I was standing just outside of the town. The sun was beginning to set and the sky was starting to become a orange hue. It was a very beautiful sight if I were to stay and admire it. I lifted my hoof for the third time in several minutes to try and push myself to go into town. I wanted to go in, but I didn't know if I should, uncertain if they could be able to figure out if I was really one of them.

'What if they can tell I'm not from this world? What if I mention something really advanced, or even say the wrong thing? I don't even know how strong they are, or if I'll be able to take on one of them at my current strength.'

I saw the ponies beginning to gather around a large house that looked like a tree. Seemingly through the back, that is. I lifted it again but had actually managed to put the hoof down in front of me. A surge of confidence coursed through my chest as I began walking towards the town. A smile came to my face, finally overcoming my anxiety induced state, and desire to avoid it in totality.

I managed to get a couple blocks in when I saw two ponies walking with each other near me. One was grey with a blonde mane and tail with golden eyes and the other was pink with a violet shade of hair and tail with a lighter highlight. On the grey's rump was seven differently sized bubbles and the other had three neatly cut diamonds in a triangle. I made a mental note to avoid looking that, since I could be technically staring at their ass. They were walking to the tree house, which was also the place I was headed. If there was a party, then I was definitely going to at least take something to eat. Maybe even get something to read as well. I wonder if they have any books about the laws of relativity and physics.

"I don't know if we'll be late mom! Come on! Lets go!" Hurried the pink one. She had a youthful, almost childish tone to her voice, it betraying her grown physical body.

"I don't know, last time we didn't really leave a good impression on the new ponies." Reasoned the grey one, now being identified as the mother to the pink one.

I wanted to get past them but also didn't want to go near them. I feared that if I get roped into their conversation, I'll easily out myself as a stranger to their lands. I quickly tried to make my was past them by sticking to the other side of the road. Hopefully they don't notice me.

Paying a little too much attention to their direction, and speed-walked right into a wall with a audible thud. I fell backwards on my rump and looked at the wall with a surprised look before it turned to one of slight annoyance. They had most likely been oblivious to my presence before, but they definitely were staring at me now.

"Who puts a wall like that there." I muttered silently to myself.

"Are you okay sir?" Asked someone from behind me. It sounded like one of those two I was semi-trailing.

I lowered my head in embarrassment before picking myself back up and recomposed myself from the poor attempt to kiss the wall.

"Yeah, I'm alright. Thanks for the concern though." I replied, somewhat more forced than I really wanted.

I looked over to her with my head slightly lowered. It was the grey pony with the golden...crossed eyes?

She immediately looked away back to her daughter, and called her over.

"Amethyst, come on, maybe he knows where Pinkie's surprise party's at!"

She turned back and looked back at me with both eyes fixed on me. What's up with her eyes? Is it a sort of disorder?

She looked at me with an expecting look, as if silently asking me a question. I looked between her and her daughter, who was coming closer. I decided to slowly back away.

"I don't think he knows where it's at either. Don't you?" Questioned Amethyst. I stopped inching away slightly and pondered for a bit.

There were a lot of ponies going to a large tree. Maybe the party is an outside one. But then they were going inside of the tree. I'll just tell them what I saw from the forest. Or is that the woods?

"Well, I don't know where it is exactly, I did see a lot of ponies going to a large tree near the center of town. Maybe that's where the party is being held?" I said, hoping that's what they wanted.

A look of realization hit Amethyst. As did the grey one.

"Do you mean The Golden Oaks Library?" Asked the grey one, her right eye going slightly in a different direction.

"Yeah! That's where it was being held. Come on, lets go!" Hurried Amethyst, before doing a weird thing with her hooves. It was like a half run half walk sort of thing. jogging, perhaps in their books.

The grey mare began doing the same thing before stopping and turning back towards me. I hadn't moved from my spot when she turned to me fully.

"Are you coming?" She asked, almost kindly.

I tilted my head to the side. Why would I come to a party I wasn't invited to? Was it a walk in party? Do those exist here?

