#4
The day traveled by quickly, the princesses left to go run important "royal business", Applejack stated something about bucking trees, Dash said she would go practice some "radical" moves, and Rarity saw to it that she would try to finish a large order of fashion designs. Some busy ponies I see. I had to give myself a reminder that I was in a world that was pre-existing before me, so of course ponies would have things to do before I was a thing. It was a bit hard to accept but it was growing onto me.
"Well, I guess it's just us…wait, where did Pinkie go?!" I asked immediately noticing that Pinkie Pie was gone again, the two ponies left, Fluttershy and Twilight, simply shrugged making her disappearances seem like a common event. Strange by all means.
"Okay, that's odd. But now, as hard as it is to take in, I really need to figure out where to plant my foot next without sinking, so what is there to do here?" I asked changing the conversation since I knew they weren't going to give me a straight answer. Well, if I'm adopted into this new world, I'll have to get to know it. They both looked at each other for a moment and smiled.
"There's a lot to do here in Ponyville, but for starters, we would recommend you go visit and get to know the place better." Twilight recommends. Yeah, that's what I meant. I nodded before the shy one picked her head up, almost instantly.
"Yes, and we'll be here to guide you." Fluttershy finished with a smile that I'm glad she could pull off after the commotion from earlier. I smiled and thanked her for the support. She became flustered again and hid her face with her mane. "You're w-welcome" She replied back blushing a great deal. Cute.
"Ben, about earlier…with Celestia and Luna…"
"It's over now, and if they can hold their word, then I'm good, honest." I answered her so she didn't have to suffer explanting what has already been told. She nodded for a while before shaking her head.
"I don't know how to apologize for what has happened, and it hurts to know I can't make it up to you right away or do something."
"You don't need to apologize when you've done so much already, and you've never wronged me."
"That's what everypony says, but it doesn't rid the guilt I feel."
"Well then, we might as well get to know each other some more."
"Huh? How's that going to help?"
"It'll help in the long run, I'm sure of it, but about Celestia and Luna, from the little I know; I know friends that start off on the wrong foot, have a chance to become the best of friends…or worst of enemies. So far it's all been good."
"Well…I guess that'll do for now."
I told her so. Fluttershy came up from behind and opened it for me to start off my adventure. The glare of the outside blinded me as I walked towards the outside.
"Alright let's-
I forget the door here is smaller than what I'm used to. I backed away rubbing my head as I ducked slightly and slid out. Huh, maybe this'll be a problem. Twilight laughed at my sudden knock before I turned over to her and she rapidly lost it.
"Uh, sorry about the inconvenience, I'll do something about that later." Twilight nervously giggled trying to avoid laughing at me. I gave a nod before chuckling with her giggles. "No worries, my head can stand a small knock, how about we go on that tour?"
"Yes, I'm sure you'll love it!" She assured quickly.
We exited Twi's "royal" home and proceeded to explore the town some more. Twilight pointed to areas and labeled them, while Fluttershy helped but kept rather hidden behind Twilight. I think we practically circled the whole of Ponyville because by the time we came back to where we started, the sun was about ready to set.
"Wow, that knocked the wind out of me," Twilight panted dropping down to the ground, exhausted after all of our walking. "Me too," Fluttershy agreed joining her on the ground, leaning on her.
"Not me!" I bragged, laughing out loud a little. They looked at me and at the setting sun peacefully. I as well faced the setting sun before dying my laughter to nothing but a silent stare to the sunset.
"I never woke up." I said to them.
"I know this is hard to believe, but this is not a dream, this is reality." Twilight reminded me once more. It hurt a bit, but there was a reason I'm moderately accepting of this scenario, one that's depressing. Yet, that depressing scene is what's helping me remain in control in this world.
I turned to face Twilight, showing a gentle smile by my part. " If Celestia and Luna launching me to a wall didn't wake me up, I should have gotten the point then and there."
