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This story is pretty dated, so if you're planning on reading through it, I thought I'd warn you that there's alot of unrealistic stuff and grammar issues ahead. It's totally up to you if you wanna read through all this. If there's one benefit to this type of writing though, it's simple. Things go by fast and there's not really all that much to take in.

If things feel like they're getting repetitive about 1/3rd into the story, it's totally fine to skip to chapter 15 because that's when things start getting more interesting (I never realized just how many fucking times Twilight and Duston went to go get cupcakes). I'm not a fan of the horrible excuse of romance in this story either, but oh well, you'll just have to live with it- it's not gonna be in the sequel, at least not to a big degree.

Also, just ignore all the revision stuff that you see. That's also all old and dated- this story isn't getting revised.

A/N: This is my first story to post on this site, so if there are any errors, let me know and I'll try and fix them. (12-9-17 update: shhhh don't let me know, I'm more than aware of the royal fuckton of things wrong with this story lmao) Other than that this is my first MLP fan-fic, hope you enjoy. And so you know,

"This is talk"

'This is thought'

Now, let the story begin. End A/N.

Saturday, 5:59 AM.

Duston's POV

I woke up to the sound of my alarm going off. "God damnit. I always forget to shut it off on Friday nights." I muttered, as I reached my hand out to shut the alarm. I groggily got up and turned my laptop on. I put on some clothes and went back to my laptop. After two minutes of waiting for it to start up, I entered the next episode of MLP. For the past couple of weeks I always watched an episode in the morning, just for the heck of it. I watched one episode, before going into the kitchen to make some breakfast.

"Alright..." I mumbled, looking around. I picked up a cereal box on-top of of the fridge, and placed it on the table. After getting the bowl, spoon, and milk, I suddenly heard my phone ring, causing me to jump slightly. 'Guess I left it in my pocket last night.' I took it out, and saw it was my friend Flint. I answered it, and held it up to my ear.

"Hey Flint."

"Hey man, what's goin' on?"

"Nothing much, you?"

"I was wondering if you wanted to go to the firing range with me, being your parents are gone for the weekend."

"Yeah we could do that, what time?"

"How about 9:00?"

"Seems good, see you then."

"Alright, see ya."

With that, he hung up. I checked the time on the phone: 6:24 AM. "Oh I have plenty of time." I proceeded to sit down, and begin eating.

Within what I guessed was around fifteen minutes, I finished. I placed everything in the sink to be washed later, when I heard the faint sound of what sounded like games. 'What..?' I walked into the living room, where I thought I heard the sounds, to see my 13 year old brother Klade laying on the couch, playing some Call of Duty game on the flat-screen TV in the room.

"When did you get here?" I inquired, confused.

"I've been here." He responded flatly, like how he always talked.

"Really?" I asked, surprised.

"Yes."

"Wow..." I replied, shaking my head slightly. 'How did I not notice him before? Man I suck sometimes..' I proceeded to walk back into my room, deciding to watch a couple more episodes.

Before I knew it, it was already nearing eight o'clock. I closed the laptop, and grabbed a backpack from one of my cabinets. I opened it, and looked inside. 'Yeah, like I thought. All the guns and everything's already in there from the last time.' I closed it, before placing it on my back. I checked the time: 8:18 PM. 'Alright, still got a few minutes.' I proceeded to exit the room, looking at Klade.

"Where you going?" He asked, flatly as always.

"Just going out with a friend, so you're going to be here alone." I answered, looking at him.

"Alright." He responding, not showing much of any interest. He was trustworthy enough to be kept alone- not like he did much anyway.

'I guess I can leave early. It's not like I'm doing much else right now.' I began walking toward the front door, before slowing down a little. 'Why do I feel like I'm forgetting something...' I just stood there for a few seconds, before suddenly remembering what it was. 'Right! Got a bring a couple water bottles.' I began heading back into the kitchen, walking up to the fridge. I placed my hand on the handle, and opened it, grabbing a few water bottles. I proceeded to close it, before putting them in a side-compartment of the backpack. I then walked back to the front door, before suddenly feeling my mind numb.

