In a place called New York City, the roads were swarmed with cars roaring and their horns honking. It was so loud it would make you deaf if you listened long enough. The people of the city were walking up and down the streets, all day and every night, going about their business without a care in the world. There were also tall, concrete buildings that stretched towards the sky, almost making the place look like a giant prison.

Somewhere among this activity was a Caucasian boy named Toby Morrison, who lived a normal but lonely life, going to school and doing homework. In a two story, red and white colored school called Ryder Elementary, Toby was surrounded by his third grade classmates as he prepared to do a magic trick. Toby was nine years old, a mop of short and shaggy red ginger hair resting on his head and youthful looking freckles. His bright blue eyes shone with curiosity, but also hid a mischievous hyperactivity. He was small for his age, standing only at four feet. He wore a pale blue t-shirt, along with blue cargo jeans. The shoes on his feet were also bright red, with traces of mud on the edges. His grades were high and most would think he had it easy but they would be wrong. Toby held out a white handkerchief in front of himself.

"Okay everyone, now as you can see there's nothing here but a plain white handkerchief." Toby said, showing both sides of the cloth to prove his point. "Watch as I take the cloth and gently lay it across my hand." Toby placed the handkerchief on his hand and started to swirl his finger around the cloth. "Now I just stir a little magic and…" Toby started, before taking the cloth off his hand to show a large red apple. "Tada!"

All the students were in awe and started congratulating him.

"Wow!"

"That's amazing!"

"Great Toby!"

Unbeknownst to any of them, outside, dark storm clouds had filled the sky and it was starting to rain heavily. One student finally noticed the downpour.

"Oh boy, the weather man blew it again." the student grumbled, Toby and the other kids turned to the window.

"Wow... sure wasn't expecting that." Toby admitted.

"Yikes, it looks like it's really coming down out there." A nine year old boy wearing glasses named Abel Keegan said.

"Aw man, I didn't even bring an umbrella!" A nine year old boy in red named Boston Bradford groaned.

"Hey I have one in my locker; you want to share it with me?" Abel asked

"Gee, thanks Abel!" Boston said happily.

Toby then remembered he had no umbrella either and turned to them.

"Hey, can I come?" Toby asked, meekly. "Guys?"

The other kids did not seem to notice him and continued talking amongst themselves. Toby sighed sadly and walked away.

Later after school, Toby took his red and blue cap with a white capital 'T' on front out of his locker and put it on his head. He also put on his red and blue backpack and got ready to leave. Then he noticed the pouring rain and sighed.

"I'm sure… someone will walk with me." Toby told himself.

Abel Keegan, the boy wearing glasses and Boston Bradford, the boy in red, two kids from Toby's class then ran past him holding an umbrella.

"Bye, Toe!" Boston said to Toby as he left.

"Later, man!" Abel added.

Both Boston and Abel walked out the school with the umbrella keeping them dry as they went.

"Thanks again, Boston!" Abel said, gratefully.

"No problem, dude!" Boston smiled. The two friends proceeded on ahead.

Toby tried to catch up to them.

"Wait!" He cried, but they were too far away to hear him. Toby knew that his other classmate, Sophia Lawrence, also has an umbrella, but she was too busy cleaning the classroom along with some classmates since they assigned to do that every Wednesday after school. He then noticed another kid walking to the door holding an umbrella.

"Hey, would it be ok if walk home with you…" Toby started.

"See ya." The kid said as he walked past him.

Toby watched him go sadly, "…Under your umbrella."

Toby sighed sadly, but before he could sink into an even deeper depression he noticed a bunch of bigger kids harassing another kid from his class not far behind him. The boy had tears in his eyes as the bigger kids continue to taunt and push him around.

"Come on kid, fork over the cash or we'll make you for it over!" The bigger kid exclaimed angrily, grabbing the kid by the collar.

Toby wanted to say something or even do something to stop them and save the little kid but he knew that while he had average athletic abilities he was still quite weak and was no match for any of those bigger kids. He knew that if he got involved in any way he would probably make things worse and get both himself and the kid they were picking on into even bigger trouble, so instead he walked away into the pouring rain while the big kids snatched the crying kid's money out of his hands.

"Sweet! Looks like we'll be hanging out at the arcade tonight!" The big kid remarked triumphantly.

The rain pounded Toby's shoulders as he slowly made his way home, with a sigh Toby glanced back over at his shoulder. Only to see the other boys and girls getting picked up by their parents and driven home. The sight of this caused Toby to turn away even more slowly than he was before and walk home. Toby wished his Mother was here to pick him up and drive him home, but she couldn't, and she will never be able to. Toby's Mom died a few years back when he was still such a small child. The only few memories Toby has of his loving Mother are the pictures his Father left of her on the mantle in the living room. Even then though his father wasn't there to pick him up either. It turns out supposedly he is out on a business trip, Toby doubted that. The only actual person back at home Toby found himself being treated by was the pointless baby sitter. Who does nothing other than chat on her phone for hours on end, leaving Toby to fend for himself. All Toby ever wanted was a person that he won't have to wait for to come home, or get off the phone for once. He wanted someone he can talk to, play with, cry with, somebody he can really call a friend.

Who knew that this single wish was soon to be granted.

Meanwhile in a mysterious land known as Equestria…

Dozens of books existed within a great tree-shaped house on the edge of Ponyville. Inside its two-story structure, a young unicorn named Twilight Sparkle had a large tome open in front of her, the title of was "Legends of Equestria." Her violet eyes scanned the pages intently, while her purple coat complimented her indigo mane and tail nicely. A personal touch to her mane, pink and purple stripes, was visible. The cutie mark on her flank resembled a six-pointed, pink star.

Dozens of books were all neatly organized on several tall shelves, surrounding her. This was due to the fact that her home was also the town library.

"Hmm, what do we have here?" The Legend of the Guardian of Equestria'," Twilight read. "Ooh, this sounds interesting. Let's see, it says 'Long ago, Equestria was nearly destroyed by a being that came from the sky; he brought chaos, and darkness wherever he roamed and carried with him the Rainbow of Darkness'."

"In order to save everypony, the ancestors of Princesses Celestia and Luna called forth a being from the sky to stop it and after a fierce battle the light prevailed, but legend has it that one day, the dark one would return and a new guardian will be called to stand against him." she continued.

Twilight was intrigued by the story.

"A being from the sky? I wonder what those even look like?" she asked herself.

A small, slight chubby and adorable purple scaled and green spiked baby dragon with green eyes ran down the stairs near Twilight. His name was Spike.

"Twilight! Twilight!" Spike called out. He tripped on the way down, hitting each of the steps with a thud before landing face first on the ground.

"Spike! Are you ok?" Twilight asked him,

He quickly picked himself up and dusted himself off. "Yeah, I'm good. Anyways, it's time to go meet the others at Applejack's for the picnic!"

"Oh right! I almost forgot!" Twilight realized. "Come on, we'd better get ready to go."

"Finally!" Spike said before running to get a few things. He came back a couple of seconds later with a wagon full of various items.

"Got the snacks?" Twilight asked.

"Check!" Spike replied.

"Drinks?"

"Check!"

"Giant rusty anchor?"

"Huh?" Spike asked, he checked the wagon, "I don't remember any anchor, where the hay is the anchor!?"

Twilight giggled, "Relax Spike, I was just kidding, now let's go."

Both Twilight and Spike exited the library. Unknown to them, a gentle breeze had blown back a page in the Legends of Equestria book, revealing what appeared to be a two-legged being unfamiliar to anypony in Equestria.

Toby was still walking home down the concrete sidewalk in the pouring rain when he noticed something that resembled a small blue butterfly fly past him and land on a rather odd object lying on the ground.

The butterfly image faded away as he bent down and picked up a golden locket with a green gem in the middle.

"Wonder who this belongs to?" Toby asked out loud. He looked around to see if anybody nearby had dropped it but there was nobody around. "Oh well, I guess it's mine now."

Toby put the locket around his neck.

"Cool! It's my size," Toby joked.

Suddenly, a black car that Toby recognized zoomed by him too quickly for him to check what was inside. His eyes widened with joy.

"Hey! It's Dad! He's home early!" Toby realized. He started to run after the car. "Hey Dad, wait up!"

As Toby ran after the car, elsewhere in the otherworldly city of Canterlot, an alicorn named Princess Celestia, the co-ruler of Equestria, stepped out onto the balcony of her giant, gleaming white and gold castle, which was set on the side of a large purple mountain, looking greatly disconcerted. Her white coat shone in the sun as her long and colorful mane caught and reflected the sun's light. Her cutie mark was the sun.

If one looked closely enough and could see everything happening in the badlands, anypony could see a giant floating black castle arriving at the center of it. Standing on top of it, was a large and hooded figure, his gleaming red eyes sent a shiver down Celestia's spine.

The sound of hoof steps was heard by the Princess and was getting closer. It was Celestia's younger sister, Princess Luna, approaching her from behind. Celestia did not turn around and continued to stare out into the horizon.

Princess Luna had an indigo body and a teal mane and tail. Her cutie mark was the moon.

"Sister?" Princess Luna said, getting her older sister's attention, "What is the matter? You seem… troubled."

"Oh… It's nothing Luna, really," Princess Celestia said, her head lowered, "It's just that… for some reason I have felt the presence of a being of incredible power and darkness and it is coming this way... to Equestria."

"What? Well who is this being?" Princess Luna questioned.

Princess Celestia finally glanced at her sister with a face full of uncertainty and concern that seemed to speak for itself. She glanced back towards the horizon.

"I don't know, but the power he holds is not of this world and it seems to be growing stronger with each passing second." Princess Celestia replied with a hint of worry in her voice. "One thing is for sure… this being… whoever or whatever it is… is pure evil."

Princess Luna walked closer, stood right next to her sister, and joined her in staring out at the land in front of them.

"We must find a way to stop this evil." The younger sister stated firmly. "We have to!"

Celestia nodded "Indeed. Our only hope is if the stories are true." the older sister replied. "That a guardian from beyond the sky will appear and vanquish this new threat,"

Both Princesses' looked up to the sky with hope and concern glimmering in their eyes. Then suddenly, both their horns both started to glow simultaneously with bright magical energy that was almost blinding, much to their surprise and shock.

"Sister! What is happening?" Princess Luna asked alarmed.

"I do not know… but I fear that the prophecy is about to come to pass…" Princess Celestia mused.

Back on Earth, as Toby ran, the gem in the locket started to glow brightly as well. Toby quickly noticed the glowing and stopped running while the locket started to float a bit.

"What the heck?" Toby asked, "What's going on?"

The gem glowed even brighter and in a flash of light Toby vanished leaving only the locket behind, which dropped to the ground.

Toby screamed as he flew down a long, glittery rainbow tunnel straight toward a whole new world. As he flew further and further down the tunnel, screaming his head off, a small ball of light with rainbow colored energies emitting from it phases into his body. The tunnel ends when he disappeared into a circle of white light.

Back in Equestria, Twilight and Spike had just arrived at a large meadow with both a barn and a forest full of apple trees nearby. A soft breeze gently blew against the grass and several flowers, giving off a very peaceful vibe around the area. Five other ponies were already waiting for them. Their names were Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy.

"Girls! Look! Twilight and Spike! They're here! They're here!" Pinkie Pie said bouncing with excitement.

Pinkie Pie is a pink coated pony with a puffy rose magenta mane and her eyes are a bluish cyan. Her cutie mark was three balloons.

Rainbow Dash stood up and lifted her tinted black sunglasses.

"It's about time." she sighed.

Rainbow Dash was a pegasus, her coat was a pale cyan and her mane was of the colors of the rainbow. Her tail showed the same colors as well. Her eyes were a violet color. Her cutie mark was a rainbow lightning bolt.

"Hey everypony!" Twilight Sparkle said, "Sorry we took so long; I was just reading this great new book."

"Well, what's it called sugarcube?" Applejack asked in a Southern accent.

Her coat color was orange, her mane and tail were blond and tied in ponytails and her eyes were sap green. She also wore a cowboy hat. Her cutie mark was three apples.

"It's called 'The Legends of Equestria'." Twilight Sparkle explained, "It has all these great stories about all the legendary figures that have come and gone to Equestria, there's even this one about a great evil that nearly destroyed Equestria long before Princess Celestia and Princess Luna came to be."

"Oh my, it sounds scary..." Fluttershy said worried.

Like Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy was also a pegasus, only her coat was pale amber yellow, her mane was pink and she had strong cyan colored eyes. Her cutie mark was three pink butterflies.

"Oh don't worry Fluttershy, it's not frightening at all." Twilight Sparkle reassured her "It also tells of a mysterious being that came from the sky and stopped it."

Fluttershy sighed, relieved, "Oh, thank goodness."

"Come on Fluttershy, it's just a story." Rainbow Dash reminded her, waving her blue hoof to dismiss the subject. "A really boring story if you ask me."

"It sounds cool to me." Spike said.

"So, what happened to the mysterious being?" Pinkie Pie asked excitedly "Did he vanish? Did he live happily ever after? Did they have a party?"

"I'm not sure, I didn't really get a chance to finish it," Twilight admitted.

"Such a shame. Anyway, now that that's done, may we please enjoy this fabulous sunny day, please?" Rarity asked in a posh upper crust accent. "Twilight you may tell us more about your fantastic new book while we relax,"

She was a unicorn, like Twilight. Her coat was white, her mane was indigo and purple to dark Violet and her eyes were azure colored. Her cutie mark was three diamonds.

