Chapter 2 - Learning
I awoke to the sound of birds chirping outside. I sat up, stretching and yawning, looking around the room I'm in. Well the dream I'm in hasn't changed, same room I fell asleep in. I noticed my clothing sitting on the floor near the door, with a small note on it. I got up and walked over to get dressed back in my old attire, afterwards I started to read the note that was left on top of my clothing.
"Joel, I will be home at 3:00 P.M. there is left over fruit salad and hay fries from last night in the fridge. Please help yourself to them. Daisy Bloom."
Hay fries? I'm going to put that under "do not eat or you will DIE." I checked the room once more to see what's inside of it. A small bed with the covers strewn apart, a small dresser, a night stand with a lamp on it, and finally a clock hanging on the wall near the window, showing that it was already 12:37 P.M.
After taking in my surroundings one last time I walked out of the guest bedroom to head downstairs. Everything in the house seemed normal, except for the fact that there was no computer in sight, which annoys me. But it had everything a usual house had, a kitchen, a living room, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, one being upstairs and the other downstairs.
I was able form a small map in my head... What? Expecting me to send it to you? Sure let me just use my psychic mind waves to project these images into your brain- oh wait I forgot, I DON'T have powers. Maybe if I had a computer that had some sort of simple drawing program on it so I could email it to you but sadly this place doesn't seem to have a computer that I could use.
Anyways, I ended up walking to the kitchen to grab the rest of the fruit salad that Daisy left in the fridge. While I sat on the couch I started to think out loud to myself.
"So I'm on another planet filled with colorful talking ponies... At least my mind is making them speak and act like humans so there's that. *munch munch* So what's up with the horned one? Is it like mythical unicorns where they can use magic and stuff? Wait this is a different universe my mind is perceiving. That means I could do anything I want... hmm... *munch munch munch* nah, nah that wouldn't be any fun if there weren't any rules."
I sat there pondering more about my situation. Thinking on things I could do to pass the time until I woke up. Sometimes wondering how my family will react to me being stuck in a coma... This is boring as hell. I'm going to see what exactly is in this town.
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Sunny was sitting in the classroom drinking coffee while the little colts and fillies were playing outside. She started to worry a bit about Joel, as she knew that he was completely alone with nothing to do in a world that's completely alien to him. Will he wander off and cause havoc? Will he scare more ponies if he were to leave the home? After all he did scare a lot of ponies at the park the other day. What if he-.
Her thought was cut off by the sound of two children screaming and running into the classroom where Sunny was. She turned towards the children and got up from her desk, after setting her coffee cup down with her magic. "What's wrong? What's with all the screaming?" Sunny asked with both worry and confusion.
"Th-th-there's a monster! h-he w-w-wa-was g-going to eat us!!" Oh no. Oh no was the only thought and words that escaped from her mouth as she rushed out to see what this "monster" was.
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Why does everyone keep avoiding me? Do I stink or something? I mean yeah sure I probably look weird, but is that a reason to judge me and be afraid of me? Ponies are pretty speciest aren't they? Man I sure do ask my own head a lot of questions.
Looking around I could see that this town had more homes that looked a bit like Daisy's home. There were even shops around the area that I was in, and kiosk stands sitting in what I'll identify as "The Market Place." Maybe Sunny or Daisy work somewhere in this town, Sunny seemed like the teacher type too so I could probably find her at the school.
I started to look around for any place that seemed like a school. I was lost for at least what felt like an hour. Eventually I asked one of the locals if they knew who Sunny was, which they did. They directed me towards the schoolhouse on the other side of town from where I was at. I thanked them and headed on my way towards the direction the schoolhouse was in. Also, did that pony have a German accent? Place keeps getting weirder and weirder.
Once I got there I could see all the little fillies and colts playing out in the playground in front of the school. But there were three that caught my eye. Two of them were throwing a doll between one another while the third, who I could assume was just a little girl, was running between them, trying to get back her doll.
I can't allow this, I knew exactly how it felt to be bullied by some douche-bag little punks. I walked towards the three, while getting strange shocked looks from the other kids. I caught the toy mid air before it landed in the other kid's hands-...hooves... Fuck I'm not going to get used to this am I?
