Chapter 7

Twilight closed the door to her bedroom in a hurry, and threw herself on the bed. She faced towards the ceiling and pushed her hooves into her eyes.

Rainbow Dash and Casper… are having sex? This just doesn't make sense.

However much Twilight attempted to deny what she saw, it continuously played in her head. She hit her hooves against her head to try to get rid of the images, but she only ended up hurting herself. A knock on her door caused Twilight to stop. A masculine voice came from the other side of the door.

"Twilight, what happened? Rainbow and I are worried about you. You just dropped the towels and ran in here. Is everything okay?"

Twilight didn't respond. She didn't know how to respond. The images were in an endless loop in her head and it was causing her to be completely mute and deaf to the outside world. She was literally stuck in her own mind.

Casper opened the door to Twilight's medium sized bedroom and noticed the purple unicorn lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling with an empty expression. Casper looked into Twilight's eyes, only to see her tiny, beady black pupils expanding to the sudden lack of light. Casper, with his head over Twilight's, began to try to get her attention. He gave up, and began to walk back to the door, his head hung low.

That is, until he heard a sharp, yet silent voice emit from behind him.

"I know what you two did."

Casper turned around, surprised, and began to walk back towards Twilight.

"I'm confused, 'what you two did'? I don't understand."

Rainbow, still down in the living room, noticed that Casper had not come down from Twilight's room for the past five minutes. During this time, she had regained her energy, and decided to check on Twilight. Rainbow ascended the stairs to Twilight's bedroom. She saw the door was open, and peeped her head inside. She saw that Twilight had gotten off the bed and began to march towards Casper, who in turn began to back towards the door. Twilight's ivory horn had begun to glow, and her bedroom door enveloped in a purple aura. The door then shut instantly, which had shocked Rainbow. She attempted to open the door, but it wouldn't budge. Rainbow placed her ear against the door, attempting to assess the situation. When no sound was being made, she galloped down the stairs and opened the door, attempting to get a view through her bedroom window.

"Twilight, what… what are you doing?"

The purple aura was still glowing around her horn.

"What you did to Rainbow earlier was unacceptable!"

Casper came to the conclusion that Twilight had seen their love-making session by the pond. Casper continued to be forced back by Twilight, not wanting to enrage the unicorn.

"Look, Twilight, what Rainbow and I did out there, it was out of love. Rainbow has told me many times already that she loves me, and I showed how much I loved her in retaliation. There's nothing wrong with that, is there?"

Twilight didn't respond, her face only seemed to get angrier whenever Casper talked. That's when the wall of Twilight's bedroom had hit his back. He had no more room to back up, and Twilight didn't give him any breathing room. Her nose was inches away from Casper, who had continued to back up against the wall until he was in a fetal position. Casper was balancing fear and confusion, as if his emotions were playing a game of badminton. That's when; out of the corner of his eye, the cyan flash he had seen when he first arrived came flying through the open window.

Rainbow perched herself upon Twilight's bed, and Twilight turned to face her. Her face turned from that of an enraged psychopath to a worried, sympathetic one. She ran next to Rainbow and the aura around her horn dissipated, leaving the purple unicorn in tears.

"Twilight, what's wrong? Why are you pushing Casper up against the wall?"

Twilight had her head hung low.

"What… What did Casper do to you?" Her sentence was barely audible.

Rainbow had a shocked look on her face, and she came to the same conclusion that Casper had already made. She hopped off of the bed and placed a hoof on Twilight's shoulder.

"I wasn't going to tell you, but ever since I met Casper, I've loved him. There's something about him that no colt could ever have. He's nice, honest, and generous."

Twilight couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"But… but…"

"What happened outside," interjected Rainbow, "was Casper showing his love for me. And boy, did he show a lot of love. I've never experienced anything like that before in my life." Rainbow looked into Twilight's eyes. "Why is this such a big deal to you anyways?"

"I… I don't know." Twilight was at a loss for words.