'Wha..'

I found myself begin to feel faint, as I felt myself begin to fall backwards. I fell on the ground, seeing darkness surround me, before passing out immediately afterwards.

10 minutes earlier in Equestria.

Twilight's POV

I had just read a spell in a book that seemed rather interesting. It only required any kind of object. Either a rock, candle- anything. The basic point of the spell was to teleport any object, to any place. However, it wasn't easy, as I had to concentrate at both places at the same time, plus concentrate at the familiar teleport spell. I looked around, before calling out.

"Spike!" I called out.

"Yes Twilight?" Spike responded, running into the room I was in.

"I need you to go outside and get me something. Like, um... a rock!" I replied.

"Alright, be right back!" He said, before running out the door. I proceeded to study the spell again, making sure I was reading all the details correctly. It never hurt to be extra-sure.

After a few minutes, Spike came running back in. "Here ya go Twilight!" He exclaimed, handing me a moderately sized rock.

"Thank you Spike." I replied, smiling, before looking back at the book.

"No problem." He responded, before walking off into another room. I then placed two stray books a few feet in front of me. I put the rock on one, and left the other one empty.

'Okay. All I gotta do is move the rock to the other book.' I reviewed the spell one more time, before focusing on the rock. The rock glowed in a purple light, then disappeared in a bright flash. I looked over at the other book, and prepared to make the rock reappear. I concentrated, closing my eyes, trying to make the rock reappear. I started to feel a massive strain in my head, however, but continued on, determined. I hadn't noticed, but my horn was glowing very bright. 'Okay this is starting to take too long.'

Just then Spike walked into the room. "Are you alright Twilight?" He asked, confused and curious. I couldn't answer him, though. I was too focused on the spell to even comprehend what he said. The strain in my head was getting worse every second. 'What is going wrong!' I began to regret doing the spell, panicking. Did I read the spell wrong? How!? I reviewed it so many times! Before I could keep thinking, there was an incredibly bright flash of light. The strain in my head disappeared, signaling that the spell was completed. 'Finally...' I collapsed on the ground, panting, noticing I was sweating a little.

"Twilight are you alright?" I heard Spike call out, who was running over to me.

"Yeah I'm fine, I think.. I probably just need to rest a little." I said getting back up.

"What did you do?" Spike asked me, curious.

"I just did a teleportation spell..." I replied, seeming a little confused. I looked over in the direction I did the spell, to see two strange creatures.

"What are those things? Is that what you were trying to teleport?" Spike inquired, looking at them.

"..I don't know." I responded, genuinely confused. How did they get here? I was just trying to teleport a rock.. "They might be from the Everfree forest, so we should be careful." I continued. There proceeded to be an awkward silence.

"..What should we do with them?" Spike spoke up. "Throw them back in the forest?"

"I.. I don't know." I replied, looking across them. "Well they wear clothes, and I've never seen creatures like them in my life. I don't think they're from the forest, but I really don't know... I think I'll just put them in my basement for now, until they wake up."

"Are you sure? They can be dangerous.."

"Well I guess we'll find out then." I used my magic to lift the two creatures. I walked into the basement, and placed them on two spare beds I had in the corner of the room. I then walked back up into the main room. "Spike, I need you to watch them. I'm going to rest for awhile. Wake me up if they do anything." I stated as I walked up to my room. "Sure thing Twilight!" Spike responded. I tiredly collapsed into my bed, almost instantly falling asleep.

