> New World, Friends, and Life
>  by Warrios
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> Chapter 1
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Chapter 1



POV: Michael

I was driving home late at night. The moon was high in the sky. It was a pretty good day at work. I guess. My girlfriend, Sara, broke up with me and left me to look for another man. I don’t really know why, she just up and left. Poof! Out of my life. She did not even give an explanation. I try not to think about it.

I was listening to Power 96 on the radio. It is my favorite radio station. They play songs that I really like. I listen to Pandora Radio often too. A lot of Rock n’ Roll, Metal, Rap, and others. Music was a really awesome addition to my life. If I ever heard a song on the radio, but they never mention the song name nor the artist. So I concentrate on the lyrics, listening for any lines that repeat then go home and hit YouTube and go on a research spree. Then purchase and add them to my iTunes Library, and iPhone.

It was around 10 o’ clock at night. I was starting to get a little drowsy due to my tiredness starting to creep up on me. I start to think back to the day when I met Sara. 

It was at a Starbucks shop, around two hours before I had to go to work . . .

Flashback, September 15, 2012
I walked into Starbucks, with the stench of coffee hitting my nostrils. Strange, I love the smell of coffee, but I just hate the taste. I can see men and women on laptops, using the store’s free wifi service to get projects done.

I walk up to order what I usually do: A medium sized beverage of Hot-Chocolate. All of my buddies question my strange appetite for either a Diet Soda or Hot-Chocolate in the morning. They always ask, ‘Why don’t you just drink coffee?’ and they just get a shrug and a reply with ‘Dunno, it’s just my thing.’

As I go to walk out the door to my car I notice a young lady, having troubles with her laptop. She seems to be struggling with something. 

“Why won’t this work?” I can hear her mumble.

I decide to approach and see if she needs any assistance.

“Need any help miss?” I ask her.

She looks up, whatever her problem is making her unnerving. “Ummm – Yes I am. I can’t seem to get my laptop working.”

“What seems to be the problem?” I ask curiously.

She hesitates for a second and responds, “I can’t get the wifi service to work here. I tried everything in my base of knowledge, but still nothing.”

I believe I know the problem… “Is if alright if I help? I’ve had a lot of computer experience. I can get problem fixed for you.”

She looks at me again, and seems to be lost in thought. She is probably thinking if she should trust me. I do understand if she doesn’t need any. A lot of people try to get into people’s laptops and computers nowadays. I remember my friend using the wifi service at a hospital to play some video games while he was waiting to be released. He found out a few days later his account got hacked. He was really devastated when that happened. Alas, he got the problem fixed and all went back to normal.

“Sure. I would love some help” she replies happily.
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I sit across from her and she slides her laptop over to me. I fiddled around with it. I had a slight smug on my face when all she really needed to do was restart the laptop. I got the wifi working and turned it around to show her.

“You just had to restart the laptop. I’ve had this problem before. No biggie.” She had a slight embarrassed blush on her face.

She chuckled and thanked me. “Hehe, Thanks. I guess I don’t have THAT much experience with computers. . .”

I replied with a smirk on my face. “Sure thing. I get these kinds of problems where I work.”

She smiles at me. “Thanks again, Mr . . .?”

“Michael. Michael Scott and it’s a pleasure to meet you Miss . . .” I respond with my hand held out to her in an offer of a handshake.

“Names Sara Smith, and great to meet you too Michael.” She shakes my hand. 

I get a good look at her now. She has light colored skin, with bright blue eyes and long black hair brushed straight. She was wearing black shirt that seemed to fit her well, and she was also wearing makeup on her face, making her look more beautiful. She looks really cute. . .

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An Hour Later. . .
We had a nice chat for awhile, getting to know each other. She worked as a waitress at an Italian restaurant. The name of the restaurant was Olive Garden. Hmm… sounds interesting. I might have to go there sometime and try their food. She lived in her own place that her parents helped her get. “It’s not that big, but it is a good house to live in.” she tells me. I told her about myself as well. We were really getting along with each other.

I take a look at my watch and see it’s been an hour. I have to get to work. “It’s been nice meeting you, Sara. I have to get to work or the boss will be on my ass about being late.”

She giggles at the comment. “Ha! I know the feeling.” She looks at me in the eyes and smiles. “Um… are you doing anything this weekend? How about dinner?”

I was pretty shocked by this. Although why would I say no? “Sure. Where?” I ask.

“I was thinking of a restaurant downtown. I hear the foods pretty good. Is it okay with you?” She says. That sounds pretty good. I don’t know much restaurants.

“Yeah, sounds great!” I reply with a smile. “I’ll pick you up. How about… 7 o’ clock?”

“It’s a date.” She says excitingly.

We give each other our numbers and say goodbye and go our separate ways.

Now I have a date. Sweet! This is going to be great! Now then, note to self: Make sure to find something flamboyant to wear.


End of Flashback
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Back to Reality

Tears start to come to my eyes as I continue to think about Sara. I need to stop this. She dumped me. She doesn’t want to do anything with me anymore. It’s over. I need to stop the theatrics. Find another girl to fall in love with. She was just one girl. There’s around what – a few million on the planet? 

I put my attention back to the road. I looked toward the clock to see it was around 11:00 at night. The street was pretty much empty. Everyone is home, in their beds, or having dinner with their family. As I drive, I look toward the sky; the moon was full, illuminating the ground with its soft light. I smile. My mother used to always bring me outside and we look up to the sky, enjoying the view of the stars. Nowadays, you cannot see the starts due to light pollution from the city’s.


Around an hour later, my eyes were getting heavy. I still had around ten minutes until I arrive to my home. I never left so late at night, I always make sure I am home at a certain time so I can get enough sleep and be wide awake when I get up the next day.

Sheesh, it’s a little foggy out tonight isn’t it?

It’s never been this foggy out. I could barely see two feet in front of me! Just as a safety precaution I turned on my emergency lights to notify people that there’s someone driving in front of them. The light seemed to dim a little as well. When did it get so dark?

I brighten my headlights a bit, but it doesn’t seem to help. But, it wasn’t going to be needed for what happened next. Just as I brightened my headlights, I squint my eyes to see some sort of a figure emerge from the fog. 

Is that…? Oh what the fuck! I mentally cursed.

I slam my foot on the breaks. My car careened to the left. I clenched my eyes closed, waiting for impact. I open my eyes slowly, I avoided the tree I was about to collide with.

CRASH!

Right into another tree. My body went forward as my vehicle collided with the tree. I hit my head on the steering wheel.

Hard. Man this is going to hurt in the morning . . .


Thank god for seatbelts or I would be launched through the windshield becoming a red part of the pavement . . . or grass. 

I was so tired; I didn’t really process what happened. It went by so quick. I fell asleep, with my head on the steering wheel.



End of Chapter 1

> Chapter 2: Arrival [Edited]
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Chapter 2: Arrival

POV: Michael


Slowly but gradually, I woke up. My head was resting on the steering wheel, and my arms were in a very uncomfortable position. I take my hands off the steering wheel, I managed a stretch, but my hands hit the roof of my car. I sat upright and extended my arms by the sides of my head to complete my top stretch. I tried to stretch my legs, but it was hard to in my sitting position.

I take in my surroundings, and realize my car crashed into a tree.

Shit . . . that’s right.  I mentally said as I recall last night’s incident. 


How did a tree just come out of nowhere? I was just driving on the road. . .

I couldn’t really see much outside since it was so dark still. I pressed the unlock button to unlock the doors, getting the response of the familiar unlocking mechanism. I put my left hand on the handle to open the door. I stepped out and did a full stretch, curving my back, extending my legs and arms. 

I leaned on the side of my car, taking a view of my surroundings. I did a double take. Something was totally different, and very, very wrong.

Firstly, there were trees surrounding me. There was no road nearby. Not one in sight. I was in a forest. Now, I have been in a few before when I was a kid. But this one had a hostile feeling to it. This place looked truly wild, nature in its truest form. I can just feel my blood cold.

…The hell?

Where’s the road? Did I swerve off?

I went back into my car, and went to open the glove box. The light inside turned on. I grabbed a black flash light that I placed inside for emergencies. I turned it on with a ‘CLICK’ and used the beam of light that emitted from it to search around. No road was found. I can feel my panic start to grow.

“Now is not a good time to panic, Mike” I muttered to myself. “Now is the time to find civilization, or find the damned road, and get help.”

“Deep breaths, deep breaths…stay calm… don’t panic. Panic is your greatest enemy.” I remember this from my Scout Master explaining what to do if you got lost in the wilderness back when I was in middle/high school. 

This why you went to boy scouts, man.

I take a look at my watch: 2 o’ clock PM. Okay, so it’s the afternoon, I have a few more hours before night fall, but how am I going to get out of here? How long was I even asleep?

I went back to my car and opened the back door. In the seat, my bag was lying there. I went and seized it. I opened the zipper to find… my laptop, a bottle of water, a can of Diet Coke, a notebook, pens, my chargers, my jacket and a few other items. 

Then a thought crossed my head. 

CELLPHONE!

I face palmed. I could call one of my friends! Or the police! Get someone out here to help me. 

Michael, you are officially an idiot.

I turned my phone on, and put in my password. I raised the piece of modern technology to see . . .

… Of course. No bars.

Great. Just FUCKING great.

I sighed. Well… let’s get a move on.
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How big can this blasted forest be?! I’ve been trudging for two hours, and what did I find? Nothing; just forest, forest, and more forest. Not even a damn road! I keep my eyes peeled for anything, or anyone, which can help me out of this forest. 

This is ridiculous. I thought.

Where are the paths in this forest? There has to be one somewhere!

I’m starting to get annoyed that I haven’t found anything. It’s going to be nightfall soon! I hasten my pace.
I swear something is watching me. I can feel eyes just peer through me from behind, but every time I turn around I just see nothing but darkness. Oh, and trees.

You’re just nervous Mike.

 This whole ordeal is getting to your head. Just keep moving, don’t stop. You’ll find civilization soon…


…Or a fucking road.


*growl* 


Now I KNOW that was not my stomach.

Turning around to the source of the noise, a creature stood before me. Now, I have watched a lot TV, and read a lot of books. But this creature does not compare to any description of wolves I have seen or read. This wolf was huge, and had glowing yellow eyes. Its body was not made of fur, it was made of wood. Its eyes stared at me, and it looked like it was hungry.

…Alright. I think I’m going insane.

What kind of wolf is made of wood?!

Where the fuck am I?! 

Why am I still standing here contemplating on where I am when there is a great possibility that I am going to die!?

I gulped. I was so scared I nearly pissed myself. I could not move. This wolf was just staring at me, like it was observing its prey. Looking for the right chance to strike. Its glowing yellow eyes stared right into my soul. Then, it took a step toward me, growling.

…Mike, I think it’s time to make yourself scarce…

The wolf took another step toward me.

Move legs! Fucking move!

My legs happily obliged. I ran the other direction into the dark forest. I ran so fast, my friends and teacher from my Personal Fitness class would be proud. I don’t really care where I was going; I wanted to get the hell away from this scary ass wolf. I sprinted through the forest, my adrenaline coursed through my veins. I ran with all the will I had from all the fear. Only two words were going through my mind.

MOVE IT.

MOVE IT.


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I managed to escape the wolf. I have been running for around ten minutes now, and I am not going to stop until I am out of this forest. Or until I find help.

I think I see something in the distance…its hard tell from my perspective. My glasses are getting filthy. My leg is tired. I haven’t stopped running since I encountered that wolf. I think I am going to pass out from exhaustion.

No. 

Not going to happen.

I continue toward this…something in the distance. 

Getting closer, I try to see what’s in the distance. Is that what I think it is? Is that a building? No. It’s a…tree? A tree hut? House? I am so confused. Who would want to live in a forest like this, or a tree for that matter? Oh well, ask questions later.

Boy, I hope whoever lives here speaks English or this is going to be an awkward moment.  I thought.

As I go around the hut, I find the door. Strange, it seems pretty low. The area is decorated with bottles hanging from the branches and strange masks were everywhere. Jeez, talk about creepy.

This person must be pretty short.

‘…Knock Knock Knock…’

“Hello? Anybody home? I need some help; I seem to be a bit… lost.” I call out to anyone inside.

No response.

I decide to look through one of the windows. The lights were off so I guess nobody was home. I can see… jars and bottles everywhere. In the middle of the room is what looks like a cauldron. Looks like a pretty nice place to live. If you loved living in a forest anyway.

I take out my bottle of water and take a quick swig. Refreshing

What am I going to do now?

There was a path from this place. Finally! This must lead to civilization.

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I continued running along the path. The pain in my legs is growing, but I will stop once I get to civilization. The forest seems to be getting… lighter? I can see well. 

I can see a light in the distance – is this finally the way out?

Indeed it was.

“Thank God!” I yell excitingly. 

I look around at my surroundings now. I see a town to the… west. I think. I can see a farm as well, with ALOT of apple trees.

“Good.” I sighed in relief. “Civilization!”

I staggered to a tree, and decided to lean against it. My legs hurt like a bitch. My heart was beating a mile a minute. I was tired, and I wanted some sleep. I looked to the sky. It looks like it’s getting dark.

“Shit.” I said to myself. “Time to haul ass and get to that town.”

I slowly start to approach the town. Man, must be hard work getting those apples down with that many around.

I got closer and closer. Come on! Almost there you ass! You can make it. What can go wrong?

Well, I just ate those words. I ran through some trees that were getting in my way, trying my best not to trip on anything. Alas, my luck was against me. I stumbled on my feet, tripping on a tree root and fell over. I managed to scream out one word as I fell.

“SHIT!”

I hit the ground with a large ‘THUD’. My head hit something on the ground once I made contact. I was out instantly.

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Twilight Sparkle was sitting in her library, re-shelving her books.

Again.

Twilight sighed. She was getting famished. Her grumbling stomach was not helping either.

“Hey Spike, want to go get something to eat?” she asked.

The purple dragon, Spike, groaned. “Can I take a nap? It’s been a hard day. I’m tired.”

“Okay, Spike.” Replied Twilight. “Go ahead. You did work hard today.  You deserve it.”

Spike nodded and climbed the stairs to the bedroom to take his well-deserved nap.

Silence filled the library; until there was a knock at the door.

Twilight went to the door to find her five friends: Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie on the other side.

“Hey girls.” Twilight greeted them. “How’s it going?”

“Good.” They replied.

Applejack spoke up, “We were wonderin’ if ya wan’ ta come join us on a picnic.”

The lavender unicorn smiled. “Sure. I would love to. I was just about to leave to get something to eat.”

“You don’t have to come with us if you’re busy Twilight. Unless… you want to.” Fluttershy said in her soft voice.

Twilight chuckled at her shy friend. “Don’t worry Fluttershy. I don’t mind. I love going on picnics.”

They all smiled. Happy to see their librarian friend accept their invitation to a lovely picnic.

“Well, come on!” Rainbow Dash said. “Let’s get going!”

They all laughed and left the library. Twilight locked the door behind her. She made sure to leave a note for Spike. Just in case he woke up to find her gone.

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The six mares went and found a place to have their picnic. It didn’t take long to set everything up, with the help of the unicorns and their magic.

There were all types of foods on the blanket: salads, apples, apple pie, some cupcakes and a nice cake with pink frosting on the top. There was tea and punch as the refreshments.

Rainbow Dash was wearing some black sunglasses and Rarity was wearing a yellow top hat. The six ponies were having a great time; sharing jokes, enjoying the food. Laughing and smiling, the friends were happy.

After about an hour of chatting and relaxing they were enjoying the view. Celestia’s sun was high in the sky, waiting for it to be lowered and for the moon to rise to take its place. They packed out just as quick when they set up.

“SHIT!”

All six of the ponies jumped from the sudden use of language being shouted.

“What in tarnation?!”
“EEK!”
“Ahh!”
“What in Celestia’s name?!”
“My word!”
“What was that?!”

All six girls looked at each other with a confused expression.

