"What do you mean he should be dead?" Rainbow Dash asked me.
"The year in my world was 2015. He looked no older then in his early 20's! He! Should! Be! Dead!" I yelled as I continued to pace around. "This is bad… this is very bad… if more of them come they will most likely be placed all around Equus and cause harm to everyone!"
"Then we must notify my sister at once." Luna said.
"I am already here dear sister." I heard a new voice say and I turned to find a large white alicorn at the door.
"Princess Celestia!" Twilight said. Shiiiiiiiit now there's another princess here…
"Why are you here sister? I thought you were doing things?" Luna asked.
"I had finished early and when I found you haven't returned yet I decided that I was going to see how our new subject was doing at his welcoming." She said with a smile.
"Well I'm right here and at the moment… I AM FREAKING OUT CAUSE OF HIM!" I yelled pointing at the body.
"You might want to explain what you mean by bad humans to them Alex." Twilight said.
"This guy is from an old insane asylum. He had murdered his family in their sleep with fire cause he was nuts in the head. If he got to Equestria… what are the chances much worst humans will to?!" they all paled at my assumption.
"Sister. When the human had popped up I felt a magic rift open and then close a few seconds afterwards. Could those be the problem?" Luna asked.
"Most likely dear sister. Human I request that we know everything about your kind." Princess Celestia said.
"Not even I know everything about my kind. I just worked on my farm day and night and got rid of the brats that destroyed our fence." I said and she only sighed.
"Then how much can you tell us?" she then asked.
"About maybe half. Depending on if it's all across the world and time." She only nodded. "Then I will try my best." She only smiled.
"What's going to happen?" Fluttershy asked.
"We will need to bury the body and give him a proper sendoff… he may have been nuts but that doesn't mean he won't go to heaven…" I said as I picked up the body. "mind showing me where the cemetery is?" as Twilight only nodded and walked out of the house I soon followed after her as we passed through the crowd of ponies that stared in shock at what I was carrying and as soon as we got out of the group they started to follow us and as we walked through town eventually we reached a cemetery so I grabbed a nearby shovel and I walked far into the back as I was still followed and I started to dig a shallow grave for him. After maybe 10 minutes I was done so I then lowered the body into the grave and I made a few hand signs over mine and his body as I then started to bury it and I then grabbed a nearby unused gravestone and I set it where's it's supposed to be as I then took out my knife as I then carved the guy's name into it and when I was done I made a few more signs and I then touched the top of the grave. "May god have mercy on your soul…" I then said as I walked past the large group of ponies and back towards the farm.
As I walked towards the farm when I eventually reached the farm I immediately walked to the second floor, climbed out the window and retook my position on the roof as I stared at the night sky. "Well… guess this means I'm going to be busy for a while… this also mean that my family will most likely be coming as well… I just hope its soon so things don't go to out of hand…" I muttered when I heard movement above me and I turned to find Luna landing next to me and I only smiled. "Well hello once more lulu." She blushed a little at that.
"Yes I am here." And with that she laid back down next to me as we stared at the night sky. "So what kind of constellations are in your world?"
"well we have the Andromeda, Antlia, Apus, Aquarius, Aquila, Ara, Aries, Auriga, Boötes, Caelum, Camelopardalis, Cancer, Canes Venatici, Canis Major, Canis Minor, Capricornus, Carina, Cassiopeia, Centaurus, Cepheus, Cetus, Chamaeleon, Circinus, Columba, Coma Berenices, Corona Austrina, Corona Borealis, Corvus, Crater, Crux, Cygnus, Delphinus, Dorado, Draco, Equuleus, Eridanus, Fornax, Gemini, Grus, Hercules, Horologium, Hydra, Hydrus, Indus, Lacerta, Leo, Leo Minor, Lepus, Libra, Lupus, Lynx, Lyra, Mensa, Microscopium, Monoceros, Musca, Norma, Octans, Ophiuchus, Orion, Pavo, Pegasus, Perseus, Phoenix, Pictor, Pisces, Piscis Austrinus, Puppis, Pyxis, Reticulum, Sagitta, Sagittarius, Scorpius, Sculptor, Scutum, Serpens, Sextans, Taurus, Telescopium, Triangulum, Triangulum Australe, Tucana, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Vela, Virgo, Volans, and Vulpecula." She stared at me amazed.
"Even I wouldn't remember all of those names… how do you know them all?" she asked me.
"Well every night when I was with my grandpa we talked about our favorites. He taught me them all and eventually I learned them all by heart. My favorite is the big dipper." She only smiled.
"I barely know the constellations." She said and I stared at her amazed.
"Seriously?" she nodded as I then smiled. "Then I guess I might as well start working on the constellations tomorrow night." She smiled.
"Maybe I shall come to visit during that time." She said and I only smiled bigger.
