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Lol, enough of that...Hey everypony! Elecx back with The Pony Presence chapter 2! Everyone ready for this?

Ok, we left off where Zoey/Storm had just arrived in Ponyville. Now we'll see how she handles the new ways.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything of the sort. All I own is Storm, Jake, and this story.

Now, let the chapter begin!

Storm's POV

"Gah...Mom...You're here, you would not believe the dream I just had! I was surrounded by talking po-huh?" My room started fading away."Mom, MOM! Don't go!" But before I knew it, she was gone. "Mom..." In what seemed like the shortest time, my mom was gone. "huff..puff...Mom! Dad! Alex! Jake!...*sobs* Anybody...?" Everything around me suddenly becomes dark. "Zoey..." a very faint voice echoed. "M-Mom...?" I turn my worried head to tne direction the voice had come from. A dark blue pony came from what seemed out of nowhere. "Why so glum my little pony?" Wait, did that thing just call me...pony? "P-pony..what?" I, still in tears, look down at myself. I'm... still a pony..."Zoey...Why are you so upset?" The being asked me. "H-How do you know my name?" "I have watched you for years, my little pony. I see you got my sister's message." Ok, maybe I've gone from flat out dreaming into a white limbo. Either way...I'm still upset and confused. "...My name is Princess Luna." The tall pony introduced. "W-What h-happened to me? my family? my best friend?" The princess just stared. "...I can not say..." What? she's involved in this somehow, what is she hiding? "Don't worry Zoey...you'll find all the answers you're looking for soon..." She too started fading away...hmm...

"Shh...Spike...We don't want to wake Storm..." Arg...What happened last night? "Ogh...Mom...you would not believe the dream I ju-" "Uh..I think 'mom' is a bit much, he he..." I rub my eyes to help clear my vision. The first thing I see...is a purple alicorn. "Uhhh...heh..heh..." "Hehe, morning, Storm, did you sleep well?" Ogh...Lets see...I think I was dreaming..of something..."Oh, uh, yeah, yes I did. Uh, thank you." Spike was high on one of the ladders downstairs, organizing books. "Good morning, Storm! Twilight and I went and sent that letter to the princess." "She said that she would keep an eye out for your friend." Twilight added. "You got a response that fast?" Twilight just gave me an odd look. "Uh, that's usually how fast we can send a letter." "Oh...well, thanks anyway.." Twilight smiled. "No problem."

The library was full of so many books, how they sort through them, I don't know...Spike was walking toward the door. "Alrighty, I'm heading to Rarity's, I'll see you guys later!" The little dragon waved "Wait, I thought you were going to help sort these new books?" Twilight said confused. "Well, Rarity asked if I could help her move some stuff." Spike gestured. "Oh, uh..if it's alright, I can, uh, help out." Like I really have anything else to do. Besides, I like helping other people-er-ponies. "Sure, thanks Storm." "No problem, Twilight. It's the least I can do after you gave me a place to sleep." I looked over at Spike who looked relieved. "Thanks, Storm! Well, I'll see you guys later!" He said as he walked out the door.

Twilight led me to the center of the room. "Alright Storm, we have all of these books to put away." She pointed to what looked like a hundred books! Eyeye...I'm going to be busy for a while.

I walk over to the pile and I try to carry a stack. "hup!...Oh no..." The stack I tried to picked up fell down and scattered. "Oh man, sorry Twilight.." She didn't seem mad, she just seemed..confused. "Uh, you know most ponies don't carry books that way.." She said using her magic to levitate a stack. "Oh.." Ugh, I need to do a better job of keeping an act together..

"So Storm, where did you live before you came to Ponyville?" Twilight asked. "Oh, I..um..." What do I say? I've never been to this world before, let alone watch the show..."I, uh, I don't really live anywhere..I just travel around usually..." I guess I wasn't doing a good job at keeping my act together..Twilight looked as if she knew I was lying..."Hmm..and what were you doing since you and your friend Jake disappeared?" "Oh! um..he and I were...hmm..." Twilight was getting to me...c'mon, think of something, think of something! "Oh yeah...he and I were trying to solve a mystery and there was an incident...I can't remember what exactly happened..." Twilight thankfully for me bought it..phew.. "Ok then...no wonder you're worried about him..."

I frowned a tiny bit as I was wheeling some books over to a shelf on the other side of the room. Twilight carried some books over as well. "Storm, I'm not sure I believe some of it, but I do know something did happen..We'll find your friend, it'll just take some time.." Twilight said trying to comfort me. "I hope you're right..."

