> A Brony's Guide to Equestria > by Blizzardz > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chapter 1: Every Brony's Dream > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" Any time I said those six fateful words in front of anybody in my class, they would nearly always begin laughing and teasing me for liking a show aimed at young girls, even though I've tried telling them it's not just a show for girls, they wouldn't listen and would continue teasing me constantly, especially this kid named Jake. He would bully me every chance he got and I was getting tired of it to say the least, but I was too shy to defend myself because he would probably just keep going anyway. Today at school was no different. Throughout the day, whenever Jake and I crossed paths, he would call me "pony boy" (really creative name there) I tried telling the teachers on multiple occasions, but they wouldn't do anything about it. Later that day, I was in my last class of the day, math class, and while we were waiting for the teacher to come in, I was drawing a picture of Pinkie Pie, my favourite My Little Pony character, when suddenly, I saw a familiar figure approaching me. "Hey Pony Boy." Jake snickered as he approached me. "Whatcha up to?" "None of your business, Jake." I replied sternly, trying to cover up my drawing. "Oh come on, let me take a look." Jake sneered, before he snatched the piece of paper. "Hey, give that back!" I exclaimed, but he wouldn't listen." Jake glanced at my picture and laughed hysterically. "Aww, how cute, you're drawing ponies." "Jake, seriously, give that back!" I exclaimed again, but Jake just laughed harder. "Or what, Pony Boy? You'll use the magic of friendship on me?" He asked, going into another laughing fit, before he started waving the picture around. "Hey everyone, check out Pony Boy's cute little drawing." Soon, some of the students were laughing along with Jake. That was it for me, it was the last straw, Jake had teased me for long enough, and that was the moment when something inside me snapped. "Give...that...BACK!" Before Jake had a chance to react, I quickly punched him right in the face, knocking him back and sending him crashing into a nearby desk, as it, along with him, clattered on the floor. At that moment, everyone stopped laughing and were silent. "Lukas! What on earth is going on here!" That was a voice I knew all too well, and all sense of anger left my body and was replaced by fear. I turned around and saw the teacher at the doorway, staring at me in both shock and anger. Needless to say, I had a lot of explaining to do. That night, I was just over at my friend Aaron's house doing what teenagers like us did best, playing video games, and as we were playing a good old game of Call of Duty, Aaron turned to me. "So Lukas, heard about your little outburst in Math class today." I paused the game and turned to him. "How did you hear about that?" "Word gets around. What happened this time?" He asked me. "Nothing, just Jake being himself." I replied, rolling my eyes. "Oh, was he making fun of you for liking MLP again?" "Yeah, and then I punched him, and then the teacher walked in, now I'm expelled for a week, and Jake's parents are mad at me as well." I explained. "Jesus, you're a beast!" Aaron said, slightly taken aback by my explanation. "Thanks Aaron, but I don't really feel like a beast, I feel more embarrassed." I replied honestly. "Come on, man. I mean, Jake's been bullying you for a few months, and you finally showed him who's boss." Aaron encouraged. "I guess you're right, I'm kinda glad I stood up for myself." I admitted, before I sighed heavily. "But I don't know why Jake has to tease me so much." "Dude, screw him, you like something, who cares what he thinks?" Aaron said. "Thanks Aaron, I really needed that." Suddenly, I looked up at the time on Aaron's wall, realizing it was way past my curfew. "Oh shoot, I should probably head back home, Aaron." "Already?" Aaron asked, before shrugging. "Alright Lukas, see ya tomorrow." After grabbing my backpack, I made my way out of Aaron's house and into the night, it was really quiet, aside from the sounds of distant traffic and the occasional aeroplane that flew past. But suddenly, as I was walking down the sidewalk, I saw a purple flash of light coming from somewhere behind the houses, I stood there for a moment, unsure if what I saw actually happened or if I was just seeing things from being too close to the TV. But just then, I saw another purple flash of light, this one seemed a lot brighter than the last one. Even though I was way past my curfew, I couldn't help but wonder what was causing this strange purple glow. After a moment of consideration, I