• Published 10th Feb 2014
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The Misfortune of Kiwi Blitz - KiwiFreakinBlitz



A human is transported to Equestria, but not as the OC he wanted.

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The Welcoming of Kiwi Blitz pt1

Author's Note:

This is the first chapter were we see a scene from a different perspective than Kiwi's. From now one, if you see some paragraphs in italics, know that it is a scene told from outside Kiwi's narrative. Enjoy, more on Monday!

“Why, we'd be delighted to have you join our class, Kiwi!”

Cherilee spoke with such sincerity, and I couldn't help but think just how good being a teacher suited this mare.

I could feel the corners of my little mouth curl upwards, as if they had been coaxed into action on their own, through the caring tone of the mulberry earth pony before us. Shortly after having been informed of my parent's plan to leave me with my big sister Rainbow Dash for a year, because my mom didn't want me missing school while they went traversing the globe on a high-profile fashion tour, we had taken to finding the school house teacher at our welcome party to work out the details.

“That's wonderful! It's a weight off my chest knowing that she'll be continuing her education without any problems,' Island Dusk exhaled, sounding a little less tense than before. I couldn't help but wonder what that whole stand-off between her and Rainbow Dash was all about....Obviously, it seemed like something had happened between mother and eldest daughter that seemed to put a damper on their relationship. I made a mental note to look into it a little later.

Cherilee nodded knowing at Island Dusk, probably having had dealt with worried parents and the like many times before. “Don't you worry, everything is taken care of,' she gave a reassuring smile. “We're at the end of our summer break, so Kiwi Blitz can start the new semester right with the other kids and not miss anything. We're scheduled to open up the week before the Summer Sun Festival.”

Huh, that's pretty cool, I guess. So if I don't have to enroll right away, that gives me a certain amount of time to get to know everyone and learn more about the world. Plus, I'm pretty sure familiarizing myself with the layout of Ponyville wouldn't hurt. Know what I'm saying?

But the Million Dollar Question, I would think, would be exactly how many days I have left to accomplish this sort of thing?

“When's that?” I spoke up without thinking.

Cherilee and Island Dusk stared down at me, Rainbow Dash cocked an eyebrow up her forehead(it looks so natural on her for some reason), and Sunflash just rolled his eyes as if I was an incorrigible prankster, which he had made clear earlier that is what he thought I was.

Suddenly, I felt very embarrassed. I shrunk down a little bit and smiled a big, nervous grin, forcing a weak laugh. “I-I mean, I know roughly when it is, but maybe...I could get a little reminder? Eh heh heh...” I hoped that would work, even knowing just how dumb and odd it sounded. I was supposed to be a pony who had lived all her life here in Equestria, you'd think I'd know when one of the big holidays was coming around.

But, unfortunately for me, I had not lived all my life her as a cute little green pegasus, but a rather rugged and burly looking ape-man who lived all his life in a world full of other ape-men and my knowledge of the world I know resided in came solely from what was shown in a colorful cartoon animated in Flash and featuring life lessons and morals to be learned for a younger female audience, and yet was dearly beloved by older male demographic. As far as I knew, the date the Summer Sun Festival took place one was 'Season 1 Episodes 1 & 2 or Season 4 Episodes 1 & 2”.

Clearly, the first thing item I shall endeavor to purchase in this new land is a calender.
If Cherilee thought any less of me for not knowing something, that based on the reactions of the ponies around me, was obvious, then she did a marvelous job of keeping it hidden. “We'll go back to school the Monday after next,' she smiled warmly, speaking in a patient tone. “Considering it's Friday today, the gives you a good week or so to enjoy the rest of the summer.”

I perked up a little at that and couldn't help but grin, my oversized wings flittered with a small amount of joy.

Nine days? I could totally work with nine days. I can do a lot in that time, certainly what little I had planned at the moment, easy peezy lemon squeezy!

“Awesome,' I said, more to myself than anyone, but the adults smiled in amusement at my choice of words.

“Indeed, Kiwi. We'll be seeing you then,' Cherilee winked and excused herself. It didn't seem like the raucous party was her bag.

After waving her off, Rainbow Dash turned to me with an encouraging grin.

