my little ponie
#1 of mlp
_I do not own the rights to the my little pony franchise or any of the characters used in this story other than Jason. This is a work of fiction, any person that has had a smilier experience is merely coincidental. All trademark characters belong to their proper owners and i take no credit for the creation or use of them. Blah blah blah... _
Through out my life, i have had to deal with one grand shit storm after another, if its not being chased out of town by an angry mob, then im hunting for my own food while avoiding fish and game. Lets backup first: my name in Jason i have no last name do to the fact that my parents disowned me when i was six, long story short i can shape shift, for those who dont know what that is, i can become anything i see no matter the medium, period. I currently live in Appleton, Wisconsin working as a call center rep and a fire dancer under the guise of Jacob murry. While living here i have been able to build quite a few hideaways out in the forest, small, comfortable holes in the ground that only i can find. They are all setup with; an electric stove, couch, a ruger 1103 .22 long rifle with silencer attachment and plenty of Amo., and a tesla power generator (i have a lot of time on my hands). I am about six foot two, with shaggy brown hair, green eyes, a fair build, and a light tan.
My life has been fairly uneventful cense coming here, i have been doing quite well at my jobs, rent is low and i dont eat much so i have plenty of extra cash on hand. I have a few friends at work, but i tend not to go any further than that do to my past. Currently i haven't found anyone who has stood out to me in the past few years, lucky me. Even if i find a person who stood out to me, i still wouldn't jump on it because i might have to flee the city at anytime do to the CIA or the normal angry mob. So far i have been chased out of two other states do to my powers, *sigh* i just want a normal life.
While walking down the street in the dead of the night to finish up on of my newest hideouts, just needed to build the generator, i hear a few voices coming from on of the alleys shifting into death i now stand about seven feet tall with long black hair and red/orange eyes, a white mask covering my face and a green crystal protruding from my right pectoral. A deep scar on my right shoulder marking me as kinslayer by order of the chared council. My clothes are now wile my lower body is covered with the bones of the fallen. My weapon of choice is the harvester a scythe that can be split into two scythes. (authors note: search death darksiders 2)
Hiding behind a dumpster, i wait to over hear their conversation.
"hey franky, i know the chump. He works at the call center near here. He must be loaded."
"he he he ya lets see that wallet boy."
I cant just sit back and watch someone get mugged. Stepping out of the shadows i proclaim "to maintain the balance i must remove you from this world." cracking my knuckles i draw the scythes.
"who the fuck are you?"
"must be some freaking cosplayer, shoot him!" the two assailants unload their clips at me as the shots merely pass through me. "why insist he dead?"
"i am the horsemen of death, weapons of man can not harm me."
"he's for real!"
"i am, now you shall taste eternal torment." i charge at the two muggers and hilt my blades into their guts. They cough up blood just before i make one quick flip, drawing the blades through their bodies and out their sculls. Their bodies fall to the ground as their blood pools under them.
"please, please dont kill me."
"you haven't been corrupted yet, see that you don't." i bolt off before he could respond, grab the generator parts and run to my hideout to makeup for lost time.
A few days pass without incident, i finished the generator fairly quickly as this is the thirteenth time I've done this in the past year. While waking up this morning i once again see the report of the "brutal murder" of two teenage boys in a local ally. And still they have no clear evidence to link the "killer" with the "victims." what a lode of horse crap, is this seriously the police and detectives that my tax dollars are going to? Whatever, i don't really care about it, so i turn the T.V. off and just eat my breakfast in silence.
As i walk to work that day, blaring skillet's hero, i pass by the crime scene and the detectives are still trying to find some kind of lead. A detective flags me down as i take out one of my earbuds and walking over to the detective i ask "what?"
"did you see what happened here perchance?"
"why yes i did sir."
"well why dont you tell me then."
"well long story short the two dead guys where trying to mug someone and another guy about seven feet tall comes up with two scythes and cleaves the muggers in half, then runs off."
"huh, this man with the scythes, what did he look like?"
"well," i give a basic description of death, " and that's all i saw of him."
"well ether we have some vigilante or Jason has reared his ugly head once more, thankyou for the info kid."
"sure thing sir." i pop my earbud back in and continue walking to work. A few hours pass while taking calls and my break roles around. Needing some fresh air from a relativity bastardized call, i go out back to relieve some stress. I relax in the cool spring air just to cool off.
"hey jon i think this guy might have some cash on him."
"yah lets take him while hes sleeping."
Dear god how stupid can these muggers get. I crack my eyes open in time to see them pulling up a burlap sack and some rope over their heads. On quick palm to each of them drops them to their knees. They recover quickly and draw a pair of daggers each.
"you little fuck, give us your money or we'll cut you to ribbons."
"trust me guys you dont want to ... Dear god what is that?!" i point at nothing behind them with a shocked look on my face. The morons fall for it giving me just enouph time to shift, what i call changing forms or shape sifting. I choose one of the mose intimidating formes i know other than what i find in the horror genre, a krogan. A seven foot tall tank, a permanent scowl plastered on my face, what appear to be rocks or scales growing from my head. Three fingers, tripple jointed legs, futuristic armor, and a lust for blood (authors note: search krogan mass effect).
"theirs nothing thei..."
They turn around and see my new form.
"no... Jason... Hes back..."
As they come to realize what they where trying to do i roar right in their face, they answer with their own screams and bolt off. I revert back to normal and go collect my thigs and sign out. Right as i got to the front door to leave, my boss comes to ask why im leaving, i was tempted to lie about some cousin of mine being in the hospital but im not going to come back for a few years and it would be under a different name and face anyway. Instead i curse him out, out out of nowhere, to stun him for long enough to get out. When i get back to my appartement, i grab; my bowie knife, my pair of hidden wrist blades, some nonperishable food, a pair of desert eagles with plenty of amo, my old fire ropes, what little is remaining of my kerosene (only enough for mabe one performance), and a mini power generator, the generator only has enough output to charge my mp3 player.
I peer out the window only to see that a small militia had been formed, so i wait and bide my time until the streets are empty. It only takes a few minuets for them to disperse, but i continue to wait so i dont jump the gun, again. After a few more minuets of silence, i getup and leave. Making my way toward the forest im at the border thinking im home free.
"THERE HE IS! IT'S JASON!"
I look back tho see wat resembles a regiment of red coats with long rifles pointed at me.
"shit"
Before they get the chance to fire at me, i change into a kincecleran which is a creature that resembles a semi-armored velociraptor. I now wear a helmet with a visor to keep dust and grime out of my eyes i have black lips and lines going around my jaw looking like i have a scowl once again. I have a five foot ling tail with five blue and black stripes along it and triple jointed legs with black wheels on my feet. (authors note: search XLR8)
I bolt off into the forest for protection while a few bullets still buzz by, not surprising as a bullet can travel upwards of 900mph while im only going 200mph. Within moments the bullets stop whizzing past me, believing i had gone far enough i stop to catch my bearings except there is one problem...
"WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE TREES!?!?"
None of the trees look familiar at all, instead of the normal set of trees they have been replaced with some kind of dark weeping willow or something and sticker bushes everywhere.
"WHERE AM I?!"
Not wanting to stand still for more than a few moments i start bolting every which way to try to find some sort of path. Before im able to find any form of civilization i run into some low set door way. Now, running into something at 200 mph and losing tends to get you killed, but my helm took the brunt of the impact leaving me with nothing more than a temporary concussion that will fade as i revert back to human. My sight began to fade as i start to blackout from the impact.
