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Prologue4,189 words
Chapter I: Arrival4,313 words
Chapter II: Friendship4,184 words
Chapter III: Awakening2,117 words
Chapter IV: Sleepwalking4,606 words
Chapter V: Unto The Breach4,070 words
Chapter VI: Workaholics4,469 words
Chapter VII: Homecoming4,718 words

Chapter II: Friendship

Chapter II: Friendship

“Where am I?” I said puzzled.

As I looked out beyond me, I saw an endless field. The field was full of the most random things. Feeling as if I should leave, I backed up and stumbled upon an uprooted weed. Landing in the grass, I caught a glimpse of something blue, navy blue to be exact. I stood up from where I was and looked around at my surroundings. I noticed the scenery changed while I was on the ground, leaving me in a hallway.

I immediately rushed to the Doorway, as I hoped for the best. Drawing closer to the door, it seemed to drift farther away, eventually leaving my vision entirely.

“What?!” I said in growing confusion.

I looked around where I stood. I noticed that I had stumbled upon another Doorway, yet this looked very familiar, as if I just saw it.

Out of my control I raised a hoof. Wait, a hoof?! “Great Scott! When did I get hooves?!” I said puzzled by my sudden change of appearance. As I continued to raise my hoof, I knocked repeatedly against the door.

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*

I awoke with a stir, hearing a knock at the door.

“Hey! Wake up in there, I have a message for you.” The pony said from the other side of the door.

I looked up from where I laid, glancing around the room. Instantly I saw Thomas get up from the other bed. “Uh, who is it?”

“I think it might be Jericho.” I yawned as I got up from bed.

I stood and stretched out, popping my joints as I extended my arms outwards. I slowly shambled towards the door.

Looking through the peep hole, I confirmed it was Jericho, and opened the door.

“Hey there Jericho…” I said with little enthusiasm. I yawned again before I speaking. “Sorry about that. You just woke me up, so I’m still a little tired.”

“Yeah, I can see that.” He said, looking behind me to see Tom heading towards the bathroom.

“So what’d you have to tell me?” I asked.

“I’ve received a message from an anonymous pony, saying for you to meet them at the local park.”

“I’ll be there, but at what time?”

He gave me an awkward look before he spoke. “They said anytime. I wouldn’t know why, but they sounded eager to meet you.”

I thought to myself who it could have been, but quickly set it aside as my stomach rumbled. “You wouldn’t happen to know where I could grab a bite, would you?” I asked.

“Sweet Celestia!” He snorted in anger. “There’s a bucking restaurant right outside on the pavilion.” He yelled in a rage.
In a muffled voice I heard someone speak. “Keep it down out there, some people are trying to sleep.

“Uh, great. I’ll be going back to my desk now.” He said as he trotted down the hallway, out of sight.

“Well, thanks for telling me anyways.” I mumbled to myself as I stepped back inside my room.

I turned around to walk towards the bathroom, hearing running water I assumed it was Thomas freshening up. Deciding that I should give him his privacy, I instead looked out the window. All I saw was an alleyway, and what looked like a mare staring right back at me.

“Okay, that’s just creepy.” Walking to the window, I quickly opened it to startle a peeping mare.

“I’m really sorry! I know this looks bad, but I can explain!” She stammered while backing further into the alley. “Please don’t take this the wrong way, but I really need you to come with me and fast.”

I glanced at the mare. What I saw, was a familiar mint green unicorn with hazel eyes and a lyre for a cutie mark. Oh, god!
Not Lyra again. I thought to myself.

She awaited a response. Lacking one, she spoke again. “Please?”

“If I go with you, will you promise to leave me alone from now on?” I questioned her.

“Yes! I just need to prove something to a friend.” She explained.

I nodded to her, letting her know I acknowledged her. I quickly paced back and forth while I thought whether I should bring Thomas or not. Making my decision, I pulled a notepad out of my jacket pocket, jotting down a quick note before leaving out the door.

I took my time walking out to where Lyra stood outside. When I arrived to where she was, she had an enormous grin creeping across her face. “Oh, she’s gonna be so surprised when she sees you!” She said giddily.

