to get rid of the gift without putting them in the bin. “I was wondering if you wanted to walk with me to my friends house and in return I’ll let you have these.”John said nervously expecting to be mocked again. “Yeah okay I don’t have plans to see my friends anytime soon and if you’re wondering what my name is it’s Tina and I heard your name on that video I saw a bit of.” “Thanks Tina do you want to get going now?.” he said whilst smiling that he didn’t wasted his money on the gifts. “Well this is my friend’s house, thanks for walking with me here are the gifts do you have facebook or anyway I could talk to you? I’m sorry I sound like such a creep right now” When John finished he dropped his head in embarrassment “You don’t sound like a creep at all and I do use facebook I’ll send you a friend request and I’ll wait online as well for you” before Tina left she put her hand around the back of his neck and pulled him in for a kiss which surprised him as he didn’t know her before then when she broke the kiss she looked deep into his eyes and simply said “farewell John.” John was surprised about what had just happened then realised she had gone and Mark was trying to talk to him. “John hello are you there wake up she’s gone” Mark said while shaking him. “Huh what oh hi Mark I guess you know about fiona?” “Yeah bad luck well anyway me and Steve have got something to show you which will put your mind of her come on” so John followed Mark to Steve’s room where Steve was. “You ready to see what show people were talking about today at school we have already picked what we think is the best episode to understand what people were talking about.”Steve said while having his hand on John’s shoulder. “Yeah just two questions before you show me the show, if I don’t like the show will we still be friends and can I leave after watching one episode or did you have other things to show me afterwards?” “Of course we will still be friends we couldn’t hate you for having a different opinion and to answer your second question, we do have some other videos for you to watch but you don’t have to watch them if you want you can go home after watching the show then give us an answer at school tomorrow.” “That seems fair are you ready to see the show” Steve then motioned for John to sit on the bed while he got the video playing. John saw the name of the show and was a bit confused about why his friends would watch “My little pony.” The episode they picked for him to watch was “The last round up” when the episode finished Steve asked John a question. “So do you want to check out any other pony related videos John?” “Yeah as long as it not another episode okay?” Steve agreed and decided to show John some pony music videos and other people’s opinions of the show before John decided to go home and check his facebook account to see if he had a friend request of Tina. When he got home he decided to check his room in case anything was stolen or left behind he did a thorough check in his room lucky nothing was taken which he was relieved about. John then checked if Tina had sent him a friend request on Facebook which she did and he accepted. Tina was online as well and she started the conversation. “Hi John how are you?” “I’m okay how did you find me on facebook” “The card in the flowers had your name on it so what did your friends want to show you?” “A my little pony episode, the last round up I think it was called” “Cool what were your thoughts on the episode you watched?” “I thought it was okay can’t think of anything to hate about it” “Would you like to go there?” “Go where?” “To Equestria” This response caught John off guard he learnt through some of the videos he watched that equestria is what the world is called although no one knew what the other regions were called in the videos he watched. Something inside told him this has to be a joke but he thought if he gets to see Tina again it would be nice. “When could you take me to equestria?” “Today” “What do you mean by today?” “I could transport you today by teleportation to equestria, I don’t know where you will land though” “I find this hard to believe but okay what time will you be able to transport me?” “I will let you say as you might want to be prepared” “Let’s say 10 pm that gives me 4 and a half hours to get ready” “Okay I’m going to sign off now so you won’t have any distractions” “Wait before you go why did you kiss me outside my friends house?” “I could tell you were down and I thought that would make you feel better.” “Well it did thanks okay I’ll see you at 10pm where are you going to teleport me from?” “Your room don’t worry about the details just be in your room at 10pm, okay?” “Okay bye” “Bye” John shut down his computer and headed straight for the local shops for supplies for his trip to Equestria. He bought large quantities