"Then, why are you smiling…? I mean…it's good to smile, but I wouldn't be if I'm as hurt…" Fluttershy asked in a quiet voice. I looked at her before closing my eyes and taking a deep breath.
"I left behind…nothing."
"W-what?" Fluttershy followed up, worried. I nodded while biting my tongue.
"Sadly…I never had nothing in the end. And when I did, it was taken from me. Like Mom and Dad…friends that I wish I got to speak to before they passed…it was all taken from me." I expressed, not pained by saying such things, but relieved. I smiled as I quickly shifted to change the mood. "But, I've always had a dream."
"Ben…what's your dream?" Twilight asked. I looked at her curiously before noticing her worried look. I thought about it. I thought a good few seconds before giving in.
"To finally pick up a pen and begin writing on the pages of this book that is my life. I want to live a good life."
They stared at me a good while before I chuckled.
"Simple, I know, but it's possible! I know it is!" I turned excitedly to look at the sun and raised my hand towards it and created a shadow of my hand behind me that stretched feet upon feet. I calmed down, lowering my hand and sighing, turning to them once more.
"And…being able to speak to you two…that's part of it…"
"That's…really sweet, Ben." Twilight commented with Fluttershy nodding, too nervous to speak. I smiled and gave the both of them a firm reassurance.
"You're welcome and believe me when I say I'm not going to let myself go. This is me, the me that's always wanted to meet others and be friends with many!"
"I'm glad." Twilight mentioned with a smile. We gave each other a small look before looking away with some level of gratitude towards each other.
After a few minutes, Twilight quickly changed her expression.
"Well, this is strange…" She stated. I swung my look towards them.
"What is?" I asked as I faced them, they were still leaning against the side of the house. Fluttershy was leaning against Twilight, resting, while Twilight moved her head around, looking around for something.
"What are you looking for?"
Twilight turned to me, "I'm sure that Pinkie Pie would have sent-" She quickly cut the sentence short, widening her eyes and raising her hoof towards me. Her face flaring sirens and red alerts.
"LOOK OUT!" A sudden cry emerged from behind. I picked my head up, feeling some chills down my spine before I came to senses.
What!?
I took a rapid double intake of air as I quickly turned around to see a gray blur going over my head. Without thought, I quickly jumped and flung my arms upwards to catch the object. I got that feeling in my gut of when you feel satisfied in having done something right, as in catching a blur going over head. The object landed in my hands at such speed it knocked me down to the ground on my back. I quickly put the object to my chest as to avoid it escaping my hands or getting hurt.
"Thank all for Sunday night football," I groaned, I was on my back again. I blinked the daze away and sat back up, studying the object I had just caught as I cradled it in my arms. It upon first glance that I realized it wasn't an object at all, but a pony of all things; a gray and blond pony. Twilight and Fluttershy appeared beside me, both worried before it all quickly turned into facepalms/hooves. I just stared at my catch as I noticed the pony with its hooves and wings over its eyes.
"How did you fall from the sky?" I asked trying to be friendly, the pony dropped its hooves and looked up at me. This pony was indeed a female, but besides the obvious, something else caught my attention: her eyes. Her eyes seemed to stare at me but faced in different directions, they were also blondish like her hair. I would have stared more if she hadn't embraced me first.
"Thank you for saving me! I would have crashed into Twilight's place again if you hadn't caught me!" She exclaimed in a cheerful tone, her voice was strange but fit her physical look somehow. I looked to Fluttershy before looking at Twilight near me. Again?
"Derpy, you need to be more careful, you could have hurt yourself or Ben!" Twilight warned harshly. I wasn't going to ask about the name, it seemed everyone here had something going on in that field. I quickly cleared my throat and shifted a bit.
"So…hey Derpy, why were you charging at me like that?" I asked placing her on the ground and picking myself up. She quickly rose up and started digging around in the satchel she had before pulling out a muffin, smelled fresh too. I became slightly distracted by the edible she held.