"Oh, right, right, let's get started, shall we?" Twilight Sparkle asked. The others all nodded in agreement.

"Finally! I'm starved!" Spike said relieved. He quickly sat down and took a large sandwich filled with gems and took a big bite out of it. The Mane 6 also began eating their respective meals. Everyone stared at Pinkie Pie bizarrely as she slammed her face into a cake and licked all the frosting.

Rarity sighed blissfully, "Such a gorgeous day for a picnic, isn't it everypony?"

"You said it." Applejack nodded.

Fluttershy noticed Twilight deep in thought.

"Is something the matter Twilight?" she asked.

"Huh?" Twilight asked, snapping out of her trance, "Oh, it's nothing, I'm just wondering if that legend I read about is for real or not, the legend about Nightmare Moon came true so what do you think the odds are of this one coming true?"

"Twilight, It's just a story book," Rainbow Dash reminded her, "Nothing in there is real and just because Nightmare Moon's tale came true doesn't mean this one will."

Twilight Sparkle sighed, "Maybe you're right, I mean it's not like something weird is going to happen anytime soon."

Suddenly Pinkie Pie's tale began twitching, "Ooh! Ooh! Twitchy, twitchy, twitchy, twitch... My tail is twitching! My tail is twitching!" she announced

"Oh man, you know what that means." Spike said a bit worried.

"That something's about to fall from the sky? Yeah." Twilight Sparkle nodded. Everypony looked all around and above them and saw nothing.

"I don't see anything…" Fluttershy said cautiously.

"Me neither," Rainbow Dash added.

"Strange, usually something would have fallen out of the sky by now." Twilight Sparkle pointed out, "Pinkie, you sure your tail was twitching?"

Pinkie Pie nodded in a fast motion, "Oh, yes, yes, yes! I'm absolutely, positively, one hundred and twenty percent sure that something weird is about to fall out of the sky right about…"

Then, suddenly, a small hole appeared in the sky and a rainbow appeared soon afterward. They all gasped in shock.

"Whoa…" All except Rarity and Spike said in awe.

"Beautiful!" Rarity said, enthralled by the beauty of the rainbow.

They then all saw someone, or something, rolled and tumbled down the rainbow and into the forest below.

"…Now." Pinkie Pie finished.

"What the tarnation do you suppose that was?" Applejack asked.

"I don't know. But let's find out, come on girls." Twilight Sparkle said as she started to walk to the forest.

"And dragon?" Spike asked innocently.

Twilight smiled at him, "And dragon..."

"Yes!" Spike said to himself as he began to follow her. The others, minus Fluttershy began to follow as well.

"Um… I'm not so sure about this…" Fluttershy said.

"Aw, come on Fluttershy, it'll be fine trust me." Rainbow Dash assured her.

Fluttershy still looked hesitate to go.

"Come on, please?" Rainbow Dash begged slightly.

It took a while before Fluttershy finally responded, after seeing how much her friend was depending on her she finally gave in.

"Well… ok, I trust you." Fluttershy nodded. She started to follow them.

Elsewhere, in a far off section of the forest where Toby had landed, as he slowly got up off the dirty and dusty flat ground he groaned as he stretched all of his sore muscles.

"Oh my head." Toby grumbled. After brushing the dirt off his clothes, he looked around and was shocked to see that he was not in New York any more, but in a large forest full of apple trees.

"Ok… this is weird." Toby said to himself. He slapped himself to see if he was dreaming but all he got was a red cheek. "OW! Ok, I'm not dreaming but for some reason I feel… good, great even, I wonder how I got here…"

Toby walked further into the forest until he reached a dirt road. He gazed at all the apple trees as he made his way through the forest, they each provided sufficient shade from the sun as he wandered around the apple tree filled forest.

"What is this place?" Toby wondered aloud as he saw a large tree up ahead, "Hmm, maybe if I climb all the way up there I can get a better view!"

Toby rushed over to the tree, grabbing onto the first branch he could see as he made his way up. Along the way up, he accidentally held onto a branch so hard, he broke in half causing him to lose his balance for a minute or two. He barely noticed this and continued climbing.

In another part of the forest, the Mane Six and Spike were all searching for whatever came through the magic portal.

"I sure hope whatever came out of that hole in sky isn't… dangerous…" Fluttershy said hopefully.

"Oh pish posh Fluttershy." Rarity stated, "What kind of monster pray tell would ride down a rainbow so beautiful, so dazzling, so magnificent, so…"

"So what?" Rainbow Dash interjected, "Cloudsdale, makes way better rainbows than that, heck, I make better rainbows than that."

"Ok, that's enough bragging then their little missy." Applejack told her, "Now let's just find this here critter and see if he's friend or foe."

"Ooh! And see if he likes parties because I have to throw one for anypony who comes to Ponyville!" Pinkie Pie said bouncing up and down with excitement.

"Let's just find it before we do anything, ok?" Twilight Sparkle asked.

"But this place is huge, whatever fell here could be anywhere." Spike pointed out.

Rainbow Dash flew into the sky dramatically, "Never fear, Rainbow Dash is here!" she said proudly "I'll just search from the sky and let you all know if I find something."

"Ok, go." Twilight Sparkle nodded. Rainbow Dash zoomed off further into the forest.

At the same time, Toby had nearly reached the top of the tree.

"Boy, who knew Gym class would ever come in handy." Toby muttered to himself, "Ok, nearly there, just a little more…"

Soon Toby reached the top of the tree, but just as he started to gaze at the sight of the large forest. He saw something flying straight toward him like a bullet. He screamed, covered his face and braced for impact.

Unknown to him, that thing was Rainbow Dash and when she saw that she was going to run into someone, she closed her eyes and immediately stopped in front of Toby.

Both Toby and Rainbow Dash noticed that she didn't crash into anything and slowly opened their eyes. They
stared at each other for a quite a while, gaining a warm and fuzzy feeling as they gazed into each other's eyes. Both of them then blinked twice before screaming at the top of their lungs.

Rainbow Dash flew off while Toby lost his balance and fell off the tree. He landed on the ground with a thud, leaving a small impact crater in the ground. He groaned and sat up. He looked both shocked and scared.

"W-was that a… a… Pegasus?" Toby stuttered, then pinched himself, "Ow! Nope. Not dreaming. Why aren't I dreaming!? I have to find somebody! Somebody human before I go nuts!"

Toby started to run down the path. As he ran, he noticed how fast he was going and how slow everything around him looked. He was greatly surprised, though his surprised quickly turned into excitement before he decided to slow down, which took a little effort and caused him to break apart some parts of the ground doing so.

"Holy Guacamole, I'm fast!" Toby said amazed.

He looked at a nearby boulder and got an idea.

Toby walked over to the boulder, grabbed onto it and effortlessly lifted it up and sent it flying into the sky.

"And I'm strong too? Wowza!" Toby exclaimed. "But how? Hmm, it must be this place… Wherever this place is anyway. Well, better get searching for people."

Toby spotted another blue butterfly flying past. He watched as it flew down a path in front of him. He then zoomed down the same path.

Elsewhere, the rest of the Mane Six and Spike were still waiting for Rainbow Dash.

"I wonder what's taking Rainbow Dash so long." Twilight Sparkle wondered.

"Yeah, she's usually done by now." Applejack added.

"Maybe whatever's in there got her... maybe she's hurt!" Fluttershy said worried.

"Ooh! There she is!" Pinkie Pie said gesturing upwards.

Everypony looked towards the forest and saw something speeding towards them. As it got closer, they saw that it was Rainbow Dash.

"Yep, that's her!" Twilight Sparkle confirmed.

"Boy… she's flying pretty fast, I think she's…" Spike started before Rainbow Dash crashed into them, the all six of them were instantly knocked down like bowling pins. They all groaned in pain as they lay in a heap on the ground.

Rarity stood up first, "Rainbow! Honestly! A little warning next time would not be that much of a bother you know."

The others also got up, including Rainbow herself.

Rainbow Dash panted "Sorry… it's just… I saw… something… in the forest…"

"What did you see?" Twilight Sparkle asked.

"I don't know, I've never seen something like it… but it was… weird looking!" Rainbow Dash told them.

Twilight rolled her eyes, "Rainbow…"

"I'm serious!" Rainbow Dash insisted.

"Well, what did it look like?" Spike asked worried.

"It stands on two hoofs, it has no fur, just a patch of hair on its head, and it has a small muzzle, weird... things on the end of its hooves and a bizarre looking body!" Rainbow Dash explained in a spooky voice.

"Oh my!" Fluttershy exclaimed, putting her hoofs to her mouth.

"It sounds funny!" Pinkie Pie quipped with a giggle.

Rainbow Dash got to eye level with Pinkie and looked at her seriously, "It's not funny Pinkie! It's dangerous!"

"Come on Dash, we shouldn't jump to conclusions, maybe it's a nice little critter." Applejack suggested.

"Yeah, remember when we thought Zecora was a witch before we got to know her?" Twilight Sparkle reminded her.

Fluttershy nodded, "Yes, I think we should at least meet this creature, before we automatically call it a monster." she added, "If... that's ok?"

The others all nodded.

"Right. Now let's go out find it, shall we?" Rarity suggested.

Before they could move, Spike spoke up.

"Uh… guys?" Spike said pointing up ahead. Everypony turned to the forest and they could see something speeding towards them, covered by a thick dust cloud.

"What in Equestria is that?" Rarity asked.

"Whatever it is it sure is moving fast!" Applejack pointed out. Fluttershy gulped and hid behind the others, closing her eyes and shaking in fear.

"Brace yourself everypony!" Twilight told them.

Toby saw something up ahead, stomped on the ground hard and skidded to a stop right in front of the Mane Six and Spike and a large cloud of dust surrounded them. They all started coughing until the dust cloud finally dissipated.

"Whoa, that was close, sorry about…" Toby started until he saw Spike and the Pony gang right in front of him. All eight of them gasped.

There was a long moment of silence as Toby, Spike and the ponies, minus Fluttershy, stared and blinked at each other in complete shock and fear.

A few seconds later, after finally getting over the shock, Toby spoke up.

"Um… hi?" Toby squeaked.

"Whoa! That thing can talk!" Spike exclaimed. It took a minute before Toby realized what just happened.

"Wait a minute… you just talked!" Toby realized.

"Everypony back away, real slowly..." Twilight Sparkle whispered to the others. They all start to slowly back away in fear.

Toby leaned in closer, "How did you do that? Ponies can't talk!"

Fluttershy poked her head out from behind her friends to see what they were backing away from but when she saw Toby, she screamed at the top of her lungs. Toby did the same followed by the others. Toby hid behind a tree while the Mane Six and Spike hid in a large bush.

Toby poked his head out from behind the tree and saw Spike and the Ponies hiding in the bush. They seemed very frightened.

"Huh? They're afraid of... me?" Toby said to himself quietly and confused. Back in the bush, the seven friends all whispered to each other.

"What in Equestria is he?" Rarity asked whispering, "And where did he get suchdreadful clothes?"

"I don't know, I've never seen or read about anything like him before," Twilight Sparkle replied.

"Maybe he's a monster…" Fluttershy said scared, "What if he's come to hurt us?"

"Whatever he is, he's not going to hurt anypony! Not on my watch!" Rainbow Dash declared, "I'm going for it!"

Rainbow Dash zoomed out of the bush and towards Toby.

"Rainbow, wait!" Applejack called out, trying to stop her.

Toby came out from behind the tree cautiously before immediately backing into the trunk of the tree as soon as Rainbow Dash appeared in front of him and looked him in the eye.

"Alright mister whatever-you-are, who are you? What are you doing here?" Rainbow Dash demanded "You'd better answer!"

Toby held his hands up, attempting to calm her down, he clearly looked very afraid. "Ok, ok, just take it easy. I mean youno harm," he told her. "Any of you,"

Slowly, the others poked their heads out of the bushes.

"You think he's telling the truth A.J?" Spike asked Applejack.

"I think so, this here little feller sure doesn't seem to want to fight, that's for sure." Applejack said as she walked over to Toby and Rainbow Dash.

"Settle down there Dash, I'll talk to him." Applejack told her.

Rainbow Dash grumbled, "Fine. But no funny business mister."

"I'm actually very sad right now…" Toby admitted.

"So, what's your name sport?" Applejack asked.

"M-My name's Tobias Morrison, but call me Toby, everyone does." Toby said, "What about you?"

"Name's Applejack." Applejack replied, "So what exactly are you anyway?"

"I'm called a Human." Toby stated.

"A what?" Rainbow Dash asked confused.

"A human, my kind is the dominant species on our planet and because our amazing opposable thumbs we can do things animals like you ponies can never do!" Toby told them.

Rainbow Dash didn't seem to believe him, "You expect us to believe that?" she asked.

"Oh, so you don't believe me, well watch this!" Toby said before jumping out of his shoes and high up into the tree, he swung from each branch using his hands and feet.

The others poked their heads out of the bushes and watched in amazement.

Rainbow Dash scoffed, "Oh please, anypony can swing from a branch by their hooves!"

"Not anypony I know." Applejack interjected.

Toby landed back in his shoes right in front of them in a crouched position before standing up.

"Woo-wee! That sure was something there little critter," Applejack admitted.

"Thanks, luckily I always paid attention in Gym class and played on the jungle gym more than once." Toby said, he turns to Rainbow Dash, "By the way, in my world we call our 'hooves' feet, and these are called 'hands', see? Take a good long look."

