Heh, looks like I'll have a lot of time to work on this since my parents think this is an English assignment. That's good news for you guys! Thanks for the reviews again, I'm taking note of the problems you guys told me. By the way the 9th level of brony fandom to me is having some of your friends know about it and being an active member in the community. That means writing fictions, drawing pictures, etc. Look at me here rambling on; let's get on with the chapter.

Chapter 3: Assimilation

The sunlight began to crack through the windows of Twilight's house. A few beams of light landed onto Twilight's eyelids. She yawned and stretched out her appendages and got out of bed. She marked her calendar and took a sheet of paper to write a to-do list for the day. She saw in the corner of her eye a letter next to Spike, who was still sleeping. "Hmm, must've come while I was asleep." She levitated the letter and opened it.

To my faithful student Twilight Sparkle,

I am intrigued by these two ponies you have come across. I have come across a few others with the same characteristics before. I will be coming to Ponyville tomorrow morning to meet these two.

Signed,

Princess Celestia

Twilight was immediately alarmed. She said to herself "If this letter came sometime last night… then Princess Celestia must mean this morning!" She quickly woke Spike up who grudgingly got out of bed while mumbling something and Twilight hurriedly combed her hair. Downstairs, Travis and Jessica were woken by the ruckus upstairs. "The books! Spike we need to get downstairs and clean the library up before Princess Celestia comes!" The two ponies downstairs heard a door slam open and Twilight rushing down the stairs. Books began to hover and put themselves into their proper place. Spike was slowly walking down the stairs still half asleep.

In a matter of moments the house was clean, the bedspread that was originally on the floor had been taken out from underneath Travis and Jessica then folded neatly and placed into a box. Twilight was running around the house making sure everything was in their right place. Travis asked the dragon who stood next to them "Is this a daily thing?" Spike responded "No, Twilight ALWAYS freaks out when Princess Celestia is coming to town. This one time there was a parasprite infestation and she told everyone to build a second decoy Ponyville moments before the princess arrived."

Twilight returned to the library, "There we go everything is all clean and tidy!" Just then there was a knock on the door. Twilight ran to the door and opened it; there stood tall Princess Celestia with her two royal guards in front of them. "Good morning Princess, come on inside!" Twilight said enthusiastically. Princess Celestia signaled her royal guards to remain outside and she walked into Twilight's home. There she saw two pairs of eyes looking at her. "I understand that you are the new ponies around here, am I correct?" There was no response as the two were in awe of the magnificent mare before them. Jessica was the first to snap out of it, "Umm, y-yes, we're the two that were lost."

"I see, and you said that you aren't from this world?"

Travis nodded his head, "That's right ma'am, we were from a place called Earth and we were human before this… incident, have you heard about our world?"

Celestia replied with some regret in her voice "Yes, I have. You see, when my sister Luna and I were younger, we enjoyed playing with magic and enchanting objects. Well, one day we had found an interesting spell that could send creatures between dimensions. Luna had managed to enchant a stone with that spell, but when she did a blinding light was emitted from it and it disappeared."

Jessica turned to Travis, "Could that have been the same stone that you had found?"

Before Travis could answer Celestia began speaking again, "Yes, most likely it was."

An idea formed in Jessica's head "So if we found that stone again, we can return back to our home right," she said with excitement.

"No, unfortunately; the stone is bound to your world, and it does not exist on ours. Luna and I luckily had only enchanted the stone and did not use the spell, but the stone had teleported to another dimension because of the immense amount of energy that was stored within it. It had to go somewhere, so it teleported itself. My sister and I decided that it wouldn't harm anything and assumed it was floating somewhere among the stars of another dimension. We were wrong, a few years later a mysterious pony was found outside of Ponyville, similar to you two. She claimed to belong to another world, and that she wasn't supposed to be a pony, but a human. There were a few dozen other occurrences over the years, the last one actually not too long ago. "

Travis, Jessica, and Twilight were all listening closely. Jessica was overwhelmed by the information and felt devastated after hearing she wouldn't be able to return. Travis was having similar emotions, but deeper down inside he was feeling joy, joy of being away from the wretched woman that controlled his life. "So… What happens with us now," Asked Travis.

"Well, as much as I would like to help, I cannot. So I shall leave it to the responsibility of my student Twilight Sparkle to help you ponies assimilate into equestrian society. However I still will try my best to assist you. I'm afraid I must leave for Canterlot as I have some royal business to attend. Farewell, I wish the best of luck for you two."

Princess Celestia left the building and boarded her chariot, Twilight walked out with her and waved goodbye. Inside, Travis and Jessica were overwhelmed from what they had just heard. "I'm never going home…" Jessica said weakly. "It's okay… we'll make the best of what we can here," Travis said softly to her sister. She looked at Travis and smiled. "Thanks Travis."

Twilight returned inside, "Alright so I'm going to help you two fit in around here!" She pulled a few books off the shelves about social interaction and the culture of ponies. "But first we're going to learn a bit about equestrian society."