"Here you go, that's why!"
I snapped out of distraction and raised a suspicious eyebrow. I looked at the oven-baked treat, and back at her. She seemed proud of having a muffin as a reason for coming at me.
"Umm…I don't get, what you're saying is: you charged at me because of a muffin?" I asked confused and trying to hold back a smirk which I ultimately let show. She opened her eyes and looked at her hoof before blushing slightly and scratching her head.
"Wha…oh, oppsies, sorry that's my dinner!" She giggled putting it away and taking out a small envelope, handing it to Twilight. "That's the real thing, okay, got to go back, more letters to deliver!"
She bid her farewell and flew off, but I don't think this is the last time I'll be seeing her. I waved goodbye as she left, she turned to look back and waved back but lost her balance doing so. I flinched slightly, but she caught herself midair and blushed some more, flying off with a smile. I slowly regained my composure and chuckled awkwardly, another strangely cute pony. I turned my attention back to Twilight who had already opened the envelope and was reading it.
"So, what's the news?" I asked, waiting to see what's next on an afternoon in Ponyville, EQ(Equestria).
They both looked at each other curiously before looking at me briefly. They didn't waste any time in telling me to go over to Sugar Cube Corner, one of the areas I was shown to by during my tour. I was a bit rebellious about it and asked.
They looked me straight in the eye.
I began my journey over to Sugar Cube Corner, strange thing was that night had befallen Ponyville and that it was quiet all over. I began to feel uneasy, everything was turned off and not a sound was heard. A quiet place? Why am I here? Once I finally reached the house I was addressed to, I noticed everything was turned off here too and that nothing seemed to be active. I looked at what Twilight described as Pinkie's place, my head processing what was the meaning of this.
What the hell? Why was I sent here, everypony seems to be asleep?
I wanted to leave but going against Fluttershy and Twilight's word would not be too kind, especially when I was trying to get along with them. I sighed at the fact I was blackmailing myself childishly and placed my hand on the handle, latching on to it. I inhaled a large breath of air and opened the door hoping I wasn't intruding. Not to my surprise, it seemed empty.
I let my breath out, there didn't seem to be any ponies. I took one step forward and closed the door behind me. My hand searched around for a switch of some kind but found none. It was beginning to look like no one was here so I decided to play my last card.
"Hello?" I whispered ever so quietly.
"SURPRISE!" yelled many voices from all directions. I jumped at the sudden light and voices that filled the room with my hand slightly reaching to my waist. My body froze and I didn't react for a few seconds, my eyes just looking around at all the ponies that surrounded me. I gave a faint laughter as I waved at the horde of ponies. This looked weird by my part, I never really thought I'd show fear to this.
"Umm…surprise indeed but what are we celebrating exactly?" I asked very much surprised and a little terrified. Then, among the crowd emerged Pinkie pie with a party hat that she managed to put on me somehow. She looked up at me with a huge smile. I tried to muster up the most realistic smile I could, but it was nothing compared to her painfully exaggerated smile.
"WELCOME TO PONYVILLE! I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR PARTY, WE MADE CAKE, MUFFINS, SWEETS, OH MY GOSH! THERE'S SO MUCH MORE! She stated in a single breath. I stared at her with an actual smile now, I couldn't believe how fast she was at taking, but also, and most intriguing, I was more impressed that I had a party for arriving at Ponyville: this truly was a surprise. I looked around before laughing a bit more and turning back to merry pony.
"Wow! Thanks Pinkie, I wasn't expecting anything really!" I thanked her causing her to smile with glee. I turned to face everyone else, I've seen some of them on my tour with Twilight and Fluttershy but never asked for their names. "And thank you all too! HOW ABOUT WE CELEBRATE THIS RANDOM OCCASION!?"
A large amount of cheering erupted and we all settled in for an out-of-the-blue party. My main goal was to get to know as many ponies as possible and get my list of names to grow, but it seems that the first pony has found me instead.
