CH: 5
Author Notes: Here comes some romance. If you don't like human X pony bow out now.
I awoke in the restraints the next day.
"Twilight!" I shouted in anger.
She let me out of the bed and shoved a sandwich in my lap.
"Bread?" I questioned.
"Dandelions on white."
Not wanting to be rude I attempted the sandwich but my gag reflex got the better of me and it came back up sort of speak.
"Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know."
"It's fine. The bread I can eat it's just I can't eat grass. Fruits and meat are a humans' diet."
"Meat!?"
"Ya, but I don't expect that here so fruit and bread will suffice."
She looked at me with a look of wonder and fear.
"What's wrong?"
"I just don't see you as a meat eater and this new info makes me question your living quarters. You can control your hunger yes?"
"Oh ya, we humans are blessed with the ability to choose what we eat." Its other parts of our body that can't be controlled.
"Good. So seeing you need food let's take a trip to Applejack's house."
"To AJ's."
"What did you just call her?"
"AJ?"
"Weird. That what RainbowDash calls her."
"Hu, great minds think alike."
"I guess."
We exited the library but once I turned around I was tackled by that light green blur.
"Oh my gosh! You are a human." She hugged me with a death grip.
"Lyra, let him go!"
"Where did you get one? I told ya they still existed."
"Yes, I'm sorry I didn't believe you."
"So where did you get him? How can I get one? Are they hard to take care of? …" She wouldn't stop.
"Look, Mrs. Lyra is it? I'm sure you have a million questions but I'm hungry and I need food."
"Oh my gosh! They can talk too. That's wonderful."
"Lyra! Wont Bon-Bon be missing you?"
"Oh dear your right. Later I need answers alright?"
"Sure thing." As long as you're the only one that does that to me today.
The small green pony ran towards town with breakneck speed.
"What was that about?"
"That was your biggest fan, well your races anyways. Long ago after the war humans were thought to have died off but some just didn't accept that fact and wished with all their hearts to see one. Sad really, well until today."
My stomach growled in the silence.
"Let's get some food in you." She started to laugh.
"Please." I began to laugh also.
We walked for 30 minutes before getting to the top of hill where I saw the crimson red barn shinning in the sun light next to a cute little house that looked as if it had been here since the Oregon trail. Not to mention the acres and acres of apple trees. My stomach roared at the sight.
"Relax Joe, first we need to be sure it's alright with Applejack."
"I know that. He doesn't." I pointed at my stomach.
My motion made her laugh. Looks like I'm the jokester around these parts.
We approached the house with great hope. Twilight knocked on the door. Silence. She knocked again. Silence still.
"Hello, is anypony home?"
Her question was answered with silence. I wondered around the house to find AJ in the fields bucking apples with RainbowDash.
"Twilight! You're wasting your time!" I called to her.
"What do you mean?" She came around the corner and a look of realization fell over her "oh."
We must have been noticed because before we could approach them they came charging our direction. No surprise RainbowDash made it first but with AJ only seconds behind.
"Howdy Twi. What brings you to this neck of the woods?" AJ asked in her southern drawl.
"Well we were wondering if you would let Joe here eat some of you apples. You see his species…"
I zoned out and lost my mind to RainbowDash who was hovering overhead. She truly is magnificent.
"Isn't that right Joe.?"
"Wha!?" Again snapped out of my daze.
"Do you humans normally do that?"
"Yes, we take in our surroundings and we try to figure the outcome of an event."
"Awesome. Sort of like seeing the future then?" RainbowDash asked with enthusiasm.
"Sort of, but it can be changed with our imagination. We call it day dreaming." I'm surprised they don't have that here.
"We have that here too." AJ blurted out "But mainly the little ones get it."
"Well it must be different between species." Or the fact I'm not really mature yet.
"Probably."
"Ok enough conversation. Applejack, would you be so kind as to let Joe here eat some apples?" Twilight interrupted.
Before she had time to answer I gave her a puppy pout.
"Hahaha. Of course ya can. You're like family now and if'n I let family go hungry may I be forever called a timberwolf."
"Thank you AJ." I couldn't help but hug her. She returned it in my surprise.
"Taint no problem."
I ran for the first tree and began to eat the sweet red apples. Realizing how dumb I look I decided to hide from view, in the tree. My action caused them to laugh. Well I guess this is how it will be. Wait is RainbowDash laughing. I peek through the branches to see RainbowDash laughing. Ug, how am I going to explain this? Feeling full I hoped out of the tree and approached my three friends.
