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Chapter 3: Not Suspicious
"Yeah, I'm a little surprised you haven't heard of me before. I'm kinda big around here." Rainbow Dash continued her boasting. Her and Victor had been traveling down the dirt path for sometime now, and Rainbow hasn't stopped talking about her accomplishments since they left Fluttershy's.
"You know, going really fast isn't ALL that cool." Victor said. He was getting a little tired of hearing about all the records she beat.
"What's NOT cool about it? I can beat anypony in Equestria, without breaking a sweat." She rebuked. Anypony? This vocabulary is gonna make me sick. Victor just sighed. He was never a very athletic person, and didn't like talking about physical attributes.
"Are we almost there yet?" Victor asked. It was odd, but his hooves were hurting from all the walking.
"Just a little ways. Twilight's library is closer to the center of town." She answered. Great. Gotta walk through the center of Ponyville. Victor Cringed just thinking about it. He could see the edge of town from where they where. It looked relatively small, and it couldn't have had a very large population. Victor looked back to the Pegasus flying next to him.
"So, this Twilight. What's she like?" Victor asked, hoping Rainbow wouldn't continue to talk about herself.
"Oh, she's pretty cool, I guess. She likes books and reading, and stuff. Hence why she owns a library. If anypony could answer your questions, it would be her." She said. Victor looked back forward. They were entering the town now, and Victor could already see multiple more ponies. Him and Rainbow Dash got a few glances on the outside of town, but once they got to what appeared to be a market, they weren't even noticed. It was much more populated here, with colorful ponies conversing and purchasing all around the two. Rainbow Dash waved at a pony selling apples a few stalls away.
"Hey, do you see that big tree?" Rainbow nudged Victor and pointed at a large, hollowed-out tree that appeared to be a house.
"Yeah." Victor replied.
"That's Twilight's. I'm gonna go catch up with Applejack. I think you can manage the rest of the way." Rainbow Dash gave him half a second to respond before she lived up to her name and dashed off. He watched her fly off to the apple stall and start talking with the owner. Victor just shrugged and turned around, continuing his journey to Twilight's abode, hopefully for some answers.
Victor thought about his situation while he was walking to the tree. It's probably best I don't tell anyone where I'm from. If anybody figures out that I'm an alien, I don't know how they'll react. I doubt they are aggressive, but still.
Victor stopped at the sign that stood in front of the tree. On the sign was a picture of an open book, signifying the buildings purpose. Who puts a library in a tree? Victor thought to himself. He sighed, composed himself, and knocked on the front door.
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"We're open!" Victor heard a voice yell from the inside. Right, its a library. I can just walk in. Victor brought his hoof up to open the door, then stared at the handle.
How the fuck am I supposed to open this? He pushed his hoof against the handle, to no avail. Frustrated at the world, he brought his hoof to the center of the door, and continued to push there. Nothing. It probably sounded like more knocking, because soon the door started to glow a pale purple and swung open to reveal the purple unicorn standing behind it. She had purple hair with a pink streak going through it, and purple eyes.
And she had a puzzled look on her face.
"Can I help you?" She said.
"Uhhh.." Victor couldn't stop looking at her horn. So there are unicorns as well? This might work, maybe she can send me back to Earth with her magic. His thought was interrupted by Twilight clearing her throat. "Oh! Uh, I need some help! Are you Twilight Sparkle? Do you know magic?" Victor grimaced after asking the second question. That probably wasn't a very smart question.
"Yes, I am Twilight, and yes, I do know magic. Please, come in." Twilight turned around and walked further inside the tree. Victor followed and once he was inside, the door closed behind him, and the purple glow disappeared. The library seemed much bigger on the inside. All the walls had bookshelves carved into them, and they were filled with books. There were a few windows carved above the shelves, and a staircase leading further up the tree. Victor had no idea what was up there. "So, what's your name?" Twilight asked.
"I'm Victor." he said.
"Nice to meet you, Victor. Are you looking for a specific spell?" She asked.
"I guess you could say that." Victor replied.
"So, what are you looking for?" Twilight asked. She took a seat in a purple wingback chair, and motioned Victor to sit on a yellow couch next to her.
"I'll stand, thanks." She nodded. "So, I want to know if you know any magic that could send someone b-" Victor stuttered. "T-to a different world." Twilight crooked her head.
"Do you mean 'somepony?'" She asked. Victor nodded nervously. "What world did you have in mind?"
"Have you ever heard of 'Earth'?" Victor asked.
"Yes, but that's a race, not a world." she replied.