Casper pressed his hand against the floor to bring himself on his feet again and walked over to Twilight, placing the same hand on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Twilight."

Casper released his hand and opened the door to Twilight's bedroom, looking back at the two ponies. He closed the door and walked down to the living room and sat on the couch, holding his head in his hands.

Minutes passed by as Rainbow was attempting to comfort Twilight. She managed to calm Twilight down and get her on the bed, to let herself breathe. Twilight eventually gave into her tiredness, and finally went to sleep. Rainbow decided that she should just leave Twilight alone and let her get some rest, and went down to Casper. The cyan pegasus attempted to comfort Casper, but the gesture was to no avail.

"Casper, I honestly don't know what to tell you, except for this." She took a breath. "You've done nothing wrong. Twilight is normally defensive, so I sort-of expected this behavior from her."

Casper still had his head in his hands. Rainbow coaxed him out with a kiss on his hair, which tickled Rainbow's lips, causing her to giggle. Casper looked up, and instantly noticed Rainbow's crimson red eyes, how they glinted from the sunshine poking through the window.

"Does she hate me?"

Rainbow looked shocked, but hid it with a smile.

"I doubt she's mad, Casper. Let's just let her rest for now."

An idea sparked in Rainbow's head. A bigger smile than the one she currently sported accompanied the idea.

"Let's go visit the others while Twilight's sleeping."

A five minute trek to Apple Acres later, and Casper found himself next to Rainbow, walking up towards the door to the Apple family's home. Rainbow knocked her hoof against the door three times, which Casper noticed to be what all ponies did when addressing friends. A small, sickly screen filly with a gigantic red bow on her head answered the door.

"Hi'ya, Rainbow! What brings you here?" asked the filly.

"Oh, Applebloom, it's you. Is your sister available?" inquired Rainbow.

"Lemme check, if she isn't here, I bet she'd be out buckin' some apples."

Applebloom closed the door and went to go see if her sister was in the house. She returned to Rainbow and told her than Applejack wasn't home, and advised her to check the orchards.

"Thanks, AB! Tell the family I said hi!"

"Will do, Rainbow! C'ya later!"

And with that, Applebloom closed the door and the duo walked towards the apple orchards.

A few minutes after they had left the house, Rainbow had spotted Applejack using her keen eyesight, which Casper noted that all pegasi seemed to have. Rainbow ran towards Applejack, and Casper paced himself behind her. The duo finally arrived, and what Casper saw made him giggle a bit. He saw that this orange-coated pony was wearing a tan-colored cowboy hat. As Applejack continued to buck the apple trees, she remained oblivious the fact that there were two figures standing behind her.

She turned around and began collecting the apples that hadn't made it into the baskets placed around the tree. Applejack instantly noticed Rainbow; she stuck out like a sore thumb in the orchards. She acknowledged her friend's presence, and continued to gather apples. Applejack doubled back at Rainbow, she had noticed another figure, thanks to her superior peripheral vision. Applejack's pupils instantly shrank at the sight of Casper, who she had to look up at in order to see. Applejack began to back away, but Rainbow had guessed that she would do that.

"Applejack, wait." Rainbow looked over to Casper. "Casper, why don't you introduce yourself?"

In Applejack's eyes, all she saw was a massive, yet slim figure about two times her height walking up to her. In Casper's eyes, he saw a trembling orange pony wearing a cowboy hat. Casper extended a hand towards Applejack.

"Hi. I'm Casper."

Applejack was still trembling, and Casper's gesture wasn't helping. He maintained eye contact with Applejack, and she kept hers to the ground.

"I understand exactly what you're thinking right now. When I arrived here, my fears got the best of me and I wasn't able to open my mouth and speak. Don't even mention how bad I was trembling." Casper realized his ramblings were getting him nowhere.

"Please don't be scared. I don't want you to hate me."

Applejack began to tremble less, she began to realize that this "Casper" was a nice, gentle creature. Casper saw that she had stopped trembling at all, and began to move towards Casper. She took off her cowboy hat to block out the sun in her eyes, so she could look this creature in the eyes properly.