"what in the name of celestia was that?"
"young twilight keep your poise, i shall see what was that noise."
Soon after my vision goes completely black as well as my hearing becomes nothing but a loud ringing. I dont know if it has been hours, days, or weeks before i woke up. As my eyes open i notice that im in a room packed to the brim with different books, to many than i can count.
"uuhg... Did someone get the number of that truck that hit me?"
"no, and you should find yourself chained soon."
"what?!" sure enough their were iron shackles around my wrists with lose lying chaines on top of me. "what is the meaning of this?!" i get up, but i can only go a few feet forward before the chains hold me back.
"simple really, your a filthy changeling!"
"bullshit! I dont even know what a "changeling" is."
"but you can change forms! You must be a changeling!"
"im not, haven't, and never will be. Im a human who simply has the power to shape shift, the only one to my knowledge." i pear around to see if i could notice anyone in the darkness yet i see a bit of movement off to the side 'must be some form of invisibility or a hologram. "where and who are you?"
"my name is princess celestia and what is yours?"
"jason."
"well jason, what brings you here to equestria?"
"where on earth is equestria?"
"where is earth?"
"... Your joking."
"nope."
"huuuuu. You can come out now i know your right over there." pointing to where i saw the movement.
"your good at seeing through my magic." soon after two ponies appear before me one a large one with both a unicorn horn and wings. This pony had a full white coat with a light pinkish undertone to it, im going to guess "she" has a gold tiara and thick necklace both with an amethyst inlay. Her mane and tail are in constant motion even without a breeze or any wind for that matter, they are also the oddest combination of colors; pink, blue, purple, and a greenish/blue all at once.
The other pony just had a horn, but it was about a quarter the size of the other and it was blunt and kind of cute. Her coat was a light purple, her mane and tail is a near blackish purple with a purple and pink stripe through them. I notice that both of the horns are glowing with different colors, the white pony had a greenish glow while the purple pony had a purple glow. Looking at my bonds i see that the same glow is on each of the chains, also noting that they didn't find my wrist blades.
"so one of you is "princess celestia"," the white on nodded, "and you are?" pointing at the purple one.
"twilight sparkle."
"twilight, celestia... Where have i heard of those names before?"
"you have heard of us?"
"not exactly, just your names. Now i remember, right before i blacked out i heard a snippet of a conversation though , oddly enough, one of them where rhyming."
"that would be me and zecora, she almost always talks in rhyme and riddle."
"ahh. Ok well is one of you going to return my affects or what?"
"you mean your bag and belt?"
"yes..."
"they are right behind you."
"..." low and behold they are, so i walk over to inspect the damage when the chaines once again get in the way. I look back and flail the chains around to hopefully break their concentration through shear annoyance like jack sparrow. It ether worked or they got the message that the chains where in the way and let me go. Looking through my things i see that the pack has a few bullet holes in it and my 'eagles and knife remained intact. Sifting through my things i find that almost all my food has been shot up while my amo, mp3 player, kerosene, and generator remain uneffected. My fire ropes got nicked but that is easily fixable.
"Well at least its just the food that's dead, the generator is irreplaceable if this place doesn't have the proper parts, same with the munitions and fuel."
"excuse me,but what are those things." twilight was standing next to me pointing and my amo boxes, fire ropes, kerosene, and generator.
"well this," holding up the generator, "is a portable power generator, its able to produce small amounts of electricity. Not enough to power a city mind you but enough to power a small device. These," grabbing my ropes, "are fire ropes or fire snakes, i dip them in kerosene," lifting up the bottle, "then light them on fire. They are used for fire dancing, i was a performer in my world using these. And last but not least, these fellas," Opening up the box of .50 cal bullets, "are fifty caliber bullets, capable of taking down a bear in a single shot. They are used as ammunition for my guns," pulling out one of the desert eagles, "this is one of the most powerful sidearms in my world, the desert eagle, the bullets themselves can travel nearly 1500 feet per second, per second."
"and why would you have those dangerous weapons?"
"the people in my world dont take kindly to things that are .... Different, per sey, and im different as they come."
"but why? I mean someone like you can be so useful. You could be really strong and carry things ten times your size, or you could be really smart and invent things, or ..."
"ha ha ha if only humans thought as you do twilight, but they dont. Almost anything thats vastly out of the ordinary tends to be considered dangerous. If it cant be used in war then its too dangerous to have around."
"your world has war?"
"about every hundred years, why?"
"we haven't see a true war in over a thousand if not longer."
"lucky, what about people... I mean ponies murdering in the streets or alleys for pocket money?"
"never, what kind of world do you come from that has all this violence?"
"one i never want to return to. If this place is as peaceful as you claim, then i definitely want to be a part of it."
"then i should introduce you to some of my friends and the mayor would need to get your papers all written scene your going to be a citizen of ponyville."
"can i get a map of this world so i know what is where?"
"sure that will be easy enough."
"thankyou."
I load up my pack, get everything back on and right as i turn around i am met with a pair of angry pink eyes.
"i cannot allow you to leave until i know you can be trusted." as she finishes her sentence her eyes glow white as my life flashes before my eyes
My first shift
Age 6
Sitting in front of my tv i am watching full metal alchemist while thinking how cool it would be to be edward elric. Sighing i look down to see that im wearing a red cloak, black pants and boots, and white gloves. I slowly take off the right glove to see that it has been replaced be the automail arm of edward elric himself. I scream at the top of my lungs completely out of my mind. Soon my parents are bursting through my door.
"who are you? Where is my son?!"
"its me, i am your son."
"what are you talking about."
"i was watching this show and i wanted to be the person on it and now im him. Oh how do i change back." i concentrate hard on what is was before. I able to change back only to look into my fathers disapproving eyes.
"get out."
"what?"
"get out you FREAK! Your not my son."
Meeting my trainer
Age 6-10
I ran and i ran i didn't stop running until i was so deep into the forest that i couldn't see the city anymore. I walk for longer than i could tell until i find this small cabin out in the woods. I knock on the door a few times and a man opens the door.
"what do you want kid?"
"My parents kicked me out. I have nowhere to go."
"that's horrible, here come inside i have a stew going come in. come in."
"thankyou sir."
"please, call me bobby."
After that day i stayed with bobby, he never asked me why my parents kicked me out of the house. At the age of nine he showed me how to hunt and forage for myself, one year later he deemed me ready to go out on my own. He gave me my first starter kit and gun, i never saw him again after that day.
Returning to the city
Age 12-21 (present day)
After living off the land for two years i have a yearning to return to the normal world. I watch the people around the city and slowly build an aged persona of myself so i can work in the city. I worked in the city for a few years while building up an arsenal of different forms i could take. Using those various forms i would spend time walking along the streets and be rid of the corruption that plages the world. As usual no one found any leads to me being the killer, i got board one day and discided to find something to do with my spare time. I tried different instruments and hobbies but the only thing that caught my eye was poi or fire dancing after seeing the movie inkheart. After work i would perform on the streets using a kevlar wick, ball chain, and kerosene for my performances. I made some nice pocket money as most people in the states don't see fire dancers much. I got scouted to work a club on the weekends as a dancer and nothing more. It was good pay and didn't cut to much into my building, heck the extra cash actually helped. I was soon found out and once again chased out of the city
After that it was on to Appleton and where we now stand.
