After we had left the party me and Rarity began walking down a fenced path then led to some destination. Where it was, I had no idea. I walked quietly and wanted to listen to my music but didn't want to show anyone my worlds technology. I sure as hell didn't want them to come asking for stuff. But I'll have to tell them sooner or later. Hopefully much later.

"So, Franz, where did you grow up? I would love to hear about it." Rarity said after a few minutes of silently walking in front of me. Oh boy.

"Well, it's a small community that doesn't really do much. Only basic maintenance and some jobs to like schoolwork and farming." I said. That was actually a very watered down of the town I live in. Just strip down all of the modern day technology and advancements and that's what it'll leave you with.

"Well, it sounds like a peaceful town. Although, it does sound quite, quiet. Yes, quiet." She said. I knew she meant boring, and it was, but she had at least decency. And I liked that.

"Yeah, quiet. That's probably why we don't get visitors very often." I said.

"Is that why you left then?" She asked.

"No, not that. I don't remember the exact reason. It's like a part of my life was erased or something." I said, trying to remember the cause for my departure. I saw her glance at me for a second before getting a slight frown on her face before quickly turning back. I saw a red barn-like building a few dozen feet away. I'm guessing that's where she is taking me.

We had reached the front of the building when she stopped. I stopped also and walked up next to her while giving her some space.

"This is The Schoolyard. And it's where my little sister goes. I'm sure you will meet her eventually." She said.

"Is it like a grade school?" I asked.

"Yes, it's similar to one. Although a bit more, how to say, challenging than others? Thankfully I graduated here quite some time ago an now run a boutique." She said, letting out a sudden long sigh.

"Something wrong?" I asked.

"No. Just remembering the times I had here. They were quite memorable." She said, clearly reminiscing on her past.

I scooted a little away from her, deciding it would be best to let her have her moment. Unfortunately, she snapped out of it and look back at my inching away.

"Franz, are you alright? You aren't afraid of me, are you?" She asked.

"Not you specifically, just the scenario. Normally I would rather be in a group or something. And not with a mare all alone. It kind of makes me look like a suspect if something were to happen." I explained.

Personal rule, never hang out with women for longer than normal, and always, always, bring her back on time if it does happen.

"Why would you look bad? Is it wrong to show a new pony the feel for the town? Who put those preposterous ideas in your head?" She said dismissively.

"No one. I kinda developed them. Our small town wasn't exactly the most friendly regarding stuff like that." I countered.

She stopped and thought for a moment. Then gave a small frown before growling.

"Well, Ponyville isn't like that in the slightest! Of all my years living here, have I yet to run into an incident like that! Would you, per chance, like to stay for a while? I truly do wish to help you with this." She said, determination in her tone.

"Okay." I said quietly, doing my habit of instinctual agreement.

She didn't seem to notice my immediate agreement, and if she did, she probably wouldn't mention it. Now at least.

"So, shall we continue our little tour?" She asked, more calm than a few seconds ago.

"Uh, sure." I said, blindly agreeing.

"Fantastic! Now, let's get a move on! We only have three more hours until the event." She stated, doing the weird run-walk thing again. Wait, three hours? How the heck did that happen? Does time go faster than usual here?

Deciding to not question it I followed her to the next stop.

Me and Silver watched Rarity and the new guy go somewhere else. Most likely to Stirrup Street.

"Silver, let's go!" I whispered. He gave a small groan, clearly being uncomfortable.

"Blossom, I don't want to follow them! What if he decides to fight us if he finds us! And doesn't this qualify as stalking?" He said, nervously.

"Only if he sees us. Remember, what he doesn't know won't hurt him." I said, giving him a small nudge.

"You're making this sound like a heist." He pouted.

I gave a light laugh.

"Just don't think about it. I mean, we're only stalking Rarity and the new pony on a hunch that she's on under a hypnosis spell. That seems somewhat reasonable." I said. A realization suddenly came and I rethought of the situation.

"You know, now that I think about it, it does kinda sound illegal." I admitted.

"See what I mean!" He whispered.

"Yeah." I agreed. I heard flapping wings and looked behind me. Nether looked at us with a bored expression.

"So far I haven't seen him doing anything suspicious. And they're going down Stirrup Street now." He said, folding his wings.

"I'm not so comfortable with stalking them. Maybe we should leave them?" Said Silver.