"I would love that lulu." She blushed once more at the name.
"Mind if we join ya?" I heard and I looked down to find Applejack with the others.
"What do you think Luna?" I asked and she only nodded. "Come on up!" as they came up and laid down as we all looked at the night sky and breathed in the night air.
"Where's my sister?" Luna asked.
"She said ya could stay for the night. She returned to Canterlot to begin the research on how Alex came here and to help make sure nopony else comes through." Well that just made my day worse a little but not by much.
"Well then why are you all up here anyway?" I asked.
"Because we wanted to spend some time with our new friend." Twilight said.
"Well I don't believe that." They all paled.
"How did you know that wasn't it?" Rainbow Dash asked as I only smiled.
"Cause you just told me." They all put on faces of recognition. "So what's the real reason?"
"Because we wanted to know a little bit more about your world." Twilight said.
"Hard to explain it. I forget more about it the more I am here."
"I think I may be able to help with that." And with that I turned to Luna when her horn touched my forehead and instantly I felt myself somewhere else and I looked around to find myself in total blackness like a void when the others popped up next to me.
"Where are we Luna?" I asked her.
"We are in your mind near the start of your best and worse memories." She said and I paled but I then sighed. This was going to come up at some point.
"Well then what do we do princess?" Twilight asked.
"We just start walking." She said and we did as we all walked in one direction and I then found ourselves somewhere else and I looked around and smiled.
"I remember this. This is when I got Samson when I was younger." I said and we walked around and we eventually found younger me with dad walking towards the barn.
"Where are we going dad?" I heard myself ask as a tear was brought to my eye.
"I got you a present Alex. Just wait a few more seconds aaaaaand." And with that we followed them into the barn just in time for my younger self to yell with delight as he started to hug younger Samson.
"This was where I met my first friend…" I said with a smile as there were tears in my eyes.
"This is a wonderful first memory Alex…" I heard Fluttershy say as I turned to find a few tears in their eyes.
"But is that your father?" Twilight asked and I nodded. "What happened to him?"
"You will most likely see in the memories… if you don't I'll tell you in the end." They all nodded as we started to walk away from the barn and I noticed I was in the time when I first met my human friends during school. "This is another good memory but part of it is bad." They all nodded as we walked past all the people and soon we found the classroom where my younger self was getting bullied by three others.
"You know what happens when you don't do our homework squirt!" one of them said as I was punched in the gut and then fell onto the floor in a hunched position.
"Why did you say this was a good memory?" Rarity asked.
"Just wait… its coming up any second now… here is why." And with that my friends burst into the room as the three boys looked confused as they were the ones beat up as they all took me with them to the infirmary where I was checked out by the nurse who said it was only bruising. "Those are my friends. I've known them for who knows how long. It's the day they actually became my friends. I was with them before I was sucked through the portal." It had brought a few more tears into my eyes as we started to walk once more.
"They sound like good friends." Rainbow Dash said with a smile and I only nodded.
"They were some of the most popular kids in school. When they wanted to be friends with me I was hesitant at first that they were going to use me until… wait here's the memory of that moment." And with that we walked through the memory over to my younger self with my three friends.
"We promise not to use you like those other boys did Alex." Sarah said as my younger self still looked hesitant.
"We promise to always be your friends no matter what and always be there for you." And with that my younger self perked up as he then hugged them all and they hugged him back.
"Those are good friends." Pinkie Pie said with a big smile as I only smiled.
"The best in my world. They lived true to their word but when I was forced to move away they talked their parents to move away with me and that's what they did. They all got jobs at the age of 10 and they paid for an apartment down the road from the new farm near the city. They had everything they needed. We had a lot of sleepovers and stuff." I said as the memory brought another tear to my eye as we started to walk once more.
"What were their names?" Fluttershy asked.
"Sarah, Gus, and Carl. Sarah was like a second mother to me. They were all a grade higher than me so that's the reason why I say that. Gus and Carl were like brothers to me as well like second and third fathers. They always helped me whenever I needed it and they always stayed by my side except for in classes. I was lucky enough to have them in gym class."
"Gym class?" Twilight asked.
"I think we should be entering that memory next. Just be ready." And with that it actually changed into the memory of me and them in a gym class.
"Okay sissies! Time to man up for a good game of dodgeball today!" the entire class cheered at that except my younger self only paled. "Okay! Larry oaks and Gus Starlton! Your team leaders today!" and with that color went back to my younger self's face. Due to me being the smallest person in school I was always targeted first no matter what team I was. Soon I was on the team with my friends as the other team only looked at me like I was easy pickings.