Toby wiggled his fingers in front of them. Everypony, excluding Rainbow Dash who just grunted, looked at his fingers in awe.

"So, where ya from Toby?" Applejack asked.

"I'm from a planet called Earth." Toby explained. "We also have ponies there… but they don't talk."

Pinkie Pie suddenly popped over much to Toby's surprise and bewilderment.

"WOW! We have a connection! You're from this Earth and I'm an Earth Pony!" She said excited.

Toby stared and blinked at her, looking lost.

Applejack smiled nervously, "Uh… we'll explain that later. Anyway, I assume you aren't here to hurt any of us?"

"Nope," Toby stated simply.

Applejack looked at him closely to see if he was lying. As they stared at each other Toby got that same warm and fuzzy feeling he got when he was looking into Rainbow's eyes, and she got it too, before they both snapped out it. Then Applejack turned to the others.

"It's ok, he's telling the truth!" She assured them, "Y'all can come out now and introduce yourselves,"

One by one, the rest of the gang stepped out of the bushes. Toby waved but Fluttershy still looked at him frightened. Twilight stepped forwards.

"Hi there, my name is Twilight Sparkle." she said.

Toby gave her a look as if he couldn't believe her. "Really? That's your name?"

"Last time I checked. Why?" Twilight Sparkle asked.

"Nothing. Nothing." Toby said quickly.

"Anyway these are my friends, this here is…" Twilight Sparkle started before Pinkie Pie got in front of her.

"Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! You like parties? Because I love parties! In fact, we should throw you a welcome party! What do you say? Huh? Huh?!" Pinkie Pie yelled whilst smiling and jumping up and down excited.

Toby blinked, not knowing how to respond to Pinkie, "Yeah… I think silence is probably my best option now."

Twilight looked at Pinkie Pie annoyed then continued introducing the others.

"Anyway, this here is Spike." Twilight said gesturing to Spike.

"Ooh, what's he?" Toby asked curiously.

"What am I?" Spike asked surprised, "I'm a dragon! Can't you tell?"

Toby raised in eyebrow, "You sure? I've seen biggerdogs. Actually I've seen biggercats."

"Technically, he's a baby dragon." Twilight Sparkle explained.

"Oh, that makes sense." Toby said.

"Anyway, that's Rarity." Twilight Sparkle gestured to Rarity.

"Charmed." Rarity stated with a slightly bow.

"Likewise." Toby smiled. He then noticed Fluttershy cowering behind them, "Hey, who's that?"

"Oh that's Fluttershy." Twilight Sparkle replied.

Fluttershy glanced back and forth between her friends and Toby, "H-Hello." she whispered.

"Hi…" Toby said slowly and uncomfortably, unsure of he should say anything else to her.

"And you've already met Applejack and Rainbow Dash." Twilight Sparkle said. Toby smiled at Applejack but frowned at Rainbow Dash who was giving him a suspicious look.

"Ok then… now let me ask you guys something, where the heck am I anyway?" Toby said in a questioning tone.

"That's easy, you're in the magical kingdom of Equestria, it's ruled by both Princess Celestia and Luna. We all live in Ponyville; a town not too far from here." Twilight explained.

"Cool!" Toby said intrigued, "Can you show me?"

"Sure, why not?" Twilight Sparkle said. Then Rainbow Dash stepped in between her and Toby.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on a minute." Rainbow Dash interjected, "We can't just bring him into Ponyville! We don't know anything about this kid!"

"Come on Dash, he's harmless." Applejack insisted.

"Haven't we learned our lesson about automatically trusting everypony we meet?" Rainbow Dash reminded her, "Remember the Parasprites?"

The others all shivered at the memory while Toby looked at them confused.

"I say he should go back to where he came from!" Rainbow Dash declared.

Toby stepped forward, "Uh… don't I get a say in this?" he asked.

"Nope." Rainbow Dash shook her head.

"Ok, what's your problem?" Toby asked her angrily.

Rainbow Dash glared at him "For starters; you!"

"But I haven't done anything to you!" Toby pointed out.

"Yet." Rainbow Dash stated.

"Alright Rainbow Dash, that's enough." Twilight Sparkle said trying to break up the fighting.

"Stay out of this Twilight." Rainbow Dash told her.

"I don't think I can you doof!" Toby shouted.

"What do you mean you can't?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Before I came here I found a locket with strange symbols and a gem in the middle, then it started glowing and poof! Here I am." Toby explained, "But I think that thing stayed behind in my world after I left so I have no way of getting back!"

"So… you're stuck here?" Spike asked, "Forever?"

"That seems to be the case and it's just as bad for me as it would be for you, Rainbow." Toby said to Rainbow Dash.

She raised an eyebrow, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"You care about your friend's right?" He asked.

Rainbow Dash nodded, "Yeah."

"And you'd miss them if you learned you could never see them again, correct?" Toby questioned.

"Well, duh! Of course I would!" Rainbow Dash shouted, it took her a minute before she slowly started to realize where he was going with this. "...What's your point?"

"Well I have a Father back in my world that I care about. He's all I have left after my mother… Anyways, even though he's not around much, I still care about him." Toby explained. "But now he doesn't exist here, I might never seem him again, or my home." Toby turned away he hide his sad face. "I'm totally alone." he continued, "So if you still want to pound me, go ahead, do your worst."

Sad looks appeared on everypony's face as they all felt great pity for Toby. Even Rainbow Dash looked extremely guilty for how she had acted around him.

She sighed, "Maybe… we can… help you get home."

Toby turned around surprised, "You'd… you'd do that?"

"Well yeah, Twilight's a great magician, maybe she can get you home." Rainbow Dash said.

Toby looks at Twilight both excited and surprised, "Really? You know magic?"

Twilight nods, "All unicorns do, watch..."

Twilight's horn started to glow with a magenta aura, and then an apple levitated off an apple tree and into Toby's hands. Toby was amazed.

"Whoa! That is so cool! You're so cool!" Toby stated excited. Twilight Sparkle blushed at his last comment.

"So… can humans do magic too?" Twilight Sparkle inquired

Toby shook his head. "Nope, we usually do things by hand or use nifty equipment to get the job done for us." Toby replied.

"Amazing!" Twilight Sparkle exclaimed, she seemed keen to learn more about Toby's world but then suddenly Pinkie's tail began twitching.

"Ooh! Twitchy, twitcha, twitcha, twitch!" Pinkie Pie said shaking. The others all seemed to know what that meant and gasped.

"Uh… what's with her?" Toby asked confused.

"Uh oh, TWITCHY TAIL!" Spike cried.

"Meaning?" Toby asked even more confused.

"That means something's about to fall from the sky!" Rarity exclaimed dramatically.

"Oh no!" Fluttershy squeaked.

"What?" Toby asked, he looked like he didn't believe it, "That's ridiculous."

Suddenly a giant black and red dragon, wearing a spiky red collar dropped down in front of them, making them all jump. Their eyes all widen with horror.

"Ok, I believe." Toby said quickly. Fluttershy looked especially scared when she got a good look at the dragon. All eight of them had dumbstruck looks on their faces.

"DRAGON! RUN!" Fluttershy screamed.

Toby nodded. "Yeah, I like that idea!"

All eight of them quickly took off, with the giant behemoth hot on their trail, it's large footsteps made the ground shake nearly every second. Later, they all managed to hide inside large wooden log, panicked looks were still shown on their faces. They remain motionless and silent as the dragon passed nearby. One by one, they shushed each other till Pinkie accidentally shushes so loudly that it catches the dragon's attention.

The dragon picked up the logged and looked through it, finally spotting the eight of them. Both the girls and the guys all looked greatly scared and quickly leap out of the log one by one before the dragon could chomp it's sharp jaws on them.

The Pony gang along with their two non pony friends continue to run and run as fast as they could to get away from the dragon. Because of his speed Toby managed to outpace the Mane Six, even Rainbow Dash. He chuckled happily at this fact till suddenly, he accidentally tripped over a rock.

"Oh… no…" Toby moaned in slow motion as he fell to the ground face first. He quickly rolled out of the way as the Mane Six ran by and into a thin ditch on the side of the path, the dragon was unable to see him and simply continued chasing after the Mane Six.

Sweat dripped from Toby's face. "Huh… and all this time I thought being bigger and taller would be a good thing." He remarked, clearly still shaken by what had just happened. The nine year old then heard the shrieks of the girls and popped out of his ditch of a hiding spot.

The Mane Six tried to run down another pathway to escape the dragon, but the Dragon blocked them with its tail and roared. They all huddled together.

"What's a dragon doing in Equestria anyway?" Twilight Sparkle asked.

"I don't know, but he sure looks mad!" Applejack replied.

The dragon looked at them closely and snorted a puff of smoke. They all coughed and blew away the smoke.

"Good gracious! Hasn't this dragon ever heard of manners?" Rarity asked annoyed.

The dragon growled and prepared to attack, causing all of them to scream with fear. Toby could tell that if he didn't do something fast they would all be eaten in no time. He stared at his shaking and sweaty hands then saw the scared looks of the girls and Spike. Remembering how nice they were to him and that he now had the power to help them, Toby quickly decided that he wouldn't just walk away this time and clenched his hands tightly.

Meanwhile the dragon was about to chomp down on the seven of them but someone suddenly spoke up and stopped it in its tracks.

"Hey, you big stupid lizard!" Toby shouted, "Leave them alone!"

The Dragon turned to Toby, who continued to stare at it without an ounce of fear.

"What are you doing, kid?" Rainbow Dash asked, confused and shocked, "Run for it!"

"No way! I can't just stand by and let this thing eat you! I won't!" Toby stated firmly. "Especially when I know I can protect you all!"

"But… you're just a little boy…" Twilight Sparkle told him worried.

"Maybe," Toby said. "But that doesn't mean I still can't try,"

The Mane Six, along with Spike were all surprised by his bravery as the Dragon lowered its head and locked eyes with Toby.

"What did you say to me?" The Dragon growled, its anger starting to rise.

"You heard me you over grown gecko!" Toby said.

"Ooh, he really shouldn't have said that." Spike grimaced.

"Were you the one who tossed a rock at me earlier today?" The Dragon demanded.

Toby then remembered the rock he tossed in the air to test his strength and his eyes widen, "Maybe..."

This made the dragon even angrier.

"Any last words before I destroy you creature from beyond?" The Dragon said angrily.

"Ok, if you're going to stand there blabbing at me dragon boy at least pop a breath mint, will ya?" Toby asked, folding his arms.

"It is rather foul." Rarity nodded.

"Rarity!" Twilight Sparkle hissed.

The Dragon wrapped its tail around Toby and pulled him in for a face-to-face look.

"Toby!" Everypony cried.

A smile appeared on Toby's face, "Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm stronger than I look!"

Toby broke the Dragon's hold and delivered a high kick that knocked the dragon back. The others watched in shock and amazement as Toby dove towards the Dragon and knocks it flat on its back with a strong punch to the face that actually seemed to hurt the beast. He then finished it off by jumping into the air and landing right onto the dragon's stomach. The Dragon roared in pain.

The Mane Six, plus Spike, all gasped.

Toby looked the dragon in the eye fiercely, "Have anything to say for yourself or do I have to continue with some more face stomping?" He asked, "Well?"

The Dragon looked terrified of him.

It slithered out from under him, causing Toby to fall over while he flew off.

Toby sprung backup, "Yeah! You better fly away!" He shouted before he started to groan as he rubbed his sore rear.

Spike and the girls stared at in astonishment. They could not believe that a small thing like Toby could actually defeat a dragon! They all rushed over to him.

"Hey, did you all see that?" Toby asked, excitedly. "I just punched a dragon!"

"Toby, that was amazing!" Twilight Sparkled remarked

"Yeah, you totally clobbered that guy!" Spike added. Toby blushed with embarrassment then started giggling, full of excitement.

"That was fun!" Toby cheered.

"Boy, howdy, are all you humans this strong?" Applejack enquired.

"Some are strong, but not as strong as me apparently." Toby replied, "Which is weird because I'm usually not this strong, it must have something to do with how I got here, or maybe it's this place, I'm not entirely sure… but right now I don't really care."

"Well in any case, we all owe you our lives, kind sir." Rarity said, she levitates a small handkerchief from her bag, "I'd like you to take this, as a token of my gratitude."

Toby took the handkerchief, "Thanks." He said before he turned to Twilight, "Anyway, Twilight is it? Do you really think you can find a way to get me home?"

"I don't know, maybe, if not we'll have to ask Princess Celestia. She's my mentor by the way." Twilight Sparkle said.

"Pretty neat having a Princess for a mentor," Toby said, "So, what now?"

"I guess we head back to Ponyville." Twilight Sparkle told him.

She turned to a small village nearby, "It's just over that hill there."

"Cool, I've been itching to see this Ponyville place." Toby said excited, "So, what are we waiting for? Let's get a move on! I'll race ya!"

Toby ran off ahead. The others followed him.

"He sure is an energetic little thing, ain't he?" Applejack stated.

"I like him, he's funny!" Pinkie said.

"He's amazing!" Spike exclaimed.

"He definitely is very brave." Rarity added.

"Oh please, I could have totally taken down that dragon!" Rainbow Dash bragged.

Toby stopped, ran back, looked Rainbow Dash in the eye and smirked, "So, why didn't you?" He asked smugly.

Rainbow Dash frowned at him, while the others chuckled in amusement. Toby ran off once more.