"Why do you think he wears a sweater anyways? It's the middle of the summer." I said, moving a bang out of my face and deliberately ignoring Silvers whining.

"Summer began a few days ago Blossom." Corrected Nether.

"Still! He wears it like its winter. Isn't that weird?" I countered.

"Maybe he knows it's going to rain soon?" Said Silver.

"But it's not supposed to until this weekend. And it's Tuesday." Reasoned Nether.

"What about that bulge on his sides? You don't think he's hiding anything underneath there, do you?" I said, shifting my eyes between them.

"Maybe those were his saddlebags." Offered Nether simply.

We thought about it for a second, rethinking to what he had on him.

"Maybe that's some of his spell books in the saddlebags?" I said,

"Yeah, that would make some sense. Sorry, Nether, but I, unfortunately, agree with Blossom." Said Silver.

"While it does make more sense, I'm still not completely convinced." He said.

"Well they are getting away." I said looking at the now empty spot. Nether let out a snort.

"I'm gonna go follow them from above. I'll let you know if anything happens." Said Nether, spreading his wings and taking off.

"Are you sure this is even reasonable?" Asked Silver.

"Yeah. I bet he's going to the railroads. And I've got a plan to lure him out." I said.

Silver gave me a look of uncertainty. After that, we continued stalking them. And told him my plan quietly.

After my incident with the cider I went back inside and looked for Rainbow Dash. It was pretty hard to stay focused while having nausea. Along with that gross acidic taste in your mouth.

I bumped into several ponies, who in returned just gave me a worried glance. I saw Pinkie Pie dancing like a maniac in the crowd.

"Pinkie!" I shouted, but was drowned out over the blaring music. Looking to my left I saw the speakers literately vibrating the ground with its base, or bass, eck. words no workie.

I decided to just tap on her shoulder, which would have been easy, if she wasn't swinging around her legs like a mad pony. Almost certain she came close to kicking some ponies.

"Pinkie!" I shouted again, but with the same results. So I decided to just very carefully tap her. Which would have been great, if she didn't start jumping around like a kangaroo.

I then saw Rainbow across the way, conversing to Thunderlane and Blossomforth. I then decided to just go to them instead. Walking to them I intruded on their conversation.

"-why don't you just try a more angled glide instead of a dive bomb. Won't that be more safe option rather than straight downward spiral?" Said Thunderlane, sounding concerned.

"Duh! I know that, it's just that dive bombs are more cool looking. And there's that low hum, you know, that one?" She said confidently.

"You aren't gonna cause anymore property damage, are you." Asked Blossomforth, leaning in a little closer for clarification.

"What?! Me?! No!" Said Rainbow, chuckling nervously.

Both Thunderlane and Blossomforth narrowed their eyes on her.

"Rainbow! Got a second?" I said, catching her and the others attention.

"Yeah, what's up?" She asked, turning away. Blossomforth and Thunderlane both had a interested look on their faces.

"It's Nether Flame. He's gonna fight the new pony. And Blossom and Silver Shot are backing him up." I relayed.

Rainbow, along with Thunderlane and Blossomforth, had a surprised look. Rainbow's and Thunderlane's expressions turned into a scowl and Blossomforth had a annoyed look.

"What the hay! What does he want to do with Twilight! Why would he fight a mare! Grr, what's his problem anyways!" She snarled. Wait, mare?

I corrected them before the other two got the wrong idea.

"No, its a stallion! A unicorn stallion."

Rainbow, along with Thunderlane and Blossomforth expressions changed from angry to confused.

"Wait, did you say a stallion? Where is he?" Asked Rainbow, closing the distance between us. I backed away slightly.

"Last I saw he was leaving the party with Rarity. They said something about a spell. Concerning Rarity for that matter." I said, bringing the other two the details. It would be wise to bring a couple royal guard members into this. Even if they were in the reserve.

"Well, lets go! We got to stop Nether if he tries to hurt him." Said Rainbow, who had jumped up and was now hovering above us.

A bubbly sensation came up my throat and cringed.

"I'll stay. I'm not feeling very well. Must've been something I ate." I said, starting to feel nauseous again. Rainbow gave a slightly worried glance. So did Thunderlane and Blossomforth.

"Well, alright then. We'll follow you, Rainbow. Do you know where they went?" Asked Blossomforth, turning to me.

"Yeah, they went to The Schoolyard. Or at least in that direction." I answered, feeling slightly worse now.