“Such language!” Rarity said.

“Hey guys, I saw something fall over there.” Rainbow points a hoof toward a path to the Everfree. 

“Who would be near the Everfree?” Fluttershy wonders. “It’s so… scary.”

“Well come on girls! Let’s go investigate!” the purple unicorn said.

They all nodded in agreement.

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POV: Twilight

We ran down the path for another minute. We found nothing, until we saw a figure lying on the ground around some trees near the path. That was definitely not a pony. We really could not identify what it was.

It seemed to be asleep or it was knocked unconscious; It was breathing, by the looks of the chest rising and descending. It had some sort of… bag on its back, and it was wearing black clothing. The bag doesn’t look like a saddlebag that ponies would use. It must be sleeping because it didn’t even respond to us approaching it. It looked like it was laying in a uncomfortable position, it's head sat on a tree root that came out of the ground.

I decide to break the silence. “I don’t know what this is…but it needs help. We should take it back to my library.”

Applejack looks at me worried, “Are ya sure sugarcube? We don’t even know what it might do.”

“I don’t know what it could do either, but it needs help. I don’t want something that was screaming because it was hurt and needed help. No, I won’t let it die lying on the ground.” I reply.

“I agree; it needs help. Can we help it please?” Fluttershy says.

Everypony decided to take it to Twilight’s Library.

End of Chapter 2

> Chapter 3: Introductions
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Chapter 3: Introductions

“Ugh”

I opened my eyes once I regained consciousness. I was staring at a wooden-like ceiling. I felt like I had just woken up from a really long nap. No lights were on in the room, but the light from the sunshine came through the window that was in the room, giving the room some light. I recognized I was in someone’s bedroom, although where exactly was I? 

I managed to sit to an upright position, taking a better look around the room I was in. I sat on a regular bed, although it seemed a bit small. I felt like I was sitting in a child’s bed, but I still managed to lay my whole body in it. I looked down to see that I still had my clothes on. I was wearing my black t-shirt with the Razer ‘Plaster’ on it, along with my long black jeans and black shoes.

I tried to call out to someone, only to find my throat REALLY dry, almost like sand. I looked around and found a glass of water sitting on a table next to my bed, along with a lamp and some tissues. I grabbed the drink to find it warm. I shrugged, water is water, and brought it up to my lips. I drank this drink so fast I nearly choked on it. Once I drank the beverage. It was quite refreshing. I set it back on the table, letting out a belch as I did so.

“Excuse me…” I muttered.

Deciding to stretch my body, I extend my arms to my sides to complete my top stretch, then extending and bent my legs, also curving my back to complete the whole stretch. My eyes adjusted to the light in the room a bit, but my eyes were blurry. I didn’t have my glasses on anymore. I looked toward the table next to my bed, moved the box of tissues to find my glasses hiding behind them. I accidentally knocked over the glass I drank from, knocking it over. It shattered to pieces as it hit the floor.

Crap… Well, at least I can probably pay for it.

I heard the door open to the room I was in. I was expecting them to be the person, or people that helped me coming up check on their guest. When whoever came into view, it wasn’t a human.

It was a horse, but it was quite small to be one, possibly a pony? It was a colorful one, as if you were in a cartoon. It had a faded purple color coat with large intelligent eyes that were a shade of violet. Its hair style was like a regular women's hair style. It was straight and well tidy and shared its coloration with her dark blue, pink, and purple tail. A strange tattoo with a pink six-pointed star marked her flank. 

A horn? Where have I heard that before . . .?

The pony looked at me quite puzzled, and ran out of the room. 

…Aright then…  I thought.

A few minutes later, the same pony came back with five more behind it, each one with a different coat color. One pony had a white coat with a shade of azure to its eyes, and a horn on its head. Its tail and mane were styled to be curled at the end with an indigo color. The tattoo on its flank was three blue diamonds. 

The next two ponies were different. Neither had horns - but they did have folded wings resting on their sides. One had a cyan coat and her eyes were rose-colored. The mane and tail were rainbow-striped in an unkempt type of style. On its flank was a white cloud with a rainbow-colored lightning bolt. The second one had a yellow coat and its mane and tail were pink. Its mane was longer than the tail. Her mane draped to her right, and it soon parts into two bangs that curl at the end. One its flank was three butterflies with pink wings and turquoise bodies and antennas. 

The last two of the ponies were normal, meaning they had no horns or wings. One's coat was orange and her mane and tail were blonde. Under her green eyes were some freckles. A brown Stetson hat was atop its head. I also noticed that her mane and tail were tied at the ends with her mane hanging past her shoulders with a red band. Lastly, the symbols on its flank consisted of three red apples. The other one seemed to be rather curious about me as she gazed at me. It had big eyes that were dark blue while her coat was a bright pink. Her tail and mane were more of a magenta color, and they seemed to be . . . poofy. On its flank were three balloons with two blue and one yellow. 

As I observe them, I notice that they have eyelashes, making them look female. I also notice that since they have horns and wings which must mean that they are unicorns and pegasi.

Unicorns and pegasi? 

Where the hell am I?

The ponies observed me as I did the same. The purple one seemed more interested, you can see the glint in her eyes. She trots up to the side of the bed and investigates my body. Then she began to speak.

Hold up! 

SPEAK? 

“I don’t think I’ve ever read about anything like this before. I read through everything in my library, and have found nothing.” She said as she turned to the other ponies. My theory on them being females was correct, since her voice was feminine.

“He looks similar to a diamond dog, but he had no fur and wears clothes. Maybe he’s an ape?” the cyan pony said. She flew above me, glaring at me suspiciously as if I was going to try something. I was taken aback by her comment.

Did she just call me a… dog?

I feel quite offended…

The pink pony hops to the other side of the bed and starts to poke my arm, giggling and snorting like crazy. “It feels so soft with no fur!” getting annoyed pretty quick so I pulled my arm away from her, giving her an irritated glare.

“Leave him alone, Pinkie.”

I was staring at the six ponies that were in the room. Only three options were going through my head.

Okay…

I’m in a room with six talking colorful ponies….

I must be either…

1.	Going insane
2.	I am dead, and have been sent to a crazy version of hell.
3.	Dreaming a crazy ass dream

I think I am just dreaming…

So I did what most people did: I pinched myself on my arms, and it hurt slightly. I did something people probably wouldn't do to see if they were dreaming, I clenched my left hand into a fist and punched myself in the face.

And it hurt like hell.

There goes option three…

“Now why in the hay is he doing that?” the rainbow one asked.

The yellow pony flinched when my fist made contact with my face. She flew past the purple unicorn. “Oh no, please don’t hurt yourself.” She said, with a bit of panic and shyness in her voice. She was right in my face in a split second with a look of worry in her eyes. I quickly scoot back, with my back against the head board of the bed.

“Do you have a name?”

“…” I stayed silent.

“Umm… my name’s Fluttershy…”

“…”

“Can you speak?”

“…”

“Do you understand me?”

I kept my mouth shut. Only because I have never ever in my whole life heard of a talking animal that never talks in the first place. I inhaled and exhaled, letting my fear drain away so I can calm down. I was about to speak when my cell phone alarm went off. It was just an escalating beeping tone, but the others are freaking out by it.

“What’s that sound?”

“What in tarnation?”

“What the hay?!”

“I don’t know.” The purple unicorn replies. All six were looking around the room for the source of the beeping. I casually put my hand in my pocket taking my phone out and turned off the alarm. I looked around at the six. I chuckled a little since they were freaking out, staring at the black device I held in my hand. I was just about to put my phone back in my pocket when a purple aura glowed around my phone and it flew out of my hands.

“Hey!” I protested, trying to snatch it back. “Give that back that is a really expensive and fragile phone!” I leapt forward out of the bed with my arm extended to grab my phone from the air. The ponies shrieked, backpedaling as I made my move. I failed to grab my phone, falling face-first into the wooden floor.

“Shit!”

THUD

“OW!”

I was now laying flat on my stomach, with the ponies now surrounding me. I groaned and put my hands on my now throbbing face. “Okay… not the greatest strategy I have come up with…” I mumbled as I sat to an upright position.

Looking around the ponies was now staring at me in fear. I guess my little actions made them think I was hostile. “Umm… I… apologize. I didn’t mean to jump at you.”

"So you can talk." The purple pony beamed as she was trotted toward me

“Yes I can, but I would be asking you all the same thing.” I said.

“What are you talking about silly?” The pink one said. “We have always been able to talk!” she spoke so fast I could only make out half of what she said.

“Uh-huh. Just tell me where I am and how I can get home.” I snarled. “Or the sooner I wake up, the better.”

“And where is this ‘home’, of yours?” the purple unicorn asked.

“Earth, duh.” I reply. “Where else would I live?”

“Sorry to tell you this, but you are on Earth.”

I started to laugh my ass off. “What’s so funny?” she asked, annoyed.

“Please, stop! You’re killing me.” I said between laughs. Once I calmed down, I looked back at the purple unicorn, which did not look happy. “You… You’re serious aren’t you?”

She nodded in response. “Ever heard of the state called Florida?” I asked. She shook her head. “The United States of America?” she shook her head again. The color drained from my face. “God… kill me now.” I muttered.

The seven of us sat in silence for awhile before I spoke again. “Soooo… What now?”

"Soo... I think introductions are in order, I'm Twilight Sparkle," says the purple one, “and these are my friends…”

She pointed the blue one with the wings. "That's Rainbow Dash."

She pointed at the yellow one. "Fluttershy."

The white one. "Rarity."

The pink one with the cotton candy mane. "Pinkie Pie."

And finally, the orange one. "And that's Applejack."

“Lovely names.” I compliment. “My name is Michael. Michael Scott, but you can just call me Mike.”

"Well I'm sure everypony has questions so how about we go in a circle. One question per pony?" Twilight suggests.

I shrug. “Cool with me.”

“Okay, I’ll go first. Oh, hold on…” Twilight closed her eyes and the horn atop her head started to glow in a purple aura. Then a second later there was a flash and a roll of paper, a feather which I presumed was a quill, and small jar that said ‘INK’ on the front. They were levitating in the air with the same purple glow. The paper unrolled itself and the container was set down, then the quill was dipped into it and began to write on the parchment. “Alright, so Michael…are you alright?”

“…The hell?” I said dumbfound as I gaped at the floating parchment and quill. “How are you doing that, Twilight?” I point to the levitating items.

She looked at me confused. “Magic.” She said simply.

“Magic?”

“Magic.” She repeated. “Why?”

“Well… I have never seen somebody do magic before. Well, except for illusion type magic. It doesn’t exist where I’m from.”

Everyone in the room started at me in shock. I guess magic is a common thing in this world. Twilight was the first to speak up again. “Wow… so you don’t use magic…” she said as she scribbled on her parchment. “Okay… back to the questions: What are you?”

“We are called Homo-Sapiens or Humans for short.” I state simply.

“Oh me next, me next, please!” Pinkie Pie yells as she waves her hoof in the air. “Do you like parties?”

I chuckled. “Yes I do like parties, although I don’t go to many. I only go to parties I get invited to.” This seemed to really satisfy her by her smiling from ear to ear. “Rarity, do you want to go next?”

“Yes, I do. Where did you get your clothes? They are quite stunning.” Rarity asked, interested as she eyed my clothes.

“Well, these are my average everyday clothes. I don’t work anywhere fancy, do I don’t own any fancy-like clothes. This is my t-shirt.” I point to my shirt. “And these are my jeans.” I point to my jeans.

“What are you walking around on?" she asks, pointing at my shoes.

“These are my shoes.” I reply, reaching down and took off one of my shoes. “We wear these to protect our feet. We don’t have flat hooves like you all. We have appendages called fingers.” I shake my fingers to prove my point. “We use them to grasp things, big or small. Our feet…” I take off one of my socks. “We use them to walk, just like your hooves. We have toes on our feet instead of fingers. We wear shoes due to our feet being quite soft. Like if we were to go walking around in grass, we would wear shoes so we don't step on anything sharp or hazardous.” I finish, pointing and showing them my foot. I put the sock and shoe back on.

“Interesting…” I heard Twilight mumble.

“Well dear, you just must stop by my boutique so I can make you some more clothes!” Rarity beamed.

I smiled brightly. “I’ll keep that in mind.” I reply.

Rainbow Dash was next, who she spoke up immediately, speaking in a quite excited tone. “What was that black thing making all that noise?”

“That was my phone. That is an example of advanced modern technology that we have, since we have no magic.”

Rainbow looked at me funny, and so did the others. “Here… let me show you… May I have that back, please?”

Twilight’s horn glowed and my phone levitated back to me. I snatched it from the air. “Advanced Technology is probably something we have that you ponies don’t have. It comes in the form of machinery, devices, and ideas. Technology helps us with life easier, fun, and much more entertaining.”

I showed them my iPhone sliding the switch making the ‘click’ noise to access it. They were pretty amazed by this, as if it was the most interesting thing in the world, which it probably was to them.

“Whoa…” I heard Rainbow Dash say.

I went ahead and explained to them pretty much what a phone was. I gave them a short version; showing them what it can do from contacting people long distances, to texting, and just plain old entertainment that you can play when you are bored to death.

“Um…can humans... um... fly?” asks Fluttershy, no lower than a whisper, hiding her face behind her mane.

“Well, we don’t have wings so we can’t fly in the air.” I reply. "But... We have these machines called airplanes. They are massive mechanical machines that fly though the air that can transport up to around maybe a few hundred passengers. It’s a lot isn't it? I flew on one of them to visit my uncle once.”

We talked for another few minutes each one giving their own questions about me or human society. I gladly answered their questions to my best top knowledge. Twilight excused herself from the room for a minute and she returned with something in her magical grasp. “Michael, what’s in this?” she asks as she levitates it to me.

“Hey, that’s my bag!” I snatch it from her magical grasp. I set it in my lap and opened it. “I use this to carry my stuff in… obviously.” I took a look inside and found my laptop. I took it out to show them. They looked interested in the strange flat device; expect Rainbow, who looked around the room for something else that was way more interesting. Once I opened it, they all get even closer to take a good look. Once I turned it on, they were looking it in awe. The screen came to life and I stared at the background and programs. It was me and some of my buddies back from high school in arms over shoulders smiling. 

“Woah! That’s awesome!” Rainbow gawked at the laptop.

“How did you do that?” asked Twilight.

I went and explained on the kinds of machinery and devices humans made to make life easier, or more entertaining. I explained what the laptop was, and I told them it was a portable version of a computer. I explained them about some social network websites like Google and Youtube . There were a lot of ‘ohhh’ and ‘awwwww’s' from the group; and once again Rainbow was getting bored. 

I decided to cheer her up a bit.

“Oh I almost forgot. It can play music, videos, and games.”

That got her attention. Her head perked up and look at me with interest.

“No way, seriously?!”

“Yup. Give me a minute. I’ll give you all a taste of what we humans call ‘music’”

I went to the music library and scrolled through songs. Scanning the lists for a good song, I decided on one of my favorite genres: Alternative Metal 

I chose Breakdown, by Breaking Benjamin 

“Whose ‘Breaking Benjamin?” Twilight asked.

“It’s the name of a band. There all types of bands out there. I love all types of music where I’m from.”

“Eh. Any song you will probably play will never beat and of Vinyl’s mixes. She’s really good.” Rainbow exclaimed.

“Just you wait…” I say.

I grinned as I went to play the song.


Now I predicted this sort of reaction from them. Once the song started, the sound of a piano playing emits from the speakers of the laptop. They looked at me confused. I just raised three fingers, counting down to the point where the song gets much better.

'Breakdown!'

My laptop was on full volume, so the sudden instruments and lyrics startled them. Their faces scrunched up and they took a step back. I bobbed my head to the beat, just enjoying the music.

Let the fun and games begin...
She is spayed and broken in...
Skin is cold and white...
Such a lovely lonely night...