"I still say we should keep an eye on him." Rainbow Dash told them.

"Rainbow-" Twilight Sparkle started.

"I'm serious! I mean he may have beaten up that dragon, but what's to stop from attacking us?" Rainbow Dash pointed out.

"She has a point." Spike stated.

"All I'm saying is this kid may seem nice... but he's dangerous." Rainbow Dash said.

"We understand your suspicions Rainbow, but let's just see what he can do first before jumping to any conclusions, ok?" Twilight Sparkle asked, everypony nodded, "Alright then, now let's get moving and follow him, before something else pops out of these woods."

The Pony gang then began to follow Toby. Meanwhile in the dark Everfree Forest, a tall, shadowy, four-legged figure wearing a hood watched them all make their way towards Ponyville.

The figure turned his attention to a statue that had just been placed beside him by two strange creatures. His eyes flashed red and suddenly, the statue became a tall and muscular, shadowy person.

"Show no mercy." The dark figure said to the giant. The giant nodded and starts to walk towards Ponyville. The dark stranger laughed evilly as he continued to watch his giant minion follow the eight friends towards their hometown before vanishing back into the shadows.

To be continued…

Voices

Tara Strong as Toby Morrison

Brianne Siddall as Boston Bradford

Katie Leigh as Abel Keegan

Author's Note: First fanfic ever. Remake of the overall original Human Chronicles. Credit goes to seniorcopycat. Rate and review but NO flames, curses, or negative comments please. Thank you and Merry Christmas.

2. Human in Equestria - Part 2

My Little Pony: The Human Chronicles

Episode 2: Human in Equestria - Part 2

Recap: Last time, a lonely nine-year-old boy named Toby Morrison found a mysterious locket on the ground and was suddenly whisked away to the land of Equestria, where he meets six talking ponies and a baby dragon. At first, he was fearful and suspicious of them but after saving them from a supposedly rampaging dragon with his bare hands, Toby seems to have won them over, but can he do the same with the entire population of Ponyville?

Deep in the Princess's castle in the city of Canterlot, Princess Luna burst into the chambers of her older sister Celestia, who was gazing out the open window of her room with a somber look.

"Sister, did you feel it?" Princess Luna asked.

Princess Celestia, without turning around, nods. "Yes, it seems as though a magical portal has opened somewhere,"

"But what could be powerful enough to enter Equestria without us knowing?" Princess Luna wondered. "And what exactly came out of the portal?"

"I don't know," Princess Celestia replied "But whatever it is, let us hope it is the legendary savior and not the destroyer that the prophecy has for told,"

"The prophecy!?" Princess Luna said shocked. "I thought that was just an old Ponytale…"

"They said the same about your tale my sister, and we both know that came true," Princess Celestia reminded her.

Princess Luna lowered her head sadly, remembering her time spent as Nightmare Moon and how she almost conquered Equestria.

"We must find this being as soon as possible and find out just who he really is." The older sister stated.

Meanwhile, in Sweet Apple Acres, Toby was leaping from tree to tree, laughing and giggling with glee while the Mane 6 and Spike followed him.

"Slow down, Toby," Twilight Sparkle insisted. "It's getting harder and harder to keep up with you!"

Toby jumped down and landed in front of them. Fluttershy yelped in surprise.

"Sorry, it's just that ever since I came to this world I've become full of energy! More so than usual." Toby explained. "By the way, you've really got to try this!"

They all turn and see Pinkie jumping from treetop to treetop, giggling as she does so.

"Whee! Whee!" she cheered. "He's right! It is fun!"

Toby smirked; he had clearly made his point. Then he turned his attention to Fluttershy, who was still hiding behind her friends.

"Uh… excuse me? Fluttershy is it?" Toby called out.

Fluttershy let out a squeak.

"Are you ok? You haven't said one word since I got here," Toby said "Don't tell me you're still scared of me,"

Fluttershy tried to say something but decided to remain silent.

"Don't worry, she's fine, she's just never seen anything like you before and it's taking her a while to get used to you," Twilight Sparkle explained.

"Well I understand if she's still scared of me. I know I would if I was her," Toby stated.

"Just give her time and she'll be speaking to you in no time,"

"Ok. So, when will we be in Ponyville?" Toby asked excited.

"Pretty soon, partner," Applejack assured him. "But I can tell you that we have arrived at my farm,"

Toby turned and saw a large red barn with a purple roof with a large field fit for plowing.

"Holy Guacamole!" Toby exclaimed "This place is huge! You must make a fortune selling all these apples, which by the way I can see why they call you the Apple family,"

"Yeah, we do all right here," Applejack said.

"So do all of you have jobs too?" Toby asked curiously.

"Why yes," Rarity nodded. "I am in charge of the Carousel Boutique, where every garment is chic, unique and magnifique,"

"Ah, a fashion designer," Toby realized.

"Why yes!" Rarity said surprised "How did you know?"

"Well based on how you speak, how you look and how you commented on my 'hideous clothes', so… it wasn't that hard," Toby explained.

Rarity laughed nervously. "Apologies for that last comment by the way,"

Rainbow Dash flew into the air. "And I'm in charge of the Ponyville Weather Patrol, pretty cool huh?"

"What's a weather patrol?" Toby asked confused.

"Are you serious?" Rainbow asked him, she looked at him as if she could not believe what he just said

Toby just nodded slowly.

"Ugh, around here we Pegasus Ponies are responsible for controlling and manipulating the weather, watch," Rainbow Dash told him.

She flew up to a small cloud, bounced on it and rain suddenly pours onto Toby. The others could not help but chuckle and Spike burst out laughing.

Toby laughed sarcastically. "Ha-ha-ha, he got wet, very funny, let's all laugh at the wet guy," he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Relax, I'll dry you off," Rainbow Dash assured him. "With my patent pending Rainblow dry!"

She zoomed over and flew around and around him, creating a small colorful twister. After she finished Toby's hair was dry but now resembled a frizzled afro. Rainbow Dash and Spike fall down on the ground laughing at the sight while Toby did his best to stay calm, but his fists still shook with anger.

"Uh… what are you doing?" Rainbow Dash asked him.

"Counting to ten, just to let you all know I'm at eight and it's not working!" Toby hissed. He saw they're somewhat scared faces and calmed down. "Sorry, I just get mad when someone messes with my hair,"

"Relax, this happened to me when I first arrived in Ponyville," Twilight Sparkle explained to him.

"You don't say…" Toby said intrigued. He quickly managed to fix his hair. "Just remember you guys, don't touch the hair. This takes two hours in morning."

"Two hours just to get your hair done?" Rainbow Dash asked him in a deadpan tone.

"Hey, it takes time, perfection takes time, ok?" Toby insisted.

"I feel your pain darling." Rarity said sympathetically.

"So Pinkie, what do you do around town?" Toby asked her.

"Oh, I help Mr. and Mrs. Cake at Sugercube Corner! That's a bakery by the way, and everything there is super, duper sweet, you should so totally come!" Pinkie Pie said super fast and super excitedly.

Toby blinked a few times then turns to the others.

"Was that a 'yes'?" Toby asked.

Spike shrugged. "Don't know, all I heard was a buzz,"

"Same here," Toby nodded. "Anyway, can we please get to this Ponyville already?"

"Sure it's right over…" Twilight Sparkle started pointing to the west before Toby zoom away "…There,"

"Whoo-wee! I think you might have some competition in being the fastest in Equestria, Dash," Applejack told her.

"Oh yeah? We'll see about that!" Rainbow Dash said, enjoying the thought of a little race, she zoomed after Toby. Just then, Fluttershy slowly came out of hiding.

"I-Is he gone?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yes, he's gone." Twilight Sparkle told her "But you've really got to give him a chance, Fluttershy. He's not a bad kid and all he really wants is to go home."

"I know… I will… I'll try," Fluttershy said.

"Good, now where is he?" Twilight asked, looking for Toby

"Well right now it looks like he's trying to beat Dash in a race." Applejack said gesturing to Toby and Rainbow Dash running towards Ponyville leaving behind clouds of dust. Everypony else just watched in awe.

"You think he has a chance?" Spike asked.

"I don't know… Rainbow is the fastest in Equestria for a reason." Twilight Sparkle replied "But I have to say, he sure is giving her a workout."

"Ooh! Look at them go! Whoosh! Zoom! Pow! Whee!" Pinkie Pie cheered.

"Come on, we'd better try to catch up with them," Twilight Sparkle said before they all ran after them.

Meanwhile, Toby reached the edge of Pony seconds before Rainbow Dash did. He skidded to stop and started jumping up and down cheering.

"Yeah! I won! I won!" Toby cheered.

"I lost…" Rainbow Dash said sourly.

"What's with you?" Toby asked her.

"I hate losing." She told him with a frown.

"Oh don't be a baby, baby. Everyone loses every now and then." Toby told her. "The trick is to take your loss with dignity and move on."

"Easy for you to say, you've probably lost way more times than me," Rainbow Dash pointed "Say, exactly how many times did you win a race before you came here, Hmm?"

Rainbow Dash gave him a smug smirk while Toby glared at her.

"Don't make me hurt you," Toby warned her.

Just then everypony else arrived, trying to catch their breath.

"Well… here we are; Ponyville," Twilight Sparkle said gesturing to the town in front of them.

Toby's eyes widen with excitement as he gazed at the large village with all different kinds of houses and buildings, some were even styled medievally. He also saw dozens of ponies, all in different sizes and colours. Some with horns and others with various hairstyles and kinds of fashion.

"Wow! I can't believe this place!" Toby stated in awe, he turned to the girls and Spike "Come on, I want to take a look around!"

Toby zoomed off ahead.

"Wait!" Twilight Sparkle called out.

However, it was too late Toby was already headed toward town. Although on the way, he accidentally tripped over a rock in front of him.

Toby frowned "This is going to sting a little…"

Toby skidded and rolled down the path until he finally reached in the center of town.

The Mane 6 and Spike, grimaced in sympathy as they saw his tumbling progress.

"Ooh, that didn't look so good," Spike stated.

"Come on, let's make sure he's ok," Twilight told the others. They all start to run over to him.

Toby groaned, slowly picked himself up and saw that everypony had gathered around him. The whole square stared at Toby, some were confused, and others were filled with fear. Toby looked around the square; it was nothing like he ever saw in his life.

Trying to relieve the awkward tension Toby spoke up.

"Uh… hi?" Toby said waving.

The ponies all screamed in terror.

"What is he?!" One pony asked

"Has he come to harm us?" Another pony asked as well.

"Run!" A unicorn screamed.

Everypony screamed, ran to their cottages and locked their doors. Before long, the town was completely deserted. Toby looked stunned.

"Was it something I said?" he wondered out loud.

Spike and the pony gang all caught up to him.

"What happened? Where is everypony?" Rarity asked.

"I don't know," Toby shrugged "I just said 'hi' and they all ran of screaming like I had the plague, that's a disease in my world by the way, anyways, it looks like their scared of me more than Fluttershy,"

Fluttershy lowered her head feeling guilty.

"It's just like when Zecora came to Ponyville," Twilight Sparkle realized.

"Who?" Toby asked Twilight.

"She's a Zebra and a friend of ours, everypony used to be scared of her just as much as they are of you now," she explained.

"Great," Toby said in a sulky tone.

"Ah, it's alright sugarcube." Applejack said comfortingly "We'll talk to them. Trust us; they'll like you once they get to know you."

"I sure wish it was sooner," Toby said hopefully.

Pinkie Pie then got an idea and whispered into the ear of everypony. They all nodded.

Applejack suddenly walked away "Sorry folks but I got to get back to work, Nice meeting ya Toe, see y'all later."

Fluttershy hovered away as well "Umm...I have to go too, I must feed the animals. Goodbye".

"Goodness! I am running late with my work! I must be off, Goodbye Darling!" Rarity said as she galloped away.

Rainbow hovered in front of Toby "You better not do anything funny with Twilight and Spike Mister! Or I'll take you down in 5 seconds flat!" and with that, she flew off rather fast.

Pinkie Pie jumped and stopped almost in mid air, she was shaking and made a loud gasp. "Oh no! I need to bake the cakes! Bake the cupcakes and make the milkshakes! Good-bye Toby! See you later!"

Then she took off in a flash. Toby looked both confused and surprised.

"Uh… Bye, I guess? Well that was odd," he remarked.

Twilight Sparkle chuckled "Don't worry, you get used to it,"

"Yeah? Let me know when that happens," Toby told her.

"Well come on, let's head to my place," Twilight Sparkle said walking ahead, Spike and Toby follow her.

Unknown to them, a tall and muscular figure was making his way towards Ponyville.

"Lay out the welcome mat kid," the giant said "I'm coming for you,"

A couple of minutes later, as the trio were nearing Twilight and Spike's home, Toby had struck up a conversation with Spike.

"So, Spike, what do you around here?" Toby asked.

"Well I write letters to the Princess and help out Twilight however I can, I'm her number one assistant!" Spike said proudly.

"More like her only assistant," Toby quipped.

"Ha-ha," Spike laughed, sarcastically.

"Boy, you sure must be close with those pony friends of yours," Toby remarked.

"Yeah, they're like my family, in fact we're all one big family," Spike stated "Big and somewhat dysfunctional,"

"Yeah, that's for certain." Toby agreed. "Man, having six friends who are girls… You know most guys in my world would consider that a dream come true. Not really sure why though, say… do you like one of them?"

"Well there is one…" Spike said blushing.

