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Heart Plus - Dawn Arc - SparkStone



The adventures of the Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy and a new unexpected friend Kasin kick off after his arrival. With the seven of them together, they must do their best to fix the mishaps around Equestria

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Chapter 3 - Showing Kasin Ponyville

-Twilight's POV-

-Waking up to something new-

Just yesterday I made a new friend as well as have a new housemate. Kasin was this new human that everypony got used to overnight, and it was the same night he seemed truly happy knowing he now has friends. I feel I have a lot to tell him about friendship, since it really does look like he was new to this.

I woke up bright and early, only to see Kasin was not in bed.

"Up already?" I thought.

Suddenly I could smell something cooking downstairs. I only assumed Spike was in the kitchen preparing breakfast. That was until when I had reached downstairs, I saw Kasin in the kitchen cooking while Spike was watching from behind. I trotted next to Spike and watched Kasin cook pancakes with a few flips and a nice landing on the plate. He turned to us with a smile.

"I hope you like pancakes!" Kasin said.

"I know I do!" Spike replied as he took a plate.

I chuckled as I levitated my plate off of Kasin's hands. Oh, that's what he told me what they are by the way. You know the thing on his…arms! He calls his forelegs, "Arms". Anyways, we sat at the table and ate together. I was really impressed when I took a bite of my breakfast to see that it had blueberries inside.

"Wow Kasin, did you really make this?"

"Yeah, something I learned back in school." He replied casually.

I couldn't help but notice Spike chewing down his breakfast faster than usual. He seemed to be really enjoying himself. Kasin was eating while reading that book I gave him yesterday. He was slowly getting accustomed to Equestria, a topic which I felt interested in talking about.

"So Kasin, what did you learn so far from that book?" I asked.

"A lot of things so far." Kasin answered with a smile. "I'm a bit sketchy on a few things, such as the pegasus."

I couldn't help but give a smile, ready to teach Kasin anything he wanted to know.

"Well, what questions concern you Kasin?"

We finished eating and Spike went ahead to putting the dishes away. Kasin looked at the book then back to me.

"Well, first the pegasus." Kasin said.

"Yes?"

"It says here the pegasus can actually 'touch' the clouds like a solid object?"

"Of course! In fact, Rainbow Dash's job is weather patrol, she clears up the clouds everyday as well as change the weather as well!" I stated.

Kasin didn't seem to have been any more enlightened, almost as if he knew it already. "My question mostly is…how are they touching it at all?"

I only gave a blank stare. He continued to his other thoughts.

"The pegasus can manipulate clouds and weather, but what really intrigues me is how. Do you think quite possibly that they have some kind of special coat that allows them to touch it? Maybe that's why they can 'feel' the clouds."

"I….never thought of it like that before…"

Kasin smiled as he said, "Well, at least you don't think I'm some crazy loon for thinking like this."

"No, I'm…actually quite impressed." I admitted. "I don't usually get a question or theory like this before."

"My professors say the same, but they never have the chance to talk it over with me." He told me. "But at least you'll listen, right?"

"Of course!" I answered enthusiastically. "I never met a stallion…or a human that thinks like this before."

I'm not sure why I said that so…seductively. Even Kasin noticed and started to blush before changing the subject.

"Uh, um…Anyways, I think I got most of the basics of Equestria down, but is it okay if I keep this book just in case I need to review?"

"Sure thing Kasin. Just keep it somewhere safe."

He nodded and went upstairs to do so. At the same time, Spike came back in the room with a smirk on his face.

"What?" I questioned his expression.

"Oh, nothing Twi." Spike replied sarcastically. "I mean, I always thought you were into guys that were bookworms too."

I blushed at that statement and scolded at Spike. "I do NOT have a crush on him! We just met after all!"

"Love at first sight?" Spike joked as he made a kissy face at me. I rolled my eyes as Kasin came down right after my "talk" with Spike.

"What'd I miss?" Kasin asked.

"Just talking to Twilight about-" I stopped Spike from continuing any further by placing my hoof on his mouth.

"Oh, just telling Spike his chores for today." I said to Kasin.

I then levitated the broom, mop, sponges, and buckets from the closet and shoved them to Spike with my annoyed expression telling him to clean up the house without speaking. Spike left with a pestered face as well.

"Ooooo-kay then." Kasin replied unsure what to make of this situation. "By the way, can you show me the way to Rarity's? I remember she said she offered me some new clothes, and I can sure use some more seeing I didn't bring extras with me."

"I'll be happy to." I told Kasin. "Follow me, it isn't far."