decided to go investigate, even if that meant getting a stern talking to from my parents for missing curfew. I climbed over the fence, where it led me to a huge field, where I thought the light had come from. As I was looking around, I saw the purple glow again, it seemed to be coming from a nearby forest, so I quickly pulled out my phone to use it as a flashlight. Soon, I arrived at the forest where the glow came from, I waved my phone in each and every direction, but I was unable to find the source of the glow. Suddenly, my phone abruptly turned off, I tried turning it back on, but then it flashed the red battery symbol, much to my frustration. "Great, the one time I forget to charge my phone." I whispered angrily to myself. Now I was in complete darkness, but not for long as the purple glow came back. Quickly, I ran in the direction it came from, I didn't even care that I couldn't really see anything in front of me, and after what seemed like an eternity of running through the darkness, I had finally arrived at the source of the light, and my mouth hung open at what I saw. Less than a few feet away from me, was some kind of purple portal, right there, in front of me. I stared at the portal for what felt like hours, I just couldn't believe my eyes. But before I could start walking away, I suddenly felt something pulling me closer to the portal, like a magnetic force. As I got closer, everything started shaking around me, I tried to escape, but I couldn't move. Soon enough, a big flash of white light enveloped my vision, and after that, everything went black. Once I had started to regain consciousness, the first thing I felt was a strong headache as I put a hand to my throbbing head. As I opened my eyes, I was met with a bright light, causing me to shut them immediately. I felt a warm sensation on my body, like I was in the middle of a field on a sunny day. It turned out that assumption was true, as I opened my eyes much more slowly to adjust to the brightness and I looked around, I saw that I was indeed lying in the middle of a huge grassy field, with nearby flower blooming and birds flying past me. However, I couldn't help but feel a sense of familiarity with my new surroundings, like I had seen it somewhere before, the question is, where? Then suddenly, it hit me, like a wall of bricks, but I didn't want to believe it. "Am I... in Equestria?" There was no way that was true, this had to have been a dream or a hallucination. However, when I pinched myself, I didn't wake up, and I don't recall taking anything that may cause me to have hallucinations, it took a moment for my brain to process what was actually happening. "No way, there's just no way!" I said frantically. "I'm in Equestria. I'M IN EQUESTRIA!" I just couldn't believe it, I was actually here, in the land of literally every brony's dream, and I felt like I was going to die from a happiness attack as I couldn't stop grinning. The scenery around me was just like the show, birds flying, bunnies hopping, the smells of various flowers blooming in the field. "This... this feels so unreal." I said to myself, my cheeks started to hurt from how much I was smiling. "I'm actually here, in Equestria!" Slowly, I stood up, trying to gather my composure to keep me from passing out from the fact that I was in the place that bronies only dream of visiting. After breathing in and out, I felt a little more calmer as I looked around, in hopes of finding Ponyville, and sure enough, there it was in the distance, in all its glory. Even though it looked like a long walk, it was going to be worth it. As I made my way over there, I couldn't help but be reminded of that season one episode where Zecora visited Ponyville and caused everypony to freak out and hide from her, hopefully I don't provoke the same reaction. That got me thinking, what season of the show had I been transported to? Hopefully it's season eight because the school of friendship and the fact that everyone was more welcoming of different creatures. I walked for maybe a few minutes, until I had finally reached Ponyville, where I saw a huge wooden sign which read "Welcome to Ponyville." As I stared at the village in front of me, I mentally prepared myself for what I was about to get myself into. If I caused the ponies to freak out and run away, I had a speech ready about how I was harmless, but hopefully it didn't come to that. Slowly, I made my way towards the village, my heart still beating as I felt like it was about to jump out of my chest, and as I entered the village, I looked around, it was just like the show, ponies of all sorts of sizes and colors were all walking around, minding their own business, and they didn't seem