My sight of the princess returns as she backs up in shock from what she saw of my past.
"your life has been one of torment and filled with blood, but the blood spilled was necessary to alow the good people of your world to live at peace."
"ya, to bad you weren't there to tell them that, or mabe its a good thing you weren't there because they would have killed you too."
"too?"
" there was one person that tried to stand up for me, he was hung by the neck until dead."
"that's horrible!"
"that's life for the most hated man on earth. I just hope the people here are a little more open to a shape shifting human,"
"im sure the are, now go and here is that map you wanted, its not to scale but it will do."
"thankyou princess."
"your welcome, now how about we go calm down the crowd that has surely come up."
"yes lets." we walk down stares and out the door to see damn near the whole town has gathered in front of the library.
"ok everypony i have confirmed that we don't have a changeling here, but a very talented young human. One that can weald his own brand of magic. Magic similar to the changelings, but he dose not feed off of love."
I could hear a collective sigh of relieve for the good news and disperse, having better things to do than stand around all day.
"well you two have fun."
"bye princess! Ok lets head over to sugar cube corner first, thats where pinkie pie lives we just might run into her or rainbow dash on the way."
"okie dokie."
"ha ha you almost sounded like pinkie there for a second, all you have to do is say lokie at the end and you'll sound just like her."
" 
cool."
While we walk down to this "sugar cube corner" place, me and twilight talk about the norm in town, the customs, and history of the world. What i found out is that their isn't much different about our worlds except that there is no form of structured religions here and the politics are mainly the trade roots between equestria and the griffon lands, which i mentioned that it is one of the big reasons of war in the distant past, and that there is virtually no corruption here except for a few evil people that have been defeated. As we approach sugar cube corner, i fall into a dead stop at the sight of it. This building looks like a gingerbread house with a cupcake on top.
"here we are, sugar cube ... Jason?"
I feel a hoof on my chest while one waves at me
"hello jason?"
Twilights hoof taps on my head.
"is anyone home? Hello?"
"it looks so good. I want to nom on it."
Twilight stares at me for a moment before falling on her back and laughing at me.
"what it looks delicious."
"i know i thought the same thing when i first saw it to. Your going to fit in here nicely."
"i sure hope so. I wonder how they got this place to look the way it dose? There is no possible way that the building is real, it would go stale and mold within days, having to replace that whole structure would cut into profits. The shingles must be commissioned, no business in their right mind would make them that big or specialized for that matter. The frosting must be some kind of plaster to get that look, nothing elts fits. What do you think twi... Why are you staring at me?"
"what? Oh, sorry i just never met another pony who would think like that here in ponyville."
"well im not from here, so i would act a bit differentially."
"true true."
We walk into the shop ant the sent of fresh baked goods hit me like a freight train. The inside of the place looks like the inside of a gingerbread if someone took the time to decorate the inside. Walking up the the counter i see quite the selection of treats available, but i dont see much in the regard to pumpkin items.
"do you get pumpkins around here?"
"ya for nightmare night, why?"
"well i have some recipes for pumpkin desserts that are relay good."
"oh well tell that to the cakes when they get here. Mr. & Mrs. Cake." no one comes to the call. I ring the bell a few times and two ponies rush to the front one pony being a light blue with what appears to be two tone pink frosting for her mane and tale and a yellow apron with pink frills. The other pony had a yellow coat with an orange mane and tail, his lower jaw was protruding a bit and he had a candy cane style bowtie, a white apron, and a short red and white hat.
"welcome to sugar cube corner."
"hi mr. And mrs. Cake. Have you seen pinkie anywhere?"
"oh you just missed her, we sent her on an apple run a few minuets ago. She should be back son with applejack. Oh and who's your new friend dear?"
"my name's jason," small bow, "its wonderful to meet you."
"oh my, such a gentleman, you remind me of carrot here."
"well we best go after pinkie, we need to go to sweet appel acers anyway. Come on lets go."
"ok. Next time i see you two i have some recipes for you to try."
"come back any time."
Once outside twilight mentions that we wont be able to catch pinkie before she reaches sweet apple acers.
"how fast can she run?"
"Pretty fast, earth ponies are the fastest ground runners in equestria, second only to the pegasus ponies."
"well if she cant run faster that 500 mph well catch her."
"what do you AHHHHHH!" before she could finish her sentence i shift back into kincecleran form and bolt off toward the farm while carrying her bridle style. About half way down the path i see a bouncing pink pony. I skid to a stop right beside her and set twilight down.
"what? Never traveled at 120 mph before?" i ask twilight while changing back to human, she is shaking while sporting a windswept look to her main and tail.
"n-n-no, n-n-never."
With a slight chuckle i look back over to the pink pony, her mane and tail look like someone tosed her into a freaking cotton candy machine. I look toward her flank noticing that she has a tattoo of three ballons on her flank, two blue one yellow. Looking over to twilights flank i see she has a tat as well except hers is of a twelve-pointed star and five six-pointed stars around it. Looking back over to pinkie i see that she had dropped her bag as she is staring at me.
"um hello?"
Before i could say anything she is gasping while floating almost six feet off the ground, turning towards town she booked it home as if she saw a ghost or something.
"is that normal, or is she afraid of meeting new people."
"no that's normal pinkie, she did that when i first came here. She makes friends with everyone she meets, its like a personal goal to her."
"huh, i would think she would start with some sort of introduction first, but whatever floats her boat." looking down i see that she dropped a brown bag, picking it up i hear the a light clink of metal in side it. Opening it up i find that there is a small note and some gold coins, the note looked like a list of apples. "well looks like the shopping list and cash, lets go get the shopping done for pinkie."
"ya lets, except lets just walk there ok?"
"aww but you looked cute when you were scared out of your mind."
"i was not scared."
I just laugh as we walk to the farm. Taking much longer than is should have we see the red barn coming up in the distance, an archway with ... Apple vines? ... Ok .... And a sign with an apple carved out of it. Looking around i see that they have a few other crops growing but not to the extent that they have for the apples. There must be over 300 acers of apples trees alone.
"how many ponies are working here?"
"two."
I stop dead in my tracks. "your telling me that only two ponies are working here?"
"yep, applejack and big macintosh."
"huh, well lets get to it." walking up the the front gate it looks almost deserted until one pony walks out of the trees carrying a pair of baskets with apples overflowing in each. She is wairing A brown stetson hat. Twilight calls out to applejack and she responds with the typical southern accent.
"well howdy twilight, who's yer friend?"
"my name's jason," small bow, "its wonderful to meet you mis applejack, I've heard that you and your brother manage this entire farm on your own."
"yer darn tootin."
"you have well over 300 acers of land of apple trees that means that you have to pick 150 acers of apples each."
"well it ain't all that hard partner. Just got to buck the trees and all the apples fall out."
"hmm well if its just the vibrations from the kick that's needed to bring down the apples, then mabe an echo camber will work?"
"an echo what?"
"echo chamber. Its hard to explain, its best if i just show you."
"well ok let 'er rip."
"lets go to a group of trees that haven't been harvested yet."
"all right." we come up to a grouping of trees that still have quite a few of apples yet only about five of the trees have baskets under them.
"do you have any more of those baskets?"
"yah why?"