Duston's POV

I slowly began to feel myself waking up, seeming confused. I felt around, feeling to be in a bed. 'What?' I slowly started to open my eyes. I saw some figure staring at me with green dragon-like eyes, but I couldn't tell what it was due to the darkness. "..Hello?" I eventually said, slowly and cautiously, still confused. The figure quickly ran off and went through a door on the other side of the room, before I could say anything else. 'That was weird.' I looked around the room. I saw alot of strange machines and other equipment. 'How the hell..? What? How did I get here? I was getting ready to go to the firing range with Flint, then what? Alright, lets go through this step by step. I got up, got ready for the firing range...Walked into the kitchen to get some water bottles...Then I started to feel a little dizzy...I can't seem to remember anymore.' I noticed another bed next to me. It was too dark, however, and I couldn't tell who was in it. Suddenly, I heard a tune play, making me jump. I relaxed, realizing it was only my phone. I pulled it out of my pocket, and looked at the caller; Flint. I answered it slowly, cautiously looking around.

"..Hello?"

"Where you at man? It's 9:15 here!"

"I.. don't know... I'm in some room with alot of weird stuff inside. I don't think I'll be able to make it."

"What do ya mean you're in strange room? How'd you get there?"

"I don't know... I was getting ready to go to meet you up at the firing range when I started to feel dizzy. I must of passed ou- Oh shit I'm gonna have to call you back, I think someone's coming in." I quickly stated, as I quickly hung up the phone and slid it in my pocket. I heard a door open. A few seconds afterwards, a light turned on, giving a better view of the room. I looked in the direction of the door. My heart almost stopped when I saw who it was, a look of shock and confusion on my face. There, standing in the doorway, was Twilight Sparkle from MLP. 'Whaaaa? No, this has to be a dream. This... this just... Alright, try to be normal. I can't let her know about the show and all of that. I'll play this like it's real, just in-case.' She cautiously walked down the stairs.

"..Hello?" She called out, looking at me.

"Hi." I simply replied, my mind still a little blown. She jumped when she said that, which made me slightly chuckle. "..I'm not going to hurt you, so you could just relax." I could visibly tell she didn't, but it wouldn't bother me.

"Where did you come from?" She asked, still seeming cautious.

"...Somewhere that isn't here." I replied, deciding not to get too specific.

"...And where is that?"

"..Look, I'll just be straightforward- I am very certain I am not from this world. Can you just say where I'm at?" I asked, still doing the 'stupid act'.

"...Okay... You are in Equestria. To be more specific, Ponyville." She replied.

"I've never heard of those places in my life.."

"Alright...then..."

"...So who are you then?" I asked, feeling a little awkward.

"I am Twilight Sparkle, who might you be?" She inquired, seeming to be more confident.

"I am Duston." I answered.

"Ok Duston...but who's the other one in the bed?" She asked. I proceeded to look in the other bed, the new-found light enabling me to see that the figure was Klade.

"His name is Klade." I stated, looking back at her. There was an awkward silence, before I eventually spoke up. "..So do you mind taking me and my brother on a tour through Ponyville?" I asked to break the silence.

"Uh... don't you want to get back to your own world? I'm sure I can send you back."

"I'm... I'd rather just do a tour right now."

"Oh... well okay then. Sure. I'll be right back." She responded, running out the door.

'I really hope this isn't a dream.' I shook awake Klade. "Klade get up."

"Why?" He responded.

"Just get up." He slowly started to get up, seeming confused and a little irritated.

"What do yo- where am I?" He quickly asked, looking around, seeming alerted.

"Are you familiar with a place called Equestria?" I inquired.

"...Yes, why are you asking me that?"

"Because that is where you are, right now." He just stared at me, responding several seconds later.

"...Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure." Just then I heard the basement door open back up. Twilight proceeded to walk inside, looking over at us two.

"Are you ready?" She asked, smiling a tiny bit.

"I'm pretty sure I am." I responded.

"...Yeah sure I'm ready." Klade replied, somehow still seeming to have the same expression.

Within a few minutes, we were ready for the tour. We had already had a short conversation of Spike, to get him to know us. We were all currently next to the front door, before I looked over at Twilight.

"Oh, Twilight. Did you happen to see a backpack or something like that when we teleported here?" I spoke up.