"I don't know if I should or not. I wasn't invited, so I wouldn't want to intrude." I said. I didn't wanna be that guy who mooches off of parties. But then again, I don't have anything to do.

"I'll extend the invitation to you. Nopony should ever miss a Pinkie party. And, I think she'd want anyone to join." She said before doing that running/walking thing again.

"Now come on! We'll be late!" She shouted after she was a ways away.

I followed her despite my desire to not. I was questioning on why she would invite someone to a party for someone else specifically. Maybe it was indeed, a walk in party. Or, she might be leading me to a place where they just gangbang everyone and I unintentionally accepted. Who knows, I sure don't. Different worlds are never a good thing. And man, is this so much more different.

She had slowed down to a normal walking pace and I had caught up with her shortly. We walked together in awkward silence. Looks like Amethyst already got there before us. That, or the gangbang came to her. Crap, that just sounds wrong.

"..."

"So, uh, where are you from?" She asked suddenly, sounding curious and to break the silence I kinda induced.

"I came from a small town." I responded.

There was more awkward silence between us. It seemed like she wanted me to continue.

'This is probably the most awkward I've been since high school. GET IT TOGETHER FRANZ! YOU'RE NOT A HORMONIAL TEENAGER ANYMORE!' I thought.

I saw her look in my direction a few times. Mostly at my armor capsules. Maybe I should have been more discreet about them and not let them kind of dangle around.

Deciding to break the silence I spoke out to her.

"How long have you been here? You seem to know the layout fairly well."

She looked at me with a happy grin. One that looked genuine.

"I've been here for three years now. And my daughters for about half that." She explained. Wow, that must mean she's has some pretty close friends around these parts. And kids too? Wait, daughters?

I saw the library a couple blocks away. Hopefully I can break off on a good note with her. Who know's, maybe I'll see her again soon.

"Do you have any foals?" She continued.

Giving her a surprised, and flustered look, I cleared my throat and looked in the opposite way.

"No, I don't have any children of my own. Not yet, at least." I answered truthfully. I did want kids, but knowing my human options were gone, my love life, and in turn my sexual desires will most likely perish.

She giggled at my expense.

"Really? Wow. I thought you would have already given your... personality." She said jokingly as we passed another block.

"Oh, would you look at that! We're here!" I said suddenly, my face heating up as it took a noticeable red hue. What is this lady trying to imply!?

"Well, this has been nice and all, but we should get inside for the party." I said, reaching for the handle.

"Wait! Don't open the door! We have to go in through the back so we don't ruin the surprise." She said, hopping in between the door and I with her back against the wall. Her wings and legs spread out suddenly, cutting me off from the door. Surprise? Oh yeah! The surprise party!

"Oh, right. Kind of forgot about that." I said, pawing at the dirt a little. Man, who knew a talking pastel horse would fluster and insult my love life like that.

Looking at her to lead the way, she folded her wings and began walking toward the back, with me following close by. When she reached the door she knocked on it a few times in a specific order and rhythm. The door opened and a snow white pony with a purple stylish curl to her mane. She looked over at the grey pony before letting her in. She then looked over to me and recoiled a bit, before she shook her head and glancing at my body. I didn't notice the barely visible red tint in her cheeks.

"Well, who are you? Are you here for the party?" She asked in a rather posh accent. It was kind of cute, maybe even attractive if she were a human. But alas, I'm stuck in horseland.

I stared at her for a second before I snapped out of my inner dialogue. I opened my mouth when the grey pony came back and spoke before I could say anything.

"He's with me Rarity. I invited him over when he walked into a wall."

Amethyst's mother let out a mirthful laugh, while the newly named Rarity slightly cringed at the notion.

"It's almost like he wasn't looking where he was going!" She said loudly, before being hushed by someone in the back.

Rarity looked at me with an apologetic gaze. Almost as if say sorry for the mother's crude jokes. I mean, it's not something I wasn't used to, but still. Hard to believe that my first impression of the horses is a clumsy guy who walks into walls.