I was eating a slice of cake-damn good too-when I was approached by strange looking pony, she was another female, but she didn't look like the rest in terms of fashion. She had a punked-out mane and tail, and wore huge rounded shades, she also had a musical note on her flank, I'll ask Twilight about that later.
"Hey, dude, what's up!?" She asked. She seemed to be nice enough for her look, I like that.
"This party right now!" I replied, putting my cake down on a table and turning over to her.
"Yeah, you got that right! Say, I heard you're the one that handled about nine Timber Wolves, am I right!?" She asked causing me to focus my attention on her, she had a smirk on her face that meant she knows it's me. I wondered who could have let it spread, but then again, I don't think it required much thought.
"Someone's been talking. But yeah, the name's Ben, and who are you?" I asked back, she lifted her shades with her magic to reveal her deep-crimson eyes. I flinched drastically at the sight and quickly made up for it, placing my hand behind my head and smiling, I looked undoubtedly stupid doing this. She gave me an awkward look and giggled a little.
"Well, my name is Vinyl, Vinyl Scratch, I'm the local DJ, and it's cool to meet the one who took out those Timber Wolves, they're pretty creepy things to look at." She said looking me straight in the eyes. I couldn't look her straight in the eyes without staring so I decided to not look in her direction. That wasn't a good idea, she immediately noticed my acts and questioned me.
"Hey, are you alright? I'm not scary, am I? Considering you're new here," She questioned looking at me with a about-to-become gloomy look on her face. Such a reason surprised me, she seemed to notice my reaction since she looked back the same way. I wasn't at all scared of her, but never, never have I seen such eyes that seem to look so deep and full of lust and flair. Even if she isn't lustful, her eyes gave off the wrong idea, although that's a compliment coming from me.
"No! Not at all, sorry if I made you feel that way- I struggled to find my words -it's just…I've never seen anyone with such beautiful crimson eyes, they really contrast with your body." I complimented as I focused on her sudden eye expansion, she looked away for a moment before looking back. A small blush exposed over her face and a weird somewhat strange wavy smile.
"You really think my eyes are beautiful?" She questioned as she scooted closer to me. I began to feel strange in some sort of way. I don't know how to describe the feeling, but I felt like I was lingering on a decision of life or death: life was the obvious answer although the outcome of this choice will end up doing something to me.
"Yeah…I've never seen someone with eyes like yours before, that's kind of why I didn't look you straight in the eyes…I was afraid of staring," I explained as I began scratching the back of my head in all the awkwardness of it all. She briefly did something similar with her hooves that just added to the atmosphere.
"Thanks…that means a lot," She shyly answered with her blush. I don't know much about the female mind, but I knew when they blush and thank you for it, you must have done something right. I smiled back, positive about her in every way. "You're welcome, and thank you too for your company, that means a lot to me too."
She glanced her smile towards me once more, giving her eyes an extra glow to them which made feel almost like I had accomplished a milestone. She blushed slightly more and she nodded. "You're welcome, oh hey, if you got the time someday, maybe we could-
"DJ, come have some cake!" Pinkie yelled from the other side of the room causing both of us to look up to get rid of all the feels. She looked over to me with a smile before lowering her shades with a nod of her head. As odd as it was for her to be wearing shades indoors, it allowed me to void my thought of what I just witnessed and did for a few seconds.
"Well, nevermind I guess, we'll speak later, I gotta eat something or I won't hear the end of it!" She giggled as she took her leave to get cake. I looked at my slice and decided to finish before thinking about what just happened. A smile crept its way on my face, as I reminisced in my mind those eyes and slowly dozed off, wondering what she didn't get to finish asking. I'll let my imagination fill in the blanks as I dozed off.
"Ben…"
"Ben!"
"Hello!"
I quickly snapped awake and looked around to see who was calling me. Bullshit, that dream was nothing but a blank void, I hate those dreams. After a few looks back and forth I didn't see anyone, at eye level at least, but upon looking down I noticed Dash hitting my knee with her hoof.
