(Disclaimer- me don't own MLP)
how to make friends and heal people
The knock at the door was repeated a few times as I brushed my long copper coloured hair, pulling it back into a ponytail. I sighed, another boring day I thought to myself.
Hazily I walked over to the front door, gently pushing the letterbox open, "hello?" I said, hearing the cries of a child, "what's happened?" I asked,
"Our friend scootaloo hit a rock and came off her scooter, she's cut herself"
Scootaloo? Here on earth? This is weird, very weird… unless my inner monologue cut itself short. "Erm sure, let me just make myself decent," I reached over to the door handle gently opening the door, "its safe to come in, ya know, but I may look a little…different" , walking over to the white sleeveless hoody, putting it on.
I meandered over to the kitchen cabinet, opening the door to grab the first aid kit.
"Where are you mister?" a southern voice called out. I was running some hot water into a bowl at the time, adding a capful of disinfectant. I then grabbed a handful of cotton wool, taking them into the living room, "im in the living room," just keep following the doorways" I chuckled. The three children did just that.
I was sat on the sofa, with the bowl, cotton wool and a box of plasters resting on the table in front of me. "So which one of you has…" I trailed off, seeing three fillies in front of me, each staring at me with both shock and awe. "Don't be scared," I smiled, beckoning them forth. They carefully trotted slowly towards me; one had a cut on their head. "Scootaloo, was it? Come and sit here and let me fix you up" I said with a genuine air of kindness, the Orange filly heeded my words, climbing up onto the sofa.
"You might feel a little stinging sensation, okay?" the little filly nodded. I took a piece of cotton wool and dipped it into the solution, then gently dabbed it against the wound. "Ow, dude, you weren't kidding" Scootaloo winced a little bit.
After the wound had been cleaned, I took a plaster out, and placed it over the wound.
"There ya go, good as new," I grinned, patting the little filly on the head.
"Now, lets go move that rock" I chuckled, grabbing the trademark suit jacket I was known for., putting it on. The 3 fillies took me to the rock, I lifted it up with amazing ease, and it seemed lighter than it looked. I carried it over back to the house, placing it next to the steps leading to the door. "There ya go kids, be careful" I smiled as they continued with there little games. I stepped back into the house and just sat on the sofa, taking five minutes to realize exactly where I was.
Going back up the stairs, I grabbed my towel and phone.
I placed the phone into a plastic bag and sealed it up. Walking into the bathroom, I started up the extractor fan, the soft whirring setting my mind at ease. I had electricity here, and hopefully water. I opened the window, leaving it slightly ajar. I pressed the button to start the shower, sure enough, the water system worked. I wasted no time in getting myself clean. There was an odd sense of loneliness which had crept into my mind.
I knew very well that I was no longer on earth, but what I was doing here is another question. My phone was blaring out the sounds of Iron Maiden, more specifically can I play with madness. I got out of the shower, and turned the water off, entertaining the thought that I would end up taking the role of my Original character, Dave ( A/N: see Discorded Humanity). I chuckled, climbing up the stairs again to raid the wardrobes in search of something to wear, settling on blue jeans and a plain black t-shirt.
Taking a deep breath, I started to move things around, taking utmost care not to knock anything over. First, I carried my two electric guitars down stairs, placing them in the dining room, then the heavier things. The line 6 spider amp took marginal effort to move, unplugging various wires and leads out of the wall. I placed the amp down with a quiet thud. Wiping away fresh sweat with a cloth, I heard a sudden crash.
I quickly bolted up the stairs, to find an unconscious cyan Pegasus lying in a heap of dirty clothes. If it hadn't been for my lack of tidying skills, the poor mare would have been more injured. I took utmost care to lift her up, carrying her to the front bedroom; I laid her on the bed then proceeded to gather items. I was Rushing up and down the stairs, carrying first aid equipment and fresh disinfectant solution, when the cyan Pegasus finally awoke, "ugh my head," she looked around, she attempted to hover for a moment which caused a cry of pain to escape the injured mare's lips. I stood at the doorway of the room, "where the hay am I?" I walked in and sat beside her.