of pop, water, breakfast bars and some pen and paper then after he was satisfied with what he had he headed home and sent texts to Mark and Steve telling them about the situation he grabbed some clean clothes, his phone and his phone charger and considered himself ready for this trip to equestria. Nothings going to happen she was having some fun with me because I told her I watched the show John thought when he looked at the clock. But what if she’s telling the truth what’s equestria really like? can I eat the food there without being poisoned, drink the liquids without the same results as the food and can i get into the buildings without destroying them? John looked at the clock and saw he only had a few seconds before 10 o’clock he quickly put his back on and turn the room light off and waited to be teleported to Equestria. 10 o’clock came and nothing happened. I knew nothing would happen, Tina must of thought this is a good joke to play on me. When he was about to take his bag off his back he was blinded by a bright purple light then he saw another bright flash. When he could see noticed he was lying facedown on the floor, the floor felt like gravel which confused him he got up and checked his body for any injuries he notices the number 30 on his arm no matter how many times he rubbed it it wouldn’t go. “Where am I? maybe I can call someone.” John got his phone from his pocket to check if he had a signal unfortunately he didn’t when he was about to put his phone away he got a phone call from Steve which he quickly accepted. “John hi sorry I couldn’t get to you earlier I was having a meal at a restaurant with my family” “Thats okay I need some help quickly I think I have been kidnapped!” “Okay okay calm down I might be able to help you what do you see?” John looked around the area he was in before talking. “I’m in a forest I think I can make out some sort of tree house in the distance but it’s the actual tree which is all lit up.” John said while slowly calming down but the next thing he heard didn’t help him out. “You’re in the everfree forest which is next to ponyville if it’s night there be careful as it’s more dangerous, did you just hear a roar or something like that” John and steve both started to worry about what had awoken during their conversation. John slowly turned round to see the enraged beast meeting his gaze. “Steve what has bat like wings, a lion like body and a scorpion tail because that’s what i’m looking at” John said quietly hoping the creature would just leave. “It’s a manticore drop everything you have and just run in any direction it doesn’t matter which way just run ”Steve said while trying to remain calm. John did as Steve said and dropped his bag but he kept hold of his phone so if this was the end he could say goodbye and started running through the forest trying everything he could think of unfortunately nothing worked when he got back near to the trees on the paths edge he looked back and saw the manticore pounce on him which made him land painfully on his back the last thing he heard before he passed out was “stop!.” John awoke in the early morning he opens his eyes and notices he is on a sofa when he sees a flying yellow and pink creature. “Hello how are you?” The shy flying creature asked John however his response scarred her as he just screamed and tried to hide behind the sofa while trying to find his bag. Which he saw in the corner and crawled over to it and tries to find something to defend himself with. While the creature gets closer he blindly grabs something out the bag, closes his eyes and holds out the item in his hand to defend himself with hoping to scare the creature of. When she sees it is food she believes it’s a sign of friendship so she flys off and comes back with a pair of scissors John expects the worst and says goodbye to his friends in his mind. *snip snip* John opens his eyes and sees she has taken a small bite of the food he had held out in front of him in defence which gives him some slight relief. “Do you want some more food?” John says while trying to sound friendly. “Um yes if thats okay, my name is Fluttershy what’s your name” Fluttershy puts the scissors down and flies closer to John which he is happy with as he didn’t want to seem like a threat. “Yeah here you go my name is John, did you save me from the manticore?” “How did you know the name of it?” Fluttershy was quite scared by his reply. “It’s a bit of a long story is it okay if I sit on your sofa and tell you?” Fluttershy nodded with approval when john sat down he noticed a grumpy bunny looking up at him. “Oh angel I almost forgot excuse me I need to feed the animals would you like to help me?” “yeah okay what do you need me to do” “You can feed the animals outside the food is on the side of the cottage” John nodded and headed out the