7 Human in Ponyland
Chapter 6: Chapter 5: Home Movement, Jobs, and Tickets
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-Xavier's POV-
I lie on the floor staring at the ceiling. I ended up waking up in the middle of the night. One thing I hated was waking up from a good dream to nothing but hours of staring at the darkness. What woke me up? I wasn't really sure yet until I saw a bubble gum cotton candy smelling pony lying on her back on me. I guess my stomach makes a good pillow. I stared back at the ceiling, recalling everything that has happened. One day, me and a few friends of ours were looking to have a get together sleepover. From what Jeff told me, he, Jack and I were gonna go backyard shooting after we woke up while Bro watched the kids. The next morning, we ended up in Talking Magic Pony Land. Bri got lost, Bro held he fort while I looked for her, fought Rainbow Dash the next day, found Bri and made 2 new friends that day. Three if you count Roseluck. Then, next day, invited everyone to a party, and had a fun and entertaining tour around Ponyville. Then we visited Applejack, met Big Mac, and then had a pretty sweet party. It was pretty nice. I even made a friend out of Rainbow Dash and Roseluck, but that would also mean no more watching panicking ponies.
That was pretty fun being Godzilla for a while to a bunch of waist-sized ponies, but it's going to have to stop soon. Although we have power, we don't have water and soon we are going to need food, and since we're not stranded on a deserted world, we didn't feel like living the savage life of survival. We were going to need their help, and they wouldn't be willing to help us if I kept scaring them. As much as I like trolling, unlike Jack here, I can put my trolling aside for the greater good. Tomorrow, I'm going to ask Twilight if we could talk to the town leader. Maybe we could finally get some plumbing so we could shower without having to make a trip through the Everfree Forest. I guess the four of us are gonna have to see how we can be useful to Ponyville.
I started thinking about my skills. "I could be a voice impersonator. I am one known for many voices. From Emperor Palpatine, to Arnold Schwarzenegger, to Alan Rickman." I couldn't help but to smile. "I'll have to use that as trolling material later. As for real skills, what can I do?" I sat up for a moment to think. I know bro is good with music. Jeff's a cook, but I don't think the ponies would like what he fixes. Remembering his words from last night:
"You pansy ass ponies got a problem with that?! We eat meat! I eat meat! I'm gonna keep eating meat!"
I thought to myself, "Yeah, I think I'm going to go on ahead and stop that train of thought. He might end up being a bouncer or something." I don't know about Jack. His only skill seems to be around dancing or anything that attracts the girls. Speaking of which, he and Applejack seemed to be getting close, especially after he said something stupid like making a husband happy. That might as well have been a proposal right then and there. How would that work anyway between a human and a pony? They've never even heard of us until a few days ago. And wouldn't that be like being in love with a farm animal? Sure the ponies' faces are more human-like to the point where I would call them 'kissable' but.... "BAD! BAD TRAIN OF THOUGHT!"
What if Jack and Applejack got married? How would they even do it? What would the kids look like? Can they even have kids? It'd be awkward doing it with a-
"BRAIN! CUT! IT! OUT!"
Note to self: Whenever I start having rational thoughts about having relationships with a pony, I needed to go back to sleep. I shut my eyes and drifted off to dreamworld.
Tuesday 8/18th
I woke up to the sun shining on my face the next morning. Extremely annoyed, I almost forgot about the pink sleeping mare that was using my stomach as a pillow. Only there wasn't a mare in sight. Instead was a box of cupcakes with a note on it.
"Thanks for letting me stay last night and I'm super duper sorry for waking you up. Here are some yummy cupcakes for you and my new friends to enjoy!" ~Pinkie Pie
"Hm. That's nice of her. Maybe I could have cupcakes for breakfast. Cupcakes are made out of eggs, wheat, and milk. The only thing that's added are sugar and a bit of butter, right? I dunno. I can't cook." So I grabbed a few cupcakes, put on a new set of clothes, and walked out. I looked at my phone, and it was about 9:24am, Tuesday. Earlier than I usually get up. I saw Twilight heading to Sweet Apple Acres with Spike. That's when I was reminded that I was going to need her to come with me to see the town leader.
