Sugarcube Corner fell into silence. All of its patrons were shocked of what they were seeing, including the owners of the shop, Mr. and Mrs. Cake, jaws dropped to the floorboards from what their eyes were showing them. A bipedal creature with a dark mane with blonde bangs. Standing in front of it was the Main 6 who happened to have waltz in with the creature following them. Out of nowhere, Pinkie Pie appeared in front of them with a large smile on her face.

She introduced her landlords/employers to the creature behind her: "Mr. and Mrs. Cake, I would like you to meet our new friend, Jake West!" The Cakes started to mumble, unable to say a single word.

"Uh, Pinkie, I think we should just skip the introduction until everyone's comfortable with the situation," Twilight told her friend, looking around and noticing the stares they were receiving from the other patrons.

"Ahhh! But I want everyone to meet our new friend!" Pinkie started to whine, eyes became puppy dog eyes to the lavender Alicorn.

The Alicorn placed a hoof on her pink friends' mouth, silencing her while giving her a reassuring smile. "Trust me, Pinkie, let's wait until everyone is settled with Jake's presence, then will introduce him." Still having her friends' hoof in her mouth, Pinkie Pie then pulled out a small marker board and a pink marker from her hair and started writing down what she wanted to say. Twilight was now a bit puzzled. Pinkie turned the board over and showed a drawing of her, shouting "Okie! Dokie! Lokie!" very excitedly. Twilight then removed her hoof from Pinkie's mouth.

Twilight felt someone tapping on her right shoulder. She turned and noticed that it was Jake trying to get her attention. Jake leaned and whispered into the Alicorns' right ear, "Is she on some special medication?" Twilight giggled and replied with a wave of her hoof. "No, Jake! Pinkie Pie's always like that! Just Pinkie Pie being...well, Pinkie Pie!"

All she got was a deadpanned expression from the human. The girls, Spike, and Jake sat at a table in the center. Spike, being the love-sick puppy, sat next to Rarity who didn't really mind the baby dragon's company. "So, darling, tell us all about yourself. Tell us about your world and your friends," Rarity questioned while she rubbed Spike's head.

"Yeah, like are there any dragon in your world?" Spike added with curious eyes. Jake scratched his right cheek with his index finger and flashed a weak smile. He finally answered the baby dragon's question, but it wasn't a very happy one, "Well, yeah, there are dragons in my world, but are regarded as a myth in my world. They are regarded as the second most intelligent species on Earth, humans coming in third and dolphins first, but they're more of an endangered species, now."

Spike didn't like hearing that word. "Endangered! W-what happened to them!? How did that happen!?" The others had the same expression on their faces. That's when Jake started to explain: "Well, it's a very long and very complicated story. You see, in my world, humans and dragons had a very complicated relationship. Since ancient times, humans have fought and slain dragons, protecting their homes and lands from the winged creatures; however, this occurred frequently in the Western part of the world. In the Eastern part of the world, dragons are revered as divine being who are able to control the clouds and bring rain to farmers, giving them a status to that of 'gods'." Now, hearing the last part made Spike happy. "Then came the birth of the Dragon-Slayers."

"Dragon-slayers? Now, who in tarnation are they?" Applejack inquired.

"The Dragon-Slayers are a clan of, well, as the name implies, dragon slayers, or dragon hunters. According to their code, if you are able to slay a dragon, you would have the honor of turning its carcass into a trophy by forming its bones into weapons and its blood into an elixir of heath. You'd be amazed of what items you can make with the blood, bones, and flesh of dragons," Jake started receiving glares from the others, which made him start to change the subject. "Moving on, after the founding of the Dragon-Slayers, much of the dragon population fell into decline and were on the verge of extinction; however, another group was formed to protect the surviving dragon population, called the 'Dragonkeepers'. Now, the Dragonkeepers are considered the opposite to the Dragon-Slayers, wanting to preserve the diminishing dragon population, believing that they hold the answer that all life wants: 'Why are we here?' So, thousand years later, the Dragon-Slayers have been trying to find the remaining dragons, but as time goes by many of their members started to decline, giving up and going on with their lives."