"It's Rarity isn't it?" Toby interjected.

"What?" Spike said startled "How'd you know?"

"Well during our trip here I saw you staring at her like she was the last piece of candy in the candy store every time she turned away," Toby explained "Plus it's so obvious a blind guy could see it,"

"Ok, ok! It's true, I have a crush on Rarity," Spike admitted "But you can't tell anypony!"

"I won't, I won't, and to gain your trust I will tell you something that nobody else knows about," Toby said.

Spike nodded. "Well Ok, what is it?"

Toby leaned over and whispered something into Spike ear that made Spike cry out and shudder.

"I want that image out of my head!" Spike told him disturbed "Man…"

"See, I trust you enough with my darkest secret so you can trust me to keep a lid on yours,"

"Wow! Thanks Toby!" Spike said grateful.

Toby held his fist out. "Go ahead, pound it,"

Spike looked at him confused.

"On my world it's a form of respect between guys." Toby explained.

"Cool!" Spike exclaimed. Both he and Toby fist pound.

Twilight looked back toward them and giggled. It seemed that they had just become best friends.

"Well here we are Toby." Twilight Sparkle said gesturing to her house, the large tree in front of them. "Home sweet home."

Toby was confused. "You live in a tree house?"

Twilight smiled. "Well, it may look like that from the outside but on the inside it's the Local Library and where Spike and I live." She went up to the door and gestured her hoof at the door. "After you"

Toby walked up to the door and opened it, he saw the room was dark and could not see a thing. He went inside with Twilight and Spike following him from behind

"Uh…Twilight? Where's the light switch?" Toby asked "I can't see a darn thing,"

Twilight closed the door. "It's coming on...now!" she suddenly yelled.

The lights turned on, revealing Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, they all yelled

"SURPRISE!"

Toby screamed in surprise and fell over. He looked around and saw that the whole library had been decorated with party decorations, complete with a large pink cake.

"Whoa… what is this?" Toby asked.

Pinkie Pie bounced over to him with a large grin. "It's your welcome party silly! I knew you were so sad with everypony avoiding you so I threw this welcome party for you to welcome you to Ponyville!"

"Wow! This is so cool!" Toby exclaimed. "Thanks Pinkie. You know this might be the nicest thing anyone's ever done for me,"

"Aw, you're welcome Toby-woeby." Pinkie Pie said rubbing his head affectionately.

"Tobias, why don't you try some of Pinkie Pie's fabulous cake, it's simply divine!" Rarity told him.

"Ok, but nobody calls me Tobias!" Toby said sternly "Well Mom did… and so does Dad… and my Grandma… and my teachers,"

Twilight Sparkle chuckled and rolled her eyes.

"Well why are you just standing there partner? Have some cake!" Applejack insisted.

Toby nodded and zoomed over to the cake, taking piece. He licked his lips with a hungry look in his eye, he had not really eaten since he got to this world and he was famished. He leaned against door and prepared to eat.

"Hello, delicious. Come to…" Toby started before an arm burst through the door, grabbed him and tossed him out. The others all gasped in surprise.

Toby rolled down the road, groaned and slowly turned around to see something that made his eyes widen with fear.

The giant was large and imposing, he had red skin with warts all over his face and shoulders, long dark orange hair and orange eyes.

He wore a sleeveless tunic, along with black, arm-warmers. A pair of black, ¾ length pants that stopped just below his knees covered most of his lower half. Along with this, he wore sandals with leg warmers, a purple belt around his waist, and a necklace that comprised of circular pieces separated by long, metallic strips.

"What the-?" Toby asked. "Who the heck are you and what's your beef with me?"

"The name is Jobo and you disturbed my sleep and my space!" Jobo told him angrily "I don't have any friends just like you, poor baby,"

Toby backed away as Jobo started to walk toward him.

The others all rushed to the broken door and saw Jobo and Toby.

"Toby!" Twilight Sparkle cried.

"Guys, stay back!" Toby warned "I think he just wants me, isn't that right?"

"Yeah that's right, and I also think it's cute," Jobo said.

Toby raised in eyebrow. "What is?"

"I enjoy being alone but you actually think you have friends," Jobo said with a smirk.

Toby stood up. "What are you talking about? You don't even know me!"

"I know you better than you know yourself Toby and I know a little bit about how you got here," Jobo told him.

"What do you mean?" Toby demanded.

"Someone from your world set you up and sent you to this place. They wanted to get rid of you!" Jobo explained.

"Huh?" Toby asked surprised and horrified.

"The truth hurts doesn't it?" Jobo questioned "You're conceited and selfish, nobody wants you around Toby! That's why they sent you here!"

Toby gulped as Jobo loomed over him.

"You know it's true, don't you kid? Why deny it?" Jobo asked.

"You're a liar!" Toby shouted. "Nobody I know would ever do that! You're the one whose miserable!"

Jobo grabbed Toby by the throat and held him up.

"Manners kid. I don't care who takes care of you, you watch your mouth. Because this is what happens… to weaklings!" Jobo told him before letting him go and kneeing him in the chest, sending him flying to a statue into the center of a fountain, which broke in half.

Jobo leapt over to him, grabbed him out of the water and sends him flying again with another punch.

Jobo laughed evilly "Your just a waste of space to everybody! Why don't you let me put you out of your misery right now?"

Toby growled and got up. "I'm getting real tired of you!"

Toby zoomed over and slammed into Jobo like a battering ram. The giant wheezed as the human made a direct hit in the stomach. Jobo recovered rather quickly, smacking Toby away with his hands. Toby braced the hit as he pushed himself to the ground. Landing on both of his feet, the human and the giant glared at each other in the eyes. Toby was the first one to strike, delivering a punch straight to Jobo's jaw.

Even with super strength however, the giant counter attacked by slamming him into the ground. Toby landed on the ground with a grunt as Jobo brought his foot up to crush him. Toby saw this and rolled away just in time

Jobo suddenly kicked Toby right in the chest and he skidded down the road. Then Jobo noticed a small filly hiding behind a bush.

The filly had brilliant gamboge eyes, a bright red mane with a pink bow and a pale, light gold coat

She shook in fear as Jobo grinned at her.

He leapt over and before she could run away, he grabbed her by the collar and held her up.

"Hey! Put me down!" she cried.

Applejack knew her, for her eyes were wide with fear and worry.

"Apple Bloom!" Applejack cried "You let my little sister go you hear!?"

"Not going to happen, pony!" Jobo shouted, he turned to Toby "I know you Toby; you careabout others, don't you?"

Apple Bloom started to tear up.

"Put her down!" Toby cried.

"Make me!" Jobo challenged him.

"Gladly!" Toby said. He leapt up, kicked Jobo in the nose, caught Apple Bloom and shielded her.

"Ok, get to your sister!" Toby told her "Go! Go!"

Apple Bloom nodded and ran to Applejack.

Toby then noticed Jobo chuckling as he got up.

"What's so funny?" Toby asked.

"I think it's cute; you trying to be some kind of hero," Jobo replied "I think it's amusing that you're protecting the creatures that hate and fear you! You think protecting them will help? Well I got news for you shrimp! Those ponies you're protecting…"

Jobo smacked him into a building, which was reduced to rubble upon impact.

"They think you're more of a monster than I am!" Jobo screamed as he plowed into Toby, knocking the building down. Toby cried out in pain, his whole body hurt, as if it were on fire.

"Stop it!" Spike screamed as he stepped forward.

The Mane Six step forward as well. Jobo turned to them.

"What did you say to me?" Jobo asked them angrily.

"You heard us! Now get lost!" Rainbow Dash demanded.

"Indeed, we have had quite enough of your mindless rampage!" Rarity added.

"And if you believe we think Toby here is the monster after what you tried to do to my sister… Well you're just plain mad!" Applejack cried.

"This doesn't concern you ponies," Jobo told them, his anger rising.

"I think it does!" Twilight Sparkle countered.

"Sounds like somepony needs to be taught a lesson!" Jobo said cracking his knuckles.

"Ooh! Let me guess, you're the one who's going to teach it to us!" Pinkie Pie said.

"My! So protective, aren't they Toby?" Jobo remarked.

Toby slowly got up, panting and heaving for breath.

"But that's only the case if they're real friends and you've never had any of those." Jobo reminded him.

"Toby, what's he talking about?" Twilight Sparkle asked.

"Think back Toby, remember your classmates back at school?" Jobo questioned.

The memory of his classmates ignoring him flashed in Toby's mind.

"So? They got a little distracted! Kids do that!" Toby told him.

Jobo raised an eyebrow. "Oh really?"

"Yes, really!" Toby insisted.

"Remember what happened next? When they left you to walk alone in the rain by yourself?" Jobo reminded him.

The memory of walking home with nobody around to give him an umbrella also flashed in his mind. Toby's hands shook and his eyes were close to tearing up.

"You wanted nothing more than to have friends and protect the bullied, but you never could because you're too scared." Jobo said as he walked away from the pony gang and toward Toby who was just about to cry "You have no real friends, you know why? Because you don't think you deserve them!"

Jobo elbowed him, sending Toby flying across town until he reached the edge; he left a huge impact crater when he hit the ground.

Jobo did a giant leap over, grabbing Toby by the throat and began choking him. Toby hacked and made desperate little squeaks.

"Poor Toby Morrison, no mother, no father, no friends and now you have to live with the sad reality that your all alone Toby!" Jobo cried preparing to finish him off. However, before he could do it, his actions were stopped when Rainbow Dash slammed into his back, causing him to drop Toby.

Toby groaned and opened his eyes to see Spike and the Mane Six standing in front of him, much to his surprise.

"He's not alone!" Twilight Sparkle cried "He's got seven friends standing right here!"

"What…" Toby said surprised.

"That's right! And we are not going to let you hurt him anymore!" Fluttershy added "You got that?"

Toby was surprised how loud her voice had just gotten and was a bit worried for all of them.

"Listen girls… it's ok, you don't have to do this, just save yourselves!" Toby told them "You barely even know me! Why would you risk your lives to save someone like me!"

"We told you! We're your friends!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"Yeah, and we're not leaving you!" Spike stated firmly "Not for a second! So don't try to convince us to leave you cause we won't!"

"You'd try to protect someone whose not of this world?" Jobo questioned.

"Tobias is our friend, monster! We don't care where he came from, what matters is that he's here with all of us!" Rarity replied.

"Yeah, so leave him alone you big bully!" Pinkie Pie added.

Jobo started laughing hysterically, much to everypony's confusion.

"Uh… anypony mind telling me what the joke was?" Applejack asked. Everypony just shrugged and muttered 'I don't know'.

"Oh that is rich! Tell you what Toby, you don't want to stay friends with a bunch of wimpy, namby-pamby ponies," Jobo said. That little insult struck a chord inside Toby's mind and made his fists start to shake with anger. "I'll just kill them now and save you the misery! Don't bother trying to save them. After all underneath all that bravado you're just a scared and lonely little boy."

"Hey! Shut your big mouth or I'll shut it for you!" Rainbow Dash cried, ready to fight.

"Everypony stand down!" Toby shouted. They all turned to a very beaten up Toby "This guy… is mine!"

"But Toby…!" Twilight Sparkle started to say, she sounded worried.

"I'm fine, and I'm not about to let the first friends I ever had get hurt because of me." Toby said "Nobody really cared much about me in my world, and I just tried to shrug it off and did a few tricks to lighten up the mood. Sure, my Dad was there at times, but it was still rough. I used to think that there was no place in the world for me and all I ever wanted was some friends,"

Everypony looked at him with great pity and sadness.

"But when I came here and met all of you, while I didn't know it at the time, I had… actually made friends. Sure you're not human but having ponies and dragons for friends is better than having none at all." Toby continued "And now with this pain in the neck trying to hurt you guys I figured it's time I stopped hiding and star fighting!"

As he finished his body began to glow with a cyan blue aura. Everypony stared in amazement as the energy began to build up in his back and formed into two gigantic wings made out of cyan blue energy and his he gained a slim yet muscular build. Blue butterflies then begin to fly all around him.

"Whoa…" Rainbow Dash stated.

"So beautiful…" Rarity said in awe.

Jobo growled. "Doesn't matter… now you die!"

Jobo charged past the Mane Six and prepared the land a blow on Toby who effortlessly stopped him. Jobo looked shocked.

"Nice try." Toby told him, his eyes burning with anger. "But now... I'm much more stronger than you!"

Toby pulled his hand back and landed a blow on Jobo who was sent flying across Ponyville, leaving a long skid mark in the ground, then he rolled to a stop.

Toby disappeared then reappeared in front of Jobo in a flash.

"Let me tell you something Jobo, you can beat me up, you can insult me all you want, you can ruin my day, you can even hurt the things I stand for, I can handle all of that but what you've done is unforgivable!" Toby said, his anger rising.

Jobo's eyes widen with fear as Toby kicked him onto his back. Then Toby's entire right arm increased in size and the energy from his wings was transferred and concentrated to his right arm, the bluish-white energy blazed like fire.

"Those so-called namby-pamby ponies over there are my best friends and you insulted them!" Toby continued angrily "How dare you. It's one thing to ruin a guy's welcome party, beat him up and then taunt him about being lonely, but insulting a guy's best friends? That is undeniably and unquestionably… UNFORGIVABLE!"

Toby then slammed his giant fist right into Jobo's chest. The force created a giant crater as well as a huge shockwave that blew everypony's manes back and knocked some of the leaves from nearby trees off their branches.