to pay much attention to me, a human, being here, maybe they were more accepting of different creatures. But as I continued walking, I noticed that I had gained the attention of a few nearby ponies. However, instead of screaming and running around trying to hide, the ponies all just stared at me in awe, some of them were whispering to each other. Soon enough, there was a small crowd of ponies all gathered around me, I recognized a few of them as background ponies. Feeling a little nervous, I decided to introduce myself. "Hey everypony." I began, quickly getting used to their terminology. "My name's Lukas. I'm what's known as a human, I mean no harm to you, I promise." The crowd of ponies all "ooed" in amazement as they continued observing my appearance, I felt a little flustered with all the ponies looking at me, some of them were getting really close, so I quickly walked away, and that was that. Not bad for a first impression. But I was curious, where was the Mane Six, where was Starlight? Spike? The CMC's? I guess there was only one way to find out. I continued on my walk through Ponyville, a bit surprised by how quickly I had gained the ponies' trust, when I suddenly noticed a certain building in the distance, it was Twilight's crystal castle, and without thinking, I ran towards it, before I stopped myself, realizing that Twilight can get a bit... freaked out, and if she sees a creature like me, she would probably be so freaked out, she'd probably pass out. I thought for a moment, worried about how I should approach this, until I decided to just shoot my shot and talk to Twilight, I mean, I'm pretty sure she's had to deal with worse things than an unknown creature, like becoming a ruler of Equestria in Season 9 or having Chrysalis impersonate Cadence in A Canterlot Wedding, and probably much more. So I walked up the castle steps, and I looked up, realizing just how big Twilight's castle was up close. I hesitated for a moment, unsure how Twilight would react, that is, if Twilight even answered the door, it could be Starlight or Spike who answers it. Then I mustered up the courage and knocked on the doors, and as I wondered what I would even say to whoever answered, the door swung open and I saw that it was indeed Twilight. "Oh, uh, hello there." She said nervously, clearly not expecting to see a creature like me. "What can I do for you?" After a small exhale of air, I began. "Uh, hey, uh, Twilight, right?" "Yeah, that's me." Twilight replied, a little confused. "But how did you know my name? What even are you?" "It's a... long story." I replied hesitatingly. "Anyway, my name is Lukas, and I'm a human." "A human?" Twilight echoed, raising her eyebrows. "Well, what are you doing here, Lukas?" "Well, uh, I just wanted to..." "Hey Twi, who's at the door?" Before I could finish my sentence, a voice called from inside, and judging by how boyish it sounded, I had an idea on who it could be. Just then, a certain small purple dragon appeared beside Twilight, it was Spike, looking at him, I saw that he had wings, which led me to believe I was in the events of season eight. "Uh, what's that?" He asked Twilight, pointing at me. "It's something called a human." Twilight replied, like I wasn't there. "He says his name is Lukas." "Huh, he sure does look weird." Spike said, looking at me from head to toe. "Spike!" Twilight scolded, before turning back to me. "I'm sorry about him, why don't you come inside, Lukas? You can explain everything." "Okay." I replied, realizing that talking outside was a bit awkward. To Be Continued... > Chapter 2: Questions and Answers > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- As I stepped inside Twilight's castle, I noticed just how spacious it really looked, when I watched the show, I couldn't really get a good idea on how big the castle actually was, but now, I was here, in her castle. However, as I followed Twilight to what I could only assume was the library, I couldn't help wondering to myself, where was Starlight? Since Spike had wings when I saw him, that meant Starlight had to be here. As it turns out, I didn't have to wait long to get my answer as I heard a familiar voice call out; "Twilight, there you are." Twilight and I both looked over, and sure enough, Starlight herself was approaching us, or more specifically Twilight, she looked like she wanted to tell her something, but before she could, her eyes fell on me and she let out a small yelp in surprise. "Uh, Twilight, what is... that?" She asked nervously, stepping back slightly. "Oh, this is Lukas." Twilight replied. "He's a human." "A what-now?" Starlight said, clearly not familiar with that word. "A human." I repeated for her. "But don't