Friendship is Magic part 1
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic - Chronicles of the 7th
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Friendship is Magic Part 1
So... what's there to be said about me? I'm no one special. I'm just your average guy who just wants to get somewhere in life. I dream of becoming an actor, I want to be known, to respected by others for being someone. Still, I know I have a long way to go down that path, but it'll all be worth it in the end.
Oh, sorry, I haven't even introduced myself yet! My name is James Morgan. I'm your typical Year 11 student with his GCSE exams making his life a living hell, and I'd prefer to just play video games rather than revise. Sure, I know how important it is for my future, but let's be honest here, who actually does enjoy revising? I consider myself an in-between kind of guy. The sort you see in walking the crowd but don't think to look at twice before continuing on you way. In a sense, I like it that way. Being the centre of attention isn't always my kind of thing.
But enough about me, I think it's about time I got to the point. I'm here to tell you all about how I met the six best friends of my whole life. Sure, I had some very close friends already, but the way this lot made me feel, I'd never felt happier around them. My life changed forever, and it's all thanks to them...
I couldn't sleep. It usually took me a while to nod off, and this was no exception. Now normally I wouldn't care what time it was, but for some reason turned on my bedroom light and I checked my watch. It read 11:30. I put my watch back on my draws and turned out light, allowing the light from outside creep in from underneath my bedroom door... Wait a minute, it was 11:30! Mum should have been asleep by then, so why was the bathroom light still on?
Ah well, I thought; might as well turn it off now, it's better than letting it burn all night. Walking other to my door, I grabbed the door handle, pressed down and pulled the door open. I didn't expect what I saw next. It was a blinding white light which shone intensely into my eyes, nearly blinding me. Before I could shield my eyes, the light shone brighter, and I blacked out without even having time to figure out what was happening.
"Where do you think this guy came from Twilight?" a voice echoed in my head. It sounded masculine, almost like some kid around 7 to 8 years old.
"I have no idea Spike, but he's got some answers to give when he wakes up, like why he decides to crash right into my library!" another voice, clearly feminine, answered. It sounded irritated, like Mum did when I didn't make my bed in the morning and left her to do it instead. "I just hope the Princess knows what to do with him.".
"Urrgghh..." I murmured softly. My eyes began to flicker open, and I heard the female voice say, "Spike! I think he's waking up!". My vision was blurry, but I could make out what appeared to be shelves filled with books. Was I in a library? I sat up slowly and rubbed my eyes with my hooves in hopes of it helping me see better.
Wait... HOOVES?!
My eyes widened as I looked at where my hands and fingers were meant to be, only to find a pair of blue coloured hooves in their place. I looked down, and instead of my normal pajamas, I was covered in dark blue fur. Further down where my legs and feet usually were, another pair of hooves had replaced them. Spinning my head backwards, I saw a chocolate brown tail sitting on a leather fabric surface. This is when I realised that I was sitting on a sofa.
Now normally, you would have expected someone to scream their lungs out if they were in this kind of situation, but I knew better than to do that. I needed to keep a calm head on my shoulders no matter what was happening around me, or else I would look crazy, and that would not be good. Taking a deep breath I assessed the current fact: 1, Something had happened to me last night. 2, I was now a horse in somebody's library with no idea what had happened last night. I immediately shot down the most obvious answer: I was dreaming. This all felt way too real to be that. The most illogical conclusion I could come up with was that I had somehow been teleported to another world (or even dimension, that was also possible) and had been turned into brightly coloured horse as a result. Yet for some reason, the most illogical conclusion seemed like the most logical in this situation.
"Alright mister, you've got a lot of explaining to do!" It was the female voice again, as irritated as ever. I turned to the source and saw something that made my eyes widen again. A lavender coloured horse with a dark purple mane with a pink streak running through it. I immediately noticed that she had a horn protruding from her head. A unicorn?, I thought to myself. Suddenly, I noticed something even more surprising. On her flank there was a pink-purple star surrounded by five white stars, like a tattoo. I would have stared at it a bit longer, but I didn't want to find out what the lavender mare would do when she realised I was staring at her ass.
"First of all, what gives you the right to crash into my library and make a mess of the place?!" The mare angrily demanded. "Secondly, how could you even fall from the sky when you're quite clearly and earth pony; and thirdly, who are you?" She didn't sound as aggressive as she did when she asked the third question, but there was an obvious bitterness in her voice. Wait, they're called ponies? This day was getting crazier by the minute!
"To answer your first two questions, and to be perfectly honest, I'm having difficulty comprehending the current situation myself." I answered bluntly, "As for you third question, my name is James Morgan. And you are...?"
"My name is Twilight Sparkle," the mare answered, "and what kind of name is James Morgan?" she asked, raising an eyebrow to emphasise her point.
"I could ask the same thing about Twilight Sparkle." I answered back.
"It's a perfectly fine name I'll have you know!"
"I'm sure it is by this place's standards, but from where I'm from, you'd get a lot of weird looks." I responded, as my thoughts immediately shifted to a certain series of teen romance novels that I had the pleasure of never reading.
"Where are you from anyway?" Twilight asked curiously. Jeez, this girl never ran out of questions did she? I shouldn't say to her that I'm a human from another world/dimension who has somehow transformed into a pony, she'd think that I was crazy!
"What I need to know right now is what's going on, where I am, and how I got here" I responded, getting frustrated on not getting the information I needed, "Can someone just please tell me that?"
"Well, you just fell from the sky out of nowhere, which is weird seeing as you're not a pegasus." another voice butted in. I recognized this voice, it was the other voice I heard while unconscious, the one that sounded like it came from a boy around 7 or 8. I turned to the source and saw a short lizard creature with purple and green scales. "The name's Spike by the way, Twilight's number one assistant!" it added proudly.