"Do come in, darling. The party hasn't started yet. But it should in a couple minutes when the guest of honor arrives." She said. Lets hope the party won't be one of the ones where the victim in questions takes it poorly.

Stepping inside, I noticed it was pretty dark and I could barely see in two feet in front of me. Let alone all of the ponies that surrounded me. And as It turned out, my vision just hadn't adjusted to the darkness yet. After a few seconds I could see my surrounding more accurately. There were a lot of ponies in here. I counted them in the dozens and left it at that. Also, I was noticeably taller than a majority of them, only a few other males, or I think they are males, had their heads poking above the crowd like I was.

I feeling a tapping sensation on my shoulder, or side, I looked over and saw Rarity right next to me, which startled me since she wasn't near me a couple seconds ago. I managed to suppress my surprise, and make a nervous smile. She brushed her mane with her hooves and looked over to me.

"So, how do you like Ponyville so far. I hope you didn't have any bad experiences so far. Did you?" She asked, looking at my visor as if to inspect it.

"Well, uh, no. I haven't been here long enough to form a valid opinion yet." I said, following her gaze. The visor didn't seem to be doing anything out of the ordinary. At least to my knowledge. She got a small frown, as if to disapprove of my choice of words.

"Of course your opinion is valid, it's a small town, and there isn't many ponies who show up like yourself. Do tell me what you think?" She reasoned.

"I uh... I think it's pretty good so far. Nothing noticeable or exotic has happened yet." I said truthfully. Hey, it's true. Not a lot has happened yet.

This reminds me of when I first moved into the major populace of where I used to live. A lot happened during my stay to collage, and a lot of terrible decisions regarding sleep schedules too. At least that's how I met...

...

Who did I meet? Feeling a dull throb in my head, I tried to remember who I met, but I just couldn't place who.

"She's coming! Places everypony!" Whispered loudly an eccentric sounding pony.

Rarity disappeared into the crowd, whispering that she was gonna find me later, and I was confused on what she meant by that. Then I remembered that it was a surprise party. I could hear muffled voices coming from the front door. Almost as if two ponies were talking. the door opened and in flew in a butterscotch pony with a pink mane and tail. She appeared to be holding a really big green and purple lizard. She was saying something about needing sleep and such when a lavender pony with a dark blue mane and tail with a pink stripe down the middle. The lavender pony pushed in front of the butterscotch one, taking the lizard out of her cradling hooves and pushing her outside.

Electing to hide behind a few ponies, I waited for the lights to come on. I wasn't sure if they would notice us since there's a lot of us here.

The small lizard placed it's arm on its sides and watched the lavender pony slam the door in the other one's face.

"Huh, rude much?" The now male identified, talking lizard said. He was eyeing the lavender one with slight glare. I never knew that lizards his size could talk. I always thought they would try and eat you. Oh crap, different world, different rules.

"Sorry, Spike, but I have to convince the princess that Nightmare Moon is coming, and we're running out of time. I just need to be alone so I can study without a bunch of crazy ponies trying to make friends all the time. Now, where's the light?" Asked the lavender pony. Nightmare Moon? Who's that?

The light suddenly flickered on, and everyone shouted surprise. Which made me flinch out of 'surprise'. I looked over to the lavender pony. She let out a groan of annoyance when a pink pony with a slightly darker shade of mane and tail began to excitedly talk to her. I had momentarily forgotten my question, the stimulation around me stunning me, but soon remembered.

'Nightmare Moon. Who's that? I thought.

The pink pony was seemingly really excited for some reason. They kept talking and the pink one said some key words that triggered several other ponies to appear next to her, and one was flying! Said flying one was cyan with a rainbow colored mane and tail with a cloud of a rainbow colored lightning bolt. Another one was orange with a blonde mane and tail in a ponytail with a trio of apples on her flank and a stetson adorned on her head. Then there was the yellow one, and Rarity.