“I’m sorry, who?”

“Bon Bon, my roommate.” She said as she flashed me an even bigger smile.”She told me that humans weren’t real. I can’t wait to see the look on her face when she sees you!”

“Wait did you just…” I assumed she already heard about the word human from the mayor, so I decided to continue on. “So let’s go then.” I told her in boredom.

She squealed in excitement before leaving the pavilion. As she left, she waved her tail towards my direction to signal me
to follow her.

My stomach rumbled once again. “Would you mind if we stop by somewhere to eat? I’m starving.” I said as I rubbed my stomach.

“Sure why not. I don’t expect you to have any bits, do you?” she questioned me.

“No, I actually left that for Thomas.” I said as I remembered the note I left behind. “He’ll need it way more than I would.” I said jokingly.

“That’s fine; I don’t exactly like bronies…”

I quickly turned around and stared her down. “How? You know about bronies?” Confused by her knowledge I started to question her. “How do you know about us humans?” I demanded.

“I… I just made up that word.” She stuttered.

I raised my voice. “I don’t believe you!”

“I really mean it. Brony here means a bad thing!” She said nervously.

“Now you’re insulting my friend!” I shouted at her. Drawing a crowd around us, I decided to pull us off to towards another alleyway. “Look! Just tell me what you know about us humans and I won’t report you for being a peeping sally.”

Feeling threatened, she cracked. “Alright! I’ll tell you!” Nearly breaking out into tears, she confessed. “I’ve actually known about humans for a long time. Ever since I traveled there, nopony would believe me when I told them about you’re kind.”

“What? So, you’re saying you’ve been to Earth?” I said questionably.

“Yes, yes I have. I don’t know how I ended up there, but I got back somehow.”

“When you got there, what did you see?

“I saw people like you. They never saw me, but I saw them. I was only there for a short time before I popped back in Equestria.

As I thought over everything she just said, I went over all the different reasons how she could have ended up there. I never heard of someone who traveled between dimensions other than me and the… Oh no, he must be here. Out of all the places I travel, HE has to be here.

“Lyra, are you sure there wasn’t anything else that happened, when you went to earth?”

Lyra looked up at me and cleared her throat. “I’m not sure, I was just walking back from work, when I suddenly popped up in Earth.”

Not believing her, I spoke up again. “So how did you get back then?”

Feeling nervous, Lyra backed up against the alley wall. “I uhhh… I just popped back here!”

“I think there’s more to the story than just that.”

“No there’s not, I swear! Why would I lie to you?!”

Coming to a conclusion, I answered her. “Maybe you’re trying to protect someone?”

“And who would that b-“

“LYRA!” Somepony yelled, at the entrance to the alleyway.

“What?!” We both said in unison.

The pony continued to speak.”I said what are you doing with… mother of Celsetia!”

I looked away from Lyra, into the direction of the pony. Seeing that it was a mare, I worked out her details. The mare’s coat was a pale cream, while her curly mane was dark blue with pink highlights. As I was checking her out, Lyra stepped in front of me attempting to hide me.

“Oh, hey Bon Bon.” Lyra said casually, as she started walking toward us.

“Lyra! Where have you been?!” Bon Bon said in distress. “You never came home last night, where were you?”

“Oh, I was… I was just staying with a friend.” Lyra faltered.

Bon Bon noticed that I was behind her friend and started to towards us.

“Is that a human behind you?” She asked hesitantly.

“Yes…”

Bon Bon stared at Lyra briefly, before she spoke in a serious manner. “We need to talk. Now!”

Lyra turned around to say something, before being cut off by Bon Bon. “I need to speak to her in private, I hope you don’t mind.”

While I stood back in the alleyway, I overheard parts of their conversation. Coming from Bon Bon, I heard she was arguing with Lyra, about her not coming home the previous night. During the barrage of ‘hate’ Lyra just stood there before she motioned toward me.

Bon Bon turned in my direction and spotted me in the darkness of the alley. “So, I take it that you’re the human everyponies been talking about.”