“Welp! Now that that boring stuff is outta the way, why don't you go and enjoy the party?' she suggests, giving my mane an affectionate ruffle before gesturing at all the laughing ponies all around them. “It'd be a shame if Pinkie Pie threw you guys this amazing welcome party and you're the only ones not having a righteous time!”

Ah yes, the cyan one speaks true. Wise, she is, beyond her years.....I couldn't help but wish I had a long beard to stroke gently as I absorbed the weight of her words.

I grinned up at the incredibly cool mare I could now call family and made to head out into the frenzy, but stopped in mid-trot, looking back at them curiously.

“What about you?' I asked, directing my inquisitive gaze to Island Dusk and Sunflash, who were still standing by the door. “Aren't you guys going to enjoy the party?”

Sunflash shook his head. “Nah, we can't stay for long. Your mother has to catch an early train, one that we need to go and catch a late train to be on time for.” he said with a bit of a shrug. “We were just gonna speak with Rainbow for a minute and then head off.”

“Oh...' I said, glancing down for a second as I considered this. Why did that make me feel a little sad?

I turned back and quickly walked over, and gave them each and tight, yet sort of hesitant, hug. I knew that Kiwi Blitz was their daughter, and they knew it as well, but I wasn't quite sure if I considered myself Kiwi Blitz just yet. I mean sure, I had taken the whole situation pretty much in stride, that's just how I was, but the one thing that felt really weird was knowing that know I was supposed to be somepony else. But I just didn't really feel like the character I now was. Atleast not yet.

And because of that, even though I may think of Island Dusk as “my mom”, Sunflash “my dad”, and Rainbow Dash “my sister”, it doesn't really feel real just yet...It's like I'm in that transition period where you have to get used to a new step-parent or step-sibling. These things take time, and I was still so unsure of a lot of what was going on in my new life now.
Based on the tight, loving embraces I received in return, it was clear that they were not unsure at all.

“Good-bye, sweetheart,' Island Dusk said softly, emotion coating her angellic voice. “I'll write you every week. Be good for Rainbow Dash, okay?”

“Okay. Good-bye,' I replied, a foreign feeling welling up in my little chest, as I broke the hug and went to Sunflash.

His hug was just as warm and accepting as the one before it, using his wings to add to the comfort and the feeling of love. I couldn't help but notice just how old the former Weather Captain looked up close, my malachite pools observing every wrinkle and every graying hair.

I never realized just how much older than Island Dusk Sunflash looked...heck, she looked really young, maybe around Rainbow Dash's age.... Huh...

“See ya around, kiddo,' the raspy voice of the stallion reached my ears, as he lightly noogied my head. “ You'll be just fine, I have every faith in you....You and your sister take care of each other, you got me?” He looked into my eyes and I gave a silent nod, to which he grinned his lazy grin again, before letting go.

“Now, like your sister said, go enjoy the party! Go eat, drink, dance and make friends with anypony cool enough to be worthy of your friendship, yeah?” the older pegasus winked, infectious in his mirth.

I grinned wide. “Chyeah!” I nodded in response, and ran off into the sea of ponies partying it up in the Golden Oak library.

That's another thing that differs from the show. You watch an episode of the cartoon, and they show the interior of Twilight's home to be fairly standard, with most of the room taken up by towered shelves filled tight with tomes of knowledge, books covering the walls as far as the eye can see, and the rest fo the space appear to be somewhat cramped. Oh how wrong they were, for as I looked around, I had to guess their was atleast 2/3s of the town here for the party. The library was freaking huge! It was like, unfathomably large in here! It was a large without fathom! There was just ponies as far as the eye could see, and yet I had plenty of room to walk inbetween everypony without breaking their personal space bubble.

Which was greatly appreciated.

I wasn't a bubble breaker. Those are the kind of people you could do without, like people who get a plate of french fries and instead of dipping each individual fry into a separate supply of sauce they squirt it all along the top of the french fries themselves. Horrid monsters, if you ask me.

“Oh my gosh, there you are!”

Speak the bubble-breaking devil...