This now caught the attention of the three standing before me. I smiled and handed the little filly back her doll, getting a smile out of her while she held her doll tightly with both of her forelegs. I turned towards the two bullies who were now backing away while staring at me in fear.
I couldn't help getting a very evil grin on my face, before roaring "I'M GUNNA EATCHA!!" Making the two bullies piss themselves on the spot and rush back into the school.
I turned and made a heroic pose to the other kids with one hand held out saying "Fear not! For I, Joel Summers! Will never allow bullying to take place in school ever again!"
Thinking back on it I expected that these kids would cheer my name and call me a hero. That wasn't the case. The kids all picked up small rocks they found and started to PELT ME IN THE FACE! Yes I have to underline that and put it in bold letters, because it HURT.
I threw up my arms in front of my face trying to stop the onslaught. The only thing that stopped it was a very, very angry mare. A mare that everyone comes to fear one day in their life. Sunny Days stepped in front of me and proceeded to scold the children, something about "don't throw rocks because it's not nice" or some horseshit like that.
I honestly didn't care about what she was saying really, all I cared about was the fact that one of those little bastards threw a nice hand sized rock right at my eye, which broke the lens of my glasses. I guess I should be lucky that it didn't leave any marks on my face or hit my eye hard enough to bruise it.
Oh yeah remember when I said I didn't care about what she was saying? Yeah scratch that. Once she turned to give me her death glare I stood stiffer than a Welsh guard on red alert.
"And how DARE you scare two innocent children! Especially when I was on break!" Sunny scolded me.
Yeah right, Innocent. If they're innocent then I'm the pope. "Listen, Sunny those kids-" Sunny, of course, interrupts me.
"Ah ah ah! I don't want to hear it right now, you head back home right now before I give you the scolding of a life time! And it wont be pret-" Sunny continued to yell at me but I ignored everything she was saying.
While she was yelling at me I placed my hands just above her ears to scratch them while trying to sooth her with the sound of a roaring waterfall. Which to everyone was just "Shhhhh... Shhhh." continuing to move my hands down to her muzzle until I pushed on her cheeks to force her to stop talking and to look at me. "Shhhhhut the fuck up."
She gave me a confused look as I let go of her face, patting her on top of her head. This made her blush under her coat. "Alright, I'll head back home, only if you do me one favor."
She looked up at me as she said "And what would that be?" I was hoping she would ask.
I pointed over to the small filly I helped out earlier. "Ask her about the punks who stole her doll."
Sunny was even more confused as I just walked off back to Daisy's house. And do I even have to tell you that I got lost and had to ask directions again?
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Sunny was even more confused as Joel just walks off, not even close to the direction Daisy's home is in. She trotted over to the little filly he was pointing at and looked down at her. "Azure?" Sunny asked.
"Yes Ms. Sunny?" Azure Breeze said, still clutching onto her doll.
"What was Joel talking about when he said your doll was stolen?" Sunny asked. Still confused about what he was talking about.
Azure Breeze told Sunny everything that happened. Telling her how the two bullies stole her doll and playing keep away with it, at least before Joel arrived and stopped them. She knew that he must have hated seeing her bullied in such a way and just wanted to punish the two by scaring them. She thought of punishing them herself, but apologizing to Azure was enough of a punishment. After all, wetting yourself in front of the whole school and being nearly scared half to death is pretty bad.
When everypony came back inside after recess, the children started to raise their hooves up to ask questions. Sunny looked over towards Azure and picked her first to ask her question. She lowered her hoof and asked "Ms. Sunny, What kind of monster is Joel?" This all made the kids start speaking up, asking the same question. Showing that everypony had the same exact thing on their mind.
This made Sunny sigh and ponder this question herself. What IS he exactly? He says he's a creature known as a "human." But what was a human? Maybe she could take advantage of this to learn more about him. She turned to the classroom and put on a very good, but still fake smile. "How about tomorrow I bring him to class so he can tell us all what he is." This made all the children cheer in excitement.
Dear Celestia what has she gotten herself into.
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At around 3:13 P.M. Daisy walked back into her home with her saddle bags on her back. "Joel! Joel I'm home from work!" Daisy called out, half expecting Joel to come running down the stairs like a dog who'd been waiting for their owner to get home. Instead there was silence.