Rainbow Dash seemed to get used to it. She bobbed her head to the beat after a few seconds of loud instruments. I was singing along with the lyrics as they pass. The song soon ended, slowly fading out.

“That. Was. AWESOME!”  Rainbow Dash yells throwing her hooves into the air.

"That's... interesting music you have their." says Twilight, who covered her hears through half of the music.

"It's... loud." Rarity comments. "How can you listen to such music without hurting your ears?"

I shrugged. "In today's era, there's a lot of loud music. You just get used to it after awhile."

“Do you have any more like that? Other songs?" asks Rainbow excitingly as she came just inches from my face.

I used a finger to push her back a little bit. “Maybe another time, there is more where that came from my rainbow-haired friend.”

She crossed her forlegs and pouted. “Aww…” 

“That was just alternative rock my friend. I have others; Rap, Dance, Metal, Hip-hop and others.” I say.

“So. . . Michael, tell us more about you.” Twilight suggested.


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After a couple hours of talking the others had to go home. We decided I can stay at Twilight’s place. They learned a lot about me; what I did for a living, what I liked, the usual.

I learned a lot from them too. I learned that Applejack lives on a farm that her family owns; they…ahem… buck apple trees and sell them to the town. She offered me a job and said I can come by whenever I want to start. Pinkie Pie owns a shop in the middle of town called Sugarcube Corner and said I should come by to try the sweets they sell. Rarity is a fashion designer and told me to come by to make me some new clothes to wear. I gladly accepted the offer. Rainbow Dash is responsible for maintaining the weather and clearing the skies in Ponyville. She is also a huge admirer of The Wonderbolts and dreams of one day joining their elite flying group. I learned that she attempted a so called “Sonic Rainboom” and succeeded. Fluttershy lives in a cottage near the Everfree and is an animal caretaker. I learned that Twilight owns the library and is the student of Princess Celestia and said she was going to write about me in one of her letters.

“So, Twilight I guess I will be sleeping in here?” I ask.

She nods “This will be your room. It’s not the best, but it is still cozy.” She points to another door that was next to my room. “That’s my room where my number one assistant, Spike, and I will be sleeping. You’ll meet him tomorrow. The last door is the bathroom.”

I nod as she explains everything to me. “Got it. I am going to take a shower tomorrow morning. I’m beat. G’night Twilight.” 

“Good night Michael.” She replies.

I took the chance to take a better look around the room I was now going to sleep in. It’s an average room; clean, and looks nice. The bed was in the middle of the room and a window looking to the outside world. A nightstand sits next to it with a lamp. I put my bag next to the bed. I take off my shirt, and leave my pants on. I take my shoes and socks and place them under the bed. I take off my glasses and put them on the nightstand.

I take out my iPhone that has that I put back in my pocket minutes after explain what it was. I reach into my bag for my headphones. I go to my music library and set it to shuffle. 

As I lay on my bed, I was wondering how I was going to get home. There was no logical explanation onto how I got here. Well, I can discuss it later. I'm tired, and I need some sleep. I turned off my iPhone and put it on the nightstand. I lay there looking at the bed for around five minutes.

Another thought came to mind before I drifted off to sleep: Aren't I forgetting something?


End of Chapter 3
> Chapter 4: A Awkward Morning
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Chapter 4: A Awkward Morning

Twilight sat in her room with a quill and scroll in front of her writing to her teacher – Princess Celestia


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Dear Princess Celestia,

I am writing to you about a strange creature my friends and I encountered two days ago.

We were having a nice picnic when we heard a loud scream near the borders of the Everfree Forest, so we went to investigate. We were expecting a pony, but what we saw really shocked us. It was a creature lying on the ground that seemed to have knocked himself out running away from something. It was wearing clothes and had a strange bag on its back. So we decided to take it back to my library.

Two days later, it awoke. I heard a loud crash from the room that I set it, it startled me so I ran over to investigate what said crash was. My friends were there with me, so once I saw it was awake, I went to notify them that the creature was awake. It was oblivious to where it was. He (we found out it was a male after he started to speak and... observations left unsaid) is a bipedal creature called a ‘Human’ or ‘Homo Sapien’. Humans are a intelligent species and they are technologically advanced. His name is Michael Scott, or Mike for short. He was really nice, calm and cooperative, answering all the questions we had asked him. He says he is from another planet called ‘Earth’ similar to ours. The Humans don’t have magic and can’t fly, they use these mechanical machines that fly in the air to transport them by air. Michael was just going home from an errand when he drove into some sort of strange fog, and appeared in the middle of the Everfree.

He resides in my library since we didn’t want him to stay on the streets. I would like to you meet him.

I await your response

Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle


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Twilight checked the letter twice. She smiled and nodded, putting it in Spike’s bed for him to send in the morning. Walking to her bed, she used her magic to move the blankets, and jumped inside putting the covers over her. She stared at the ceiling, letting her thoughts plague her mind.

Will Ponyville accept him, or will they just cower in their houses like the time when her zebra friend, Zecora, came to town and the whole place would be deserted. How did he get here? He said he just showed up in the Everfree and wandered around until they found him near the edge of said forest.

Another question came to mind: Will he be staying? Or will he want to go back home, where he was born and where he adapted to the environment he was used to.

All will have to wait in the morning.

Twilight closed her eyes and let sleep overcome her.

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Beep….beep….beep….beep!

“…Alright, I’m up! I’m up!” My watches’ beeping woke me up from a really peaceful slumber.

I opened my eyes to be staring at the roof.  I sat up, yawned and stretched my arms. I looked at my surrounds to be in a strange room. I bolted upright looking around the room I sat in. Where was I? This isn’t my room! Oh… right. I almost forgot I’m no longer on Earth. 

I got out of bed and opened the windows to let some air in. I looked out to the beautiful town called Ponyville. How will the town adapt to a being such as myself? It seemed this world has never had a human before. What will they think; that I am some sort of tall monster there to eat everyone, or that I am a friendly person that is here on a friendly visit. Hell, the town might be curious about me.

…Knock Knock Knock…

“I’m up. Come on in.” I say to the visitor at my room’s door.

I can hear the door creak open, and the sounds of hoofsteps coming in to my room. I turn around to see Twilight walking in. “Good Morning, Twilight.” I greet as Twilight walks into my room.

“Good morning, I was just coming to come wake you up.” she replies.

I look down to see I am not wearing a shirt, showing my toned chest. I usually go to the gym and lift weights, run, and exercise to keep myself in shape. “Erm… I hope you don’t mind me not wearing my shirt, at the moment.”

She cocks her head to the side, with a confused look on her face. “Why are you asking that? We are naked all the time; we only wear clothes on special occasions.”

“Well, we humans wear clothes all the time to keep us warm and we never expose ourselves in public, its illegal back where I'm from.” I reply shifting on my feet nervously.

“Why is it illegal?” she asks, with curiosity sparkling in her eyes.

I sighed uneasily, she has a lot of questions and this was a really awkward one to answer. “Let’s just say… we don’t like to expose our private body parts.”

She raised a eyebrow at me. “I’d rather not explain… can we drop it?”

Twilight still didn't get it, but nods, letting us drop the subject.

I grab my shirt that was hanging on the edge of the bed. “Do you have a place to wash clothes? My shirt sort of has... I think sap on it.” I ask observing my black shirt. The stain on my shirt was caramel brown, with some dirt sticking to the strange substance.

Her horn starts to glow and she takes my shirt into her magical grasp. “Don’t worry. I can use my magic to clean it.” As she says this, a flash of light surrounds my shirt and blinds me for a few seconds. As my vision returns, my shirt is clean as a whistle.

I let out a whistle at her doing. “Damn! I wish it was this easy at home. Thanks, Twilight. Give me a few minutes to settle in real quick and get a shower done and I will be downstairs in a few.”

Twilight nods and says she will be downstairs getting breakfast ready. Just as she turns to leave she looks back at me and asks, “Oh by the way – What do humans usually eat?”

Uh oh. Error 404. Brains doesn't know how to answer this question. Well, I don’t lie…

“I’m going to be honest with you, Twilight.” I start. “Humans are omnivores. We eat meat: chicken, fish, pork, and beef.” Twilight’s look was of fear and horror. “BUT! There is a but, Twilight. We also eat fruits and vegetables. I can go without meat.” She relaxed a bit knowing that I can survive just on fruits and veggies. I can just imagine them thinking I ate ponies… *shiver*

“We don’t eat hay or grass though. Not even flowers. I think it’s because we can’t digest them. I don’t know.” I quickly add. I can see me eating those… I would probably be vomiting as soon as I tasted it.

“Alright then, I’ll be downstairs” she says. She closes the door behind her and I hear her walk away. God, I hope I didn’t scar her… envisioning me eating them…. *gag!*

I grab my shirt and walk out the door to the bathroom. I close the door behind me. The bathroom was like any other average bathroom, expect for everything being a tad bit... smaller. A sink sat to my right with a mirror above it, two toothbrushes, one being green and the other purple, a hair brush and a few other bathroom items. I walked to the shower and turned the knob to warm. I took my pants and boxers off and put them on a counter. I stood there for a few minutes to let the water warm up. I put my hand under to test the warmth and then stepped inside.

I let the warm water do down my body. I looked around for some shampoo. On a small rack near the end of the shower were a few bottle of several different colors, red, blue, yellow and a few others. I guessed they were the shampoo, so I picked up the red bottle and opened the cap, and took a sniff. The sent smelled like strawberries. I picked up another bottle with the color purple, and it smelled like grape. I shrugged and chose the grape scented shampoo. I squirted a small amount onto my hands and began to wash my hair.

I decided to sing a song as the time passed.

“...Talk is cheap, give me your word,”

“You can keeeeeeep,”

“'Cause I'm Halfway Gone, and I'm on my way,”

“I've got a feeling, feeling, feeling this way,”

“'Cause you're halfway in but don't take to long,”

“'Cause i'm halfway gone, I'm half way gooone,”

I hummed the rest of the song as I washed myself. I grabbed a sponge that sat next to a contain that said 'soap' using it like a wash cloth to wash my body.

“Uhh...” What the hell was that?

I look to my left to see Twilight in the room, with a few towels on her back and a deep red blush on her face. Her eyes trailed downward, looking down right at my…

“Ahh!” I grab the shower curtain and put it around my midsection. Twilight looked the other way. “Uhhh… this is awkward… Can I help you?” I ask chuckling nervously. I don't know if it was from the shower, but I can feel heat in my face.

“I was just bringing you some towels since there are none in here…” she says looking for something to look at in the room other than me. I look to where my shirt was hanging to see no towels. I can feel my face getting hotter by each passing second.

“Uhh… thanks I guess… give you give me a minute to dry myself and I’ll be out…” I say uneasily. My face must look like a freaking tomato.

“…Yeah….sure…” She puts the towels next to the shower and bolts out of the room faster than you can say Jack Robinson.

*Sigh* let’s get ready for an awkward day…

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I finished my shower and got dressed. I got my iPhone from my room and went down stairs to find a STILL blushing Twilight sitting at a table with three bowls of what looked like cereal. I can see a small purple reptilian looking creature standing there eyeing me as I come down the stairs.

I smile as I approach. “You must be Spike. Twilight has told a lot about you. Names Michael Scott, but you can just call me Mike.” I squat down to his height and hold my hand out. He glares at my hand for a minute before putting his… claw in it and we shake hands.

“Yep, that’s me; great to meet you Michael.” He smiles at each other, he then points to the bowl at the end of the table. 

“That’s your bowl. I wasn’t sure what to make, so I just made some cereal. I hope you don’t mind.”

I laugh. I don’t mind cereal at all. “It’s cool bro. I don’t mind.”

I did a double take, "Don't take this the wrong way - but what are you?"

"Oh, I'm a dragon. I'm just a baby though. Twilight hatched me with her magic and I was made her assistant." Spike says.

"A dragon, eh?" I smile down at him. "Cool. Where I'm from, dragons don't exist."

I take my seat and take a bite. Hmm… it tastes like Cherrios. “Heh, this takes a kind of cereal we have back at home call ‘Cherrios’ and its pretty good.” I compliment.

I put on my headphones and put on the song: Smack Down, by Thousand Foot Krutch.

“What’s that?” asks Spike, pointing a claw at my iPhone.

“This is what’s called a ‘smart phone’ from my world. It’s called an iPhone. Those inventions that make you call to long distance places; but with this, I can go online, listen to music, watch videos, text people – texting is like writing a letter but I can use a keyboard that’s build in, and send it from anywhere - and play games. I guess you can call it a ‘mini-computer.” I explain. “And these-” I point to the headphones on my head. “- are devices I put into computers, phones, laptops and other devices to listen to music and videos. Only I can hear what I’m listening too, unless I give them too someone that wants to listen.”

I took another bite of my cereal. I looked at Twilight, who was still blushing, but not as deeply during the...incident. I think she can't get the image out of her head. She avoided looking at me as she ate her breakfast. Spike has been observing us both as we ate. He seems to know something happened. He asks us, “What happened upstairs?”

“Nothing!” Twilight and I respond at the same time.

“Listen,” I start. “Don’t be upset. You didn’t know. I’m honestly not mad. Now you know what a bare-ass naked male human looks like.” I laugh at the end of my comment.

Spike caught on to what happened and started to laugh is ass off. Soon we all just laughed with him.

"By the way... who sings in the shower?" Twilight asks as we calmed down.

"People that love to pass the time while taking a shower." I reply as I gulp down the milk from my bowl.

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We enjoyed our breakfast and chatted for quite awhile. Spike got to listen to a song since he was curious about human music. I had to explain just about everything back to him that I told the others. I didn’t mind though. I like teaching.

“So,” I begin. “What’s first on today’s agenda Twilight?”

“Well, I can give you a tour of the town. Then later for lunch we can stop by Pinkies since she wants you to try their delicious sweets they bake.”

“Let’s get to it then.”

And so we went out the door. I had my bag with me, just to carry my laptop around with me and a few pens and such.

Now to see the town of Ponyville, and hope nobody fears me this time.

End of chapter 4

> Chapter 5: 'Surprise!'
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Chapter 5: “SURPRISE!”

Twilight and I left the library to start our tour. We decided to go see our friends first then proceed into town. Some townsfolk that were on a daily stroll took one look at me and all I saw was fear in their eyes. I decided to ignore them, and kept a smile on my face while staying in a conversation with Twilight. It’s one way of showing I am a nice person and that I won’t hurt anybody. I mean, if I was a bad person that loved to be a sadist – I probably would have already started crime within the town.

After a few minutes of walking we came across Rarity’s place – The Carousel Boutique. It was a huge place; it suits her tastes of fashion well. Twilight and I approached the front door. The bell of the boutique rang as we entered with a “Cling!” When we entered I looked around; I saw mannequins, shaped like ponies, some draped in outfits in various stages of completion. How does one single pony stay responsible for all of this?

“Just a miiiiiiiiiinute!” Came a singing voice from the back of the boutique. Twilight and I stood in silence for around a minute and then Rarity came walking through to the front of the store. Her face lit up when she saw Twilight and I.

“Twlight, Mike!” she gleamed. “It’s wonderful to see you both again!” She told us to come inside and came up to give both of us a hug.

“Now, I believe you came to me for some clothes, correct?” she asked.

“Yes, I did.” I replied. “If it’s not to much trouble. I don’t want to wear the same clothes every single day.”

“Trouble?” Rarity gasped. “Of course not! I’ve always wanted to make outfits for a new species! It’s not everyday anypony could get a chance to get!”

Rarity looked at me up and down and walked around me.

“Alright.” She says. She grabs a tape measure with her magic grasp. “Stand up straight and put your arms out, please darling.”

And so I did as she asked. She took my measurements. Every inch of my body was measured; Legs, arms, shoulders… you name it.

“Nothing to fancy, please.” I say. “I won’t complain with what you make me. It could just be like what I’m wearing or something totally different. I’ll let you decide.”

Rarity had a big grin on her face. “Don’t worry, dear.”