"Oh, you mean this?" She responded, levitating a backpack over to me. "Spike found it in another room."

"Yup, that's it." I replied, grabbing the backpack and putting it on my back. 'Glad that didn't get lost.'

"What do you need it for?" She asked, looking at me curiously.

"I was just wondering if I had it. I had it with me before I suddenly arrived here." I replied.

"Are we ready?" Klade suddenly spoke up, looking across us.

"It looks like it." I responded, looking across us all.

"So it looks like we're going then." Twilight exclaimed, looking over at Spike. "Spike, can you watch the library while we're gone?"

"Sure thing Twilight." He replied. We proceeded to follow Twilight to the front-door. She opened the door, and we walked outside. It took about half a minute for my eyes to get adjusted, but afterwards, for the first time I got a first-person look of Ponyville. 'Wow. Sure looks alot different, that's for sure.'

"I'll show you to my friend's houses first, then I'll have the mayor make a public announcement about your arrival." Twilight stated.

"Fine with-wait, public announcement? Why?" I asked, confused.

"Well we can't just have two alien-looking creatures walking around Ponyville. We need to let everypony know so they don't panic, no matter how short your stay is. Otherwise It'll be just like the Zecora incident that happened not too long ago." Twilight answered. "We already learned from that."

"I guess that makes sense." I responded, smiling a little, recalling the episode she mentioned.

"Yeah. So just follow me. The first place we're going to is called Carousel Boutique." Twilight began to walk off, us following.

We walked for several minutes, until we came upon a place I recognized as Carousel Boutique.

"Okay here we are. This place is known as the Carousel Boutique, like I said before. My friend Rarity makes clothes here. She's a fashion designer." Twilight stated, walking up to the front-door. We followed her up to the door, Twilight knocking. I heard a faint "Coming!" from inside the building, me recognizing the distinct voice almost instantly. A few seconds later, Rarity answered. "Why hello Twilight. What brings you he- Good lord what are those two things?" She asked, looking at me and Klade.

"I'm Duston, and this is Klade. And it would be nice if you didn't refer to us as 'things'." I replied.

"...They talk too?" Rarity inquired, looking at Twilight.

"Yes, they do. They're actually from another world." Twilight answered.

"Another world huh..." She responded, looking us over. After almost half a minute of silence, I began to feel uncomfortable, until Rarity finally spoke up. "Well you're clothing is rather unique... I believe I can do better though. Come inside; I need to make some measurements. I'm making you some clothes. Those are the only ones you have at the moment, correct?"

"Actually, yeah." I replied.

"Perfect! I trust you will not be disappointed in my work." She proceeded to walk back inside the building. I then looked back at Twilight, speaking up.

"Do we have time for that..?"

"Well we have all day, so why not? I can wait." Twilight responded, walking inside. We both followed her, walking inside the building.

Half an hour of measurements later.

"Come back in a few hours and I'll be sure to have your clothes ready, okay?" Rarity stated, as we were all currently walking to the front door.

"Alright we'll be there. See you then." I responded, as Twilight opened the front door. We all stepped out of the building, as Klade closed the door behind us.

"Where to next?" I asked, looking at Twilight.

"Sugarcube corner." Twilight answered, beginning to walk in some direction. Me and Klade proceeded to walk in the direction Twilight was heading.

As we walked, I noticed more ponies were beginning to notice us. The strange looks they were giving us kind of creeped me out, but I was expecting that. Eventually Twilight spoke up, as we neared a familiar building.

"Here we are." Twilight exclaimed. "This is Sugarcube Corner." She pointed at the building. "Another one of my friends Pinkie Pie works here. She's really hyper and active all the time, so be ready for that." We all then walked into the building, Twilight opening the front door. As she did, the pony I recognized as Pinkie Pie came out of the kitchen at about the same time.