Daisy thought Joel might be playing a nasty trick on her, like he did to Sunny last night. She reached into her saddle bag to pull out a book, setting it down on the arm of the couch, as well as setting down her saddle bag next to the couch. "Joel, I bought you something today! I think you might like it!" Still no answer. This was starting to worry Daisy even more.
Daisy walked up the stairs after washing up Joel's left over fruit salad dish. She looked in his room, in the bathroom, and even her own room in case he might be sleeping in there. But he was nowhere to be seen, he wasn't even outside when she was walking up to the front door earlier.
She thought to herself to try and calm down. "Alright, don't panic. Maybe Joel stepped outside to see what the town is like? Ooooh but what if somepony thought he IS a monster and calls the town guard on him! I-I've got to go find him! I need to get out of here and-."
She was interrupted by slamming into Joel as she was rushing out the door to find him, causing them both to topple over with him lying on the ground and with Daisy on top of him. After Joel shook the dizziness from his head he looked down towards the worried looking mare before getting nearly suffocated by her neck hug of doom. "Joel! Joel I was so worried, I thought you might have gotten yourself hurt and-... And... What happened to your glasses?"
Joel pried himself free from her death hug, rubbing his throat where she squeezed the most. "Some brat threw a rock at my face, It didn't hurt but it did break my glasses." This caused Daisy to smile a little. At least Joel wasn't hurt, but still she feels like it's her responsibility to take care of him.
"I could take your glasses over to the store where Sunny buys her glasses, to get them repaired." Daisy said. He just sat there staring at her. Why was he staring at her? Was he not used to this kind of treatment?
He reached up to pat her on the back and rub it slightly. "I'm not a body pillow, you know." Joel said, making Daisy realize they were both still on the ground, while lying on top of him like a pillow. She blushed profusely, even Joel could see this as her blushing cheeks were showing through her lemon colored coat.
She started to get back off of him and stumbled only slightly when she backed away to give him space. "O-oh I'm so so sorry Joel, I-I was just worried about your glasses and all that I-." Joel placed his hand over her mouth to silence her.
"You panic too much Daisy." Joel said with a smile, now sitting up. He moved his hand away and began to stand back up, stretching and popping his back in the process. "It's actually nice to see that I have somebody worrying about me." He walked past her, running his hand through her mane once to pet her.
This new sensation actually felt good to her, which only made her blush more. Joel walked over to the couch to sit on it. After sitting down the book that was sitting on the arm of the couch fell onto his lap, catching Joel's attention. "What's this?" He said, picking up the book to inspect it.
The book itself looked like a history book, based on the cover and its back. "It's a book about Equestria and the ponies that live in it. I-I thought you might like it since you're from another world." Daisy answered. Joel looked at the book and opened it, scanning through the pages.
"Huh, so this has everything I need to know about Equestria and it's people-, er, ponies?" Joel asked, turning his head to look at Daisy. Daisy nodded, which made Joel smile as he closed the book. "Thanks again Daisy. You know I feel really guilty that you're doing all of these things for me without getting anything in return."
Daisy smiled as she walked over to lie down on the couch next to Joel, facing him. "Joel, you don't have to feel guilty. I'm happy to help you whenever you need it. I don't need anything in return." There was one thing that she did want, but she couldn't ask Joel. It was much too embarrassing for her.
Joel reached over behind her neck and began to pet her, which caused her to blush. "Come on, there HAS to be something that I can do for you to make it up to you." Joel said, continuing the gentle strokes of his hands from the back of her head, slowly down her neck and onto her back.
Daisy put her head on Joel's lap, nuzzling into his somewhat big and soft belly. "Just keep doing whatever you're doing now Joel, it feels really good." This actually made Joel blush quite a bit. He continued to stroke her neck and back with his hand, while taking his second hand and running his hand through her mane on top of her head. This got a soft moan out of the mare, who was clearly enjoying this new kind of treatment from Joel.
After only 10 minutes of relaxing and being petted by Joel, Daisy passed out. She let out soft cute snores as she slept which made Joel stop petting her, resting his hand on her back. He couldn't help but smile at the now sleeping mare.
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Damn, she really is cute when she's like this. At least I figured out one of her weaknesses. Now about this book, let's take a look at what's inside it. I grabbed a hold of the book so I could open it, reading its contents, using the references on the back to check out other specific information.