"Nice to meet you Spike." I said, "May I just ask though, what are you?".
"He's a baby dragon." Twilight cut in, "As for where you are, you're in the city Canterlot, the capital of Equestria."
"Hey!" I said defensively, "Let the kid speak for himself!". Still, this new information was interesting. This place had dragons too?
Twilight groaned, while Spike gave her a cocky grin, pleased at the attention he was recieving from me. "Whatever, besides when the Princess's letter arrives, we'll be able to figure out what to do with you." Twilight said.
"The Princess?" I asked, this being the first time I had heard of this.
"That's right. I'm Princess Celestia's personal student." Twilight stated proudly, "While you were unconscious, I sent a letter to her about that little incident of your arrival. Her reply should arrive any minute now."
At that moment Spike suddenly belched, and a green flame flew out of his mouth and formed into a sealed scroll before my eyes. "I knew she would want to take immediate action!", Twilight declared.
My jaw dropped like a ton of anvils upon seeing this. That was how she received mail!? Now I'm really jealous of her! Then something clicked in my head, "Wait a minute, I'm not that big of a deal am I? I mean yeah, I fell from the sky out of nowhere into your home, but I wouldn't have thought that you would send a letter to the Princess over something like this!"
"That's not all she had me write in the letter she sent James." Spike answered, "She also wrote something about something really bad happening."
This brought up my attention. Something really bad happening? Oh no - this wasn't a doomsday prophecy was it? Nah, I shouldn't pursue this right now, not until I gather more information on it.
Spike cleared his throat and began reading from the scroll, "My dearest, most faithful student Twilight; you know that I value your diligence, and that I trust you completely."
Twilight beamed in pride as she heard the contents of the letter, "But you simply must stop reading those dusty old books!" Spike read, causing Twilight to gasp and her face to fall in shock. As this little scene played out, I snickered to myself. It was funny to see a puncture in that girl's pride.
By now, me, Twilight and Spike were flying in a chariot pulled by two white pegasus ponies. I assumed that they were stallions like me, and they wore golden coloured armour and helmets that reminded me of the Romans. Celestia's letter was anything but what Twilight had expected, she had told her to go and oversee some sort of festival or something, and had advised her to have me tag along as well! She wasn't pleased at all with this, I could tell.
"My dear Twilight, there is more to a young ponies life than studying." Spike read from his scroll, "So I'm sending you and your new friend to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration in this year's location, Ponyville!" The town in question immediately came into view. It seemed like a quaint little place, with brightly coloured homes and an overall welcoming feel. "And, I have an even more essential task for you to complete: make some friends!". Twilight moped dejectedly at this, obviously not too happy at this assignment.
"Look on the bright side Twilight, the Princess arranged for you to stay in the library. Doesn't that make you happy?" asked Spike.
"Yes!" Twilight answered, "Yes it does. You know why? Because I'm right! I'll check on the preparations as fast as I can, then get to the library to find some proof of Nightmare Moon's return!"
"Who?" I asked, having not recalled anything about someone's return. Did this have something to do with that doomsday prophecy thing she wrote to Celestia about? I still needed more info to pursue this further.
"It doesn't matter." Twilight said dismissively, clearly not wanting to share anything with me. I scowled at her, she obviously didn't like me very much, but she didn't even know me well enough to draw a proper conclusion. It was beginning to remind me of a certain girl at school, whose identity I won't disclose, who just told me to shut up every time I opened my mouth to say something to her.
"But then, when will you make friends like the Princess said?" Spike asked Twilight.
"She said to check on preparations." Twilight answered, "I am her student, and I'll do my royal duty, but the fate of Equestria does not rest on me making friends.". The carriage landed smoothly on the ground in the middle of town, and the stallions pulling the carriage whinnied like any horse from back home.
"Thank you sirs." Twilight said politely to the two stallions, who huffed proudly at her good manners. They then turned to me, obviously expecting the same.
I nodded politely at the two, and said, "Yes, thank you indeed.". It was the best that I could come up with. The stallions nodded politely back, before taking off back into the sky.
I walked up to Twilight and Spike. Spike was talking with Twilight, "Maybe the ponies in Ponyville have interesting things to talk about!". As he said this, a pink coloured pony walked up to us. "Come on Twilight, just try!".
Twilight smiled nervously at the pink mare, before letting out a small, "Hello?". Immediately, the pink pony leapt into the air and gasped over dramatically before rushing off, still in mid-air.
"Well that was interesting all right." Twilight said sarcastically before trotting off. Spike sighed sadly before following after her. Meanwhile, my head was still trying to piece together what had happened. What was that pink girl's problem? Better not delve to deep into it I though, and trotted off to catch up with Twilight and Spike.
Now the thing that baffling to me right now, was that it felt so natural to walk on all fours, yet I'd spent nearly all of my life walking on two. However, like all things about this world, it would be best if I didn't delve to deep into this subject. What also caught my attention was that the strange pink pony had a tattoo thing on her flank like Twilight did, hers were three party balloons. Did those things mean something?
"Hey Twilight," I asked, causing her to turn to me, "what's that thing you have on your flank?"
She looked at her tattoo, then back to me with a confused look plastered on her face. "Uhhh... It's my cutie mark." she answered, "What else would it be? You've got one as well."
A cutie mark? That was what they were called? That sounded really degrading, giving how girly a name it was. Then what Twilight had just said clicked something in my head, I had one as well? Craning my head around to look behind me, I saw that on my flank was a golden coloured shield with a pure white diamond encrusted at the centre.
"What does yours mean?" Twilight asked.
"Excuse me?"
"What special talent does your cutie mark symbolise?"
These 'cutie marks' (jeez, I wasn't going to get used to that anytime soon) symbolised somepony's special talent? This confused me. I would have thought that my special talent would have been acting, so why wasn't it anything related to theatre? Wait, did I just say somepony? This place was already getting to me!
