I was awoken by a extremely loud rooster cooing through the window. I opened my eyes and saw it was extremely bright outside. I got up from my warm spot and looked outside and saw that the sun was in the middle of the sky.

"Oh shit. Guys, I think we are supposed to be awake now." I said to the lads, who were just waking up.

I opened my door and carefully walked down the old steps until I was in reception and it was completely empty.

"Good morning!" The book keeper greeted me suddenly, which did startle me.

"Did I startle you? I do apologise. It's nice to see you are awake! Are your friends awake as well?" She asked politely.

"Yes, they are just waking now. I'd like to thank you again for your kind hospitality. What would you like us to do first to repay you?" I replied back, still a little tired.

"Well I have a empty carriage outside that needs to be filled with apples, so make your way to Sweet Apple Acres, take this receipt and ask for the order." She said, as she gave me a piece of parchment with scrawls on it.

I can give that to Damon.

"There is four of us, so is there anything else we can do?" I continued, as it would not take all four of us to pull one small carriage full of apples.

"I have a pile of books to return to the library, so they can be given back. I have a Daring Do book that I borrowed from Rainbow Dash, so that needs giving back as well, although us Earth & Unicorn ponies cannot fly or walk on clouds without Magic, so you may need a Pegasus to do that one. And finally, I have a carriage full of old scrap metal that is rather heavy that needs taking to the Recycling Plant opposite the Train Station. You Earth ponies are much stronger than all of us! Is that enough work?" She said, finally catching her breath.

Rainbow Dash? Sweet Apple Acres? The Library? Yeah, that confirmed my suspicions. We were in Equestria, within the universe of My Little Pony. A work of animated art, that we thought that was entirely fictional, did actually exist in real spacetime. How do such coincidences exist? Thankfully for us, that gave us a leg up, as we have watched a great deal of the series and we knew what we up against. It sounded like the library is still in one piece, so it looked like this universe has not stayed exactly true to the fictional storyline back on Earth, due to the destruction of the library in the finale of Season 4. I quickly gathered my wits amongst what the book keeper just said and replied.

"That is perfect, thank you very much." I said, taking everything I need.

I headed back upstairs as I pondered which pony could have each job. Damon can retrieve the apples, Ollie can return the books, Ryan can use his wings to return the Daring Do book, although he has never flown. And I can pull that scrap metal. I also remembered what she said. Earth Pony. I reached my forehead and there was no horn, and I had no wings. I guess that means due to having no magic or flight, we were stronger and, of course, I had no problem with that.

"Guys, I have our jobs for today to earn us some Bits to rent somewhere at least." I announced as I returned back upstairs.

"Damon, you have to go and pick up a load of apples from Sweet Apple Acres. There is a small carriage outside for you to transport them." As I handed him the parchment with scrawls on.

"I got it. I may need directions but I'll figure it out." Damon replied, as he walked out of the room, wearing his new sunglasses that shielded him from some of the pain.

"Ollie, you need to take these library books back to the main library, which I think is Twilight's residence, if she even exists in this universe. Head for the middle of town" I told him, using my hooves to balance the books on his back.

"Gotcha!" He said, carefully keeping the books balanced as he left.

"Mario, you need to figure out how to fly, and quickly. Rainbow Dash does exist in this universe, and the book keeper borrowed a Daring Do book from her. So learn to fly. Once you have got that dialled, get your ass to Cloudsdale and ask where she is or at least, where to return the book." I told Ryan, handing him the book.

"Alright man! What did she give you?" He questioned as he headed out the door.

"There is a large carriage outside that is carrying lots of scrap metal. I have to take it to the scrap yard on the outskirts of town." I said.

"I suppose we all we all meet here afterwards?" Ryan replied.

"Yeah dude. We need to pay the book keeper back for letting us stay last night." I said to him, as I needed to stay true to my promise I made to her that night.