Rarity raised her right hoof in the air to get Jake's attention. "I'm sorry to interrupt you, but you said that, in your world, dragons are now regarded as a myth. If so, then how do you know all of this?"

"Oh, it's because a few months back, my friends and I traveled to a place on Earth called the 'Himalayas' where we ran into the Dragonkeepers. They were living in a cave located in the northern mountains, hiding from the outside world. Inside was an entire city, but there was, also, a breeding ground filled with every type of dragon from every mythology in the world. That is, until the Dragon-Slayers, or what was left of them, discovered the Dragonkeepers home and attempted a home invasion."

"Oh my Celestia, what happen? Was the Dragon-Slayers invasion successful and what about the Dragons?" Twilight couldn't hold in the suspense and wanted to know what happened next. Then Pinkie Pie started hoping in her seat, saying with so much energy, "Ooo, ooo, I bet you and your friends helped the Dragonkeepers fight back and saved all the dragons!" Jake became wide-eyed and replied to the pink pony, "Actually, That's how it went down."

He continued from where he left off, "During the invasion, the Dragonkeepers pleaded for our help. Now, they did have weapons but they were no mach against the Dragon-Slayers' weapons and their martial art skills, which were the kind use to deal with dragons. Heh, you should've seen how excited Marcus was when he heard we were about to fight. He was all like 'Haha! This will be a glorious battle to prove my strength!' After the battle was over, I think many of the Dragon-slayers either surrendered or retreated." He stopped as he took a bit of the cupcake in front of him. They were brought to them by Mrs. Cake who was still trembling at Jake's presence. "Anyway, I don't remember what happened after that."

"Wait, why can't you remember what happened during your battle with those Dragon-Slayer guys?" Rainbow Dash shouted with suspicion. "What did you leave your friends behind, or something?" Jake glared at the cyan pegasus, letting out an irritated sigh due to her annoyance. "No, I didn't leave them behind. The reason why I don't remember is because I was riding on the back of the 21,000-year-old dragon, 'Shenlong,' while flying in the air. We acted as air support against the Dragon-Slayers, but it wasn't just me. My friends, Elizabeth and Michelle, aided me and Shenlong while my other friends, Omar and Darien, were riding on the dragons, Ryujin and the Guivres."

"Tell us, who's Shenlong and those other dragons. We'd really like to know?" Spike begged with a smile on his face. Twilight turned her attention to her assistant, rolling her eyes while giving him a smile, saying, "Technically, you're the one who really wants to know, spike."

Jake leaned back against his chair as he tried to gather his thoughts. He finally answered the baby dragons' question, "Well, like I said before, Shenlong is a 21,000-year-old dragon and is one of the few oldest living dragons still alive; the others being much younger than the older generation. He an Oriental Dragon, having green scales and a serpentine-like body with the claws of a tiger and the antlers of a deer on his head." Spike arched a right eye at how the dragon was described. "He's, also, the guardian of the ancient country of China, which is called the 'Land of the Dragon', but that's only in name, not in actuality." Jake finished speaking and was waiting to hear the other's response, asking with a light grin, "Okay, well, anything else you'd like to ask about?"

Twilight sparkle was the one to speak up, "Yes, uhm...how about you tell us about your friends, Jake. Like the ones you said before." Then Pinkie appeared in front of Jake, leaning face-to-face with huge, beady eyes, "Yeah, like Marcus, Elizabeth, Michelle, Omar, and Darien!" He was a little impressed by Pinkie's eidetic memory.

Tapping on his chin, Jake started to think, "Hmm, who do I start with? Oh yeah, I know who." He started talking about his first friend. "Elizabeth Tylor was my first friend I met in 10th grade. She has a very sardonic and stoic attitude towards everything and tends to be a little pessimistic at times. When outside of school, she likes to dress up in Gothic Lolita and we would hang out, going to antique shops to find ancient grimoire or go on adventures with the others."

