Chapter 2: Pulled like Gravity
On their way to their destination, the four ponies exchanged small talk.
„So, you guys want to find a new home, huh?" The blue pegasus mare asked, as she was curious.
„Yeah, seems like it." Johnny replied, after a yawn. „Guess, sleeping in a barn wasn't a good idea after all…" He rubbed his hair a bit as there were some hay left in it.
„Still weird, that y'all chose to sleep there." Applejack was not amused and puzzled at the same time.
"Still better than sleeping in the woods though." The black pegasus made a point.
After a while, they've arrived in Ponyville, a quiet, yet lively little town. They saw ponies happily chatting with each other, doing their jobs and playing each other. The fillies can be seen running around with happy families. That sight made Johnny pause in silence. It made him think of….
"No! Forget it, Johnny! This is not the time to be moody! You came here to be happy without them, so this is the chance! Pull it together, man!!" His inner voice can be heard in his head, while thinking.
However, his thoughts are interrupted by Rainbow Dash, who was calling his name and tapping him.
"Johnny, you there?" she said.
Immediately snapping out, he replied: "Yeah, I'm fine. My mind went elsewhere."
"I must say that this place is quite peaceful." Dukey was impressed by Ponyville's serenity. It felt...peaceful. Applejack however responded: "Well, most of the time. Equestria has been targeted by a bunch of bad apples, but we did stop them."
"Well, good thing. I really don't want to imagine what this place would've been like had they took it over." The brown stallion was relieved. It's a good thing, that Applejack and her friends stopped their menacing enemies from taking over Equestria, because let's be honest: Nobody wants their home being ruled by a tyrant.
During the way there, the stallions saw more ponies having good times. They exchanged some talks with other ponies and eventually made some new friends. Eventually, they stopped at their destination: A big house, decorated with sweet stuff like whipped cream and sprinkles. It looked like straight from a sweet candy world. Waiting in front of the entrance are three ponies: One being a beautiful, snow white unicorn with elegant and curly purple mane and snow blue eyeshadow, another one a shy, bright yellow pegasus with long, graceful pink mane and finally a smart, purple alicorn with dark blue mane with purple and pink streaks. Those were Rainbow Dash's and Applejack's friends. The snow white unicorn is known to be as the Heroine of Generousity, Rarity, the yellow pegasus as the Heroine of Kindness, Fluttershy and the purple alicorn as the Heroine of Magic and the main leader of the group, Princess Twilight Sparkle, also known as the Princess of Friendship.
"Sup, girls!" Rainbow Dash greeted them.
"Hello there, darlings." Rarity replied in an elegant tone.
"Hi…." Fluttershy replied in a shy tone.
"Hi, Rainbow Dash and Applejack!" Twilight replied. When she saw the new stallions, one being a hybrid and the other looking like a mare, she looked confused, yet curious. "I'm surprised that you met those new ponies. One of them looks….pretty funny."
"Thanks for the reminder.." Dukey was slightly annoyed.
"Yup. We've met them at mah farm no less." Applejack replied, thinking back at their first encounter in the Sweet Apple Acres.
"Well, we needed a place to sleep somewhere." Johnny added.
"Oh my." Fluttershy was quite surprised.
"But hey, it's still better than sleeping in the Everfree Forest anyway." Rainbow Dash shrugged.
"What's that?" Johnny and Dukey asked in unison, since they had no idea.
"I would not recommend going there, since the place is filled with the most dangerous creatures ever known in Equestria." Twilight warned.
"Ok, I'm not going there!" The brown stallion was immediately scared. "I would rather be sleeping in the barn alive than sleeping in the forest being endangered!"
"Dude…" Johnny sighed and facehoofed.
That caused the mares giggling.
"Anyway, Rainbow Dash, who are they?" Twilight asked.
"Girls, those guys are Radiant Thunder and Coffee Paw! However you can call them Johnny and Dukey, if you want to…" Rainbow Dash was about to laugh from the "nickname".
"Rainbow Dash…" Applejack was not amused and glared at the prismatic mare.
"Sorry, couldn't help it." Rainbow Dash apologized.
"I'm Rarity. It's really nice to meet you." The white unicorn introduced herself.
"I'm Twilight Sparkle, it's an honor to meet you as well." said the purple mare.
However, the yellow pegasus looked away a bit.
"And you are..?" Johnny asked.