"I… I'm sorry. It's just, I've never seen anything like you before." Applejack looked into Casper's eyes, an apologetic look taking over.

Casper bent down to his knees, which took Applejack a bit by surprise. Casper was now at eye level with the orange pony and could see her face more clearly. The white sunspots on her face were the first thing he noticed, but her green eyes instantly caught his attention. Casper thought of placing his hands on Applejack's shoulders, but the thought quickly subsided.

"Alright, I'll introduce myself again. My name is Casper."

Applejack smiled at Casper's manners, and she accepted his handshake.

"They call me Applejack. Glad to meet 'ya! Like I said earlier, I'm sorry for the way I treated you. It was awfully rude of me."

Applejack grabbed one of the apples from a nearby basket by the stem and brought it towards Casper. Casper accepted the gesture and grabbed the apple from her mouth, and wiped the apple on his shirt. The apple glistened, which coaxed Casper into taking a bite. The flavor of the apple exploded in his mouth, rocking his taste buds with a sweet, yet sour tang. Applejack could see that Casper was enjoying the apple, which made her smile.

Casper swallowed the best bite of an apple he had ever had. He looked at Applejack and smiled.

"That was the most amazing apple I've ever had! Thank you, Applejack!"

"It's no problem, sugarcu- I mean, Casper."

Applejack blushed at her mistake. She quickly regained her composure and re-addressed Casper.

"That's just one of the hundreds of thousands of apples grown here on Apple Acres every year!" Applejack showed a proud smile.

"Hey, Applejack," said Rainbow, who emerged from the tree she was leaning against. Applejack turned around to face her. "Do you want to go and see Fluttershy? Casper hasn't met her yet."

"That's just dandy with me. I've already gone and finished my chores for the day anyways."

"Casper, ready to go?" questioned Rainbow.

"I'm as ready as I'll ever be."

Casper, Rainbow and Applejack began the ten minute walk towards Fluttershy's riverside cottage. Applejack had become increasingly interested in Casper, like who he was, what he was, where he was from, etc. Casper began the long explanation of how he had arrived in Equestria, along with the basic human history that he knew. When Applejack had questions, Casper answered to the best of his ability. When Applejack had no more questions, she had her jaw dropped in amazement.

"So, lemme get this straight. You 'humans' are the only creatures on your planet that have developed a written and spoken language?" asked Applejack.

Casper nodded his head, he had to admit, it was pretty cool.

Applejack continued to pester Casper, just to make sure she had heard everything correctly.

"So, there are animals like us on your planet, right? Except that they cannot talk, use magic, or have wings? That doesn't seem like a good place for anypony to be, if ya'll ask me."

Casper's facial expression didn't change. Instead, he turned to the orange pony and said:

"You're right. It wouldn't be the best place for 'anypony' to be. The second you appear on my planet, you'd probably be experimented on and harvested for science. Just thinking about it makes me sick to my stomach."

Casper turned to the two ponies, who had shocked looks on their faces.

"Don't worry you two, I hope you never have to come to Earth. It's filled with corruption, war, deceptions and hatred. It's no Equestria. It's actually the complete opposite of Equestria."

Casper gave out an awkward laugh as the shocked faces of the two ponies subsided. The trio continued to walk in silence until they had come across a cottage, and Casper instantly noticed the amount of animals that were surrounding it. There was a tall tree to the side of the cottage, and Casper saw that there was something pink dangling down from the branches. His curiosity made him look into the tree, and he noticed a creamy-yellow colored body, and that the dangling pink thing was actually its tail.

"There you go, squirrels. Have a nice day!"

Fluttershy began her descent from the tree. Casper noticed that this pony was indeed a pegasus, as a feathery pair of creamy-yellow colored wings flapped from its body to guarantee its safety. Once the pegasus reached the ground, she placed her back legs on the ground first, and then her fronts. The pegasus then began to walk towards the cottage, until being interrupted by Rainbow.

