Masks Chapter 2

Thomas was decently knowledgeable of MLP he knew what most of the buildings were like carousel boutique and sugar cube corner but many he did not recognize but he wrote them off as background ponies homes. Before he left the Everfree forest he thought that maybe walking around the middle of town would be a bad idea but he was wasn't too fond of spending the night in the forest.

Thomas: "Fuck it."

As he walked into Ponyville all the ponies stopped for a moment then ran into their homes or the closest available building. He wasn't to suprised by the reaction it's about what he expected but that didn't stop him from getting annoyed. He just put his headphones on and began walking to Twilights tree home.

Twilight was, as usual, reading in her library when her assistant Spike called out to her.

Spike: Hey Twilight can you come over here and look at this?

Twilight rolled her eyes

Twilight: "For the last time Spike that chest hair you drew on with ink doesn't look any more real."

Spike: "I gave up on chest hair like an hour ago and there's a monster heading this way."

Twilight rushed over to the window to see what spike was talking about. Her eyes widened with suprise as she saw a yellow and black striped creature heading towards her home. She opened the door and rushed out of her house horn glowing with magic at the ready

Twilight: "Stop right there!"

Thomas kept walking

Twilight: "I said stop!"

Thomas saw Twilight and took off his headphones and stopped walking but by that time he and the lavendar pony were only 10 feet apart.

Thomas "I'm sorry what?"

Twilight" I said sto-...wait...did you just talk?"

Thomas: "Yes, yes i did."

Twilight: "What exactly are you i've never seen anything like you before."

Thomas: "I'm a human."

Twilight: "What exactly is a human?"

Thomas: "That's a good question."

They stood in silence for a couple seconds

Twilight: "Well could you come into my house we can't have you standing here scaring everypony in town."

Thomas: "Yeah that'd probably be for the best."

As Thomas entered Twilights house everypony nervously came out of their houses, all of her friends included.

Applejack: "Does anypony know what in tarnation that was?

Pinkie Pie: "Know idea at all!"

Rairity: "I'm not sure what that was but stripes are sooooo last season."

Fluttershy: "Oh dear i hope Twilights okay..."

Rainbow Dash: "Should we go check on her?

The five ponies nodded

They all creeped over to twilights window

Twilight: "Could you just sit over there for a little bit i'm actually quite busy right now."

Thomas: "Oh of course no problem."

Twilight: "Thanks feel free to read while you wait."

Twilight trotted off

Thomas walked over to the massive bookshelf and picked a book at random, but upon opening the book he relized he couldn't read Equestrian so he decided to just put the book back and sit on the floor and listen to music.

The 5 ponies watched on as the creature sat on the floor nodding his head rythmicly

Rainbow Dash: What's he doing?

Applejack: He just sitting there and...nodding."

Pinkie Pie: "What are those black things on his head?"

Rarity: I don't know but they look fabulous.

Fluttershy: "I can't see..."

Twilight walked back into the room where Thomas was sitting and saw all of her friends peeking in on through the window. She waved them off.

Twilight: "Okay i'm done with my work."

Twilight sat down behind Thomas

Twilight: "So where exactly do you come from?"

Thomas didn't respond

Twilight: "Hey can you hear me?"

Thomas turned around and took off his headphones

Thomas: "Were you saying something?"

Twilight: "What are those?"

She pointed at his headphones

Thomas: "These are headphones."

Twilight: "What do they do?"

Thomas: "They let you hear music if they're plugged into an Mp3."

Twilight: "What's an Mp3?"

Thomas: "I'd just be easier to show you."

Thomas played Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons

Twilight listened intently to the song from every guitar strum to every word she heard and after the song was finished she sat there and thought about the song in her mind

Thomas looked at her

Thomas: "So what'd you think?"

Twilight: "It was...amazing but who's the little lion man?"

Thomas couldn't help but giggle at her question

Twilight: "What?"

Thomas: "It's nothing. I think the little lion man is all of us when we try to fix all of our problems on our own."

Twilight was suprised by Thomas's response.

Twilight: "I have a friend who used to be like that."

Thomas: "Yeah Applejack right?"

Twilight: "Yeah that's ri- wait how do you know Applejack?"

Thomas thought that letting her know that they were just cartoons in his world might be a bad idea so he came up with a lie

Thomas:"Applebloom told me about her when we met in the forest."

Twilight: "Oh, okay."

Thomas looked at twilight smiling face and felt a strange surge of pleasure. He knew she couldn't see him blushing do to his complextion but he turned around so she wouldn't see his face anyway.

Twilight: "Is something wrong?"

Thomas: "N-no i'm fine"

Twilight: "Anyway I had some questions about you."

Thomas: "Shoot.'

Twilight: "Where are your from?"

Thomas: "Well i'm from earth."

Twilight: "Where is that? I have a globe over there if you want to look."

Thomas thought how to answer the question

Thomas: "No Twilight earth is a planet not a country."

Twilight laughed

Twilight: Haha no way that'd mean you were an alien and that's not possible."

She looked back at Thomas and saw he was serious

Twilight: "You're not joking are you?"

Thomas: "No i'm not and i'm not sure how i got here either."

Twilight: "Oh i'm sorry i didn't mean to laugh."

Thomas: "Don't worry about it."

Twilight: "Well what were you on your planet?"

Thomas: "You mean job?"

She nodded

Thomas: "Student I guess."

Twilights eyes widened in excitment

Twilight: "Really! What did you study! Biology? Math? History?"

Twilight was leaning in and her nose was almost touching his, she relized how close she was to him and began to blush then backed away from him. Thomas was suprised at how much she smelled like lavander.

Thomas: "All of them i guess."

Twilight: "Wow you and me are the only students in all of Ponyville and not everypony here is so... well read."

Twilight frowned

Thomas got up and went to sit by her side. He put his hand on her head.

Thomas: "Well my fellow student how about you fill me in about Equestria."

Thomas and Twlight talked late into the night about Equestria, her friends and Princess Celestia. He made sure to act suprised although he already knew everything she was going to say.

Thomas: "So you all defeated Discord? Wow!"

Twilight: "I wasn't sure we could at one point."

They both laughed. Twilight looked at the clock.

Twilight: "Oh dear it's so late already? We should go to sleep, I have a spare bed upstairs if you want to stay."

Thomas: "Thanks I don't exactly have alot of options right now."

As they walked to their beds Twilight stopped

Twilight: "I just realized i never asked your name."

Thomas: "Oh yeah I'm Thomas nice to meet you."

He outstreched his hand for a handshake (hoofshake?)

Twilight: "Twilight Sparkle."

She put her hoof out and shook Thomas's hand