Twilight Sparkle's eyes snapped open as she heard her name being called followed by 2 separate screams: one was Fluttershy's and the other was unknown. Could somepony have snuck aboard? Twilight thought. She shook her head as she got out of the bed. No, no they couldn't have. We traveled all night after chasing Applejack and finally convinced her to go home with us, and we reserved this train. not only that, we're the only visitors.She heard trotting coming from outside her cabin door, and she opened it.

Applejack skidded to a stop. "Y'all heard her too?"

"Yeah, scared me awake. It's probably nothing though, you know how easy she is to scare."

"Should we wake Rainbow?"

"No, you know how grumpy she gets when you wake her up." Twilight concluded, and they were off to the train car behind theirs. Her stomach rumbled, but she ignored it and trotted into the other car where she saw her yellow friend. She looked white as a ghost right now- pushed up against the wall.

"Fluttershy, we heard you screaming. Are you okay? Is everything alright?" Twilight's orange friend asked with a soothing tone. They waited for an answer, but it was obvious they weren't going to get one right away. Whatever she saw must have scared her good. Twilight thought. Fluttershy's chest was rising and falling at an incredibly fast rate. Gradually, it finally slowed to a normal breathing rate.

"m-m-m-m...mon..." She squeaked.

"What was that?" Twilight asked.

"I-I-...I saw a M-Monster. It was big, and had weird striped fur, and...It was tall..." Fluttershy looked like she was about to cry, so it came to no surprise when she hugged twilight. "I-It ran into t-the baggage room." She managed.

Twilight nodded at Applejack, then looked back at Fluttershy. "Fluttershy," she said. "We're going to go and check it out okay?"

Fluttershy looked back towards the baggage room. "O-okay." She reluctantly released Twilight and watched as they moved toward the room. They tiptoed their way across the already somewhat noisy train car and opened the first door. Then, Applejack tried for the second.

"Ah think something's blocking it." She said. Twilight nodded and concentrated. A purple aura surrounded the door knob, and with all her might, she willed it to open. It did.

"Look out!" She heard. She stopped concentrating on the door and turned to what was behind It. A large pillar of their luggage was about to fall down. Reflexively, she used her magic to steady it and moved the rest of the luggage around the car until there became a clear path inside. Twilight was now certain that somepony or something was with them. It must have been an intelligent creature to actually barricade the door...Twilight thought. "Applejack, go get Rainbow Dash. We're going to need her speed if this... whatever it happens to be- is too smart and quick for us. I'll wait here." She stated.

Applejack nodded and trotted off to the other car. She heard the door open then close and walked over to Fluttershy. She sat on her haunches and looked at her. "What a morning, huh?" She asked rhetorically.

Fluttershy nodded, clearly still shaken up a bit. "Do you think It's friendly?" She spoke up. "The creature, I mean."

"Well Fluttershy, I can't say for certain, but it didn't hurt you, so I can only guess it is. Or maybe you scared it, as ironic as it might sound. If it is friendly, we're going to have to go to Canterlot and inform the princess right away. Maybe it's a new species."

"And what if it's not friendly?"

"I'm not sure. We might have to trap it."

"Oh no, I can't agree to that. Maybe it's just misunderstood. Maybe we're just scaring it more." Fluttershy suggested. Twilight opened her mouth to say something, but Rainbow Dash and Applejack entered the room.

"I was a Wonderbolt for 5 minutes. 5 Minutes! This better be good, Twi!"

I couldn't speak. I couldn't talk. I heard them talking, I wanted to say something, but I couldn't speak. The shock of hearing a horse talk had shocked me to an extent where it rendered me speechless. I had, literally, lost my voice from screaming and shock.

And that princess they were talking about... Royalty too!? Oh man, oh no this is bad. Monarchy is almost always bad. Oh GOD, what if she executes me for scaring one of her citizens? What if I'm exiled? I can't survive out in the forest! I was raised in a town! Everyone knew each other there!

