CHAPTER 2

After being knocked out cold, Kevin slowly began to gain consciousness. 'What a dream." Unfortunately, once Kevin was fully awake, he realized that he was not in his bedroom.

Once again he took in his surroundings, and saw that he was lying in someone's bed in what looked like the inside of some sort of tree. He was immediately snapped out of his thoughts when he heard the rattling of a doorknob.

Kevin felt kind of nervous as he looked at the lower floor where a wooden door slowly opened, and the thing that stepped in was the same lavender colored pony that he had encountered earlier. "Ah, I see that you're finally awake," she said and walked up the steps towards him, "How are you feeling?"

"Um…" Kevin said a little unsure.

Twilight quickly noticed this and said, "You don't have to be afraid, I don't bite."

"Okay?"

"Why don't I introduce myself, my name is Twilight Sparkle," she said kindly to him, "What's your name?"

"Um, my names Kevin," he replied while feeling a bit uneasy.

"Nice to meet you Kevin."

Before Twilight could say anything else, Kevin interrupted by saying, "Not to ruin this nice introduction, but, where am I?"

"Oh, you're in Equestria."

"Equestria?"

"Yes, and right now you're in a town called Ponyville."

"So, is everyone in Ponyville a pony?"

"Not just Ponyville, all of Equestria. And it's not 'everyone,' it's 'everypony,'" Twilight corrected him.

"Oh, okay."

"So, any other questions?"

"Yeah, how did I get here?"

"I think that's probably my fault," said Twilight with an embarrassed expression on her face, "As you can see by my horn, I am a unicorn, and unicorns have the ability to perform magic."

Kevin listened very carefully, and was intent on hearing the answer of why he was here.

"Well, I decided to try out a new spell that allows the user to gaze into other worlds, but unfortunately it sort of backfired, and next thing I saw outside my window was a bright light in the woods nearby. Luckily it was nighttime, so everypony except me was sound asleep. The next morning I went to investigate the light and I found you. So I assume that the spell must have accidentally brought you here."

After hearing what Twilight said, Kevin had a shocked expression on his face, and had a hard time believing at what Twilight had just told him. "So this isn't all just a dream or some kind hallucination?"

"I'm afraid not," said Twilight with sympathy in her voice.

"But, how do I get back home, and how would my mom feel when she sees that I've gone missing?" Kevin wondered as a tear began trickling down his cheek.

Twilight quickly noticed this and placed a hoof on his shoulder. "Hey, it'll be alright, I promise I'll do whatever I can to help you get back home." Twilight said with a sincere smile.

"You really mean that?"

"Count on it."

After Twilight removed her hoof from Kevin's shoulder, he wiped the tear from his eye and got himself out of bed and followed Twilight down the steps and out of the room. Once they both had exited the room, they were walking downstairs into a circular room that looked like a library.

Once they had entered the library area, Kevin noticed a strange creature standing on a ladder placing some books onto a shelf. Kevin focused on the creature and noticed that it was a small purple dragon with green spikes and a yellow underbelly. Kevin could not believe his eyes. 'An actual dragon!'

After the small dragon placed the last book onto the shelf, he carefully stepped down the ladder, and turned to see Kevin standing next to Twilight. "Hey Twilight, all done placing the books back on the shelf in alphabetical order."

"Thank you Spike," replied Twilight.

The dragon now known as 'Spike' looked at Kevin and held his claw out to him, and said, "Hi, I'm Spike, Twilight's number one assistant."

Kevin felt a little uneasy at first, but could tell that Spike was definitely a friendly creature, so he carefully took Spike's claw and shook it. "I'm Kevin."

"Nice to meet ya Kevin, I saw Twilight carrying you in here using some levitation magic, and I was pretty surprised when I saw you."

"Spike!" Twilight scolded.

"What?"

"No, it's okay Twilight. I don't mind." Kevin said.

"Well, okay," Twilight said, then turned her attention back to her little assistant, "Spike, take a letter."

Spike then quickly grabbed a parchment and a quill and waited for what to write down.

Twilight cleared her throat and said, "Dear Princess Celestia, I was working on a new spell that allows the user to view into other worlds, but I'm afraid that the spell I was performing backfired, and it brought a being from another world into ours. I found him in white tail woods, and brought him back to my library. His name is Kevin, and he is a human. I'm going to do whatever it takes to help him return back home. I also hope that you welcome him into Equestria. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."

After Spike finished writing down on the scroll, he rolled up the parchment and took a deep breath, and to Kevin's bewilderment, Spike blew green flames onto the scroll and caused it to magically disintegrate into thin air.

Kevin wanted to ask about the green fire part, but instead he decided to ask a more important question. "So, Equestria has a princess?"

"Yes, Celestia is our great ruler along with her sister, Princess Luna," Twilight answered.

Before Kevin could say anything else, Spike let out a big belch of green fire and a scroll materialized into the air, and landed on the floor. Spike picked up the scroll and unrolled it, and read it to out load for Spike and Kevin to hear. "Ahem, My dearest most faithful student Twilight, I'm quite surprised that one of your spells has brought a new being into our world. I must admit that even I have not heard of a human before, but next time you might want to practice on your magic some more before trying a spell like that again. In the meantime, try and help Kevin get settled into Ponyville awhile. I have a feeling that he will be staying with us for quite a while. Also tell Kevin that I welcome him into Equestria, and hope that he makes it back to his home world, too. Your mentor, Princess Celestia."

After Spike had finished reading the scroll, Twilight looked at Kevin and said, "Looks like you'll be staying with us for a while."

"Yeah, I guess so," Kevin said with his head down.

Twilight got a sympathetic look on her face and looked at Kevin with a sincere smile, and said, "Not to worry Kevin, as Princess Celestia's faithful student, it will be my responsibility to look after you, and to help you find a way back to your home world."

"Thanks Twilight," said Kevin with a small smile.

"I have an idea!" Spike interjected, "Why don't we show him around, and even introduce him to all our friends?"

"That's a great idea Spike," said Twlight.

"Um, okay," said Kevin feeling a little unsure.

"Well then, let's go," said Twilight as she headed towards the front door, with Kevin and Spike following.

"Oh, I almost forgot," said Twilight as she stopped at the door.

Kevin looked at Twilight with a confused look and the lavender pony's horn became surrounded in a purple aura, and next thing Kevin saw was a book that was being levitated towards them that was also in the same purple aura. "I also found this in white tail woods, and I assume it's yours?"

When Twilight showed the front of the book to Kevin, the young human could not be happier. "My Robin Hood Book!" Kevin said with excitement.

Kevin took the book from midair and held it to his chest. "Thanks Twilight."

"It's no big deal," said Twilight.

They then left through the entrance of the library and began the tour through Ponyville.