I let out a chuckle. “Well, Rarity. We’ll get out of your hair…err…mane. We still have the rest of the town to tour.”

Twilight and I start to walk toward the door. “Toodles, Darling!”

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Twilight and I decided to go by Sweet Apple Acres next. I believe the town is starting to lighten up a little because we seem to now be followed. I can feel the eyes peering at me from behind. Twilight told me that she will try to get with the mayor of Ponyville and try to get up a little event for me so the whole town can ask any questions to me and get to know me. On stage. *gulp* I never did well on stages. If I was just helping set up, sure I don’t give a damn in the world; but if I was presenting to a whole cafeteria full of students; oh let’s say… around a few hundred? Nope.

Anyway, we were coming up on the farm now. Wow, this place looks much more massive up close and personal. It was just fields and fields of trees. You can see the apples stick out every now and then. I wonder what it’s like in a life as a farmer. Is it hard? Well, I will find out when I start working here.

“She should be out in the fields by now. . .” Twilight says. She was looking down isles of trees. I guess she was looking for Applejack.

“Yo! Applejack, you out there? It’s Twilight and Mike!” I bellow to the trees.

“Ah’ll be out in a sec!” Applejack yells back.

I could hear a few “THUD!”s coming from the distance. I guess she is finishing a couple of trees before coming to meet us. I can see movement within the trees so I guess she’s approaching right now.

“Howdy y’all!” she greets as she walks up. She must have been working hard because she is sweating. A lot.

“Hey Applejack; working hard today?” I ask.

Applejack chuckled. “Just call be ‘AJ’ sugarcube. It’s been a fine day workin’ thank ya, kindly.”

“So, AJ. Who else works with you again? Your brother right?” I ask. I hear her brother is the strongest stallion in Ponyville, since he works on the harms all the time.

She nods to confirm my question. “Eeyup! My brother’s name is Big Macintosh. Ya’ll meet him soon.”

“Well alright, AJ. It’s nice seeing ya again. Twilight and I will be at Sugarcube Corner for lunch.”

“See ya’ll later!” she yells back as we depart for Sugarcube Corner.

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Twilight wanted to take the long way to Sugarcube corner for some reason. I don’t know why. I asked but she just said to know Ponyville better. What’s she up too?

We walked past a park and I saw what looked like a school house. “Hey Twilight, is that a school over there?” I ask. She glances to where I was pointing. It was a huge red building with a red flag out front. There was a sign with a book on it at the front; but this one was different to the one at Twilight’s library. This one had what looked like little fillies both touching a heart above it.

“Yeah, that’s where all the colts and fillies go for school.” She replies.

“Hmm. Do any of the girls have brothers or sisters that go to school?” I ask. Nobody really mentioned to me about them having a sister.

“Yeah. Rarity’s sister and AJ’s sister. Sweetie Belle is Rarity’s little sister and Applebloom is AJ’s.” she said as we past it.
I will probably meet them one day, maybe on a visit or they might approach me and introduce themselves.

We walked for another few minutes, the town suddenly looks deserted. We soon came across a building that almost made me drool. It looked like a gingerbread house. The top was made of… well it looked good to eat let’s just say that.

“Twilight…you might want to keep an eye on me because that house looks delicious…” I say, still staring at the building in front of us.

Twilight giggled. “Come on we are almost there.”

We walked up to the door and Twilight stood behind me. “After you…” she says.

I raised an eyebrow, confused but went to open the door. I grabbed the handle and pulled. They looked like they were closed. “Are you sure they are open today? The lights are off…wait a second…” As my eyes start to adjust to the darkness, I can see a few figures of ponies hiding behind furniture, tables and the counter.

“SURPRISE!!!!”

I jumped about twenty feet into the air. I can see balloons and steamers everywhere and a sign across the roof saying ‘Welcome to Ponyville, Michael!’ I saw sweets; muffins, what looked like candy, cake, cookies and a lot others. I can see punch and what looked like… a DJ booth?

All the ponies in the room looked at me smiling.

“Ehh…. Hello, everybody.” I say slowly.

Pinkie Pie jumps out of nowhere and says, “Where you surprised by my surprise? Wereya?wereya?wereya?wereya?wereya?wereya?wereya?” she was now hopping in place excitedly. 

“Yes I was Pinkie. Thanks for the surprise party.” I reply.

Pinkie Pie then jumped in front of everypony and yelled, “Come on everypony, lets party!”

A pony went up to the DJ booth; it said ‘DJ-Pon3’. She was a unicorn, with a white coat, awesome looking glasses and her mane was pretty awesome looking. She started to play really good music.

We partied for awhile. We had fun; I got to meet Big Mac. I met a lot of other ponies too. I met the Cakes, a mare named Carrot Top, the mayor, Bon Bon, Lyra Heartstrings, and a lot of other ponies.

Later into the party I hear someone yell, “Play some of your human music!”

Everyone else was agreeing. My friends came up to me and were giving me puppy-eyes. AW… how can you say no?
“Alright everyone, are you ready to party?” I yell as I click the play button.

The lyrics soon came in. I decided to play something diffrent beside rock. So I chose Dubstep, but not a really loud one. I think they already like this song. In a second, I saw my friends bobbing their head to the beat, causing a few other ponies to nod their heads lightly. I began to swing my body to the lyrics. Rainbow Dash flew next to me doing the same. I guess our swaying was hypnotic, because a ton of ponies were now swaying with us. 

Then everypony was now dancing on their hooves and shaking their heads to the beat. All of the ponies were now dancing to the song and some began to sing even though they had heard the song once. After a few more minutes, the song faded out and it ended.

“Want to hear another song?!” I shout to the crowd as I went back to the Music Library.
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Man… these ponies know how to party! We were dancing for awhile. Soon, I just got tired and went to sit at a table. I grabbed a cupcake and some punch along the way. The DJ came up to me and said we should meet up sometimes. Her real name was Vinyl Scratch.

My friends came to join me at the table. We had a nice chat for awhile; we talked about how I liked it in Ponyville so far, how the ponies are. Rainbow and Applejack had strange drinks with them. “What kind of drinks are those?” I ask, curiously.

The both have a huge smile on their faces. Rainbow dash raises the mug and points a hoof at it. “This is the Apple Family’s hard sider.” She says. “Want to try some?”

“Is it alcohol? I’m not much of a drinker.” I reply. “Well, if it’s not too strong I guess I’ll give it a try.”

Rainbow dashes from her seat and went to grab a mug. She comes back with a decent sized mug and sets it in front of me. I grab the mug by the handle and observe the beverage. It looks like soda back on Earth. I look at my friends and they all are glancing at me, watching me get ready to drink it.

I look back down at the drink and shrugged. “What the heck.” I raise the mug into the air. “To a new life in a wonderful world!” I hear a round of stomping at my statement. “Down the hatch.” I tilted the drink back and downed it in one go. It tastes similar to soda.

“Wow that’s good stuff, AJ.” All my friends were staring at me in disbelief. “What? Is there something on my face?” I wiped my hand across my mouth and saw nothing. I asked what the problem was. Rainbow flew off and dashed back with another mug, asking me to drink again. I obliged. They yet again, looked at me in disbelief.

“What? You’re all scaring me now.”

“I think it’s time for a drinking contest, AJ.” Rainbow informs Applejack. AJ nods and walks off. A... drinking contest?

A few minutes later, the table was set up with around twenty five mugs of cider. The contest was Rainbow, Applejack and I. Pinkie was going to monitor the contest. There was a small crowd of spectators around us.

“Alright everypony! We have a drinking contest with Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and the guest of honor: Michael!”

I can hear cheering in the crowd and soon the game began…
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“Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!” the crowd was chanting. The game was basically see who can chug down the most sider the quickest. It looked like I was winning. Applejack and I were the only ones in the game. Rainbow went out cold a few mugs ago. Whenever I come close to a few mugs, Pinkie rushes off and comes back with more.

I start to feel a little light headed, but I am still my normal self. “You give up, AJ?” I ask.

“Ne *hic* eva!” she slurs. “I never ever lo-” THUD! There went Applejack. It looks like I won…

Pinkie appears next to me raising my arm into the air. “And the winner is Michael! Congratulations!” 

Twilight walks up to me, with a look of worry. “You alright, Michael?”

“Yeah, I’m fine.” I respond. I try to stand up, but I feel so light headed. 

“Ugh… I feel a little light-headed. I think I drank too much.” I said, rubbing my forehead with both hands.

“Here let me help…” her horn starts to glow and my light-headedness goes away. I feel fine.

“Wow… I feel great,” I said, astounded. “Thanks Twilight.” I smiled at her. She smiled back.

Twilight yawned. “How about we go home? It’s getting late and I’m tired.”

“What about the party? Shouldn’t we help clean up?” I ask. I don’t want to leave a party that was made for me and not help at all.

“Don’t worry. Pinkie will have it clean quickly.” Twilight giggled. “Trust me.”

We then walked home toward the library. 

What a great day it has been.

End of Chapter 5

> Chapter 6: A Job, and a New Hobby
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Chapter 6: A Job, and a New Hobby

I woke up this morning, feeling fantastic. The town of Ponyville seems to have gotten used to me. They are no longer uneasy of me; instead they see me as another one of their kind. I seemed to mesmerize the town a bit, since I was walking around with Twilight and my friends, and then Pinkie threw the ‘Welcome to Ponyville!’ party. I got to know a lot of ponies, and they got to know me. It feels good to be welcomed.

I rolled off bed, do a quick stretch, and yawn. It’s going to be another day. I believe I might go visit Applejack’s place and start working. Pinkie said if I wanted another job, I can come work at Sugarcube Corner and help with the baking and orders. ‘I have to stop by Rarity’s and check to see if she has any clothes done…’  I hint myself.

I grab my shirt and my pants and head for the shower.


After my shower, I come down the stairs to the smell of something delicious hitting my nostrils. I guess somepony is cooking this morning… hey I’m getting used to the pony slang. I walk into the kitchen to find Twilight cooking breakfast. I walk up next to her and scratch behind her ears, which made her giggle.

“Good morning, Twilight.” I say.

“Morning, Michael.” she said.

“So, what’s for breakfast?” I ask. By the looks of what she’s cooking, it looks like pancakes. I love pancakes; they are so good, especially with syrup.

“I decided to make some pancakes, with no hay of course.” she replies.

“Well, they smell good, I’ll give you that.” I compliment. “Do you need any help? I need something to do this morning.”

“Some help would be delightful.”

We made pancakes for ourselves and for Spike, whenever he wakes up. Twilight decided to let him sleep in, since he is an excellent helper and number one assistant. I sit down at the table, and grab some syrup and just coat my pancakes. I look up to see Twilight giving me a disbelief look. “Uh… opps?” I say, embarrassed.

“Would you like more pancakes with your syrup?” she asks, giggling.

I roll my eyes. “Funny.”

I take my knife and fork and stab my fork into a pancake. I use my knife to cut a small piece, and I bring the food to my lips. When I take a bite, it was the most appetizing thing I have ever had. I can see Twilight glancing at me, I guess she wants to know if it was okay. I quickly grab another piece, and take another bite. “Twilight, these are the most appetizing pancakes I have ever eaten in my entire life.”

Twilight smiles. “Oh, stop it. You’re just saying that.”

I shake my head. “No, I’m serious.” I remember when I usually go to Denny’s for breakfast, and I just order some pancakes. 

“This is better than what most restaurants make on my world.”

“Thanks, then.”

I smile and reply. “You’re Welcome.”

Spike comes down the stairs, yawning like crazy. Someone must have had a good sleep. He heads into the kitchen. I can hear the fridge open, glasses getting moved and then something getting poured. He comes out about two minutes later and joins us at the table.

“Good morning, Spike.” I say as he sits down. “How’d you sleep?”

“Eh…good.” he replies tiredly. He lets out another long yawn.

“Someone was up late last night.” I say with a chuckle.

“Yeah, I did stay up late, a little.”

We had a nice chat for around an hour. I help Twilight clean the dishes and clean up. I usually always help people clean. Either when I’m the guest or someone else is the guest.

“Well, I’m going to Applejacks.” I say. “I might as well start working.”

“Okay, Michael. See you later.” Twilight replies, with a sigh.

“I’ll be back.” I say in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s tone of voice. Twilight gives me a flustered look. I just chuckle and head for the door. Before I walk out I grab a couple of books: ‘Equestrian History’, ‘History and Uses of Magic’, and ‘The Book to Equestrian Science’

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As I walked through town, I was getting ‘Hello!’s and waves from everypony. I just smile and wave back. I watch as I walked, the ponies trotting back and forth doing their casual daily strolls to their jobs or going shopping, or just want to go for a walk. I can see Applejack’s farm up ahead so I hasten my pace.

I can see Applejack having a nice rest next to a tree, drinking from a glass of water. She smiles when she sees me approaching and waves me over with her hoof.

“G’ morning, Mike!” she says as she tips her at me in a greeting. “Ya’ here to start workin’ on the farm?”

I chuckle, and set the books down and do a quick stretch. “Eeyup! I never worked on a farm before; plus, I hear its good exercise.”

“Indeed it is!” she chuckles. “Let’s see how good ya’ are with those legs of yours.”

She walks toward a tree and beckons be move, which I oblige. She begins to explain how to buck a tree. ““Now apple bucking isn’t all about strength. It’s where ya’ deliver the kick. That’s what gets all the little apples out of the trees.” AJ demonstrates to me by using one of her back legs and kicked the truck of the tree. When she did so, rustles can be heard and a few dozen red fruit fell to the ground.

I walk up to the tree and begin to examine it. Human’s don’t have hard hooves like she does, but I had my shoes on, making the kick a little harder. Could it be the same? 

“Let’s give it a try.”

I walk up to another tree that was next to the tree she bucked. I went into a ready stance for the kick; I stood on one leg and scent a fast kick to the very center of the tree, my flat foot hit the trunk; around five or so apples fell to the ground. I turned around, and looked at Applejack and shrugged.

She had an engrossed look on her face. She seemed pretty impressed. “Well ah’ll be, that’s pretty impressive for a beginner.” she states. “I believe we can keep ya’ around.”

“Let’s get to work then.” I say with a smile. She nods and we get to work.

After around ten more trees I got into the whole technique of kicking a tree to get the apples down. I didn’t really kick out that many apples due to human legs not being that strong as a pony’s. I was listening to music to pass the time. Big Mac came out and was impressed to see me working alongside Applejack buck, or in my case, kick the apples down. At some point, I was tired so she told me to help Big Mac with carrying the jugs of Apples to the barn. My shirt started to get wet from sweating so much so I took it off, showing off my toned chest. I put my shirt with my books, which were now on their porch and went back to work. 

A few hours later they said I can go ahead and go home for the day, and to come back tomorrow around the same time. I thanked them and I went and walked to the park. I kept my shirt off only because I was still sweating like crazy, and my shirt was soaked with sweat. I don’t mind not wearing a shirt at all, doesn’t bother me. As I walked to the park, all the mares were eyeing me as I walked passed and started to whisper to each other.

I found a bench to sit down at. I sat, leaned back, relax and opened the book ‘Equestrian History’. I always had a side for reading, might as well get used to reading Equestrian books right? I learned a lot from books so this will be quiet easy. As I read, I learned about the three factions of ponies: The Earth pony, the Pegasi, and the Unicorn. I learned how they never really got along with each other, always arguing with each other. Then it started to snow, and the factions started to argue with each other.

There was also a section about a pony named Nightmare Moon, who was apparently, Princess Luna. ‘Hmmm… interesting…’ The section talked about how two regal sisters who ruled together and created harmony across the land. Their subjects, the ponies, played in the day but "shunned" the night and slept through it, which made the younger unicorn grow bitter, eventually refusing to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. Her bitterness transformed her into a "Wicked mare of darkness", Nightmare Moon. So Princess Celestia harnessed the powers of the so called ‘Elements of Harmony’ to take down her sister and banished her to the moon. Wow that must have been hard; doing that to your own sister. Then Princess Celestia took responsibility of both the sun and the moon.