worry, I'm friendly." "Oh, well, if you say so." Starlight replied, before extending a hoof towards me. "I'm Starlight Glimmer." I stared at her extended hoof, not sure of how to approach this, until I just shook her hoof, which was kind of weird for me to do, but Starlight didn't seem to mind. "Well, nice to meet you, Starlight." I said casually. "So, where did he come from?" Starlight asked Twilight. "That's just it, Starlight, I'm not sure yet." Twilight replied, putting a hoof on her chin. "I was hoping he could explain that for us." Twilight, Starlight, and now Spike, all turned and looked at me, the looks on their faces told me that they demanded to know about my sudden arrival. "Oh, well, um, you see..." I said worriedly, not knowing how to explain this. I didn't want to tell them I came from a different world, because then they might plan on sending me back, and I didn't want to leave Equestria just yet, but I also didn't want to lie in front of them, one of the elements of harmony is honesty after all. "You might not believe this, but I'm not actually from around here." "Really? I couldn't tell." Spike said jokingly, earning an annoyed look from Twilight. "Yeah, I'm actually..." I paused for a moment, worried about how they were going to react to what I was about to tell them. "From another world." "WHAT?!" Twilight, Starlight and Spike all exclaimed in unison. "Yep, you heard me right, I'm from another world." I explained, rubbing the back of my neck. "How did you end up in Equestria then?" Twilight asked, her voice trembling. "Well." I began, trying my best to remember. "I was walking late at night, and I saw this purple glow coming from nearby, so I went into the forest to investigate and I saw this portal, and it sucked me in, and the next thing I knew, I ended up here." "Wow." Was all Starlight could say. "Yeah, I know it sounds crazy, but it's all true." I assured them. "Well, since you're probably going to be here for a while, we may as well get you acquainted in Ponyville." Twilight thought. "Just wait 'til the others hear about this." Spike chuckled. "The others?" I said confusingly, acting like I didn't know who he was referring to, even though I probably did. "Oh, I should introduce you to my friends." Twilight exclaimed excitedly. "I'm sure they'd love to meet a..." She paused, momentarily forgetting what I was. "A human." "Right, a human." Twilight finished with a sheepish smile. After following Twilight, Starlight and Spike into the castle throne room, where the cutie map was, she had Spike write an urgent summon to her friends, telling them to meet her in the castle throne room immediately. Even though the situation wasn't that serious, at least I'd meet the rest of the mane six quicker, hopefully Rainbow Dash wouldn't try to tackle me, or Fluttershy wouldn't hide at the sight of me. While we waited for them to arrive, Spike approached me with a curious facial expression. "So, Lukas, what's it like in your world?" "Oh, well, it's... not the best, but it's relatively great." I explained in the best way I could. "It's got vehicles, technology, and a lot more." "Wow, sounds pretty cool." Spike said, his eyes twinkling. "What is a "vee-cule?" Starlight said, trying to pronounce the word. "Oh, right." I said in realization. "A vehicle is what we humans use to get around, and what we use to take us to places more quickly, there are all sorts of vehicles, like cars, boats, planes, trains, buses, and so much more." "Well, we have trains." Twilight added, referring to The Friendship Express. "And in case you're wondering, technology is what humans use pretty much every day in our lives, devices like phones, computers and tablets lets us play games, talk to people, and entertain ourselves." I explained, feeling like such an expert with all this knowledge I was providing them. "Interesting." Twilight said, leaning forward. "Would you be able to show us?" "I wish I could, but..." I began, before I remembered something. "Actually, I could." I then reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone, and even though it was dead, I could at least show them what it looked like. Also, if I turned it on, they would see my Pinkie Pie wallpaper and I would have to explain a few things. "This is a phone." I announced, showing it to them. "Wow, it looks... small." Starlight pointed out. "And shiny." Spike added, drooling a little bit. "Is it made out of gems?" He asked hopefully. I chuckled, moving the phone away from Spike to avoid having it covered in saliva. "No, it's made of metal, glass and plastic." "Oh." Spike groaned, wiping off his drool. Just then, the door to the throne room burst open and in came the rest of the