"She sounds like one interesting girl," Twilight commented.

Jake hadn't even mentioned the best part about Elizabeth, yet, "She is, but the one thing that's interesting about her is that she's a cambion."

"A cam-what now!?" Exclaimed Applejack, being unfamiliar with the word. Actually, everyone in front of Jake was unfamiliar with that word. Jake started to explain, "A cambion: The hybrid offspring created from the union between a demon and a human."

"So, your friend, Elizabeth, is half-demon! That's so awesome!" Rainbow Dash shouts in awe, taking interest in Jake's story. Tell you the truth, she was barely paying any attention. Jake replies, "Yeah, it is." He continues telling them about his friends.

"Now, who else should I talking about? Well, now, there's Xavier Santos. He is one person you don't want to get mad! Hehe" Jake let out a light chuckle, but reverted back to his previous expression. "Anyway, Xavier is a very antisocial and aggressive man. He's a fire elemental: a magic-user, like myself, who has ascetically become one with his element. Then there's Marcus, a werewolf/human hybrid with a strong sense of honor and loyalty. When he turns into his true form, his hands become giant paws and his arms become huge and are covered in fur, but stop at the elbows."

Twilight arched an eyes as she started to become skeptical, 'Wait, you have a friend...who is a werewolf?" Jake corrected the Alicorn princess, "Actually, he's a werewolf/human hybrid. His father was a werewolf and his mother was human."

Jake continued: "Then there's Omar Amiri, a very powerful alchemist who is descended from a long lineage of Persian Alchemists. He was able to create two philosopher stones and he, also, suffers from OCD."

"OCD? You mean 'Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?" Twilight inquires with the usual uncharacteristic tone of voice she would make at times. "That's right. You have that in your world. too?" Jake was a bit surprise. He thought that the cut little ponies in front of him would have no knowledge of the disease. Spike was the one to answer Jake's question: "We do. Twilight tends to act like that when things aren't organized well." Twilight blushed and let out a light 'hehe', remembering the incident involving her favorite toy and her almost descent into madness.

Jake chuckled, a little, "Yeah, I know the feeling. One time, when Omar was cleaning his laboratory, which was located behind his bookshelf, I accidentally took one of his beakers off of his 'beaker shelf' and ruined the four-beaker-pattern. He swap the beaker out of my hand, placed it back on the shelf, and said to me, 'Don't take the beaker off the shelf' in an aggressive tone."

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The front door of Sugar Cube's Corner opened as the green unicorn, Lyra Heartstrings, and the light fuschia pony, Sweetie Drops, stepped inside the bakery. Closing the door behind them, the two were looking for a table when, suddenly, Lyra gasped. "S-Sweetie Drop! Look over there." She pointed a hoof in one direction. "Do you see what I'm seeing!?"

"What are you talking about, Ly-" Sweetie Drops' jaw dropped to the floor when her eyes spotted a strange creature she had never seen before.

"It's a human! I knew they were real!" Lyra started jumping into the air, acting just like Pinkie Pie when she's excited about something. Her heart was filled with excitement and glee, clapping her front hooves together as a huge grin formed on her face.

,Closing her mouth, Sweetie Drops rolled her eyes with a smile on her face: "Okay, Lyra, you were right. Now, can we find a table before they're...Lyra?" Her friend, Lyra, disappeared into thin air, her eyes searching everywhere for the green unicorn.