I want to go home- NO, I don't. Do I? UGH, I- Oh god I can hear them getting closer

Twilight instructed Rainbow Dash to wait next to Fluttershy just in case the creature bolted out of the door. Twilight led the way with Applejack following right behind. They searched around the small train car, from behind the corners to the back door, in case it climbed around or jumped off. They checked the now-barren shelves. Just as Twilight was about to give up, she heard a noise. A gasp. She quickly turned around and looked.

At the very, very bottom of the the shelves were suitcases neatly lined up and suspiciously concealing the very bottom shelf. She looked toward Applejack, but she was off looking outside. Okay, I have to take it easy on the creature and see if it's friendly first. She looked to Applejack again. This time, she was facing her. She motioned for her to walk over to her. "Tell the conductors that we need to change course. Tell them it's an emergency" She whispered. Applejack nodded and then trotted off. Twilight Sparkle motioned for her shy friend to come inside. She did, albeit very reluctantly. When she was within earshot, she whispered "I am almost certain I'm going to need you to help me coax it out from under there." She pointed towards the bottom shelf and closed the door.

Twilight used her magic to move the luggage away from the bottom of the shelf and laid herself down so she could see what the creature was and looked like. Right now, it was visibly shaking and curled up into a ball. This is amazing! The princess will love to hear about this! A creature in a tightly wound up ball...Amazing..."Uh... Hello there. Um...I'm not going to hurt you. My name's Twilight Sparkle." The creature moved what appeared to be it's arms from what appeared to be its face. Twilight only caught a glimpse of it's purple eye because a millisecond later it covered it's face again, almost as if it was wishing for a bad dream to go away.

They waited a few minutes before trying again.

"My friend here, Fluttershy-"
"Hello..."
"- is really nice. She definitely wouldn't hurt you. She's just about the nicest pony you could ever meet. Can you come out for us, we promise we won't do anything harmful." The creature removed it's arms completely from its face so she could see it's eyes. They were both 2 separate colors. One purple and the other appeared to be orange. It shook it's head.
~Jingle~
Twilight was so taken aback that she missed the jingle. "O-Okay, I actually expected you to say yes. Fluttershy, can you-?" Before Twilight could finish Fluttershy walked over and went into the same position as Twilight.

She talked in her usual soothing tone. "My name's Fluttershy. I-I'm sorry I scared you back there." She outstretched her hoof. It looked at it but slowly did the same with it's arm. It grabbed her hoof and shook it.

Twilight looked at the strange creature. It seemed to have long hair and a male type physique. "Are you a male?"Twilight asked. A nod.
~Jingle~
This time she heard it. The creature appeared to be wearing a collar. Was this somebody's pet? Twilight asked herself. No, that doesn't sound right.
~Growl~
"Oh, you're hungry? Well, we have food out here if you want some. Would you like some?"
The creature looked around before opening it's mouth. "O...Okay."

The two ponies' jaws practically fell to the ground. This creature can talk? How is that even possible?Fluttershy thought.

Amazing, it even has the ability to talk. What a phenomenal creature.Twilight thought.

"S-Sorry I-uh- wasn't talking before. I-I got scared and- uh... Lost my voice. I'm sorry." He hung his head in sadness.

The purple unicorn feared that if she didn't accept his apology, he might think she was mad at him. Then he'd never come out, and she would have to force him out. "It's alright, but let's go get you some food."
"O-okay."

The two ponies moved out of the way so the creature could crawl out. As he got up, they realized he was around a foot taller. "My name's...Artyom. Artyom Snow is my full name."

"Wow, that name is..."

"Different?"

"Yeah- NO! Not that its bad or anything."

"It's alright. I know what you meant."

Fluttershy reached the door first and opened it, revealing a rather bored looking Rainbow. "Are you done yet?" She asked, visibly irritated. Fluttershy nodded, and walked out, Twilight right behind her. The yellow pegasus noticed they were short a member.