"I can hit about fifteen of these trees at once" applejack goes and brings back a wagon full of baskets. Changing into a sonorosian, i am now a small white creature with a body of a living amplifier. One of my most noticeable features is a square appendage resembling an mp3 player on my back with a port on it, decorated with a 10 symbol and what looks like cassette tapes are on my lower legs. I have a set of earmuffs on that connect to the mp3 player. My eyes and mouth are green along with a pair of disks on the back of my hands. My outer look is only a containment suit, under it i am nothing but living sound waves. Being a sonorosian i can multiply very quickly, using that ability i help with the setup to speed things along. (authors note: search echo echo)
"um partner, before ya start, i can see that you can make a great number of ya' but how ar you going to get all them apples down all at once? You don't look ta be all that strong."
"don't worry about it," my voice is echoing on itself, because i am currently living sound waives, "ill show you, ok everybody into formation: echo chamber."
Me and my twenty clones surrounded the group of trees, take in a big breath, and release pulses of ultrasonic screeches that increase in frequency. The vibrations caused my the ultrasonic blast are just enough to get all the apples out of the trees.
"there it is done, and in the same time it would take you to do three trees... Um... Oops... Sorry i forgot to tell you that it is very loud."
"what?"
"i said im sorry that it was loud."
"WHAT?"
I hold a finger up telling them to wait and during that time i send my clones along with quite a few more to collect the apples. As the last one grabs the last basket a large red pony shows up. From my short hight he looks like a beast. He has distinct hoofs underneath the heavy coat around his legs.
"you must be big macintosh correct."
"eeyup."
"..."
"..."
"Stallion of few words im guessing."
"eeyup."
Looking at the others. "can you hear me yet?"
"somewhat partner."
"warn us next time you do that, ok?"
"sure thing and im sorry again for not warning you sooner."
"its fine lets just get the apples to the barn. Oh big mac, when did you get here?"
"just now, i heard the screeching from the house and i came to investigate."
"you 'eared that from way over there!?"
"eeyup."
"like i said, it is loud."
"eeyup. And why were you doing that?"
I point toward the forty plus of me that are each carrying a basket full of apples. "fifteen trees of apples harvested in moments."
"eeyup."
We all walk back to the barn where i deposit the apples into the barn, as they are deposited the clone disappears and i revert back to normal
"well partner that did definitely save some time."
"and just so you know that was about a half of my max that i can call upon so if twenty of my clones can pick the apples from fifteen trees, then one-hundred can pick the apples from seventy-five trees at one time."
"eeyup."
"well partner i would love to have a helping hoof around here anytime so you come back whenever you want."
"well there was another reason we were here," i hold up the bag and list, "pinkie dropped this on the road and the cakes sent her on an apple run..."
"say no more fella. Ill get y'all loaded up and ready to go." applejack goes into the back and fills up a cart with the different apples on the list. "alrigh' i got everything on that there list all packed up, now let me get all saddled up and we'll be on our way."
"no need, i have a few forms that can take care of it."
"that's mighty kind of you but i need to go into town anyway and i need ta be sure that the cart gets home safe like."
"well ok, ill push from the back then." As applejack gets all saddled up im getting ready, once again, as a krogan. Applejack comes out with a saddle on and a bag in her mouth, she set the bag on the ground and tells me its my pay for all the apples i harvested. As she passes by, i notice that she has a tat as well this one being of three apples.
"is it just me or dose everyone have a tattoo around here?" i ask as i put the bag of coins on the cart.
"tattoo?"
"ya, everyone has a different tattoo. Yours, twilight, are those stars. Yours, jack, are the apples and so on."
"oh you mean our cutie marks."
"...what?"
"our cutie mark are showing what our special talent is and/or our personality. Every pony gets one eventuality"
"huh."
"do you have one?"
"nnnope." sounding exactly like big mac as we get going with the cart.
"mabe your talent is impersonations. You did pretty well with big mac there."
"eh you never know. Just got to wait and see."
We make our way back toward sugar cube corner with our haul as we make small talk about almost anything. It took even longer to get back to town without my kincecleran form to speed things up. As town comes into view, i see the freakiest rainbow ever. It looked like it was tying itself in knots.
"what is rainbow dash up to know?"
"who?"
"rainbow dash, she is a suborn, hardheaded pegasus, but she is talented and loyal almost to a fault."
"she can also be quite forward most of the time, if you catch ma' meanin' ."
Rainbow soon breaks out of her loop de loop and fires straight into the clouds before dropping straight down. Right as she breaks the sound barrier a huge ring of vibrant colors burst forth before my eyes. I step around the side of the cart to get a better view when i heard a voice shouting.
"lookout below!"
Looking forward i see a blue pony flying at me.
"get out of the way!"
I move my arms out in front of me to catch the out of controle pony. As soon as i bring up my arms the pony slams into my hands, pushing me back a foot or two.
"wow, nice catch there buddy."
"first time anyone was able to push me back as a krogan."
"a what now."
"a krogan, im practically a walking tank. You can hit me all you want, but ill get back up again."
"that's so cool dude. Hey have you seen a blue, thin lizard that can turn into a hairless pony standing on two legs?"
"... Thin am i?" i drop the cyan pony as i shift back to normal, "i do believe she was talking about me ant my kincecleran shift."
"shift? Kincecleran? What?"
"im a shape shifter, when i change forms i call it shifting and the new body i call a shift or form."
"ahh so whats this kincecleran thing anyway?"
"a thin blue creature that can travel upwards of 500 mph."
"wicked... Wait, how much is that in wing speed?"
"how long does it take for you to travel a mile?"
"pfff about two seconds."
"your wing speed?"
"16.5 last time i checked. Why?"
"i needed a base for the calculations, now ... *mumble, mumble,* ... That wold put my kincecleran's "wing speed" at about 73.8 at full speed. And your number tells me that you travel at about 112 mph give ore take"
All three of the ponies ar just staring at me, both twilight and rainbow have blushes while rainbow's wings snapped open.
"um rainbow, your wings just open."
"wha? Oh ... Um ... Well... Imjustgoingtogonowbye!" before anything could be said she bolts and i have a feeling of day sha voo of what happened with pinkie earlier, except without the gasping.
"um twilight, what-"
*thud*
"happened..." i look over to see that twilight is out like a light.
"another ........ Smart ............ Pony..........."
"right ... Smart, i'll take that." i load her up onto the cart, return to krogan form and get the cart moving toward sugar cube corner. When we get there i revert to human and walk in to the bakery.
"apple delivery!" mr. Cake was manning the counter.
"what? But i thought that pinkie was getting them?"
"she dropped everything on the road and bolted when she saw me, so i finished her task and helped the apples harvest some apples."
"oh well that was nice of you, i was wondering why pinkie rushed back upstairs so quickly. Well i'll get them all squared away and thankyou again."
"if you want i could help, just tell me where you want them."
"ok fallow me," he leads me to a storage seller in the back of bakery, "just go right down there, we had it built to keep perishable food items from going bad. You'll have to go through the front to get to it tho"
"ok easy enough for a sonorosian to handle."
"whats a ..."
As he asked that he turns around and just stares at me, bugeyed.
"hey its not nice to stare."
"sorry its just, your so small now. How is this going to speed things up?"
I just stare at him with a blank expression and multiply enough for a clone per basket, "like this."
"OH oh well that will definitely work."