mane six, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, all of them had worried looks on their faces, clearly because of how urgent the letter sounded. "Twilight, we came as soon as we could." Applejack exclaimed. "What's the emergency, darling?" Rarity asked. "This better be important, Twilight." Pinkie said sternly. "I had to leave in the middle of my newest baking masterpiece, Lemon Cupcake Surprise!" "Yeah, what's the deal, Twi?" Rainbow asked, flying up to her. "You interrupted me in the middle of reading the newest Daring Do book, and I really want to know how she managed to escape The Tomb of Doom." "Um... what's that?" Fluttershy whispered, seemingly being the only one to notice me. Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie and Rainbow all looked at me with wide eyes. Honestly, I was surprised that none of them noticed me until now, I guess they were all so focused on the reason for the urgent summon. "What in tarnation is that?" Applejack asked, raising her eyebrows. "Girls, this is Lukas, he's a human." Twilight replied. "A...human?" Fluttershy said nervously. "Never heard of that creature before." "Yeah, I figured you haven't." I chuckled. "Wow, a new creature? That's so exciting!" Pinkie exclaimed. "And totally crazy." Rainbow Dash added while crossing her hooves. "Well, I think he looks like a charming little darling." Rarity commented, fluttering her eyelashes. "Oh, uh, thank you." I stuttered, before I saw Spike glaring at me intently. "So, what's your deal here anyway, huh?" Rainbow asked, flying right up in my face. "Where did you even come from?" "Yeah, no offense, but you don't exactly look like you're from around these parts." Applejack added. "Well, Lukas is actually from another world." Starlight replied. "WHAT?!" The rest of the mane six exclaimed in unison. "Yep, she speaks the truth, everyone." I said, having already gone through this with Twilight, Starlight and Spike. "And before any of you guys ask, I came here from a portal." "Wow, I knew you said it was an urgent summon, Twi, but I didn't expect this." Applejack said, leaning towards Twilight. "Look girls." Twilight began. "I know Lukas may be a little different from us." "A little?" Rainbow interjected. Twilight glared at Rainbow before continuing. "But I know that if we work together, we'll be able to get him settled here in Ponyville." "Wait, wait, wait." Pinkie said frantically. "Are you saying that..." "Yes Pinkie, until we can find a way to send him back home, he'll be staying here." Twilight replied. Pinkie's eyes widened with pure joy as I knew immediately what she was planning. "Oh my gosh, a new creature living in Ponyville, you know what that means? A Welcome to Ponyville party!" Pinkie then pulled her party cannon out of nowhere and it blasted confetti everywhere. "Alright Pinkie, simmer down, we don't wanna startle Lukas." Applejack advised. "Now Lukas, this is Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy." Twilight said, pointing towards each of them as they greeted me individually. "Hello!" "Howdy, sugarcube." "Sup?" "Hello Lukas, darling." "Um, hello." "Nice to meet you girls." I said, a bit surprised by how calm they acted. When the rest of the mane six left later that day, I took a moment to reflect over today's events, I, a brony, had found some otherworldly portal that somehow transported me to the land of every brony's dream, and as far as I knew, there was no way back, I was stuck here in Equestria, and needless to say, I couldn't be any more happier. That evening, Twilight was showing me around the castle since I was going to be resonating in it for the time being, something I wasn't too salty about, as long as I had a place to stay here, I'd be good. As Twilight showed me around, I realized just how big it really was, I guess Starlight's line from The Crystalling was accurate, this castle did look smaller from the outside. After the castle tour, Twilight led me to a certain pair of doors, and signalled for me to open them, so I did and once I looked inside, I saw what I could assume was one of the guest rooms of the castle. "This will be your room, I know it's not much, but it gets the job done." Twilight said as we both walked inside. "Wow, not bad." I nodded, just happy to have a room here. Just then, Spike appeared in the doorway, holding a scroll in his claws. "Hey Twilight, just got done arranging your class schedule for tomorrow." "Thanks Spike." Twilight turned to him, before turning back to me. "Sorry Lukas, I have a really important class to prepare for tomorrow. See you in the morning." Twilight then followed Spike, closing the doors behind her with her magic. It took me a moment to realize