Hello everyone! Yes I am still alive, and doing things with ponies and words... Occasionally. Anyways! I've decided to post the first chapter of this story once more! Special and HUGE thanks to Kiliani, who saved my whole story from when it was removed. Props to him! So I hope you enjoy the classic story, hope to bring joy to my readers once more and it may motivate me more in my writing! So enjoy!
A drowning buzzing noise was all I could hear. My body felt numb and I couldn't move a muscle, but if felt like I was moving. My sense of direction was thrown off, so I couldn't tell where I was going until I fell. Downwards... I was going downwards, falling towards what I presumed was the ground. I was helpless, a pain now filling me as I tried to open my eyes and saw a flash of green before everything went dark.
Beep... Beep... Beep... Beep... Was all I could hear, besides some faint muffled talking. I struggled to open my eyes, the only thing entering them was a bright, white light and I clenched them shut. I wiggled my toes, moved my fingers, and took a deep breath. Everything seems to be working fine. I then opened my eyes again, not wide but just enough to let some light in so I could get used to it.
The first thing I noticed was that I hurt. My head was pounding and my back felt like I was laying on a pile of rocks for the night. I let out a little groan of pain and a voice, slightly muffled spoke. "Hey, he's awake." It sounded like a young woman, her tone was calm but curious.
I tried to sit up, six blurs in my vision when something gently pushed me back down. "Easy there partner, that fall y'all had was a rough one, and a mighty doozie." I tilted my head back, resting against the soft pillow.
"Where am I?" I said quietly, asking no one in particular. I didn't even think I would get an answer when I heard someone jumping up and down in... Tap shoes?
"You're in a hospital silly! You were unconscious near the edge of the Everfree Forest, so we took you here!" Someone's been drinking a lot of Redbull or something, this girl was really excited.
I think now is about the time I should introduce myself. My name is Marshall, I'm only nineteen and about five foot seven inches tall. Not the shortest person I know, but definitely not the tallest. I am a well rounded musician. I play drums, guitar, bass, do some vocal work but not a strong point. There isn't a style of music that I really don't like. Anyways, I never went to collage, I decided to work some, and hoped my music would take off soon. My parents always told me I was smart, and I agree if the subject catches my attention. I work out about once a week, to keep the fat off and build some muscle. I'm not ripped but I do show muscle. I have short, but pretty curly brown hair, with green eyes, with a slight tint of blue around the iris. But enough about that, back to the story.
I then tried to open my eyes again, the white tiled ceiling was the first thing I saw before I looked down, six coloured blurs then came into my field of view. Purple, pink, yellow, white, blue and orange... Wait a minute. I blinked a couple times and shook my head, and when I looked again my jaw hit the floor.
Six. Six colourful ponies were looking at me with concern with a hint of interest. They all looked unique, and seemed to be female, judging by the head structure, eyelashes and eyes.
The first one standing closest to my left was a purple unicorn, her horn came through her deep purple mane, parting through a couple magenta stripes. Her eyes were big, kinda like the rest but a nice amethyst purple colour. She tilted her head as I looked at her, a small smile on her muzzle as she looked at me. I looked over her body and noticed a picture on her flank. It was a purple star, surrounded by five smaller, white stars.
The mare standing next to her was smiling hugely at me, her pink coat and curly pink mane matched perfectly. Her eyes were a nice friendly blue, looking at my face and her grin got wider. Looking at her flank, her mark was a trio of balloons, two blue and one yellow.
As I looked to the next pony, she backed up a little and made an adorable squeaking noise. The yellow... Pegasus hid behind her pink mane, her turquoise eye that I could see looked into my own green eyes. She was quite cute, her wings tucked to her sides as she looked at me, trying to be as small as possible. Her flank mark seemed to be a trio of pink butterflies.
I then looked at the white unicorn... And... Wow, if I could process her image, I was sure I would of been blushing. She quickly blinked her beautiful deep blue eyes, a little smile across her face as she looked at me. Her nicely styled indigo mane and tail hung from her delicately, and the three blue gems that was her flank mark suited her perfectly.
The next mare I looked at, seemed to look at me in... Disbelief? She had a pretty neutral expression on her face, her emerald green eyes looked at me with curiosity. She was orange, her mane and tail was a nice blonde colour and tied at the ends with red fabric. She wore a brown stetson hat on top of her hear, and her flank mark was a trio of red apples, leading me to believe she was an apple farmer.