"Hey Twilight!"
She turned her head towards me. "Oh. Hey Xavier."
"Hey. Where are ya headed this early in the morning?"
"Oh. Spike and I were going to help out Applejack on the farm."
"Mind if I ask you for your assistance before you become too busy?"
"I'll always try to help a friend in need." She answered proudly.
"Right. I need help talking to the town's leader. As you probably know, we have no source of water besides traveling through the forest and getting water from there, and us being civilized beings, we'd rather not devolve our lifestyles to savage." Twilight seemed to understand where I was going with this.
"You want to talk to Mayor Mare in order to be a Ponyville resident?" She correctly answered.
"Bingo." I said, thinking "Mayor Mare? .....dafuq?"
"I guess Applejack wouldn't mind waiting a bit longer." She pondered. "Alright. Let's go talk to the Mayor."
She led the way with Spike on her back. When we arrived to Ponyville, I waited for the panic. Instead, I was just getting stared at by most of them. Only a few yelled for Twilight to run or just turn tail and ran. The other were now more curious than anything else. I'm guessing it's because I was being led by one of the Elements of Harmony. Oh. I also came across a brown earth pony, as the ones without wings or a horn are called, with his pink daughter. The two of them along with a few others looked at me in disgust. I knew what they were thinking. "Even in a world full of talking colorful ponies, the racism is here. I hope there won't be any police brutality here." Twilight noticed this and looked at me apologetically.
"Some ponies here moved from Canterlot. They do so because it's cheaper to live here than there where the nobles live."
Ah, yes. The snooty nose-stuck-in-the-air big wigs. I've always wanted to run into these types of people. The brown stallion is now my primary target for my biggest troll stunt yet. I grinned mischievously. It scared Twilight a little bit.
"You aren't planning on doing anything, are you?" she asked, suspiciously.
"Don't know what I'm gonna do yet, but it'll be harmless. Not sure if you noticed from following me around, but I do like messing with people."
"Right." She said, not amused with my answer.
"Guys! Wait for me!"
I turned to Spike. "Hey, lil dude, did you say something?"
Spike shook his head.
"Guys! Behind you!"
"Xavier, is somepony calling us?" Twilight asked.
I turned around and was greeted with a tired Jack that apparently wanted in on what we were doing.
"Hey guys! -pant- What's up? -pant-"
"Oh hi there Jack." Twilight greeted.
"Sup Jack?" I asked, proceeding to do our little handshake, thus confusing Twilight and Spike.
"Oh nothing much. Felt like you were about to do something fun, so I decided to join ya."
I could hear Spike ask how many of us are there.
"Well, if you're interested in getting a job and possibly a new home here along with talking to the mayor, then you won't be disappointed. Come along then." This made Jack give out a groan as he probably realized that he got mixed up in a bunch of boring stuff.
We eventually made it to the Town Hall and went in. There was a line in front of Twilight, but as soon as the ponies saw who was with her, they dropped their issues and either ran out of the door or just stepped aside. "How nice of them." The receptionist had to gather herself before pointing to the door to the mayor's office. Once in, we met a mare with a bleached tan coat and a silver mane.
"Well hello there Twil-OLY CELESTIA THERE'S TWO OF THEM NOW!!!"
"Hm... so she only saw me."
Now. I know this was a bad idea, and so far, the timing couldn't be worse. I started feeling something erupt within me at that moment. It was clawing its way into my mind as if it had to do this.
...My inner troll...
I looked over to Jack. His inner troll was affecting him too. We both were seen giving each other the Tobey Maguire look. This made Twilight really uncomfortable. She knew we were up to no good.
"Yeeeessss there are moooore of ussssss." I said using my Cobra Commander voice. "And we require your assssssisssstance!!!"
Jack and I stepped closer to the mayor in a wavy motion which was pretty much freaking out the mayor. Spike was laughing pretty hard.
"Xavier! Jack! Stop this!"
We both complied.
