Chapter Seven
Chapter Seven
At least you didn't have to walk all the way back down the mountain, you thought to yourself as you sat quietly in your seat with the train cart. You looked out the window and saw the land passing by.
Something was really wrong here. Those creatures must have wanted you out of Canterlot for a reason, but what reason exactly? You weren't a threat to anyone, you were just a single human who was overwhelmed mentally by the world around him. Even now you couldn't help but stare out into the land and its beauty.
The cart you were riding in was completely empty, which caused you to wonder why Twilight chose to sit in the same booth as you. You were sure it wasn't anything special but you couldn't help but feel a little awkward and nervous while you stared out the window, you weren't use to anyone being so close to you, caused by the fact that you had lived alone.
“I'm sorry about that.”
You turned and found Twilight looking at you with an apologetic look on her face. You knew that she was just trying to be polite and start a conversation with you, because you knew damn well it wasn't her fault that his had happened.
“It's okay.” You said. “It was really my fault to be honest.”
She smiled sadly at your quickness to place the blame upon yourself. “I still believe what you said.”
“Seriously?” You asked.
“I don't see why you would lie..” She trailed off, thinking about the possibility that you weren't telling the truth. “Should I not believe you?”
“Yes! I mean, no!” You blurted out.
She giggled and took a look at her saddle bag that she had brought along. You remembered her having a lot more than just a saddle bag but then you realized that she must have gotten the majority of her literature from the royal library.
She magically pulled out one book that you didn't recognize from her repertoire the night previous. She placed it upon your lap, and you looked at it with curiousity. There was nothing on it but a picture of a few swirls and sparks.
“What is this book about?” You asked, your sight still locked on the strange tome.
“It's a book about the history of the unicorns.” She seemed a bit embarrassed by being forced to explain it. “I just thought maybe you'd want to get to know something about us since you're stuck here.”
“Alright.” You said, opening up the cover. “What about Earth Ponies and Pegasi?” You suddenly asked, your eyes leaving the text within the book just for a second.
“What?” She asked imprudently before realizing exactly what you had asked. “Oh yes! About that, I've only brought the book on unicorns. I didn't think I would need anything else since I didn't think you'd be joining me on the way back to Ponyville.”
“Of course.” You said, diving back into the collection of words that told of the history of the unicorns before Equestria's founding.
You already had a rough idea of how life was like back then, but with this tome you could see into more detail the unicorn lifestyle. The stereotype of stuck up royalty types was nowhere to be found in these words, and instead you found that they struggled against the harshest of the elements and competitors to establish themselves as a major race before Equestria was founded. You were were more and more impressed and sympathetic with the unicorns with each page you flipped and time seemed to fly by without you taking much notice.
You expected yourself to be there in Ponyville in no time, but you suddenly realized just how far away it was and how long it would take, even with locomotion. Everything seemed bigger and larger than life here so you weren't particularly too shocked when Twilight told you that it was going to be quite a few more hours before you arrived at your destination.
Light began to fade from the sky as the sun began its retreat in the western sky. The cart you were in shuddered and rocked as the light illuminating the cart began to fade and you were starting to have a harder time picking out the words in the lack of light.
Eventually you couldn't read at all and were forced to stop your intake of knowledge. You debated on bending a page to save your spot since you lacked a bookmark but thought better of it, knowing you would be chewed out by Twilight if you altered the book in anyway.
So with a tinge of reluctant regret you closed the book and returned your attention to the world outside of the tome. To your surprise, Twilight had fallen asleep during your read and was softly leaning against you. You couldn't believe you hadn't noticed this during your reading and you felt a surge of anxiety hit you. This was actually happening, and you didn't know how to react to it.
You downplayed it in your mind and simply tried to focus your thoughts on something else. Unfortunately, you were fidgeting from the nervous affect that the situation had on you. You gave out a huff, trying to calm yourself down and looked down at the book that still laid on your lap. You wish you could keep reading that, it would've helped you keep your mind off of this. Sadly, you were forced to sit there, in the increasing darkness, trying to think of other things.