"Today was the day I actually loved being myself." I then told them as we sat down in the bleachers just in time for the teacher to blow the whistle as the kids on both sides charged the middle. We watched for a while as balls were thrown and caught as kids were hit and brought back in and soon it was only me against about 7 other kids as my entire team was taken out and I was surrounded by balls as they all had one in their hands. "This is when I started my dancing." I then said as I saw my younger self breathe in and out slowly as the other team all threw their balls as my younger self dodged them all as he then started to dance and spin as his hands and feet sent all the balls surrounding him at the other team as they attempted to dodge them only to be hit by the second ball heading towards them and as the last ball hit the last kid all of boys and girls on the sides stared in shock at what I had just done until my entire team started to cheer as they came over and picked me up and tossed me into the air a few times.
"That looked awesome!" Rainbow Dash said and I couldn't help but smirk.
"I think the next memory might be of me and my friends on a team against the entire team of gym teachers in a school wide dodgeball tournament." I said as we got up and walked through the door and I was right as it was me and my three friends touching one side of the wall as students and parents filled the entire bleachers as the other side had a total of 23 extremely fit teachers as we only walked down the stairs and walked over to the other side as we sat on the benches. As we waited a few seconds soon the whistle sounded as the teachers all ran at the balls as me and my friends all stayed where we were. There was a total of 23 balls in the game due to the amount of teachers.
As the first few balls were thrown and caught by my friends causing the first three teachers to go out but as my friends threw their balls they were caught as well as the knocked out teachers just walked back over as it left me all alone as they all threw their balls and I somehow dodged them all as they surrounded me and my younger self's face brightened with hope. "Do it Alex!" Sarah yelled as the entire crowd and teachers only looked confused as my younger self started to spin and dance as he sent balls flying at the teachers as he took out multiple of them and none of them caught the balls as my younger self stopped spinning as the crowd looked shocked. My younger self had taken out a total of 7 teachers as they all then picked up balls and threw them as my younger self dodged them all until a group of three came flying at him as he stood his ground.
"Move Alex!" Gus yelled in time for the balls to connect with my younger self as he skidded back a few inches and his head popped out as he smiled a wicked grin as the entire crowd stared awe struck that he had caught all three balls at once.
"I don't even know how I did it. I just had a feeling that I was going to be alright so that was the reason why I didn't move." I told them as they also stared awestruck as my friends rejoined me as the three teachers of the balls I had caught had walked off to the side still shocked as my younger self started to dance once more as my friends fed the balls into my swings and kicks and soon all the teachers had been eliminated. "Well let's get going." I said with a smile as they were still shocked as we all walked through the nearby door and found myself in the memory of… that time… "This is it…" I said as we walked into the pasture just in time for my dad to shoot the sawed off shotgun at the rattler and we watched as he helped me into the tree before he was stampeded by the many horses on the farm as the others only gasped as they all then stopped as I then started to walk away and I then walked through another door and found myself in the black void once more as I sat down and soon the others joined me.
"That was horrible…" Rarity said.
"Yes… and it was all my fault…" I said.
"It wasn't your fault Alex…" Fluttershy said.
"Yes it was." I then said.
"How could it of been you-" Rainbow Dash didn't get to finish as I then stood up.
"YES IT WAS!IF I WASN'T SRTUPID ENOUGH I COULD OF AVOIDED THE RATTLER AND MY DAD WOULD OF NEVER FIRED HIS GUN CAUSING THE HORSES TO STAMPEDE!" I snapped and they all cowered a little as I started to walk away and I soon found myself in another memory… the one of dad's funeral.
"We are gathered here today to bury the man named Steven Price. A loving husband to Marissa Price and a loving father to Alexander Price and Charlotte Price. He had died from a horse stampede due to him saving his own sun from a rattler. Now for a few words from his son Alexander…" and with that he stepped off to the side as my 14 year old self took the podium.
"it was all my fault that he had died… if I had run when he said instead of sat there in shock he would of never fired his gun to kill the rattler causing the stampede… so I ask my dead father to please forgive me for what I have done…" and with that I stepped down with tears in my eyes.
"You even admitted it in front of them all…" I then heard behind me and I looked to find the others except for Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie.
"Yes… yes I did… but it is all true though…" I said but they all only stepped forward and gave me a hug as I stood there shocked. "Why are you hugging me?"
"Because some of us know how ya feel losing your parents." Applejack said. "I lost mine in a house fire."
"My parents disappeared many years before I turned into nightmare moon." Luna said.
"My parents left me on my own to go on their own adventures when I was only 15." Rainbow Dash said.
"My parents were always busy with work too much for me to visit them." Twilight said.
"Is this all true?" I asked them and they all only nodded as I only hugged them all back and soon we all let go.
"We are here for ya whenever ya need it Alex." Applejack said.
"You guys are all true friends…" I said with tears in my eyes as they all only nodded. "I think I have something new to show you all." And with that they all followed me through the fake barn door and we appeared during the time when we viewed all of my memories as they all only smiled. "This memory I will always keep in my heart. No matter what. You all ready to go?" they all nodded as Luna's horn lit up and we appeared on the roof and I noticed Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity were all gone. "Where did they go?"