I send my clones to fetch the apples as i hold open the seller door. Getting the job done fairly quickly i dismiss the clones, return to normal and enter the bakery.
"oh before i leave, mr. Cake, i actually have a few recipes that you might find intriguing."
"ok well lay them on me." i tell him of the recipes for; chocolate chip pumpkin bread, cinnamon pig ears, the versatile drops, Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars, and Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake
"well those are quite a few, and most are perfect for nightmare night. I have a feeling they will be a big hit, thankyou for everything you have done for us."
"any time, its no big deal. Now, if you'll excuse me, i have an unconscious frend in a cart out front." mr. Cake waives me off as i go see how twilight is doing. As i walk out front i see that twilight was just waking up from her little nap.
"how did we get here?"
"you fell unconscious do to how horny you got from the thought of another smart person in town."
"oh um yes well that's embarrassing."
" 'salright."
"well that takes care of three ponies just three to go."
"wait up twi' you found another pony friend? Who?"
"no we need to go see mayor mare to get his papers signed."
"oooh righ' gotchya. Well see you round partner."
"see ya later... WAIT!"
"what?"
I grab the bag of bits off of the cart and hold them up. "almost forgot this."
"ha definitely don't wanna forget that.
"ya definitely, seeing as how this is all the money i have here."
"serious?"
"yep, in my world we use dollars, paper money/"
"paper? What?"
"ha, we have a governmental system where they tell us that the dollar has value. Its easier than pumping out gold coins for money, seeing as there is only so much gold in the world."
"well i guess that's true, well i best be off, bye y'all."
"bye." i tye the bag of coins onto my belt as me and twilight leave the bakery.
"so where are we going now?"
"we are going to carousel boutique, that's where rarity lives and works."
"ok so what is she like?"
"well she is a unicorn like me so she has magic, but she only really uses it for work and everyday things while i train in more advanced magic. She will also want to make you a whole new wardrobe while your there."
"whats wrong with what im wearing? Blue goes great with black."
"you have a mummy on your shirt."
"its not a mummy, its the head guitarist and singer from my favorite band, skillet, wearing a full facial wrap for the music video for monster."
"umm ok whatever you say, oh and also rarity is very generous so dont be alarmed and dont feel guilty when she wants to give you the whole wardrobe for free."
"what? Then how can she make any money if she doesn't get payed for her work?"
"oh she gets payed by her customers from canterlot."
"canterlot?"
"ya thats where the princesses and all the rich and famous ponies live."
"ah that would explain it. So all the hoity toity and snooty ponies know about her"
"well hoity toity has ordered over six dozen dresses from her already, that pretty much set in her reputation in canterlot."
"there is a pony named hoity toity?"
"yep he is practically the head of the fashion industry in canterlot, if he likes your dresses then the whole of equestria will be demanding to get your designs."
"well rarity must be really good for that kind of prase."
"oh ya, she even made our dresses for the grand galloping galla."
"the what now in the who where?"
"the grand galloping galla is one of the most important days for royalty. Only those that are invited get to go and me and my friends went last year and ... Well ... It was bad, lets just leave it at that."
I chuckle at the thought of pinkie going on a rampage at the high society party, all that chaos. Looking at the building in front of us, it just screams "im over here!". It looks like a very ornate, two tier carousel with pink and purple being the main color scheme. Once inside i saw that damn near everything was covered in some kind of lacy drape or curtain.
"oh but of corse darling, it should only take a few hours to fix the tares. Ill have it done longe before the next galla."
Looking toward the voice i see a white unicorn with a dark purple mane and tail that were done up in curls, not like pinkie but more of a high class curl. Her "cuitie mark" was of three light blue gems and she had blue eyes and light blue mascara on, or what ever its called. The pony she was talking to was a yellow pegasus with an uber long pink mane and tail. She also has light blue eyes, but no mascara, and three pink butterflies for her mark.
"hey rarity, oh flutershy i didn't know you were going to be here. Well that saves us the trip."
"oh twilight, darling, didn't you already come to get your dress fixed, it will take a little longer for me to finish. Oh and who is your new friend there?"
"hes..."
I walk over to rarity and bow as a knight would when being knighted. "my name is jason madam rarity, it is an honor to meet one of your standing in person." taking her right hoof, i place a kiss on it before letting go.
"oh... Um ... I ... Uh oh is it getting hot in here or is it just me?" she starts to teeter around as a deep blush appears on her cheeks and ears.
"its just you rarity, jason can be a little odd with his greetings."
I stand up, "hey i resent that."
"no its ok darling, i just haven't had anyone greet me in such a way. It was very nice actually."
"glad i could make your day, and you must be flutershy," doing a simpler bow than before, "a beautiful name for a beautiful mare."
"oh... Um... Thankyou. Your a nice pony not at all like what everyone was saying."
"ah, no worries, i have grownup around ... heavy criticism, so im use to it. A few names and rumors aren't going to bother me."
"that's putting it gently from what celestia said."
"oh, and what was that darling?"
I clamp twilights mouth shut, "somethings are better left unsaid."
"ah well your past is your own, i wont pry."
"thankyou mademoiselle."
"now darling, where are you living currently?"
"well i did hear that there were a few homes for sale, so i was going to look into pricing for something small, but at the moment i don't have a place."
"well, if there isn't anything in your price range, then your more than welcome to stay here."
"why mis rarity that is very generous of you. I hope i wouldn't be a burden."
"oh not at all sweety, it would be wonderful to have a roommate and one as considerate as yourself. If i didn't know any better, i would say that you are from royalty."
"oh no no no, im just an average person. The only thing that's special about me is my shape shifting."
"still your more princely than one pony i dont even want to think about anymore."
"ah well lets change the subject then. How has time in ponyville been so far ladies."
They each go on about their lives here, somethings i know and others i don't. As time wound by i noticed that the sun had passed its zenith and was wounding down for the night. Reminding twilight that we still needed to do to town hall to fill out my papers, we said our goodbyes and headed across the way to town hall. The building was a fair bit more lade back than the others we have gone too today, sure it was bigger than all the rest but that is to be expected. As we entered the inside was similar to the outside, there were box seats around the two tier stage. To the far left there sat an orange stallion looking bored out of his mind, the table said "registration" on the front. I walk over to the table and the pony visibly perks up.
"well we dont have many new ponies coming to live here. You are moving in right?"
"but of course my good sir, i am even planing to purchase a home if possible."
"ah well you'll have to speak to the mayor about that last part. There are homes available sprinkling town, so you should be able to find one to your liking, but before that you need to be a citizen of ponyville. All you have to do is fill out this form and the mayor will finalize it."
"ok ease enough." i fill out the form to the best of my abilities until i get to "the place of birth" spot. I leave it blank as i wasn't born in equestria, i am able to compleat the rest of the form and bring it up to the desk. The stallion looks over the form, but looks confused by something.
"ummm you left "place of birth" blank. Why?"
"i wasn't born in equestria, i dont even know if anyone here would even know of the place i was born."
"try me."
"boise, idaho."
"where?"
"exactly."
"ok well then i guess i dont know every city by heart... Where under celestia's sun is that?"
"its not. Im from a different planet altogether."
"ok well i guess you can leave it blank... Just be sure to explain it to the mayor, ok?"