"C'mon, It's okay." She declared with her usual soothing voice. Rainbow noticed something out of the corner of her eye. A brown mane, and some eyes. It disappeared for a second before the entire thing reappeared in front of the doorway. "Woah..." Was all Dash managed.

"His names Aryt...Arot..Art..."

"It's Artyom. Uh...Nice to...uh...meet you?" He scratched the back of his head with one claw and held out the other. Dash's reactions came over her and jumped back. "S-Sorry." He said quietly. Twilight shot a glare at her rainbow maned friend. "Excuse me for a moment." She said. As she walked past Rainbow Dash, she grabbed her hoof, pulling her with her. Once she thought she was out of earshot, you scolded Dash. "What is wrong with you? This is the first creature we've seen of its kind-And it can talk- and you scare it like that? This is the first type of its kind we've ever seen, and it has real pony emotions. Did you see his face back there? He was sad that you were scared of him. It took us a good 15 minutes just to convince him to come out!"
"Look, I'm sorry, It's a new type of animal and I thought those were claws. I thought he was going to hurt me, and you really shouldn't be scared of me scaring it. It's Pinkie Pie you have to worry about. She'll throw a giant party for Artyom there, and he'll probably have a heart attack."
"Oh Celestia...You're right..."

I sat down in the corner of the train car, waiting for the purple and rainbow horses to come back. "I'm sorry about Dash there. She's really nice, I think she just got scared is all." The yellow horse talked.

"This is way too much for my head. You're colorful, horses aren't colorful where I'm from. You can talk, horses don't talk where I'm from." I paused regaining my composure. When I get scared or start to panic, my russian accent comes back. Nevertheless, I heard it when I said my next sentence. "You are horse, but are intelligent? Is not possible where I'm from. Crazy I am, right? I've yet not explored insanity. Maybe I am dead, Da? I've gone crazy"

"Uh...We're Ponies, and you're not crazy. We lived in equestria for millions of years now, run by our very own Princess Celestia. And...I-If you don't mind me asking, why did your voice change. You started talking different...You don't have to tell me if you don't... want too... I'm sorry." Fluttershy's- I think that was her name- voice got quieter. "I'm sorry, I was born and raised in Russia, so I don't have a natural American accent. I've been able to keep it sounding normal before I met you guys, and I hide it so nobody has to know i'm russian. Back where I'm from, I was made fun of a lot. Mostly because of my hideous, different eyes. 2 colors." I closed my eyes and leaned my head against the wall. I heard Fluttershy sit down next to me.

"I like your eyes." My eyes opened and widened. "You're just saying that." I convinced myself more than her. Could she really mean that... I thought. "Yeah, they're pretty." We sat in silence as the minutes passed by. I stared out the window and looked as trees flew by. "Россия – священная наша держава...Россия – любимая наша страна..." I mumbled. "Hmm...?" Fluttershy asked. "N-Nothing I'm just singing." I said. "Well you can sing out loud if you want. I don't mind. I-It'll actually make this ride go by faster." I closed my eyes. And tried to remember the lyrics to my homeland's anthem.
Могучая воля, великая слава –
"Могучая воля, великая слава –"
Твоё достоянье на все времена!
"Твоё достоянье на все времена!"

I remained silent after those first 4 lyrics. I wasn't really in the mood to sing anymore. "W-Why do you wear a dog collar? And what are those on it?" She asked. I pulled my hand up into my bangs, grabbed it, and pulled it all the way down till it almost covered my eyes.

I repeated. "I don't really want to talk about it right now, if that's okay."

"O-okay."

I took my jacket off and put it into my messenger bag. Just in time too, both of the ponies were coming back. "Me and miss Fluttershy here were just talking." I said. She nodded, and nudged the rainbow haired pegasus. I must have missed it before, but I realized that in the room, there were 2 pegasus, 1 unicorn, and 1 human. I felt lightheaded.