"I... I don't really know." I answered earnestly.
Twilight raised her eyebrow, "How can somepony not know their special talent?"
"You're asking the wrong person sweetheart."
She sighed, clearly irritated at my answer; "Whatever" she groaned, "I've got more important things to worry about, like the entire fate of Equestria!"
Wow, she wasn't going to let this whole 'fate of Equestria' thing slide was she?
"Summer Sun Celebration: Official Overseer's checklist." Spike read from his scroll, "Number One, banquet preparations, Sweet Apple Acres!", he continued to read as we walked up to what I assumed to be the farm in question.
"Yeehaw!" shouted a southern female voice. An orange earth pony with a blonde mane tied in a ponytail, a brown Stetson hat, and three red apples for a cutie mark rushed up to an apple tree and kicked it, sending its contents into the baskets nestled underneath. She then gave a small pose, a way of congratulating herself.
"Let's get this over with" Twilight sighed as she trotted over to the mare. "Good afternoon," she began, "my name is Twilight Sparkle...". Suddenly, the orange mare grabbed her hoof and shook it vigorously. How she 'grabbed' it, so to speak, I have no idea.
"Well howdy doo Miss Twilight!" the southern pony greeted enthusiastically, "A pleasure makin' your acquaintance! Ah'm Applejack, we here at Sweet Apple Acres sure do like makin' new friends!"
"Friends?" Twilight asked, her voice vibrating as her hoof was continuously shook, "Actually, I..."
"An' who are you mister?" Applejack interrupted, turning to me and releasing Twilight's hoof, which kept shaking up and down until Spike stopped her. He snickered at her distress.
"I'm James Morgan." I replied holding out my hoof, yet dreading what she would do to my poor arm in what should have been a simple polite gesture, "It's a pleasure to meet you, AJ."
To my surprise, Applejack trotted up to me and simply gave my hoof a normal, but firm handshake (or in this case, hoofshake); as opposed what she did with Twilight. "AJ?" she asked, tilting her head in confusion.
"Yeah, just a way of shortening you name. Besides it sounds cool."
Applejack pondered for a quick moment before smiling at me, "AJ... Ah like it! Yah c'n call me AJ anytime you want James!" she said happily. I could only smile back at her healthy enthusiasm. "So, what c'n ah do ya for?" she proceeded to ask.
Twilight cleared her throat, "Well, I am in fact here to supervise preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration, and you're in charge of the food?"
"We sure as sugar are!" AJ proudly declared, "Would ya care to sample some?"
"As long as it doesn't take too long." Twilight replied, but before she had even finished her sentence AJ had rushed off and rang a rusty triangle.
"SOUP'S ON, EVERYPONY!" she hollered.
*WHAM!*
Before the three of us could react, me, Twilight and Spike were struck from behind by a stampede of ponies. When the dust cleared, we found ourselves sitting at a table in a gazebo.
"Now," AJ announced, popping up next to us, "How 'bout ah introduce y'all to the Apple Family?". She pointed out to all the ponies that were surrounding us.
"Thanks," Twilight began, "but we really need to hurry...", she was cut off as a fritter was shoved in front of her face by a yellowish-green pony with a green mane.
AJ then began introducing all of her family members, each one putting an apple based food product onto the table as she said their names. I would tell you their names, but I'm afraid I lost track as her speaking began to speed up and the food began piling up on the table. Finally, she inhaled and introduced the last three. "Big Macintosh,", she pointed to a large red stallion with a brownish-blonde mane who was holding a cupcake in his hoof. "Apple Bloom," to a small yellow filly with a red mane and a cute purple bow who was balancing a cake on her back. "and," she announced before shoving an apple into Twilight's mouth, "Granny Smith", she pointed to an elderly mare dozing in a rocking chair.
"Up an' at 'em Granny Smith!" AJ called over to the old mare, "We got guests!"
Granny Smith woke up and slowly walked up to the gazebo, mumbling incoherently.
"Why, ah'd say, they're already part of the family!". AJ's comment caused Twilight to spit out the apple in her mouth.
"Okay," she said, laughing nervously, "well, I can see the food situation is handled so we'll be on our way."
"Aren't ya gonna stay for brunch?" the yellow filly asked. She stared at us with huge puppy dog eyes, her bottom lip trembling as if she was about to cry.
My heart melted. How could anyone say no to something as adorable as that? I found myself opening my mouth to speak, but Twilight cut me off before I could say anything.
"Sorry," she said, "but we have an awful lot to do."
Everypony, including me, sighed disappointedly and lowered their heads and disappointment.
Twilight looked around at everypony around her and the sad expressions on their faces, "Fine." she said begrudgingly. Everypony around us cheered, while I kept my happiness to myself.
A while later, the three of us were walking back into town, "Food job taken care of," Spike read from his scroll, "next is weather". Twilight trailed behind up, her stomach bloated.
"Uhh," she groaned, "I ate too much pie."
Personally, I hadn't eaten that much. Sure, I felt pretty full, but I was fit to bursting like Twilight was. I had no idea that so many food products could be made from apples! It was also an interesting experience conversing with AJ and her family. Her brother Big Mac, seemed to be a cool guy, and her sister Apple Bloom was a cute kid. I think I was beginning to think this world wasn't so bad after all.
"Hmm," Spike pondered, "there's supposed to be a pegasus pony named Rainbow Dash clearing the clouds"
Looking up, me and Twilight and I clearly saw a large number of clouds floating in the sky. "Well she's not doing a very good job is she?" Twilight said sarcastically.
*WHAM!*
Before I knew what had happened, me and Twilight were lying in muddy puddle, having suddenly felt a force suddenly crash into my side, which caused me to crash into Twilight and leave us face down in mud.