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Jake was taking a break from telling his new friends about his old friends. In front of him, were forty cupcakes, which were enough to give someone diabetes, given to him by Mrs. Cake, herself. Now, the others each had like four or five cupcake, but Jake ordered forty for himself. He started scarfing them' all down, but stopped to take sips from his glass of milk. The girls and Spike were both impressed by Jake's metabolism. Suddenly, something from Jake's right side started poking at his cheeks. Jake turned around, but nothing was there. Then he noticed a pair of green hooves pressing and rubbing his cheeks. Looking up, Jake sees a green unicorn with a light grayish cyan mane flashing a creepy smile as she continued rubbing his cheeks. "Ummm...can I help you?" Jake asked while feeling a bit unnerved.

"Oh great, it's Lyra. Anyone want to bet that she'll spazz out?" Rainbow Dash glared at the green unicorn while letting out a sigh of contempt. "Oh, it's nice to see you, Lyra. Aren't you usually with Sweetie Drops?" Twilight greeted, warmly, as three beads of sweat formed on her left temple. Lyra didn't hear the princess. She kept on gawking at Jake, placing her left hoof in his hair and feeling every strand there was.

"This is getting very uncomfortable," Jake commented with blank white eyes. "Your mane is so...so shiny and soft! Tell me, what do humans do? What do they eat? Can your race move objects with their minds?" "Oi, stop asking me weird questions! And what do you think I am, some sort of psychic!?" Jake shouted, annoyed by the green unicorns' questions, while forming a comical angry expression, consisting of blank white eyes and sharp teeth.

"Darling, please, can't you see your gestures are making Jake awkward?" Rarity pleaded, picking up the unicorn fan-girl with her horn glowing blue as a blue aura surrounded Lyra. She lifted her up and placed her down on their side of the table. Running towards them, Sweetie Drops grabs Lyra and drags her away, shouting, "Lyra, there you are! I've been looking everywhere for you and I find you here acting like some crazy fan-girl!" "No, his mane is so soft! I want to touch it some more!" Lyra screamed, struggling to escape from Sweetie Drops' grip.

Unbeknownst to Jake, the pink ball of energy crept beside him and, just like Lyra, began touching his hair, feeling the softness it possessed, despite its spiky appearance. To break the awkwardness, Jake pointed out to the others that Fluttershy was gone: Hey, guys, where did Fluttershy go?" The others took noticed of their friend's absence and then turn back to Jake.

"Huh, Ah wonder where that lil' mare went off to?" Applejack scratched the back of her head with her left front hoof, looking around for the yellow pegasus.

Pinkie Pie took notice, removing her hooves from Jake's hair, to his relief, and replied to her southern friend, "Maybe she got abducted by aliens! Quick, we have to find her before-" The pink pony was silenced by her rainbow maned friend, "Calm down, Pinkie! She must've just went to the bathroom. she'll be back later." To there surprise, Fluttershy had return, but she was hovering off the ground, having something in her hooves. "There you are, darling. We were wondering about where you were?" Said Rarity with a small grin. She noticed something was in the yellow pegasus' hooves. "I say, Fluttershy, what's that you have in your hooves."

"Oh, I was heading to the bathroom when I saw this cut little kitty-cat in the back of Sugar Cube Corner. I couldn't leave the poor thing all alone," Fluttershy replied, rubbing the cat's belly and hearing it purr. "This is a very strange kitty because it has two tails, see." She lifts the cat and shows it to her friends. This brought Jake's attention as he snaps, turning his head to Fluttershy's location with both his eyes widened, saying, "Did you say 'two tails'?"

Opening its' eyes, the two-tailed cat turns its' attention to Jake. She started becoming excited as her eyes were replaced with a pair of hearts. It leaps out of the yellow pegasus' embrace and fly towards Jake, but before it could reach him, a white cloud, mysteriously, appears and covers the cat in its mist. Then, coming out of the cloud wasn't the cat but a naked girl with silver hair and a child-like appearance, having a pair of cat ears and two cat tails. "Onii-Chan" the catgirl shouted as she tackles the boy to the ground. Jake kept pushing the catgirl off of him, but her grip was too strong as she rubbed her left cheek against his right cheek. "Oh, onii-chan, I've been looking for you all day! I followed your lovely sent to this this weird place and I just knew you would be here!." Jake couldn't answer. After seeing her naked body, Jake passed out while blood started gushing out of his nose.