Rainbow haired pony looked up at me. "I'm sorry I was scared of you and vice versa. And I'm not just saying that because Twi's making me apologize. I really am sorry. She outstretched a hoof. Without a second thought I shook it. Better to make friends than enemies. "It's alright miss..."
"Dash. Rainbow Dash is the name, best flyer in Equestria." She grinned.
~Growl~
"Hehe...Sorry." I smiled, embarrassed.
"Lets get something to eat." Twilight said.
"Thank you miss Sparkle."
"Oh please, just call me Twilight."

After eating some breakfast- Mostly bread and apples- I met another pony named Applejack. She had a thick southern accent, and we mostly got along- heck, I got along with all the ponies- talking about things we like and how apples were superior to oranges. Twilight had told me that 2 of their friends weren't with them right now. Pinkie Pie- The 'crazy hyper one' as Twilight put it and Rarity- The 'fashionista'. She said we would meet them after we talked to the princess.

I also told them- reluctantly- that I could speak another language and that english- or whatever language they called it here- wasn't my first language. After this, Twilight wanted to learn my language as well and know everything about me; Including my body. "Can I run some tests on you and learn about your species."
"I'm human, and do I have to take my clothes off?"
"Yes."
"No."
"Why though?" Twilight asked, putting on her best sad face. I pulled her aside and whispered to her "Because it's really embarrassing. Would you like it if someone just checked your private areas?"
Twilight blushed. "Well...N-no not exactly. But the princess is probably going to need a report, and this is also for your own safety. What if...What if you get hurt and we need to do surgery. I can then bring all the notes the doctor would need. Not only that, but I want to learn about your race- the human race- and I need to see if theres some links between us."
I started to sweat profoundly. "стрелять, Okay, fine, not right now though okay. I'm very uncomfortable already, and you have to promise me, promise me... That you won't tell anyone else. None of your friends. Okay? Please."
"You have to teach me your language sometime. And I promise. As Pinkie would say 'Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!'" She promised. I felt a little better. We then walked back over to her friends.

After about another hour or so, I started to feel restless again. "How close are we to wherever we're going?" I asked. "Ah'd say another 2 hours, give or take." Dammit. "Okay." I took another bite of bread before announcing I was going to look around the train. "Just don't go in the conductors car!" Twilight called. I shut the door behind me, and went onward. The train had a peculiar smell. It smelled like new wood furniture. I wasn't sure why though. I looked behind me to see my 4 imaginary ponies mingling with each other. Haha...What was in that bread I ate last night? I questioned my sanity. But for now I had to play it cool and act like this was real. I wonder if they have mental institutions on this planet....

I walked up to the window on the next door. Better not go in there, looks like the train conductors room. I turned around and was about to leave when another door caught my eye. "What's behind door number one?" I said to myself. I pulled the door open a crack and peeked inside. There was a room with 3 bunk beds, making 6 beds in total. "Oh man, I'm definitely taking a nap in here." I take off my messenger and use it as a pillow on the ground. "Not allowed on the bed back home. This is still much more comfortable than home though." I close my eyes, the moving of the train rocking me to sleep. My mind is exhausted, and sleep comes easy.

"Let's go Artyom. Don't want to keep the princesses waiting." I hear a voice. I want to say 'alright' and move, but can't. "Heyyyyyy, Artyommmmmm." I feel shaking on my shoulder. That wakes me up. "Huh...what?" I groggily said. I sat up and rubbed my eyes while I heard the voice again. "Dude, you've been asleep for a couple hours now. We're in Canterlot. Finally." I open my eyes, now able to comprehend my surroundings. I jump, startled. "Oh jeez, sorry." I apologized. The rainbow headed -hair, whatever it's called on ponies- pony stared at me. "I thought I dreamt it all up. But no, I really am going mad." That's when I noticed I was on something soft and nice. "What am I doing on the bed?"