what she said, I looked out a nearby window, and even though it was kind of difficult to make out in the dark, I could faintly see the School of Friendship. How had I not noticed that when I was approaching the castle? I guess I was just so focused on talking to Twilight that I didn't pay much attention to it. Although, in hindsight, I probably should've known that the School of Friendship was here since Spike had wings. Deciding to no longer be concerned about what timeline of the show I was in, I made my way into bed. The mattress and pillows were soft and delicate, and the blanket immediately filled my body with warmth. I know I haven't technically spent a full day here yet, I think it's safe to say that I'm going to have a new, exciting, interesting, and probably temporary life here in Equestria. To Be Continued... > Chapter 3: My New Life Starts Today > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- That morning, I woke up and found out that I was still in my guest room in the castle, meaning that all of this wasn't actually a dream and I was really here in Equestria. I mean, everything felt real up to this point, but it just seemed too good to be true, but now I was convinced that this was actually happening to me. I wondered what time it was, but since there were no clocks in the room, it was a bit difficult for me to figure that out. So I just assumed, judging from the sunlight beaming through the curtains, that it was somewhere around nine o'clock. I then got out of bed, put on my shoes and stretched for a moment, that sleep was probably the best I've ever had, the mattress was soft and the room had the perfect temperature. After stretching, I noticed that there was a mirror in the room, much like Twilight and Starlight had in their rooms, I approached it, looking at my messy, unkempt hair. I thought I at least had to look presentable for my first day in Equestria, so I started searching in the drawers, until I saw a hairbrush, Twilight really did think of everything. When I was done brushing my hair, I walked out of my room in hopes of finding Twilight around somewhere, but the castle hallways seemed to be bigger and more spacious than ever. Just then, I saw Spike walking by, I called out to him. "Morning Spike." Spike turned to me and smiled. "Oh, morning Lukas, how did you sleep?" "Pretty good, actually. Uh, hey, do you know where Twilight is?" I asked him "Oh, she and Starlight went to work at the School of Friendship." Spike replied. "The School of Friendship?" I said confusingly, pretending like I didn't know what that was. "Yep, it's a school where different kinds of creatures learn about friendship." Spike explained. "Twilight is a headmare and teacher there, while Starlight is the guidance counselor. Usually I'd be helping Twilight with teaching, but she said she could handle her class on her own, which I kinda doubt." "Why's that?" I asked. "Well, you may not know this." Spike said while leaning closer towards me. "But Twilight tends to get a bit... well... freaked out." "Well, isn't that the understatement of the day." I thought to myself. "And if she doesn't have her faithful dragon assistant by her side, who knows what could happen?" Spike continued. "Yeah, I can imagine." I chuckled, before my stomach rumbled, reminding me that I haven't eaten anything in a while. "Oh, sounds like you're hungry." Spike said jokingly. "You know, I've got some gems I've been saving up." "Uh, thanks Spike, but I think I'll pass." I replied, while wondering to myself what gems actually tasted like. "Eh, more for me then." Spike shrugged, before he ran off, presumably to go chow down on his gems. It took me longer than I thought it would, but I finally managed to find the kitchen. As I entered and looked around for something to eat, I noticed that there were a stack of pancakes on the table in the middle of the room, since Twilight and Starlight had already left and Spike was probably snacking on some gems, I assumed that Twilight made these for me. After eating my pancakes, which were really good by the way, I wondered what I should do for my first day here, there were just so many possibilities, I could go visit Sugarcube Corner or Sweet Apple Acres, but given that the rest of the mane six only met me yesterday, I wasn't too sure if they'd be fine with me visiting them since they were probably still getting used to me. Pinkie seemed excited about meeting me, so maybe she'd be fine with me visiting her, but then again, she was probably busy preparing for my Welcome to Ponyville party and I didn't want to bother her. I left the castle, the sunlight beaming down on me as I walked down the steps. I stood there for a