The lavender one went to pour herself a drink while the others stood proudly and picked the hot sauce by accident. She took what looked like big gulps at a time and began to tear up, no doubt from the capsaicin. She then turned and looked at them before jumping in the air and speeding away while still hovering. My mind stalled as to what exactly happened and my simple mind only came up with one thought.

'Does this world run on cartoon logic? Also, WHERE IS THE LAMB SAAAAAUCE! Haha, couldn't help myself.'

The lavender pony began climbing the stairs rather quickly and I decided it was best to leave her alone for the time being. Or, until I could ask her who she was referring to earlier. Turning back to the five of the ponies I saw that the pink one was dumping hot sauce from the lizards claw and on a cupcake before swiping up and eating it in one bite. The other five of them looked at her with mild shock before shifting into a look of amusement. Not knowing what to do now, I left to find a bathroom. I haven't exactly gone for a couple hours, and I wasn't about to risk teleporting my piss to the bathroom. Who knows what might happen.

I saw Amethyst's mother conversing with another pony and decided to not disturb their talk and headed upstairs. Once upstairs I found myself in a hallway and began going door to door for anything that resembles a toilet. I found it and sat on it to relieve myself from the burden of carrying it for so long. That was a lot of soda I drank earlier. Afterwards I had washed my hooves, and made a small mess, and left the bathroom to see if the lavender pony had calmed down and talk about this "Nightmare Moon" she mentioned. I had climbed the stairs and stood by the door. I didn't want to just go in and start rambling so I knocked three times and waited for a second.

She didn't respond.

I was going to knock again when she opened the door and I froze. She let out a low growl of annoyance as I backed away slightly. She noticed this and hung her head in slight embarrassment.

"Sorry, sir, I just don't want to be bothered right now." She said, going to close the door.

She almost closed it entirely before I spoke.

"Nightmare Moon. I'd like to know more about this character, if you don't mind?" I questioned.

She immediately stopped and opened the door. I hadn't expected a sudden reaction. Let alone be allowed to come in. But she didn't move for me come in the room. So I probably shouldn't assume. It's dangerous to assume.

She narrowed her eyes at me, seemingly accusing that I was making fun of her. I backed away, not wanting to face the wrath of a unicorn if she were to attack me. And a female unicorn at that!

"Are you sure you want to hear me? You wouldn't understand." She said, relaxing her brow into a less threatening manner.

"I am fairly open minded, and if this Nightmare Moon is as important, or even dangerous, as you think, then I think it's at least worth looking into by more than just one... pony." I said, hoping she wouldn't catch my pause.

She looked at me hesitantly, almost like she wasn't fully convinced.

"Look, you don't have to let me in, or even tell me anything, but I do want to help in anyway I can about this Nightmare Moon. Even if it's just us shooting ideas. So, may I?" I said, showing my hoof in a open manner to the door.

She looked down the hall before moving aside, allowing me access to the room. Not wasting time, I walked inside and took in the surroundings. The room was big and had a small staircase that lead up towards a bed. There were bookshelves just about anywhere there was an empty spot. Under the stairs was another stairway that lead to another part of the house, presumably the bathroom.

She had closed the door and turned to me. I decided to be the first to break the question.

"Thank you. Now, do you have anything about this particular character?" I asked, her giving me a suspicious look.

Pondering for a few moments once she was done giving me a once over, she as if she was recollecting her thoughts on the subject at hand. Once finished, she spoke in a very calculating and narrative voice. As if telling a story.

"Long ago, there were two regal sisters who ruled Equestria, the eldest used her unicorn magic to raise the sun at dawn, while the younger sister raised the moon for the night."

'Already this doesn't make sense.' I thought. How can someone be that powerful to raise and lower the sun?

"They lived in perfect harmony, until one day, the younger began noticing that all the ponies shunned and slept through the beautiful night she created, and basked and played through her sisters day and became jealous as the older sister who didn't notice, until it was too late."

'Sounds like a hell of a lot of responsibility to put on just two ponies.'

"Then, one night, the younger sister refused to lower the moon. The eldest attempted to persuade her sister, but only managed to infuriate her. And so, she became a wicked mare, and fought her sister to rule the lands for eternal darkness."

