And we're back with another chapter. Awhile ago I realized that the chapters I was writing may have seemed long when I typed them were actually very short, so to make up for it this today's chapter will be longer. The story right now is going to hit a milestone pretty soon, 10,000 words. I don't know if it's worth bragging but I think it's a nice goal I finished. This chapter is going to be about Nick meeting the mane 6, hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer:
I do no own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic or the characters of the show. Also the song that will appear later in the chapter is This Love This Hate by Hollywood Undead, I do not own this song or the band they are well known and they are the band that made this song.
I woke up and proceeded to sit up in my bed but only to promptly fall back into place. I looked over to what was anchoring me to the bed and saw that it was Twilight giving me a death grip, trying to slip from her grasp wasn't the smartest idea because her grip tightened even more. Giving up I decided to lie back down and stare at the ceiling while listening to some music. I reached towards the side table and grabbed my phone and headphones. I started scrolling through the playlists I had and chose This Love This Hate by Hollywood Undead. I pressed play and the music started up.
In a time of need only few can see what's wrong
millions tend to crawl but only those who choose can make it through this all,
only few can sing like lions 'cause we sing until we're gone
and we've got each others backs until we're back where we belong,
a woman held my shield and through the battle we did wrong
A man who taught me wisdom in the static we recall,
and maybe when we're gone our names will echo through the stars,
every start's got its ending even when we've learned to rise above it all.
[Chorus:]
These lies are leading me astray it's too much for me to stay
I don't wanna live this destiny it goes on endlessly
I see you so please stay strong
I'll sing you one last song and then I'm gone
I don't wanna live this destiny it goes on endlessly
And we once also had a story too
you can see that good men only come in few.
Even in our greatest moments we may win or we may lose
every song's got it's rules, you've got to learn to make it through
Maybe one day we can choose how it feels to be a woman or man
without rules but buried underneath there's a picture glued
So when my body burns in ashes only sing the truth
Let these words strengthen all your views
because these words were meant for you
[Chorus]
An' now I'm floatin' right above my coffin as it closes I look down
I see sigh as she's cryin on my momma's shoulder.
I look up into the sky as the gates of heaven open somethin's wrong
is this destiny or am I goin' home,
what will happen to my soul will it come back down I don't know
will you meet me when it's over let me know,
You can meet me here in heaven don't you ever let me go
This love this hate is burning me away
[Chorus]
This love this hate is burning me away
The music stopped and I took off my headphones, I set down my phone right as Twilight started to wake up. She let out a high pitched yawn and I have to admit it was rather adorable. Twilight stretched her legs and slowly opened her eyes. She looked at me and gave a small smile.
"So did you sleep well, Nick?" Twilight asked as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes.
"Yea I did, how about you?" I asked.
"I slept great. Do you want to get some breakfast?" Twilight asked.
"I'd love to have breakfast with you but I seem to be in a death grip hug with you." I said as I looked down at my torso to see both of Twilights forelegs wrapped around me.
Twilight must not have noticed that she was still cuddling me like I was a teddy bear from last night. She looked at me and then at her forelegs, she then began to blush profusely as she let go of me.
"S-sorry, it was just…cold." Twilight stuttered as she tried to conceal the redness on her cheeks.
We both climbed out of the bed and readied ourselves for breakfast: Twilight began to comb her mane while I put my shirt and shoes back on. As we made our way downstairs we saw Spike standing on a stool next to the oven. We sat down and immediately were overwhelmed with the smell of pancakes. Sure plain fruit is good but pancakes are like god food. If only they had some bacon to mix it together.
Spike walked up to the table and set a plate of pancakes in front of us. The pancakes smelled amazing and they tasted even better. After my first pancake I had another four. I finished my stack of pancakes with a glass of juice.
"Thank you, Spike, it was great." I said while setting my glass down.
"No problem man." Spike said as he sat down for his own meal.
"Well now that breakfast is over with why don't you get familiar with Ponyville, Nick? Maybe you can meet some of my friends." Twilight said.
"That sounds great, who are your friends?" I asked.
"You can meet Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash. They should all like you very much. I know I do." Twilight said the last part at an inaudible level no one could hear.
"Then I'll be off. Goodbye Twilight, goodbye Spike." I said as I walked to the door.
"Bye." They both yelled simultaneously.
I walked out the door to be met by the bright sunny day. I've been inside for awhile now and I quickly shielded my eyes from the light. After a few seconds my eyes adjusted and I continued walking. 5 minutes later I was in a very open area that I assumed was the town square. There were all the three types of ponies everywhere, Unicorns, Pegasi, and Earth Ponies were all wondering around the area. Some were buying food, younger ones were busy playing games, and others were just enjoying the day. As soon as I walked into the town square the whole area went dead silent, every pony stared at me in fear and awe. In the background I heard a few screams. They didn't do anything just stare. A little Pegasi curiously walked up to me and just sat in front of me for a minute.