"Excuse me?" a new voice giggled. It sounded raspy , yet unmistakably female. I looked up and saw a cyan coloured pegasus with a rainbow coloured mane hovering over us. Her cutie mark was a white cloud with a rainbow coloured lightning bolt striking from it. Definitely Rainbow Dash, I thought, no question about it.
"Let me help you." she said before zooming off. She immediately came back with a large gray cloud, which she placed directly on top of me and Twilight. How did she do that? The next thing I knew, me and Twilight were drenched with cold water that rained from the cloud. Seeing as it moved slightly up and down, I could assume that the multi-coloured mare was bouncing on the cloud to make the water come out from underneath. Wow, the ponies could control weather? Humans could only dream of being able to do something like that!
Rainbow Dash looked down at us from the cloud, which I noticed was now white after having used up all of its rain water. "Oops," she giggled, "I guess I overdid it! How about this?".
Before I could even respond, she suddenly circled me and Twilight at an incredible speed. I couldn't see anything beside a rainbow blur spinning around us, and could feel the huge gust of air that was blowing around me as a result. "My very own patented Rain-Blow dry!" I heard Rainbow declare. Finally, the spinning stopped, and I could see the outside world once more. However, I knew that whatever the cyan pegasus had done, it had completely dishevelled mine and Twilight's hair.
"No no no," Rainbow said as he landed back on the ground, "don't thank me. You're quite welcome." She stared at me and Twilight, and tried to suppress a laugh, her eyes tearing up. Unfortunately, she couldn't control herself and fell yo the ground laughing. And if that wasn't enough, Spike joined in, lying on Rainbow's back as they both laughed uncontrollably.
"Let me guess," Twilight said un-amused, "you're Rainbow Dash?"
"The one and only!" Rainbow stood up, knocking Spike off her back. She began hovering in front of us, flapping her wings to stay in the air. "Why? You hear of me?" she asked, shoving her head in front of Twilight.
"I heard you meant to be keeping the sky clear." Twilight said. She sighed before continuing, "I'm Twilight Sparkle, and..."
"Wait." Rainbow interrupted, "Who are you?" she demanded, pointing a hoof accusingly at me and eyeing me suspiciously.
"James Morgan." I introduced myself. Rainbow's accusing look was replaced by one with confusion.
"What kind of freaky name is that?" she asked.
"I'm not from around here." I said simply.
"Where are you from then?" she replied, returning to her suspicious gaze.
"Somewhere very far away." was my answer.
Rainbow's face folded into a scowl, clearly not happy at her answer's vagueness. "Whatever." she growled, leaning her head towards mine, "I've got my eye on you."
"Anyway," Twilight cut in, "the Princess sent me to check on the weather."
"Yeah, that'll be a snap!" Rainbow said dismissively, now lying on the cloud, "I'll do that in a jiffy, just as soon as I'm done practicing."
"Practicing for what?" Twilight inquired.
"The Wonderbolts!" Dash declared, pointing to a nearby poster, "They're gonna perform at the celebration tomorrow, and I'm gonna show em my stuff!". She jumped off the cloud she was on and landed on another.
"The Wonderbolts?" Twilight asked.
"Yup!"
"The most talented fliers in all of Equestria?"
"That's them!"
"Please," Twilight scoffed, "they'd never accept a pegasus who can't keep the sky clear for one measly day!"
"Hey!" Rainbow countered, "I can clear this sky in ten seconds flat!"
"Prove it." Twilight replied slyly, narrowing her eyes in smug confidence.
Rainbow Dash immediately took flight and before you knew it, she really had cleared the sky in the said time limit. I watched in awe at this marvel, it was a very impressive sight to behold. As for Twilight and Spike, their jaws had dropped like a ton of anvils in amazement.
"What did I tell you?" Rainbow declared smugly, "Ten. Seconds. Flat. I'd never leave Ponyville hangin'!" She laughed, "You should see the looks on your faces. You're a laugh Twilight Sparkle. I can't wait to hang out some more!" This caused Twilight to snap out of her shock induced trance.
"But you," she snarled, turning her attention to me and narrowing her eyes, "I'm watching you." With those words, she flew off, leaving just the three of us.
"Wow." Spike gasped in awe, "She's amazing!". He then began playing with Twilight's dishevelled mane, snickering.
Twilight immediately started trotting away towards a building that was presumably the town hall, grumbling in an irritated manner.
"Wait!" Spike called as he rushed to catch up to her, "It's kinda pretty once you get used to it!". I trotted behind them, unable to get that cyan mare's attitude towards me out of my head. Why didn't she trust me? She was most likely just following her gut, something I'd expect from someone like that. Ah well, I'm sure I can get her to warm up to me next time I encounter her again...
Spike wrote down something on his scroll, I couldn't see what it was. "Decorations," he read as we entered the town hall. I stared in awe at the sight before me. Whoever did all this had really outdone themselves in my opinion!
"Beautiful." said Spike, sounding a mile away.
"Yes," Twilight agreed, "the decor is coming along nicely. This ought to be quick. I'll be at the library in no time! Beautiful indeed."
"Not the decor," Spike said dreamily, "her!". He pointed towards a pure white unicorn with a curled purple mane and three diamonds as her cutie mark. I noticed that she had larger eyelashes compared to the other mares I had seen.
"No, no, no." she said to herself as she looked at different ribbons. She had a very sophisticated voice, almost upper class like. "Oh! she exclaimed at one, "Goodness, no!"
Spike stared at her, his eyes having morphed into two hearts. "How are my spines?" he asked, "Are they straight?". I stared at her as well, but not because of her good looks. It was because her horn was glowing a blue aura, and the ribbons were actually floating.
"How is she doing that?" I asked Twilight, who gave me a funny look.