Wow, word spreads fast in a town like this. “Yes I am. In fact there are actually two of us.”

Lyra hopped in front of me and shouted. “Double the human! Double the Fu-” Lyra once again got cut off.

“Lyra! Not right now!” Bon Bon blurted out. “You know, how about we get out of this dirty alleyway and go somewhere else. I don’t like the looks we’re getting.”

Looking behind her, I could see a growing crowd of ponies. “How about going somewhere to eat… Lyra?” I said while
grinning.

We all walked through the town for a while before stopping at a restaurant called ‘Sugarcube Corner’. I glanced at the building. Shocked by what I saw, I did a double take before looking at it once again. The building had the weirdest infrastructure I had ever seen before. The building looked like a gingerbread house. Candy pillars were supporting the overhang, while the roof was made out of what looked like chocolate. The building was about three stories high, with the third floor appearing as a cupcake tower. Above that was a trio of candles that serviced as a light tower.

“I want to eat that building.” I announced.

Bon Bon turned toward me. “Trust me, the building looks good, but wait until you see the actual food.”

“Oh, sounds good.”

When we walked into the store, I was immediately struck by an enchanting aroma. I smelled so many different pastries.
Glancing at the counter ahead of me I noticed the confections.

“Oh…My…God!” My mouth watered at the sight of the mountains of pastries. Donuts, cakes, pies, cookies, assorted candies, all the wonders ahead distracted me from the pink surprise that was ahead of me.

“HIYA!” A pink blur shouted.

“What?!”

I quickly looked at the pink shape that was now in front of me. What I saw was a bouncing pink earth pony. She had a cotton candy mane and a cutie mark consisting of a trio of balloons. Eagerly bouncing she quickly skipped right up to my face.

“Hey there! I’ve never seen you here before, you must be new here!” She said giddily.
In my head I quickly went over the choices I had. One! I could just turn around and leave, but I’m still hungry. Why go hungry when there’s mouth watering cake… right over there… Oh that’s right! Two! I could talk to her, even if she might be leaning onto borderline insanity… Or Three! Profit! Wait, how would I even?!

“Ah screw it.” I thought to myself. I started to make my acquaintance with her. “Hello my name is Max and you must be?

“My name is Pinkie Pie and I’m here to greet you, as the official town greeter I’m gonna throw you a PARTY!” She announced with joy.

“Oh well thank you but…” I looked over to Bon Bon and whispered to her. “Should I be scared?”

“No, she’s just being… Pinkie.”

“Uh, Okay... So Pinkie? How much for a cake, preferably that chocolate cake?”

“Hmmm… Being new here, I think you deserve a discount. How about… Five bits!”

“Yes I’ll take it!” Thinking to myself, I realized I didn’t have any money. “Uh, actually… I’ll be right back!”

I turned around to find my companions. Spotting them sitting at a nearby booth, I rushed toward them.

“Hey there…!” I said innocently. “You wouldn’t happen to have any money, would you?” I brought out my biggest smile, as
I tried to convince them into loaning me money.

They both looked at me. Bon Bon sighed and pulled out a few bits. “Here, take these.” As I walked away, back toward the counter, I heard Lyra comment about my bipedal stance. Ugh, she’s really starting to scare me about her obsession. I thought to myself.

“Okay, I’m back to buy that cake!” I said as I slammed the bits on the counter.

“Okie dokey lokey!” She said with a… Squee?

“Uh you wouldn’t happen to know were a park is, would you?” I ask questionably.

She popped out from under the counter, holding a pink box in her mouth. “Muff muf mfg…” Dropping the box on the counter, she continued to speak. “The park is over there.” She pointed her hoof in a random direction.

I sighed in gloom. “Just show me on this map.” I pulled a map out of my jacket pocket and held it out for her to see.

“Oh! That’s a nice map there! Ooooh, it even shows where you are right now and even someone named Thomas.” She took hoof of the map and pulled out a pencil from her mane. Holding the pencil in her hoof, she started to draw a circle on the map. “And… Right there!”