As I continued to read, I came across a entry called ‘Mare in the Moon’ which is when on the longest day of the 1000th year, the stars were going to aid Nightmare Moon’s escape and bring nighttime eternal. The day she returned, it was on a day called the ‘Summer Sun Celebration’. Princess Celestia suspiciously disappears. So, the day comes and she starts nighttime eternal. ‘What’s this…?’ I questionably thought as I read on. 

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…On the same day, Twilight Sparkle - Princess Celestia’s personal protégé - and her friends: Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Rarity attempt to find the Elements of Harmony and use their power to defeat Nightmare Moon. Along the way, Nightmare Moon tried to stop them in various ways.

The mares locate the Elements of Harmony in the old city ruins in the Everfree Forest. The six mares find each other’s friendships real, and each attain their own Element; they confront Nightmare Moon and transformed her back into Princess Luna, and her older sister, Princess Celestia, accepts her back with open hooves.

These six heroines, known as the Elements of Harmony, are remembered for saving Princess Luna and defeating Nightmare Moon. Applejack, earned the Element of Honesty. Pinkie Pie, earned the Element of Laughter. Rarity, earned the Element of Generosity. Rainbow Dash, earned the Element of Loyalty. Fluttershy, earned the Element of Kindness. Twilight Sparkle earned the most powerful of them all – the Element of Magic.
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“Why wasn’t I told about this?...” I mumbled. I guess they either forgot to tell me, or they just didn’t want to. I should talk to Twilight about that later.

After around another hour, I decided it was around time to go to Rarity’s place and check up on my clothes. I closed the book with a loud ‘WHUMP!’ and started to my next destination.

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I walked up to the door of the Carousel Boutique and opened the door. Her bell once again signaled that someone has entered her place with a ‘CHING’. I walked up to the counter and called out. “Hey Rarity! It’s Michael, you home?”

“Just a minute, darling!” I hear Rarity call out. From the inside, I hear chattering. It sounds Rarity was reasoning with another customer. My curiousness got the best of me, so I snuck up to the door way and took a closer listen to the conversations going on in the other room.

"…but, I've never felt this way before. I've read books about this kind of thing, but it's different when you experience it for real."

The first voice was obviously Rarity, which voice was easy to identify. The second voice sounds like Twilight. What are they talking about? 

"Twilight, the real thing is different than what the books tell you. If you show those feelings now, you will more than likely ruin the only chance you have at happiness with him."  

‘… Girl stuff.’ I thought. ‘Are they talking about a stallion that Twilight likes?’

"I guess you're right, Rarity. But when should I show my feelings towards him?"

"Darling, I couldn't tell you that. It would have to be a time when you're ready to tell him. But if you ask me, I would wait till he likes you before telling him."

I decided to stop eavesdropping and I walked back the counter resting the book on it. Twilight and Rarity come out from the other room, I smile.“Hey Rarity, and hello Twilight.”

They greeted me back happily. They also noticed that I was not wearing my shirt, which was hanging over my shoulder. I sighed. “Sorry, my shirt kind of got sweaty from working on the farm.” 

“Don’t worry about it, darling.” she says with a smile.

“You have any clothes ready for me?” I ask. I then look down at my chest. “Or a shirt at least.” I would really love a new shirt by now.

“Of course!” she beams. “Wait, here I’ll go and get them.” Rarity heads back into the other room.

Twilight and I went ahead and had a chat while we waited for Rarity. A small little filly came down the stairs, oblivious that we were there and walked into the room Rarity was in. After around another minute, Rarity came back with two shirts and a pair of pants.

“These are what I have done so far. I plan on making a few more for you.” I take the shirts from her magical grasp. They are regular t-shirts. One was black, and the other was white. I grabbed the black one and put it on. Perfect fit.

“They’re perfect Rarity.” I pick her up and gave her a quick friendly hug. She did a small ‘eep!’ but accepted the hug.

“There's somepony I want you to meet.” she tells me. “Sweetie Belle! Quite hiding and come out and meet my friend, Michael!” Ahh, so the filly was acting? The same little filly that I saw come down the stairs came out from the other room. She looked a little nervous, probably because she has never seen anything like me before. I just smile, to show that I am a nice person.

“H-hello” she says. The little filly had a whiteish coat, her mane and tail was in a fancy-like style like Rarity’s, the colors were pink and light purple. She had big green eyes too.

“Hello, Sweetie Belle, my names Michael. I guess you’re Rarity’s sister?”

“Yes I am.”

“You don’t have to be afraid of me. I’m nice, I understand since I am a creature that everyone has never seen before.”

She jumped onto the couch that was in the room, sitting next to me and started to ask questions.

“What are you exactly?” she asks, curiosity in her voice.

“I am called a human. We walk on two legs, he don’t have fur like you all have; just hair on our heads.”

“How do you stay warm, then?” 

“Well, we make ourselves clothes that keep us warm. On really cold days, like during the winter, we wear clothes called sweaters or jackets and those keep us warm during the winter.”

She kept asking questions for the next twenty or so minutes. All on what we do, what we can make and so on. I happily answered her questions, and her eyes seem to just be lit with curiosity.

“You know… my class has a show-and-tell tomorrow.” She says. “Can you be my show and tell, buddy?”

“Sweetie I don’t think that’s a-” Rarity was going to protest on her suggestion but I raised a hand to interrupt her.

“I don’t mind at all Rarity. I’m sure the little ones around the town are curious about me but their parents probably won’t let them near me.” I smiled back at Sweetie Belle. “I don’t mind being a part of the show-and-tell class. I’m sure your teacher won’t mind too.”

“Well… alright then.”

“Yay!” Sweetie Belle jumps and hugs me tightly. I laugh and hug her back.

“I’ll come by tomorrow and pick you up and we can walk to the school then.”

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I approached Rarity’s place then next morning to get Sweetie Belle and go to her school for a show-and-tell. Before I can even reach the door, Sweetie Belle came out with a saddlebag on her back. She runs up to me, grinning from ear to ear.

“Good morning, Michael!” she greets.

“Good morning, Sweetie Belle. Are you ready for school?” I ask.

“Yes!” she started to hop around me in a circle, saying yes over and over again.

‘So. Freaking. Cute.’ I thought to myself.

We walked through Ponyville, getting greetings from everyone we passed. Sweetie Belle kept rambling about how this day was going to be great. She looked up at the clock and gasped.

“Sweetie Belle?” I ask. “What’s wrong?”

“We are going to be late! How are we going to get there now?”

I got an idea.

“I have an idea.”

“What’s that?” she asks curiously. I put on a smile.

“Hold on.”

I then picked her up, and she let out a really cute squeal as I did so. I put her under my arms and sprinted toward the school.


We arrived at the school gates, and I put the little filly down at my feet. I was puffing and panting. “Piece *pant* of *pant* cake.” I was trying my best to catch my breath, putting my hands on my knees.

“That was awesome!” she said amazed and hugged my legs. “Come one, let’s head inside.”

I walked up to the doors and opened them and beckoned her to go in first. She happily trotted inside and went to put her bag next to her desk. I stayed back, unnoticed by the class or the teacher. I looked around the room to see paintings on the walls, some with hoof prints on them, others are drawings. There was a chalkboard at the front of the class with the teacher’s desk in front of it.  Fillies and colts sat at the desks, all with different color coats, waiting for their teacher to speak.

A purple female pony was sitting at the desk, absorbed by work on her desk. She has pinkish color to her mane, green eyes, and three flowers on her flank. She then stood up and looked at the class.

“Good morning class.” She greets, a big smile on her face.

“Good morning, Miss Cheerilee.” The whole class says in unison. So that’s her name.

“Today, we are going to have a show and tell, then we will go out for recess and after we will do some math problems.” Miss Cheerilee said happily, the class cheered.

She scanned the room, and every little filly and colt had something to show the class on her desk.

Except for Sweetie Belle.

“Sweetie Belle, did you bring something to show the class today?” she asks.

I decided to speak up. “She didn’t bring something, but she did bring someone.” I stepped away from the corner I was in and showed myself to the class. The whole class gasped seeing me in their classroom. 

“Well, hello. I didn’t expect to see someone like you before.” Cherrilee said. “I’m Miss Cheerilee, and welcome to the school in Ponyville.”

I smile to the whole class. “It’s great to be here. I’m Michael, Michael Scott. Everyone calls me Mike.”

“Well, I guess you can be first for show and tell today.” She says.

Cheerilee turned and started to write names on the blackboard with some chalk that she held in her mouth. Her writing was beautiful, all curly and stuff. Just like any other female teacher.

“Sweetie Belle, you can go first today.” I saw Sweetie Belle’s eyes go wide, but put on a confident smile.

The little filly and I went and stood my Cheerilee’s desk, and we faced the class.

“This is Michael.” Sweetie announced to the class.

“Hello, Michael.” The class chant back.

“Michael is the nicest guy anypony will meet. He helps just about anypony, plays games, and from what I heard, can cook too. He even got me here on time today when we thought we were going to be late.”

I shrug and chuckle.

“You can get about anywhere with these legs.”

“Why don’t you tell the class about yourself, Mike?” Sweetie Belle gave me a nudge with her snout on my leg.

I step towards the eager class, their eyes looked like they were full of questions; just like the day I met Twilight and the others.

“As you all know, my name is Michael.” I start. “Any questions?” A hoof shot up in the middle of the set of desks. “Yes, you in the middle.”

“What are you?” asks a small red filly.

“I am what we call a human. We walk on two legs, we don’t have any fur all over our body like you all do; we just have hair on our head, and we grow hair on our chests if you are male. We wear clothes all the time to keep us warm, and other obvious reasons.”

Another hoof shot up in the front row, it was a colt with a light blue coat. “Yes, you?”

“Where are you from?” he asks.

“I come from a different world.” At that statement, I get a few gasps from the class. “I’m not dangerous though, I am the nicest human you can meet.”

A hoof came up from the back row, an orange colt. “What do you eat?”

‘Here we go…’  “We are omnivores, which mean we eat plants and meat.” I got looks of horror and fear. “But! I do not eat meat anymore. Not in this world, I can eat fruits and veggies and still live.”

I sighed in relief when the class seemed to calm down.

A purple hoof came from a small filly. “What’s on your back?”

I take off my bag, and show it to the class. “This is what we use to carry thing around in. It is very similar to the saddlebags you all carry on your backs.”

I opened my bag and took out my laptop. The class seemed to be curious about the strange device; even Miss Cherrilee was interested.

“I can see you all are interested in this. This is something we make back on my world. This is called a laptop.”

I then begin to explain what the laptop was; what it does, what it can do, similar thing I told the girls. I turned it on to get the class even more interested. “Who wants to hear some music?” I ask.

The class cheered.

After around three minutes of playing music, the music was over.

The class was dancing to the music, even Miss Cherrilee. They bobbed their heads to the beat. Two fillies didn’t look like they were having any fun though.

“I can see you all liked that.”

“Yes!” they cheered.

‘BRIIIIIIIIIIING!’

“Awwwwww!”

“Well class it’s time for recess.” Miss Cheerilee announces.

“Well, that was fun.” I say. It was just me and the teacher in the room.

Miss Cheerilee, giggled and retorted. “I concur. That was good music.” She paused for a minute and looked up at me. “You know, I never seen Sweetie Belle be so happy in her life. I think you should be with her more often.”

“She seems to have fun around me, I’ll give ya that.” I respond. “I’ll keep that in mind. I always have fun around the kids, ya know. I used to always volunteer at a school and help the teacher teach the class; and help the students with any problems in their work.”

She seemed to perk up when I told her this. “Really?” I nod. “Well, I do need some extra help around the children; do you want to become my assistant?”

I was really excited now. A job and a hobby, I am seriously going to like it here now. “I would love to be your assistant.”
She literally jumped up and down in joy. I laughed, because all the ponies look adorable when they do it.

“I’ll be outside.”

“Sure thing, Michael.”


When I went out the door, I went onto the playground and looked for Sweetie Belle. All of the fillies and colts were playing with each other, having fun. Some ponies were sitting at picnic tables. I found Sweetie Belle with two other fillies; they were walking to the two fillies that did not seem to like the music. When I got closer, I can hear them talking. The two ponies normal ponies. One’s coat was a faded pink and her cutie mark showed a tiara. Her mane and tail were styled in a very prim design, the colors being thick stripes of white and faded violet. The other’s coat was gray while her cutie mark was a silver spoon with a red gem embedded in the end. Her mane and tail were a lighter shade of gray, also styled into a classic form. She also wore blue-rimmed glasses and a pearl necklace. As they both had their backs turned, I could not make out their eye colors. The two that were with Sweetie Belle, I believe were her friends, one was a Pegasus and the other looked like a normal pony. The normal pony had a light yellow shade to her coat. Her mane’s color was a shade of red, wrapped with a pinkish bow. The Pegasus had an orange coat, with purple eyes. Her mane was purple in a style like Rainbow Dash’s mane. Both of them bad blank flanks. 

“I don’t know why you even keep trying, Apple Bloom. It’s been awhile since you founded the so-called ‘Cutie Mark Crusaders’ and you STILL haven’t found your cutie mark! Just accept it. You’re blank flanks for life.” I heard the pink filly boast, I immediately disliked her tone.

The Pegasus speaks up, “What makes you think that?! Maybe we just haven’t found out special talents yet! EVERYPONY gets a cutie mark some point in their life! It just takes time to find ours!” Her tone was just like Rainbow Dash’s: a tomboyish type of tone.

The gray one speaks up this time. “I wouldn’t be sure. I have seen an old man without a cutie mark. What makes you think you could if he didn’t?” she said in taunting manner.

“Well I don’t believe you.” Sweetie Belle said.

“Maybe we should go ask him if he wants to join your club as a Crusader. Right, Spoon?” these bullies started to giggle with each other.

Alright, I had enough. I was a victim of bullying at points in my life, and I would not tolerate this kind of foolishness. I snuck up behind the two fillies, my shadow covering their sun. 

“Wha…” she stopped laughing and looked up at me. Sweetie Belle was happy to see me and her friends were surprised. I did not have a pleased look on my face. I had an antagonizing look. I stood there towering over them, with my arms crossed. I guess these two did not expect me to intervene their little bully session.

“You know… I’m a nice person to everypony; but when someone starts to bully someone else, especially a filly that I am great friends with, you gets on my bad side. I suggest you leave these three alone, before this gets ugly.” I did not falter in my words. I made sure they can get the subtle point and take a hike.

“What’s it to you? I am telling the truth!” the filly with the tiara yelled. She started to attract some attention from the others on the playground.

“Do you think they want to be reminded they don’t have any cutie marks? I know one day, they will have their cutie marks. You were a blank flank at one point, correct?” I began to have a smirk form on my lips.

She grumbled something I couldn’t make out.

“Well, I’m sure you were bullied too at one point. I know what it felt like to be the one receiving all the hate, and getting laughed at. They will get their marks one day, I know it. We all have a talent we don’t know we are good at, and when we realize it, we cherish what we are good at.”

“That doesn’t mean anything!” said the pink one with the glasses.

“Well, since I can’t get the point into any of you.” I squat down, and get into their faces. I snicker and say. “Detention after school. Both of you.”

“You don’t have any right to do that!” the gray one said.

“In fact I do. You are now yelling at your teacher’s assistant. So that gives me some some authority to do what I want with you children; and so as I said: Detention after school.”

The two fillies seem to be steaming with anger; they let out an ‘Hmp!’ and raise their snouts into the air and walk off. “I expect to see you two there!” I yell out to them. The children were laughing their flanks off.

“Whatever you say, blank flank!” the pink one yells.

I just laugh and shout back. “Human’s don’t get cutie marks! We have a lot of talents anyway!”

I turned toward the three fillies. They both were gazing at me in astonishment. “You three alright?” I ask.

The Pegasus jumped, “That was awesome!”

The regular pony jumped to, “I agree! That was really awesome, Mister Michael!”