There was a lot of information on here. From the types of ponies and what they could do, to the cutie marks that appear on their rump when they find their special talent. Please dear merciful god make this only a pony thing and not a universal rule. The part that amazed me the most was that this place had two princesses ruling over the kingdom, wait... Princesses? Don't they mean queens? Whatever, must be a pony thing. But that wasn't just the amazing part, the amazing part was that both princesses could control the sun and the moon. Holy shit these two must have a LOT of power to be able to do that.
The book even had a map of Equestria. Which of course I had to resist the need to laugh at the many horse pun cities, otherwise I'll wake Daisy. What made me nearly pass out was the fact that there was no technology on computers, at all. No internet, no computers, no video games, nothing. Well at least they still have movie theaters and television.
I started to check out more of the mythology, which there wasn't much on it aside from the fact that it has a place known as "The Everfree Forest." Which has "Manticores" and some kind of wolf made entirely out of wood, also known as the "Timber Wolf." I didn't know my mind could make up such things. Hell, I could barely make a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, let alone an entirely new world.
After an hour of reading, learning more about the currency, it's value. But really? Even their money has to be a pun. "Bits" isn't very subtle. There was a knock on the door, which caused Daisy to stir and wake up from her nap. She was still groggy. She tried to get up, but I decided to place my hand on her back and sat her back down on the couch, closing my book and standing up. I walked over to the door and opened it to see Sunny standing there giving me an annoyed glare.
"We have to talk." She said, as she used her magic to pull me out of the house, closing the door behind me just after I exit the home. This can't be good.
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She couldn't believe she was doing this, asking him to come back right after terrorizing two of her students. "Joel, the children want you to come back to the school tomorrow." This made Joel immediately burst into laughter.
"You're joking right? After those kids pelted me with rocks, when I was just helping out one of the kids? Yeah thanks, but no thanks." Joel was about to turn around to head inside, until Sunny pulled him back with her magic.
"I'm serious Joel! The kids are really interested to learn about what humans really are. I think it could help them understand that there's more than just Equestria out there. Now just do this one favor for me." She really couldn't believe she was begging to this jerk.
Joel turns to her and folds his arms. "I want to be paid for this." He said.
"What?! Pay you? Why should I pay you?!" Sunny yelled.
"Well I need a steady paying job if I'm living here in Calmare. This seems like a perfectly good job opportunity to me. Pay me at leeeeeast.. 50 bits for now. 50 bits gets you a human for the day, deal?" Joel said, extending his hand out.
Sunny could understand why he needed money, but how in the world did he figure out what kind of currency they have so fast? Daisy doesn't own any books aside from her monster novels. "Fine, but you're not allowed to scare any of the children intentionally, and no swearing at all around them. The moment you scare them or swear, you will not get any bits, understood?" She held her hoof out to him, close to his hand.
"Understood." Joel said with a smile, wrapping his hand around her hoof and giving it a firm shake. After they finished Sunny turned to walk away. "Hey, where you going?"
Sunny turned to him and gave him a small huff. "You mean 'Where are you going?' Not 'Where you going?' And if you really must know, I'm going home. I still have some work to finish and letters to write to some possibly angry parents. No thanks to you." She continued to walk back home without giving Joel a second glance.
Joel couldn't help but stare at her as she walked away, watching her tail sway slightly and rhythmically with her steps. I said tail, don't get the wrong idea.
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I walked back into the house after that little scene. Daisy was already up and about it seems. I sat on the couch to continue reading my book, until I smelled something cooking in the kitchen. The smell seemed familiar, like a type of pasta. I walked into the kitchen to see Daisy at the stove, mixing a pot of boiling water that's filled with spaghetti noodles.
"So, Daisy, what kind of job do you have?" I asked, hoping to strike up some conversation before dinner was finished.
"Oh, well I sell all kinds of flowers that I grow in the backyard, have you seen my garden yet?" Daisy said, smiling while she continued cooking.
"No not yet, I got too bored just sitting around and ended up wandering off into town. Why don't we eat dinner in your garden tonight? That way I can see your work while we eat." I couldn't care less about her garden honestly. But I felt like I had to show some interest in her work, make her feel somewhat important.
"That sounds like an amazing idea Joel. Being able to eat together in a garden full of flowers, while the sun is setting in the distance..." Daisy said, letting out a pleased sigh.