Jake POV

It has been a full day since the incident and Zoey's. I had woken up in an alleyway in this place called Canterlot. I somehow had become a white unicorn with brown hair, and a NES controller with a yellow star behind it on my bottom. Strangely enough my backpack, flashlight, and all of my games had come with me. I realized that this was from some weird show called My Little Pony, my little sister watched it all the time. I decided to go a low key route and try to blend in, so I had named myself Miles Ganon. There sure is a whole bunch of differences, fitting in might be harder than I thought...

Canterlot is a big city, that's for sure. There were so many ponies, regular ponies, pegasai, and unicorns. So many shops too. "Hey, did you hear about how Princess Celestia's student Twilight? I heard she had become a princess!" one pony said. "Dude, everyone was there for her coronation, where have you been?" a blue unicorn semi-scolded. Wait, who's Princess Celestia? Who's Twilight? "Woah..." I turn around the next block, and there it is..a huge castle...maybe that's where Princess Celestia lives? Only one way to find out.

The castle is huge the closer you get. I start walking up the steps. "Woah, dude, what do you think you're doing?" a White unicorn with Blue hair scolded as he walked up to me. "Oh man, I'm sorry, I didn't think it was wrong to come..I'll go." The unicorn looked like it regretted it a bit. "N-no, I'm sorry, if you have a problem, I can take you to the Princess." he offered. "Well, it's not a huge deal, it's a kind of hard-to-believe story anyway." but the unicorn insisted."Nonsense. Listen, between you and me, as captain of the royal guard, I've been through some crazy stuff myself." Captain of the royal guard, huh? Impressive. "Well, I hope I'm not to much of a bother, I don't know this Princess Celestia that well.." This however caught him off guard. "What do you mean you've never heard of her?" "Well, I'm not exactly from here.." Still confused, he led me through many long rooms. This one room leading towards the royal room impressed me though. There were stained glass windows throughout the hall. One was of six ponies blasting some big pony with a horn and wings. Another one was of a giant long snake-like thing that had brought chaos to something. Another one was a purple unicorn with wings..hmm...

"Alright, here we are, just let me let them know they have a visitor." He said following orders. "Yes, sir." I waited...waited...and waited for about ten minutes, after about that, the door opened. "It's ok to come in now, just remember to bow. I'll be here where you come out." he instructed me. When I walked in, there was two alicorns. One was white with green, pink, and light blue hair and the other, a dark blue alicorn with purple hair. Doing as the white unicorn said, I bowed, thought one of them giggled a bit.."I hear you're not from around here?" the white one asked. "Y-yes, your majesty. Though my story might be a hard one for you to believe..." I said blushing a bit. "We're listening." she said. "Well, I'm not uh..." Huh...I think it would be too insane to just blurt it out..but if Zoey is here too, I might as well search for her. "Um..my friend Zoey..she and I were investigating something, and there was this incident we had, somehow we were sent in different places. I don't know where she is, but I'm worried about her..." Then the two alicorns gave each other this look. Ever get the I-know-something-and-you-don't looks? I'm getting that alright. "Well..we'll certainly help keep an eye for your friend." Princess Celestia said. Though I get this feeling that they know something I don't..."Thank you, your majesties." I bowed. "No need to thank us, we;'re happy to help..Jake..." Wait..did Princess Celestia just...no, I must be imagining things. "Thank you." I said as I walk toward the exit. "Wait, what is your name?" Luna asked. "My name? call me Miles, Miles Ganon."

As I walk out the door, that white unicorn from earlier, was standing there. "So, how did everything go?" He asked softly. "Well, they're going to help me...that's for sure..." I answered. "If you don't mind me asking, what was your concern?" I think he was trying to get on the right foot-er-hoof. "Well, I have this friend I'm searching for. Her name is Zoey." He gave me an odd look. Well saying a name familiar to me might confuse a pony. "By the way, my name is Miles Ganon." I said introducing myself. "My name is Shining Armor." The unicorn introduced. "Best of luck finding your friend, I'll let you know if I find anything." Shining offered. "Thanks, Shining." I sure hope Zoey is alright, things are different from here on out.