I laugh at the three cute fillies. “Just call me Michael. I don’t like others getting bullied. It’s just plain wrong.”

“I believe we are going to be mutual enemies from now on.” I retort and grinned. “Anyway, Sweetie Belle. Who are your friends?”

The one with a bow stepped forward, “The name’s Apple Bloom. And this Scootaloo. But if ya want, you can call us…”

The three fillies suddenly got very close together and shouted in unison, “THE CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS!!!”

I chuckle at the cuteness in front of me. I took a moment to think over their title in my head. “So… You three are on a crusade to discover your unique talents so you can acquire your cutie marks?”

Applebloom grinned, “Yup! We try everythin’ we can to see if we can get our quite marks!”

‘BRIIIIIIIING!’

“Looks like it’s time to get back to class girls.” I say and we walk back to the schoolhouse. 


Back inside the classroom, Cheerilee was teaching the class, well, math. It was pretty simple, Addition, Subtraction, Division, and Multiplication. I stood near Sweetie Belle’s desk and looked at the book that they were using. Later in the lesson, Cheerilee asked the class to open their math books and do pages twenty to thirty. Sweetie Belle was getting confused on multiplication, so I helped her by showing her an example. 5x5: I showed her that five was the original number, and five is how many you have of it. I even showed her that you can put it as five plus five plus five plus five plus five and get the answer twenty-five. Miss Cheerilee asked me to help the class is they needed it. When I asked if anyone needed any help a lot of hooves shot up. ‘Time to get to work…’ Its fun teaching kids; I love it here.

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I returned to the library, pretty late. I walked through the door to find Twilight sleeping on the couch with a book sitting on her chest, soft little snores escaping her snout. I chuckled and decided to take her to her bed. I went and picked up the book, and grabbed her bookmark and placed it where she left off. I then put Twilight in my arms. She squirmed a bit, trying to find the ground, but she stayed asleep. I walked up to her room and opened the door gently. I walked to her bed and moved the covers and placed the sleeping Twilight in the bed. I tucked her in, She sighed, happily and snuggled into the covers and continued to snore. I tip-toed to the door and closed it behind me.

I went to my room and put my bad next to the nightstand. I took out my phone and placed it on the nightstand, with my headphones. I took off my shirt and pants and hung them on a chair that was in the room. I climbed into bed and laid my head on the pillows. Slowly, I let sleep overcome me. I was thinking what my life will continue to be like, and bow I believe it is going to be fantastic.

Then I finally went to sleep

End of Chapter 6

> Chapter 7: A Suit for the Gala
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Chapter 7: A Suit for the Gala

A week has passed since I arrived in Equestria. It has been the same routine over and over: Get up, work, go help the school, talk with friends, sleep. The Cutie Mark Crusaders will ask me to help them every now and then, or just to come play with them. So far, it has just been fantastic here. I was walking through Ponyville, enjoying the day. The Apple family asked me to take a day off, since I have been working hard. I received my pay for working so far – 200 bits. Yeah it seems a lot, I even denied taking so much money but they insisted and I just cannot lose an argument with those big puppy eyes they throw at you . . . 

“Michael!” I hear a voice call from behind me. “Wait up!”

Running straight at me from down the path, wearing her saddlebags on her back, was my great friend Twilight with Spike following right behind.

“Hey, Twilight.” I greet. “What’s the rush? Did I forget something?”

Twilight smiled warmly. “No, but I need you to come with me to Rarity’s”

“Why is that?” I wondered. “Did I forget something important?”

She gave me a grave look. “Don’t you know? The Grand Galloping Galla is coming up! She needs you to come over to take measurements.”

“Never heard of it.” I retort. “What’s so special about this Gala?” I said ‘Gala’ out loud and she snapped. “Shh! don’t say it out loud!” she glanced around, as if checking to make sure she wasn’t being followed.

I gave Spike a confused glance. “What’s so special about this Gala? And why doesn’t she want me saying this out loud?” 

“It’s a grand event that everypony wants to go to at least once in their life. It’s only held once a year, at the city of Canterlot.” He explained quiet enough only for us to hear. “And the only way to get a ticket is to be directly invited by Princess Celesta herself. So the reason why you don’t want to say it out to the world is because if everypony found out you have an extra, you will be pestered about it until you give it to someone.”

Spike took out eight tickets, each looking like they were made of gold. “Okay… I count eight. . . Which means there’s one for Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, both you and Twilight. So who’s the eighth one for?”

“You, silly!” Twilight laughed. “That’s why I need you to come with me, so Rarity can take your measurements!”

“I don’t know, Twilight…” I said uneasily. “Only Ponyville knows about me. And going to a city that will be filled with ponies from everywhere around the world, and to add to that, the princesses don’t really know about me.” Going to Canterlot, I can just imagine the chaos. Ponies running away and getting the guards, armed with swords and lances . . . being captured and being put into a dungeon. Don’t get me wrong I am initially excited being invited to such a grand event

Twilight giggled. “Well, don’t worry about it. We attended the Gala last year, so I can tell you what to expect. I used lived in Canterlot. It’s going to be a bit boring and dull, but once you go with friends it’s much more fun.”

I frowned. “What about the princesses?”

Twilight smiles wide and regards me. “Don’t worry. I already sent a letter to Princess Celesta. She’s eager to meet you.”

Part of me wanted to go to this event, getting to meet the princesses, ponies from around the world, getting known to the world. But there was a feeling in my gut telling me to deny the request, stay home and let the girls have their fun. They are my friends, so I’ll go with them to make them happy. If I said no I would get so many puppy-eyes. I can just see it now, the adorableness from those eyes . . . you just can’t say no.

“Alright.” I said. “I’ll go.”

Twilight did a little cheer. “Come on, let’s get going!” She trotted behind me and started to nudge me forward with her head.

“Ouch!” I yelped. “Watch the horn!”

Twilight blushed, embarrassed. “Heh… sorry.”

“No worries.”


As we walked through Ponyville, I was pondering on what Canterlot would be like. It’s a big city, from what Twilight told me. Before I could even think any further, Pinkie leaped out of nowhere in particular. 

“Mikey!” Pinkie shouts. “Get under something! My tails twitching!”

I looked at Pinkie, oblivious to what’s going on. Her tail was twitching like it was having a seizure. Looking around, everything seems normal. Nothing out of the ordinary. “Pinkie? What’s going on?”

Before she could answer me I was knocked to the ground as something crashed into be from behind. My glasses flew off my head. I grunt as I hit the ground.

The impact was not painful, but it was enough force to bring me to the ground. I turned my head to see a mare pegasus on top of me. “Um . . . Miss? Can you get off, please?”

The pegasus stood up and allowed me to stand. Her coat was a light gray while her mane and tail were a faded yellow. Her cutie mark was a set of seven bubbles. What caught my attention the most were her yellow eyes, they were cross-eyed. “I’m sorry mister. I didn’t mean to run into you.”

I stared at the odd Pegasus as she gazed at me with her strange eyes. “Don’t worry about it.” I said. “I don’t believe we have met. I’m Michael Scott, and you are . . .?”

“The name’s Derpy! Derpy Hooves.” she replied. “Nice to meet you, Michael.” I snickered under my breath, since ‘derp’ is a slang term back on Earth that came from the internet.

I smiled. “Nice to meet you too, Miss Derpy. If you don’t mind me asking: What’s the rush?”

“I’m looking for the muffins. I can smell them! Where are they?” she asked and starts to glance around.

I point to Sugarcube Corner, “If it’s muffins you want, Sugarcube Corner is right over there.”  Derpy then turned and ran toward the bakery.

“Strange mare. . .” I said. “But she’s nice.”

Twilight trotted over to me with a smile, “I see you met the mailmare. You alright, Michael?”

“Yeah, I’m fine.” I said as I brushed myself off. We continued to Rarity’s place with Pinkie following. “What was that all about?”

Pinkie Pie explained, “My tail’s kind of like a sixth sense to me. I call it my Pinkie Sense since I seem to be the only pony to have it. For example, when my tail twitches, it means something’s going to fall! And something fell, all right!”

“So, it’s like a hazard alarm?”

“Well, not all the time. Sometimes when my back is itchy, it means it’s my lucky day! And sometimes I get ‘combos’.”

“Combos? So that mean like more than once?” I asked.

“Yup! Like Ear flop, then knee twitch, then eye flutter? That means the sky is about to be graced with a beautiful rainbow!"

“Any other combos?” I ask, curiously.

“Yeah! There’s Ear flop, then eye flutter, then knee twitch. That usually means 'look out for opening doors'." Pinkie said.

“Opening doors?” I repeated. We just arrived at Rarity’s front doors. I reach for the door handle. . .

Pinkie starts to spasm again. “Uh-oh! Ear flop! Eye Flutter! Knee Twitch!” 

“What does that mean again?” My question was answered when I turned the door handle and it was flung open hitting me right in the face, I thought I would be slammed into the building’s wall, but I guess I held my ground as I just stood there, a bit of blood trickling down my face, before I fell and blacked out.


I woke up feeling like I was hit by a truck. My face stung the most.

I saw a blue ceiling above me. I heard a conversation coming from another room, and smelled perfume in the air. I was lying on a purple couch, probably in Rarity’s place since that’s where the mishap taken place.

I sat up, and a white cloth fell off my face. I realize there was blood on it. Taking the cloth to my nose, I blow and even more blood comes out. The flow seemed to stop. A box of tissues sat next to me, so I took a few and went to stand and head into the other room.

Walking into the next room, Twilight, Spike, and Rarity were having a conversation. 

“Girls, what happened?” I ask.

Twilight gave me a worried look, and then it changed to a smile. “The door slammed right into you. You took quite a blow to your face and blacked out.”

I chuckle. “I don’t really remember. I just remember Pinkie having another spasm as I reached for the door.”

“I’m sorry for opening the door right into your face, Michael.” Rarity apologized.

I gave her a tender smile. “Don’t worry about it. It was a accident.”

Rarity smiles back. I don’t like making my friends sad, or upset. So, I cheer them up pretty quick with smiles and I offer them something or ask them to come with me somewhere. Remembering the conversation with Twilight and Spike from earlier, I decide to get to the point. 

“So, you wanted to see me, Rarity?” I ask.

Rarity instantly perks up. “Oh, yes dear!” she beams. “I need to take measurements for your suit to the Gala.”

“Well, I’m ready when you are.”

Rarity nods. “Come with me.” 

She leads me back into the main room. Like the last time I came to get measurements, I saw mannequins, shaped like ponies, some draped in outfits in various stages of completion. This time, on the mannequins, were six outfits that looked quite ravishing. The first one that caught my eye was a blue dress, decorated with diamond colored stars. The next dress was pink, with candy and bows decorating it – this obviously belongs to a certain pink pony. The third dress had a rainbow-pattern; on the edges looked like clouds, and holes were cut out for wings. The fourth dress was a brown saddle, with green drapes. A green collar with an apple on it, and green boots. A cowboy hat was resting on the head of the mannequin. The fifth dress was all green.  Flowers and butterflies were the décor, and green slippers. This dress looked like it was a part of nature. The last dress was a dress fit for a princess.  A yellow tiara rested on the head of the mannequin, and the dress was colored in beautiful colors of pink and dark purple.

“I am going to take a quick guess,” I said. “These dresses belong to you all?”

Rarity turns, and smiles brightly. “Correct my dear! These are for the Gala. I asked the girls to bring them to me to repair them before the Gala.”

I take a closer look, at the dresses. She has the potential to make any type of outfit you ask from her. “Well, you do know how to make beautiful dresses.”

“It IS my special talent, darling.” she replies. “Now, come here and let me measure you.” I went and stood on a stand in the middle of the room. She brings a tape measure into her magical grasp and starts her measuring process.


Rarity finished her measuring and told me that she will begin on a suit immediately. I thanked her and Twilight and I left. We decided to go out for lunch so we stopped by at a restaurant called ‘The Green Leaf’. I had a small salad, and an apple. Twilight ordered a daisy-sandwich. We enjoyed our lunch, having a conversation about what the Gala was like. After an hour, we decided to call it a day and head home.


The next day, jolt awake after a loud crash of something massive falling downstairs. Worried, I rush down the stairs to find one of the bookshelves have fallen over. Books were scattered all over the place. Twilight looked really agitated, so I approached slowly.

“Everything alright, Twilight?” I ask.

Twilight grumbled. “I accidently knocked down one of my bookcases, now I have to reshelf the whole thing.”

“Need some help?”

Twilight glanced over toward me. She looks grateful that I want to help. She smiles and her horn starts to glow, taking some books into her magical grasp.

“I would love some help.” Twilight said. “This might take awhile, so I hope you don’t mind.”

I smile. “Don’t worry about it. I’m a guest in your household, so I am willing to help you with anything.”

Twilight nodded. Despite being quite angry about something, I liked the fact that she calms down pretty quickly. And I kind of like the fact that she seems to love to be around me.

“Let’s get to work,” Twilight stated, “because its going to take awhile getting everything reshelf.”


After around two hours of putting the books back on the shelves, I decide to go out for the day. Walking through the town, ponies wave in greeting. I wave back, and continue on my day. Time for work. I slowly approach the apple farm in the distance. Applejack is bucking a few trees, making the apples fall down to the buckets on the ground.

“Hey, Applejack.” I greet. “How’s it going this fine morning?”

Applejack smiles. “Its been fine, Mike.”

“So, what’s on today’s agenda?”

Applejack stops and ponders on what I was going to do for the day. “Ah know! Ah need ya to take those apples,” she points to a cart of apples on the patch to Ponyville. “And take them to the market in Ponyville. Put them at the Apple stall, and sell some apples.”

I salute. “Right away, ma’am!”

I walk to the cart. Since I am not a pony, I can’t latch this thing onto anything. The only thing I can do is lift and pull. So, I turn and face the path to Ponyville. Reaching down, I grab the handles and lift. The cart was pretty heavy. Try pulling a wagon filled with a lot of luggage in it. That about sums it up.
Arriving at the stall in the Market Square, I stop. I grab some buckets off the back and start to set up the stand. Customers start to approach, observing the apples, looking for good ones to pick. 

I arrived at Rarity’s place after I returned a sack of bits from the stall to Applejack. She was really happy to see me again. My suit was already done. It was a work of art. It was full black, like it resembled the night sky. The suit had long sleeves, with a red tie up at the collar. Black pants, really nice new black shoes. I was amazed. She had a toothy grin, waiting for my input. I offered to pay her, which she refused the offer. I said I was not going to take no for an answer. We argued for a few minutes and I ‘gave up’. As I went to leave, I snuck a hundred bits and put it on her front desk, and dashed for the door. 

The Gala was tomorrow, and I had to prepare.

End of Chapter 7


> Chapter 8
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It was a chilly night in the land of Equestria, Luna’s moon was high in the sky, with much more starts surrounding it, lighting up the night sky with its beauties. An train was heading up the track, toward the great city of Canterlot. Inside the train, Twilight and her friends were having a conversation, planning their night. I sat next to Twilight, near a window in the train. I was pretty much quiet my whole time, letting the girls talk amongst each other.

I was wearing the suit Rarity made for me, along with a pair of sunglasses in one of the pockets. It didn't even occur to me that this event was being taken place at night. Her suit fit me very well. I looked pretty much like a noble of a king for queen. I was pretty much wearing a black tuxedo jacket, with a black bow tie.

Twilight’s dress seemed to be a simple design, but regardless the dress was still stunning, and it fit her well. Her dress resembled a cloak or cape, with shades of blue with many star designs interlacing in. Some of the stars were accompanying her forelegs above her light blue shoes, which seemed to be made of a shiny metal or glass. Lastly, a star was attached to her right ear like an earring.