"Oh hi Twilight!" Pinkie spoke up, before gasping. "Ooooh what are those two creatures next to you? Are they from Fluttershy? But I've never seen animals like that from her before! Oh oh are they from the Everfree Forest then? Am I right? Huh?"

"They are Duston and Klade. They're from another world. I'm showing them around Ponyville at the moment." Twilight quickly spoke up.

"Oh wow! A different world?" Pinkie responded, before jumping in front of me. "What's it like there? Huh? Do you all look like that? And your clothes look funny! Where'd you get them? Did you-"

"Everyone where I come friend wears clothes like this... in a way. Not all of them are the same." I interrupted, not wanting her to keep ranting on.

"Oooh. Oh wait if you're from a different world that must mean you're new to Ponyville then!" She then gasped. "We have to throw a party for you! I throw parties for all the new ponies that come to Ponyville! But you're not a pony! That means it'll be the first ever party for whatever you're called! I have to get ready!" With that, Pinkie suddenly disappeared from sight.

"...Who was she?" I asked.

"That was Pinkie Pie; the pony I was talking about. She always acts like that." Twilight answered. "Oh, while we're here, you want to eat? This sells all different kinds of snacks and sugary foods, if you haven't noticed."

"Sure, that would be alright." I responded.

Twilight then walked up to one of the counters, and began talking to a stallion I recognized as Mr. Cake. After a short discussion, and a bit of explanation of who and what we were, Twilight had gotten some cupcakes and we were sitting at a table.

'That reminds me. I'm going to need to do something about money, I would think.'

After several minutes, we had all finished eating. We got up from the table, Twilight thanking Mr. Cake for the cupcakes, before we all exited the building.

"Where to next?" I inquired, looking over at Twilight.

"Sweet Apple Acres." Twilight answered. "It's a huge farm run by a few members of the Apple family. I'm friends with them too." We all then began to follow Twilight, who was heading off in the direction of the farm.

The walk was silent for the most part, in which I was deep in thought about everything that had been happening. Was all of this really real? Or was this one of those incredibly surreal lucid dreams? I had no idea at the moment, and just wanted this to last as long as possible for now. One thing did strike me a little weird though, and I turned to look at Klade, before speaking up.

"Klade, you haven't said a word since we began the tour. Why is that? I mean I know you're normally quiet, but this is just a little too quiet. This is whole different world, and based off what you said before you already knew about this..er, yeah. Shouldn't you be excited at least? It's like you've been in the same mood throughout the whole day." I stated, almost blowing our cover at one part.

"You know I don't talk that much." He replied, looking back at me.

"But still, I mean... Well I don't know. Just thought you would act different, or at least show some excitement at least."

"Well you haven't expressed that much either- you've just been talking."

"Well... I'm still not completely sure I'm actually here. I already gave up on believing any of this crap ever would happen a long time ago when reality hit me in the face. It's just-" I was cut off by something crashing in-front of us, causing me and everyone else to step back, started. When the dust cleared, I saw a familiar light-blue pegasus I recognized as Rainbow Dash.

"Heheh, sorry guys. Was doing..." Rainbow trailed off, seeing me and Klade. She stayed silent for a few seconds, before looking at Twilight. "What are these animals supposed to be? Are you taking them to Fluttershy or something?"

"Not exactly." Twilight responded. "They're from another world, actually. This one is called Duston" She proceeded to point at me. "And the others name is Klade.

"Ooh." Rainbow looked over us both. "Another world, huh? How'd they get here then? And what are you doing with them?"

"They got here when I, uh... messed up a teleportation spell a little." Twilight answered, smiling nervously. "As for what I'm doing with them, well... I'm showing them around Ponyville for now. Then whenever I can, I'll send them back to their original world." Twilight continued. That last part caused me to frown, however. I still wasn't sure if I wanted to go back, or stay here.

"Oh alright then. My name's Rainbow Dash! I'm the fastest flier in all Equestria! Now I'd talk more, but I don't have time to be slacking off. See you later, maybe!" She exclaimed, before flying off. We continued our walk afterwards.