When the shockwave stopped, Jobo suddenly turned to stone and shattered into a pile of dust. Toby's fist and muscles returned to normal size and the energy faded away. Toby panted heavily before collapsing, only to be caught by Rainbow Dash and Applejack. The crowd of ponies cheered and stomped their hooves in excitement.

"Hold on partner, we got you," Applejack said to Toby comfortingly.

"Is he ok?" Fluttershy asked concerned.

The others all got a good look at him.

"Aw man, he's out cold," Rainbow Dash remarked.

"Yeah, that fight sure took it out of him," Spike added.

"Oh, look, his arm!" Twilight Sparkle cried. They all looked at his right arm and saw multiple burn marks all over it, smoke emitting from it.

"Oh my goodness! What happened?" Rarity asked.

"I don't know, all that magical energy he was emitting must also come with a price," Twilight Sparkle replied worried.

Pinkie Pie stared at the pile of dust that was once Jobo. Takes a deep breath, she blew it away.

"But what happened to Big, Fat, and Meany? Was he a statue pretending to be a giant this whole time?" Pinkie Pie wondered.

"Not quite," a voice from behind said. Everypony turned and saw Princess Celestia and Princess Luna walking towards them.

"Princess Celestia! Princess Luna!" Twilight Sparkle exclaimed surprised.

Everypony bowed at the sight of the two royal figures. Princess Luna and Princess Celestia looked over at Toby.

"So, this is the being that came from the sky, just like the prophecy foretold," Princess Celestia said.

"The prophecy? You mean that story I read earlier? It's real?" Twilight Sparkle asked shocked.

"As real as this boy in your hooves," Princess Luna nodded.

"What about that statue guy?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"That was a statue but I fear something or someone must have brought it to life and sent it after your new friend here," Princess Celestia replied.

"And those magnificent wings of his?" Rarity questioned.

"Plus the giant fist he made," Spike added "Oh, man that was cool!"

"It appears that somehow when this boy entered our world his body's physical abilities were enhanced and awakened his apparent affinity for magic." Princess Luna explained. "Of course as you can see because his kind's bodies aren't used to magic, the side effects are quite dangerous and harmful."

"Then let's get him to the hospital, quick!" Twilight Sparkle said. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna levitate him into the air and magically carry him to the hospital as they ran towards it. A small blue butterfly then began to follow them.

Later the next day, Toby was sleeping like a rock until a noise from outside woke him up. He stirred and rubbed his eyes, he saw a white ceiling.

"Huh?" he said "What's going on? Where am I?"

He looked around to see his seven new best friends looking over him, with smiling faces and somewhat teary eyes.

"Hey! Welcome back!" Twilight Sparkle said in a cheery voice.

"Twilight?" Toby mumbled as he sat up only to be met with pain coming from his side "Ow! Ow! Ow!"

"Whoa there, take it easy sugarcube," Applejack coaxed him. "You hurt yourself pretty bad so try not to move much."

Toby looked down upon himself and saw he was wearing a hospital robe and underneath that were bandages that covered nearly his entire chest and a bandage wrapped entirely around his right arm.

"What happened? The last thing I remember was beating Jobo," Toby said.

Pinkie Pie came over next to him and started to ramble excitedly.

"Oh, it was so amazing! You were 'No one insults my friends!' and he was all 'What are you going to do about it?' and then you both went 'Pow, bang, zoom!' and…" Pinkie Pie started before Toby covered her mouth out of annoyance.

"Can someone else explain it to me less enthusiastically?" Toby asked the others.

"Well after you pounded Jobo in the chest, he turned back into a statue and you passed out," Spike explained. "You beat him!"

"Of course your arm did get rather damaged afterwards," Rarity added.

Toby rubbed his bandaged covered arm.

"The Doc said it'll be fine but he said something about second degree burns and that you'll have to wear that bandage around your arm for a couple of weeks," Rainbow Dash said trying to remember what the doctor told them.

"Ah, I see, I'm guessing it's because of that technique I used huh?" Toby questioned.

Twilight nodded. "Yes, it was pretty powerful of course I don't think you should use it all the time,"

"Yeah, you're probably right," Toby agreed.

"We were so worried that you were not going to make it, that ogre left you hurt pretty bad…," Fluttershy said.

"Hmm, I think that's the most words you've ever said to me." Toby remarked, with a smile. "And the nicest."

Fluttershy smiled and tried to hide her blush with her mane.

"And you guys were really that worried about me?" Toby wondered.

"Of course we were you big dummy!" Rainbow Dash said tousling his head affectionately.

"Wow and I thought you hated me," Toby said to Rainbow Dash surprised.

"Well maybe at first…" Rainbow Dash started to say which made everypony glare at her "…But after I got to know you, I saw that you were a pretty cool guy, we all think so,"

"Really?" Toby asked.

"Why of course darling!" Rarity replied "I've been studying your clothes and I have been getting all sorts of new ideas. Trust me, the clothes I will make for you will be divine."

"You don't have to do that." Toby said.

"Oh pish-posh, it's the least I can do after you saved our lives," Rarity told him.

"Not to mention my little sister's life, I owe you for that partner." Applejack said smiling at him.

"And I've never had a best friend whose a dude before!" Spike added "Plus it's fun watching you pound bad guys with your bare hands! You're like a superhero!"

Spike started imitating Toby's fighting moves only to trip himself up and end up on the floor. Everypony laughed.

"Yeah, you're like so much fun to be around and that's why we love you!" Pinkie Pie said.

The Mane Six all hugged Toby tightly in a loving embrace.

"Aw, thanks girls," Toby said touched, then after a few seconds he started to feel crushed "Ok, you're starting to squish me,"

The girls released him from the embrace.

"Sorry!" they all said

Toby smiled. "I didn't say stop,"

The girls smiled and hugged him again.

"Hey don't forget me!" Spike cried out as he jumped onto the bed. Both he and Toby fist pound.

"Nice to see your awake Toby," a voice said.

Everypony turned and saw Princess Celestia entering the hospital room.

"Princess Celestia!" The Mane Six and Spike said surprised. They all bowed to her, besides Toby.

"Wow! You're the Princess?" Toby asked in awe of her beauty.

"Yes and you must be Tobias Morrison," Princess Celestia said.

Toby nodded "Yep, that's me, say… since 'Princess Celestia' is kind of a long name, can I call you 'Princess C' for short?" Toby asked.

"Toby!" Twilight Sparkle snapped.

"What?" Toby asked.

"It's quite all right Twilight Sparkle. Toby you may call whatever you wish," Princess Celestia assured him.

"Cool… so, not to be rude but… why are you here?" Toby wondered.

"I'm here to find you, to see if you are truly the Hero the prophecy foretold and not the Villain." Princess Celestia replied solemnly.

"Hero? Villain? Prophecy? What does that all have to do with me?" Toby demanded more confused than ever.

"Well it is said in an old Ponytale that when the legendary evil finally reveals himself the being that fell from the sky will rise up to defeat him and become the guardian of Ponyville." the Princess explained.

"And you think that being is me?" Toby questioned.

"Hopefully, only time will tell, but you seem like a kind hearted soul to me." Princess Celestia assured him.

Toby smiled, thankful of the Princesses kind words, she returned that smile.

"Princess, Toby said that he might not be able to go home do you think you can help him?" Twilight Sparkle asked her mentor.

"I will try but it will be difficult," Princess Celestia replied.

Toby raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"Well, when you first arrived in the hospital I tried using my magic to heal you but sadly… nothing happened," Princess Celestia said

"You mean… Toby's immune to magic?" Spike asked.

"But you levitated him all the way here," Twilight Sparkle pointed out.

"It appears that magic that directly effects a human is ineffective, spells that only levitate one are the only ones that appear to work, there's no telling whether or not teleporting one will work considering you are the first human to ever step foot in Equestria," Princess Celestia explained.

"You mean I'm trapped in this world forever?" Toby asked

"For the time being, yes." Princess Celestia nodded "But rest assured, I will find a way,"

"Sounds like you got a lot of work ahead of you Princess and it seems like I'm going to be here awhile, and I don't mean just the hospital…" Toby said, he looked at all his friends and smiled "Well that suits me just fine,"

The Mane Six and Spike all smiled at him.

"I just hope everypony else will able to accept me as much as you guys have." Toby said.

"Oh don't you worry your little head about everypony else, Toby-woeby," Pinkie Pie assured him

"Yeah, after you kicked that giant's hindquarters, I'm sure they're starting to warm up to you!" Rainbow Dash added. "Fluttershy has."

Fluttershy nodded with a smile.

"So, I guess that's the first step huh?" Toby remarked "Then I guess once I get out of here, I'm going to work hard to earn everypony's trust, it'll be hard, but I know I can,"

"Glad to hear it, sugarcube," Applejack said patting him on the back.

"Still… I wonder… who is this legendary evil?" Twilight Sparkle wondered.

"I don't know, but I doubt we're gonna be happy when we find out," Toby stated. Meanwhile, just outside his hospital window, a butterfly was resting on a long tree branch before flying off. Just seeing the little insect made Toby smile a small smile.

Meanwhile, in the badlands of Equestria…

Inside a dark and gloomy castle surrounded by a thick black fog, suspended in mid air thanks to dark magic.

A small creature scurried through the hallways to a large throne room. It bowed at the sight of his master and started talking in a strange language that only the dark figure could understand.

"I see, so Jobo is dead eh?" The dark one asked "Such a shame, I had such high hopes for him. But this Toby Morrison boy is much more powerful than I thought, and resourceful, his death will be my greatest achievement,"

The dark figure leaned into the dim lighting in the room, revealing his true form.

He was a centaur. The bottom part of his body was that of a pony. Four legs, hooves, and a tail. The bottom half was covered with dark blue fur, and where the Cutie Mark would be, there was a strange white arcane symbol. However, what was disturbing was the top half. Stuck to where the head would be on an ordinary body was a muscular torso. The skin that covered it was reddish brown . It had large muscular shoulders and hands with spiked armbands. On top of the shoulder was a vile head, surrounding by a lion-like mane of dark blue hair. Out of the hair extended dark-grey horns that curved into cruel spikes. He had yellow eyes and a purple metal breast and shoulder plate.

"Lord Tirek… promises it." Lord Tirek hissed.

Voices

Mark Acheson as Lord Tirek

Michael Sorich as Jobo

3. First Day on the Job

My Little Pony: The Human Chronicles

Episode 3: First Day on the Job

Recap: Last time, soon after making his arrival in town Toby became feared by everypony in Ponyville, due to them never seeing a creature like him before. Then just as things didn't look like they could get any worse a giant named Jobo appeared and began to beat and taunt Toby, telling him he was alone and he had no friends. Upon realizing Spike and the Mane Six are his friends Toby awakened his own magical power allowing him to overpower and kill Jobo, who was revealed to be a reanimated statue. However, this adventure is far from over…

Toby followed his new Pony friends as they led him through town. As he passes some of the townsfolk, he saw many grateful faces and some ponies even waved at him. Of course some still feared him and hid behind various objects. Toby could not blame them though, it would be the same on Earth if it were the other way around.

As they continued to walk, Toby grew more and more impatient.

"Are we there yet?" Toby asked.

"No!" The Mane Six said in unison.

"…How about now?" Toby added.

"If you keep asking that question you are going to wish you were back in that hospital," Rainbow Dash warned him.

"Sorry! I'm just anxious to see what you guys want to show me, I mean I spend a whole week in a hospital bed reading about Equestria and as soon as I step out you want to show me something?" Toby asked tiredly.

"Yep! That about sums it up!" Pinkie Pie replied with her usual exuberance.

Toby groaned "At least give me a hint of what it is,"

"Uh, uh, no hints! We've been working on this all week," Twilight Sparkle told him.

"All week?" Toby said surprised.

"Well perfection does take time, remember?" Rarity reminded him.

"Right, of course," Toby nodded.

"Alright partner, we're nearly there," Applejack assured him.

They soon reached the edge of a large and dark forest near the town and look up towards something.

"Tada!" Twilight Sparkle gestured "Check it out."

Toby looked up and was surprised when to see a large wooden house perched onto a large tree with a thick trunk.

"Whoa! What is that?" Toby asked.

"It's your new house silly!" Pinkie Pie replied with a giggle.

"My own house?" Toby wondered.

"Yeah, we knew you needed a place to stay so we made one for you," Rainbow Dash explained.

"Just think of it as a 'thank you' for saving our hides from Jobo," Applejack said.

Toby gazed at the tree house in awe.

"Do you like it?" Fluttershy asked hopefully.

"Like it? I love it!" Toby exclaimed "I can't believe I have my own place with no one to tell me what to do! ...Well except you guys but none of you are my mother,"

Toby then noticed that there were no steps to climb up the tree. He look dismayed.

"Uh… did it ever occur to any of you that I may havesome trouble getting up there?" Toby wondered.

"Why don't you use your giant butterfly wings?" Rainbow Dash asked "They can fly, right?"

"Possibly but I told Princess C I'd only use my powers in an emergency," Toby explained "Using that kind of magical energy damages my body, I mean look what happened to my arm!"

Toby held up his still bandaged arm.

"Then how in Equestria are you planning on getting up there?" Rarity asked "Because it's not like we have any more wood and just doing the house was just dreadful!"

Toby rolled his eyes and looked up. After a moment, he finally got an idea.

"Hey, do you guys have anything big, soft and bouncy?" Toby asked. The Mane 6 all exchanged glances.

