Jen, Dan and I stared at each other, trying to figure out what to say. Then Dan nudged me. "Tell her," he whispered.
"You tell her," I hissed back. This continued for several minutes until Jen interrupted.
"I'll tell her! Caitlin, James, Cheryl, get over here!" The rest of the group trotted over, looking nervous.
Twilight trotted over. "What is going on here?" she asked. "Applejack, what's wrong?"
"Twilight, these ponies seem to know us somehow. They were talkin' 'bout somethin' they heard Pinkie say, but I've never seen them before in my life."
Twilight looked at us. "Who are you ponies?"
"We're not ponies, we're humans," I said, ignoring Jen's whispers of "I was going to tell her!"
"Humans?" asked Applejack. "Like the ones in that book over there?"
"Yup!" Jen said nodding. "And in the human world, there's a show called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. And you guys are on it!"
"What you mean we're on a TV show?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah, how can we be on a TV show if we don't know about it?" put in Applejack.
"Oh, ummm," I glanced at Jen for help. She shrugged. "I have no idea," I said. "But if you're the Element of Honesty, shouldn't you be able to tell that I'm not lying?"
Applejack shook her head. "I don't think so."
"Applejack, what they're saying does make some sense," Twilight said. "Why would they just come to town and make up a story about being humans? Very few ponies even know about humans. The only reason I know about them is because I'm Princess Celestia's student."
"If you still don't believe us, you could ask us some stuff," I suggested. "But you might want to get everyone here first,"
It took several minutes to get all six of the ponies gathered together in the library. Rainbow Dash was the most suspicious of our story and Pinkie Pie was the least suspicious. I think Rarity was more concerned over our "woeful lack of fashion" than anything else. She spent at least ten minutes deciding what shade of purple would go best with my eyes and coat.
"I don't think they're telling the truth," Rainbow Dash said for the thirtieth time. "How do we know they're not lying?"
I rolled my eyes. "Oh yes, my friends and I came to town with no motive just to lie to you all, because that makes so much sense!"
"Yeah, we wouldn't lie to you!" Jen agreed.
"Come on Rainbow," Applejack said. "I don't think that they're any harm to us right now." She paused to glare at us. "But if you cause any trouble, we'll run you out of town," she finished.
"Okay," I said. "That sounds reasonable, I guess. So, um seeing as we're new here, why don't you show us around?"
"Oh, yes!" said Rarity. "You must come by my boutique! You all desperately need a lesson in fashion!"
"Hey!" Jen and Caitlin yelled at the same time. I rolled my eyes.
I turned to leave the library, then remembered something. "Hey where's Spike?"
"Oh yeah," Twilight said. She turned towards the stairs that probably led towards her bedroom. "Hey Spike! Come on downstairs and meet some new friends!"
A purple and green dragon ran into the room. We made introductions and Spike seemed genuinely interested in creatures that were also bipedal.
We all walked out of the library and walked down the street, Rarity leading the way to her boutique. Jen and Caitlin, the only ones of us with any interest in fashion, were up front with her. Pinkie Pie had mysteriously vanished, probably to set up for the welcoming party she was planning. Twilight was next to me, peppering me with various questions about the human world. James, Dan and Cheryl were walking (or flying) next to Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. I found it funny how they were each walking with the pony who they represented in Jen's stories.
"So Rebecca, are there ponies in your world?" Twilight asked. She was carrying Spike on her back and he was taking notes.
I nodded. "There are, but they are only black, white, grey and various shades of brown. There are no pegasi, unicorns or alicorns though."
"What's an alicorn?" asked Spike. I was confused for a second, then remembered that the term had been unused in the show.
"A winged unicorn. You know, like princess Celestia." I responded.
"And in your world, humans are the dominant species, right?" Twilight said.
I nodded again. "Yup. Top of the food chain, that's us."
"I've noticed that you don't have a cutie mark. Why is that?" Twilight asked.
I shrugged and frowned at my flank. "I haven't discovered my talent yet. Humans don't get cutie marks, so we just have to find out our talent without the help of a mark."
"What do you think you talent is?" Twilight seemed more curious than scientific with this question.
"It's magic!" said Jen, popping up between us.
"Gah!" I cried in shock. "Where did you come from?"
Jen just laughed and hopped away. "We're here!" sang Rarity. She pushed open the door and we all strode in. I glanced around and noticed three small ponies with no cutie marks standing near a work table. One was a pegasus with an orange coat and a purple mane. The one in the middle was a white unicorn with a light pink and purple mane and the last one was light yellow with a red mane that had a large pink bow in it.
"This is definitely going to give us our cutie marks!" the orange one, who I recognized as Scootaloo said. "Cutie Mark Crusaders Gem Decorators!"
They backed apart to reveal several messy pieces of paper covered in gems. Rarity's eyes almost bugged out of her head. "SWEETIE BELL!"
Okay, I've finally updated! Sorry for the delay. Okay, so please read review and be merry!