door when he closed it he got phone call and noticed it was from Steve. “Hello Steve how are you?” John said calmly “HOW AM I?, how are you still alive you got attacked by a freaking manticore and you’re worried about me.” “Fluttershy helped m-” John couldn’t finish his sentence before being cut off “YOU MET FLUTTERSHY? what’s she like i’d imagine she’s different than on the show” Steve was ecstatic from what he just heard John told him. Fluttershy then poked her head out of the door john forgot to close to investigate. “John who are you talking to? I heard shouting and I got worried.” “Oh it’s my friend Steve do you want to talk to him? don’t worry he’s not scary” Fluttershy decided to fly closer to the weird device John had in his hand. “Um h-hello Steve how are you?” “I can’t believe I’m actually talking to the Fluttershy from the show. Tell me how’s John doing?” “He’s doing fine he was about to help when I heard yelling from outside. Was it you?” “Yeah it was me I was worried about my friend because of what happened last night then I got excited when he told me he was with you sorry about that” “No need to apologise I understand” “Okay can you put John back on please?” Fluttershy flew back into the house to finish feeding the animals. “Hi it’s me again” “So how are you finding ponyville?” “I haven’t gone anywhere else yet as I have just woken up, I guess I was knocked out by the manticore when it jumped on me and fluttershy carried me back to her house.” “Okay I’ve got to go now I’ll talk to you later” “Hey next time bring Mark along for a chat bye.” John put the phone down and got to work feeding Fluttershy pets. when he was finished he put the food back then when he was about to head back inside he was confronted by the manticore that had attacked him last night. “Fluttershy HELP IT’S BACK” “I know I asked it to manticore’s aren’t evil creature there quite friendly once you get to know them the manticore thought you were going to attack it and it’s family last night.” John decided to trust Fluttershy and held out his hand and it was met by a manticores paw then after that the manticore went home John started to think of a question he wanted to ask Fluttershy.Why are manticores friendly? but decided against asking it. “I have a few questions I would like to ask you Fluttershy if that’s okay?” “Yes as long as you don’t mind answering some of my questions come inside please” John thought that was for the best John decided to sit on the sofa, Fluttershy decided to sit on his lap which he liked the feel of and she continued to nibble on the snack he gave her earlier. They sat there for hours asking each other questions then a thought came across Fluttershy which she didn’t think about until just then. “It’s getting quite late do you have a place to stay?” “No can I stay here for the night then figure out where to go from tomorrow?” “Unfortunately not you see angel bunny doesn’t like strangers and I like to try to keep him happy oh I didn’t mean to offend you” John was slightly hurt by this response but he understood. “No don’t apologise I understand, do you know anyone who will take me in?” “I think so she might still be up she likes to study a lot follow me” John grabbed his bag and followed Fluttershy into town he was glad nobody saw him as he didn’t know what they would say to them. Fluttershy flew ahead to a large tree in the middle of town but John could still see her by the time he caught up they were almost at the end of their conversation and he saw her talking to a purple unicorn. “Angel’s doing just fine however I do have a problem but not with an animal I think” “What do you mean you think?” Then Fluttershy told the unicorn about the manticore incident last night and why she didn’t see her today. “And that’s why I was wondering if you could let him sleep here tonight” “Him?” the unicorn looked behind Fluttershy and saw him then John decided to join in the conversation. “Hi my name is John what’s yours?” he asked the unicorn “Twilight Sparkle Fluttershy tells me you don’t have a place to sleep tonight?” “Yeah and she and I were wondering if I could sleep here tonight please?” “Yeah okay you can take the sofa and I’ll bring you down a blanket would that be okay” John just smiled and thanked Fluttershy before she left and waved goodbye before closing the door.Twilight levitated a blanket over to John using her magic. “That was awesome” John’s response confused Twilight “What you don’t have magic where you come from?” “We do but it’s nothing like that” “Okay good night John” “Good night Twilight Sparkle” “Just Twilight will do” she said before closing the door and using her magic to switch the lights off. John took his shoes and bag off before getting on the sofa and started going to sleep. “Tomorrow hopefully I’ll get some answers” end of chapter 1