"Oh, hey Dash, how's it going?" I asked as I looked around the party was still going but it was dying down slowly. So much for getting to know everypony. Dash looked up at me then began to hover, she had a pretty tired look and seemed to be falling asleep in mid-air.
"I think I'm going, I'm pretty tired after all that practice, so I'll see you tomorrow," she yawned. I also shared the same feeling of sleepiness but being the guest of honor, I couldn't leave just yet.
"Yeah, see ya," I replied as she left. I turned my attention to the rest of the party, well it was more of a small group of ponies talking than a party now. Pinkie Pie was finishing a slice of cake, while Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Twilight conversated. I looked at my slice of cake and back at the ponies with a smirk.
"This new life will be an incredible adventure, just got to hope I don't screw it up," I chuckled as I looked at the group with a smile that showed my satisfaction. A small giggle emerged from behind and my sleepiness evaporated instantly.
"Is thou honest?"
I quickly turned to face the familiar voice to see Luna there with a smile on her face. This was a new approach coming from her considering last time she threw me around like a rag doll. I looked at her, surprised by her presence, I haven't seen her at all this whole party.
"Oh, Luna, I didn't see you there, in fact, I haven't seen you this whole time, is everything alright?" I asked trying to conversate or at least start something on the right foot. She took my question with gratitude.
"Yes, I'm fine, thank you for asking, but the royal business got ahead of me so I was a little late to the party, sorry I didn't make it in time," She apologized, having noticed that the only remaining ponies were the obvious ones. I shrugged in response.
"Nah, it's okay, huge responsibilities require big sacrifices," I wisely expressed, smiling while feeling bad for her: Honestly, Twilight wrong about them being fine.
"That's kind of you to say…" She said before looking at my body and analyzing me with a bit of difficulty. "Do you really forgive us for what we did?" She asked, bringing that up again. I though for a bit and nodded.
"If your reason was to protect others…then I've done the same in my past. It's a noble act Luna."
"There's nothing noble in hurting innocents."
"I know that very, very well. But to act on the notion of protecting those you love and care for, that's nobility."
She thought before smiling and agreeing. "Thank you for those words, they take off some of the guilt I feel. I'll make sure sister hears these words as well so she may find peace in them as well."
She was smiling, showing I was going in the right direction, but then, by surprise again, she quickly changed it into a smirk causing me to flinch my torso away from her.
"What's with the look all of a sudden?" I asked, safely keeping my face away from her. She giggled a bit before leaning in closer to me, she went as close as up to my ear. I could hear her gentle breath and feel a bead of sweat begin to form.
"Now that I've got that through for now, you've caught my attention with what you did earlier at Twilight's home."
"I did…?" I asked. She only gave one simple nod.
"So, if I were to offer you a challenge, would you accept it?" She asked of all things racing in my mind. Although, she did manage to interest me above all, last time I heard the word challenge I was caught between three guys with machetes, and as far as I know, I'm still standing.
I slowly leaned back in, she hooked me and now I expected something out of it. I wasn't worried about her being almost on me or the sweat on my face. This was starting to become interesting.
"Sure, I've never turned down a challenge in the past!" I answered and glad I did because she put on her "Game" face, causing me to grin back in excitement. I recognize a 'game' face the moment that curve at the end of a grin gets sharper and the eyes become narrower.
"From what Twilight tells me, you have many attributes in that body of yours…" She studied my body as if approving some criteria. "And from my first impression of you, I would like to test out one specific part of you that interests me. How about it?"
I stared at her curiously before looking at myself, trying to see if I saw what she saw. I of course didn't find nothing, but a smirk still found itself on my face as I closed a hand into a fist. "Like I said, I never back down from a challenge! Bring it on!"
She glared her grin at me, as if everything was going according to some sort of plan.
