Author's note: And now for Chapter 4!
I released this one quite a bit later than the others simply because I fell asleep before starting it :3
Anyway, hope you enjoy! :D
My most faithful Student, Twilight:
I'm afraid I had another reason for sending Corpus to you. You see, he is apparently, or rather was, originally a 'human'. I
did a bit of research on what a 'human' is and have discovered that they are somewhat related to Centaurs. Learning this, I'm sure that you'll now find him
just about as interesting as I do and probably have a lot of questions needing answers. But for now, I wish
to give you a very important task...
Twilight continued to read the scroll, making sure to pay careful attention to Celestia's instructions. Her mouth standing agape when she had finished, "...What? This doesn't make sense! Some of the stuff asked in here is impossible to do! Whilst I agree that some parts may very well be true, it's still a huge surprise..."
"What's a huge surprise?"
Twilight lashed around quickly, hiding the scroll behind her as she turned to the owner of the voice. "Wha- Pinkie!?"
"Ooo! Is it about that letter you sent!? There's a new pony right!? I saw them as I walked past but they looked busy. I wanna meet them! Are they in there?"
"Pinkie."
"Let's throw a party! I'll invite EVERYPONY in Ponyville and it'll be fanTAStic!"
"Pinkie!"
*Very, very audible gasp* "We should make it a SURPRISE party!" Pinkie shouted, bouncing up and down with enough energy to fuel a plane.
"PINKIE!"
"Yes Twilight?" Pinkie stopped bouncing and stood still, excitement still emanating from her figure.
"Why're you here? We're not supposed to meet up for another ten minutes."
"Oh! Well I just couldn't WAIT to see the new pony! You see I know everypony in Ponyville and when a new pony comes in I don't know them so I have to know who they are to still know everypony in Ponyville and that just makes me SO EXCITED I can barely contain myself so I have to throw them a HUGE welcome party to let them know that they're welcome to stay and become my bestest friends an-!" Twilight placed her hoof on Pinkie's mouth to stop her from talking.
"Okay, I know what you're getting at. But how did you get in? All of the doors are closed." Twilight lowered her hoof to the floor.
"Hm? Oh, that's easy! I just used the window!" Pinkie began jumping up and down again.
"Wha-? P-Pinkie, why not just knock on the door like a normal pony?" Twilight began to look at Pinkie in a concerned fashion.
"I just told you silly, I'm far too excited to waste time doing stuff. I've gotta go and get the party set up!" Pinkie bounced toward the kitchen door and exited it, almost bumping into Jake as she flew through it.
"Wah! What the hell?" Jake jumped back as the pink blur scarcely missed him, falling on his flank in the process.
Pinkie stopped in her tracks and turned to the strange Unicorn she'd never seen before. "Oh! You're the new pony! I can tell because I've never seen you before and I know everypony in Ponyville so anypony I don't know must be new which makes me SO EXCITED that I can barely contain myself! Anyway I have to go, I'll see you later at your surprise party! Oh wait! I wasn't supposed to let you know that we were holding you a surprise party at the Sugarcube Corner in 30 minutes! So just forget it okay? See you at the part- oops. I mean- see you later! Teehee!" Pinkie zoomed off out of the door and far out of sight.
"...What WAS that!?" I turned to Twilight, "Did i just imagine that?"
"No, that was just Pinkie. She climbed in through the window earlier." Twilight walked closer to me, helping me back up.
"Through the window...?" I looked at her with concerning eyes.
"Yeah... she can get a little hyper at times."
I chuckled, "A little?"
Twilight smiled back, giggling a little too. "Yeah, I suppose you're right. But that's why we love her. So, did you take a look around?"
"Yeah, well except for upstairs. I didn't want to disturb your assistant and Owl...Owlo..."
"Owlowicious." Twilight finished off my sentence.
"That's the one. So what was Pinkie saying about a party?"
"Oh, well she holds parties for everypony new to here. They're actually really good though so I think you'll enjoy it later."
"Mm... not too sure, I'm not really fond of parties. But I'll see how it goes, can't decide if I dislike something before I try it." I laughed rather nervously, I hate parties. Well, I have a feeling that I do. I just don't really like the idea of being surrounded by dozens of others and being forced to talk to them... "So who am I going to meet in a few minutes? Celestia said something about some of your friends coming too."
"Well you've already met Pinkie Pie. She's the most hyperactive and fun-loving out of all of us."
"I'd be pretty worried if she wasn't..." I shuddered at the thought of meeting someone with more energy and excitement than Pinkie.