"What are you, mister?" The young pony asked as he continued to stare at me.
"Well I'm a human, my name is Nick. What's your name?" I said as I kneeled down to seem less of a giant compared to him. He seemed to lighten up a bit when he realized I wasn't dangerous.
"My name's Night Wind. Where are you from?" Night Wind asked.
"Well I'm from a place called Earth, I doubt you would know anything about it but I'll tell you it's really far away." I said.
"Wow that sounds really cool." Night Wind said as he started hovering off the ground from excitement.
"Now Night Wind I'm going to have to go, I'm looking for someone."I said as I gave the colt a little pat on the head. I walked away and I could hear Night Wind talking to others. I assumed he was talking about me and that's when the town square started to pick up again. Everyone once again began to go about their day as if nothing had happened.
"Must have warmed up to me rather quickly." I thought as I continued to walk through Ponyville.
After staying in my current daze for a little too long I wasn't looking where I was going and I ran into someone. I stood up and got a good look at who I bumped into. It was an Earth pony with a bright pink coat and a dark pink mane, the mane was extremely curly to the extent that it started to look like cotton candy.
"Hey I'm really sorry, are you ok?" I asked as I held out a hand to the pink pony.
As the pink pony looked up their eyes widened and made a sound that sounded like a high-pitched inhale.
"HiI'mPinkiePieandyoumustbethenewponythatlivesinPo nyville. But you're not a pony. Oh well now that you're new-EEEEE!" Pinkie Pie stopped herself and made a very loud squee before jumping in the air and running away with lighting speed.
"Well, that was…odd. So I guess that was Pinkie Pie. One down four to go." I said out loud.
I kept walking for some time now and I realized that Twilight didn't tell me where I could find any of her friends. Seeing how I didn't know anyway to find them I walked up to a food stall. The pony there was an orange colored Earth pony that wore a cowboy hat. On the table were many apples of different colors. I walked up to the pony and told them about my predicament.
"So yer lookin' for a pony by the name of Applejack? Is that right, Sugarcube? The orange mare asked.
"That's right. Do know where I could find her?" I asked.
"Well ya already found her, 'cause that's me." Applejack said as she jerked a hoof towards her chest.
"Hi Applejack, I'm Nick. Twilight told me I should meet you sometime." I said as I extended a hand towards her.
"Howdy pardner glad to meet ya." Applejack said as she vigorously shook my hand.
"Anyway since Twilight sent me to meet you why don't you tell me a little about yourself?" I asked.
"Well mah family runs Sweet Apple Acres. That's where we grow our famous apples. I buck the trees while ma big brother Big Macintosh plows the field. As for Applebloom, ma sister, she helps a bit with everything and Granny Smith helps with the Zapapples." Applejack said.
"Wow your family runs a whole farm. That's pretty impressive." I said.
"Thank ya, darlin'. If you want ya could come by some time if ya wanted to." Applejack said as she slightly tilted her hat downwards.
"I'd like that very much, Applejack. Thank you." I said as I gave Applejack a smile. I wasn't sure but I swear I could see her get a little red. "Now I think I'll be off. Do you have any suggestions on who I should visit next?" I asked.
"Well ya could go see Pinkie Pie she lives a couple houses down." Applejack said as she gestured to her right down a long row of cottages.
"Yeaah…I don't think she likes me very much. I accidently ran into her and she ran away while talking really fast." I said still a little confused by the event.
Applejack gave a small chuckle. "Don't worry she likes ya. You'll see." Applejack said still giggling a little bit. "How about Fluttershy, she's just down that dirt path o'er yonder." She said as she point towards a narrow dirt path that led away from Ponyville.
"Alright I'll go now, thanks Applejack." I said waving to her as I walked down the dirt path towards Fluttershy's house.
"There's somethin' about him that just-" Applejack said as she was cut off by a pony walking up to her stall.
I walked down the dirt path and saw that there was a wooden cottage coming up on a hill. It was a small cottage that looked like the top half of a tree. There were many bird houses that sat on the house with even more that were spread out in other trees around the cottage. As I got closer the sound of birds chirping grew. I finally reached the door and I could definitely hear birds singing. I knocked on the door and the birds stopped singing. I also heard very soft scream. The door slightly opened and then quickly shut.
"What the hell was that about?" I whispered. I then slightly raised my voice. "Great this is just like Pinkie Pie all over again."