"Oh, after a while, Twilight came looking for you. She found you lying on the ground, curled up, and fast asleep. She levitated you on the bed and covered you up all snuggly wuggly, Mr. cutie wootie." She mocked me.
I tried to stop the blush. It failed. "Alright, alright, I get it, but why did she put me on the bed? I took a nap on the floor for a reason."

"I dunno, beats me. Probably because of hospitality. Say, did you know you talk in your sleep?" She asked.

I got up from the bed and we walked and talked. "So, where are you from?" I asked, trying to make small talk.

"I'm from Cloudsdale, that's my home, though I consider Ponyville my real home." She said.

"Cloudsdale? Sounds fancy; You'll have to show me sometime."

"If you can walk on clouds."

I laughed. "Good one."

"Uh...I'm being serious. Pegasus can walk on clouds. Actually, we control the weather."

I stopped dead in my tracks. "Okay, seriously, you got me there, but there is no way that's possible." I convinced her; Or myself.

"Why can't you just believe me? Doesn't your species control weather?" She asked.

"No, we don't. Alright, show me you control the weather then. Prove to me."

We finally reached outside and her friends were there waiting for us. "Oh there you are, the-"

"Hold on purple unicorn, Rainbow pony here's going to show me something that is 'physically possible.'" I stated. I couldn't remember the purple unicorns real name, but I think I got the point across. The rainbow pegasus spread her wings and took off into the air. She stopped at the nearest cloud and pulled it towards my direction. "No. Freaking. Way." I said in disbelief. Once it was directly above me, she kicked it. One second, I was staring up, the next, my hair was soaked, and covered my eyes and the tip of my nose.

"Ha! And the name's Rainbow Dash. Got it memorized?"

We walked (with the exception of Rainbow Dash, who flew) towards a huge castle on the hill. It was one of the largest castles I've ever seen or even read about. Okay, pegasi controlling weather, ponies building castles...Okay. I looked at Rainbow Dash. I bet she loved proving me wrong. "Hey Rainbow Dash, uh, sorry about not believing you earlier." I apologized. "It's cool." She replied, giving me a smile. I returned it, and walked faster till I was near the Twilight pony. "Twilight, uh, what are the princesses like? Will I have to please them? Oh god, they're not tyrants, are they? Don't execute me..."I said.

Twilight laughed. "No Artyom, They're really nice, and they aren't tyrants. They're very fair with everything. I've never seen or heard about anything like executions with them, so don't worry." I could tell she was still having trouble pronouncing my name.

We walked along, finally reaching the castle. Along the way, I had gotten some looks from other ponies, some of them staring and pointing. Others closing their windows and doors or running away. "It's alright, y'all are new ta them." Applejack reassured me. We entered the castle through the enormous doors and took a couple turns. The next door we opened revealed a large room with 2 thrones occupied by 2 unicorn/pegasus ponies. Along the walls were stained glass windows that each seemed to tell their own story. I couldn't follow some of it, but at one point I saw 6 ponies together with jewelry shooting a rainbow at another unicorn/pegasus crossover. I walked slower, then, pieced the picture together in my mind. That looks like Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash. I guess I am remembering their names now. I decided I would ask about that later.

I continued my pace and eventually made it to the 2 large ponies. "Uh...Hello your...Majesties?" I stuttered. "M-my name's Artyom Snow, i'm a human and 16 years of age. I am from Russia and i'm not sure how I got here." I kneeled down.

"Stand, Mr. Snow." She said. I rose, and looked towards the 2 ponies. One was white, with a sun on her...uh...Rump? She had long, flowing, colorful hair- Like, literally, it was flowing, there was no draft in the room- and a tiara placed upon her head. The other had dark blue and black fur (I think it was fur) and a moon on her...You get the idea. She also had a tiara on her head and flowing dark blue hair. "Why have you come to our world? We are not aware of your species, Mr. Snow." The moon pony talked.

