I woke up to the sound of that damn rooster again. I was strangely close to Ryan, which caused me to back away rather quickly and to only fall on the hard, unfurnished wooden floor. The sound of my body slamming the floor, despite my efforts to correct myself, thundered through the empty bedroom.

"Ow, for fuck sake." I muttered quietly, as I tried to ignore my rude awakening.

I stood up and took a deep breath. I walked out of the bedroom and stood in the landing. Opposite from mine and Ryan's room was Ollie and Damon's room. I heard the snoring coming from the room, which was quite loud. I felt sorry for the other that had to put up with that the entire night. I continued to try and sneak my way downstairs, to only find out it had no effect on these wooden steps. I walked to the kitchen to realise that I had no means of making my own coffee. We had no electricity, no kettle or even coffee supplies. I knew I needed a damn coffee if I was to survive in this world. I looked over to the corner to see our small bag of bits given to us by Rose last night. I decide to take out two bits and head out the door to find the closest thing to a cafe. I shut the door behind me and walked into town.

Ponyville was a short 5 minute walk away, due to the cottage being on the outskirts. I walked along the well trodden dirt path leading into the centre of Ponyville. I gazed at my surroundings as I pass through, soaking in the atmosphere and losing myself in the peaceful vibe this town gave off. I completely lost track of time as I casually walked around, but I eventually found something that slightly resembled a cafe. I entered the small building and I was greeted with a very familiar smell. Strong coffee. Success. I walked up to the counter and there was a lime green unicorn mare with a light brown mane, that was long and thick. She was stood in a white apron, waiting to serve a customer.

"Good morning, how are you?" I asked politely with a gentle smile.

"Good morning! I am doing well, I hope you are feeling well! Can I get you anything this morning?" She replied with a small, but ever so satisfying smile. I was probably the politest customer she had served all day. I really did feel sorry for people or ponies that worked in Retail.

"Could I have the strongest coffee available please?" I asked her.

"You may, that'll be two bits please! She said, holding out her arm for the bits.

I reached round into my homemade bag, slung across my flank and fumbled to try and get the two bits I had placed in there. I finally managed to get them and promptly gave them to the pony behind the counter. She trotted off and went about making my strong coffee. As she did so, I turned around to observe the ponies that were in the coffee shop. It was shockingly similar to what you would expect on Earth. One stallion and one mare sat facing each other on a small table or two or more mares gathered around a larger table, gossiping and giggling. I was too lost in looking around again that the unicorn serving me was trying for my attention to give me my, now ready, coffee.

"Thank you very much." I said with a smile and picked the cup up with my hoof.

It was a strange sensation, not having fingers, but I supposed that I would get used to it eventually. I now had to find a table and sit down. On three legs. Shit, should have thought that one though. I paced the journey in my head to the nearest empty table and just went for it. I stumbled a few times, making the table of mares giggle slightly as I walked funny to my table. Once I placed my coffee down, I got myself comfortable and glazed my eyes over the open window I was staring out of. The town was starting to fill with life. I sipped on my mildly hot and very strong coffee and it reminded me of Earth. Perhaps a bit too much. I looked down at myself.

Was I ever to return? Could we find a way back? What if we are stuck in this world forever?

I stopped.

I needed to stop being nostalgic and concentrate on what is happening now. And at that moment, I felt the most relaxed I had felt in a while.

I was snapped out of my daze by a familiar pair of sky blue hooves clapping together near my ears and I nearly jumped out of my skin. Ollie proceeded to laugh hard in the middle of the cafe, drawing a little attention, but if didn't care.

"Oh fuck sake Star, why scare the shit outta me for?" I chuckled, steadying my heart rate.

"Because it is obviously funny dude! Anyway man, how are you getting on?" He asked me.

"Not too bad, gotten used to the body. Now just getting used to the people, and the way of life here. No internet, no Playstation, I haven't even got my personal collection of music now. That is driving me mad most of all." I muttered, as I really wanted my headphones and my iPod back.

"Yeah man, there is no lager, no football, no nothing! A little bit boring if you ask me!" He replied.