-3rd POV-

-While they were outside-

Kasin and Twilight exited the library and headed out to the boutique. Many ponies stared at Kasin, not with any hostility but curiosity held in their minds. Murmurs of "Is that the human?" and "It looks strange." filled the normal sounds of the hustle and bustle of the markets with ease.

Kasin was a bit nervous with so many paying attention to him. He walked closer with Twilight unsure what to make of all of this.

"Is there something wrong?" Twilight asked.

"It's just…a bit frightening with all these ponies looking at me." Kasin admitted.

Twilight tilted her head a bit as she asked, "Are you…shy?"

Kasin closed his eyes and said with shame, "Y-Yes…I'm just not the guy that…talks to others a lot…"

Twilight giggled as Kasin responded to this by looking away.

"I'm sorry." Twilight apologized still holding a few chuckles. "It's just that you remind me of Fluttershy."

"Fluttershy?" Kasin repeated. "The word 'shy' IS in her name I guess."

Kasin soon realized something that made him jump a bit.

"Oh! I almost forgot!" Kasin said somewhat louder. "I should cover up that crater I made by her house! You said it was a pretty big hole, right?"

Twilight had a concerned look as she said, "You're probably right. We wouldn't want anypony falling in it after all."

Kasin laughed at the thought. "That would be funny, but you're right. We don't want others falling near Fluttershy's house. After we go to Rarity's, we should head on over to Fluttershy's house."

With both in agreement, they move on with no further distractions. However, from a view out of Kasin's and Twilight's sight as well as all the other denizens of Ponyville was a silhouette of a unicorn hidden in the dark alleyway.

"Twilight Sparkle…" It said to itself. "The perfect bait…"

-Kasin's POV-

-House of Rarity-

I was a bit anxious going to Rarity's tailor. I don't know if I could behave seeing that I wasn't the most refined person on the block, so I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best. Twilight brought me to Rarity's boutique as I requested. She also told me that she lives there, go figure. Her home was good enough to be considered a five star store in my opinion. The outside looked magnificent, and when we went inside, it was no different. Beautiful was what I can say to this place. the inside had the essence of a palace, I felt as if I really HAD TO wipe my feet on the mat. The shop had curtains with frills and elegant design for the archways and the walls. The dresses were no different as they too were beautiful, even if they were for ponies. Twilight signaled me over to find Rarity sitting on by her sewing table working on another article.

"Rarity?" Twilight called.

"Just a moment dear, I'm in the zone." She replied.

Her focus was not to be judged lightly. I could notice how the stitches were still going the same exact pattern while her pace was much faster than I could imagine anyone else could do. After finishing with her work, she turned to us closing her eyes for a moment, possibly resting them a bit.

"Now, how can I-" She stopped as she opened her eyes to see who it is. "Oh! Twilight, Kasin! It's a pleasure to see you here! "

"Nice to see you too Rarity." Twilight greeted.

"Same here!" I added.

"So I take it that you asked Twilight to bring you here so I could design you some clothes like I offered?"

"Right on the ball!" I responded.

"Well, let’s get started with some measurements." Rarity told me as she levitated measuring tapes with light blue aura out of one of the drawers from her desk. She practically wrapped me with them as she measured me from the head to the foot and my arm to my shoulder.

"Whoa, this feels a bit weird." I told her.

"Try and be patient." She advised me. "It doesn't take long."

As she measured me, she let some of the tape tickle my sides.

"Pfft…Kekek…" I couldn't stopped snickering and wiggling from my reactions.

"Kasin, try and stop moving so much." Rarity told me.

"I-I'm sorry, but you're measuring tapes are tickling-WHA HA!" I jumped as the tape tickled my sides even more.

"I didn't do that." Rarity informed me.

"What? Then…" I looked at the tape that tickled me to see it was wrapped in a violet aura, not the light blue like I saw earlier. I looked at Twilight as she gave a giddy smile at me.

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself!" She giggled.

I rolled my eyes as Rarity puts away the measurement tapes along with a few note pads I happen to notice.

"I finished up writing down your measurements. I'll get to work on them as soon as possible." Rarity informed me.

"Thanks! This means a lot to me seeing I don't have a lot of spare clothing with me…well, at ALL really."

Rarity tilted her head at me as if there was a question on her mind. "I was actually going to ask…do you really have to wear clothes ALL the time?"

I struggled a bit at that question. "W-What?"

"Is there a reason why you always have clothes on?"

Before I could explain, Twilight beats me to it as she said, "Well, Rarity, you have to understand that Kasin can't hide his…'parts' like ponies do."

Rarity shuttered a bit taking in the information. "Ah…I see…"

For a moment, I realized something. "Wait a minute! How do you know that Twilight!?"