"Great, now listen, I want you to meet me in Canterlot, Twilight should be able to take you there via the train. Once you get there I'll be waiting, there I'll tell you the challenge," She explained sounding as if I was already going to lose this challenge, she had that smug tone.
"Okay deal, what are we wagering in this challenge?" I asked lifting my hand to shake on it, but only received her absence as she stared awkwardly at it. I looked at my hand before retracting it, with awkward chuckles. She doesn't seem to understand the concept of shaking on something.
"Ignore that," I urged as I wafted my hand letting her continue. She looked at her hoof curiously before looking at my hand and shrugging.
"Alright, and we'll decide the reward once we see who wins the challenge."
I nodded to that, it sounded reasonable and fun.
"Alright, it's settled, meet me in Canterlot in the morning and inform your friends about the event too, have a lovely night and sleep well. I'm sure Twilight and her friends could provide you with some housing, they won't refuse." She happily waved her hoof as she disappeared into a light show. Almost instantly I reached a hand out to stop her, but she was long gone; it seemed this was her main priority. I would have at least have enjoyed some bonding time, maybe some other time. I quickly threw myself off my chair and onto my feet and ran to the group of ponies talking and started to explain what Luna told me.
"WHAT!?" They all yelled in a crescendo. I felt like a huge wave hit me as they started throwing questions at me left and right.
"CHILL OUT! All that she said was that I could invite you all, also that there's a prize to be decided for the victor!" I stated over-excitedly causing them all to be quiet for a moment. The silence didn't last long as I heard two voices from behind me.
"Really? Can I go too?"
I quickly turned to face Vinyl and Dash both looking over-excited, my face morphed into a smile.
"Of course, the more friends the merrier!" I stated as my grin started to slowly emerge from my smile. "But I thought you two left earlier?" I asked them.
"Nope!" Stated Vinyl, then we all focused our attention on Dash. She flustered nervously and shrugged.
"I kinda fell asleep once I left through the door," she giggled, causing us all to laugh. I turned my attention to Pinkie Pie and thanked her for the epic party, she just smiled back with her trademark smile. I turned to face the group.
"Okay, listen up, Luna said I should meet her at Canterlot early in the morning, so I need a place to rest for the night," I said, immediately everyone raised their hooves but quickly put them down blushing uncontrollably. I looked at them all and laughed, well it's cute for them all to want to house me when they barely knew me.
"Okay, well I guess I'll choose since you all want me to come over, let's see?" I pondered with my hand on my chin.
"Why not Fluttershy's home, she takes care of many big animals, I bet she can take care of you!" Dash informed, as she nudged Fluttershy forward little. I could tell she was awfully embarrassed but still willing to provide a roof over me. She looked at me and waved her hoof as she chuckled nervously. "S-sure, you can stay with me."
"Thanks, Flutters," I thanked, giving her my own nickname for her. She nearly lost her mind when I gave her that name. I watched as she trembled and aimed a hoof to a wall.
"I…my home it…it's over…"
Oh god, this isn't going to end well.
I waved my hands in front of myself to stop her from over thinking that fragile mind of hers.
"It's okay, I'll just follow you there," I quickly said, hoping to stop her embarrassment. She quickly nodded and smiled in the same wavy way Vinyl did earlier, wavy.
"Ben?" Twilight called.
"What is it?"
She looked to a side before clearing her throat.
"Shouldn't you rest a bit before taking up on challenges or moving around?"
"I appreciate your concern, but I like to play my chips down first."
"Huh?"
"He's referrin' to poker Twilight." AJ made the reference clear to Twilight and she nodded slowly, not getting the point. "He likes to be the first to make a move." AJ cleared up further and Twilight let out her understanding.
"Oh! Alright, but even so, please find time to rest, it's good for mental health. Especially after waking in a new world…"
"Thanks Twilight, but I honestly feel like just enjoying myself with this."