After several more minutes, we arrived at Sweet Apple Acres. As I looked across the farm, I noticed Applejack currently bucking apple trees. She glanced over at us, seeming confused for a couple seconds, before walking towards us.

"Howdy Twilight!" She called out, as she approached us. "What brings you here? And what are them creatures beside of ya supposed ta be? Ah've never seen anythin' like them before."

"Their names are Duston and Klade. They're actually from a different world, so that would explain why you haven't ever seen anything like them before. I'm showing them around Ponyville at the moment." Twilight answered.

"A whole 'nother world? How in the tarnation did they get here then?" She asked, seeming confused.

"That would be my fault." Twilight admitted. "I accidentally brought them here when I was doing a teleportation spell."

"Oh ah see." She proceeded to look us over, before speaking up again. "Well mah name's Applejack. It's mighty nice ta meet ya both." She then somehow shook my hand with her hoof, before moving over to Klade and doing the same to him. "Ah'd like ya'll ta meet the Apple family." She stated, beginning to walk to the front door of the house. She gestured us to follow, as she opened up the door and walked inside, us following. "We got visitors!" She shouted. Within a few seconds, a large stallion I recognized as Big mac came in, followed by Applebloom. Big mac seemed to just stare at me, while Applebloom seemed excited.

"Yay we have visitors!" Applebloom exclaimed, as she looked us both over. Her face then changed into one of confusion. "Hey what are the animals called? Ah've never seen anythin' like them before." Her ears then flopped down. "Are they from tha Everfree Forest?" Applejack just laughed a little, before speaking up afterwards.

"Not at all. I'd like ya'll to meet Duston and Klade." Applejack stated, pointing to each of us as she said our names. "Twilight said they both come from anotha' world, so we gotta treat them with respect as ah'm sure they're pretty confused right now."

"Another world?" Applebloom responded, her ears popping back up. "Hey what's it like there? Does everypony look like you? Oh and are there cutie marks where you come from?"

"Settle down now, ah'm sure they'll answer all of that soon enough." Applejack quickly spoke up, before looking across them. "Now ah don't think ya've told them ya names yet."

"Oh right! My name's Applebloom!"

"Big mac."

"Nice to meet you both." I stated.

"Now there should only be one more pony ya'll gotta meet.." Applejack exclaimed. As if on cue, I suddenly begun hearing talking from another room of the house.

"What's with all the noise?" I heard someone say. A short amount of time later, a pony I recognized as Granny Smith walked in.

"This is Granny Smith." Applejack stated.

"Hi Granny Smith. I'm Duston, and this is Klade." I exclaimed.

"What?" Granny Smith responded, most likely not hearing me. I then repeated myself, but louder.

"Oh, hello there. I ain't never seen anythin' like you'all before though. Where are ya'll supposed ta come from?" She inquired.

"They're from a different world than ours. I brought them here on accident." Twilight answered.

"Oh that would make sense I suppose.."

"Would ya like ta eat? Granny Smith's apple pie is delicious." Applejack stated, looking over at us.

"Thank you for the offer, but no, we just ate." I replied, looking back at Applejack.

"Ah see. Well, ah don't want ta hold ya back or anythin'. Ya seem ta be busy Twilight, so ah'll let ya'll be on your way."

"Oh you don't have to worry about that. We still have all day." Twilight responded, smiling. "But I guess there's nothing much else to do here. I'm only having them meet my friends at the moment. Maybe later I can have you show them around the farm."

"Sounds good ta me." Applejack replied.

"Alright then. See you all some other time." I stated, walking over to the front door. Twilight proceeded to open it, us beginning to walk out.

"Bye! Good luck with tha tour!" I heard, before we exited the building.

"Alright, so...where to next?" I asked, looking at Twilight.