Making enemies was not a wise idea in this town. Ryan took the book and headed out of the door, off to look for Rainbow Dash. I was slightly unsure on how the lads were going to get on, but I was confident in their abilities. I tidied the room we rented, shut the door and left the inn. Around the back, in a small stable, was the carriage full of scrap metal. I hooked myself to the carriage, and began to pull. It was stubborn to begin with, but once I was on solid and flat ground, it got a lot easier. I walked for what seemed like hours, until I reached the train station. I looked around, for some sort of recycling plant. But all I found was a small hut, surrounded by a crude metal mesh fence surrounding the hut, with ponies, hand sorting the metal from different types into different containers. Copper cables, iron plates and old horseshoes. I walked closer to speak to the ponies inside.

"Good afternoon, I have a rather large deposit of scrap here. Where would you like me to place it?" I said, trying to be as polite as I could.

Their faces went from slightly frustrated to very annoyed.

"Around the back." One pony said, in a very grumpy and blunt tone of voice.

I wheeled the carriage around to the back and I saw a myriad of different objects just left around. Old gyrocopter blades, metal frames, meters upon meters of copper cable and even a farming plough. No wonder these ponies were not happy to see me. I parked the carriage and began emptying it onto the floor. Once I was done, I reattached the carriage back onto me and I made my way back to the inn. I got back much faster this time, as I had no additional weight. As I parked the carriage back into the stable, the carriage full of apples was already back there. Damon must have already picked them up and returned. I entered the inn and made my way up to our rented room to find Damon laying there on the bed with a beaming smile on his face.

"Why is Smoking Barrel in such a good mood then?" I quizzed him, laughing after I had finished.

"Dude, Smoking Barrel sounds too formal coming from a close friend. Call me Barrel. Sounds better. Anyway, I got to the farm and I met Applejack! Big Macintosh and Applebloom were there too!" Damon squeed with joy.

I distinctly remember that when we were watching the series, Damon mentioned Applejack was indeed, his favourite pony. No wonder he was going crazy with excitement.

"Congratulations dude! Must be a honour to meet one of the Mane Six, especially one of your favourites." I replied.

"Better yet, Applejack said she had never seen a Pegasus control a carriage like I did! So she offered me a job at Sweet Apple Acres!" Damon screamed, barely able to contain himself.

We had been in this world one day, and he had scored a job before any of us. That was impressive.

"What will you be doing then man?" I asked.

"Transporting apples, aerial checkups once I learn to fly and pulling the ploughs around the fields. Although I heard from AJ and Big Mac that some of them were very rusty and in a dire state. So I may need to practice with them for a while."

As soon as Damon said about the nearly broken ploughs, my mind automatically brought a huge idea into my head, faster than I could have imagined.

"Dude, come with me. I think I know a way to counteract the rusty ploughs." I told him, as I left the room.

Damon was asking me what I was thinking all the way to the scrapyard and to be fairly honest, I didn't really have a clue myself. I just had to get myself to the scrapyard and my mind would figure it out. We arrived outside the recycling plant and we walked behind it to where I saw the unused plough. But as I tried to focus on what I was looking at, my vision became very targeted and my eyes darted at different objects. Copper wire, old pistons, vibration circles, metal disks, gears and even a old motor. It was very bizarre, but my mind was making a puzzle out of the objects I saw in front of me.

"Come on dude, help me hold this plough up." I told him, walking towards the pile of scrap.

Damon had never looked more confused in all his life, but he held up the plough as I started grabbing various parts and attaching them with crudely made tools that I surprisingly improvised. As I followed my mind in doing all the attachments, I started to make sense of what I was actually constructing. Within the plough, I fitted two metal wheels lightly touching the ground, which spins a axle in the middle. If you put electricity into a motor, you get rotation. But if you do the opposite, you construct a alternator, which is revolutions creating electricity. So the axle was attached to the alternator, which generated enough voltage to power small pistons and vibration disks attached to the base of the plough. So once the switch was turned on and enough speed was gained, the plough had a jack-hammer effect, increasing speed and efficiency of the plough. Once finished, I stood back and I wondered if it actually worked.