"A race?" Are there humans on this world?
"Yes. For example, YOU are an Earth pony."
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Victor looked down at himself. Well, there goes that theory. He looked back at Twilight.
"It's a place. I've, uhh, been studying it for awhile. Can you send me there?" Victor said.
"I don't know the world, and there is no pony in Equestria, aside from maybe the Princesses, powerful enough to perform that kind of magic. And even if there was, there would likely be no way for you to get back."
"That sure would be a shame." Victor mumbled under his breath. Twilight stared at him.
".. How long have you been studying 'Earth'?" She asked. Victor looked down at his hooves.
"Oh, a couple years." was his reply. He sniffed.
"Well, you'll have to tell me more about it. I've never seen it mentioned in any books before." She said. "Where are you from, if you don't mind me asking?"
Victor didn't know how to respond. He couldn't give too vague an answer, without being suspicious. After a moments pause, he finally said, "I'm from down south. You know, College of Magic?" Please let this damned world have an education system.
"I do, but isn't that up north, in Manehatten?" Twilight asked. Uuugghh.
"Well, perhaps we look at maps from different angles." Victor chuckled nervously. Twilight giggled.
"Perhaps. How long have you been in Ponyville?" she asked.
"I actually just got here. In fact, a friend of yours I believe, Rainbow Dash? She showed me here from Fluttershy's house." Victor said. Twilight looked surprised at that.
"Have you met anypony else?"
"Nope. Just you three."
"Well, let me be the first to welcome you to Ponyville." She got up from her chair and started walking towards the door. "Would you like a tour?"
"Sure, I guess" The door lit up with her purple magic and swung open, and out from behind came a pink, pony-sized bullet that flew right past Twilight.
And crashed into Victor.
Victor flew backwards with the pony and smacked into a book shelf, causing all the books to fall down and bury them. Victor writhed in pain from the impact, and gasped for breath.
"What the FUCK!" he yelled, as soon as he got his breath back. He felt books being lifted off of him, and quickly got his head out of the pile. "What was that?!" he yelled at Twilight who was magicking books back onto the shelf, a worried look on her face. The books shift next to him, and a pink, fluffy pony head popped out, the widest smile Victor had ever seen stretched across its face.
"Hi!I'mPinkiePiewhat'syournameareyounewherecanIthrowyouaparty?" The thing said. Victor's jaw hung in shock. It was obviously female. Victor was completely stunned that she was able to hit him going that speed and still be able to form coherent speech.
Though, at the speed she was talking, it wasn't actually very coherent.
"What?" Victor replied. The pink flash giggled.
"Silly! I said-" a purple bubble formed around her head, and all sound was cut off from her. Her mouth was still moving, as if she hadn't noticed no one could hear her.
"Her name is Pinkie Pie. She asked for your name. She wants to know if you are new here. Can she throw you a party." Twilight translated. Her horn was glowing.
"Uhh.. no. I don't want a party." Victor said. He didn't think there was much to celebrate in his current situation. The bubble disappeared from Pinkie's head.
"Did somepony say party?" Pinkie asked.
"My name is Victor. No, I'm fine without a party." It looked like Pinkie Pie's hair deflated when Victor said that, and she looked like she might cry. Victor tried not to feel bad for her. She almost just killed me, Victor thought.
"Well! Weren't we about to check out the town, Twilight?" He said. Twilight had finished putting all the books back on the shelf. Victor picked himself off of the floor, and found he was mostly unharmed. Only thing out of order is I'm a fuckin' pony.
"Oh! Yes, let's get to that. We don't have much of Celestia's sun left today." She replied. Celestia's sun? Victor shook his head. Is that their God?
"Oh! Oh! Oh! Can I come? We can show him Sugarcube Corner!" Pinkie said excitedly. Victor gave Twilight a flat stare. She didn't seem to get the hint.
"That's a great place to start! You can meet with all the ponies at the bakery." she said. Victor's stomach growled at the mention of 'bakery.' I am pretty hungry... He sighed.
"That sounds great." he said. Pinkie Pie started bouncing up and down and clapping her hooves excitedly.
"YAAAAYYY! Lets go!" Pinkie bolted out the door just as fast as she had bolted into it. Twilight just giggled and shook her head.
"Don't worry, you'll get used to her." She said to Victor.
"I have a lot to get used to." He replied.
"Yeah. New towns can be stressful. I remember when I first moved here."
"Right. New towns.." They both trotted out the door, following the pink fluff ball in the direction of Sugarcube Corner.