"Alright, lets go guys!" Said Rainbow, bolting out the door and being tailed closely by Thunderlane and Blossomforth.

I decided I should rest off my sickness. Trotting to the couch I made myself comfortable and curled into a ball. Hopefully a nap will help. AAAA! CRAMPS!

When we arrived at the train station, she just gave me a little information on the place, as if she didn't want me to think about the railroads for too long. After that she told me she was gonna go to the "Little Fillies Room" and I didn't really question her about it. Must be a bathroom or something.

I was looking at the map of Equestria for a while now. Specifically the parts where I woke up in. It was close to this Everfree Forest, but more inside the Whitetail Woods. And I was right! I woke up at close to the border of both of them. Kinda freaky.

She's been in there for about a minute when I heard someone approaching me. Turning I was expecting to see Rarity, instead I saw a mare with an orange coat and a lighter orange mane and tail. She was looking at me with a bit of apprehension. Did we meet before?

"Oh, hi, I'm Blossom, and you are?" She said, giving me a friendly smile. Wait, what's with the sudden shift? She isn't a tweaker, is she?

Going with my gut I gave her a forced smile and fully turned to her.

"Hey, I'm Franz. Nice to meet you?" I said, walking a bit closer. She shied away, apparently aware of something. I stopped and looked behind me before looking back at her. She seemed fairly nervous, as if she wasn't wanting to be near me. I raised an eyebrow at this.

'Somethings up.' I thought to myself

"What's wrong?" I asked, masking my growing suspicion with a smile.

"Nothing, its just that-" She trailed off, thinking on something. I saw her look at me with curious, but calculating eyes.

"I've never seen a stallion wear jewelry before. Are those goggles, or sunglasses?" She said, slowly making her way up to me. That didn't make much sense. Is she gonna mug me?

I decided to not move, analyzing her movements. She was gonna try and mug me, isn't she? If so, where's her knife?

"Well, they're a special type of visor that help me see more clearly. Well, not clearly, but add more protection when necessary." I said, looking down at them and poking it a little to not feel awkward. Looking up I saw that she was right in front of me, inspecting them closer.

"It looks like a fancy face shield. What's it made of?" She asked.

"I.. honestly don't know." I said, looking around for Rarity if she was near.

She noticed my gazing and began making very awkward eye contact, a coy smile plastered on her face, or is it muzzle? Hey! Blink! You're creeping me out more!

"Looking for somepony?" She asked, breaking eye contact and flicking her hair back. It was very weird seeing her go from creepy to normal. I didn't know if I should feel safe or in danger with how weird she was being. Why was she here? Was she following us? What does she want?

"Yeah, you know Rarity?" I asked her, slowly inching back. I didn't know if she was this worlds version of a crack head. She was being very meth head like.

"Yes, she and I are friends." She said. I felt an annoying tugging in the back of my head. I didn't know what it was but it didn't hurt. But it did feel a bit strange.

"Well, I'm supposed to, uh, be with her. You know. To talk and stuff." I said, losing more and more confidence the longer I went on. I had managed to get a few feet from her and she hadn't noticed. I turned and saw a silver stallion at the end of the boardwalk. He had a horn like I did, but it was smaller and more rounded. He gave me a look that was a mix of fear and determination.

I thought about who he was. He was nearby where Rarity had gone and was giving me a pervert vibe. Okay, lets chalk it up to him knowing Blossom or something.

"Well, she can visit you in Ponyville jail if you want." Said Blossom from behind me. I almost agreed to her remark, but caught myself before i actually said anything.

"I beg your pardon?" I asked looking back at her. The tugging now becoming more of a yank.

I wasn't sure if they heard it, but I heard a slight yelp and grunting noises from above. Almost like there were two ponies fighting one another. I looked in the sky and saw three figures wrestling one. That and they were doing some form of flying tactics.

"B-blossom, I think Nether might be fighting somepony." Said the unknown guy that was now closer.

"What?" She asked, looking at the sky.

I pulled up my visor and looked through it. The visor shifted and pulled my face in to see more clearly. It felt odd but I didn't question it. The visor activated and showed me a clear view of what was happening. Sure enough there is a guy fighting three others while flying.

"Should we help him?" I asked, slightly peeved she tried to threaten me with jail time.

"Nah, he can handle himself. He's second in his dojo." Said Blossom.