"Let's go try this baby out!" I shouted, excited to see if it would actually work.

We walked past the train station with the plough raised so that it wouldn't ruin the town centre as we walked with it. Once we were a good distance from anywhere, I hooked it up to Damon and flicked the switch.

"Alright, try ploughing now" I told him, giving him the signal.

I watched from the side as he pulled, straining a considerable amount. But once he got going, he gained slight speed. As the wheels got faster, the alternator kicked in and the plough did small vibrations, easing the effort required to push it. As it got easier to pull, Damon got faster. And so did the alternator. And before I knew it, he was at nearly running speed, with the plough behind him, effectively fertilising the soil. I was amazed that it actually worked, let alone first time and nearly perfected.

"Holy shit dude, this is easy!" Damon shouted from a distance, while doing many rows of ploughing.

He has almost completed this small field in the space of five minutes. After I knew it worked, another idea struck me.

"Damon! Come back!" I shouted to him, as I wanted him to return.

As he came closer and slowed down, the plough stopped receiving enough voltage and stopped vibrating. I flicked the switch and raised it into transport mode and we walked to Sweet Apple Acres. Once we arrived, Damon ran off to find his new boss and bring her to me. After three minutes of waiting, Applejack, Big Mac and Damon trotted back towards me and the plough.

"Howdy there! I heard that ya'll would like to speak to me?" Applejack greeted me, with a pleasant smile.

"Thanks Barrel. Afternoon Applejack, I would like to speak to you about your plough problem?" I proposed to her.

She immediately seemed sceptical about what I just said.

"How do ya'll know we have a plough problem?" She questioned.

"Barrel overheard you speaking about such a issue. I do apologise about me getting into your business, but I have a offer for you." I replied.

Applejack looked behind me to see my invention.

"Is it about that silly lookin' plough?" She said, with a confused face.

"Yes. I found a old plough at the recycling centre and I have fitted with equipment to make it much more efficient. I'd like to make you an offer for it, but before I ask, would you like a demonstration to show that I am not trying to con you out of your hard earned bits?" I asked.

Saying that I would give Applejack a demonstration must have swayed her to at least give me a try.

"Let's see how this darn tootin' plough works then!" She told us.

Me and Damon wheeled the plough to a untreated piece of land. We parked it up appropriate to the lanes that had to be completed, hooked it up to Damon, flicked the switch and took a few steps back.

"Through my knowledge of electrical science, I have figured out a way to make the plough vibrate without the need for batteries or fancy gizmos. All it needs is some raw power to get it started." I told Applejack as we observed Damon strain to get the plough started.

After a few moments, Damon got moving and the plough' jackhammer effect kicked in. Damon's speed then doubled. Tripled. Quadrupled even. And like before, he was running. Applejack and Big Mac's jaws were hanging low in astonishment. They had never seen anything like this before.

"Oh my... That is incredible! What was your offer again?" Applejack muttered in surprise.

"How does 250 Bits sound? As this is the prototype." I stated. I was not sure if 250 Bits was pushing it, but in the blink of an eye, Applejack had run back to the barn and dropped a bag of Bits in front of me.

"Sold! Thank ya'll ever so much!" She said, extremely pleased.

"Barrel! Stop ploughing! Leave it there, we are out of here!" I shouted to Damon who was a considerable amount of distance from us.

Damon switched off the plough, and ran towards us. He said goodbye to Applejack and Big Mac as he past them and continued to run towards me.

"Holy shit, how many bits did you sell that for!?" Damon shouted, astonished at the bag of bits in my mouth.

"250 Bits." I mumbled between the fabric of the bag.

"Fuck, we could buy a place for that much! I saw a old place for sale for 250 bits!" Damon said, excited.

"Lead the way." I mumbled again, as I followed Damon to the place he spotted earlier.

We walked past many houses and we saw a out of shape cottage that needed a considerable amount of work done to do it. Outside, we saw Stinking Rich outside, reading some paperwork. We approached him and Damon spoke to him.

"Afternoon! Is this place for sale?" Damon asked, getting straight to the point.