"Uh, I don't know how I came to your world, actually. I shouldn't be here." I replied, starting to feel myself shake a little. This is a new world, which probably means new laws. If I fuck up this meeting with the princess I could be thrown in jail.

"Are you a threat to Equestria?" The white one spoke this time.

"I don't know what Equestria is, but I'm not here to harm any of you ponies."

"Last question. Do you want to go back to your world?"

"Uh... No...? I like it here."

"Very well then, I grant you permission to stay in Equestria. We'll talk later and find a place for you to leave, as well as making income. Guards, show him to the garden. That is...if he wants to go?"

"Uh, yeah, sure your highness."

"We'll be speaking soon again!"

The guards showed me through another door that led to a huge medieval sized garden. It had statues, a hedge maze, bushes, animals, and trees. Lots of trees. "Woah..."

Twilight was about to follow her new friend when her instructor said "Twilight, wait." so she did. "Oh horsefeathers! I forgot to ask his name."
"His name's Artyom, and he's a human, princess." Rainbow said.

"Human hmmm... It's true then. Luna, get the book."

"What's going on princess?" Twilight Sparkle asked, feeling slight panic rise at her teacher's worrisome expression. "I was hoping it wouldn't happen; But it seemed inevitable," She sighed. "He's the 7'th element."

"WHAT!?" The 4 ponies yelled together. Celestia nodded as Luna entered the room, holding a tattered green book with her magic. She laid it on the ground in front of them, and they flipped through the pages, there eyes moving through the words. During this, Celestia explained "In this book, it is said another lifeform comes to equestria and when he does, that's when it starts."

"When what starts, Princess?" Twilight asked.

"The path he must walk to save Equestria. He has 2 choices in his life, to side with the the forces who want to protect Equestria, or to side with those who want to destroy it. Either way, Equestria will change. For better or for worse, I don't know."

"There are pages torn out!" Twilight said. Who...Why? This saddened Twilight, she loved books. Not only that, she wanted to figure out what the rest of the book. What it said about Artyom could tell them his future. "Yes, when we had found the book, most of the pages were gone. We managed to find some, but as for the rest, we're not sure. It is possible they're scattered all over Equestria. Those pages hold Artyom's future, and what his decisions will be."

"Ah have a question. Why don't we jus lock him up so he cain't make tha decision, and nuthin' will change." Applejack stated. Why would she want to do that, we can study him! Celestia shook her head. "No, if we do that, he will get loose, and he will choose the other side, seeing as how we treated him. That's where the other elements come in. I need you to help him through this world, and get rid of his dilemmas and fears. His anger and sorrow. I need you to fix him. In the book it said he's been through many things in his life, horrible things. This will surely influence him to the wrong side. Please, Watch over him , My little ponies, and do not tell him he's the 7'th element. He will need to find that out on his own. I will keep you informed, and if you find any other pages, please tell me."

After that...After that meeting of some kind, Fluttershy was actually a little afraid of her new friend. S-Surely he won't hurt us. He's good, I just know it. I can feel it. He's just misunderstood.Twilight seemed to be the most freaked out out of all of them, but she put on a determined face, and followed the princesses orders.

"Artyom...Artyom! Where are you?"
"BOO!" Artyom popped out of a tree, upside down. "AAAH!" the four ponies screamed. The human laughed. "Sorry, I had to do it." He dropped, did an upside down 180, landed on the ground, and turned. "Good one!" Rainbow Dash complemented. "Thanks. So, what are we doing now?" He asked.

Twilight smiled. So did Fluttershy, and it seemed they were all smiling for the same reason. They knew he would choose the right side. "Let's find you a place to get settled in."

DONE! Finally.

R&R, thanks Aaron, Fuck it I'll fix this part later:

Later: Thanks for reading! Please Review and tell me if there are things I can touch up on, or implement into the story.

P.S. Look out for foreshadowing.