I jumped back in surprise as my field of vision was suddenly and drastically invaded by a considerable amount of pink and pearly whites, as Pinkie Pie's smiling mug was thrust without warning into mine. I couldn't help but blush abit, considering her lips were merely centimeters away from my own. It was at this point that I realized, that my new biology gave me insight into the attractiveness of other ponies I'd come into contact with. It made sense, considering I was a growing young lady (It still made my chuckle inwardly, thinking of myself like that) with pony hormones. My body would naturally react to other ponies now that I was one, I came to reason. The only thing was, my mind was my own, and so I still had my preferences in tact. And so, I was attracted to females, and Pinkie Pie, I noticed, had an 18 Charisma.

I blinked out of my thoughts, realizing that the bubblegum colored party expert had been rambling about something for awhile, and I had zoned out on her while I was blushing, which she didn't seem to notice.

“-and than that's how Gummy managed to win their trust and respect, and so like after that the turtles totally made him an honorary member of their tribe!' she finished her story, grinned big and cutely, seeming to be a little proud of her pet alligator for....whatever it was she was telling me. My mind vaguely remembered that alligators regularly ate turtles, so perhaps Pinkie was telling a moving story of Gummy and these turtles somehow overcoming their differences to become friends? Huh, I'd have to ask her to tell the story again sometime, as that sounds pretty cool now that I had a second to think about it...

I was startled once again as Pinkie's face came incredibly close to mine again, a worried expression on her face as she felt her forehead to mine, causing the blush that had slowly been fading to flare up again, my cheeks bright pink.

“Are you feeling okay, Kiwi? Your face is really, really, really red and your super-duper warm!' she asked, glancing upwards as if to mentally compare our temperatures, before turning those big blue eyes to stare back into mine. OH, how expressive they were. “You're not sick are you? Oh! I hope you're not sick, because that'd be really horrible, and I'd hate for my new friend to suffer and feel bad! Is there anything I can do for you? Do you need a blanket? Juice? Soup? Nyquil PM??”

“I-wait, what was that last one?” I stammered, before shaking my head. “No, thanks Pinkie Pie, but I'm not sick, I'm fine.”

She narrowed her eyes, suspiciously.

“RE-he-he-he-heaaaaaally?” she said, making my think of Jim Carry for some reason or another. “If you aren't sick, then why is your face so red? HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM??????”

I couldn't help but blush a little bit deeper as she pushed her face farther into mine. Oh god, if I wasn't careful when I responded, I could end up frenching her, she was so close.

“Well....' I began, nervously, trying to be mindful of my lips. “My face isn't red because I'm sick.....it's red because.....well......uh, well it's because you...are very pretty....”

I wanted to die. Seriously, I wish Discord had just killed me if I knew something like this was going to happen. I'm not sure if you guys could tell or not by the first chapter, but I wasn't exactly a 'ladies man'.....Infact, I really didn't have much experience with the fairer sex at all. No hand-holding, or hugging, or kissing, or....talking. I always second-guessed myself when I was younger and just ended up intimidating myself before I managed to have a descent conversation with a girl. So, it goes without saying that talking to the pretty ones, like Pinkie Pie, was a bit too much for me to handle.

Though, I don't think I had ever been so good talking to a girl before then, so....chalk it up to a small win, in hindsight?

Pinkie Pie gasped when I told her, and I couldn't meet her gaze, I was thinking back to all my insecurities when I was younger, and waited for her reaction. Geez, great job, me. First day as Kiwi Blitz and you alienate one of your Top 3 favorite characters by being a creepy little girl who hits on other mares....Great job! Let's call it a day and head to Disneyland. We've earned it!

I glanced up through my emerald bangs to see what kind of reaction the older mare was revving up and was surprised to see a big, happy smile on the pink pony's face. Before I could speak up I was pulled into a bone-crushing hug of epic proportions!

“Do you really mean it?! You think I'm pretty?” she asked, excitedly. It was like she never got that compliment before, I mused idly as I was being crushed into the dust. “Thank you so much! You're such sweetie to say such a thing! Mmmmmm!”

Gosh, she was really touched by such a small compliment? She seemed so happy...I could break her of such joy, atleast not right now, so I hung limply in her vice-like embrace, mentally muttering a mantra I used to use when working out at the gym.