You had almost dozed off yourself against the viewing window, when a purple light shot through the darkness of night. You gasped from the surprise, but soon recognized the light from Twilight's horn. Her face was illuminated from the purple light, but even though it was a different tinge than the natural light you were accustomed to, you could still tell that she was looking just as nervous as you felt when you had discovered her leaning against you in the first place.
“I-I'm sorry about that! I was just tired from the discussion we had with Celestia and-”
“Hey.” You said, hoping your voice wouldn't crack or anything of the like. “It's fine, I understand. It happens sometimes.”
You couldn't tell, even in the light, but it seemed like she was giving a faint smile at your understanding. Better that no one was hung up on what happened, it was just fluke, nothing bad.
For the rest of the ride, you both remained silent as the train made its way across the land. You kept you head down, and tried to doze off but for some reason you couldn't find sleep. It seemed to be the same way for Twilight, and you both sat there in the rolling darkness while the train steadily kept its course.
You looked down at the book in your lap and saw nothing but a silhouette of it. That moment of seclusion was long gone, you reminded yourself. You simply stared at it's silhouette until you were once again showered in the glow of Twilight's horn.
You were somewhat startled by this and gave a grumpy look towards Twilight who was actually wearing a smile on her face.
“If you would like..” She said softly. “I could provide light for you to read that.”
“Oh.” You said idiotically. “Sure, that would be nice.” You made a mental note to bonk yourself on the head for seeming like you were angry from the sudden burst of light.
How did she know you had been looking at the book though? She must have been watching you for quite some time if she made out your frustrated face in the darkness.
She scooted closer to you and you opened the book once again, and found to your relief that you could discern words from the pages once again and almost as well as in plain daylight.
“Hey, thanks. This is pretty awesome.” You said, already diving back into the captivating pages.
“It's nothing, I swear.” She said timidly. “I just can't believe how fascinated you are by our culture.”
You didn't notice the nervous tone of her voice, however, and were still dancing across the words, taking in all the knowledge you could.
The moon was high in the sky when you heard the train whistle and begin to slow down. You knew you must have been arriving in Ponyville. At least it was night and you wouldn't have to deal with any confrontations just yet.
The train finally came to a full stop, and you could hear activity going on in the further reaches of the train. You heard the doors leading out sliding open with release and your source of Light provided by Twilight's horn was now on the move.
You slid out of the booth you were in and followed after the purple light. You stepped off the train and felt the cool night air hit you in a refreshing wave. Your feet met with a boarded walk and you followed Twilight out into the dead silent town.
“I know it was probably the worst timing we could have gotten for the train.” She said, looking around trying to make out the area so that she could use familiar places to help navigate through the town out night. “But I thought we needed to leave as soon as possible, I don't know what Celestia would have done to you otherwise.”
You took a nervous gulp. You sure didn't want to find out what she would have done to you. You had the idea it would involve you and a certain lunar object up in the sky, and last time you checked, humans can't breathe out there.
Everything seemed so big compared to what you had seen on the show regarding Ponyville. Just like Canterlot, you were overwhelmed by all the back alleys and other trails too between the houses. You couldn't recognize a thing, and the sheer lack of light did nothing to help your sense of loss.
Once again, you were thankful that you simply had to follow another to get to wherever you were going. It took a bit off of the overwhelming feeling that the world around you pressed upon you at almost every waking hour since arriving here.
You felt the cold breeze blow against you pleasantly and you focused on where Twilight was heading completely and not the buildings around you. No need to worry yourself about everything else just yet.
She stopped suddenly and you were almost about to ask what the hold up was until you looked up and saw the tree that housed her home and library. You were glad you caught yourself this time, how many more times would she simply shrug off your impoliteness until she suspected you were some sort of jerk?
“I hope you don't mind staying here.” She said. “I have no other place I can put you for now, and I don't think anypony will care having you in town.”