Twilight shook the thought out of her head, it seems she's pretty scared of that too. "Yeah, thank Celestia she's the only one. But I suppose that's why we love her." Twilight chuckled to herself a little.
Fair enough, "So there's Pinkie..."
Twilight picked up on my hint and continued, "And Fluttershy, the kindest of us as well as the most caring. But she's extremely timid so be careful around her, okay?"
I nodded my head. "Gotcha."
"Then there's Applejack, she's by far the most dependable of ponies and a great friend who's never afraid to step in to help. She's also really honest and hard-working, she spends most of her time on the family farm bucking apples."
"Bucking apples?" I repeated, a hint of confusion in my voice.
"Yeah, it's getting apples out of trees by bucking it hard enough that the vibrations cause the apple stems to weaken and snap."
Cripes! I wouldn't want to get hit my a buck like that! "T-that's a pretty strong buck."
"And she can keep it up all day." Twilight declared, a large sense of pride in her voice.
"Are there any others?"
"Well next is Rainbow Dash, an amazingly fast Pegasus. She's possibly one of the fasted flyers in Equestria, quite a remarkable feat if you ask me."
"Mm, I agree."
"She's also always looking for competition in just about anything and hates to lose. She's the most loyal friend you could ask for, if you're ever in trouble she'll fearlessly come and rescue you." Again, Twilight seemed to have a bit of pride mixed in there. Don't blame her though, I'd like a friend like that...
"And last but certainly not least is Rarity. She's a very kind pony and is always willing to help and give what's necessary to others. She owns a boutique just down the road, she makes dresses, suits and all other kinds of clothing for her customers. Her determination for her customers and friends is also quite astounding, in the past she made 2 dresses for each of us for the Grand Galloping Gala... all in one day! We felt really bad for pushing off her original ideas, but she came through for us and forgave us."
I can tell Twilight's really fond of her friends, she's smiling like a child that just got the gift they've always wanted for Christmas. Well, I'm feeling less nervous about meeting them now anyway.
Twilight's smile calmed down a little and looked at me. "Um, do you want to take your cloak off? It's a little wierd to be wearing it indoors."
I broke out into a cold sweat immediately after she said that, "U-umm... n-no thanks. I like this cloak, it...uh...feels comfortable...?" I'm absolutely crap at lying...
Twilight gave me an odd look but was cut short by a knocking on the door. "Oh, that must be them." She trotted over to the door and used her magic to twist the nob and open it, "Come on in girls, there's somepony I'd like you to meet."
Ponies started to come in one after another.
"Well Howdy there Twahlight." An orange mare was the first one in, she had a country accent and wore a stetson... didn't know they had those here.
"Yeah, good to see ya Twilight!" A cyan Pegasus with a rainbow coloured mane flew in, hovering in mid-air...bet I can tell who she is.
"Yes, it's simply been too long darling. We really should meet up more often." Next a white Unicorn walked in, she seemed pretty and very upper-class. Especially with her curled mane and done-up eyes. But because she's friends with these three I'm guessing that she doesn't care about class too much. Or maybe they just don't have social classes here? I'll have to ask later. Going by what Twilight said, I'm guessing this one's Rarity.
"Yeah, we should all come over to Sugarcube Corner and party!" I know this one well enough... I may get used to her, everyone else has after all.
"We're going over in half an hour Pinkie. Remember?" Rainbow glared at Pinkie as if she were pretty unimpressed.
"Oh yeah! Silly me!" Pinkie bonked herself on the head and stuck her tongue out.
"Oh no, it's not your fault Pinkie. Everypony forgets things, I think your party will be wonderful." A yellow Pegasus with a long pink mane covering her eyes and a very soft and quiet voice walks in last, rather slowly too. I take it she's Fluttershy and that the orange Mare is Applejack.
Twilight walked in-between them all and began speaking, "Alright everypony, I called you all here to meet someone very special. Please give a warm welcome to Corpus Callosum. He was sent here by Princess Celestia to make some friends, and she thought that it'd be best if we were his first friends."
Applejack came up to me and grabbed my hoof, shaking it quite viciously. I closed my eyes, trying to hold in the pain, "Well howdy there. Mah name's Applejack, part of the Apple family here in Ponyville. Glad to meetcha." When she finally stopped shaking my hoof my foreleg fell down, numbness pulsing through it.
"You remember me right?" I opened my eyes and saw Pinkie's face right up against mine.
"Wah!" I stumbled backwards, falling over for the second time today. "Yep, definitely remember you Pinkie." I cautiously stood back up.