moment, taking in all the sounds around me, the birds chirping as they flew above, the distant chatter of ponies, the sound of a nearby flowing river, I still couldn't believe I was actually here, but I should just forget about the impossibilities and just fulfill my new life here in the magical land of Equestria. Looking over to my left, I saw the School of Friendship, a lot more clearer this time. Since Spike had mentioned to me that Twilight was on her own teaching, I thought I would just check up on her and see if she was freaking out or feeling overwhelmed. With that in mind, I began walking towards the school. I walked up the pathway that led towards the entrance, the sound of the waterfall flowing nearby filled my ears as I got closer towards the doors. I took in a big breath, before I opened the doors and was met with an array of ponies all walking around the hallways to get to class, this got me thinking, where were the student six? I assumed that they were already in their classes. "Whoa, uh, what are you supposed to be?" A tomboyish voice called out from behind me. I turned around and saw Smolder flying in front of me with a confused look on her face. "Oh, hey, uh, I'm a human." I replied, surprised by her appearance. "A human? Huh, weird." She shrugged. "Oh well, I guess this place is for every creature after all." "Oh, I'm not actually enrolling here, I just decided to visit." I explained, before extending a hand. "I'm Lukas, by the way." "Smolder." She replied, shaking my hand with her claw, which was kind of sharp, but I didn't say anything. "So, where are you off to?" I asked, wondering what class she had. "Oh, I was just heading to the library to study with my friends." Smolder replied, before her face lit up, she seemed to have an idea. "Hey, wanna meet my friends?" "Sure, I'm up for that." I followed Smolder to the school library, and on the way, she asked me where I was from, since I didn't want to worry her about me being from another world, I told her I was from another town and she believed it, I just hope she doesn't find out the truth. When we arrived at the library, the first thing I noticed was how big it was, even my school library wasn't this big. Smolder then led me towards a table, where the rest of the student six, Sandbar, Ocellus, Gallus, Silverstream and Yona, were sitting at, books and paper scattered all around them. I wish me and my friends were this dedicated about studying, maybe then we wouldn't have failed that Geometry test. "There you are, Smolder." Silverstream exclaimed excitedly. "We were beginning to think you wouldn't show up." "Yeah, sorry 'bout that, guys." Smolder said sheepishly, giving a nervous laugh. "Uh, Smolder, what is... that thing?" Sandbar asked, pointing at me. "Oh right." Smolder said in realization. "Guys, this is Lukas, he's a..." She paused, before turning to me. "Uh, what are you again?" "A human." I replied. "Right, he's a human." Smolder finished. The rest of the student six just stared at me silently, unsure of what to think of me. Eventually, Ocellus broke the silence. "A human?" She said nervously. "Yeah, I'm a human." I repeated, stepping closer towards the group. "Nice to meet you all." Just then, Silverstream jumped up from her seat as she flew up to me, before she shook my hand vigorously yet friendly. "Hiya Lukas, I'm Silverstream, it's sooooo nice to meet you too, I can tell we're gonna be great friends." "I swear, Silverstream's energy could rival Pinkie's" I thought to myself. "Whoa, whoa, slow down, Silverstream." Smolder said. "You only just met him." "Whoops, sorry Lukas." Silverstream apologized. "It's okay, Silverstream." I assured her. "You were just excited, that's all." "Anyways, Lukas, this is Sandbar, Ocellus, Gallus and Yona." Smolder said, gesturing towards each of them, like Twilight did when introducing me to her friends. "So, what are you guys studying for?" I asked. "It's this exam about the ancient artifacts of Equestria and their importance in Equestria history." Ocellus replied, pulling out a book, with pictures of various artifacts. "Wow, sounds like a lot of work." I chuckled. "Tell me about it." Gallus groaned sarcastically, resting his head on his talon. "Yeah, test too hard." Yona said in agreement. "Yona stuck." "I can relate." I sighed, feeling just the same way as they did when it came to studying. "So Lukas." Sandbar said, getting my attention. "I'm curious, what are you doing here?" "Oh, I was just visiting to check on Twilight." I replied, before I remembered the whole reason why I came here. "Oh, that reminds me, I gotta go check on her. Well it was fun talking to all of you." I called out as I began to leave. To Be Continued...