And last, but not least, the flying one. She was blue, her body looked slim, most likely meant for cutting through the air better. Her wings effortlessly held her in the air, her forelegs crossed as her magenta eyes looked at me. I couldn't help but stare in her eyes, the colour was just amazing, but I pried them away to look at her rainbow coloured hair and tail. The strands never seemed to mix, keeping in place flawlessly. Her flank mark was a dark cloud, with a lightening bolt coming from the bottom of it, but the bolt was rainbow coloured.
"Are you ok mister?" I heard a voice say, my heart sinking as I looked at the lavender unicorn, my shocked look must of been funny because she giggled before stopping herself and she blushed. "Sorry, but seriously, how are you feeling?" My eyes were glued to her lips, they moved like a humans would, her words coming out like mind did and I took a second before putting my head back down.
She talked... The pony... Talked to me... "Am I dead? Or is this all a dream?" I muttered to myself, bringing my hand to my head, a dull pain in it.
"Nopie lopie! You're alive and fine as a whistle!" The pink mare said quikly while jumping up and down, only to get a scolding look from the lavender one.
"Calm down Pinkie, you don't want to scare him now. Anyways, glad to see you are awake!" I was confused, my brain couldn't process what I was seeing, hearing and what they were doing. Here I was, laying in a bed, surrounded by talking... ponies.
"Where the hell am I? And how in the heck are you talking?" I said, sitting up and trying to get away from them, only to see all them look at me, my eyes looking for a way out.
"Easy sugarcube, we ain't gonna hurt ya." the orange one said, her gaze was soft and comforting, and I relaxed a little.
The lavender mare then spoke up. "You are in the Ponyville hospital, pretty much in the middle of Equestria and on the planet of Equus." She was looking up to the side, probably had a photographic memory. She then looked me and tilted her head. "All ponies can talk, well, except foals of course."
Equestira? Equus? Different planet? Talking horses? I blinked, my jaw to the floor and she just continued on. "But, who, and what are you?"
I took a couple second to collect my thoughts before I answered. "My name is Marshall... I... I don't think I'm from around here. I'm from a place called earth. And my species is Homo Sapien, also known as human." The lavender mare tilted her head before she went wide eyed.
"Y- you... You're an alien?" I smirked and rolled my eyes.
"Maybe to you, but you're the weird ones! Talking ponies for crying out loud!" They exchanged uneasy glances as I took a deep breath and put my hand to my forehead. "Whatever... This is crazy, but I guess it's happening whether I like or not." I then looked around again, relaxing myself and asked to no one- er... Pony in particular. "So what are your names?"
The lavender unicorn smiled and put her left hoof to her chest. "My name is Twilight Sparkle."
The pink mare then leaned in and grinned. "Pinkies my name and Parties are my game!" She then pulled back, putting her hoof to her chin. "Are they game? Well they have games in them so close enough!" She then smiled and giggled like crazy.
The butter yellow pegasus avoided my gaze and looked towards the floor. "Umm... M- my name is... Fluttershy..." She whispered almost softly enough for me to not hear her.
A white hoof was then put towards me and I looked at the mare in question. "Rarity, pleasure to meet you Marshall." I smiled and took the underside of her hoof in hand and placed a small kiss on the top.
"The pleasure is all mine Rarity." She blushed but just smiled and I let go of her hoof.
I then looked at the flying mare. "Rainbow Dash, number one flier in all of Equestira." I then smirked and put my fist out, and it only took a couple seconds for her to understand what I wanted and she... Hoof bumped me I guess.
I looked at the last mare and she put her hoof to her hat and gently tipped it towards me. "Applejack, please to be properly introduced to y'all." I just nodded and sat up, the blanket going to my waist, all eyes going to my chest. I felt my face fluster and I scratched the back of my head. "Wowie, hey if your up for it, ah could use a hard worker at the farm. If your up for it that is." I just looked around, finding my clothes all beside us on a small table. I grabbed them and looked around, my cheeks flushing a little more.
"Could I get dressed?" The girls all smiled and stepped back, but still stayed in the room. "I uh mean... Like leave the room." Twilight tilted her head. "It's just that, humans don't like being seen without any clothes on." Pinke then giggled.
"That's silly! We don't wear anything most of the time!" I noticed Fluttershy flushing a little.