Storm POV

It took a while, but we finally sorted those books...I sat there in the middle of the room while Twilight was jotting something down on some paper. "Thanks for all the help, Storm. those books would have been a lot longer to sort if it was just me." Twilight said with gratitude. "No problem, Twilight. I like to help people." Whoops...it slipped..dang it.."Uh..no offence, but what're people?" Snap, I did it, I think I just blew my cover..."U-uh...um...I meant..I meant..ponies...hehehe..." Great job Zoey...way to handle things..."Storm, you don't need to be hiding things from me..if you said people, you're used to it aren't you?" Me and my big mouth. How can I just explain my whole story and expect to just have her believe me? I can't! "Um..I just said it by accident..I'm not sure what people are...heh.." That just made her even more suspicious "Um..if we're done, I'm going to go skateboarding.." I said as I walked over to get my skateboard. "Hang on." I turn around to find...no one. I turn my head back to get the skateboard, and there is Twilight...is she magic or something? She gave me this one look. "...you're not from here..are you...?" Man this pony has persistence. "Twilight..I don't have anything to hide, can I just get my skateboard?" I walked around her picking up the skateboard and tucking it under my wing. "but there's proof you're lying. You first didn't know how to pick up the stack of books, then you hesitated to tell me where you're from, and then you said 'people' instead of pony like everypony else. If you have a problem, I can help you out." she tried to offer. "Sigh...Twilight, I'm just going to go skateboarding for now, I'll see you later though." I said walking out the door.

I can't believe it, Twilight almost found out my secret, I was that close to blowing it..I set down my skateboard and get ready to ride. "Hey, Storm!" A certain blue pegasus said. "Hey Rainbow Dash, what's up?" I said getting on my skateboard. "Well, I was wondering if you would be willing to show me some of your moves. As well as I show you mine." she gloated a bit "Sure, Dash, I was just going skateboarding anyway."

We went to this one area near Ponyville. It had a small drop kind of like an actual skateboard track. Perfect for me. "Alright, stand back." I said dropping my skateboard on the ground. I get out my headphones and music and start playing the music Back in time from Sonic Prologue.(YouTube) "Here we go!" I start flapping my wings to help move the skateboard. I start falling down the curved gap. I reached the other side and started to flip. When I started falling back down, the water running below changed my course. "W-woah! Ha ha!" Now I was using the skateboard almost like a surf board. "Storm! look out for those rocks!" Rainbow Dash warned me.

There were multiple rocks up ahead that could badly damage me if I hit just one. "Alright!" I said getting a smirk on me face. This was almost like city escape with the ramps on the road. before I was about to hit one, I used the wheels on the skateboard to roll on one of them, and...jump! "Woo!" Looking behind me on that last jump, I could see RD was following right behind me. Now this is fun! I never got to do something like this back home!

After jumping the last rock, I noticed one tiny problem. Actually a HUGE problem. I was headed towards a very high waterfall. "Storm! Start flying!" Rainbow Dash demanded. Uh-oh. I didn't think of that part. I don't know how to fly! "Wah!" There I go, falling toward my doom. "Start flying already!" I stop flapping my wings to let myself spin around and around. "Look out!" Out of fear, I tried to flap my wings. I closed my eyes thinking I'm about to crash, but one second later, I'm no longer falling! "What the-" I look all around. I couldn't believe my eyes. I WAS FLYING! I turned off the music and flew up the waterfall. "That was nuts!" Rainbow Dash complemented. "Heh, thanks.." I'm just glad I wasn't- "But why did you hesitate to fly?" -caught. "Oh, I uh, I wanted to make sure I had a good grip on the skateboard first. Hehe.." I had better be careful from here on out. Maybe there is a book I can use to look up how to be a pony? "Oh, ok. Come on, you gotta come over to my place." Rainbow Dash offered. I think she and I are gonna get along just fine. "Sure, sounds cool. Thanks."

Ok, now I'm starting to get a hang of this flying thing..it's actually pretty awesome. It's a nice time to fly. "Say, what was that thing you put on your ears?" I think she was talking about the music player and headphones. I had them in my 'pocket.' I guess ponies have hidden pockets on their flanks. "Oh, that was my music player. Here, have a listen." I pulled it all out, flipping the headphone's speakers to make the music louder. I scrolled through the songs and played the song from earlier. She gave it a listen for about thirty seconds, than she just loved it. Kudos to the makers of that film and this song, huh? "That sounds awesome. I've never heard anything like that before!" She said in awe. "How did you get this song? nothing like that was ever been made in Equestria." Derp. I did it again. "Um...Hey, is that your house up there?" I pointed to a cloud with rainbows pouring from it like a fountain. "Oh, yeah, that's it. Come on!" She said flying faster. "H-hey! wait for me!" Things are definitely going to be different here in Equestria.

Miles POV

Now I'm pretty sure I need a place to stay for the night. I decided to look into getting a room at a hotel. "The Cozy Canterlot. hmm..." I start walking toward the door to go inside thinking that I just need to push it. "Oof!" uh...maybe I can use...my horn?..."hrgh..." It took a while to figure out, but I was able to conjure up some magic enough to open the door. It's kind of like opening it with a hand, almost.