Later, Toby jumped onto a large and soft mattress, bounced high into the air and landed on the deck of his new house.

"Awesome!" Toby cheered "Now that's how you climb a tree! It's fast AND fun!"

Toby looked over the landscape, he could see all of Ponyville and beyond including some mountain ranges.

"Wow, I can see everything from up here!" Toby remarked. "Including town square, which confusingly doesn't look like a square…"

Pinkie Pie bounced onto the deck squealing 'Wheeee!'

"He's right! It is fun!" Pinkie Pie told the others "Come on up everypony!"

"Uh… I think I'm ok down here…" Fluttershy assured them shyly.

"But… you're a Pegasus pony, you do realize that means you can fly right?" Toby asked curious.

Fluttershy nods "Yes, but… I'm not really a fan of… heights,"

Toby was dumbstruck "Well how about that, a Pegasus who's afraid of heights… ain't that something…"

Rainbow Dash flew up to them "Don't worry she pulls through in a pinch,"

"Yeah, don't worry your silly little head about us," Pinkie Pie told him smiling.

"Well there is one thing I worry about," Toby interjected.

Rainbow Dash groaned annoyed "Oh what now?"

"Based on what I've learned so far in the hospital like on Earth you all have jobs to make a living and pay for various stuff," Toby said.

Applejack bounced onto the deck.

"Yeah, so what's your point partner?" Applejack asked.

"Since I'm going to be here awhile I'm going to need to find a job myself," Toby explained "That way I can do my part and show everypony in Ponyville that I am trustworthy,"

Twilight bounced onto the deck.

"That sounds like a great idea!" Twilight Sparkle agreed.

"And as a matter of fact, I could use a little extra help on the farm." Applejack added "Want to help me buck some apples?" she asked Toby.

"Really? That would be awesome!" Toby said.

Rarity bounced onto the deck.

"In the meantime why don't we all stop by the Spa for a delightful hooficure?" Rarity suggested to the others.

"Yeah!" Twilight, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie cheered.

"No way!" Rainbow Dash shook her head "You know I don't like other Ponies touching my hooves,"

Toby raised an eyebrow "Quick question, uh… you are a girl right?"

The others gasp. Rainbow Dash growled at Toby with anger and kicked him right in the face with her hind legs, sending him sailing clean over the horizon

"It was just a question!" Toby screamed before vanishing into the distant sky.

A moment after he disappeared, a four-pointed "twinkle" appeared in the spot where he was last seen.

Later Toby was walking with Applejack towards her farm while rubbing his sore face.

"Man, that Rainbow Dash is such a sore head," Toby complained "I ask a simple question and she sends me flying before making me slam into a mountain!"

Applejack chuckled "Sorry about that sugarcube, Rainbow can get a little… temperamental,"

"Yeah, I could tell," Toby said.

They soon arrived at Sweet Apple Acres.

"Well, here we are," Applejack told him "Now allow me to introduce you to the rest of my family here on Sweet Apple Acres,"

Applejack gestures to two other ponies. One was ploughing and the other was napping on a rocking chair.

"The big pony ploughing is my big brother, Big Macintosh," Applejack said.

Big Macintosh was a crimson-coated pony with an orange mane and green eyes. The Pony was a big one, even taller than Applejack. He wore a yoke around his neck and had a sprig of wheat in his mouth. His cutie mark was a green apple cut in half. He waved at Toby.

"Hiya! I'm Toby," Toby said in a friendly tone "Say, is it ok if I call you Big Mac? Because I have trouble pronouncing long names,"

"Eeyup," Big Macintosh nodded calmly, his eyes half closed.

"And over there is Granny Smith," Applejack continued.

Toby turned to an elderly pony sitting in a rocking chair, seemingly asleep. She had a light lime green coat, a white mane and orange eyes. She also had wrinkles. Her cutie mark was an apple pie.

"Hello!" Toby said to Granny Smith. He smiled faded when he saw that her eyes were closed and she was not moving.

"Hey… is she still breathing?" Toby asked in a scared tone.

Granny Smith snorted, walking up, "Wha…?"

Toby breathed a sigh of relief "Oh thank goodness,"

"You're not from around here are you?" Big Macintosh asked Toby.

Toby chuckled "Eeyup, is it that obvious?"

Big Macintosh smiled at him.

"Well, we'd better get to work Toby, come on," Applejack told him before leading him to the acres of apples.

"So… how exactly are we going to get all these apples off the trees?" Toby wondered.

"Simple partner, we buck 'em," Applejack replied.

"Huh?" Toby asked.

Applejack walked over to a tree with a large basket under it, turned around and kicked it with her hind legs, the apples immediately fell off and into the basket. Toby looked shocked and laughed, impressed.

"Holy Guacamole! Boy, you sure are strong," Toby admitted.

Applejack blushed. "Aw, shucks, partner, you're making me blush,"

"Hmm, I wonder…" Toby said before making both his arms increase in size. He held both his arms back before clapping them together, creating a shock wave that knocked all the apples of the trees in the part of the forest he was aiming at.

Applejack's jaw dropped while Toby jumped up and down cheering.

"I did it! I did it! Did you see that?" Toby asked, still excited.

"Hey… I thought the Princess said you could only use your powers in emergencies?" Applejack pointed out.

"Oh, she said I couldn't use my energy wings. She never said anything about my size altering powers." Toby told her. He gazed at his hands as they returned to normal size. "Man, I love magic!"

"Ok, that was mighty respectable." Applejack admitted. "But how about you try knocking them down without using any powers?"

Toby shrugged "Sure, although I can't turn my super strength off so… no promises,"

"Ok, that's understandable," Applejack nodded "Just do your best to restrain yourself."

Both she and Toby walked over to a lone apple tree, its apple's just waiting to be knocked down.

"Go right ahead sugarcube, just hit in any way you can but without powers." Applejack reminded him.

"Man, you remind me a bit of my mother," Toby told her "She never let me get away with anything either,"

"Well your mama sounds like an alright gal," Applejack said "How is she?"

Applejack did not know it at the time but the mention of his mother made Toby very depressed. He lowered his head and sighed. Applejack looked at him concerned.

"Toe? You ok?" Applejack asked.

"I'm fine, anyway, let's get this over with," Toby muttered.

Toby walked over to the apple tree, took a deep breath and gave the tree a strong side kick. The apples immediately fell off. Both Toby and Applejack cheered.

"I did it! I did it!" Toby cheered.

"Yee-haw! Way to go little guy!" Applejack told him. "You're a natural applebucker!"

"Thanks A.J! Can I you call you that?" Toby asked.

Applejack playfully rubbed his head. "Why you call me anything you want sugarcube… as long as you keep up the good work anyway,"

Toby raised an eyebrow.

"Just kidding!" Applejack smiled.

Toby and Applejack embraced. The sound of someone clearing their throat got their attention. They both turned and saw Spike with a smirk on his face.

"Nothing happened!" Toby said quickly as he and Applejack ceased hugging.

"Uh… yeah… we were just uh…" Applejack said slowly as she tried to think up a lie but had no luck.

"Relax you guys," Spike told them "I mean, if you two really want to be alone, all you got to do is ask, ok?"

"What?" Toby and Applejack both said with a mix of confusion and shock.

"Oh come on! That's the last thing on my mind!" Toby insisted.

"Yeah, I mean really Spike, him?" Applejack asked in disbelief, gesturing to Toby.

"I'm right here." Toby reminded her.

"Oh, sorry sugarcube. You're a nice kid but that's what you are, a kid." Applejack said. "No offence."

"No, I'm with you." Toby told her, hastily.

"Uh, huh." Spike nodded with a smirk, he did not really seem convinced. Both Toby and Applejack glare at him annoyed while trying to hide their blushing faces.

"Can we go somewhere he's not?" Toby asked Applejack.

She nodded "Sure thing partner, come on we got a lot more apples to buck,"

Both Toby and Applejack started to walk further into the forest.

"Aw come on, I was just kidding around!" Spike called out "Yeesh, some love birds just can't take a joke."

"We're not lovebirds!" Toby and Applejack screamed annoyed.

Later, Toby and Applejack were both bucking down apples into baskets like there was no tomorrow, eventually Toby got tired and started panting heavily.

"Boy… I haven't been this exhausted since my Gym teacher made me run around and around the field over and over again!" Toby remarked.

"Yeah, hard work can be pretty tiring but it keeps a pony honest." Applejack told him.

"Then it's a good thing I don't lie." Toby said "Huh, looks like we have something else in common."

"I reckon your right." Applejack nodded.

"Careful, you know what they say about reckoning." Toby reminded her.

"Nope, but I reckon it's a lot like assuming." Applejack quipped.

"Yeah, something like that." Toby said. They both laughed.

"So, did Twilight bring you up to date on what's happened in Ponyville lately?" Applejack asked.

"Gradually, and she told me about the time you saved Equestria from Nightmare Moon using the elements of harmony, boy that must have been cool!" Toby replied with a smile.

"Cool AND scary," Applejack pointed out.

"Well, all challenges are scary at first but the key to conquering fear is admitting that you're afraid," Toby said.

"Wise words, Morrison," Applejack remarked.

"Just something my dad taught me," Toby said "Remind me to tell Fluttershy that the next time I see her,"

"Will do," Applejack nodded.

"Well, I'd better carry these baskets back," Toby said.

"I'll help," Applejack started.

"No, don't trouble yourself I got it," Toby said before zooming over and grabbing all the baskets. He stood in front of Applejack carrying a dozen baskets full of apples on his shoulders.

Applejack looked at the leaning towers of baskets nervously. "Are you sure you can handle this sugarcube?" she asked.

"Of course I can," Toby insisted. "Super strength, remember? Why don't you go see if Big Mac or Granny need you, I'll finish up here,"

"That's awful nice of ya Toe but are you sure you can handle being on your own?" Applejack questioned. "You are just a little feller,"

"I'm not that little!" Toby pointed out. "I'm taller than Spike and you for that matter!"

"But… just a bit," Applejack countered.

"Hey, I've done my ownlaundry all by myself I think I can handle knocking down a few apples on my own, I mean what could go wrong?" Toby inquired confidently

"Ok, if you insist, but just yell my name if you see or hear anything strange," Applejack told him. "If you do I'll come rushing over to help,"

"Boy, you really are my Mom," Toby remarked.

Applejack hid her blush from Toby. "Thanks. I'll see you later sugarcube,"

"Later," Toby said before she left. Toby continues to buck down apples and smiles at Applejack as she left.

Later Toby had nearly bucked all the apples off the trees, using only his hands and feet to do so. He stopped to catch his breath when suddenly he heard a strange sound.

He looked around and sees no one around. Then as the sound got louder, he got a better idea of where it was coming from. He turned and saw a large and strange-looking vehicle approaching.

The vehicle was red, with multiple devices attached to it that made a variety of strange sounds. But most disturbing, was the fact that it was headed right for him.

"Uh… this is odd," Toby said slowly.

The vehicle stops when it reached him. Then two yellow stallions with red mane's jump out, landing in front of Toby, startling him and causing him to fall down.

They each wore a straw hat, a black and white pinstriped shirt, and a black bow tie. They also had apple Cutie Marks, and red hair with a white stripe down the middle.

"Hello!" One said in a singsong voice.

"Hello!" The other said in the same tone.

"Hello?" Toby said, very much confused.

"Sorry for startling you stranger," The mustached one said.

"We were just on our way to see the apple family when we saw you," The other one said.

Toby got up and dusted himself off "Thanks. Uh… who are you guys?"

"He's Flam!" said one, pointing to the one with the mustache.

"He's Flim!" Flam said, pointing back to the one without the mustache but with shinier hair.

"We're the world famous Flim-Flam Brothers! Travelling sales-ponies nonpareil!" the pair sang.

Toby stared at them blankly. "Ok…"

"And just whoand what are you my small little fellow?" Flim asked curiously.

"Don't call me small!" Toby snapped "My name is Toby Morrison and I'm a human from a planet called Earth,"

"Oh? A foreigner?" Flam asked eagerly.

"I guess so," Toby shrugged "So… why do you guys want to see the apple family?"

"Well we were just dropping by for a visit for you see… they… work for us," Flim said.

"Really?" Toby asked surprised "They never mentioned you guys,"

"Well we tell all our clients to keep our identities secret. That way no ruffian can find us and demand a job." Flam explained.

Toby nodded "Makes sense. But that still doesn't explain why you want to see them."

"Well, we just need to inspect how many bits they've made in the past three months," Flim replied "Unfortunately our vehicle seems to be having a bit of trouble getting there, even with our magic we still won't make it there in time,"

"Hey, I know! Why don't you go over to the farm, get their barrel of bits and bring it to us?" Flam asked Toby.

"Uh… I don't know," Toby said. Then two small, round, gold-colored coins with an embossed rim float into Toby's hand.

"We'll pay you two bits," Flim told him.

"Is… this supposed to be money?" Toby asked.

"It's what ponies use to buy things so in a sense, yes," Flam replied.

"Cool!" Toby remarked.

"And these two bits could be yours if you help us," Flim explained.

"Well, I am trying to help out ponies around here..." Toby pointed out to himself "Ok, I'll do it! I'm fast so it should be no trouble getting here to there and back in a flash,"

"Well that's just dandy, my boy!" Flam cheered "Now go, chop-chop, time's a wasting!"

"On it!" Toby said.

Toby zoomed off, not noticing the Flimflam brothers chuckling evilly.