Travis just stood there and couldn't help feeling a bit awkward. "Books… to learn about society. I guess it's a pony thing." He played along for a little until the purple dragon spoke up. "Uhh Twilight, books can't be used for everything you know." Twilight thought for a moment and realized how strange she must look like to Travis and Jessica. She nervously laughed, "Right, maybe I'll just show you around town first, feel free to ask me any questions."

They left the door and started to stroll around town. As they passed by other ponies and buildings Jessica came up with a few questions. "Twilight, I couldn't help but to notice that there are different types of ponies. Like some have wings, some horns, and some of them have nothing."

"Good question, there are three types of ponies here in Equestria, there are unicorns, which is what I am, pegasi, which is what you two are, and then there are Earth ponies. Unicorns can use magic to manipulate objects which is how I levitated the books in the library earlier today and pegasi can fly. Earth ponies are particularly strong. By the way, do you two happen to know how to fly? I am guessing that you two wouldn't, because you've only been ponies for about a day and a half."

Travis thought back at when he attempted to fly the day before. "No, we don't know how to fly."

"No worries, I have a friend who is extremely talented in flying. Let's go pay her a visit. Maybe she can give you a tip or two."

Twlight led the group to the outskirts of town, and then she began scanning the skies. "She's usually out here somewhere…" She scanned a bit harder then got a glimpse of a rainbow tail. "There she is, Rainbow Dash! Come down here for!"

The blue pony popped her head up then dived towards Twilight and stopped before hitting the floor. "What is it Twilight? I was taking a nap."

"Can you teach these two pegasi how to fly?"

Rainbow Dash burst out laughing, "Your saying that these two grown ponies don't know how to fly? That's hilarious! Tell me, were they too chicken to fly when you were a filly?" She continued laughing for a few more moments then realized who she was laughing at. "Wait a minute, I remember you two, I saw you yesterday. You ponies were from that Earth place and had that crazy story."

"Yeah, Dash and that's why I need you to teach them how to fly! They've only been ponies for about a day and a half."

"Okay, Twilight you can return home for now, I got these ponies handled. Let's see what you got."

"Don't expect anything fancy," Travis said and then he started flapping his wings. He began getting a bit of lift and once he was a measly 5 feet in the air he lost control and crash landed into a nearby bush.

Dash put her hoof to her face, "We can work on that. Your turn Jessica."

Jessica started flapping hard, slowly but surely she started rising into the air. It wasn't anything amazing but at least she didn't lose control like her brother who was still trying to get out of the bush.

"Nice job! Though it could still use a bit of work."

An hour into the day, Jessica's flying improved, and her flying was more efficient and her control was better. Travis was also improving, but his control was still poor. He managed to fly fast though his maneuvering through the air was sloppy. Travis's was a bit bruised from crashing into trees and in one instance he actually collided into Rainbow Dash. Another hour past, they were both tired and sore.

"I think we should call it a day Dash," said Travis wearily.

Rainbow Dash was about to oppose until she realized the condition Travis was in. "Yeah. That sounds good."

They said their farewells and parted ways. Rainbow Dash returned to her home and the siblings headed back to town. They found a restaurant and sat down; of course, they sat down the human way. The waitress walked over and raised an eyebrow. "What would you ponies like to order?" Jessica and Travis looked at the menu, unable to choose due to their lack of knowledge about equestrian food. Trying to stay casual Travis asked the waitress for whatever he recommended. He wrote something on the order paper and walked away. The unusual manner in which they were sitting didn't only catch the attention of the waiter but a teal unicorn that happened to be sitting on a nearby table. "Ha! I told you other ponies sit like that," she said to her friend while pointing at the table Travis and Jessica were sitting at.

Jessica blushed, a bit embarrassed. The teal unicorn noticed Jessica blushing. "Whoops, sorry about that, it's just that my friend Bon Bon here thinks it's weird that I sit like the way you do. You proved her wrong!"

"Oh, nothing to worry about. It's just that my brother and I here have an interesting background. It's a crazy story really." Jessica stopped blushing and invited the teal unicorn to come sit with them.

"My name is Jessica, and this is my brother Travis. How about you?" Jessica decided that the best way to assimilate into the society is to make a few friends.

"My name is Lyra, and this here is my friend Bon Bon. Nice to meet you." Lyra stuck out a hoof and Jessica shook it.

"So what is this interesting background you talk about?"

"Oh you won't believe me, when I said crazy story, I meant crazy." Jessica was already tired of repeating their journey to where they were now, and she came to a conclusion that she would be deemed mentally instable if she told anyone about it.

Lyra smiled, "Don't worry about it; I've heard pretty far stretched stories out there. Experienced a fair share of things too."

"Alright," she said reluctantly. Then Jessica began telling the story they've told so many times before. She occasionally stopped and Travis took over. By the end of the story Lyra's mouth was wide open.

"You should stop by my place after lunch, I think I would like to get to know you better," said Lyra. The food arrived and Travis examined what was on his plate. He gave up on identifying it then began devouring it, surprised once again at how tasty it was.

Hurrah! Travis and Jessica are stuck in Equestria for good now. By the way, Earth pony and planet Earth are two totally different Earths! So everypony still has no clue what planet Earth is.

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