The door once again began to open but only just a hair. I could barely see through it but I saw what looked like a yellow coated mare with a pink mane. She made her way slightly out the door by only a few inches and began to speak in a barely audible level.
"I-I'm s-sorry I shouldn't have don't that. Did you say you know Pinkie Pie." The yellow mare said in a very shy and quiet voice.
"Why yes I do know Pinkie Pie, well sort of, I ran into her and then she ran away from me. Applejack kind of explained that though." I said as I scratched the back of my head.
The yellow mare started to open up a bit when she realized that I knew some of her friends. The door opened wide and I got a good look at the mare, she was indeed yellow coated with a pink mane that curled at the end. Her cutie mark was three butterflies.
"Oh well I'm Fluttershy. May I know yours?" Fluttershy asked in that still quiet voice.
"Hello Fluttershy, my name is Nick. I'm glad to meet you. Twilight told me I should get well acquainted with the Ponyville residents." I said.
"You even know Twilight. Well any friend of Twilight's is a fried of mine." Fluttershy said.
"Well now that we've been properly introduced would you mind if I come in?" I asked.
"Of course." Fluttershy said as she walked inside.
The cottage was a lot bigger on the inside. Like the outside, there were many birdhouses hanging everywhere. Small animals and other critters were scurrying around the whole room. I saw mice, squirrels, birds, and other animals all around.
"Wow you must really like animals." I said with my eyes wide.
"Of course I do. I just love animals, there so nice and cute." Fluttershy said as she picked up a squirrel and started hugging it.
"Do you mind telling me what you do here in Ponyville?" I asked as we both sat down on a couch.
"W-well I help the animals around Ponyville, I feed them, give them homes, and help nurse them back to health if they get hurt. I'm kind of like a veterinarian." Fluttershy said.
"That's pretty awesome of you, helping the animals in need. Plus you do this by yourself." I said.
Just then a small white rabbit hopped up to my feet with an angered expression on its face. I kneeled down in front of the rabbit and picked it up in my hands.
"Hey little guy how ya doing?" I asked.
The rabbit stood there for a bit just stamping his foot until he jumped up and kicked me right in the face. It didn't hurt that bad, I've been hit harder before. Fluttershy grew wide eyed as she rushed over the rabbit.
"Angel we don't hit guests, now apologize." Fluttershy said.
Angel didn't do anything. It was obvious he wasn't going to apologize so Fluttershy turned to me.
"I'm sorry, Nick but Angel doesn't like strangers that much. Are you ok?" She asked as she sat down and started hugging me.
"Yea I'm alright. It wasn't that bad." I said.
I picked up Angel and looked him right in the eyes. He still wore the same expression he had when he first walked up to me.
"Look Angel it's obvious that you don't like me but just give me a chance, I'm not going to hurt you or anyone else, ok?" I said sternly.
Angel must have understood me because his angered look disappeared. He jumped off my hands and hopped away to some part of the house.
"Well I think that worked out good so far. Anyways I think I should get going. Do you have any idea who I should see?" I asked.
"You could go see Rainbow Dash. She's a Pegasi like me. She'd love to meet you. I think she might be in the park so you could check there first." Fluttershy said.
"Ok I'll go there then. Thank you, Fluttershy. I really appreciate it." I said as I walked to the door.
I opened the door and thanked Fluttershy once again. We each said our goodbyes and I walked outside. The sun was at its peak so it must be noon. I walked back to the town square and saw that it was still as busy as ever. I looked around trying to find a sign saying where the park was. I noticed something to my left and I saw it was Night Wind the little colt from before.
"Hi Night Wind, how are you?" I asked him as he trotted up to me.
"I'm good. I told my friends about you and they wanted to meet you. Can you go to our school sometime?" Night Wind asked.
"Of course I will but first could you tell me where the park is." I said.
"Yay you're gonna go to my school and I can show you to all my friends! The park's over there by the way." Night Wind said as he pointed to an open field a ways away.
"Thanks Night Wind. See ya later." I said as I began to walk to the park.
"BYE NICK!" Night Wind yelled as he waved a hoof at me.
I kept walking towards the park so I could meet Rainbow Dash. I wonder what she is like? Continuing towards the park I kept wondering how the next two ponies I was going to be meeting were like. So far I've met Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Fluttershy, next up Rainbow Dash and Rarity.
Well that was chapter 6 of Soul Swappers. Remember to Read and Review if you have anything to say about the story. Hope you all liked the story it took a bit longer than expected but I finally got it done. If you have an OC send me a PM. Next chapter Nick will meet Rainbow Dash and Rarity.