"Uuuhhh... it's magic." she said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. They have magic as well? Actually, this fact didn't take me by surprise as much. I mean they had unicorns, pegasi, and dragons here; so why wouldn't they have magic?
As I pondered on this revelation, Twilight trotted over to the white mare, "Good afternoon." she began.
"Just a moment please," the white mare declared, "I'm in the zone, as it were!"
"Oh yes," she said as she tied a sparkling red ribbon to a wooden pole, "sparkle always does the trick, does it not? Why Rarity, you are a talent!" So Rarity was here name? "Now, how can help you-Wahaha!" she screamed in horror as soon as she saw us, "Oh my stars, darlings! Whatever happened to your coiffures?!"
"Oh, you mean my mane?" Twilight asked, looking up at the crow's nest she had nestled on her head, "Well, it's a long story. I'm just here to check on the decorations and then I'll be out of your hair!"
"Out of my hair?" Rarity asked, "What about your hair?" She immediately came over and started pushing me and Twilight away somewhere.
"Wait, where are we going? Help!" Twilight yelped.
"Whoa, whoa whoa! Personal space! Personal space!" I protested, but despite our pleas, she wasn't going to have it. As for Spike, he was too love struck to care about us as he followed behind.
Having a makeover is not the most masculine of things to do. Actually, a better way to say it is that anyone who heard that a guy had had a makeover with a couple of girls would immediately declare him gay. Thankfully, no one was around to see me as I had my hair brushed and I was forced to go through some extravagant outfits. Rarity had taken me and Twilight all the way from the town hall to the Carousel Boutique, which as it turned she owned, insisting that she fixed our manes and that she find us an outfit for the Summer Sun Celebration. Now that Rarity had finished with me, she had switched her assault of fashion onto Twilight.
"No, no, uh-uh." she rambled on as she had Twilight wear a vast assortment of different outfits, "Too green! Too yellow! Too poofy! Not poofy enough! Too frilly! Too shiny!". Finally, she placed Twilight in a white outfit with an emerald encrusted on the front. To be honest, it reminded me of both a saddle and a corset.
"Now go on my dear," Rarity said to Twilight, "You were telling me where you're from!". She started tugging onto the cords on the back of the outfit with her mouth.
"I've... been sent... from Canterlot... too..." Twilight managed to wheeze out, before Rarity suddenly released her grip and sent herself flying backwards.
"Canterlot?!" she cried, "Oh, I am so envious! The glamour! The sophistication! I've always dreamed of living there!" She then turned to me and asked, "And are from there as well good sir?"
Shit! What was I supposed to say? I could easily just be very vague like I did with the last one, but something told me that she wasn't going to be swayed by it. Looking at my options, I decided to do the one thing I could do in this situation: tell the truth.
"I'm from the UK." I replied.
Both Twilight and Rarity stared at me, arching their eyebrows in confusion.
"I'm sorry?" Rarity inquired.
"The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland." I explained matter-of-factly, "Also known simply as the United Kingdom or just the UK." I added with a tone of finality.
"I've never heard of it." Twilight cut in.
"That's because it's very far away from Equestria." I said.
Rarity's face suddenly lit up with glee, "Oh, how marvellous!" she exclaimed, "A stallion all the away from another kingdom! You must simply tell me about the fashion you have there! I can't wait to hear all about it! We're going to be best friends, the three of us!" She noticed the emerald encrusted in Twilights outfit.
"Emeralds?! Oh, what was I thinking? Let me get you some rubies!" she declared before rushing off.
"Quick," Twilight said, running for the door, "before she decides to dye my coat a new colour!"
"Wasn't she wonderful?" Spike said dreamily, lying on Twilight's back following our 'escape' from Rarity's boutique.
"Focus Casanova." Twilight told him, "What's next on the list?"
"Oh! Music!" Spike read from the scroll in his claw, "It's the last one!". Suddenly, the three of us heard a beautiful chorus of birdsong. It sounded too organised for it to simply be birds though. Following its, we found a butter yellow pegasus with a strawberry mane and a cutie mark of three butterflies for her cutie mark hovering in front of a small tree. A number of birds were perched on the tree, which were chirping a beautiful tune. Suddenly one of them began to sing out of tune.
"Oh my." the pegasus said in a demure voice, "Stop please everyone". She flew up to the out of tune bird, "Excuse me sir? I mean no offence, but your rhythm is just a teeny tint bit off.". As she flew back to her previous position, she told them all, "Now, follow me please. A one. A two. A one, two, three..."
"Hello!" Twilight suddenly interrupted, causing the pegasus to gasp and her birds to scatter into the air.
"Oh my, I'm so sorry." She apologised, "I didn't mean to frighten your birds. I'm just here to check on the music and it sounded beautiful."
The pegasus landed on the ground in front of us, but didn't make any attempts at conversation, she just stood there staring at the ground, causing Twilight to start grinning nervously.
"I'm Twilight Sparkle." Twilight introduced herself, but the pegasus still didn't reply, "What's your name?"
"Um... I'm..." the pegasus whispered. I couldn't hear what she said her name was, she was so quite.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" Twilight asked, clearly not hearing her.
"Um... my name is..." the pegasus mumbled again, even less audible than before.
"Didn't quite catch that." Twilight still couldn't hear her.
This time, the pegasus just whimpered fearfully, hiding her face behind her mane.
"Let me give it a try." I told Twilight before trotting up to the pegasus. "Hey," I said in the softest voice I could muster, "it's alright. I'm not gonna hurt you."
The mare stopped hiding behind her mane and she started to look me, yet she still looked afraid.
"My name's James." I whispered to her, "What's yours?"
"Fluttershy." the mare said quietly, but loud enough for me to hear her.
"Fluttershy?" I asked, "Why that's a wonderful name." She blushed slightly at my complement, and her smile grew slightly. My mind was made up, I liked this girl!