There was no response. "Uhm, hello?? Who are you??" he asked again.
"Uhm….F-Fluttershy…" she said quietly.
"Say wha?" He didn't understand what she said. In which Rainbow Dash told him: "This is Fluttershy. She is quite shy towards new ponies."
"You don't say?" The stallions said in unison. Then they hear stomachs growling from the guys.
"Since we are all gathered here, let's go inside." said Twilight.
They went inside the building and to a table. The stallions were amazed about the amount of tasty cakes, cupcakes and several treats on display. It was like straight from a tasty dream. No wonder, why Johnny started to drool.
"Does this place serve coffee here?" Dukey asked. The only response from the girls was Twilight saying: "Not really. But Canterlot has it."
"I see." he understood. He then turned his attention towards his best friend, who was still drooling. "Can one of you girls get some tissues, please? I think, he is drooling."
"Sure." Twilight used her magic to make some tissues appear. Dukey was confused a bit, but then shrugged off because of magic. The hybrid then used the tissues to wipe Johnny's mouth off. "There there." he said.
Then they heard a voice. A voice full of energy and life:
"Ok, everypony! It's ready!"
"About time! I'm starving!" said Rainbow Dash.
"So am I." Johnny replied.
Then they see the treats being carried by a pink earth pony with poofy pink mane, almost like cotton candy and a bright smile. Johnny groaned a bit, since pink is not his favorite color...at all.
"Great, as if seeing pink is not bad enough, I'm pretty sure, she would be an eyesore for me…" He thought to himself.
However, he met with annoyed looks from the others.
"Damn...I suppose, that was not really THAT subtle..." He thought to himself again.
"Alright, everypony! It's time for a-" However, her sentence was interrupted, once the pink pony saw the stallions and shrieked in excitement., as stars were in her bright blue eyes.
She immediately dashed to the two, leaving a big cloud of dust around her. Everyone coughed, due to the huge dust, that she caused.
"Hi there! I'm Pinkie Pie! You must be new here! I'm so excited to meet new ponies like you! I have prepared a song, just for this occasion!"
They couldn't understand, because she spoke too fast. Like way too fast. The pink pony pulled out a big music box and pressed a button, in which instruments come out and play a tune.
Pinkie Pie
Welcome welcome welcome
A fine welcome to you!
Welcome Welcome welcome
I say how do you do?
Welcome Welcome welcome
I say hip hip hooray!
Welcome Welcome welcome
To Ponyville today!
Wait for it!
She ended the song with a pose and a wave to not just the boys, but also to the audience. That includes you, the watcher.
"Okay, I've seen crazy introductions before, but this tops everything, like geez!" Dukey was speechless.
"Yeah. Totally crazy.." Johnny agreed.
"That's Pinkie Pie for ya!" Applejack replied.
The mares giggled, yet the guys still looked puzzled. How was she able to do that?? It seems like, she has different logic than everyone else.
Then Dukey remembered a question, he wanted to ask, way back, when he was in the Sweet Apple Acres.
"The thing is, Applejack and Rainbow Dash left because of a friendship problem. What's this all about?" he asked.
Twilight explained: "You see, my friends and I are tasked to spread friendship to other worlds and occasionally, solve friendship problems. Rainbow Dash and Applejack went there, because they were chosen this time."
"Then why did their symbols on their sides glow?" he asked.
"Well, they were called to go to my castle. Think of it as a meeting. Then the Cutie Map will tell where the next friendship mission is and who will go there. There are times that the whole group goes on a mission because of a big emergency." the purple pony added.
"Really strange way for those thingies on the...uhm.." The black pegasus was struggling to find words, when he looked at the symbols on the sides of the mares. It wasn't until Twilight knew what he's wondering.
"Oh! Those symbols are known as Cutie Marks. They define a pony's destiny on what they do. They also reflect a pony's special talent as well as personality. My cutie mark represents my destiny in magic, while Pinkie Pie's cutie mark represents her destiny in spreading laughter and joy."
They looked at Pinkie's cutie mark, which has 2 blue balloons and one yellow balloon. They look at the other cutie marks, which contain gems, apples, butterflies, stars and a lightning bolt with 3 colors, before looking at their own. Johnny's cutie mark is a yellow radioactive symbol with a light blue lightning bolt, which fades to a bright light on the tip and Dukey's cutie mark is a dog paw with a cup of coffee.