Twilight blushed immensely, enough for me to get my answer. "Oh my god…YOU PEEKED!" I yelled.

"W-We just wanted to make sure you had not injuries down there!" Twilight explained.

"Wait, 'we'!? Who else…no…Fluttershy looked too!? Oh my god! That is…an invasion of privacy!" I shouted further with a blush on my face.

"Twilight, what did it look like?" Rarity asked.

Before Twilight could say anything, I stepped in. "No you don't! We're leaving and NEVER talking about this again!"

I stormed out of Rarity's house while shoving Twilight outside with me. In all honesty, I couldn't believe it.

-Twilight's POV-

-While walking-

It was a pretty short walk, but for me, it had felt nearly hours probably because for most of the time, he was looking away from me with a noticeable blush on his face. I guess he was still angry about what I did.

"I'm…sorry Kasin…" I apologized to him. "I didn’t know…"

He sighed as he said, "It's…alright. You were just trying to help and…well, I have to thank you for what you MEANT to do. Just…eh…"

His face was still tinted red as he looked down in embarrassment. I felt a bit concerned and asked, "What's wrong Kasin?"

"I'm just embarrassed is all." He bluntly told me. "I mean…how would you feel any of your guy friends saw…you know…"

I couldn't help but have my head heated to that question. "I-I don't know, considering I don't, I mean, I uh."

Kasin chuckled at my stuttering. "Well, I think you get the idea."

I looked back at Kasin to see he was once again calm. He even looked happy again which made me smile as well.

-Kasin's POV-

-Helpful offer-

I calmed down after that fit and pretty much had a normal walk. I was glad our first fight didn't go off the rails there, so I have no regrets seeing that I got my point across. Twilight and I had reached Fluttershy's cottage only to find she and Applejack talking over where a patch of dirt covered what probably was the crater. The two notice us come by and waved at us. We waved back as we stood by them.

"Howdy Kasin! Howdy Twilight! What brings you on over here?" Applejack questioned.

"I was going to clean up the crater I made, but I have a feeling you already did that." I said somewhat defeated by time.

"Oh, thank you Kasin for thinking about me." Fluttershy said gratefully. "I'm sorry to say however that you're right. I asked Applejack to help me with this."

"It's alright, it's just that I really wish I could do something for you girls. You already did me a lot of favors." I said to them. "I kinda feel like some jobless deadbeat seeing I don't have anything to do."

"Oh, Kasin, you don't need to think like that." Applejack assured me. "Tell you what, how about you work at the farm for some bits?"

I was a bit surprised. "Are you…offering me a job?"

"Yeah, a little work around the farm and you get some money, as simple as that."

"Well, I could certainly use the job…but what do I have to do?"

"Just some apple bucking." She told me with a simple smile.

Twilight poked my arm getting my attention. She looked as if she was unsure about all of this.

"What's wrong Twi?" I asked.

"Are you sure you want to do this? Apple bucking does require a lot of strength." Twilight informed me.

"Strength?" I repeated. "Well…I'm not sure if I'm strong, but I'm still willing to try."

"That's what I like to hear!" Applejack replied. "Follow me Kasin, I'll show you where's the farm."

Before we left, Twilight said to me, "Well, I'll be back at the library. Good luck on your job Kasin!"

"Will do!" I said with a smile.

We parted ways for the time being. Fluttershy went home and Twilight headed back to the library. Me and Applejack went to the farm I've been hearing about, Sweet Apple Acres.

-Twilight's POV-

-Incident-

Knowing Kasin was with Applejack I headed on home. I'm sure they'll be fine whatever they were going to do, I mean, it's not like I left him with Rainbow Dash or Pinkie, seeing how fragile he is like Fluttershy, maybe a bit more. On the way, I noticed there wasn't anypony around. It was surprisingly quiet seeing that the sun wasn't even setting in yet. I had a feeling of something ominous was set in place.

And I was right. I looked to my right to see a glowing net shooting itself at me. I managed to dodge it, barely as it touched me by a centimeter, draining a speck of my magic.

"It must be an absorbing net." I deduced.

"Quite right Twilight Sparkle." A voice from the alley spoke, the same direction where the net was shot from. "I expect nothing less than the student of Princess herself."

I saw him come out. He was a red unicorn with an orange combed mane, and his eyes were a ruby red. His cutie mark was a magic spark being crossed out by an "X".

"Who are you!?" I questioned.

He grinned as his eyes pierced suddenly. "Gnosis X, but call me Gnosis."

"What was that magic net for!?" I questioned further.