"Hah, yeah, sounds romantic doesn't it?" I said. Seeing her blush again just like last time made me smile. She started to stammer a bit more.
"I-I u-uh... I-I d-didn't mean it in that way I j-just thought m-maybe we could just... S-sit and enjoy the scenery i-is all." Daisy said. I don't think she has a crush on me, I just think she gets easily embarrassed. In fact I really hope she doesn't have a crush on me, I'd hate to deal with the fact that a horse has that sort of feelings for me.
"It's fine Daisy I was only teasing you, you're a friend, nothing else. Alright?" I said. Daisy got a smile and nodded but sat in a blushing silence while she cooked.
After about 45 minutes of small talk about her work at the flower kiosk and how she had to take a delivery to someone across town, she finished dinner. I took the pot of spaghetti, while she grabbed two plates and forks for us. I'll admit, I was a bit taken back by how many flowers she had in her garden, nearly her entire backyard was full of flowers.
There were a few paths leading to different sets of flowers, and a stone patio with a single table sitting just outside of the back door. Some flowers I could identify, such as orchids, daisies, white and pink lilies. But there were a few flowers that were Equestria native flowers. She told me the different kinds there were. Like "Jade Blossoms" emerald-like flowers all bundled together, only the size of cherry blossoms. "Sun walkers" were flowers that had white petals that would curve to the right, with streaks of yellow going down the middle, following the curve of the petal. But my favorite had to be "Luna's Blessing." They were the same shape as marigold flowers, With black shorter petals attached to to the dark blue center of the flower, with longer dark blue petals peeking out from under the black ones. Within the black petals I could see small white specks that seemed to look like stars in a black night sky.
After explaining the flowers to me, Daisy leaned into me, nuzzling slightly so she could get comfortable. She was just getting comfy is all, right? Why should that be a problem? We continued eating and talking about the different flowers that both my world and her world has, and what little I knew about them.
Even after eating I didn't have anything better to do than just sit there and talk, at least until it got dark. Seeing the moon rise this night seemed strange to me, knowing that out there somewhere, a pony god is rising that giant glowing space rock. Daisy started to yawn, which caught my attention.
"Tired?" I asked, getting a small nod from her.
"Yeah... But I don't think I'm ready to go to bed quite yet." She said, turning to look at me. "Could you watch a movie with me?" She asked.
I couldn't resist that cute tired look. Really I tried, but she had some sort of powerful mind control stare that forced me to do her bidding. So I nodded and got up, taking our plates inside to set in the sink while she prepared the T.V. in the living room to play one of her favorite monster movies.
I sat with her, she once again leaned into me like I'm some sort of pillow. About 30 minutes into the movie I already wanted to kill myself. It was so boring compared to the movies we had back on earth. I know I've hated on CGI before, making movies feel more fake, but... I have to say it, I miss CGI.
I was snapped out of my train of thought after I heard Daisy's familiar snoring once more. I looked down to see that she had passed out on my lap, just like earlier today. I let out a sigh as I reached under her, my arms sliding under her legs and picking her up. She was knocked out cold, her head was hanging limp while she continued to snore as I carried her to her room. After finding her room I walked inside to set her down on her bed, and cover her up. After tucking her in she smiled and mumbled. Something about cheese, I have no clue.
Finding myself tired I decided to head off into my room. I lied down on my bed making it creak once more and passed out. That night this time I dreamed about the time I sat and watched the Lion King. Singing along with Timon and Pumbaa when they sung about a care free life. Crying and getting upset when Mufasa died. Scar may be evil but hey he has one nice set of pipes. I miss the movies back on earth... But I miss the ones from my childhood the most.
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this is really interesting history is espectacular, sorry for ask you continue with this history
PD: sorry for my bad gramma
This story's really interesting. I'm liking the MC and I loved the scene with the kids. The characters are pretty rounded so far and the flowers in this chapter were marvelous! I really like the Luna's Blessing. There should be one for Discord too! mlp.bartstuff.eu/mlp-slick.png One besides Poison Joke.
There are a few mistakes I could see in this story, but not too many.
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"There should be one for Discord too!"
You'll just have to keep on reading to find out.
So... He just flopped down on a creaky floor huh? That had to have felt great!
Other than that, I'm loving this so far.