I stepped up toward her and looked at the map. “Okay, I’ll just be taking this then.” I swiped the map from her and then said adieu. I smirked. “My plan worked!” I thought to myself. I took a look at the map, seeing that her name was now on the map. I smiled, knowing that I could now successfully avoid her. This map is actually a special map. It reads your DNA and tracks your location. I actually got this map after I visited the J.K Rowling dimension.

I walked to the booth where Lyra and Bon Bon were sitting, taking a seat near Bon Bon. I was trying to stay as far away from Lyra as possible.

“Hey guys, I got a cake.”

“Oh, that just looks lovely!” Bon Bon said smiling.

“You wouldn’t mind if I borrowed some, right?” Lyra spoke out, standing up.

Looking at both of them, I nodded my head. “Sure why not, you guys bought it anyways.” Opening the box, I prepared myself for a delectable treat. “So why don’t you two tell me about yourselves.”

Bon Bon spoke up first. “Well, Lyra and I are roommates. We share a flat together over by Stirrup Street.

“So, anything else?” I winked at them.

Lyra gave me a look. “Bon Bon owns her own sweets store.”

“Wow that’s quite interesting, please tell me more…” I said with discrete sarcasm.

Bon Bon took over the conversation from there. “Oh! Well, it first started back a couple years ago…” She paused for a moment. “When I first came to Ponyville, I came here looking for a job, long story short, I started my own business and became the second most popular sweet shop in Ponyville.”

“You sound very successful. How is you’re business running exactly?” I asked.

“We’re doing very well. Infact, we’re actually raking in a huge profit. It’s more than we need, so I usually spend the extra money on building up on infrastructure.”

“Why don’t you use the extra money to build another store?”

After I spoke, I saw her eyes twinkle. “That’s a great idea, I should have thought of that earlier.”

I looked over at Lyra, seeing that she was still eyeing the remaining cake, I nudged the rest of it toward her. “What about you Lyra?”

Lyra noticed the cake and started to dig at it with her hoof. “Oh, well I’m actually unemployed…” Her face started to glow red. “I usually just hang out at the park and play my lyre, but I sometimes play at Bon Bon’s store, just for the hay of it…”

“That’s not so bad, do you get any tips?”

“Yeah, it’s nice. But I feel like it’s more of a pity game.” She said while slumping back in her seat.

As we started to finish up our conversation, the pink pony decided to drop by again. Bouncing playfully toward us. I began to get up. “Sorry girls, but I should really get out of here. I have a meeting with another pony.” I said as I stood up, stepping away from the booth. “See you later girls.” Once I walked away, the pony trailed behind me until I stopped by the door.

“I’m sorry, but do you need something miss?” I asked her.

She giggled as she spoke. “No, I’m just walking in the same direction as you.”

“Uh, okay then…” I took a step outside, pulling out the map. Looking at it, I spotted were the park was. Seeing that it wasn’t too far away from my area, I began to walk. I also looked at where Thomas was, and saw that his marker was no longer at the inn. Assuming that he left and started his own adventure, I stopped to think… Maybe I shouldn’t have left him by himself.

“Leave who by himself?” A girly voice said behind me.

I turned around to be greeted by the pink pony again.

“How did you…? Shouldn’t you be at work?” I said while staring in alarm.

“I took my break, so now I can follow you.” She said, as she inched closer to me.

“Well then, I’m going to the park. So if you don’t mind…” I said.

I began walking toward the direction of the park. While I was walking I couldn’t help but notice all the different stores. I saw some strange stores selling individual items like quills and sofas, a store that sold only fans and then one selling clocks. I even saw a store that specialized in selling cheese.

Seeing that the pink pony was still following me, I began to strike up a conversation. “So, I take it that your favorite color is pink.”

She instantly sprung up like a high powered spring and popped right in front of my face. “Oh yes! I just love pink! It’s my favorite color and all. I just love how full of life it is and all the…” She noticed that she was in my way, and started to resume back to walking beside me. “I can tell we’re already going to be best friends!”

“Oh Pinkie, you already are my best friend!” I winked at her.