"Hey, 'shy."

Fluttershy nearly jumped out of her skin, until she turned around and saw Rainbow, along with Applejack. She breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, it's just you two. Hey, girls."

Fluttershy turned around and opened the door to the cottage.

"Come on in, girls."

Rainbow and Applejack accepted the gesture of kindness and entered the cottage. Casper, however, stayed put. His face was in shock. Rainbow turned around and addressed Casper.

"Why aren't you coming in?"

Casper snapped out of his trance and retorted to Rainbow.

"Did she really not see me? I was standing right behind you. I saw her make eye contact with you."

"Oh, get in here. I'm sure she saw you."

"Alright, whatever you say, Rainbow."

Casper entered the cottage (which he had to crouch to get into, he didn't much enjoy doing that) and closed the door behind him. Fluttershy was standing in her living room, facing opposite of Casper.

"Fluttershy. Have you met Casper yet?" asked Applejack.

Fluttershy didn't turn around to reply to Applejack's question.

"Who's Casper? Is he a new animal you've met?"

"Technically, yes. Yes he is. Turn around and meet him."

Fluttershy did as her friend had told her, and the sight of Casper instantly made her heart stop beating. Fluttershy stood motionless for what seemed like a minute, until Casper finally said something.

"Um. Are you okay?"

Fluttershy took a deep breath. She walked up towards Casper and looked him directly in the eye. What Fluttershy did next took both Rainbow and Applejack by surprise. Fluttershy flew up to meet Casper at eye level, and threw her arms around Casper. The feeling was mutually shared between Rainbow, Applejack and Casper as they saw the normally "shy" pegasus hug an unknown creature instead of running away. Casper felt the natural warmth emit from Fluttershy, and he hugged her in retaliation. Fluttershy released Casper, and he did the same. She landed on the floor of the cottage the same way she had landed outside. She looked up at Casper and gave him a big smile, with both of her eyes closed, her head slightly titled.

"Well, aren't you a nice creature. And you can talk. That's nice. I just hope you aren't a mean creature." said Fluttershy.

"Well, umm…"

"Fluttershy." interjected Fluttershy, the same smile still on her face.

"Yeah, Fluttershy. Anyways, I can assure you that I'm nice. My name's Casper, and I'm a human. I'm not from here, as you may have noticed."

"I can tell, you're almost as tall as the ceiling."

Fluttershy gave a friendly smile and laughed. Casper laughed in retaliation. She could tell that there was nothing wrong with Casper, he was just confused about being here. Fluttershy examined Casper from head to toe and studied his complexion for a few seconds. She wanted to know about him.

"So, Casper, tell me about yourself."

Casper pressed his hand to his face and pressed his fingers against his forehead, this would be the fourth time he had to explain himself. But his anger went away as fast as it had come whenever Fluttershy tugged on Casper's pants, inviting him to sit on the couch. He smiled, sat on the couch, and retold his tale to his newly befriended pegasus.

Author's notes:

Seven chapters already! I'm surprised at myself for actually sticking to this story. As long as the good reviews continue to come, I'll continue to make this story. I've began writing a plot outline for the next few chapters, I feel like I can't just make these next few up in my head. This chapter took a week to release anyways, and it's my laziness to blame.

(Sorry if this chapter is a bit of a bore to some, like I said earlier, I'm getting the introductions out of the way and am attempting to set the story.)

I'll try to get into the fanfiction lingo. People have suggested that I say 'clop scene' instead of 'sex scene'. It doesn't sound right to me, but if more people want me to use that, I won't complain and I'll abide.

Also, don't be afraid to PM me! A few members of the community have sent me PMs that have caused a bit of alteration to the story. It's my fault really; I attempted to force the sex scene into the story, and a few of you have noticed that and have set me straight about it. Whenever the time is right, it'll come, and I'll try my hardest to be as descriptive as possible. ;)

Thanks for all the good reviews and hits,

-Grant, a.k.a Frozen Goods