"Yeah, I guess we should stop playing with the mayor like that. We just saw an opportunity to troll and couldn't help ourselves."
Jack was on the floor trying to talk and laugh at the same time, trying to say "The look on her face was priceless." The look on the mayor's face was one mixed of embarrassment, disbelief, and a bit of rage. Twilight trotted up to her.
"I'm so so sorry about their behavior, Mayor. I don't know what got into them."
"Well! What ever got into them, be sure you get it out of them before you bring them into a professional environment."
Big mistake from Mayor Mare. Jack started laughing and screamed "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!"
I don't think either of them got the joke, but I don't think they liked being at the wrong end of a joke they didn't get. The mayor was probably seconds away from asking us to leave until I spoke up.
"My apologies, Miss Mayor. This morning has been quite uneventful. When we came in here and saw you, you looked like you could use the excitement. Something that would make your day interesting, you could say." I said, using my "Fresh Prince Butler Geoffery" voice and accent.
Jack was covering his mouth trying not to laugh at Mayor's facial expression which said "Who knew such a frightening creature could be so humble?" which I admit was worth a few chuckles, but I kept in mind that I needed her help. I gave Jack a look, which although it didn't get that dumb look off his face, it kept him quiet.
"Well while I agree you have an interesting way of making a first impression, it did liven up my day a little. I'll help you settle in to Ponyville. Are you staying with anypony?"
"No ma'am." I replied. "I'm just staying with me, my siblings, and our friends. This guy included." I pointed my thumb at Jack.
"So. How can I help you?" She asked.
"Well, first of all, although we have our own source of power, we have no source of water..." I started.
As the conversation went on, we had established a good place for our house. Twilight had since then, left. We also talked about possible ways of earning income. I suppose Jack and I would be good for general work and just helping guys with anything. It's not like they had a lot of things that ran on electricity. Since Jeff was a big masculine guy who has manliness radiating from every fiber of his being, he was offered a job in construction working. I don't know what bro will do. Probably help around like me and Jack. I know it may be weird that we're discussing jobs for people that aren't here, well, I plan on telling them when I got back home. If they're unsatisfied, then they can talk to the mayor themselves to get it changed.
With that out of the way, we thanked Mayor Mare and left. Jack and I were headed home until from down the road we heard ponies bickering. Curious, we drew closer and saw our new friends surrounding Twilight while arguing with one another. Twilight looked like she had enough.
"QUIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEET!!!!"
"And then I said 'Oatmeal are you crazy?!'" I heard Pinkie say. Everyone looked at her. "Oh..."
I had no clue what was going on, however I was beginning to feel bad for Twilight. I never did like unintentionally being the center of negative attention.
"Girls! There's no use in arguing!" Twilight said, frustrated.
"But Twilight..." Rarity started.
"Listen to the purple unicorn, princess!" I shouted, already getting annoyed with Rarity's whining. I don't know why. Rarity. I just don't like her that much. It's just... her type. There are things I respect about her such as her cutting her own tail off for Mr. Magnet, but I just find her so fucking annoying sometimes! Is it her voice? Her attitude? No, it can't be. Must be the voice. Hopefully I can get over that.
Rarity backed off, giving me a shocked look.
"Thank you Xavier. As I was saying, this is my decision, and I can make it on my own. And I certainly can't think straight with all this noise!" Her stomach growled. "Not to mention this hunger... Now go on! Shoo!" She shooed away all the ponies. I could've sworn from the corner of my eye, I saw Dash giving me a pleading look. I decided to ignore it for now. "And don't worry! I'll figure this out! ...somehow"
"So uh, want us to take you home so you can get something to eat?" Jack offered.
Twilight looked at us suspiciously. "No, no thank you. You aren't getting the tickets either."
"What tickets?" I asked.
"The tickets to the..." She stopped herself.
"What tickets are she talking about? Eh, I won't press her on it."
"It's nothing." She said. "Just leave me alone for now, okay?" She trotted off.
Jack and I looked at each other. "What was that all about?" We both asked in unison.
