Twilight accidently brings a human from Earth to Equestria. Will he be able to coexist with the equine inhabitants of this new land?
In the previous volume, Arc was pulled into Equestria by none other then Twilight Sparkle! She houses and provides for him after an Ursa Minor nearly kills him. After his recovery, he goes to work with Applejack at Sweet Apple Acres. During a delivery he discovers there are many around town who have asked for aid from the towns Writ Board. When Applejack informs him there is no one to take care of the jobs he volunteers to help as many as he is able to!
Later, Arc moves from the Golden Oaks Library to renting a small room from a strange robed pony. He learns what he can about her, before finally confronting the mare about her deep dark secret! The mare is actually none other than Derpy Hooves! A young mare, thrown out by her abusive father and forced to try and make it on her own!
Arc takes care of her by providing food, warmth, furnishings and the most important aspect of life... friendship. After feeding Derpy, he confronts her about his findings! The robe is torn, and Derpy's body is laid out! Exposing the truth she tried so very hard to hide from everyone! Her belly... a constant reminder of what she believes to be her fault! However, Arc is able to convince her that she is not to blame! Showing Derpy that those who took advantage of her are truly the ones to blame!
They share a dream in which Derpy must nightly face her past and relive the terrible events that led her to this point in her life! Arc, the first one to EVER show Derpy the meaning of friendship, is summarily "killed" in said dream protecting his new friend. A creature of light gives Derpy what it refers to as the Spear of Hope! Derpy uses its power to conquer her fears and put to rest her sordid past!
Later that very day, she goes into labor. Arc, unable to get Derpy to the hospital, delivers her foal as best he knows how! The filly nearly dies in his arms, as Arc tries desperately to save her! He is successful! However, when Twilight enters the home she finds a bloody mare and a bloody human holding a spear! Furious for what she believes was a cold blooded murder, she opens a portal and tosses Arc into it! Turning to the mare she finds Derpy is still alive and sends Spike for help!
Where did Arc end up? You shall see...
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Oh, Twilight can just die in a fire.
I hope- no, pray she gets what's coming to her for this betrayal.
I don't want to be that one guy who says something about Twilight Sparkle... I really don't want to be that guy because that's NOT me.
But after reading what happened in the last volume, after all the trouble Arc has done, this is the thanks he gets?
Reading the end of the last chapter felt really personal to me... As it reminded me how my ex girlfriends called me either a 'warden' or even 'the devil' because of one little mishap, most of which I tried to amend for as a man. I mean women seem to think they are the only victims in their sad little lives, like they are the ones who feel used, but while we don't often say it out loud... Men have their struggles too.
In the past two relationships I've been in, I tried to be the good man they wanted me to be. I pay for our dinners, tickets for shows, attended their favorite gatherings, invite them into my home, listen to their thoughts and concern, and showed nothing but affection. Then one thing leads to another and suddenly they say all this bad stuff about me, neglecting all the good that they've done and the promises we made that we'd be together forever, no matter what... And twice in my life, those girls 'lied' to me (Or at least that's what I took from it). That after everything I've done for them, being a good friend and being the man I hoped they deserved, that none of it matter to them and whatever they said of how they appreciated me was only what I 'wanted' to hear, not what I 'needed' to hear.
Which is how I feel about Arc going into this right now. He does everything to be a good person. He saved the town from raging bears, saved a little filly from being stuck in a cave, found a family's lost daughter, helped Derpy fight against her inner demons, and even saved a newborn from Death's cold grip... And then he gets tossed out like garbage, worse than the protagonist of 'Clan of the Cave Bear' shunned by the only family she had after all she did for them. I didn't want to do another rant, I really did... But is this the reaction you 'intentionally' wanted?
All that work... Just to be thrown away like that. It's just another painful reminder for me, but... I'm not giving up on these stories that easily even after that. Let's just... Proceed...
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Thank you for your honesty. I must admit, I've never seen such a passionate response to one of my chapters. Your story of past girlfriends is actually very similar to an experience I had with my wife's family. When we were going out things were okay. They didn't really know what to think of me back then. However, when we announced our intentions to marry, all hell broke loose! All of a sudden I was the devil himself. They even called me Lucifer, even though I had done nothing to them or my girlfriend.
I suppose you're wondering why. Well, I'll tell you. They were upset because their little girl was marrying someone who was not a Catholic. The past and all I had done for them was thrown in the dustbin. Did it hurt? Of course! But, like Arc, I decided not to let it ruin my life or change my mind. I spoke to her parents about the family's response. They didn't really care about the opinions of the rest of the family and liked me, as they knew I would take good care of their daughter. We were married and now have two children. That was fifteen years ago. And no, the rest of the family still doesn't like me.
Like I said before, most chapters have a lesson to be learned. In this case it was...
You can do everything right... and still have things turn out so very wrong.
Right, this is one of those times where 1. you should let people speak 2. You need to bitchslap people too stupid to look at the evidence
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Yes, the scene before Twilight certainly did look to be that of a murder scene. That and the fact he was holding that spear when she walked in didn't help matters any. But if she had just given him thirty seconds to explain all would have become clear. Twilight's impulsiveness really got the best of her that time.
The lesson to be learned from Volume 1 is... you can do everything right, and still have it end so very wrong. Arc deserved an award, not to be tossed away. Let's see how he handles this in Volume 2 - The Wanderer.
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I think she might have a few trust issues because she jumps to conclusion very easily about others especially when her friends can't vouch for them.
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It's ironic, as Twilight's totally of a different mindset in the episode which introduces Zecora.
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Actually in that episode her mindset that they were being lasted about a day considering the poison joke didn't last long.