Next was Fluttershy’s dress. Her dress looks like it was crafted of nature itself. The back side of her dress was bright green, as if it was made of leaves. Near the bottom of the dress a yellow line with small flowers with shades of yellow and blue. Her shoes were green just like her dress, with what seemed to be vines curving up her forelegs. Around her neck which also looked like it was made of leaves with a blue butterfly-shaped clip. She wore an earring identical to the butterflies on her dress on her left ear. Her pink mane was styled into several curled ends, and her usual double bangs in her mane were combined, being brushed to one side of her head. In her pink mane were several small flower clips sharing the same colors as the ones on her dress.

Rainbow Dash’s dress is next. Her dress reminds me of a Roman hero, or someone from Greek mythology. Her dress seemed to be a rainbow-striped cape-like garment with cloud-like groups around the edges. A golden wreath hung down between her ears while a necklace that seemed to be made of purple grapes. She wore shoes, or sandals, it’s really hard to tell, were shiny yellow on her forelegs. Her mane had been tied with a red band into a ponytail.

Pinkie’s dress was interesting. It matched her personality and addition to anything sweet. She wore pink shoes with little blue bowties with white stripes. Her vest was similar in color, being white with blue stripes and a pink bow tie as the base if her neck. The back of her dress was the same shade of pink as her mane, with a light blue stripe and pink booties at the bottom. At her waistline, three shades of additions to her dress. The first two were shades of pink, one like her coat then the other like her mane, and the last being white with a ring of lollipops and candy corn decorating it. A white hat rested on her head with a shade of blue on the bottom and a pink bow tie attached to the side.

Rarity’s dress was just fabulous. She looked like a princess. She was wearing light blue shoes with a pink and purple dress. Her mid section was pink combined with yellow stripes and pink buttons, while the purple was outlining her dress, with pink and ivory buttons. She also more a purple scarf around her neck, and a yellow crown with a purple gem embedded in it resting on her head.

Lastly, Applejack’s attire did not seem to be a dress, but it was a stylish western getup. She wore a pair of stylish green boots on her front hooves with a red and white rim around the top. A thin leather strap with a red apple was around the ankles. Over her dress was a brown saddle. The dress was light green with a white band near the bottom with red apples. A green collar was around her neck, held in place by a red apple pin. 

All of their dresses suit them well, each one comparing to their special talent or just their personalities. According to the girls, they decided to wear the same thing they did last time they went to the Gala. Spike wore the same thing I was wearing, a black tuxedo but he wore a red bow tie and a black hat on his head.

Anyway, the train was heading up a mountain to the great city of Canterlot. The higher we went, the better the view was outside the window. I never really paid much attention to my friends; I was lost in thought about this whole event. The closer the train got to the city, the more nervous I got.

Questions were filling inside my head, like, will I ruin the event? I don’t want to ruin the event for everyone. Sweat trickled down my forehead. I used a rag I brought with me to wipe it off. My hands were tightening their grip on the seat.

“Miiiiiiiichael.” The voice of Twilight calling my name brought me out of my thoughts. I brought my attention to my friends, who had looks of concern on their faces. “Are you alright?”

“Y-Yeah, I’m fine,” I spoke rather nervously. “Just a little nervous is all.”

Twilight smiled. “Don’t worry about this, Michael. We will be with you every step of the way.” The others nodded in agreement.

I smiled. “Thanks,”

Rarity decided to change the subject. “Soooo, Michael. Have you ever been to any special events back on your world?” Rarity asks.

Twilight nodded in agreement. “Yeah, you never really told us about any.”

I racked my brain to gather my past together. I was never really a person to get out much. I was never really invited to anything either. “Not really. If you count holidays as special events, then sure. I was never the kind of person to go out all the time.”

Pinkie jumps up from her seat. “What holidays do you celebrate?” 

“Well, one holiday I really love is Thanksgiving,” I reply. “This holiday is when family and friends get together, giving prayers of thanks. The holiday is basically a huge feast consisting of crops, grains, fruits, and vegetables. Everyone has their own way of celebrating the holiday, some families get together, others head out to eat at restaurants that serve thanksgiving dinner. Some families have their own traditions.”

“What does your family do to celebrate?” Fluttershy inquired.

I sighed sadly and looked down at the floor. “I never really knew my family that much. They died when I was really young.” Tears started to form in my eyes, but I blinked them back. “I lived with my grandma for awhile, and then she died of a heart attack. I don’t really know much about any side of my family.”

The girls looked at me sadly. “I’m so sorry.” Twilight said. “So you celebrate by yourself?”

I replied with a chuckle, “Nah. I have some really great friends that invite me over with their families.”

“Sounds like you have some really great friends then.” Pinkie said with a grin.

I laughed. “Yes. Yes I do.”

My friends managed to cheer me up as we had conversations. As we drew closer to the hulking fortress, I realized it was much bigger than I imagined when you see from Ponyville. The train went over a small bridge over a river, and then we approached a pair of booths with Pegasus guards wearing golden armor while holding spears up. This must be a security checkpoint, so there must be some trouble makers that try to get into trouble.

Anyway, we passed through the checkpoint without any incident. The train hissed as the steam was released, and somepony yelling their destination. The train came to a stop and the doors opened. We all stood up from our seats, departing from the train single file.

Pinkie Pie did a quick leap, “Yay, it’s almost time to PAR-TAY!”

We all entered the train station, which was much bigger than the one in Ponyville. There was plenty of room for everyone to move about. I looked out a massive window, to see the city of Canterlot. It looked quite beautiful, but I couldn’t take in much of the scenery. The Grand Galloping Gala was our destination.

Twilight led us through the city. Canterlot was gigantic. The buildings here were much larger than the ones in Ponyville. The ponies around here were dressed in fancy clothes, with their heads held up high.  They must be the wealthy ponies. I also noticed that there was a lack of earth ponies and pegasi. The city was mostly unicorns.

As we walked through the city, the ponies would instantly stop and stare once they detect me. I was pretty much getting the same reaction when I first arrived in Ponyville.

I quickened my pace so I can be closer to my friends. I put my hands in my pants pockets and walked casually. We walked for awhile until we finally came across a drawbridge into a lobby with a huge golden door with a red carpet leading through it. Two guards stood there, checking everyone’s tickets and confiscating anything that was not allowed within the building. Once we stepped up, they pointed their spears at me.

“Halt, creature!” one commanded. 

I took a step back to avoid the spears, raising my hands into the air. “Whoa, buddy! I come in peace!”

“Yeah I bet. Turn around or I will be forced to detain you!”

“I’m serious! Look!” I said as I took out my Gala ticket, waving it around in the air. “I was invited by Princess Celestia personally, with her protégé and friends!”

He was not buying it. “Last warning. Leave!”

“You have got to be kidding me.” I groused. I turned to Twilight. “Little help here?”

“He’s telling the truth, sir,” Twilight said to the guard. “He’s with us. Princess Celestia wants to meet him, so she invited him to the Gala with us.”

The guard raised an eyebrow. “And just who might you be?”

Twilight smiled. “Twilight Sparkle, personal student of the Princess, and the Element of Magic.”

The guard eyes went wide. “I apologize Miss Sparkle. Head right in.” he glared at me. “We still have an eye on you though.”

I nod. “I understand, you’re just doing your job.”

Once the doors opened, the red carpet went down into the next room, then separates to other corridors. Straight ahead, there was a stairwell that went up separates into two other stairwells that continue to head up. At the top of the first set of stairs, were two female ponies that were much different to the ponies I had seen so far.

One was tall with a pure white coat and her eyes were a shade of magenta. She had long mane and tail that looked like it consisted of four colors, billowing as if there was wind in the air. The four colors consisted of cerulean, turquoise, cobalt blue, and heliotrope, giving of sparkles every now and then. Her flank consisted of an orange sun. She wore golden jewelry. Each hoof wore gold shoes, and what seemed to be a necklace worn around the base of her neck. It was also gold, with a purple gemstone on the front. Atop her head rested a golden tiara with three points, the middle being the tallest, which also held a purple gemstone in the center. She had an impressive wingspan, with a long horn on her head.

The other pony had the same features as the other, but she was smaller. She had a dark blue coat color and her eye color is cyan. Her mane and tail were much small than the other, including the color. The color seemed to be as dark as the night sky, and they were glittering constantly, as if the stars were a part of her mane and tail as well. Her cutie mark consisted of a moon. She was also garbed jewelry. Her shoes and necklace were identical to the other, but they were a shade of blue, and her necklace bears a crescent moon. A dark tiara rested on her head. She also had a pair of wings and a horn on her head.

Then I realized I was in the presence of the two rulers of Equestria, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Princess Celestia smiled, walking down the steps with her sister following her. All of my friends dropped down to what looked like a kneeling position. I decided to do the same thing, to show my respect. I went down on one knee, looking down at the ground and stayed like that.

Don’t move… stay still… just like what you’ve seen in the movies and read in the books.

I heard Twilight squeal in excitement and trot past us. “Princess Celestia!”

“Twilight! It is so lovely to see my star student.” Princess Celestia replies.

“I am so excited to be here, we have so much to catch up on. And, I have somepony I would like you to meet.”

“So this is the human you’ve told me so much about.”

I didn’t even move, I was still kneeling before them. I didn’t know what to do, so I stayed this way. I heard Princess Celestia giggle. “You don’t have to kneel before me, you are a guest this evening not a subject. You may rise.”

I sighed in relief, and chuckled as I stood to my full height. “hehe... sorry about that. I have never been in the presence of royalty before.”

Princess Celestia spoke with a smile, “At last we meet. We’ve heard so many good things about you, Michael.”

Princess Luna spoke next. I was expecting her to speak in a normal tone, but instead she bellows. “INDEED. IT IS AN HONOR TO MEET THOU, HONORED GUEST FROM A DISTANT WORLD.” Her shout was so powerful, I literally almost flew out the door I came in from, but I was just pushed back a few feet. IT was like I was standing in front of the post powerful wind I have ever been in.

“Luna, you’re doing it again.” Princess Celestia spoke with a chuckle.

Luna covered her mouth with her hoof and a shocked and embarrassed look on her face. “Oops… There I go with my old habits again…”

I readjusted my footing and asked, “What was that?”

Luna replied, “Forgive me; it’s an old habit of mine. It’s tradition to address our subjects to speak in that much volume.”

I smiled. “It’s cool,”

“We should be able to talk later. You all are free to go whenever you please. Enjoy yourselves tonight.” Princess Celestia said.

Twilight smiled, “Alright girls, let’s stick together so we can have fun.” The others agreed. “Let’s do show Michael around the Gala.”

As we turned to walk away, Princess Celestia whispered into my ear. "You might want to fix your hair, Michael."

I gave her a confused look, then took out my iPhone using the screen as a mirror to find my hair standing on end, I realized this was from Luna's voice. "Thanks, your highness." 

I used a comb that I brought with me to fix my hair, then went to catch up with my friends, who didn't see me fall behind.

> Chapter 9
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My friends led while I followed. There were some decsions on where I could go first or who I can meet. There were so many options to chose from so I decided to just have them lead and I follow. I pray I do not act like a idiot at all at this event. Rarity wanted a gentleman, or in pony case, a gentlecolt to accompany her. Applejack was going to sell her produce of apple products made by the Apple family themselves. Fluttershy wanted to head to the Canterlot Gardens to see the animals. Pinkie, being the party pony she is, wanted to, you guessed it, party.

The Gala was actually a bigger event than I thought it would be. I didn't even have to duck to get through doorways, which I was pretty happy about. Ponies walked from room to room, some of them with their noses held up high while they walked with another pony or they would occasionally stop to engage in conversation with other ponies. I was the center of attention. I can feel the eyes bearing into my back, which made me really nervous. I am not one for massive crowds. Like, more than just a few groups of people. 

I marveled at the ancient room that we walked into, and massive crowd of ponies in the middle of the room. I followed the girls into what looked like a dance room. The room has huge, decorations all around. Along the ends of the room were tables, some were empty while the others were filled. Ponies danced in the center of the room, each one with a partner. We found a table to sit at in a corner. I had to grab two chairs in order for me to sit down. 

"So, what do you think of about the Gala, Michael?" Twilight asks as we settle in at the table.

"Well it's bigger than I thought, I'll give ya that," Glancing around, I noticed ponies from other tables glance at at us whispering something to each other, but once I make eye contact they look away. "But all the ponies staring at me is creeping me out."

"Don't let them bother you," Rainbow said. "You'll get used to it. They'll will lighten' up to you eventually."

"Boy I hope so..." I said under my breath, rubbing the back of my neck with my hand.

A stallion wearing a tuxedo with a tray on his back trotted up to the table. He offered us some drinks, which looked like punch, with a red-tint to the liquid. I took a quick sip just out of curiosity to find it to have a sweet aftertaste. I shrugged, taking another sip from the beverage.

We sat at the table for awhile, passing the time by having a friendly conversation about the Gala. I learned that the last Gala they went to, it did not go as planned. Each of them had a certain goal. Twilight's goal was to have a nice chat with Princess Celestia, but she was busy greeting the guests to talk with her. Whenever she tried to talk to her mentor, a interrupter would approach, not letting her talk to her teacher and be ignored. Pinkie wanted to party. That's what she is good at, but the other ponies are not into her type of 'partying'. Rarity had the ogle eyes for a stallion named Blueblood, and he treated her like shit. Apparently he was more of a drama-queen(king?). He expected her to do everything for him, from opening the door for him to protecting him from getting himself dirty. Pretty much, anything a guy would do to be polite to a girl, but in his case it was totally opposite. Fluttershy wanted to see all of the cutesy wootsy animals, but they hid from her so she... went into rage mode from the way they put it.

The music that played was...okay for this type of party, but the music was really not my type. I believe the genre is classic. A low rhythm echoed through the room from a small group of ponies that stood on the stage. Two stallions and two mares, each playing a certain instrument. One stallion played the piano. He had a light brown coat, with a light tan mane and tail. His cutie mark is reversed musical notes, two beamed white ones and two beamed black ones. 

The other instrument played by the other stallion was a harp. He had a purple coat, with a cobalt blue mane and tail. His cutie mark was a lyre. 

One mare with a cyan coat, brown mane and tail played the sousaphone. The other mare had a light gray coat, medium gray mane and tail with a Treble Clef as a cutie mark played the cello. What surprised me was the gray mare was standing on her hind legs to play the instrument. The only time I ever see a pony stand like that is when they grab something, but they use their front legs to keep their balance.

"Hey Twiley!" a voice calls out from the distance. We all turn our heads to the source of the voice. A white stallion trotted in out direction. He was a unicorn, with a white coat, with a dark and light blue mane. His cutie mark consisted of a shield with a purple star in the middle and three smaller stars on top. The cutie mark looked quite similar to Twilight's. Just take out the shield and add some more stars. Taking a guess, with the similarities, this is Twilight's big brother.

"Shining!" Twilight squealed in excitement. She jumped up from her seat, running toward the stallion. They embraced each other  in a loving hug. "It's great to see you again, BBBFF!"

"You too, little sis!"

I leaned over to the table, and whispered, "BBBFF?" 

The girls giggled. "It means Big Brother Best Friend Forever." Rainbow replies, rolling her eyes.

Ahh so my speculations were correct...

The stallion named 'Shining' broke the hug. Twilight really brights up when she speaks with her brother, which got me to thinking, what he does for living. He seems to be quite buff himself, similar to Big Macintosh. He doesn't really look like a farming-type. Perhaps he just exercises a lot? The two chatted with each other, so I bright back my attention to my friends sitting at the table.

"What's his story?" I asked, pointing a thumb back toward their direction. "I kind of guessed he was Twilight's brother, just from the similarities, cutie mark and all.

"Oh he's the Captain of the Royal Guard!" Rarity beamed.

Captain of the Royal Guard? I thought. From what I read in a history books, the royal guards protect the royal sisters. It seems that Twilight's family involves royalty? Her brother is a captain of the royal guard and Twilight is Princess Celestia's personal protege. I don't know about her parents, since she really has not mention them during my time here. She has told me that they live in Canterlot, where she used to live before moving to Ponyville. I made a mental note to not make Twilight upset, or to not tick this dude off. I don't want to cause any trouble around him, with his roll and all. He could probably put me in jail before I could even blink.