"Hello? May we help you?" one unicorn asked. "Uh yes, do you have any place I can stay?" One of the other ponies answered. "Yes, we have a room available for you. "Thank you. Uh..how much is it?" I hope the money I had in my bag back home qualifies as Equestrian money..."What's your name?" "Uh..my name is Miles Ganon." The pink unicorn gave her worker a smile. "Oh! you must be that special guest Princess Celestia was talking about!" One of them perked up. "Special guest? I wou-" "She has reserved a room for you to stay in. Come right this way." Seeing as I had no choice, I followed the light-green pony. "This is your room, Miles, enjoy your stay!" She directed to me. "Thank you miss."

I walk inside the room. It had a nice made bed. The room had a nice view of the castle I was just at. It also had books and a picture of two alicorns in a kind of circle. They both look like Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. "Hey, what's this?" I walk over to the bed and drop my stuff next to it. There was a note left on the bed. Jake, or Miles, do not worry about Zoey, she is fine. You two will meet very soon, and when you do, then everything shall be explained to you. ~Princess Celestia. Hmm..."Princess Celesta...So...Zoey's alright? What a relief." I sighed. "But..where is she?"

I figure the books on the shelf might be of use. I scan the book titles: Equestrian style. Mare in the Moon. Places in Canterlot. I decide I might as well look at the equestrian style. I want to at least know how to live like a pony. "A pony's special talent is identified by it's cutie mark. I guess that means my special talent is gaming? heh, I can see that." I skim the pages some more. I guess I can't say 'everyone' or 'anyone' I'd have to say 'everypony' or 'anypony' or something like that. So now I have a good idea about how ponies live.

I walk outside on the porch of the room. There was a beautiful sunset behind the castle. "Still, why am I here anyway?" Than it hit me. "What if we're on that show my little sister watches?!" I gave it some thought. but then I saw two ponies at the castle. "Hey..is that Celestia and Luna?" They were using their magic for something...wait a minute..."Are they...raising the moon and lowering the sun...? how is that possible...?" Luna had finished placing the moon where it should be and the two walked back into the castle.

"I guess those sisters are really good friends..that's kind of like me and Daisy..." Daisy...I miss my little sister...and my family..I wonder how they're doing? Do they miss me? Do they know I'm gone? Do they wonder where I am? Are they worried at all? "Sigh...I hope they're alright, and Zoey too...yawn..I had better get some sleep." I close the doors behind me and get in bed. I get one more look at the castle. "Thank you Celestia...thanks for this place to sleep tonight.." somehow I'll find out what's going on, and something tells me those princesses know something.

I took one last glimpse and the moon before I went to sleep. "Night Zoey, wherever you are..."

Storm POV

"Thanks for having me over, Rainbow Dash. I'd better get back to Twilight's." I said walking towards the door. Surprisingly pegasai can walk on clouds..the clouds feel kind of like carpet. "See you tomorrow, Storm." She waved goodbye. "Night."

I set my skateboard down on the ground and go for one last run through the town on the way to Twilight's. I zipped by that one filly pegasus with the scooter. "Woah!" I got from her. She then got on her scooter and started zipping right beside me. "So, you like fast scooting huh?" I asked. "Yeah, my name is Scootaloo, I'm the best scooter in Ponyville." she gloated a bit. "Nice, I'm Storm, Shred Storm. I'm a skateboarder." "Nice! I hope to see you around! you're pretty fast!" Scootaloo commented. "Same to you, Scootaloo." she zipped off. I stopped in my tracks as I approached the library.

"Hey Storm! How was cleaning the library?" Spike said at the door. "It was pretty good, I was glad to help. How was Rarity?" "She was thankful for having me move some stuff for her. Someone's gotta do it." he said trying to make a muscle. "Heh, cool." It seems like Spike has a thing for Rarity. Heh, it's kind of funny to watch. "Hey Twilight, how was everything while I was gone?" She had her face buried in a book. "Everything was fine. I heard you were showing Rainbow Dash some of your moves?" She asked turning away from the book. "Yeah...uh..it was pretty good. I'm so tired now.." I said walking towards my bed.

I get in bed under the covers. "I guess we should all get some rest." Twilight said shutting off the light. "Good night Storm, good night Spike." "night Twilight, night spike." "Night guys...ouh.." Spike was really tired, I guess working a lot will do that to you.

I looked out Twilight's window and saw the moon shining bright in the midnight sky. "Good night Jake, hope you're doing well."

And that's it for chapter 2! and get ready for chapter 3 as it's on it's way. It's going to be filled with more excitement, just you wait!

Ok, now for this chapter's Qotc: What is your favorite pony from Equestria? this can include the mane six, princesses, family, anypony!

Until next chapter, this is Elecx signing off! thanks for reading.