"You're doing a great job with the music. I can't wait to hear it at the Celebration." I told her.
"Thank you." she murmured, her cheeks becoming a darker shade of red. I couldn't help but chuckle softly at Fluttershy's adorableness. By now, her birds had once again perched onto back the tree.
"Well," Twilight cut in, "it looks like your birds are back, so I guess everything's in order. Keep up the good work!". Fluttershy's only response was another whimper; she may have been okay with me, but it seemed that she still needed to get used to Twilight, "Ooookay." Twilight said awkwardly and began trotting off back to Spike.
I looked back at Fluttershy, "I've got to go." I told her. She simply gave me another smile. With those words in, I turned and trotted over back to Twilight, Spike.
"Well, that was quick." Twilight said as Spike walked up to her.
"A baby dragon!" Fluttershy suddenly exclaimed, rushing forward in front of Spike and sending Twilight flying. "I've never seen a baby dragon before! He's so cute!"
"Well, well, well!" Spike said cheekily at Twilight, folding his arms to give him a sense of importance.
"Oh my," Fluttershy said, "he talks! I didn't know dragons could talk! That's just so incredibly wonderful, I just don't even know what to say!" She began hovering in the air in delight.
Suddenly, Spike suddenly floated above her and onto her Twilight's lap. "Well, in that case we'd better be going!" she said, obviously wanting to get away as soon as possible.
"Wait! Wait!" Fluttershy began following us closely, "What's his name?"
"I'm Spike!" Spike replied.
"Hi Spike, I'm Fluttershy. Wow, a talking dragon. And what do dragons talk about?"
"What do you want to know?"
"Everything."
Upon hearing this Twilight could only groan.
"Well," Spike began, "I started out as a cute little purple and green egg..."
By the time we arrived at the library, the sun was beginning to set, and Spike was still telling Fluttershy his life story to every last detail.
"And that's the story of my whole entire life!" Spike concluded, "Well, up until today! Do you want to hear about today?"
"Oh, yes please!" Fluttershy said sweetly. Suddenly, Twilight zoomed around to face her.
"I'm so sorry," she said, "how did we get here so fast? This is where I'm staying while in Ponyville, and my poor baby dragon needs his sleep!"
"No I don't!" Spike protested, but Twilight just kicked off her back sending him to the ground. Wow, that was a bit harsh.
"Aw, wook at that!" Twilight baby talked at him, "He's so sweepy he can't even keep his widdle bawance!"
"Poor thing." Fluttershy said, suddenly scooping Spike up into her hooves, "You simply must put him to bed!". She opened the door to the library and flew inside. Twilight suddenly dashed inside after her, pushing Fluttershy out of the door.
"Yes, yes." she said, "We'll get right on that. Well goodnight!". She slammed the door shut, leaving me and Fluttershy outside. I just gave Fluttershy a confused look before opening the door and following Twilight inside.
"Huh," Spike grunted, "rude much?"
"Sorry Spike," Twilight apologized, "but I have to convince the Princess that Nightmare Moon is coming and we're running out of time! I just need to be alone so I can study without a bunch of crazy ponies trying to make friends all the time! Now where's the light?"
As if on cue, the light suddenly switched on, "SURPRISE!" yelled an enormous crowd of ponies that surrounded the three of us. The resulting shock nearly gave me a heart attack!
"Surprise!" a pink mare yelled out in front of us. Why did she look so familiar? Suddenly, it clicked in my mind. She was the strange one we ran into when we first landed in Ponyville!
"I'm Pinkie Pie and I threw this party just for you! Were you surprised? Were ya? Were ya? Huh-huh-huh?"
"Very surprised!" Twilight exclaimed, "Libraries are supposed to be quiet!"
"Oh that's silly!" Pinkie declared, "What kind of welcome party would this be if it were quiet? I mean, duh, bo-ring. You see, I saw you when you first got here, remember? You were all, hello, and I was all," she gasped dramatically, "remember? You see I never saw you before, and if I never saw you before that means you're new, 'cause I know every pony, and I mean every pony in Ponyville, and if you're new, then it meant you haven't met anyone yet," she continued to blabber on as Twilight began pouring herself a drink, "and if you haven't met anyone yet, you must not have any friends, and if you don't have any friends then you must be lonely, and that made me so sad, and I had an idea, and that's why I went," she gasped dramatically again, "'I'll just throw a great big ginormous super-duper spectacular welcome party and invite everyone in Ponyville'. See? And now you have lots and lots of friends!" As she said all this, Twilight began drinking her drink and Pinkie was surrounded by the five other mares Twilight and I had met today.
Twilight eyes widened, and she turned around to face us. Her cheeks were burning red, and her eyes were watering. "Are you alright sugercube?" AJ asked with concern. Steam suddenly came out of Twilights ears, her mane caught fire, and she suddenly rushed up the stairs.
"Aw," Pinkie cooed, "she's so happy she's crying!". As Twilight ran up the stairs, I glanced at the bottle Twilight had poured her drink from.
"Hot sauce." I read from the label. Suddenly, Pinkie grabbed the bottle with her hooves (I'm not going to debate how because it won't get me anywhere!") and poured the contents onto a cupcake, which she proceeded to eat.
It had been quite a while since the party went underway, and to be honest, I wasn't enjoying it one bit. I hated parties. They were too loud, too many things went on at once, and the party host was as annoying as hell in this particular case! It was official, I didn't like Pinkie. She was annoying, naive, and extremely simple minded. That's why I decided to ditch the party and go upstairs to check on Twilight.
I knocked on the door politely, "What is it?" I heard Twilight's irritated voice ask. I opened the door and found her lying on her bed.
"Hey," I said softly, "you okay?"
"No!" she snapped back at me, "All the ponies in this town are CRAZY! Do you know what time it is?!"