“Abs don't fail me now! Abs don't fail me now! Abs don't fail me now! Abs don't-”

Rainbow Dash had watched the lime-green filly that was her little sister run off and get swallowed up by the pony tsunami that was the party, a small smile her her face as she hovered by Sunflash and Island Dusk. Heh, she was a cute kid....which was pretty uncharacteristic, the cyan speedster thought. The last time she saw her little sister, the kid had behaved how she normally did: like Rainbow Dash. Ever since the green little pegasus was born, she had worshiped the ground the Element of Loyalty had flown over. Scootaloo looked tame compared to the levels of hero-worship that Kiwi had showered her with over the years. And now....she was completely different. It was like her whole personality had swapped with somepony else's.

Dash turned to the others as soon as she was sure the kid was out of earshot, and fixed a stare on the couple. “Okay. I'm waiting.” she said, expectantly.

Sunflash looked taken offguard as he blinked rapidly. “What do you mean?”

She rolled her eyes and raised an eyebrow for good measure. “What do you mean what do I mean?,' she sighed, impatiently. She jerked her head over one shoulder in the direction Kiwi had gone, her multi-colored mane bobbing with the motion. “What happened to Kiwi Blitz? She's like a whole different pony! She's been super quiet and, I dunno, reserved! That's not the baby sister I remember, so spill it. What happened?”

Island Dusk sighed, her pretty face scrunched up in a look of extreme worry. If Rainbow Dash noticed it, I can't be going crazy, she thought. “I don't know what's wrong with her....she was perfectly fine this morning when we left to get on the train. We were walking along in a big crowd of people, and somehow Kiwi just tripped and hit her head on the sidewalk. I was so scared, I thought she was hurt, but she simply got back up and told me she was fine. I had her checked out, just to be sure, and it didn't seem like she was hurt or anything, so we just got on the train to come her.' she told the story, shaking her head slowly. “She was really excited about getting to come and see you, she wouldn't stop talking, you know how she is. It was going to be a long train ride, the trip from Manehatten takes 6 hours to get to Ponyville, so eventually she wore herself out and took a nap. When I woke her before we got her, she was just...different. She seemed confused and a little scared at first, and looked around at everything like she'd never seen a train or another pony before. And she's been acting strange ever since....Oh, I just knew we should have taken her to the hospital, Flash! Maybe their scan spells would have picked something up that mine missed! My poor baby....that's it. Screw the tour, my child comes first! Kiwi!”

The mango furred unicorn worked herself up into a panic, and she started to run into the crowd, her eyes as wide as dinner plates. Quickly, Sunflash grabbed a hold of his wife and dragged her back with a little effort, trying to comfort her.

“Now, don't be going crazy on me, okay? You can't cancel this trip, Dusk. You've worked too hard to get where you are and Kiwi would blame herself if you canceled it to fuss over her,' he held her by the shoulders, rubbing them gently with his hooves and maintaining eye contact. “You're overreacting. Kiwi is fine, she's isn't hurt, your spell was perfect. Now, I don't claim to know why she's acting so weirdly, but I know it's nothing to worry about. I feel it.”

Island Dusk was looking a little calmer, but she was still worried.

“But-”

“No buts,' the stallion interrupted her. “Kiwi is probably just going through some phase. She's growing into a fine young mare, and she's probably going to go through a few changes. You remember what that was like, right? Don't worry so much, okay? Rainbow Dash is going to take good care of her, aren't you girl?”

Rainbow Dash puffed out her chest and slapped a hoof against it, the swag rolling of her in awesome waves. “You can count on me, Dad!” she replied with confidence many people only dreamed of.

Island Dusk was breathing normally again and looking from her husband to Rainbow Dash and back again. She took a deep, calming breath and slowly let it out, before giving a weak smile.

“Y-yeah, yes. Yes, you're right. I'm being silly...' she put a hoof to her head, as a dull throbbing took over her temples. “I think we need to be going.”

“Right, it's getting late, we'll be cutting it close,' Sunflash agreed, noting the time on a wall clock. He gave his daughter a playful hoofbump, and nodded at her as they left the library. “See you, Rainbow Dash, and thanks again. We'll write real soon, kay?”