"sure."
the three of us walk through a door labeled "mayor mare." inside there is a yellowish tan mare with a graying mane and tale wearing thin glasses and a collar with a light blue cotton ball tie, what ever its called. She has dark blue eyes and has a tyed scroll for a cutie mark. She was reading something before she noticed us.
"oh how can i help you?"
"mr.," looks at the clipboard, "jason here wishes to be a citizen and to purchase a home here in ponyville."
"ah well mr. jason please sit."
"my pleasure mis mayor."
"... Looking over your information i see that you didn't provide a place of birth. Why is that?"
"you can put boise, idaho there if it would clear your conscience, but you will never find it in any atlas."
"that is true i haven't heard of it, what continent are you from?"
"the united states of America, on the planet earth, in the milky way galaxy."
they all just stare at me...
"what?"
"oh im sorry, i just didn't expect that sort of answer and i have no idea where that is."
"expected as much."
"excuse me?"
"sorry sorry its just that when i got here i only saw ponies so i figured that there weren't any humans here and i was the first person from earth to come here."
"ah ok well well just put ... Um ... Boise, idaho of earth right?"
"yep."
"right, just in case anyone from earth pops up you can talk to them."
"ha with the reception i got here, only a goth would feel out of place."
"goth?"
"picture me with black makeup around my eyes and mouth, black hair, black cloths, and talking about death and a spiraling depression that i could never get out of, and i never smile or have fun. Ever. That is goth."
"wow... You have people like that on earth?"
"yep and much worse."
"worse?"
"Murderers, rapists, child... uh ... Filly molesters, drug dealers, mafiosos, and so on."
"WHAT!?!?!?"
"yep, my world is hell and all that is just the tip of the ice burg."
"wow... Your world is violent."
"that is why im so happy to be here, to get away from it all and start a new life in a world of piece."
"well, im happy that you have come here. I know that ponyville will help you find the piece and mabe love that you need."
"i sure hope so ma'am."
"oh dont call me ma'am, it makes me feel old."
"ok mis. Mare."
"better, now i just got to stamp this and we will be done," *stamp,* "there, now about that home, we have a few homes open right no. What are you looking for?"
"something small and cheep, just for me."
"well we have a few places open, lets go..."
"Actually, so long as the home isn't feminized, i'll be fine
"well that will make this much faster then. So, one bed, one bath, and basic necessities, correct?"
"yes, minimal furnishings if possible to bring down the cost."
"of course, now how will you be paying for this?"
I pull out the bag of coins and set it on the table. "this is all i have at the moment, i will be working with the apples for my wages and possibly as a performer if i can find a replacement fuel."
"your a performer?"
"yes, im a fire dancer. I use kerosene for my fuel of choice and i don't know if there is a store here who sells it, i only have enough for one performance right now."
"um what is kerosene?"
"its a long burning fuel that i use for fire dancing and more than likely you don't have it here, so il have to find another way...," i look over at twilight, "twilight?"
"yes?"
"your magical. Duplication spell?"
"oOH NO im am nowhere near powerful enough for that."
"darn."
"but there is someone who might be."
"who?"
"the same pony that looked into your past."
"celestia, should have guessed."
As if on cue, in comes this little lizard thing. It almost looks a baby purple dragon with a light gray underbelly, dark green and smooth spines, a spaded tale, light green fins on its face, and big green eyes,
"hey twilight a letter came in from celestia ... ITS THE CHANGELING!"
"not a changeling i thought celestia told everyone that already."
"wait your not the changeling thing that twilight brought in the other day?"
"well i can shape shift, but im no changeling, im a human."
"human? Like in those old pony stories? I don't buy it"
"well its not my problem that you don't believe whats right before your eyes."
"what dose the letter say spike?"
"oh right my dearest twilight, i apologize about me leaving so soon, this letter is mainly for jason, who ever that is..."
"that would be me."
"oh im sorry about before."
"no worries mate, already forgotten about it. What else dose the letter say?"
"oh right, uh, mr. jason i would like to cordially invite you to to the up coming grand galloping gala," a golden ticket appears, "i would be honored if someone of your honor and creed would come to the gala and hopefully teach my cousin, prince blue blood, some humility. Your princess celestia."
"ok well that solves the issue of getting an audience with her. Hey spike can you send celestia a quick RSVP for me?"
"sure."
"tell her i would be honored to attend, i will need to find proper attire to attend, i'll probably talk to rarity in that regard. Oh, and also ask if she can enchant a bottle of mine to refill its self whenever its used, i'll tell her why in person or mabe show her."
"ok i gotten it written."
He roles it up and burns it.
"ummm?"
"spike is able to send messages between himself and the princess with the green flames."
"oh i was wondering about that. Now back to the task at hand so we can all get on with our lives."
"oh right the house well while you were talking to spike i was counting the bits, you have 523 bits in the bag that will be enough to pay for a little more than half of a furnished one bed home. You will have about 477 bits remaining, you'll have a month from today to pay the rest before the interest starts, the interest..."
"no worries i'll be able to pay for it soon in full. Like i said i'll be working for the apples for the harvest session, so it wont take me long to pay you, and once im able to talk to celestia i might be able to start my performances up again."
"well then, its good to hear that someone is prepared when they start a move."
"yep, he he, prepared, sure, lets go with that."
"you were mainly just window shopping weren't you?"
"um... Well... Yes, yes i was, but it all worked out in the end."
"silly silly human."
"yes i am, and im prod of it."
"i hope we dont have another pinkie on our hoofs."
"no worries, from what i have heard of her, im no where near her level of crazy."
"good!"
"quite. Now all i need is the key, address, and the ticket."
mis. Mare opens a drawer and fiddles around with the folders until she finds the one she wants. Passing it to me, i open it and look through the photos. The house looks just fine to me: one bed; one bath; kitchen; and sitting room with a fireplace. One oddity i noticed was that one of the numberers on the page was crossed out a few times and replaced with lower ones until it reached 1000. I accept the key and address and obtain the ticket from spike. I bow to mis mare, thanking her for the opportunity as we leave.
"so are you going home or what?"
"well, spike, i don't really care about the house, its just a building. What im going to need is the formal clothing for this gala thing."
"shhhh you dont want anypony hearing that you have a ticket, they will go crazy. Its every ponies dream to go."
"ok well how long until this dance thing?"
"in about three weeks."
"well that's pretty close. I hope rarity is as good as they say, having to work with a whole new body type might be hard."
"oh trust me, my rarity can do anything."
"your rarity?"
"spike has a crush on rarity."
"hey he didn't need to know that!"
"you practically told me."
as we enter the carousel boutique, i see that rarity is working on a dress that looks to be made of leaves and is heavily torn.
"greetings, once again, mis rarity."
"oh jason, twilight, darlings, what brings you back here so soon?"
"we, well, i am here to inform you of two things. One, i have obtained a home i just need to make a few payments on it."
"oh thats wonderful sugar cube, and the other?"
"this." i hold out the gala ticket.
"oh my, you were invited to the gala?! But you haven't even been here for a day! You must be very lucky."
"well i do believe that there is an ulterior motive for inviting me. Celestia wants me teach her cousin the code of chivalry from my world."
"what is that?"
"its a code of conduct for the knights of the dark ages. In a nutshell it said to uphold honor, and truth."
"and you follow this code."
"to a point. Im not exactly the most noble of people."
Before rarity could respond, the front door flies off its hinges reveling a black pony holding a wicked knife.