"Apparently, we're all trying to stay up till midnight so we can see the Princess raise the sun." I answered. To be honest, the idea that she could raise the Sun made no sense to me. Like any other human, I was taught about how the Earth spun on its axis and all that, you know what I mean. I really wanted to ask how this worked, but I didn't think Twilight was in the mood to answer. Besides, she probably wouldn't know anyway.
Twilight lay on her back, "Here I thought I'd have time to learn more about the Elements of Harmony, but silly me! All this ridiculous friend making has kept me from it!" she said sarcastically, turning around to face the window.
"The Elements of Harmony?" I asked her, "What are they?"
"Oh they're nothing major," she said, her voice still coated with sarcasm, "just the very things needed to stop Equestria from eternal night!"
Now, I'd had enough. Of her vagueness, of her rudeness. I wanted answers, and now I was going to get them.
"What the hell is your problem?" I demanded, causing her to turn and face me, "You've been shooting me down every time I tried asking you! Why?"
"What's it to you anyway?" she retorted back.
"If you think it's more important than overseeing preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration, than it's got to be something important! Am I right?"
"Why do you even want to know?!"
I sighed, letting all of my anger go before answering. "I can tell that this is eating at you." I said softly, "If you tell me, maybe it will help"
Twilight stared at me, her eyes filled with anger and frustration. We just stood there, like two duellists waiting to see with one made the first move. Finally, Twilight gave off a huge sigh; not an annoyed one like previously, but a sad one.
"Alright," she said quietly, "you win, I'll tell you."
This caused me to become concerned, yet I didn't know why. I'd only met Twilight today, so why did I suddenly fell very concerned about her well being? I mean I wasn't heartless, I would have been concerned if anyone was sad, but not in the way I felt now. When I saw her sad, It made me feel sad. Why was I feeling like this...?
"1000 years ago, Equestria was ruled two regal sisters who brought peace and harmony to all the land." Twilight said, snapping me out of my train of thought. "The eldest would raised the sun and bring forth the day, while the younger sister raised the moon and ushered in the night. Thus, the two sisters maintained balance for their kingdom and their subjects. But as time went on, the younger sister grew resentful. While ponies relished and played through the day her elder sister brought forth, they shunned and slept through her beautiful night.". Okay, I could see where this was going, "Then one fateful day, the younger sister refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young ones heart had transformed her into a wicked mare of darkness: Nightmare Moon! She vowed to shroud the land in eternal night. Reluctantly, the elder sister harnessed the most powerful magic know to ponydom: The Elements of Harmony! Using the magic of the Elements of Harmony, she defeated her younger sister and banished her permanently in the moon. The elder sister took on responsibility, for both sun and moon, and harmony has been maintained in Equestria for generations since."
Okay, now that answered a lot of questions. It was one of them 'return of an ancient evil' scenario wasn't it? "Let me guess," I said, having remained quite throughout her story, "you think that she's going to return don't you?"
"She will," Twilight said, turning to window and staring out into the night sky, "It is said that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape, and she will bring about everlasting night!"
"And that's tonight isn't it?" I inquired, turning my head round to face her.
"I know it is!" Twilight insisted, "It has to be and I have to stop it, but I don't know what to do!"
Now normally, I'd have been like anyone else and say that she was crazy. However, after seeing ponies talk, use magic, and having learned that the Princess rose the sun and moon, who was I to not believe her? It weren't just that though. For some reason, I felt... compelled to believe her, like I had to for some reason. Why was I feeling like this?
"There's only one thing that we can do Twilight." I found myself saying.
"I know it sound ridiculous," Twilight began, "and you don't have to..." she stopped and stared at me, her eyes widening, "Wait... you believe me?!"
"I do," I replied, "and I want to help you stop this. But there's only one thing that we can do right now."
"Really?" Twilight asked hopefully, "Then what do we do?"
"We wait." I replied simply. Twilight's eyes widened again, this time not in shock, but anger.
"WHAT!?" she snapped, "What good is waiting going to do!? We'd just be wasting time trying to find a way to stop Nightmare Moon from bringing upon eternal night!"
"Think about it Twilight." I said, my tone calm yet serious, "We don't know anything about this enemy, and she hasn't even made a move yet. The best we can do is wait for her to strike, then form a plan to stop her."
Twilight stayed silent, letting this information sink in. She sighed reluctantly and said, "Your right. We can't do anything else right now. We'll just have to follow your plan and hope for the best."
I nodded thoughtfully and turned around to leave. I'd invaded her privacy long enough.
"Hey," I heard Twilight call out. I turned to face her again, and saw gratitude in her eyes.
"Thank you," she said softly, "for believing me James."
I was caught off guard by this. In the short time I'd known her, this was the first time I'd heard her address me by my name. Looking into her eyes, a strange feeling washed over me. I felt... warm... happy. I'd never felt these emotions in such a way before in my life. Looking into her eyes, I found myself thinking, they were beautiful eyes...
"Come on, you two!" a voice cried out, snapping me out of my train of thought. Looking over to its source, I saw Spike standing through the door. "It's time to watch the sun rise!"
Looking back to Twilight, I smiled warmly. "Come on." I said, "Let's go."
As we headed out of the room back downstairs, I could have sworn I heard Twilight say, "I hope the Princess was right. I hope it really is an old ponies tale."
Everypony was gathered in the town hall. They all seemed excited, but to be honest, I was on the edge. Standing next to me was Twilight, who had Spike mounted on her back. The thought of the return of Nightmare Moon really had me on the edge. Wow, is it hot in here?
"Isn't this exciting?" an energetic voice asked out of nowhere. Pinkie Pie had suddenly appeared next to Twilight and was speaking mile a minute. "Are you excited? Because I'm excited! I've never been so excited! Well, except for the time that I saw you walking into town and I went" she gasped dramatically for the third time today, "But I mean really, who can top that?"