Rainbow Dash nodded and waved them off with a grin. “Yeah, yeah, yeah, don't you got a train to catch? Better juice!”

Sunflash matched her grin, and a second later the couple vanished into the dark night outside.

Rainbow Dash let out a stressed breath she didn't know she had been holding in, and turned in mid-air to scan the crowd. Quickly she caught sight of Kiwi. Rainbow smiled, seeing Kiwi and Pinkie becoming rather good friends. For some reason, Pinkie had given her little sister a bone crushing hug, but it seemed to be more intense then the usual ones. Afterwards, it looked like Kiwi finally spoke up about the oxygen issue, and Pinkie let go, and dragged Kiwi off into the crowd, probably to introduce the filly to everypony.

“...does Pinkie seem more affectionate than usual?” she raised an eyebrow as she watched them go, before grinning. “Naaaah, who cares? It's party time!” She give a whoop, which was echoed by a group of ponies nearby, before she dashed off to go mingle.

Seemingly to reward my Casanova ways, Pinkie Pie had taken it upon herself to introduce me to each and every pony that existed in the world, or at least that's how it seemed. I couldn't help but wonder if the party pony was always THIS energetic about dragging somepony around.

Maybe I'm just being weird, and seeing things that aren't there. It's not like it'd be the first time. I used to do that quite a lot, getting trapped in my head and daydreaming scenarios of certain interactions. This was just Pinkie being Pinkie, as they say.

Regardless, in our Crusade for Friendship, Pinkie Pie dragged me to and fro, with incredibly speed one wouldn't expect from her, as we zipped around the party in a cartoonish fashion, introducing me to many of the background ponies as we went. I gotta say, it was very interesting, meeting all my favorites characters.

“Hey there girls!,' Pinkie chirped as we stopped at our next destination. I wobbled abit, unused to the Pinkie Pie Express, before noticing two ponies I had seen early that day. “This Rainbow Dash's little sister, Kiwi Blitz! Say hi, Kiwi!”

I smiled and gave a slight nod. “H-hi, nice to meet you.'

Bon Bon smiled warmly, she had a motherly feel to her that endeared her to you. “Oh, nice to meet you Kiwi Blitz. I'm Bon Bon, I run the candy shop down town. Stop by if you like, I'll be sure to give you a welcoming discount.” she smiled. That's pretty cool of her. The prospect of spending less money was always welcomed in my opinion. I used to hoard coupons like nobody else!

The mint unicorn next to her wobbled a bit, as she looked up from her glass. “Oh hayyyyyy...'she slurred, a goofy smile spread on her face with a hiccup. “Which one of you is Kiwi and which one is...is Blitz?”

I blinked, wondering just how shitfaced this human loving musician was.

Bon Bon scowled as she looked next to her. “Lyra! Are you drunk already?! How many glasses of punch did you have?” she asked in a scolding manner.

“Not-not many, I just...'she paused to hiccup. “I just had.....uh....h-how many is a baker's dozen?”

“You had 13 glasses of punch?!” the candy-maned earth pony exclaimed.

Lyra started to shake her head slowly, but then she stopped and looked confused, before she looked pleased with herself and nodded. “Yeah.” she said, in an awed tone at her feat of alcohol heroism.

“How did you even manage to do that? We've only been to the punch bowl once! We've been sitting her together the whole time!”

Lyra giggled, and extended a hoof to boop Bon Bon's nose. “I have-I have-urp...I has a horn,' she said, then broke into a giggle, falling into Bon Bon's lap and looking up at her. “I'm horny!”

Bon Bon blushed ever so slightly, but most looked exasperated. I couldn't help but feel for the mare, and the things she had to put up with. Lyra is generally portrayed as a bit of a spaz, to be sure, in the fandom....

Lyra's whole expression changed as she looked up at Bon Bon. “I wish I was a human, 'she said. “Then I'd have hands....and fingers! D-dyou know what I could do with fingers?”

Bon Bon sighed heavily. “No. what?” she humored her friend.