"give me all your bits, now!"
I draw my gun and aim it toward the intruder. "you have three seconds to turnaround and never return. one."
"and what do you think you can do?"
"two."
He takes a step forward.
"three." i aim low and pull the trigger. The intruders leg is rendered from his body, leaving nothing but a bloody mess of a stump and a severed hoof in the far corner. He screams as he falls to the ground.
"what sorcery is this?!"
"not sorcery, technology. Where is the nearest hospital, we need to stabilize this pony so he doesn't die on the way to the proper authorities."
"its just around the corner, lets go."
I take the pony by the neck and drag him to the hospital. Once he is loaded up in the ER i advise that they have round the clock eyes on him do to the previous events. They agree and me and twilight take care of the blood stanes on the road and in rarity's home.
"thank you ever so much darling, i don't know how i could ever repay you.."
"well im going to need something for the upcoming gala."
"done. Anything else my hero." she starts to flutter her eyes.
"no that should do. Once he is stable i will take him to the authorities for his punishment. Where is the police station anyway?"
"we dont have "police" we have a city guard in canterlot they will be able to tell you."
"that will have to do. Now about those clothes."
"oh yes i can see how wonderful you would look in a tuxedo."
"eh, to constricting, mabe a robe with an undershirt?"
"oh i like that. I just need to get your measurements and i'll have it done before the gala."
Rarity gets the measurements that she needs from me and starts on the sketches. Me and twilight wait for over an hour before rarity comes up to us with a final design. There was a deep, almost crimson red color for the outside robe. A white puff on my chest coming out of the neck line, black pants and shoes. To finish the apparel the back of the collar rose up to the top of my scull.
"um, rarity, lower the back collar down to about the base of my neck and it would look better."
"hmm that is very true darling. I'll get to it right away."
"do you need anything else from me?"
"no i have everything i need, ill come get you if i need anything more, darling."
"wonderful, now, twilight, spike, lets go see my new home."
"ok lets go."
"i'll stay here with rarity..."
"no spike your coming with us, rarity has work to do before the gala."
"ya man, you dont want to be in "your girl's" way do you."
"HEY NOT OUT LOUD!"
Me and twilight laugh at spike's blush while we head to my place. My new home was toward the south of town, near the road to applejack's place, so i will be close to work. I was thinking that mis mare was planning it that way as i opened the door. The walls were bare, but there where basic furniture, the living room gad two couches and a coffee table next to the fireplace. The kitchen had a fridge, microwave, stove, sink, and plenty of counter space with drawers and cabinets. The second floor had the bedroom and bathroom.
"its a little bare don't you think?"
"well i just moved in, so ya it will be bare until i have a proper reason to decorate."
"ya, like what?"
"well.... I guess ... A wife. Someone...uh ... I mean somepony in my life who wont judge me for what i am, but who i am."
"we all want that, i wish you luck on your endeavors."
" thankyou twi. I sure hope so. New world, new life. A clean slate."
"and new opportunities for a safe, happy life."
"that too, that too."
Twilight and spike excuse themselves, saying that they needed to go back to the library to study something. We say our goodbyes as they leave for the library tree. Once again im alone, there is one thing that i will always do when im chased out of town. Meditate. I sit down and just let my mind fall empty. When i meditate i can go anywhere from a few hours to a few days without moving. There was a knocking at the front door that woke me from my peace right at sunset. Investigating i find that there wasn't anyone there so i close the door, before i could turn around there was another knocking at the door. Peering out again i notice that there was a red line going around the corner. Looking down, i see a red cupcake with "follow the path" written on it. Looking at the path its self, it almost looks like sand but i notice that there is a similarity between the cupcake and the path. They both made with red sugar crystal, and there is only one place i know of that would have red sugar. Sugar cube corner.
I follow the path down to the bakery to find that it has two signs on the door. One sigh said what was to be expected at this hour, closed. The other had balloons and streamers drawn on it as it said "open me". Seeing as i have come all this way, i go against my better judgment and follow the second sign. Expecting the door to be locked i push on the door and beyond all odds, it opens. Walking in there is nothing down here, but a note on the nearby table.
Dear jason,
?? I just want you to know that we may have gotten off on the wrong hoof and i hope this makes up for it.
??Pinkie
"...what?"
The light flick on, "SURPRISE!!" noise makers and party poppers are going off everywhere
"AHHH WHAT THE HECK?!?!"
"surprise! Hi im pinkie pi and i through this party just for you! Where you surprised, where ya, where ya, huh, huh, huh?" pinkie was just bouncing all over the place while talking, i couldn't keep my eyes on her for more than a few seconds.
"oh ya, you got me good. Have you ever done the warning before?"
"nope that was the first time i did it and it worked, so ill have to remember to do it again. Ya see i saw you on the way to applejacks remember? You where all "hello?" and i was all *gasp* remember? Ya see i never saw ya before and if i never saw you before that means your new, cus i know every pony and i mean every pony in ponyville and if your new, then you haven't met anyone yet and if you haven't met anyone yet then you must not have any friends and if you don't have any friends, then you must be lonely and that made me so sad and i had an idea and that's why i went *gasp*. Id just through a great big ginormous super duper spectacular welcome party and invite everyone in ponyville, but not everybody could come, so here we are your new friends!"
Looking around, i see practically every pony that i have talked to today except the princess. No one here knows me, they all know of my shape shifting, and yet they all consider themselves my friends. I feel the emotions that i haven't felt for over fifteen years, i am finally happy after so long. The rush of happiness causes my mouth to, literally, crack into a genuine smile as tears role down my eyes.
"aww shucks i think someone needs a hug girls." i heard applejack say
"why of corse AJ, my hero shouldn't by crying at his own party."
Within moments all the ponies besides the cakes and big mac wrapped their hoofs around me in one big group hug.
"thankyou, thankyou all. You don't know how much this means to me."
"thank pinkie, she was the one who set this all up." Said twilight.
"still, you all knew that i was vastly different, and a shape shifter, yet you still aloud me to stay. That's more than i can say for any one person of MY world. Thankyou."
"dont sweat it man, anyone who can go as fast as you is cool in my books, heck, I'd love it if you participated when cloudsdale calls for water again. You'll give us a huge boost toward that record."
"hahaha well i hope we break that record, now enough of my water works. Lets party!!"
As i said that pinkie bolts upstares and starts up some music.
"come on everyponie! The party is upstares!"
We all rush to the top of the stares to see that the whole place was done up in streamers and ballons. An old phonograph was playing away in one corner of the room while there was a huge wooden tub filled with watter and apples in the opposite corner. There was a buffet table that was topped with; a punch bowl, a ... Wine barrel, numerous little snacks, and the single biggest cake i have ever seen.
"im almost afraid to ask, but what is in the barrel?"
"did somepony say barrel?"
"well partner, its the apple family cider..."
"MINE!!!"
Rainbow dash bolts off toward the barrel and starts to hiss at everyone like some demented vampire that just made its kill.
"now git down from there rainbow! There is plenty of cider for the few ponies that showed up today!"
"oh fine, but i get the first mug!"
"no this is jason's party and he gets the first mug. That's that."
"so what's so special about this cider anyway?"
"its only the best, most awesomest cider in all of equestria! The apples only make it once a year and PINKIE always buys a flank ton of cider! I have only been able to try it once, ever!"
"well then this will be interestingly delectable."
