The Girl

by The Infinity Doctor

Well that was a good first impression, don't you think?

Rainbow Dash glared at the creatures laughing at her, struggling to escape the bind of the mystery-goo, which had practically glued her to the street.

The shorter creature wiped its eyes and held out a deformed hoof to her.
Rainbow glanced at it, then hesitantly took it- and found herself being pulled free of the goop with a loud *POP*.

"Are you alright, Miss?"
"Eh, I'm fine-"

The large stallion trotted up to her, and seemed to sniff her.

"You might want to close your eyes, Miss"
"Wh-"

Rainbow was interuppted as the stallion matted her fur with his tongue. She blushed as the stallion...licked her clean...
The smaller creature was trying to hide a smile behind one of its deformed hooves.

"What. The. Hay."
"I'm Lily, Miss- who are you?"
"What are you? How'd you do that? Where'd you come from?"

The small creature shrank back from Rainbow as she shot off her questions, leaning closer to her as she did- then took notice of the low growling coming from the stallion, those acid green eyes drilling into her.

"Whoa! Back off!"
The creature ran its hoof along the stallion's coat- as a result, the rage died from his eyes.

"Wh-what are you?"
"I'm a human, Miss- who are you?"
"I'm Rainbow Dash, fastest flier in all of Equestria!" she said proudly.

"Oh, hello there- who are you?" Lily asked, staring past Rainbow.
Rainbow turned and saw Twilight and Spike.
"I'm- I'm Twilight Sparkle; this is my #1 assistant, Spike"
"Hi" Spike said.

"Are you a dragon?" Lily asked.
"Yep"
"But why're you so- small?"
"I'm a baby dragon, I'll get taller when I'm older" he explained.
"Oh..."

"So...erm, Lily, where did you come from?"
"The forest" she answered, dodging the question.
"That's it? Are there more of you out there? Why are you here, alone?"
"I ain't alone, I got him" she said, wrapping her small arm over the Blot-Stallion's back.

Twilight took in the Blot's full height in his pony form, staring into his acid-green eyes.

"Well, er, why don't we take this into the library?" Twilight suggested "Maybe we can talk better there"
"That sounds like a good idea" Lily said, then to the Blot "That okay with you?"
The stallion grunted in response and the four headed towards the tree-shaped building that served as Twilight and Spike's home, leaving a very confused Rainbow sitting on her haunches in the middle of the street.

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"Wow, that's what I call a tree-house" Lily whistled, staring at the library in awe.
"What? It's not a tree-house" Spike said, confused.
"It's not? Then what is it?"
"Well...it's a, erm...what is it, Twilight?"
"You know, I never thought about it, I suppose technically it could be called a tree-house, but I think it's more like a...house tree?"

Twilight continued to ponder this as they walked into the library, she closed the front door as Lily and the Blot sat down on two of the over-stuffed cushions resting on the floor.

"So..." Twilight began.

'I was so excited to talk to them, now I'm drawing a total blank!'

"Are you a unicorn?" Lily asked, staring at Twilight's horn.
"Er, yes, I am- what are you?"
"I'm a human" she responded.
"I see..."

'Have to check the Archives later...'

"And who's your...ahem...companion?"
"He's the Blot"
"Uh...huh...how are you two related?"
"My best friend" she replied, squeezing the stallion for all he was worth, the stallion responding with an unsure hug of his own "You aren't separating us"
"Oh no, I wasn't planning to" Twilight said quickly "I just wanted to know what you're doing here in Ponyville"

"That big castle was real cold" Lily shivered, still leaning into the stallion.
"The big- you mean the old castle of the Royal Pony Sisters in the middle of the Everfree? That big castle?" Spike asked.
"Uh-huh, we decided to find someplace warmer"
"So...you just want to live here?" Twilight asked.
"I guess...seems like a nice enough place..." Lily said.

'She's just a foal, unless that stallion is her father....that must be it! No way would anypony in their right mind let two foals wander the Everfree'

"Where would you live? I doubt you have enough bits to buy a house"
"I...didn't think of that..." Lily admitted.

"Maybe you could send a letter to Princess Celestia, Twilight" Spike piped up "Maybe she could help"
"I'm not going to ask the princess to buy a house, Spike" Twilight said "I think it would be better if we find somepony that wants them to live with them"
"No offence, but who would want them to be living in their home?"
"None taken" Lily responded.
The Blot, however, wasn't as forgiving, and growled at Spike. Spike took that as his cue to back away, and did so slowly, taking refuge behind Twilight.
"It's alright" Lily said, taking his hoof "He didn't mean nothin' by it"
The stallion looked down at her and huffed, ceasing his growl.

"So, um, why are your eyes like that?" Twilight asked.
The Blot broke eye contact with Lily, and stared at Twilight as if she had three heads, Twilight began to feel uncomfortable as the silence and blank stare sunk in.

"He can't exactly talk" Lily said, startling Twilight "I don't know if it's because he won't or he can't, but I can understand him well enough"
"Oh..."

'Perhaps I could find a translation spell for him...or maybe a vocal spell...'

"Well, first things first, are both of you healthy? If you were in the Everfree for as long as you said you were, you might be malnourished or sick"
"I feel fine, what about you?" she asked, looking up to the Blot.
"Grr"

"Still, it's better to be safe then sorry, would you like to meet my friend Fluttershy?"
"Fluttershy? Who's that?"
"She's sort of a vet that lives at the edge of the forest, you might like her"
"She takes care of animals?"
"Uh-huh, why? Do you like animals?"

"I love animals, 'specially bunny rabbits"

Author's Note:

Finally, an update! You know the drill, leave a review, check out my other stuff, yadayadayada.

Comments

[Nightingalehound]

And angel just sneezed and got chills down his spine.

[The Infinity Doctor]

4057504 Bwa?

[Nightingalehound]

4057521 Watch some animes and you will understand.

[Blazing Shadow]

mooore~

[The Infinity Doctor]

4061403 I might not be able to update for a while, I'm experiencing a little writer's block with this fic, thank you for your interest though