Lyra grinned seductively. “Oh, the things I could do to you....' she purred, making the candy maker blush beet red and I decided that was our time to leave.

“Um...how about we go meet somepony else, eh?' I turned to Pinkie. “What do you say, Pinkie-huh? Pinkie? Pinkie Pie?” It turns out, I shouldn't have turned away from Pinkie at all, because she was no where to be found once I turned back to her. I looked around for a sign of the hyper girl, but alas, not a glimpse of cotton candy hair anywhere around me.

Now where the heck did she get to? Does she have a penchant for disappearing into thin air like she does for appearing out of it?

“The places I could reach....' I heard Lyra continue on.

“LYRA!!!!” Bon Bon yelled and I could practically hear the blush in her voice.

That's when I decided to just go attending the party by my self.

I made me way through throng after throng of ponies, saying hi and shaking hooves and getting hugs. Everypony was just so gosh darn nice! I could really get used to it. Unfortunately though, while all these guys were great and all, I had yet to run into a single Mane Six character! After leaving the drunk shenanigans of Lyra, I had scoured about the library for close to an hour, meeting ponies and having snacks and I even danced a few ponies too.

But in all that time, not a single Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie or Applejack anywhere! I was starting to really wonder what happened to them. Did they leave? Was there an emergency of some sort that they had to go deal with? And if so, when would they be back? I was supposed to be living with Rainbow Dash, so I could imagine not being able to go home with her would be a bit of a problem. Man, I was getting worried.

I decided that getting all worked up about it wasn't going to get me anywhere, so I found a line of chair next to the refreshments and made my way over. Which minimal difficulty crossing the dancing ponies, and several more introductions and waves, I had made it to the folding chairs. Immediately, I climbed up on one close to the snacks and plopped my plot down. I rolled my neck from side to side, unaware of just how tired I was until I had sat down.

I leaned my head back and closed my eyes for a moment, just listening to the vibe of the room. In one corner, I heard Vinyl Scratch ask if anypony had an song requests as she was now taking them, I heard laughed and shrieks of merriment, accented by a background hum of music and conversation. I sighed, my mind thinking about all that happened to me today. It was all a wonderful experience, so far. I was happy to be here, that wasn't in doubt....but honestly the implications of what had happened to me really hadn't hit home yet, and I was dreading how I might react once it finally did. Until then though, I was going to enjoy myself.

With renewed purpose, I sat forward and opened my eyes.

Big chocolate brown eyes met my gaze, and my heart almost jumped out of my chest at the sudden invasion of my personal space.

Standing before my chair was a pony I had never seen before. She looked like a filly, though she was definitely several years older, 3-4 if I had to guess. She had a dirty white coat, like a really light shade of tan, an off-white. Her hair was a gorgeous, silky looking mane that flowed down her back and all around her in a midnight blue waterfall. I noticed her ears were folded in the middle, like that breed of cat, but with the big floppy ears of an equine, it was positively heart-stopping cute. And again, I stared into those big brown eyes that seemed to swirl with emotion and intelligence.

“Uh...” I eloquently stated, that damn blush coming back. This girl was really cute and while she wasn't Pinkie-close, she was still leaning into my personal space.

She just smiled in a friendly manner, and reached out a hoof. I flinched as she went for my face, but relaxed a bit as the gentle touch took me by the chin, and she softly turned my green mug this way and that, moving my face to many different angles. Her eyes shone with scrutiny, as if was inspecting a piece of artwork.

After this dragged on for several minutes, I found my nervousness at this cute girl had faded into impatience and exasperation. “Um....can I help you?”

She smiled that pleasant smile again and shook her head. “Uh-uh.' she vocalized, and her voice brought my back into nervousness, blushing again. What was with this place and the attractive voices of everypony!? Geez, man....

“O-kayyyyyy....' is what I managed to respond with, and sighed. Resigned to my fate, I simply let this strange(but super cute) earth pony play with my face.

After another couple of minutes, she stopped moving me about and stood back, nodding to herself in satisfaction. “Yup, just like I thought....' she said to herself.

I arced a brow, curious. “What?' She sounded like she had confirmed something.

She looked me in the eyes and smiled that wonderful smile.

“I like you."