"Okay then, we'll meet at the train station an hour before the sun rises," Twilight instructed as we all dismissed each other and headed our own ways, except me and Flutters, who were heading to the same home. We made it to a path where I followed behind this Fluttershy pony with my mind decoding and analyzing her.
"So, Flutters, you're supposed to take care of animals?" I asked, breaking the nerve-wracking silence. She jumped, and gave a small squeak, causing me to stare at her for a few seconds before I reassured her it was me who spoke. She looked at me almost terrified as she shivered and hung her head low in embarrassment.
"Umm…yes," she replied in a super quiet voice. I just smiled: Her shyness was beyond anything imaginable.
"So, is that why you have that symbol of three butterflies on your flank?" I asked again hoping to adjust her to the conversation and find out exactly what those things are. She picked her head up with a tiny, barely-noticeable, smile, I guess she liked being asked that.
"Oh…you mean the cutie marks? Yes… th-they represent your talent and passion," She responded, with more words than in her last sentences. I thought about that name for those symbols, it made sense to some extent and had a cute name.
"Oh, so they're called cutie marks and represent your passion…that's awesome!" I replied, causing her to smile slightly wider. After that she spoke a bit more about me and how I was a lot like a huge bear, oh man.
We finally arrived at the home, which was filled with bird houses, and other homes for small creatures. I stared in amazement: she's dedicated to this.
"Wow…you really have a passion for this," I said as she opened her home.
"Well…its nothing really," she replied, causing me to flex an eyebrow.
"Nothing? I highly doubt that Flutters, you're being too modest," I countered as she indicating me to come into her home. Before entering, I paused as I looked around the campus of her home slightly, pondering why it was so quiet?
"Huh? I don't see any animals, or creatures for that matter, do you not safeguard at night?" I asked turning to her, observing the empty bird houses. She giggled almost by response as she blushed gently.
"Oh don't worry, they're safe, but I can't really take care of them right now." She admitted making me pick my head up curiously. "What's up? Are you hurt?"
She instantly shook her head with a smile. "No, it's just that this time of year…" She paused before blushing greatly as she looked into her home. "Uh…maybe it's too personal to tell." She ended.
I smiled with a nod, hiding the fact that I was actually shocked it was that time of the season already. I knew a bit on this topic, coming from as semi-ranch life and breeding animals, but it was weird now considering I can speak with them. I sighed as I walked over to her.
"Alright Flutters, well, I'll be able to sleep soundly I guess."
Upon entering, I noticed how big it was, it was big enough for me to run around, and do much more than Twilight's home: not that I would though, and not taking away that I only saw a small bit of Twilight's place. I was amazed by the size of the home, but it was probably expected considering that she was a veterinarian/pony-animal-care-taker.
"Okay…listen Ben…you will sleep…um…in the room next to mine, it should have a bed big enough for you," She told me as she made her way to her room. It was late, very late, midnight more precisely, so I wouldn't impede her sleep. I looked at her as she made her way to her room and smiled.
"Thanks Flutters, and sweet dreams," I said as I walked over to my new room.
"You too Ben, goodnight." She replied without stuttering causing me to pause for a moment before entering the room. Maybe she was different in the privacy of her own home.
The room appeared to be bigger than I expected, but that wouldn't be the first time I'd been surprised today. The bed was another surprise itself, it looked like a queen size with perfectly clean sheets and the room looked like it was suited for another pony.
"This room was recently cleaned and organized," I noted to myself as I laid down on the bed, I had no PJ's so I just took off my vest and shirt, along with my boots and made myself comfortable. I laid there thinking about tomorrow and what the challenge might be. Luna looked like the creative type.
"Luna would have to have known something about me before just offering a challenge, so it could be a stare off…nope, oh well, I'll find out tomorrow," I mentally chuckled as I began to doze off again.
"Oh man, tomorrow's gonna be one hell of a day!"
Ominously, as Ben let his consciousness fade, a new presence was echoing around the room with a devious chuckle. "Yup…"