We continued on our way home, but we had to make a stop. Apparently, Jack had too much to drink before he left, so we had to use someone's restroom. It started getting cloudy as I was waiting for my friend. Then it started pouring. "Okay, it was just sunny a while ago... what in the-" My thoughts were interrupted when I saw one ray of light coming from an opening in the clouds. I walked towards it and found Twilight and Spike sitting at an outside table being the only ones dry with that ray of light shining on them. I looked up and saw Rainbow Dash.
"Hi there best friend forever I ever ever had!" Rainbow said rapidly. "Enjoying the sunny weather?"
"Rainbow Dash, what are you doing?" She asked just as suspiciously when she was talking to Jack and I a little while ago. As that memory came back, I remembered.
I left Jack.
-Jack's POV-
I exited the building I was in and saw Xavier had abandoned me like an unwanted child. "That DICK!!!"
-Xavier's POV-
At this point, I was soaked and a bit pissed at a certain rainbow-maned pegasus mare responsible for it. Apparently, Twilight has something her friends want. Some tickets to somewhere. Either way, I was going to get to the bottom of it. I stepped forward, Rainbow Dash had closed up the cloud causing it to rain on Twilight and ruin her lunch. I tried to get her attention, but before I could, fucking Rarity shows up with a parasol and kidnaps her.
"Come with me before you catch a cold!" Rarity said before taking Twi away.
"FUCK!!!" I was so close!
"Ah...AH........ACHOO!!"
"DOUBLEFUCK!!!" I thought, thinking things couldn't get any worse.
"Hey Asshole!! You left me hangin, man!" Jack was smart enough to bring his jacket.
Jack didn't stay mad at me. He saw I caught a cold from being exposed to wetness and called it karma. I gave him the finger. I wasn't exactly in the sun-shiny mood at the moment. "Next time I see you Rainbow Dash, there's gonna be a round 2!" The sky finally cleared up and we went back home. I grabbed a couple of tissue boxes from the utility room and decided to go to my room upstairs, change out of my wet clothes and rest.
I woke up that night to a bright flash. "Goddammit... keep it down down there!" I didn't say. I got up and went downstairs, thinking it were the kids playing on the Wii U, only for me to come across a purple unicorn and a singed dragon.
"Uh.. warn me next time you're gonna do that!" Spike said, dizzy.
"I didn't even know that was going to happen!" retorted Twilight.
"Oh... It's you guys..."
Twilight looked at me, a bit startled. "Oh. It's you. Hey Xavier.. Ugh! You will not believe the day I've had. My friends have all gone nuts over these tickets and they won't stop doing me favors, then Pinkie blabbed about the tickets, and now the entire town is after me!" It was then that Twilight walked closer with a concerned look. "What about you? You look worse for wear than I do. Are you okay?" She magic'd a mirror in front of me.
She was right. I did look worse. My nose was stuffed and running, and my eyes looked puffy. "I caught a cold frub Dash's raid.." I said as I moved the mirror out of my face. "I tried to fid out what was goig od with you add your frids, but thed Raridy cabe by add snatched you away, leavig be soaked id the raid"
"You were raided?!?" Spike asked
"He's sick, Spike. He meant 'rain'." corrected Twilight. She had told me pretty much everything that happened that day. Holy shit! The entire town were being a bunch of wack-jobs over tickets! Her friends though, aught to be ashamed of themselves. For fucks sakes, I was hardly even involved in this fiasco and even I feel Twilight's pain. I went to the bathroom, sanitized my hands, came back and pat Twilight's head gently.
"I ab so sorry about your day. It bust've beed tough for you. All because of those stupid tickets"
"Yeah, but you're the one who's sick and... wait.. you don't want the tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala?"
"The Grand Galloping... Is it something I should even care about?"
"It's just a party full of girly prissy snooty fancy ponies." Spike said.
"Spike!" She turned to me. "It's a party where nobles and other ponies meet together alike with the princesses. My friends see it as an opportunity to meet famous ponies and make a lot of bits or something. I love all of my friends but I only have two tickets and I don't know who to give them to!"