A gentle poke on my side brought me away from my thoughts. I turned my head to see Twilight standing there with her brother. He looked me up and down, as if he was sizing me up. 

"What's up?"

"Michael this is my big brother, Shining Armor; Shining, this is my new friend, Michael Scott." she greeted us, point to each of us as  she said our names. I smiled held out my hand, and he put his hoof in it and we shook hands...hooves...whatever. We shook... GAH! I don't even know anymore!

"Great to meet you, Shining Armor," I said as I shook his hoof. "My name is Michael, as Twilight said. And before you ask, I am a human, and apparently the first one in the land of Equestria. I arrived here around a week ago and your sister was kind enough to offer me a place to stay."

A mare slowly made her way to us from a crowd behind Shining. I didn't get a good look at first, due to the large crowd of ponies that were still in the way. Her coat was bright pink, with a mane of several colors of pink, yellow, and purple. I noticed a horn sticking out of her head, resembling a unicorn. From afar, she looked quite beautiful, but once she came into view I noticed the folded wings on her side, the color of the pink trailed off to a light shade of purple. I noticed she was another alicorn, but I only read about two princesses in the history book. She was around Luna's height, with a cutie mark that looked like a sapphire crystal heart. I wonder what her talent means?

Twilight gasped. "Cadence!" She ran over to greet the mare.

"Who's....what are they doing?" I trailed off once I witnessed probably the most adorable thing I have ever seen in my life.

"Sunshine, sunshine,
Lady bugs awake,
Clap your hooves,
And do a little shake!"

They did a little dance. They started with crouching and stomping in place, then laying down with their hooves covering their eyes, to sitting on their haunches and clapping their hooves, to turning around and shaking their flanks. They giggled and embraced each other in a loving hug.

"That has got to be the cutest thing I have ever witnessed."

Shining laughed. "It's a little dance they come up with when Twilight was little," he replied. Twilight and the mare walked toward us. Having a close up view, she had purple eyes, just like Twilight's. My suspicions were correct of her being a princess, she wore a yellow crown with a small purple diamond embedded in the middle. "This is my wife, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza."

Mi Amore smiled, waving her hoof. "Just call me Cadance, please."

"Well its great to meet you, Miss Cadance." Cadence offered a hoof, and I took it gingerly, brushing my lips against the decorative hoof slipper. "Again, It's an honor to meet you both,"  I finished, bowing deeply.  They assured me that the honor was all theirs, and proceeded to join the party.

After the two left, I decided I wanted to walk around a bit. Get a feel of the place. Maybe I will run into one of the Princesses, they can't stay in one place all night right? Finishing the drink that sat in front of me in a few gulps, I set it back down and stand up from my seat.

"If you excuse me girls, I am going to walk around a bit," I announced, fixing my suit and adjusting my glasses. 

"Alone?" Twilight inquired. "Are you sure you want to walk around alone? Especially since nopony has seen you before, you could be pestered about all day."

I gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, Twi. I'm a big boy. I can handle myself if anything happens at all."


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You know, being the center of attention could be quite amusing sometimes. When we pass a group of ponies, one would either gasp, and point at me, or star at me with either awe or, mainly from the uptight ponies, would be disgusted to where they let out a disgusted sound, then turning away and trotting off. Some ponies approached me and introduced themselves and I would politely do the same back.

I walked over to a serving table. It was decorated with tons of delicious looking food. An assortment of foods, desserts and snacks. The sweet food made my mouth water. The food actually looked good, but I stayed with the sweets, only because I don't really want to find out what hay and flowers tastes like.

I eyed a plate of cookies. Some were just plain, others were decorated with toppings, chocolate, vanilla and others. I grabbed a small one including a napkin, taking a bite. As always, the food here never ceases to amaze me.

I walked over to a massive window that looked out to the city. It was dark now; the lights from the streets lighting up the night. The moon illuminated a soft glow. The night here in Equestria was, really, really beautiful. Back at home, I never have seen many stars in my life. I recall a time when I was small and I was a boy scout - my troop planned a camping trip to a camp called Camp Echockotee and we had to sleep in a make-shift tent. Of course, I was a scaredy-cat, and I just could not sleep out in the open. But, the stars were really awesome. There were millions, so I was awestruck at the struck.

I am even more awestruck now than I was at the time.

Thousands, hell, even millions of stars surrounded the moon. Its as if Princess Luna was is a artists and uses the night sky as her canvas. If she were an artist, I would buy her work.

I lost myself in thought as I just stared at the sky. For the past week, I have been in the land of Equestria. I am on another world. How am I going to get back? That question has been nagging at me. Its not like I can find some ruby slippers, tap the heels and chant "There is not place like home" three times and poof! I'm home. I have friends that are probably worried about me. My boss is guaranteed to be pissed. And Sara? She probably feels guilty, if she found out at all.

I am going to have to have a chat with Twilight about this later.

"I see you are enjoying the view," said a voice behind me, making me jump a few feet. The voice giggled. "I apologize I didn't mean to frighten you."

I turned to see Princess Celestia herself standing there smiling at me. I just now realized that I was around her height, if not, a few centimeters higher. I smiled back, bowing to show my respect.  "Princess Celesita," I greet, raising from my bow. "And.. don't worry about it, I get a little jumpy sometimes." I laughed. "I didn't expect to see you so soon. I thought you were busy greeting the guests."

Celestia walked up next to me. "My sister and I are taking turns. After thirty minutes I will return and she will head off to frolic with the guests. It pretty much alternates."

I gave it some thought before nodding in agreement. "I see your point, have your sister get used to being around her subjects right?" She nodded. I look looked out the windows, looking at the moon that as high in the sky. It amazes me actually see the starts in the sky. Being used to living in the city, you never see much stars.

"My sister really put some effort for tonight didn't she?" 

"Yes, yes she does. I have never seen a night sky so beautiful. Hell, not even as many stars."

Celestia raised an questioning eyebrow. "Light Pollution," I explain. "Our cities are so big, the lights block away the stars so we cannot see the stars at all."

"So, you humans never see the stars?"

I shook my head. "If you lived far enough away from the cities, you will be able to see the night sky. I only experienced it once in my life, which was years ago. But the nights here are much, much more magnificent."

Celesita laughed. "If Luna were to hear that, she would hug the life out of you."

I laughed with her. "I probably wouldn't mind. Hugs are good for you."

"It makes me so happy to have her back after so long. It pained me to have to banish her. The end result was that she lost her sanity, vowing to make night eternal. So I took a drastic measure..." I could see tears moisten her cheeks and her eyes filled with sorrow. "I banished her to the moon for one thousand years."

I noticed that she was about to cry her life out, so I did the only thing that came to mind: I hugged her. I put a arm around her neck, pulling her into a caring hug. I know what it felt like about family. Family is everything. Everyone gets miserable when something drastic happens to family. I know how she feels.

Celestia opened her eyes in surprise. She relaxed into my friendly gesture. After a few moments she broke the hug, saying, "Thank you." She stood next to me once again, stretching her wings. She looked back at me. "I guess my student was right about you."

I looked at her confused. "What do you mean?"

"When I received Twilight's letter about you, I was reluctant to let you stay there. Its not every day a strange creature that walked on two legs just shows up claiming that they are from another world. When I read that you were a meat eater, I was about to send my guards to pick you up." she narrowed her eyes at me. "You haven't killed any innocent creature just to eat have you?"

My eyes went wide, shaking my arms back and forth. "No no no no no no! I would never kill just to eat. Sure, I hunger for meat, but I would never ever kill innocent animals for my own pleasure. I wasn't raised to be a sadist. The closest to meat I would ever eat is fish, since that is what I hear what ponies can eat. Don't get me wrong, I want to eat meat. Only because I need the protein to stay healthy. I could eat  beans and nuts to the list for proteins, hell even bugs," I cringed. "Nah, scratch that, yuck!"

I was pretty much ranting nervously, saying what ever came out of my mouth. I do not want to piss her off, being powerful goddess and a ruler after all. Beads of sweat traveled town my face, and I began to stutter with my words. It all stopped until she put a hoof on my shoulder.

"Don't get so nervous, I understand," she reassured. "Just as long you don't hurt my little ponies, I won't have to have my guards hunt you down. I had this feeling to trust you when I read the letters she sent to me."

I breathed a sigh of relief. "Whew! You had me worried there for a minute."

Celesita smirked and raised an eyebrow. "What, did you want to spend time in the dungeons?"

"What? No, of course not!"

"No? Because, it sounds like you do..."

I planted my face in the palm of my hand. "I am just going to shut my mouth now."

She laughed. "I'm just teasing you."

There was a awkward silence between us two after that. I stood nervously on my feet.

"So... what did you want to talk to me about?" I asked, breaking the silence. 

"Well, its a topic I would rather talk about in private." she replied, her horn starting to glow.

"Well, where to you want-" I was cut off as there was a flash of light, and my vision was blinded by whiteness.



I opened my eyes to see only whiteness. I felt so dizzy I thought I was going to vomit right then and there. I put a hand on my head, blinking constantly, trying to get my vision back. "What happened?" I asked as I realized I no longer heard the constant chatter of ponies anymore. It was quiet where ever I was. Did she just teleport me somewhere? "Celestia?"

"Give it a moment," I heard her say from somewhere behind me. "The blindness and dizziness will pass. It's common side-effect for first-timers."

I kept my eyes closed for a minute or two before I began to rub them. The whiteness was gone once I opened my eyes again, but I still felt dizzy. The room seemed to be spinning. I closed my eyes again.

"Ugh... is this what it feels like to teleport? Remind me to never do that again." Seriously, this is a really awkward feeling. I feel like I rode on a roller coaster for five hours straight.

After a few minutes of holding my head, the dizziness finally resides. I took the chance to look around the room I was in.

I seem to be in what looked like a study. The room had a fireplace, burning wood to keep the room nice and warm. Bookshelves surrounded the room, filled with books of all colors. A desk sat at one end of the room, stacked with towers of paper in sheaves. A strange cot sat on the floor, with a pillow in front of the fireplace. I noticed a table next to a window that looked out to the world with a few chairs surrounding it.

I noticed Celestia standing behind me with a smile. "Welcome to my study, Michael."

"Nice place, your Highness."

"Just call me Celestia, we are alone." She said. "But when in public, especially when around my guards, you will have to be formal."

I nodded. "I'll keep that in mind, your Hi-" She game me a stern glare. "Err... Celestia." I gave her a innocent smile.

She nodded and pointed to the table near the windows. "Please, have a seat." I sat down at the end of the table and Celestia sat across from me. Her horn glowed and a tea pot with a appeared. "Tea?" she asked. I shrugged and accepted.

"So what did you want to talk with me about?" I asked, taking a sip of the tea. It was not half bad. It tasted quite fruity, like strawberries.

"Well," she starts, taking a sip of her own tea. "First, I wanted to learn about yourself from your perspective. I have read Twilight's letters, but I want to hear them from you."

I set my tea down and licked my lips. "Sure thing,"

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For the next few minutes I spent my time telling her about my self. I pretty much explained my whole life almost. I told the story of my parents and how I never really knew them (she was quite upset from this, telling me she was sorry) and that my grandma raised me until I was able to move out to the open world, and how she died. I mentioned all of my great friends I had over the years. I even told her a few funny moments of my life.

"...and to this day, his teacher became good friends." I just finished telling her a story about a friend of mine and his friend played a joke on one of the teachers. Luckily, his teacher had a great sense of humor or that would have ended badly.

Celestia laughed along with me. "You have many interesting friends, Michael."

I put my now empty cup of tea down. "Yeah, I was always the type of person to make friends. I guess its my good attitude and demeanor I have all the time. I'm just always friendly to others and BOOM! New friend." I cross my arms and smile.

"I noticed you haven't talked about ...mares? Is that the right term for it?" she asked. My face paled a bit, and my body froze up. "Oh, I'm sorry did I touch a sore subject? You don't have to talked about it."

I back looked at her. "No no... its okay. I was the type of person to be... well, shy around girls. Sure, I'll be friendly around them but once in a while I will begin to get nervous. I would sweat. I would have a hard time forming up words and things would come out of my mouth. Sometimes what I say is just incoherent. Most of the time it would just be the first dates, though."

Celestia nodded, pouring more tea for herself. "Well, now that we have that over with. I wanted to know..." she leaned forward in her chair. "How did you get here?"

I let out a long drawn-out sigh. I straightened myself in my chair, putting my elbows on the table, looking at Celestia in the eyes. "Well, it all started like this: I recently had a break up with my girlfriend, Sara, and I took it pretty hard. I just walked out of her house without another word over to my car–" I made a mental note to check the Everfree for my car. I feel like a total idiot forgetting about it. "–and drove off back to my house. I was just about ten minutes home. I was alone on the road. It was dark out and all I could see was the moon. I drove in silence, trying to figure out why Sara broke up with me. I thought it was a pretty good relationship." l looked out the window as I continued to recite that night. "I noticed that it seemed to get darker out and the air seemed more...hostile, for some reason. The air seemed heavier and I noticed it started to get foggy out. I slowed down to avoid colliding with anything in my path. Then I noticed a figure just... appear out from the fog. I realized it was a tree and I panicked. I collided with another tree. I was tired that night – so I just fell asleep right then and there."

I tapped my head as I tried to remember the rest. "I woke up I believe a few hours later. I was dazed and confused, oblivious about where I was. I exit my car to find myself surrounded by trees. I thought that I just swerved off the road but I found out later that I wasn't even near a road. So, my boy scout instincts kicked in and I searched for a way out."

"After running from some wolves, I found a building that was a part of a tree, but nobody was home so I moved on. I noticed a clearing in the trees and I thought I found civilization. So, I ran toward the light. But like and idiot I trip and hit my head on a large tree root the grew out of the ground.... then I woke up in Twilight's library."

Celestia hummed to her self as the story I gave her sink in. She closed her eyes for a few seconds as if she was making a decision on something, then opened them, looking back at me. "I have never heard anything like this before. My guess is that the fog had something to do with you appearing in the forest. Furthermore, its disturbing to hear that fog could do something like this. I will have to do some research is any such thing exists."

"I do have a question, and this has been bothering me: Is there a way back?" I asked, shrugging as I did so.

"I have done some research on old spells and I believe I do have a way back."

My heart sunk in my chest, and my eyes went wide. There is a way back?! I can go home whenever I want, see my friends again and live happily ever after? At the same time I was being a bit judgmental. I have had a blast so far living here. I have new friends, a fantastic job, and hell even Ms. Cheerilee loves me. I actually like it here.

Do....do I want to go back?

Don't get me wrong, I miss all of my friends, but is that what I actually want? Did me disappearing in the fog and ending up in a place of paradise happen by chance? Was I in the right place at the right time? Was I just a lucky son-of-a-bitch?

"You don't know if you want to go back do you?" Celesita guessed, bringing me out of my thoughts.

I shook my head looking back at her. "I...." I stopped looking for the right words. I looked down. "I don't know.....*sigh* Don't get me wrong, Celestia, I really miss my friends back home but its not everyday something happens like this. I...feel at peace here....I need some time to think...if that is okay with you."

She nodded once again, giving me a small smile. "I understand. Here's is a proposition for you," I looked up at her, wondering what she is offering me. "I will give you a week to decide on what you want to do. Once your week is up I will show up at the library to await your decision, or you can have Spike send me a letter should you decide earlier. Do you agree?"

I pondered on her words as she spoke each one. She is giving me a week to let me make my decision. I get to decide my fate. Stay or go home. I smiled and nodded. 

"That is fine with me Celestia."

"Good. Now, are you ready to return to the party?"

I looked at the time on the clock to see its 7pm. "Yes. I am."

Her horn started to glow a faint pink color. "And, Celesita," she looked at me. "Thanks." 

She smiled and nodded her head.

Then I was gone in a flash of light.