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30-minutes-later...

The Mane Six and Spike left Sugar Cube Corner a bit soon. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were helping carrying Jake's unconscious body while Fluttershy was carrying catgirl (Who reverted back into her cat form). Suddenly, Pinkie Pie gasped like something horrible was about to happen. This was a shock since her Pinkie Senses weren't acting up. Well, her knees didn't feel pinchy. So, nothing scary was coming. Many of her friends were alert by this with Twilight asking with a concern look, "Pinkie, what's wrong!?"

"I just remembered!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed. "I forgot to throw Jake a surprise party and since we have another friend, here, I'll have to throw two parties for them! Shoot, if only I haven't taken my party cannon to get fixed!" She, suddenly, had an idea pop into her head. "Oh, I know...I'll throw both of them a super, mega party! This is so exciting, I have to pee!"

"That's great 'n all, but could ya give me a hand with Jake here," asked the orange pony, moving, sluggishly, carrying the human on her pack. "Yeah, what does this guy eat. He so freakin' heavy," Rainbow Dash complained as she lifted Jake's arms to balance out Applejack's equilibrium.

Pinkie Pie smiled, saying, "Okie dokie lokie!", rushing over and helping the two mares carry their human friend. The Mane Six's destination was Carousal Boutique, not because Jake needed a new pair of clothes, but because their other new friend needs a pair of clothes to wear.

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At the Carousal Boutique...

"So, this girl over there is one of your friends and her name is...'Neko' and she can change into a cat whenever she wants to," Twilight Sparkle was having a discussion with the conscious Jake, albeit a little skeptical. Jake, now awake, had stuck some tissue paper in his nose to stop the nosebleeds. The two were sitting on the Boutique's floor, Twilight sitting on her flank like a regular pony and Jake sitting with his arms and legs crossed, and were waiting for Rarity to be finished with Neko's clothes. Jake replied to the princess, "Indeed, her full name is 'Neko Gin' and she is a nekomata: A two-tailed cat spirit who can take on the form of a human and are the cousins of the bakeneko, the cat beast." He let out a sigh of relief as a smile started to crack on his face. "Well, I guess maybe my friends did come to this world, just like me."

[i]This is going to be amazing to write down! Fire elementals, werewolves, and now cat spirits, I can't wait to ear more![/i] Twilight's thought. "One thing I want to know is where did she come from?"

Jake started to explain that part, "Remember the country of China I mentioned before? Well, off the eastern coast of the country is a an island-nation called 'Japan', an archipelago consisting of 6,852 islands with the mainland being made up of four major islands: Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku. Now, Neko's people are part of the Japanese-the nation's inhabitants-mythology, along with the bakeneko, the kitsune, and the oni. Like the bakeneko, to live in peace with the natives, the nekomata would disguise themselves as humans so to not alarm anyone about the presence of the supernatural." The two then heard the voice of Rarity calling them to come up to the second floor. "Well, I'll tell you later, Twilight." The Alicorn Princess nodded and walked upstairs.

To be continued.

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A/N: Hi, this is Kman134, and if you're wondering why I stopped with a cliffhanger, it's because I'm a little lazy.

Mythology Reference: I have used references of Chinese and Japanese mythology in this chapter, as well as some European mythology. I based Shenlong in Jake's story after the Shenlong from Dragon Ball Z. Green scales, red eyes, and everything. Spike's reaction to Jake's description of Shenlong is an example of how, in the world of Equestria, many of the dragons are modeled after Western dragons, but no sign of any Eastern Dragons.

Anime Reference: Since the entire story would have an anime feel to it, there would be a reference to DBZ. Example being Jake eating 30 cupcakes at Sugar Cube Corner. Neko would resemble the catgirl subculture, having cat ears and a cat tail, sometimes, while in human form.