"Thank you again for the food AJ. They truly are the best I've had in ages."
My manor made them laugh.
"Oh come on! How is that funny?"
RainbowDash is the one who stopped laughing to answer my question.
"Th-the fact you can go from an animal to a civilized guy is just too funny, hahaha."
Thinking about it I realized it was pretty funny.
"Well that's just how people react when we haven't had food in a couple days. You know… instincts."
"You don't have to explain yourself sugar cube we fully understand." AJ spoke with honesty in her voice.
"Really? I thought you would have thought of me as just an animal."
"You are an animal. Well in this dimension anyways."
"Oh. Ya." The hairs on the back of my neck got itchy in my embarrassment.
"So you feel full Joe?"
"My stomach can't hold any more food."
"Good cause we have a date with royalty."
"Wait you and me are going to Canterlot?"
"Yes and the other girls also."
I look at AJ and RainbowDash who just give me little smirks.
"Shall we get going then?"
It took a minute to collect my thoughts. "Ya, let's go."
We all meet at the train station later that day and to my surprise Rarity and AJ brought there sisters, plus Scootaloo tagged along. We boarded the train and were given separate cars to ride in, to my luck I got the car with the fillies.
"What a weird creature. What are you? Are you dangerous?"
The girls were full of questions.
"Girls please give me a minute of silence."
They sat quietly but for only about 30 seconds when AppleBloom blurted an idea.
"Hey gals how 'bout we go to the conductor and offer him our help."
"YA!"
The three chanted in unison "Cutie Mark Crusaders TRAIN CONDUCTORS!"
They bolted out the door to the front of the train. Finally peace and quiet.
I laid on the seats in an attempt to relax but I was to big so I leaned over the sides.
"That's a weird way to sit in a seat."
The voice shocked me into rolling out of my position and face first onto the floor.
The voice was Rainbow Dash's and my reaction caused her to laugh, "Hahaha, are you ok?"
"Ya, just landed on my nose." My pride is hurt though.
"Mind if I ride with you?"
I sprang to my feet, "Of course not. Come on in."
She walked in, closing the door to the car behind her.
"So, had fun with the girls?"
"Ya… fun." I air quoted fun. "Those girls asked more questions than Twilight and when I try to answer them they ask another one."
"Well you are the first anyone's ever seen in years."
"I guess. Rainbow Dash, is my species really barbaric?"
My question caught her off guard. "From what I heard your species lives in the trees and hangs on branches and they don't speak."
I grabbed the bar on the roof and began to hang from it, "Like this?"
She began to laugh, "Ya, but they don't talk just oh and ah."
"Like this, oh oh ah ah."
"Ha ha, ya, like that."
I started pulling on the bar to simulate animal like traits but the bar broke and I fell to the ground were the bar hit me on the head.
"oh my gosh." Rainbow Dash gasped.
I opened my eyes to see Rainbow Dash next to me, holding my head up.
"Well that was smooth." A jolt of pain coursed through my body and my head. "Ow."
"Just don't move, we don't know what's broken." Rainbow Dash said in a concern voice.
"I just fell, I think I will be fine. But its sweet you care."
"Well I just…" her face turned crimson and she lost her words.
I leaned closer to her face "Thank you for caring." I whispered as our faces got closer.
"I just…" Her face started to move closer to mine.
"Rainbow Dash are you in here!" AJ comes barging into the room; the entry startles Rainbow Dash into flying strait up and hitting her head on the ceiling.
"Hello AJ." I said with a moderate tone. Dammit I was so close.
"I'm sorry ya'll. Did I interrupt anything?"
I got up brushing dust off my cloth, "No, I just fell and Rainbow Dash here was being a great friend and tried to get me up but she lost her grip and hit the ceiling." I'm a great liar.
"Your smiling. That's a lie."
"But…" Fuck I'm a bad liar.
"It's the truth AJ." Rainbow Dash finally joining the conversation, "He's just smiling because of how funny I looked hitting the roof."
"Hmm, alright but if I find out your lying; Oh wait I almost forgot why I came here. We've reached our destination."
I walked to the window and gazed at the amazing city, the castle so beautiful I almost cried. The show got the castle right too. What the fuck is going on?
Author Notes: This is only the start of them discovering there feelings. Will it grow stronger? Time will tell. Enjoy :)