"Well... How do I say this... We don't like our junk hanging out for others to see." The girls besides Pinkie blushed and Rainbow just smirked.
"What, not well endowed?" I just narrowed my eyes at her. She seemed to be a tomboy and a bit of a perv.
"Well, I wouldn't be talking, you're not exactly well endowed yourself. Smaller hips and the such." She flustered and grumbled while crossing her hooves.
"I'm just athletic, and besides! A pegasus with wide hips! That would seriously give me more drag while flying!" I smirked as she defended herself a little before she caught on. "Oh ha, ha." The other girls then walked towards the door and left, Rainbow landing and was the last to leave for glancing back at me once before she left and the door closed. I quickly got dressed, a black pair of jeans, a red long sleeved, v neck shirt, the sleeves of which I rolled up near my elbows. I then tied my timberland boots, they looked pretty nice and were comfortable.
I then stood up and had to get my balance, I was really tall. "Alright, I'm done Twilight." She opened the door and blushed, looking how tall I stood up. She was up to about my hips, if not that then my navel.
"Wow... I knew you were tall... But not that tall..." I then chuckled and rubbed my face, feeling the chin strap I had.
"I'm not even that tall, some people are around six feet tall. But I'm pretty tired now." I said with a yawn and Twilight just smiled.
"Well, if you'd like, you can stay with me in the library." I just nodded and we walked out, the hallway empty of ponies and we walked out of the hospital quickly. "Sorry about the other girls. Applejack had to close up the farm for the day, Rarity had an order she needed to finish before tomorrow, Fluttershy had to feed her animals. Rainbow had to clear the sky for tonight, and Pinkie Pie... I couldn't tell you honestly. She said it was a secret." I just yawned as we walked towards the small town.
"That's fine, I would like to get some sleep soon that's all I know." We continued walking and I once again found myself staring at her flank. "Twilight, just a couple questions, what are those marks on everyon- ponies flanks?" She looked back at her own rump and blushed, but still answered me.
"Oh that's just my cutie mark. Every colt and filly gets one, usually when they are young." I nodded, half listening before I asked my next question.
"So Equestria is inhabited by ponies right?" She nodded and flushed out the answer.
"Yes, there are three main types of ponies. Unicorns, like me and Rarity. Pegasi, like Rainbow and Fluttershy. And earth ponies, like Pinkie and Applejack." I nodded along, looking down at her as she focused on going forward. "But there is a third type, called..." She swallowed. "Alicorns." Her voice waiverd a bit, but I shrugged it off. "They have wings, and a horn." I just yawned again.
"Sorry, I'm just a little tired." I then thought back to what I was doing when I came here and felt my heart skip a beat. "Twilight... You didn't happen to find anything with me?" I looked at her and she nodded, a sigh coming from me.
"Yes, they are at the library unopened. I was really looking forward to see whats in them, but decided that you should open them." I smiled and put my hand on her shoulder, gently rubbing it.
"Thanks Twi." She blushed, looking around before she nuzzled my leg a little. Once we came close I removed my hand and was about to open the door for her when the handle started to glow and it opened on its own. Twilight walked by, her horn glowing the same dim purple as the handle and she looked at me, noting my shocked look.
"What, you thought these horns were just for show?" I mentally face palmed, but she just giggled and walked inside. "Unicorns can channel magic though their horns. Anyway, we can talk more about that later. I'm beat." I followed her up the stairs, not taking in much of the detail of the room and she pointed to a room to our left. "That's the bathroom, and over there." She pointed to our right. "That's your room." I nodded and bent down and hugged the unicorn. To which she, but not after a couple seconds, gave back to me.
"Thanks for the place to stay Twilight." I said to her and she almost melted in my grasp.
"It's no problem..." I then let go and she put all four limbs back on the ground and I stood up, walking over to my new room. "Good night Marshall." I looked over my shoulder and smiled.
"Good night Twilight. Sweet dreams." She blushed and walked towards a small podium. I entered my room and shut the door behind me. Inside the room was a bed, a dresser and all my stuff, still in boxes. Good. I will get to these tomorrow perhaps. But for now... Sleep. I went over to the bed and removed my clothes, all except my boxers and got into the bed. It was pretty comfy and I almost fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. What a strange land this is... I guess I will make the best of it... I thought as I fell into a deep sleep.