"Well of course you would, it's only been five minutes after all." She began bouncing...again... "Hey, do you think we could party now? You know like have music and a DJ and snacks and Ooh! Cake! Lots and lots of cake! And candy and party poppers and streamers! And we could-mmph!"
Applejack placed a hoof on Pinkie's back and one over her mouth. "Hold your horses there Pinkie Pie." Hehe, I wonder if she realises what she just said? "Ah think you're going too fast fer the poor fella to keep up."
"Oh, okay! So is that a 'Yes' on the party now?"
"Um... think it'd be best to wait until after introductions." I replied nervously, I've still no idea how I should talk to this pony...
"Okey Dokey then!" Pinkie jumped merrily back to the others and watched. Only there were 3 of them there...
"Hey." Hearing a call come from the ceiling, I look up to see Rainbow flying above me, she then swiftly swooped down and landed in front of me. I stumbled back a bit after being startled. "The name's Rainbow Dash, fastest flyer in Equestria. But I'm sure you've heard of me." She lifted her chest and struck a confident pose, guessing she likes attention.
"Yeah, Twilight told me a little bit about you before you showed up." I feel a little odd talking to her, almost nostalgic...
"Oh really? So what did my friend here tell you about me?" She jumped and landed in a 'take-off' position, "My AMAZING athleticism?" She stood on two legs and crossed her fore-legs, "My radical coolness?" She then took off and briefly flew around the room, only to stop above me suddenly and drop down in front of me, standing upright and placing her left fore-hoof on her chest, "Or my unmatchable speed?"
...Yeah, this confidence and way of bragging... it definitely feels like I've experienced it before.
"I'm sure she told him all of those things deary," Rarity walked past Rainbow and up to me. "Now forgive my rudeness but, what are you wearing? It seems...rather unattractive, if you don't mind me saying." She began to feel the cloak I had donned myself in.
"Ah, well... I always wear this when I meet new peo- ponies." Okay, getting a little better at lying.
"But I thought we were the first ponies you've met since you came here, am I wrong?" Rarity raised an eyebrow at me.
"Umm..." Damnit! C'mon, think Corpus! Make something up! "Well, in Equestria, yes. But I come from far, far away. I used to wear this to calm my nerves, but now it's just become a bad habit." I gave a small fake laugh. Whew, close one.
"Well okay then. Just, promise me you won't wear that when you're out with us. It would be, attracting undesirable attention...so to speak." I nodded my head, giving her my silent word. "Well you've only to meet Fluttershy now." Rarity looked behind her, "Come on dear, I'm sure he wants to meet you."
I looked around, but couldn't see head or tail of the Pegasus.
"O-okay..." A small voice called out from behind Twilight, and Fluttershy came walking out with her head and body close to the ground... this is shyness on a close to impossibly cute level...
"Uh, hey. I'm Corpus, you?" I held out my only hoof with feeling left in it.
Fluttershy glanced up from the floor, looking from behind her mane...then to the floor again. "-shy..." A barely audible high-pitched voice softly said.
"Um... didn't quite hear you there." I could tell this was going to be tough, two social abrogates trying to talk... not gonna happen.
"Fluttershy, please try to speak a little louder. I don't think he can hear you." Rarity looked at Fluttershy, trying to give her a little more confidence.
"M-my name's...F-Fluttershy..." She said, yet again barely audible.
"...Well it's nice to meet you."
"Y-yes. I'm looking forward to being friends with you. I-I mean, if it's alright with you..." She began backing away a little again, the cuteness overloading my brain.
"Ah'm sure he's fine, after all he did come 'ere to make friends, din't ya?" Applejack lightly punched me in the side, startling me and causing me to jolt myself upright.
Everyone in the room gasped, staring at me as if I had transformed in front of them. Even Applejack, who was right next to me, had jumped away startled. I was confused, until I heard a light object brush against the floor as if it had fallen. I instantly realised what had happened, but it took a moment to process it. My wings... had unfurled due to the shock, knocking my cloak onto the floor and the others all seeing my full body. I was stood there with my brown wings spread out, in addition to my horn in plain sight. They all knew what I was.
Twilight stood there, her mouth agape at what she was witnessing. Her friends all doing the same. Princess, I know you said he was special and a very unique pony...but this, the fact that he's an Alicorn is worth mentioning!
Well, how'd you find it? I wonder what was written in Celestia's note... Oooo~, tor~ment! :3
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Until tomorrow, Bye bi!