'Bit rude much?' I thought.

I turned to the silver stallion, who had suddenly appeared, and held out my hoof only to realize that I couldn't do handshakes here. I still held firmly, even if this wasn't a universal gesture.

"Sup, I'm Franz." I offered as casually as I could, though with visor still attached to my face added some confidence to pull this off better.

He looked over me, and finally at my face. He seemed fairly hesitant, but bumped his hoof with mine eventually.

"Silver Shot." He said.

We sat down and watched the four of them doing all sorts of tricks and acrobatic fighting moves. Every now and then I would glance over to either Silver or Blossom and catch them eyeing me. They would, of course, look back at the flying four once I caught them. While I was focusing on how they were fighting I felt my wings shuffle from time to time. I decided to break the ice and say who was fighting who.

"Is Nether the red one with the black mane and tail?" I asked.

"Yeah, can you see him?" Asked Silver.

"Yup, he's fighting a blue mare with rainbow colored mane and tail along with a black pony with a white Mohawk and tail and a white mare with pink and green mane and tail. I think we should break them up now. They've been fighting for about five minutes." I said, suddenly remembering something.

"I'm gonna go look for Rarity. I think we forgot about her." I said, getting up from my seated position and looking to find the bathroom.

"Uh huh." Said Blossom, still somewhat entranced by the fight.

After I had managed to get a bit of distance she let out a surprised "What!" before running after them shouting to stop with Silver following behind.

I heard a dull thumping sound once I reached the bathroom, along with some groaning and moaning. It soon stopped once I had gotten close enough. I used my visor and saw a faint outline of Rarity laying at the door and hitting it with her hoof. It was a blurry outline, since the helmet only could properly outline biological things out if they were in the open.

"Silver Shot! Open this door this instant! I will not have you and your friends ruin the tour of Ponyville for MY friend Franz! Remove the spell this INSTANT!" She shouted, making my flinch at the volume of her voice. Even though her voice was somewhat muffled, I could still fell the ferocity of it.

"Um, Rarity? It's me, Franz." I said loud enough for her to hear through the thick door.

I noticed that the fighting and yelling from the others was beginning to die down. Not that it mattered, but it was just a sudden drop.

"Franz! Do be a dear and get this door open! That crazy stallion thought it would be humorous if he locked me in here with a blocking spell! You should be able to undo this, right?" She questioned.

My mind blanked for a second. Get it open? How am I gonna do that? I had a vague idea on what to do, so I just went with my gut on this one.

"Uh, okay, I need you to step back. Can you do that?" I asked.

"Darling, you aren't going to try to bash down the door, are you?" She said, not sounding very impressed.

"No, no. Nothing like that." I said, getting the armor lock device ready.

I took aim at the door when the tingling sensation came back, this time much more urgent than before. Turning around, I saw a rainbow colored blur flying in fast. Deftly turning, I fired the armor lock. For some reason everything slowed down and I was startled when everything suddenly shifted. The circular disk was about to hit the now identified cyan mare and it looked as though it would cut through her chest. I took a cautious small step and relaxed slightly when everything didn't shatter into itself. If I'm screwing with time then I'll have to be really careful.

I examined her. Apart from her unique appearance, and scowl, she looked like she was more on the lean, or even muscular side. I felt a bit creepy looking at her like this, social norms and all. The disk had only moved about a half inch, and so did the mare. I got in front of her and adjusted the disk to latch onto her chest instead of going through it. It didn't look like it would, but I was just playing it safe.

All of a sudden everything began speeding up and I didn't have enough time to dodge the attack and was blown into the door. It stung a bit, way less than I originally thought, and I got back up from my spot on the floor. I saw that the mare who had tried to ram into me was now trapped in a field of energy. She was facing the wall and began struggling against the restraints. She still had her hooves out for what looked like a double punch and her wings were flared out.

The door, still intact somehow, opened slowly to reveal a slightly frazzled Rarity. Disabling my visor, I felt it rapidly fold back into itself and onto my chest. She noticed the mare first and got a confused look.

"Rainbow Dash?!" Questioned Rarity as she got closer to her.

"I wouldn't get that close to her if I were you." I said, quickly closing the distance between them with a slight worried face. Thankfully this Rainbow Dash didn't throw me too hard or far.

"Het, what is this stuff! Let me out!" She growled. She then took notice of me and Rarity.