You told her it was fine and she finally opened the door to her home. She slipped in and gestured for you to follow her. You took one step in and Twilight lit a candle on her work table near the window allowing you to make out most of her library.
Your eyes scanned all the shelves and everything in between. It sure was a lot different from how you'd seen it on the show. Look at it from a third dimensional point of view changed everything and places you thought you knew were in completely different spots. Your knowledge of anything regarding the layout of the world around you was completely useless at this point, and for that you felt a little disappointed.
“What's wrong?” Twilight asked who was standing by the table, debating whether or not to write a letter at the pony who had just yelled at both of you in regards to your safe journey to Ponyville.
“Nothing, it's just that this place is huge.” You said with your mouth agape.
“Huge? I'm smaller than you and I don't think this is big at all.” She tapped her chin with her hoof after a moment. “Perhaps that's due to my time living in Canterlot castle, though.”
“Maybe.” You mumbled as you began to walk around.
Books, books, and more books. You liked reading, but this was clearly a place for one who devoted their entire life to study. Of course, Twilight seemed to fit the bill almost spot on. You knew she wasn't a hermit or anything but with all the stuff available here, you would never need to leave besides going out to eat.
“Uhh, Twilight. I think you brought a monster in with you.”
You knew that voice, you looked up to see a certain purple baby dragon with green spines looking down at you with irritated eyes.
“He's not a monster, Spike.” Twilight called up to him. “He's a human, and he's very nice. You should come down and introduce yourself.”
“But I was sleeping...” He whined.
Twilight gave him a stern eye, and the dragon was stepping down the library's steps to meet you.
“Whoa, you're tall.” He said as he now stood before you.
“For now.” You said with a knowing smile, extending your hand.
“Oh wow, you got claws too!” He said in shock and awe as he stared at your fingers.
“They're not claws per say.” You corrected him. “But-”
“Oh whatever! They're claws to me! Put em there!”
He suddenly hopped up and snatched your hand, pulling you down as he shook your arm violently. Obviously he never had experienced regarding a handshake before and you felt a little silly for presenting your hand as so.
“See, I knew you two would get along.” Twilight said while ascending the stairs.
“We should totally thumb wrestle or something.” Spike suggested.
You looked at the pointed finger like claws upon his hand. The handshake hadn't hurt that bad but you had a feeling that if you both decided to do something like that, it would end in your pain and his regret. You declined the challenge, at least for now.
He gave out a huff in disappointment. “Alright, fine. But you got to promise me we'll thumb wrestle tomorrow!”
“Okay, I will.” You said, knowing you would regret this horribly in the near future.
Before you could do anything else a blanket descended down upon your ahead, obscuring your view. You panicked at first and then realized what had happened once you heard Twilight and Spike's laughter.
You pulled the blanket off of your head and gave them an angry face, trying to look as silly as possible. Apparently it worked and they both were laughing now, Spike was even on the ground at one point.
“Okay.” Twilight said with a tired sigh. “I think we should all get some sleep now. Spike is still just a baby, you know.”
“Twilight!” He hissed. “Not in front of him!”
“Oh Spike, he doesn't care. Now come on.” She turned to you now. “You'll be okay with just that, right? And you don't mind sleeping down here?”
“I'm fine down here.” You confirmed.
She gave you that same sheepish smile the night you had first met her and she quickly retreated up the stairs in the same manner as that night also. Spike stomped up the stairs after her, obviously upset about his nature of being treated.
You threw the blanket on the ground, and stared at it for a long moment. You were going to be sore, you just knew it. You laid down and grumbled. Yup, you wish you had never brought up all the junk regarding those creatures now. You would have had a nice comfy bed to sleep on otherwise.
You did not fall asleep that night. Instead, you spent the hours figuring out which curse words would best describe your anger regarding your lack of sleep.