"They needed to rest up for a few things in the morning they had to do. They said it was important." Twilight said.
"Well that could be understandable. But I feel all rested up." I said stretching my arms.
"That's because we were all put to sleep for the task." Luna said and I only smiled but I then noticed the sun starting to come up.
"Well looks like the sun is coming up." I said and Luna's horn lit up just as the moon started to be lowered as the sun took to the sky and I only smiled as Luna's horn went back to normal.
"I need to return to Canterlot. I hope to see you for stargazing later tonight Alex." Luna said as she took off and I only smiled as she disappeared in the distance.
"I'm going to go practice some tricks. See you all later!" and with that Rainbow Dash flew off at a speed I wouldn't of thought possible.
"Well today is reshelving day at the castle. I will see you all later." and with that she teleported away as I turned to Applejack.
"So what's on today's agenda?" I asked her.
"Well your friend needs to finish the trees from yesterday. The chicken coop needs ta be fixed due to the chickens getting out every few minutes." She said.
"I can do the chicken coop for you." She only nodded as she went through the window as I only jumped off of the roof and rolled to a stop at the bottom as she soon joined me up front and she led me to a chicken coop. "we just can't figure out how they are getting out." She said as I took a look see at the coop. "well I'll leave ya to it. Come find me in the orchard when you are finished." And with that I heard her walk away as I popped my head into the coop and looked around inside as I found all the chickens were now looking at me as I then spotted the problem that I think anyone would of missed. In the far back is a hole where it appears a nest should be but isn't.
"There's the problem." I then said as I pulled out my head and walked over to the barn and grabbed a suitable piece of wood with a few nails and a hammer and I walked back just in time for a chicken to fall out of the hole so I quickly picked up the chicken before it could run off and I put it back in as I then went underneath the chicken coop and found the open hole as I then hammered in the piece of wood and I then checked its sturdiness and found it to be good as I then pulled myself out from under the coop and I then put away the hammer and the few extra nails as I then stuck my hands into my pocket when I realized I didn't have my hat on.
"What in god's name happened to my hat?" I asked as I looked around and eventually I spotted it on the head of a frantically running around chicken. "Just great… give me back my hat!" I yelled as I started to chase the chicken around the farm and eventually I chased it into the orchard and I noticed we were soon approaching Applejack and Samson.
"STOP THAT CHICKEN!" I yelled as they both looked at stopped what they were doing as they tried to stop the chicken but it jumped over Samson as he dove after it but was caught in the air by Applejack as she then took off my hat as I reached them. "Thank you Aj." I said as she handed me my hat. "I also fixed the problem for you. At a hole where there's supposed to be a nest it was empty giving the chickens an escape route." She face palmed or face hooved in this case.
"And Applebloom told me underneath was okay." She said.
"Who's Applebloom?" I asked her as Samson walked over.
"She's ma little sister. I have a brother named Big Macintosh and our guardian is granny smith." She said.
"Can't wait to meet them in what 5 days?" I asked.
"4." She said with a smile as I only nodded.
"So what do you need me for?" I asked.
"Your gonna help me load the bushels into the wagon." She said and I only nodded as Samson got back to work as he bucked the trees causing the apples to fall into buckets as me and Applejack worked together on loading them all in. soon we loaded in 15 bushels and Applejack told Samson to take a little break while we brought them back to the barn. "I'll just keep on working so then they are ready for you when you both come back." He only replied as we got walking as Applejack pulled the wagon.
"So how many more are there in the orchard?" I asked her.
"We have maybe about 23 bushels left ta do." She said.
"Doesn't sound too hard." I said.
"That's cause they aren't." she answered as we then reached the barn and I started to unload the bushels from the wagon into the barn and as soon as that was done I was pulling the wagon back to where Samson was.
"What else can you tell me about your family?" I asked her.
"Well big Macintosh is always very protective of us when it comes to us being around other stallions, Applebloom is one of the sweetest sisters around when she's with her friends trying to find her cutie marks, and granny smith is a kind hearted mare who knows how to bake some good apple pie along with other apple treats." She says.
"Can't wait to meet them. But I am now a tiny bit afraid of your brother though." I said with a smile.
"No need ta be worried. All ya got to do is make sure ya don't get onto his bad side and you will be fine." She said when suddenly Twilight ran over to us as we walked.
"The princess said another portal had just opened and closed!" she said and we both froze as we looked at her.
"Where?" I asked quickly.
"In the orchard." She said as I then dropped the wagon as I then started to run through the orchard as the others followed me from behind when I heard it.
"What the fuck happened to me?" I heard as I froze where I was.
"I know that voice…" I said as I turned to a patch of bushes and out came the last person I expected to see. "Sarah…"