Applejack pores me a mug of the cider and rater than being a dick, i pass it over to rainbow.
"are you serious right now?!?!"
"ya, kick this party off for me rainbow."
"o my gosh! o my gosh! o my gosh! o my gosh!"
Rainbow gently takes the mug from me as if it was filled with liquid gold. I could see a tear in her eye and she chugs the whole thing down. Grabbing another mug i take a sip and i can feel the alcohol scratching my throat a little while the sweetness and the tart of the apples washed over my tongue. I move out of the way so the others can grab a mug as well as rainbow going for seconds already.
"yo rainbow, mabe you should wait until after apple bobbing to grab some more."
"true i want to beat applejack at her own game."
"AIN'T GOING TO HAPPEN RAINBOW AND YOU KNOW IT!"
"OH YA? BRING IT SISTER!"
Knowing that this competition would be entertaining i fallow the two ponies to the toward the tub o' apples. Within seconds both of the girls had their heads in the water... Waiting... Up both with apples in their mouths.
"ha i was faster."
"oh no you where not i got up before you."
"you both came up at the same time. End of story."
They stare at each other, stare at me, nom down their apples, and burst into laughter.
"no worries sugar cube, its just a bit of friendly competition between friends."
"ya we are always competing with each other. How about you join us with the apples."
"sure."
Kneeling down at the tub, i dunk my head in and wait with my mouth open... Waiting... Waiting... I feel something brush against my mouth and i clamp down. Pulling back i see that i have a baby alligator in my mouth.
"AHHH!"
I drop the gater scurried across the floor toward pinkie.
"why was there a gater in the tub?!"
"oh this is my pet alligator, gummy. He has no teeth, so he wont hurt you."
I feel something wet and soft on my wrist, looking down i see that it was gummy trying to nom on my hand. Before i could say anything, there was a knocking downstairs.
"ill get it."
I head down and open the door to see, who else, but the princess and another pony. She was only a head shorter than celestia, but she had a horn and wings just like the princess. Her coat is a dark shade of blue while her mane and tail looks like she took the stars from the night sky and wove them into her hair. She had a tiara and thick necklace like celestia's yet hers are black and the necklace had a moon on the front instead of the gem.
"why jason, i hope we aren't late for the party."
"celestia, in the words of royalty back home, "the queen is never late, everyone else is early." and who is your lovely friend here?"
"this is my sister, princess luna."
"hello james it is an honor to meet the first human in equestria."
"oh my princess," i kneel down, take her hoof in my hand, and lay a kiss upon it, "the honor is all mine."
I can see the blush on luna's face as i kiss her hoof. She covers her face with her wings and hooves, celestia and i just giggle at her embarrassment.
"well that sure was nostalgic, no pony has kissed my hoof for some time now."
"feel lucky sister, he didn't do that for me when we met."
"well you had me in chaines, so i had a reason not to get close to you. It didn't really make the best first impression mind you."
"very true."
"now, enough talk, we have a party upstares that we should get to."
"oh yes, don't want to keep our subjects waiting."
As we hed back up I explain that the party had already started when they arrived. We get to the top of the stairs and everything stops. All the ponies attending bow to the princesses.
"celestia, luna, we didn't know you where coming. We would have waited if..."
"no worries my student we wanted to give our newest subject a warm welcome to equestria."
"and we also wanted to see this "performance" he was talking about in his letter."
"ah yes, "fire poi" is what it's called or fire dancing."
"ah yes i do believe that there were a feu fire dancers back when. Odd to see one now a days."
"well it you two ladies wouldn't mind enchanting my bottle of kerosene, id be more that willing to perform for you."
"the spell will be easy enough for the two of us to use for this purpose. Where is the bottle?"
"oh its at home i'll go grab it."
I bolt out of the store and back home. When i grab my bag i feel something in one of the side pockets. Opening it up i find the speakers i used for my mp3 player during my performances, i forgot i even still had this thing much less that it was in my pack the whole time. I grab my ropes, the kerosene, my mp3 player, and the speakers. I rush back over to the bakery and hant the bottle over to celestia. The bottle floats into the air as the sisters cast the enchantment on the bottle. It floats into my hend and i watch as the empty air is filled with the blue liquid.
"this bottle will never run out of the liquid inside, now why is this "kerosene" so important to your performance?"
"simple, the ropes will only burn for a few moments, the flame will be weak, and the kevlar wick is hard to light. With the kerosene it will burn for minuets at a time, the flame will be able to withstand the strain, and the entire thing will go up in seconds after being dipped."
"ah, ok, well, how about a show?"
"sure, but not in here, to much flammable material. Lets go out front."
We all walk outside, i setup my music for the dance, choosing "Boys! Grab Your Guns by My American Heart." I lay my ropes down and coat them in the fresh kerosene. As soon as i turn on the music, i light the ropes and the dance begins (authors note: search dust finger in the flesh on youtube). The heat of the flames and the beat of the music always have such a profound effect on me. It's like i have entered my own world, no one but i exist. It has always happened when i perform, it makes my so im not nervous. Before i know it, the song has ended and i hear an odd clopping sound. I open my eyes to see not only my friends stomping their hoofs on the ground, but the people in the buildings around here are also clapping at my performance.
"well, it looks like the other ponies liked your fire dancing."
"and if i may say," i observe, "under the light of the most beautiful night sky i have ever seen."
"y-y-you like my nights? You like the moon and the stars?"
"of corse. I could look at the moon and stars all night, but if i try to look at the sun, then i would damage my eyes. I have always loved the nights."
Before i get even a moment to gaze at the stars once more, i am tackled by a black streak and wrapped in a set of hoofs, a pair of wings, and a star filled mane covered my face.
"THANKYOU!! THANKYOU!! THANKYOU!!"
"what? Why?"
"your the first pony to ever thank me for the nights i bring to equestria. Thankyou my friend, my BEST friend!"
"wait wait wait... YOUR nights?"
"yes, i bring up the moon and stars every night, while my sister brings up the sun every morning. Didn't you know that?"
"no... I thought it happened on it's own... This world is strange, but i like it."
"that's good because i never want you to leave my new friend."
"no worries luna, ill be up at Canterlot, hopefully, tomorrow delivering a convict and i'll be at the gala."
"convict?"
"ya, some black pony tried to rob rarity, but he is missing a limb right now in the local hospital."
"MISSING A LIMB!?"
"yes, i shot off his front left leg. Dont worry, he is still alive and will be brought to justice as soon as he can be moved."
"ah well i do hope so, somepony like that must face the law."
"and i will be sure of that, now, we have a party to finish."
We all head back in to the house to get the party going again with our new, royal, guests. Everyone goes back to what thew were doing except for rainbow, whom up and diapered. I thought that i saw her by the cider keg from time to time. Twilight was catching up with celesta while luna was bobbing for apples with applejack. After a few goes ant the tub, luna comes up with gummy clamped on to her face. As soon as she starts freaking out i just cant hold it anymore and bust up laughing. Pinkie calls out to gummy and he releases luna's face. After that fiasco, rainbow appears flying around the room doing tricks and spins while shouting about someone called daring do until she hits a wall and falls to the ground. We all decided that now would be the best time to just call it a night and head home. Me and all my new friends shared a big group hug and we went our separate ways.
When i get home i was just so tired from everything today that i just flop on my bed and im out like a light.