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Oh look! I updated for once!
its good!
but..........
knowing you would would be chewed out by Twilight if you altered the book in anyway.
saw at least two sentences like that bro. you might want to take a look back at it at the very least.
Hmmmm.... Something is rotten in the state of Canterlot
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Will do man thanks.
947293
no probs
fantastic work, i hope the next chapter comes along soon! and if you can, please make it a little longer, not to put any pressure on you
twilight has a very awkward but small crush on "you", its so adorable to read
949247
They are gradually getting longer as I go without me even noticing so that's a relief!
No it's fine. I could use the pressure after being as lazy as I have been. I'll see what I can do!
949405
can use some pressure eh? ill see what i can do
949433
Eeeeep!
949459
that's what the last writer said....and the one before that...come to think of it, they've all said that!
couple days later they write the greatest stories you would ever read...to compare it was like getting a hug from your favorite pony character
949519
If that's what it takes, then so be it!
949530
usually my words are enough
happy writing
949530
just a thought
how can "you" read an equestrian book? have you seen their words?!, if you look in the episode ponyville confidential you can see the writing but the words are all backwards or scrambled. try to explain that pal
952572
With magic! Duh!!!
But let's not forget this is just a fanfic about a cartoon. I'm sure humans would be able to read their literature, I mean we can (apparently) speak their language which just happens to be... English for us. (Or depending on where the show is showed, french, german, etc) The only reason the words are backwards and jumbled on the show is because no one would want to write little tiny text on a scroll they drew that was only going to be shown for a few seconds. *Shrugs* My no brain logic is some weird stuff.
952601
indeed it is, but i do see what you mean...
i use magic, your argument is invalid
954800
Cheater that's what I used too!
well...all your magics are belong to me, good luck getting them back
954881
Looks like I gotta take a romp through a badly translated game to get them back!
you dont think its gonna be that easy do you? no no no no no, good sir
im gonna have you go through all the games that consist of poor translation, zero story development, and the ones that are just all out awful. good luck.
im sure you will get through them quite quickly
by the way, the last game is deadly premonition, not sure if you know about it but once you know, you WILL wish you didn't
954946
I heard that wasn't actually that bad of a game though...
there are NO faces that can show the shock that i am in at you saying that
so ill just get confused then angry
its not much....but it'll have to do
955007
I've never played it! 
It's just what I've heard!
dont despair, just watch a play through on youtube later and you will see something that only ditzy doo would enjoy
but seriously, dont ever get that game...now about the magics
you can have them back, it appears as though these magics...ARE USELESS TO ME
955062
How dare you dis-value my magics!
i cant use them so ima just put them in a trash can
or i could be a good guy and just give them back....hmmm
955091
I use those magics to write my story!!
okay ill give them back!
dont ever stop writing this story, its too good
955204
Deal!
I must say, I usually dislike the stories where the human is aware of the show. I feel it tends to detract from the story. I decided to give this a try even when I became aware that the character in this does. I have been pleased so far that you don't let that dictate the story at all. So now I'm along for the ride! Lets see where this goes!
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Yes it is quite the task to make sure that it does not play a part in story outside of the character's thought process. I believe it would be most wise for any human that knew about the show to be quiet about it or risk looking like an insane individual. So the fact that he is aware of the show serves more as a resource for him to use rather than a plot device.
Regardless, I'm glad you gave my story a try and are now hooked!
976433
Hooray!!
I used to have this game a long time ago, it was about a space janitor, you start in a closit( he was sleeping on the job). you have 15 min to get to the escape pods cuz the ship blows up and if you press a button that the game tells you not to press you get telleported to medevil times and the townsfolk kill you. It was a point n click adventure for dos box I believe? I don't remember the title.. T.T
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Press "(Show the comment)" to go on a story to explain how equestria was m----
Wait, this isn't youtube? Nevermind.
Oh and then again, awesome job on that story.
I don't know if its just me but, this story is pretty boring and theres hardly any dialog.
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That's alright. To each their own, I appreciate you trying to give this a read though.