Toby soon made it back to the Apple Family Farm and started looking around. When he arrives in the barn, he noticed a large barrel. He zoomed over to it, looked inside he saw that it was full of bits.

Toby whistled "Boy, I was right, these guys do make a lot selling all these apples, well better get them to Flim and Flam, boy A.J's going to love this!"

Toby grabbed the barrel and quickly zooms away, a huge gust of wind blows by Big McIntosh and Granny Smith, leaving them bewildered.

"W-What? Where'd that there breeze come from?" Granny Smith asked confused.

Big Macintosh just shrugged, for he was just as confused as she was.

Meanwhile, Toby had just gotten back to the Flimflam brothers.

"Well, what do you know, that was lickety split!" Flim remarked.

"Told you I was fast," Toby said before placing the barrel in front of them "Well, here you are, a whole barrel full of the bits ready for inspecting,"

"Thanks a bunch, you young man are a life saver!" Flam said. Toby smiled proudly as Applejack started to approach him from afar.

"Hey, Toe, I'm back!" Applejack called out.

Both Flim and Flam's eyes widened while Toby turned around, smiling and waving casually at Applejack.

"Hi A.J!" Toby cried.

Applejack sees the Flimflam brothers holding the barrel full of bits and gasped, shocked. Her shock quickly turned to anger as she yelled.

"Flim and Flam?!"

"Well got to run!" Flim said quickly.

"Nice working with you lad!" Flam told Toby before he and his brother got onto their vehicle and zoom away.

Applejack tried chasing after them but they were too fast.

"You come back here you thieving varmints!" Applejack shouted.

"Why are you yelling at them like that?" Toby asked.

"Why those two were the Flimflam brothers!" Applejack pointed out.

"Yeah, I know," Toby nodded "They said you worked for them and they were going to inspect the amount of money you made,"

Applejack does a facehoof and groans "We don't work for those two nitwits! They almost ran our farm out of business! Their evil! And now they have all our money!"

Toby's eyes widen upon realizing what he had done "And I helped them do it… it's all my fault…"

Later, Toby and Applejack were back on the farm and had just informed Big Macintosh and Granny Smith what had occurred. They were both shocked, saddened and angry at Toby.

"I can't believe such a sweet boy like you helped such dirty low lives take all our bits!" Granny Smith said to Toby upset, "You should be ashamed!"

"Eeyup," Big McIntosh nodded.

Toby lowered his head, saddened.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't be too hard on him!" Applejack interjected "It wasn't entirely his fault, he didn't know about Flim and Flam because nopony told him about them,"

"And they must have known that just from seeing me," Toby realized "They totally took advantage and used me! Those dirty…"

"Well it's too late to do anything about it now…" Granny Smith stated sadly, "Without our money, we can't afford the farm…"

"Eeyup," Big McIntosh added with a sad tone.

"It's not over yet!" Toby insisted "You know why? Because I'm going to get all your money back!"

"But why?" Granny Smith asked.

"Well, the simple truth is, if a man is man he honors his responsibilities. And your one of mine." Toby replied.

"Glad to hear it sugarcube. But those two fools are probably long gone by now." Applejack pointed out.

"Oh yeah…" Toby said.

"Guys! Guys!"

Toby and Applejack turned and saw Spike running toward them. He stopped when he reached them. He huffed, and he puffed before he started speaking.

"There's smoke coming from over there!" Spike exclaimed as he pointed to a long trail of smoke far, far away from Sweet Apple Acres.

"Oh yeah! They said their vehicle was damaged and even with their magic it's hard for them to move it, I'm guessing they're stopping to repair it," Toby said.

"Which gives us plenty of time to catch up to them," Applejack added with a smile.

"And for me to gather up a couple of things from around town that should help," Toby stated.

"Uh… catch up to whom?" Spike asked confused.

"We'll explain on the way, right now it's time to catch up some thieving varmints," Toby said in a country drawl "Huh, I kind of like speaking like a cowboy,"

Later, Toby, Spike and Applejack had reached the spot where they saw the trail of spoke was coming from. They all hide behind a bush as they saw the Flimflam brothers trying to fix up their vehicle.

"Well, this sure is a rather unfortunate predicament, isn't it brother?" Flim stated.

"No worries brother," Flam assured Flim "I'll have this here contraption fixed up lickety-split,"

Flam started to use his magic to fix up their means of transportation.

Flim leaned against the barrel containing the Apple family's bits and waited. Applejack spotted it.

"There it is y'all!" Applejack exclaimed quietly.

"So how do we grab it?" Spike whispered.

"Well… there's a time to go in strong… and a time to go in smart," Toby replied softly, he carried with him a large bag full of supplies

"You have a plan?" Applejack muttered.

Toby nodded "Yeah; beat these con artists at their own game, now listen up and let's hope these supplies I got from folks from all over town help..."

Meanwhile Flim and Flam were still working on their magically powered vehicle. Suddenly two strangers somersaulted into the air and landed in front of them. It was Toby and Spike, now wearing light blue robes, hats and masks.

"I'm Ping," Toby said in a false accent.

"I'm Pong," Spike said, also disguising his voice.

"And we are the Ping-Pong brothers traveling restaurant!" They both said in unison.

The Flimflam brothers were so flabbergasted that they did not notice Applejack crawling towards the barrel.

"Would you gentlemen be interested in trying are star dish?" Toby asked.

"Uh…" Flim and Flam started to say before Spike started to push them forward.

"Nonsense! We won't take 'no' for an answer, plus it's free!" Spike chirped.

"Would you both mind creating a table for us?" Toby asked.

"Uh… alright," Flam said.

Both his own and his brother's horns glowed, and a table with a blue cloth and two stools was suddenly conjured from thin air.

"Excellent!" Toby cried "Now, please, sit, sit,"

Toby and Spike set the still confused Flim and Flam onto the chairs. Toby wrapped Flim's end of the cloth around his neck.

"A bib for the big boy, mustn't get dirty you know." Toby told him, as Spike did the same to Flam's end of the tablecloth.

Meanwhile Applejack finally managed to grab the barrel and hoisted it onto her back. She slowly started to tiptoe away.

"Really gentlemen, this is very nice of you both…" Flim started.

"But we really must be going," Flam started.

"Not after you've tried our number one dish; Chocolate soup with lemon's on the side," Toby said as he put two bowls in front of them.

Flim and Flam looked inside the bowls hungrily, until they saw what was inside.

"Hey! This is not chocolate! This is mud!" Flim shouted angrily

Flam turned and saw Applejack sneaking away with the barrel full of bits.

"And their goes all our bits!" Flam added.

"And if you need anything else just go…" Toby said before giving them a raspberry. Then both he and Spike ran off along with Applejack, leaving behind their robes, masks and hats.

"Let's get them!" Flim shouted.

Flam nodded "Right!"

They both stood up, only to have the bowls bounce off the table and land on their heads, due to the sheet being tied to their necks.

Toby turned and snickered at his handy work.

"Nice work there, Toe!" Applejack told him.

"Eh, it was nothing," Toby assured her.

"Uh-oh," Spike said, noticing something "I think their free!"

Toby and Applejack turn around and see the Flimflam brothers running after them.

"Now what?" Applejack asked.

"Go on ahead, I got a few more ideas!" Toby stated

"Ok, be careful!" Applejack told them.

"We will, come on Spike!" Toby said.

"Right!" Spike nodded.

Applejack ran off ahead while Toby and Spike ducked into the bushes. The Flimflam brothers soon reach the spot where they disappeared.

"Where'd they go?" Flim asked.

"They should be here somewhere…" Flam said "Nopony steals from the Flimflam brothers!"

"Indeed!" Flim added.

Toby then somersaulted out of the bushes wearing an outfit similar to Flim and Flam's, hat and everything.

"Step right up and test your strength!" Toby announced trying to sound like a carnie.

"Huh?" the brothers asked confused.

Spike also somersaulted out of the bushes wearing the exact same outfit as Toby.

"How about you two fella's?" Spike asked the brothers.

"Who us?" Flim and Flam asked.

"Yes, you sirs," Spike replied "Let us show you how easy it is,"

Both Toby and Spike took out two very large hammers and slammed them on the Flimflam brother's hoofs. They howled in pain and bounced up and down. Toby and Spike rip off their disguises and continued running.

Toby and Spike both laugh as they ran.

"That was awesome, Toby!" Spike complemented.

"Thanks, I knew those supplies I gathered would help." Toby said. He turned and saw the Flimflam brothers running after them "Uh oh, here comes Tweedledum and Tweedle-even-dumber!"

"Now what?" Spike wondered.

"Hide, I got one more idea up my sleeve!" Toby assured him.

"You sure?" Spike asked.

Toby nodded "Positive, now go!"

The young dragon nodded and hid in the bushes. Toby skidded to a stop in the middle of the trail and took a few more items out of his bag.

The now very angry Flimflam brothers searched high and low for Toby and the others till they spotted Toby just standing in the middle of the trail just several feet away from them. He had a very relaxed look on his face.

Toby waved to them casually "Hey, fella's,"

"My, my, tired of running, boy?" Flim asked.

Toby shrugged "You could say that,"

"And you're just going to stand there?" Flam questioned.

Toby nods "Yep!"

"Well, that's not a very bright plan," Flam remarked.

"No, not a bright plan at all," Flim added "More like a… stupid plan,"

"The stupidest plan," Flam nodded.

"Stupid huh? Have you two looked in a mirror lately?" Toby asked.

Insulted, the Flimflam brothers start to charge towards Toby at full speed, their horns glowed brightly. Toby just stood there, blowing on his fingernails bored.

Then, just when it looked like they were going to reach, him both Flim and Flam suddenly fell into a well-disguised hole. It had been covered by a sheet of paper that matched the color and texture of the trail.

Toby looked down the hole, sees the Flimflam brothers groaning at the bottom and laughed.

"Well, would you look at that, a hole full of stupid. Boy, if I hadn't bought that from the artistic pony that little sheet would have taken me a week to paint ," Toby remarked. "Got to love good timing,"

"We'll get you for this boy!" Flam shouted.

"Indeed, we shall make you pay dearly," Flim cried.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, by the way you can take your two bits back," Toby said before dropping the bits into the hole. They both landed on the brother's heads.

"Now, if you guys will excuse me, I've got to get back to the farm." Toby said "And don't let me catch you there again."

"Or what?" Flam asked.

"Or I'm going to make you regret it and neither of you are going to like how." Toby replied. "See you!"

Toby turned to leave.

"Wait!" Flim cried. His shouting made Toby stop.

"You can't just leave us down here!" Flim cried.

"Sure I can, have fun climbing out," Toby said casually before walking away, ignoring the angry cries of the Flimflam brothers.

Later, Toby, Spike and Applejack arrived back at Sweet Apple Acres and soon met with Big Macintosh and Granny Smith.

Toby placed the barrel of bits in front of them. "Here you go, all the bits you've collected, as promised."

"Thanks." Big Macintosh said.

"Yes, thank you so much sweetie," Granny Smith smiled.

"No need to thank me and again I'm really sorry I caused this whole mess and nearly put you guys out of business," Toby said sadly.

Applejack nudged him. "Aw, no big deal sugarcube."

Spike nodded in agreement "Yeah, you still managed to trick those guys and get the money back, your still a hero,"

"A hero… I like that," Toby stated.

"And as thanks for your help, we'd like you to take these." Granny Smith said before nodding to Big Macintosh. He took two bits out of the barrel using his teeth and put them in Toby's palm.

Toby was confused "But… but I don't deserve this… I practically gave all your money to your biggest enemies!"

"But you fixed it lickety split." Big McIntosh reminded him. "I say you do deserve it.

"Wow… I don't know what to say but… thanks!" Toby said gratefully.

"Boy, with this kind of commission you could make a career out of helping everypony in Ponyville!" Spike remarked.

Toby then got an idea as a smile formed on his face.

Later, Toby was hammering a wooden plank to the top of his tree fort house. He leans back to gaze at the plank that read 'Nick of Time Odd Jobs'.

"Perfect!" Toby remarked. He jumped down and landed at the bottom of the tree where Applejack, Spike and everypony else were waiting.

"Everypony, I officially proclaim 'Nick of Time Odd Jobs' open for business!" Toby announced.

The Mane Six and Spike cheered.

"So Toe, what kind of 'odd jobs' are you planning on doing anyway?" Rainbow Dash asked.

Toby shrugged "Whatever anypony needs me to do, no matter how big or small, so long as it pays, with the exception of saving their lives,"

"Sounds right up your alley," Twilight Sparkle stated.

"Sure does, now I can earn a living all on my own," Toby said.

"Your parents would be very proud Toby," Fluttershy said smiling.

"Yeah… yeah they would," Toby said thoughtfully.

"Hey, we should have a party!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed "To celebrate your new business!"

"Now that sounds divine!" Rarity nodded.

"Yeah, great idea Pinkie!" Spike added.

Toby high fived Spike "I hear that!"

Suddenly a loud boom was heard. Everypony turned to see a rampaging red dragon heading straight for Ponyville. Everypony in town screamed and started running for the hills.

Toby sighed and turned to Applejack "There's always going to be something, isn't there?"

"Sure is," Applejack nodded "Go get him, partner,"

Applejack gave him a wink, which made Toby smile and blush. Toby leapt high into the air, enlarged his fists and flew straight for the dragon.

"Now this is going to be fun!" Toby said to himself before he began to fight the dragon.