"Nice of you to crash in," I chuckled. "Just lie back and enjoy the music," I pressed play on the phone, currently rigged up to a pair of computer speakers. "You crashed through a window, there are some shards of glass in your back," I watched as the cyan Pegasus put the pieces together. "It's going to hurt like a bitch, ready?" the mare nodded.
I started to pull tiny shards of broken glass out of her back. She was beginning to black out "hey, stay with me, tell about what you were doing" I put what I had learned about blacking out into action. She began telling me that she was attempting a new trick, the double rainboom so she told me; I pulled the last one out.
"Looks like your not flying anywhere today, in fact, you're the second pony I've had to patch up today" I chuckled, she looked at me for a moment.
"What are you?" her eyes held the slightest inclination of fear.
"A Human," I held a hand out to the cyan pony. "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you" she chuckled, "you? After helping me? That's rich" she giggled. Causing me to smile. "So what's your name? You do have one don't you?" she asked, I shrugged my shoulders. "Eh, my friends called me Robbie, so I suggest you do the same" I smiled.
The cyan Pegasus looked at me in disbelief "you already consider me a friend?"
"Well, considering that I don't know for certain where I am at the moment, I could do with one" I chuckled.
"My name is Rainbow Dash, if you're wondering" she took my outstretched hand with her hoof. The hoof felt a little different to what I expected. What I expected was a hard rough edge, what I got was a rubbery texture. The outside horseshoe part was a tough rubber, while the inside was as soft as a pillow. "Eh, I'm quite ticklish there ya know" she chuckled shyly. I quickly apologized while running my hand through my hair. "Now, how's your wing?" I asked, she looked a little despondent.
"Broken" upon hearing this, I sighed.
"Let's get you to hospital then" I said as she gingerly folded her wing in. I grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around her, making sure that her wing was kept close to her body. I then picked her up and put her on the bedroom floor. As she walked down the steps I put on the akatsuki cloak I had bought several days before my arrival in Equestria. I zipped it up to the top and put a pair of pilot goggles on. "Dash, climb onto my back and give me directions. She nodded as I knelt down; she rested her front legs over my shoulders. I walked out of the house, turned and locked the door.
I ran into town without a word of warning. Hearing an exclamation of "slow down" I did.
We arrived in the town square, "which way now?" I asked Rainbow Dash.
"Left, trust me" before I took another step, I was stopped my 5 equally colourful ponies.
"Put our friend down" the purple pony, no, unicorn demanded.
"Put her down naow b'fore I buck you inta next week" the Pony with the Stetson shouted. "I was jus" I was interrupted by a pink blur,
"OH-MY-GOSH-RAINBOW-ARE-YOU-ALRIGHT?" The pink pony stopped for a breath "DID-THE-BIG-HAIRLESS-MEANIE-MCMEANIEPANTS-DO-THIS-TO-YOU?" just what I needed, a hyper-active pink pony bouncing up and down on my head. I grumbled as I grabbed the pink pony by the leg.
"Excuse me, but you do realise that you're hurting my head a little bit" I stated as I let go, grumpily. "Oh, I'm sorry" the pink pony jumped off my head and looked at me.
I lifted up my goggles, and lowered the zip on the cloak and smiled at her. "Its okay, as I was trying to explain, I was just taking her to the hospital," I summed up as I continued walking past them. "Well that wasn't far was it" I chuckled as I knelt down to let the cyan Pegasus off.
"Thanks dude" Rainbow smiled as she checked herself in.
I walked back home, looking around to see frightened ponies running into their homes, I let out a glum sigh. I slowly unlocked the door to my home, walking in to see everything was exactly as I had left it. I walked over to the living room and plonked myself down on the sofa, taking off the cloak and throwing it on a chair. I dragged the amp into the room, and rigged it up to the blue Stratocaster.
Before long, I had the instrument retuned, and was playing a blues riff, but quickly got bored. Plugging my phone into the Ps3 currently rigged up to the widescreen tv, loaded up the backing tracks. And simply started to jam, blocking out all thoughts but one.
The music.