"Speaking of which, what do our cutie marks mean?" Dukey asked.
"Hmm...That's a good question…. I'll think about it later." Twilight replied.
"But now, we have to celebrate for a victory!" Pinkie Pie shouted and gave the tasty treats to all of her friends, including the stallions. Everyone was excited. It didn't take long for Johnny to immediately bury his face to the slice of cake. His eyes sparkled with joy, because it tastes really good.
"This is awesome!" His chirped with excitement and joy
"Yes, but what you did was neither polite, nor fancy." Rarity was not happy about his manners.
"Hey, give us a break. We're guys. Besides, we are pretty hungry." Dukey disputed her claim, which earned him a glare from the white unicorn.
"Relax, Rarity." Rainbow Dash replied. The ponies laughed and eventually, Rarity laughed with them.
Soon enough, the black pegasus had an idea and threw a slice at Rainbow Dash with a snicker.
"Oh, it's on, pal!" She threw a slice back at him. Everyone was confused, except Dukey and Pinkie Pie, who knew, what's going on.
"Ooooooh!!! Are we having a food fight?" Pinkie shrieked in excitement.
"Judging what just happened, I'd say that's a yes." Dukey replied, before throwing a slice at Pinkie Pie.
"Food fight!!" Pinkie yelled in joy and threw some cake at the others. Soon, the others joined in the fun, safe for Fluttershy, who was hiding under the table and Rarity, who was not amused. It wasn't until, she got hit with cake, when she changed her mind.
"It...is...on!" the white unicorn soon used her magic to throw cakes at anyone in her sight. Neither of which backed down and continued throwing cake at each other.
Time has passed and the ponies exited from Sugarcube Corner after a party. It seems like they all had fun, while Rarity was fixing her mane.
"That was fun!" Pinkie Pie said it in excitement.
"You can say that again, buddy!" Rainbow Dash replied. She flew up in the skies with joy in her eyes. She flew around clouds, performed loops and picking up speed.
"That's cool! I wish I could fly too!" Johnny was starry-eyed with excitement of what he had witnessed.
"Johnny, you're a pegasus AKA a winged pony. Shouldn't you be able to fly automatically, as soon you spread your wings and such?" Dukey pointed at the black pony's gradient wings.
"Oh yeah. I forgot. Heheh..." He scratched his head in embarrassment.
The young stallion went to a spot, where he can get into a starting position. "Alright, here I come!" With a smirk, he spread his wings. However, this caused the mares to gasp in shock, especially Twilight, who was basically frozen.
"What? Is it because where I stand?" The pegasus was confused. Twilight immediately teleported to him and looked at his wings in utter shock.
"H-h-h-HOW DID IT HAPPEN!? A pegasus with alicorn wings!? That's impossible!"
"Uh, can you just back off?" Johnny started to get uneasy with Twilight.
She kept on looking and inspecting his gradient wings. She never saw a pegasus like this before, so her curious mind needed answers from him. Johnny on the other hand, was getting more and more annoyed and soon enough, he used his other wings to slap her.
"Get off from me!" he yelled at the purple alicorn. The mare paused in shock, however the young pegasus looked away.
While that was going on, they heard a voice: "Hey! Twilight!"
They looked at the source of the voice coming to the purple alicorn. It was a little purple dragon.
"Okay, that's new." Dukey was quite surprised. "I expected dragons to be bigger."
"Hey, I am still a child, remember!" the dragon glared at the hybrid.
"Well, I'm sorry!" Dukey replied.
The purple alicorn went to the dragon, who has some scrolls. "What is it, Spike?" she asked. The dragon replied: "Well, I received letters from Princess Celestia."
"Who is this little dragon?" Dukey asked.
"Oh. Sorry. This is Spike, my assistant." Twilight replied.
"It's nice to meet you, even though you look strange." Spike was confused about the brown stallion's appearance.
"Geez, can you girls and Spike stop commenting about my weird looks?..." The stallion hybrid was annoyed.
"Sorry, it's just, I've never seen this before." Spike apologized with a nervous smile.
While the conversation was going, the black pegasus was ready to fly. He jumped up into the air and began flapping his wings. However, he only managed to stay afloat for a while, before falling to the ground. He was quite annoyed.
"Ugh! This sucks!" he yelled in the air. Rainbow Dash flew to him.
"Is this the first time you attempted to fly?" she asked. In which Johnny replied: "Yeah.."