She gasped and then galloped away with glee. Hearing her squealing in delight as she galloped, I couldn’t help but smile. Secretly in the back of my mind, I was actually glad that she left. Glancing at the map, I saw her run back to Sugarcube Corner. Smiling, I continued to walk to the direction of the park, avoiding the alluring stores.

I finally arrived at the park and looked around. The park was just a huge forested area with a walkway cutting paths throughout it. In the center stood a fountain of a majestic winged unicorn, surrounded by benches and multiple clearings for stands. The place was deserted, except for a stallion drawing by the fountain. I decided it was best to make a new friend, so I started to walk toward him to talk to him.

“Hey there, how’s it going?”I asked the stallion.

Glancing up from his drawing he spoke. “Hey, I’ve seen you around town.”

I took a seat by the fountain. “Yeah, I’m the human everyone’s been talking about.”

He shot me a confused glance. “Don’t you mean everypony?”

I smirked, noticing my grammar mistake. “Yeah, I’m not from around here so yeah…” I looked at him and caught a glimpse of his drawing. “Hmm… Nice drawing, what is it?”

He grinned and flipped the drawing pad over. “See for yourself.”

I instantly saw the artwork. He drew a stallion suited up in a fine suite of fine metal plated armor. The armor had segmented plates folding on top of each other, building up the main part of the legs and midsection of the torso. The breast plates were a much larger, thicker type of plate. In the center of it, there was a special crest upon it. A golden sun with solar flares surrounding it, beyond that was a shield and two swords overlapping. The stallion bearing the armor was in a defensive stance, clearly showing his courage against an unknown enemy. Looking at the face of the stallion I noticed it was the splitting image of the pony I was speaking to.

“This looks like you, why is that?” I asked curiously.

He sighed. “No reason, just a fan of medieval Equestria.”

He flipped it back over and then shut the drawing pad, setting it to the side revealing his body, I could now fully see him. He was a well built stallion. He was a brown earth pony with a chocolate brown mane. Looking at his face, I saw a shaggy mane and a pair of blue eyes staring back at me.

“Sorry, but I should have introduced myself to you. My name is Max… Max Powers.”

Displaying interest, he responded. “My names Rough Sketch, pleased to meet you.” He said as he extended a hoof.

I grabbed his hoof, shaking it. “It’s nice to meet a friendly pony here. Say, why are you here by yourself?”

“I just like to come here on my off days and draw. It’s just something I like to do.”

After he finished speaking, I glanced at his flank, spotting a pencil as a cutie mark. I instantly took interest.

“That’s an interesting cutie mark, It’s a pencil right?”

“Yeah, it’s a pencil, my talent is drawing after all.” He said while he stood up. “I got it after a school project. I was told to draw, so I drew and then… Blam, a pencil as a cutie mark!”

“That’s pretty cool. My species doesn’t own cutie marks.”

“Yeah I can see that, you’re also wearing clothes. Doesn’t it ever get hot in those, especially in that jacket of yours?!” He asked, snooping.

“Humans have a harder time dealing with warming ourselves, so we wear clothes to solve that problem. It’s also considered unorthodox to be naked in public.”

He sneered. “That’s odd, but I’ve seen weirder.”

He glanced at the sky and spoke up. “Hey, sorry but I have to get home. It was nice talking to you though! Hope to see you again.”

He trotted over to his drawing pad and packed it up into a nearby saddle bag. “Oh, by the way, I think someone over there might want to see you.” He then immediately left.

“Who would want to see me?” I turned around curiously, to be met by a brown stallion.

“Why, hello there! How are you?” He said inquisitively.

“I’m doing fine.” I quickly looked him over. The stallion was a brown earth pony with a spiked brown mane and a red tie.

“Good, because I need to know why you’re here.” He quietly demanded.

“I’m sorry wha-“

Before I could finish, I was knocked unconscious by a blinding light.

Authors Notes: I have very big plans for this story.
I’m thinking of making this a very long story, yet I also want to release chapters more often.
Also, if you enjoyed this story, please rate and comment.
If you see any errors or have any questions, feel free to comment about it.

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