"I was hoping to catch you with it." He replied still maintaining his sinister smile. "You see…you're the perfect candidate to help start a revolution."

I stepped back a bit. "Revolution? D-Don't tell me…you're…?"

He jumped towards me with his horn glowing, and his red aura shaped a claw. "Yes…We're going to take over Equestria!!!"

I teleported away from Gnosis and ran for the library. I was still being pursued by Gnosis with his red claw still in use. I shot a few bolts of lightning from my horn. It was difficult seeing that the net from earlier did take a fraction of my energy, but what I had left was enough to push Gnosis back, seeing how he struggled from my attack.

"Ergh!" Gnosis grunted. "Don't think you're safe yet!"

I ran further and further until I reached the library. I opened the door and looked for Spike.

"Spike!" I called. "We need to go! There's somepony after us!"

"Um…Twilight?" Spike spoke, but I was unable to see him.

"Where are you? Spike! We have to go!"

"I'm afraid you're FAR too late." Another voice spoke.

I saw two ponies in black armor and red lines sketching around the edges of the plating. Their cutie marks were covered and their helmets hid their faces. One of them had Spike tied up and placed on her back.

"Spike!" I screamed.

"Cooperate Sparkle! Or this dragon will be nothing but scales!" the other threatened as he pulled out a maniacal sword near Spike.

I gritted my teeth, but with no other choice. I surrendered. Behind me, the net was shot and it wrapped me up as I fell. I looked to see the pony who shot it was Gnosis.

"Ah, and here I thought you'd put up more of a fight." Gnosis chuckled. "Now then…where were we?"

-Applejack's POV-

-Show me your moves!-

With Kasin feeling a tad unfaithful in himself I decided to try and get him active. So I lead Kasin to the farm and introduced him to Sweet Apple Acres! I showed him our vast orchard of apple trees and easily noticed him amazed seeing how his jaw was opened with widened eyes. It was like he was looking at some piece of heaven itself!

"This…is amazing!" Kasin commented. "And you seriously pick all the apples every day?"

"Pick?" I repeated, laughing at the thought. "Kasin, we buck them down."

"Buck?"

I walked up to the tree as Kasin watched closely. "Like this!" I bucked the trees and as usual, all the apples fell down. Kasin seemed mighty impressed by what he saw.

"Whoa! So that's what you meant!"

"Sure did!" I replied as I tossed him an apple. "Why don't you give it a shot?"

He caught the apple and gave me an unconfident look. "I…I'm not sure if I can even get ONE down."

"Come on! Just a test run to see." I assured him.

He sighed as he walked up to the tree. He closed his eyes real tight and kicked it straight up. No apples fell and when he opened his eyes, he seemed even more displeased.

"Eh…You wanna try that again?" I asked.

"…Um…Sure, let me try something different."

He then scrunched his hands and punched the tree. Still none falling, so he decided to back up from the tree, and run up to it. When he bashed the thing, surprisingly, all the apples from the tree fell on him. He got out of the pile while rubbing his arm.

"Ow…That stings!" He complained.

"I didn't think you needed that much effort, but at least you got them all!" I commended him.

Before he could say anything, I heard a loud laughing from a certain pegasus.

"Pfft! Hahaha! That's hilarious! Oh man! I wish I had a camera!"

We looked up to see a cloud shaking a lot. Taking an even closer look, we could see the colorful mane of our boastful Rainbow Dash.

"Rainbow? Are you up there?" Kasin asked.

She peeked out of the clouds and sneered at Kasin. "Yep! And I saw the whole thing! Hilarious Kasin! You should do comedy as your job!"

Kasin looked down in embarrassment. I glared at Rainbow scolding, "Rainbow! Don't you laugh at Kasin! He just needs some practice is all!"

"Alright, alright, I got it, geez." She responded as she flew down. "Just poking fun at the kid, no need to turn your hat backwards."

"Applejack, thanks for the job…even though I might not be as much help as you'd hope."

"Nonsense Kasin! You'll be a great addition to the Apple family business!" I once again assured him. "We'll start first thing in the morning, alright?"

"Got it Applejack! I'll get better…I hope…"

"Geez Kasin, you really have a hard time believing in yourself." Rainbow pointed out. "You're like Fluttershy and Twilight combined. Both shy and an egghead."

"A…shy egghead?" Kasin said slowly.

"Yeah! Exactly! Man, that's funny." Rainbow chuckled.

"Rainbow!" I yelled at her.

"What?!" Rainbow replied annoyed. I pointed to Kasin to show her that he was looking sad again because of our pompous pegasus. She lowered her head knowing what she had to do.

"Alright, hold on…" she told me.