"Don't worry, I'll teach you the basics on how to fly and do it awesomely!" the blue pegasus mare encouraged him. "However, it would be a bit difficult with those kinds of wings, so I'll ask Twilight for help."
"You do? Cool!" he was excited.
As Rainbow Dash kept flying around the skies, Johnny couldn't help but to be amazed by her style and speed. He had a daydream of him flying through the skies, dodging clouds and performing loops. At that point, he felt really alive, while feeling the warm sun rays. However, that soon changed, when the skies suddenly changed from a happy bright blue to a sinister dark purple and the white clouds turn to black. He then heard voices, that taunt him and calling him the worst names possible.
"Ha! Look at yourself, you monster!"
"H-huh!????" The black pegasus looked around in a quick pace. His expression changed into paranoia. "What was that!!!! Show yourself!!"
"Very well then..."
Suddenly, he got grabbed by an unseen force and witnessed, as the clouds got closer and form glowing red eyes. They laughed evilly, as they called his name, while Johnny was stuck in fear.
"Johnny....Johnny....Johnny..."
"HEY!!!!!! JOHNNY, ARE YOU THERE!!??????"
That loud yell caused him to shriek and to snap out of that dream and back into reality. The pony looked around, only to see the 6 ponies and Spike looking at him. He looked on the right to see Dukey, after he saw his arm waving in front of him.
"Huh?? Uh, yeah, I'm fine! I was a bit distracted!" he responded.
"Geez, are you sure about that?" Rainbow Dash asked after she flew down.
"Yeah, I swear!" The pegasus stallion responded.
"Uhm...Girls? It's getting late.." Fluttershy reminded everyone. As the ponies witnessed a beautiful sunset, they knew that it's time to go.
"Welp, time to rest, everypony." Applejack told everyone.
Dukey yawned and said: "You know, a bed would be nice."
Twilight came to them and replied: "Perfect timing, because we have to go to my castle first."
"Wait, you have a castle?" Johnny asked. In which Twilight replied: "Yes. You see, I've been crowned as Princess of Friendship."
Dukey was confused: "Wait, a Princess of Friendship? I'm not gonna offend you, but the title sounds...strange."
"You'll learn about it tomorrow." Twilight replied.
"Okay then." The hybrid shrugged.
The group of ponies walked for a long time until they arrived at a castle, resembling a crystal tree.
"This place is huge!" Johnny was surprised.
"You can say that again." Dukey agreed.
They were mesmerized by the sheer beauty of the castle and its sparkling walls.
"Welp, it's time to go!" said Applejack.
"Wait, you're leaving?" Dukey replied in a shock
"Yes, because we have to go to our homes. Besides, Twilight and Spike live there." Rarity answered his question.
"However, I do have some guest rooms available for you two." Twilight assured them.
"That would be nice. I mean, I really want to go to bed now, considering I didn't get much sleep last night." The brown stallion yawned. The night before was not that pleasant for him.
"Well, it's time to say goodbye for now.." Johnny looked down.
"Hey, don't worry. Tomorrow will be a new day!" Rainbow Dash replied enthusiastically.
"Yeah." The black pegasus smiled a bit.
"Good night, Twilight! Good night, guys!" Pinkie Pie shouted and with those words, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy left.
"Follow me, I'll show you your room." Twilight reminded them and went inside. They followed her. After a while, they reached the guest rooms, in which Twilight opened the doors.
"Is there a way to sleep in one room? I mean, as a trusty dog/pony mix, I have to be close to my best friend, just in case of emergencies." Dukey asked Twilight.
"Hmmm….." She used her magic to rearrange one of the rooms. "There, it's possible now. But make sure that there is no hanky-panky!"
"Sure." The stallions replied.
"Good night, guys." said Twilight.
"Night, Twilight!" the guys replied.
As they closed the door, they went to their beds.
"Wow! It surely is comfortable like a cloud!" Dukey was amazed , after he laid down.
"You can say that again." The black pegasus smiled.
"I must say, this place doesn't seem bad at all. The ponies were actually friendly, although Pinkie Pie nearly gave me a heart attack... But still, from all the worlds, we've been through, this one is actually peaceful. No lies, no secrets and there are guardians to protect this world! Plus, it's refreshing to be in a different world with nice people. That's something, you won't see in other worlds though."