"Fluttershy's cabin. Just don't be too loud or sudden around her. She's very shy around new ponies. Or, well... for your case, maybe not. She's very good with animals, and she'll probably view you as something like that. Either way, just a heads up." Twilight replied, before walking off. We both proceeded to follow her.

Eventually after several minutes, and a silent walk, we arrived at a small cabin. As we walked on the small bridge crossing the small river, we neared the cabin, Twilight speaking up.

"That over there is the Everfree forest. Lots of strange things happen in there. Like the weather controls itself, there's evil monsters, etc. No pony goes in there that much so there isn't much known about it." Twilight then walked up to the front door of the cabin, and knocked lightly on it. There was a barely audible "Coming" from inside. A short time later the door opened, revealing the yellow pegasus I recognized as Fluttershy. She looked at Twilight, then me and Klade.

"Who are the two creatures next to you?" Fluttershy asked in her usual soft voice. "Are you bringing them here for me to look after?"

"Not quite. I'm showing them to all my friends at the moment, and you were next." Twilight answered. "Their names are Duston and Klade. They're from another world."

"Oh wow! Another world? Here come in; you can tell me all about it while I finish feeding some of my animals." Fluttershy stated, fluttering back inside the house, leaving the door open. We all proceeded to walk in, me looking around. I saw several different kinds of animals, them all looking at us as we walked in. "Would you like some tea also?" Fluttershy asked, looking back at us. "I can get some if you'd like."

"No thank you." I replied. She then looked at Klade.

"...Hm? Oh, no. I don't drink tea." Klade responded.

"Oh, okay. What about you Twilight?" Fluttershy asked, looking at Twilight.

"I'm fine too. Thanks for asking." She responded.

"Okay. So, what's it like in your world?" Fluttershy inquired, as she gently tore open a bag of some animal food. "Is it like this world?"

"Well...It's... I'm not really sure if I would consider it like this world. I mean, some things are probably like this world, but there's also a lot of differences."

"What kind of differences?"

"Like... Well first of all there's no magic in our world. So that would-"

"Whoa whoa whoa, wait." Twilight interrupted, looking at me. "Did you say there was no magic?"

"Yeah.."

"Wow. How do you live then? I mean you can live without magic, but that just seems difficult to me. Especially if there's none at all."

"It's actually not as bad as it might sound. We kinda make up for that with technology, which is different, but almost the same at the same time. It's weird."

"Sounds interesting... Do you mean like science?"

"Yeah, in a way pretty much. There's that, and then-" I was suddenly cut off by a loud roaring noise from outside. "What was that?" I quickly asked, startled.

"I don't know. I think I heard it coming from the Everfree Forest though." Twilight responded. Klade proceeded to get up, walking to one of the front windows and looking out it.

"We have a manticore coming over here." He stated flatly, Twilight's ears flopping back.

"A manticore? What's one doing out of the Everfree Forest?" Twilight asked, confused.

"I think it's just lost. I'll see if I can help it." Fluttershy stated, opening the front door and flying outside. We all proceeded to follow her, stepping outside.

We all looked in the direction of the forest. to see the manticore walking towards the cabin.

'Damn that looks more freaky than in the show.' Fluttershy began to gently float towards the manticore, who I noticed had red and yellow eyes. 'I don't think that's right...'

"Be careful Fluttershy! Something doesn't seem right with him." Twilight called out, cautiously watching her and the manticore. Fluttershy then flew up to it, face to face to try and fix the problem.

"It's okay... I'll get you back home." She calmly whispered, gently petting it's head. The manticore only looked at her in response, before suddenly and unexpectedly smacking her out of the way.

"Fluttershy!" Twilight quickly shouted, her eyes widened. Fluttershy flew into a tree, Twilight approaching her and beginning to look over her. The manticore then started heading towards us, me backing away a little.

"Holy mother of shit." I stated, quickly looking around, looking for anything useful. 'Shitshitshit this is bad, real bad.' I began to panic, until I heard Klade speak up.