-Rainbow's POV-

-Cheer up-

After making fun of Kasin, I made him feel so bad he practically seemed nothing but sad. I felt guilty after Applejack had to point it out for me to realize, so I flew by the depressed human boy and patted his shoulder.

"Hey, you're not on that stuff are you?" I asked him.

"It was only like, ten seconds ago. Why wouldn't I be?" Kasin responded somewhat annoyed.

"Look, I'm sorry about all that stuff I just said." I apologized to him. "I was just poking fun, you know?"

He sighed and had the most sorry look on his face. If you ask me, he always seems so sad or something, I mean what's up with that?

"Did you…Do you really think I'm…this worthless?"

Okay, that was a pretty big question.

"N-No, of course not! Like I said, just joking around! I haven't even thought of anything like that!" I told him.

"Right…sure…then what good is some guy that's too shy to approach anyone and too much of a brainiac?"

"Look, even though you're…THAT kind of guy, you're still pretty cool." I told him.

He raised his head up a little hearing that. "Really?"

"Yeah! I mean other than the fact that you're still nothing I've seen before, you still know how to keep that temper down, and I admit, I tend to get a little angry easily."

"A little?" Applejack snorted.

"Alright, fine! I get totally peeved, you happy!?" I yelled back at her before looking back at Kasin. "Look, even though you have some qualities that I make fun of, it doesn't mean you should bring yourself down so much. Have a little hope for yourself."

"…Yeah…I guess you're right." Kasin replied smiling a bit more.

"There's the Kasin I wanna see." I grinned. "So, how about I take you back to Twi's? It's getting pretty late."

Kasin looked at the sunset and nodded. "Yeah, the sun is already setting, I need to get home quick."

"Don't worry, I got that handled!" I assured him.

I then scooped him up onto my back as his hands wrapped around my chest in reaction.

"W-W-Wait! Y-You're not gonna fly me home, are you!?" Kasin asked.

"Yep! So just hold on tight!"

I took off before Kasin or Applejack could stop me. For a while, Kasin kept his eyes shut before he finally opened them. He then looked around in the sky as he gave a big smile as we flew.

"This…Is amazing!!!" Kasin yelled.

"I know, right!?"

"I never felt the wind like this before! This is so awesome!"

Kasin pulled out his arms and embraced the air. He really seemed to like it, so what better way than to show him a few tricks? I readied myself flying faster, then before you know it, I did three flips, two whirls, and a dive straight down to Twilights house! It was intense! And better yet, the landing was perfect.

I looked back to Kasin with a grin and asked, "So, what'd you think of that?"

For a moment, I didn't hear a response. I opened my eyes to see Kasin frozen in total fear! I had no idea it would be too extreme for him! But his face…was priceless! It was almost as if he was put in cold water or something!

"Oh…man…that was a…bit too fast…" Kasin said slowly before wobbling off of me.

"Sorry Kasin, I didn't know it was too extreme for you." I apologized casually while managing to hold off my laughter.

Kasin gave me a smirk even though he still looked air sick. When he opened the door, we saw…something.

"What…?" Kasin said.

The library was all messed up. It had books fallen and tables turned. It looked like there was a fight here.

Kasin ran inside and called, "Twilight! Spike! Are you here!?"

No answer…I was getting freaked out too. Out of all the messes, this one looked like somepony came in and…

"Rainbow! Look!" Kasin called me.

"What is it!?"

He showed me a scrap of paper. "Read this."

-Spike's Letter-

-A plea for help-

Kasin, if you're reading this, go get help. I managed to sneak a letter before these ponies could notice. They said they were taking us to the abandoned castle in the Everfree forest to talk about their next plan.

I'm probably sure we'll need Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and DEFINITELY Rarity.

Please get their help as soon as possible, me and Twilight are about to be carried off so-

-Kasin's POV-

-Can't I help!?-

I was beyond furious. Who would kidnap them!? I turned to Rainbow and easily noticed her frustration.

"Those jerks! Who do they think they are!?" Rainbow retorted. "Kasin, you stay here, I'm gonna go get the rest of the girls."

"Let me come with you!" I pleaded. "I want to help too!"

Rainbow gave me a solemn look. "Kasin, I know you want to, but…to be honest…you'd just get in the way."

I stumbled back at what she just said.

"Don't get me wrong Kasin! But…We already have two friends on the line, we don't want another."

She left and closed the door as I stood there realizing how useless I am. She was right…What can I do? Regardless, I still wanted to go. I opened the charters of Ponyville and found the map of the Everfree forest and the location of the abandoned castle. I readied medical supplies just in case and head on forth to the forest, with or without their help.