"Yeah, indeed." his friend responded and yawned. The earth pony hybrid did the same.
"It's getting late...Tomorrow will be a new day, so we need some energy for the next day. Good night, Johnny!'
"Night, pal."
After those words, the stallions fell asleep on their beds...
Meanwhile....
Somewhere, Johnny, in his human form was in a black void. Everything was dark and cold. And the atmosphere was pretty eerie.
"Where am I?" he shouted. "Hello?? Anybody here??"
He walked around the void. Due to the coldness, he started to freeze and shiver. "Man, it's cold..." he said.
Suddenly, he heard voices from angry people.
"You're a monster!"
"You caused it again!"
"Look at what you've done!"
They echoed throughout the void, making them loud and clear. Johnny covered his ears in fear.
"What was that?? Who are you????" he questioned in the air. The voices kept repeating over and over, adding to the intense situation.
"Johnny? We have some unfinished tests with you!"
He looked back to see big and frightening versions of his sisters, with red glowing eyes and sharp teeth.
"Leave me alone!" He began to run away. The sisters began to chase him.
"Run while you can! You can never escape!" The voices began to sound more demonic. At the same time, he saw his dad, also big and frightening like his sisters.
"Young man, we need a talk about your actions!"
"Damn it, leave me alone!" He sounded scared. No matter how fast he ran, it seems like they were catching up with him. As the distance got closer and closer, Johnny's expression changed that to absolute fear. Eventually, they got so close, that everything around him went black. When he opened his eyes again, he saw many angry faces. He tried to run again, but he couldn't. He was paralyzed, making him unable to move. They got closer and closer, as tears formed in his eyes. The voices get louder and more painfully evil.
"No! NO! GO AWAY! STAY AWAY FROM ME! STOP! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
He screamed really loudly and suddenly he opened his eyes. He was still in the guest room. He looked around to see Dukey looking at him.
"Geez, Johnny! What the hell?" he sounded quite irritated, since his scream basically woke him up.
He saw Dukey in that pony/dog mix and looked at his reflection on a mirror. He was still a pony, albeit a very sweaty and frightened pony with his hair being messy. His heart was racing with fear, he looked…..shaken.
"Dear God…." he sounded shaken. Tears are forming on his blue eyes.
"Johnny, did you have a nightmare?" Dukey asked, while rubbing his head.
"Yes! And a horrible one indeed… That pain….It's still there! Why can't I be just happy for once?!" Tears were dropping from his face and soon started to sob.
Then Dukey felt that breaking in him again.
"It happened again..Why do I feel a painful ache in me, everytime when I see Johnny in despair?...Unless…" he thought to himself.
Dukey was thinking about himself about the connection. It happened all the way back in the orchard. He witnessed Johnny having a mental breakdown for the first time and comforting him. He then remembered something: He too was emotional, as tears were on his eyes too.
"We are connected...But how?" He was asking himself. However, he decided to set the question aside and placed a paw on Johnny's head.
"Let's just go to sleep, okay?" he told the black pegasus. "It's still very late."
"I'm not sure….I couldn't sleep well last night for the same reason." Johnny looked down.
"Hmm...We will talk about this tomorrow in private, okay?" Dukey replied.
The black pegasus silently nodded, went to his bed and fell asleep. Dukey was looking at the sealing, thinking about several unanswered questions about the connection and the story a bit before he too fell asleep. It seems like, he has to find them out tomorrow.
Meanwhile….
Somewhere, a dark blue alicorn was standing on the balcony from a castle, looking at the horizon. She had flowing blue mane that sparkle like the stars in a night sky and royal regalia with a moon symbol. She looked worried.
"I have a bad feeling about this…" she then looked at the moon. What is going on?
To be continued….
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Maybe because some of the experiments were performed on both Johnny and Dukey at the same time?
Dang it why is pony jonny so cute
Oh, rather simple, Twi, rather simple. Did you know that every single stallion no matter the tribe have a horn? So, he's not a pegasus, but an alicorn! Just with a different horn.
BTW, did mane 6 had a session of hugging the Tree Hugger right before they met them? They were almost completely nonchalant regarding every single oddity about the guys. So what a pegasus have no idea how to fly? So what both of them have no idea what a Cutie Mark is? So what two pony have no idea how to pony? That was quite long session for sure.
Well this went less well. The Mane 6 all feel ooc and far too nonchalant about the failure to blend in.