"Pinkie," I said to her irritably, "do you ever consider keeping your mouth shut for once? It would make everyone else happier." Jeez, she was annoying.
Before she could respond, the sound of conducted bird song filled the hall. I looked up and saw Fluttershy conducting her birds to sing. A spotlight shone down over a middle aged mare with a grey mane wearing a pair of glasses with a golden rim.
"Fillies and Gentlecolts," she annouced, "as the Mayor of Ponyville, it is my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration!"
Everypony in the room cheered in delight. If only they knew...
"In just a few moments," the mayor continued, "our town will witness the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this, the longest day of the year! And now, it is my great honour to introduce to you the ruler of our land; the very pony who gives the moon each and every day, to good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all of Equestria: Princess Celestia!"
With those words, the curtains on the top balcony opened up to reveal... nothing. Everypony started chattering in confusion at this unperceived event.
"This can't be good." Twilight said. I couldn't help but agree with her, something was definitely up.
"Remain calm everypony," the mayor declared, yet her voice seemed to falter, "there must be a reasonable explanation..."
"Ooh! Ooh!" Pinkie interrupted, "I love guessing games! Is she hiding?"
Rarity walked up onto the balcony. She must have been the one to open the curtians.
"She's gone!" She exclaimed. Everypony in the room gasped in horror.
"Ooh, she's good!" Pinkie said. She looked up the balcony, and suddenly screamed in shock. Looking up I saw a black starry mist begin to form out of nowhere.
"Oh no!" Twilight whispered. The mist suddenly departed, revealing the most menacing looking pony I had ever seen.
"Nightmare Moon!" Twilight exclaimed as Spike fainted and fell of her lap.
Nightmare Moon had a jet black coat, her eyes were completely blue and her pupils were cat like slits. She wore a set of blue armour around her body, and her mane was the same as the starry blue mist she appeared from. Heck was it even her mane? What really caught my attention was the fact that she had both wings and a horn, which I hadn't seen on any other pony I'd seen. Overall, she was a truly intimidating figure to behold.
"Ah, my beloved subjects!" she declared, looking down on the ponies below her, "It's been so long since I've seen your precious little sun loving faces!"
"What did you do to our Princess!?" I heard Rainbow Dash demand. She took flight, but was stopped by AJ holding on to her by the tail... with her mouth for that matter.
"Whoa there nelly!" she said as she struggled against Rainbow, who was trying to free herself from AJ's grip.
Nightmare Moon just chuckled darkly, "Why? Am I not royal enough for you? Don't you know who I am?" she demanded.
"Ooh! ooh! More guessing games!" Pinkie cried out, "Uh... Hokey Smokes! How about... Queen Meanie! No... Black Snooty! Black Snooty...!". Before she could continue endangering her chances of survival, AJ quickly shoved an apple in her mouth. That girl was never going to see the big picture was she?
"Does my crown no longer count now that I've been imprisoned for 1000 years" Nightmare Moon demanded at Flutterhsy, causing her birds to scatter. "Did you not recall the legend?" She turned to Rarity, "Did you not see the signs?"
"I did!" Twilight shouted boldly, "And I know who you are! You're the Mare in the Moon, Nightmare Moon!" Everypony gasped in horror at the revelation.
"Well, well, well." Nightmare Moon said, a hint of amusement evident in her voice, "Somepony who remembers me! And what's this?" she asked, turning her gaze directly at me, "A human!"
I froze in shock, maybe even horror. She knew what I really was?! But how?! It's impossible! This couldn't be right!
"W-what are you...?" I managed to stammer out before Nightmare Moon interrupted me.
"Do not lie human!" she shouted, "I know what you are! Even in the body of a pony, I can easily see that you are not what you appear to be!"
"James?" I heard Twilight ask, "What is she talking about?"
"Let me ask you, the both of you." Nightmare Moon said, now sharing her gaze with Twilight, "Do you know why I am here?"
"You're here too... too..." Twilight faltered, too scared to finish her sentence
"Remember this day little ponies," Nightmare Moon chuckled, "for it was your last. From this moment forth, the night... will last... forever!"
With those words, she laughed. Me and Twilight could only stand in horror at the terrifying marvel. I knew we had to stop her, but how...?
To be continued...
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If it's any consolation, this is one of the few first-try-self-insert-teenage-HiE-Mane-6-romance-adventure fics that don't completely fuck up on spelling and grammar.
This actually wasn't bad. Maybe a little long for those that don't want to spend that much time reading fics but it was good enough. Don't now where that thumbs down came from. Could use a little more originality, shorter chapters, and you'll have to accept the fact that not may people like human fics. I'm doing one right now JUST to get it out of the way.
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To be fair, this is just the first chapter. I can improve and make the chapters better if I try.
This was rlly good looking fowrd to the next and you did to things that made This oh so much fun to read #1for you trolled twilight gets best thing ever and 2nd it was nice and long. I say fanfucking tastic keep it up dear sir i look fowrd to more
2032320 i perfer the human ones my self as long as nopony is hurt it kills me each time inside when thay get hurt and i cant help
2036618 Than try.
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I assure that I will.
Sorry for the lack of updates folks. Just don't feel very motivated at the moment.
Holy crap
I can't wait for the next chapter!
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Since it's the Easter Holidays and I have 2 weeks off school, I hope to make some progress on the Chapter 2.
One too many "something about"s there.
"sample".
"are you from"
"quiet".
"You're".
"can't"
Nice job this is getting interesting
Hell of a way to make new friends...Sooooooo... Who wants to go Skydiving with me.
Omg that's terrifying HOW DID SHE KNOW I HAVE SO MANY QUES-*AJ stuffs cupcake in my face*