There was things on Earth we clearly took for granted every day. Smartphones, the Internet, technological ways. All gone. I had noticed slight advancements like electrical lights, cranes and even gyroscopic flying machines. But nothing connected on a massive scale or massive technological importance. I bet they have not even set foot off this planet, although they clearly had the capability with all this magic and knowledge of sciences. That was a thought, how much did they really know? I bet the best place to find out was a library. From the show, Ponyville's library was big, but nowhere near as big as The Canterlot Library. I bet if I wanted to find out the advancements, I would start there. I could also pick up some books for the lads so they can get to grips with their wings and unicorn magic.

"Star, I reckon we should go to the capitol, Canterlot. The library there would hold some books that could give us a great insight into how to fit in, how to use magic, learn flight and catch up on how far Equestria has gotten." I suggested, as Ollie swigged at his own coffee he ordered prior to jumpscaring me.

"Mmm." He hummed, swallowing his last gulp of his coffee.

"Great idea man, I cannot wait to start using this badboy!" Ollie said, looking at his horn that was completely devoid of magic.

"Do you think we should bring the rest of the lads with us?" I asked, as I swirled the dregs of my coffee around the bottom of my cardboard cup.

"Yeah, it'll be quite a important thing for us all really. If we learn this, we could get to grips with this world more and, possibly, even earn our cutie marks." Ollie replied.

I finished my coffee and we both left the cafe. We walked straight back to our cottage and let ourselves in. Damon and Ryan were arguing about who was the best pony, which was a common argument where we came from.

"Mate, Applejack is best!" Damon boasted.

"Naw, it's all about Rainbow! She is awesome!" Ryan shouted back.

"Easy girls, we can argue which one you want to mate with later, but I have got a plan for us today, we can-" I shouted to them both from the front door until I was interrupted by Damon.

"No one said anything about mating dude!" Damon retaliated, getting defensive.

"How about you suck my caw-cock!" Ryan joked to Damon.

"Guys! For fuck sake!" I chuckled.

"Alright fine, what you got for us?" Ryan asked with a serious face, which he couldn't hold.

"I was thinking that we need to learn about ourselves if we are to fit in a lot more, so why don't we take a train to Canterlot and check out the library?" I said.

"Sounds like a good idea actually dude! I can finally learn how to fly!" Damon shouted, as he flapped his wings with hardly any results.

"I hope there are magic books there, I need to practice with my horn. Oh guys, I found out I can do this earlier, check this out!" Ollie shouted.

He closed his eyes and started to strain. After about 30 seconds of straining and effort grunts, his horn started to glow that had a dark blue hue with sparkles. Every so often, a spark of electricity would arc around his horn, causing him to slightly wince. He finally let go and released himself. It looked like he used a lot of concentration just to light his horn up, whereas I could remember that Twilight to activate The Elements and other high power magic.

"That is progress at least dude!" Ryan said as Ollie rested himself.

"I gotta say... That magic hue looked similar to Luna's. And she's a princess!" Damon told us all.

He was quite right. I could remember from the show that Luna's magical hue was a dark blue. And she was capable of some crazy shit.

"Right then guys, grab the bag of bits and let's check out that library." I said as I walked out the door.

Damon grabbed the bag of bits and everyone followed. We walked for about 5 minutes, as our cottage was on the outskirts of town and we quickly ended up at the train station. Ryan walked off with the bag of bits towards the ticket box and bought 4 return tickets which was 12 bits total. After he returned with the tickets and a considerably less heavy bits bag, we boarded the train to Canterlot.

The walked through the carriages and ended up in a half packed carriage with some seats available. All four of us took a seat facing each other and waited for the train to depart. We had no idea how long this journey was going to take us.

"I don't know about you guys, but I am finding technology and portal books. Try and find us a way home." I said, breaking the ice since we got on the train.

"Me and Barrel are going to find something to help us with flying. We are absolutely useless right now, so we need to polish up on our skills." Ryan said, replying to me.

"Yeah, I'm gonna look for magicism and spell casting books. I cannot wait to see how much I can use this badboy!" Ollie added on the end.