"Don't you have the shit in your backpack?" He asked, looking at me. Upon hearing what he said, I realized he was right. I still had all the guns in my backpack. I quickly pulled it open, and pulled out the first thing I grabbed, that being a shotgun. My fingers shook as I quickly went to load it, but the shell dropped from my hands due to the panicking.

"Damnit shit!" I quickly stated, before I heard Twilight speak up.

"Duston, Klade, run now! I'll handle the manticore!" Twilight yelled, looking at the manticore. Her horn began to glow, the manticore looking back at her in response. It proceeded to rip off the small bridge, getting in a stance to throw it at Twilight.

"Shit watch out!" I loudly stated, freezing up. I only stared, hoping Twilight would do something, until I suddenly felt the shotgun being taken from my hands. "What the- Klade? What are you-"

"Just shut up Twilight could die." He quickly stated, loading the shell I had dropped on the ground and pumping it.

"Do you even know how to-" I was cut off by it being fired, a loud banging noise being heard. A large chunk of his head came off, brain matter and blood spewing everywhere. He dropped the bridge, and fell to the ground, being limp, a stream of blood pouring from it's skull and pooling on the ground.

"...To answer your question, yes." Klade stated, handing the shotgun back to me. "And although I probably have a dislocated shoulder because that kicked like a fucking bitch, the manticore is dead." I just stared at him, him looking back at me. "You try not to panic when shit hits the fan. Trust me. Once it works the first few times, you'll get more confident." I continued staring at him, before remembering about Fluttershy.

"Oh right Fluttershy got hit!" I quickly exclaimed, running toward the two ponies. "Is Fluttershy alright?" I asked, looking at Twilight, who seemed a little shocked.

"...Yes, she's fine. Just a small bruise.." She just stared at me, and then Klade, before speaking up. "..How did you do that to the manticore, and why?"

"Duston can explain how later." Klade stated, slowly walking up to us. "Why? It was about to throw a whole bridge at you. That could've possibly killed you, and/or Fluttershy."

"Well, that's true, but still... did you have to kill it? I'm sure I could've handled it on my own!" Twilight responded.

"We don't know that for sure. It's better to be safe then have a couple dead ponies, and God knows what crazy shit would storm from that. We could get blamed, and just, it could've been worse."

"He does have a point..." I eventually said. I couldn't help but feel guilty, however. "..I have to ask, though. Do manticores normally have yellow and red eyes?"

"Well, no..." She answered.

"Then something was clearly wrong with it." Klade responded. "Face it; this was for the best. And if there was something wrong with it, then there may possibly be something or somepony behind it."

"He is right..." Fluttershy spoke up. Everyone proceeded to stay silent, until Twilight eventually spoke up.

"... I'll see what I can do about this." She then looked at me and Klade, before looking at Fluttershy. "Well, since you're okay, I suppose I can let you go. Just be careful Fluttershy."

"I will be, don't worry." She replied, looking back at her. Twilight then looked back at us.

"Lets get this announcement over with first though. If nothing happens soon, I'll just pass this off as a bad coincidence."

"Alright. That seems good." I responded, putting the shotgun back in my backpack. Twilight just stared at it, most likely deciding to ask me what that was later.

"Well, lets get going." Twilight stated, beginning to walk off. Me and Klade followed her, the recent event still stuck in our minds.

? POV

"...These humans seem to be more dangerous than I thought. Hmm... well either way, my plan should work, and I'll be free once again! It's all just too perfect... At least I finally won't be trapped. It is so rather boring here... but now I must wait. Just a little longer..."

A/N: Chapter one over! Really hope you enjoyed! Took me over two weeks to revise it (Granted I was lazy as well) And nearly doubled the size of the chapter! I really hope you enjoyed. And for the heck of it, a small list of things I changed:

Much, much more description and better paragraph placement.

The characters should act more realistically.

Klade killed the manticore instead of Duston.

Hopefully the next chapter won't take so long to revise. End A/N