'I bet she's like one of those really gothic, and maybe even emo ponies. And pretty powerful to cast an entire planet in eternal darkness.'

"The eldest then had to use the Elements of Harmony to banish her on the moon, and it is prophesied that on the longest day on the 1000th year, the stars will aid in her escape, and to bring nighttime eternal."

A look of concern spread over my face. As did one for her too.

"Well, whatever she does, we'll make sure she doesn't" I said, raising my right hoof and activating my energy blade. Her face lit up in surprise and lighting the room in a dim glow.

"Wait, that didn't come out properly. Crap, that was such a wasted one liner. Oh well, maybe next time." I rambled stupidly, deactivating my energy dagger.

"What is that?" She asked closing the distance between her and myself. Thankfully I turned it off or else she might've impaled herself.

I set my hoof down in embarrassment, only for her to lift it up in a violet glow. I stared at her with a look of surprise. Before she could do anything with it I pulled it away from her.

"Hey! Careful with that!" I said as I looked at it with a look of worry. Thankfully, she hadn't warped anything in her weird magical grasp.

She looked a little upset, when a calculating look suddenly took her face. Setting my hoof down I decided to explain what it does, along with my armor and shields. Just the basics, of course.

I opened my mouth to speak when a headache suddenly appeared and I winced in pain. Shutting my eyes I tried to ease the pain I was feeling throughout my skull. Opening my eyes, I saw that everything began blurring as a dark, undetailed being in the corner of the room began laughing maliciously at me. Two piercing cat-like eyes stared at me, analyzing my every move. I looked over to the lavender pony. She was frozen still, with that calculating look still on her face.

"There is nothing you can do to stop me, Franz. Not even Celestia could stop me with this new power!" Shouted the blurry figure.

The only thing that made sense was that I was having a vision of some sort. Hopefully, I can peek at what I was seeing in the future. Or I was drugged and didn't notice yet.

I stared blankly at the figure, expecting it to continue talking or something. I stood there awkwardly as the blur became more detailed. She had a pitch black coat and a starry flowing mane and tail. She also wore some sort of armor that hugged her sleek form. She also wore helmet suited for a pony.

"Is it buffering or something?" I said patiently. If I used my imagination, I could almost see a small buffering sign spinning right above her head.

"Nay, I can confirm that I am not 'buffering' as you call it." She said, surprising me. Oh hell!

"Come closer Franz, I wish to see you before I reign control over the land once again." She said.

Deciding to get closer to it, even though I could get hurt, to get a better look at it I managed to get right in front of her. At least, to my knowledge, it sounded like a she. She just stared down at me with a look of amusement. I went to touch her forearm. I made contact when it suddenly went through her. It felt as though I was putting my hoof through water, but without getting it actually wet.

'What I'm feeling right now would spark a lot of controversy on whether water is wet.' I thought.

I heard a light feminine chuckle from the now visible being in front of me. Looking up I saw her watching me with a fanged smile. I raised an eyebrow at her, not realizing the punchline.

"You don't remember me, do you?" She said a little creepily.

"No? How are talking to me and freezing her?" I reasoned. It seemed like a good idea to poke a figurative bear right now.

"We are only communicating through a link you formed with her a thousand years ago." She said. A thousand? What is she talking about? I'm not that old, still in my early 20's damnit!

She suddenly stumbled, as if something struck her from behind. Her image flickered into a smaller pony that had had a navy blue coat with a lighter blue mane. She had a small black, sparkling tiara and a neck thing on that portrayed the image of a crescent moon.

She saw me, and instantly threw herself on me.

"Please! Don't listen to her! She's trying to corrupt you as well! Don't listen to her! If not for your sake then for Equestria's as well!" She pleaded.

I yelped as she jumped at me, obviously not expecting to get possibly molested in the vision. Not something I thought I would ever say.