"It is indeed! Only the fantastic price of 250 Bits!" He proclaimed.

I dropped the bag in front of him and I saw the greed in his eyes widen.

"Why thank you very much good sirs, here is the deed and the key. Enjoy your new home!" Stinking Rich said, trotting off with the bag of Bits in his mouth.

"Well, we have a place to stay now. Let's head back to the inn to get the rest of the lads." I said to Damon as we walked away from our newly purchased property.

We headed back to the inn to see how Ollie and Ryan got on. We walked inside to see Ollie and Ryan sat around in the lounge downstairs.

"Evening lads! How did we get on in the end?" I asked them both.

"I delivered the books to Spike, who was in the Library. There was no sign of Twilight though." Ollie said.

"Well, at least the books were returned." I mumbled.

I looked over to Ryan to was trying to achieve flight in the corner. I could tell that he never managed to make it to Cloudsdale.

"Mario, how did you get the book back to Rainbow? Because it kinda looks like you haven't managed to get the hang of flight yet." I asked Ryan.

"I was trying my hardest to fly in a field below Cloudsdale but I just was not getting the hang of it. But as I tried to find another alternative, I saw Derpy Hooves as the Delivery Mare. So I rushed over, gave her the book and told her to get it straight to Rainbow Dash. She nodded at me and flew off, so I suppose it got there alright." Ryan replied, slightly sheepish.

"It's alright mate, it looks like we got it sorted. Anyway, me and Damon have good news for you lads!" I announced.

"Me and Damon have managed to make a bit of money, so I have bought us a cottage on the outskirts of town!" I shouted and the other lads shouted in joy.

"Let's go then guys! Let's get comfortable!" Ollie shouted, eager to get out the door.

"Don't anypony go anywhere!" The book keeper shouted as she entered the inn.

"Ahh! Good evening! We have completed the jobs you requested off us as we agreed. We all hope you are happy with the result." Ryan said pleasantly to the book keeper.

"I am extremely pleased! In return for your gratitude, here is 20 Bits for you four to share between yourselves. I do hope you enjoy. Thank you again! And before you leave, the name is Rose. Rose Quill to be precise, but just call me Rose." Rose said to us, handing us the small bag of Bits.

We all thanked her, but before we could leave, she shut the door. My mood instantly changed. A slight feeling of worry struck me.

"Now, I have one thing to say to you new ponies in town. I have heard you guys creating names for yourselves, as you call each other different names. The two Pegasi cannot fly and the Unicorn cannot use his magic. You lot look very inexperienced. All four of you don't even have Cutie Marks." Rose said sternly.

A cold rush was sent down my spine and I was sweating. I looked at all of our flanks, and she was right. Blank Flanks. Nothing. Four adult ponies with no cutie marks must be quite unnerving.

"How long have you known about this?" I stammered, a little shaken.

"I noticed no cutie marks the other night. I heard you this morning as I took care of your friends eyes and I saw this morning that half of you don't fly or use magic. So, where are you from? Are you imposters? Changelings?" She said with a stern tone.

Things were going bad to worse.

"We are from a different land." Damon muttered, trying not to give us away too much.

"A different land? Outside of Equestria?" She questioned.

"Yeah, way outside of Equestria. We are very new to everything here and we are not up to anything, we are just trying to fit in like everypony else." I told Rose.

Rose was not impressed. At all.

"We promise that no-one will be hurt because of us." We all told her.

We stumbled into this world by mistake and like it or not, we had to try and find a way home and not get ourselves into trouble.

"If I find out that people start getting hurt because of you four... Celestia will be on you like a bag of bricks. I promise you that." Rose told us as she reopened the door.

After that confrontation, I felt like I was going to shit a brick.

I took our new keys, opened the door to a half furnished cottage. There was four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a lounge and a kitchen. There also was two beds, so at least nopony was sleeping on the floor. Me and Ryan crashed into a bed as Damon and Ollie got into another.

There was no light to turn out so I just tried to head off into a natural sleep.

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