He was loving the fact that he was a unicorn, and he hasn't done a single bit of magic yet. Apart from the fancy light show earlier on. I was more interested by the electricity that arced and cackled around his horn. I just started to ponder to myself and looked out the window and watched the world go by. That was the sort of time where I wanted to have my music, and just dream of various scenarios. I really did miss the thumping beat and bass of a hardcore drumstep track to go crazy with. I continued to stare out the window until Canterlot Castle came into view.

"Almost there man." Damon said mostly to himself.

"Lets grab this universe by the horn. Pun intended" I laughed to the other guys.

"In all seriousness though, let's show Equestria what we are made of." Ryan said to all of us.

The train slowly grounded to a halt and a voice over a tannoy announced that this was the last stop; Royal Canterlot Station. We all got off the train and what we were met with was breathtaking views of Canterlot and all it's surroundings, not including the massive castle that sat distantly above the bustling Capitol. I was confounded for words.

"Wha... Where do we even start?" I murmured aloud.

"It looks like a map kiosk over there, let's go see if that can help us." Ollie replied, pointing his hoof in the general of a stand in the distance.

We all approached the stand to see 'Free Maps!' plastered all over it.

"Easy enough." I picked up the map with my hoof and fully folded it out.

It showed a extremely detailed layout of the entire expanse that is Canterlot.

"There, look." Ryan pointed with his hoof.

"We are here, we need to get to the base of the Castle by walking this way, and then that way." He explained to us as he dragged his hoof along narrow passageways and roads leading to Canterlot Castle.

"Awesome, let's find that library!" I said as I packed the fold-up map into my improvised sling-bag and we walked the journey Ryan figured out for us.

We saw many posh things on the way up to the library entrance.

Too bad us four were extremely crude...

We finally turned a corner to see a huge sign saying 'Canterlot Royal Library'.

Fuckin' found it.

"Result! Now, let's get them books!" I shouted as we walked inside.

I had seen large libraries before, but this one took the cake. It was massive.

"I'm looking for portal and technological books, so if anyone wants to join me, go ahead. If not, you all know what you are looking for?" The other three lads hummed and said yes.

"Meet back here in 2 hours." I said as I walked off towards the 'Magical Transportation' sections.

After an hour of heavy scanning and reading,

I found three books;

'Micro-Technology and You'

'The Art of Dimensional Bending'

and

'The A-Z Guide to Equestrian Physics'

I really did hope that these books could help us in becoming better people, fitting in and like Ollie said earlier, earning those all important cutie marks.

As I walked to our meet-up spot, I saw a familiar three ponies sat a table away from me, arguing over a book.

"It's my turn with the book! Ah feel the closest to gettin' mine!" One shouted.

"No Applebloom, it's my turn now! Scootaloo, give me the book back! I can tell it is almost here!" Another shouts back.

"No way guys, I am much closer than both of you! I deserve to use the rest of the book first!" The third retaliates.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders.

In a weird kind of way, we were in the same type of boat they were in, just trying to find their place in Equestria. I started contently at the book being thrown around to figure out what it was called.

'Cutie Mark Catching: A Magical Guide'

And there is no surprise there. I release my stare and start looking into my first book until a book hits me straight across the face, dumbfounding me and making me land face first on the floor. I stand up to see Damon, Ryan and Ollie coming back, which they are able to keep their laughter down to a minimum level. Thing was, the book that hit me was being levitated by dark blue magic. I looked at Ollie, who has already mastered minor telekinesis by this point. Fast learner it seemed.

"How the... What... Already? Fucking telekinesis already!?" I asked, in a loud whisper, as it was a library after all.

"Yeah! This book instantly taught me how! I have even got another book on more difficult spells and a book on strategy." Ollie boasted with glee.

Damon proceeded to slam his on the desk.

"I got more practical books. One for me and Mario on how to fly, a book on mouth-writing and one on influential figures within Equestrian history that magically updates itself!"

That was quite impressive. I turned to Ryan, which he lays his chosen books on the table.

"A book on solar theory and space, another on house furnishing and my final one is cooking techniques. So I can land a job cooking of something."

"We all did really well then, didn't we? Let's not bother fucking around for an hour, let's get home and practice these books." I whispered.

We all grabbed our things and walked back outside to the train station awaiting us. We boarded the next train back and instead of striking up a chat about small things, we submerged ourselves in our books. We were going to learn a lot of things from this.

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