"There isn't time! Please, whatever that wench may utter, anything she promises, you mustn't listen! Please do-"

She suddenly disappeared, and left me with confusion. I felt a pulling sensation all around me, and suddenly I found myself back to my original position in conversing with the lavender unicorn. I noticed that my mouth was still open, and I quickly closed it. The lavender pony looked at me with a confused look, breaking her analyzing look.

"Uh, what we talking about?" I asked, losing my train of thought prior to the thing that just happened.

"I believe you were going to show me what your gadget does." She said, looking at it with interest.

Looking at my right hoof I lifted it up and let her get a good look at it. I decided to give her a basic understanding of what it does.

"This is a Type 95 Energy blade, or energy dagger. And on my other hoof I have a Plasma Point Defense Gauntlet." I explained, lifting my other hoof to show her what it looked like without activating it. She had a fascinated look in her eyes, the same one kids get when they get a new toy.

(Couldn't find one where it was just the gauntlet for the dagger)

(The shield in it's dormant state.)

"Where did you get this?" She asked.

"I made them, actually." I answered. Not originally, but more like materialized.

She got a slight puzzled look.

"If you made them, then why haven't you send the formula and technological schematics to the Princess? Is there some reason you've kept such important inventions away from them?" She asked, eyeing me a little too narrowly.

'Shit.

"Well, I just thought it would sound cool. I made them, so I name them, I keep them to myself." I answered. Whew, dodged a bullet.

"What about your necklace? It looks like some weird pair of goggles. And last I checked, only Pegasi needed goggles for aerial purposes. And last I checked, again, you're a unicorn." She said, getting closer. Almost as if she didn't believe me.

'Shit 2.0'

"Well, I-" I stumbled with my words. I could feel my throat straining to make words.

"-don't want to talk about it." I managed. I could feel her suspicions rise. I wonder if I could play a sad backstory type of thing. Nah, I don't want to have a very dramatic backstory. I didn't like anyone to treat me like I was broken.

"Why don't you want to talk about it?" She asked, pushing my choices.

'Shit Popsicle'

"Because I barely know you. Maybe we should try being friends first if you want to find out." I offered simply.

She got an offended look on her face.

"Are you kidding me!? This again!?" She basically yelled in frustration.

"What?! How about you reveal your past to someone you barely know. Try not to get all defensive on it either." I jabbed, turning away. Probably not the best way to cover my origin.

I stayed silent for a few seconds before feeling bad about what I had said. Well, how I said it. It was fairly rude of me to get mad at her. I was going to turn back around when I heard her sigh. Looking back I saw that she had her head down in a regretful way.

"You're right. I shouldn't have pried in your past like that." She said. A girl, apologizing! Now thats something you don't see everyday. At least, where I'm from. Wait! She didn't say those sacred words yet!

"I'm sorry." She admitted.

Turning back to her I saw her looking at the ground a little. I was a little strange seeing a horse, or, pony feel bad. Again, not a natural occurrence for me and my primate brain.

"Well, uh, its okay. I just don't want to go back to my past. It wasn't a very pleasant thing to go through." While it's true, I hated a lot of people back on earth, mostly pricks who did the wrong thing, I had pretty bad experiences there. But there were always people supporting me through my life. So in a sense, it wasn't always the worst, but bearable enough to be palpable.

She looked at me again. This time a small smile on her face, and she started to brighten up.

"Well, we should probably discuss how we're going to stop Nightmare Moon. We got sidetracked pretty bad." I said. It's true though!

"Yeah." She agreed.

"Also, my name is Franz. Pleasure to meet you." I said, extending a hoof to her.

She flushed and did the same, remembering she never gave me her name.

"My name it Twilight Sparkle, but please, Twilight is just fine with me." She said, taking my hoof and bumping it with hers. Looks like we bump instead of shake here.

"Alright then, Twilight. Do you have a plan?" I asked, giving her a nervous smile.

And for the next hour or so, we planned for the inevitable Nightmare.

Nice

Edit: Here it is, the new and improved Chapter 2. Things are slowly getting back into motion, and hopefully I can have the next chapter down soon. And jeez, did I make a lot of errors. Till next time!