"I have a solutiod to that problub. Dodt leave your fredds behide. I'd burd the tickets so doe od will go. Therefore you wodt have to pick betweed your fredds. Good idea right?"
She shook her head, "I'll just send them back. I won't just burn the tickets Princess Celestia gave me. Spike, take down a note."
Soon, her friends made their way to my house, looking for Twilight. I didn't let them in at first as I stood in the doorway, arms crossed, like a stone wall. I let them in after I heard their intentions to apologize for their behavior. I let them in to do just that. However, to everyone's surprise, Spike flame-burped out 6 tickets. They all group-hugged Twilight, who still hadn't eaten. Spike seemed a bit down that he didn't get one until he burped up 5 more. It turns out Twilight told her that she had made four more friends that could go to the gala with her other friends. "Thoughtful. Thanks Twi."
And with that, everyone started to leave.
Not on my watch!
"HOLD OD ODE COTTOD PICKID BIDUTE!!" I yelled. "Dobody is leavig yet!" They all turned to me. "Dow all of you have beed botherig Twilight all dabd day about those dabd tickets!"
Applejack tried to speak up, "Uh, Xavier, ya sound a bit strange. Is everything alright?"
"Do! Everythig is dot okay, Applejack! While all of you were so busy givig Twilight bullshit, ode of you gave be a cold while doig so!" Everyone looked at Rainbow Dash who in turn, tried to book it. She was caught by Twilight's magic and tackled by a giggling Pinkie.
"Raidbow Dash, you are dot goig adywhere! You are respodsible for by coditiod add you will stay here add fix it! You hear be?!"
Rainbow groaned, "Fine..." And with that, everyone else left but Rainbow. "You're lucky I think you're cool enough."
"Whatever Raidbow." I scratched behind her ears a little.
"Don't 'whatever Raidbow' me! I'm trapped here until you get better! And you're going to stay in bed so you can get better faster! ...so uh, so I can leave!" I stopped scratching and headed upstairs. Rainbow later on fixed me some vegetable soup. She told me Fluttershy taught her how to make it. It hit the spot, but she told me I needed rest, so I closed my eyes and did as she told.
About a few hours later, I woke up to the door opening, but I didn't really move. I heard wings flapping. I knew who it was. Since the lights were off, I figured she didn't want to wake me. "What's that crazy mare up to?" She landed on the foot of my bed and lightly trotted up to my head.
"I'm sorry for getting you sick. I'll take good care of you until you get better, okay? It's the least I can do." She sounded serious.
"Woah... this is a bit out of character, don't you think?" I thought. I kept up the fake sleep. I started to feel her come closer until I felt her lips on my jaw. "Holy shit I was just kissed by a pony!!!"
"I want you better soon, big guy." She must've felt really bad about making me sick. One thing I know is that guilt can be a pretty ugly thing to have hanging over your shoulders. She's been trying to help me feel better all night. I think she deserves more than my forgiveness.
"Thanks, Dash."
She froze on the spot. I looked up at her with a smile. Instead, she looked down at me with what was at first a blushing face of shock, but slowly turned into a blushing grumpy face of embarrassment.
"You!!!"
Before she could do or say anything, I grabbed her head and pulled her down towards me, my arm wrapped around her head pulling her into another headlock.
"Heheh.... I caddot stay bad at you, Dash. I just caddot. You're so cute its dot fair."
And that's how Dash and I got a bit closer.
Next Chapter: Chapter 6: How do you like these apples? Estimated time remaining: 13 Hours, 37 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
And that is it for the 5th chapter.
By now you should know that this is going to follow the MLP:FiM storyline as well. However, with the humans being there, things will be different. I also know some of you are going to be wondering why Xavier is hogging all of the spotlight. Well, I guess you can say he is going to be the main character of the humans. I've already developed all of the humans' characters and found Xavier to be the one I like the most since he's the most evened out. Don't worry though. There will be chapters that will be mostly from other humans'/ponies' POVs, like the next chapter.
I just cant wait to write the gala chapter.
Anyway, please hit the thumbs up button if you liked it, and leave a comment on what you thought about the chapter. I'll start working on the next chapter right away.