"Hey! Get away from her! Rarity, snap out of it! He has you under a mind control spell! Don't touch her you no good rotten piece of-"

She was cut off by Rarity.

"Rainbow Dash! I will not tolerate you insulting Franz like that in any way! And I am not under some sort of 'spell' as you put it!"

She turned to me and I flinched lightly, but her look of annoyance turned to one of, begging?

"Franz, darling, do be a good stallion and undo the spell you have her in." She said. Why do I get the feeling somethings up that I'm just now starting to notice.

"She won't attack me, right?" I asked, getting in front of Rainbow and sticking out my right foreleg. Shaking her head no, I began calling the disk back. Their was a small wait. And during that time I noticed that Rainbow had a slightly curious look at my device. She glanced up and made eye contact for a second. Giving her a small smile, I thought she would give one back. Instead, she scowled and looked away. Or tried to, the energy restraints kept her from doing so. The shields finally popped and the disk came flying at my wrist and reattached to my energy shield. Rainbow's form relaxed and what sounded like the clopping of hooves came from behind us. And I'm pretty sure that it's the others.

The three of us turned and saw the others. Blossom, Silver Shot, a moody red an black pony, the Mohawk guy, and the other side character that I don't know the name of yet. Three of them had a small frown and glare aimed at me.

Rarity stepped up and decided to take charge and started us off with a question of her own.

"Now, I would like to know the exact reason the six of you decided it was a good idea to stalk us this night." She looked at Silver specifically.

"Starting with you."

"Well, we were at the party and Blossom saw you two walking away together and she thought he put you under a spell. After that me, Blossom and Nether decided to follow you in case he tried something. Just let me make this clear, I, in no way, was okay with this at any time." He said clearly, along with some hoof motions.

Everyone looked at Blossom with a variety of expressions. Even I gave her a look of annoyance.

"Well, I wasn't under any spell of his. I am very certain those kind of spells are illegal to begin with." She said, puffing her chest out some.

"If that's the case, then why don't we all just go back to what we were doing? Like, a group thing?" I offered, wanting to at least get some time to think. What time was it? Three o'clock?

"That sounds splendid, it would be easier if we all chipped in and made up for this incident in the form of a proper tour." Said Rarity.

"That actually sounds better. We wouldn't want to be alone, especially around this time of year. I hear that some bad ponies tend to show up at events as important as this." Said Mohawk guy.

"Ironic." I said.

They all either snorted or laughed at my joke. Maybe this wasn't such a bad crowd after all.

"Are we going to ignore the fact that three ponies stalked a pair for no reason? Several crimes happened and you guys are just shrugging it off." Said the mare who, to me, needed more character building. Why doesn't she plant a garden or something.

"It's Ponyville. This sort of thing usually sorts itself out after a while." Said the emo guy. Or was his name Nether? I think it was.

"You having trouble there Dash?" Asked Blossom, getting closer to her.

I turned over to the mare I had accidentally shot and noticed that she was struggling to fly properly. She looked like she was recovering from it though. Was it the shielding that did this? I'll have to look into this later.

"Duh! That idiot put me in some weird magic thing! Now I can't fly right!" She shouted, glaring at me.

Everyone turned to me with raised suspicion.

"What?! She was gonna crash into me! I just reacted." I defended. I didn't want my first impression to be paralyzing someone. But it looked like she was getting over it!

"And you should recover just fine. Energy shielding only has a energized particle emission strong enough to cancel out Pegasus magic for roughly 302.7 seconds. And it should recover entirely after twenty minutes or so. If I were to fire a, um, I should stop talking." I said, stopping entirely. Where did that come from? And how the hell did I know this? It's as if I was talking from experience.

Everyone stared at me. Some with confused faces and others with a more interested approach.

"Did anypony else know what he was talking about?" Asked Blossom.

"I'm more interested in how he even knows that." Asked Mohawk man. Great, now I'll look like a weird scientist with an attitude.

"I don't know either! It's speculation and I don't exactly want to test it." I cut in. Although, I think its a little late for that.

"Well, no matter how he knows this, we were going to head back. Correct? The Summer Sun Celebration is due in a couple hours." Rarity said.

"Hopefully we don't have anymore distraction along the way." I mumbled.

Looking over to Rainbow Dash, She was managing a hover above us and was giving me suspicious looks. I didn't really care as much as I should but I'll just deal with her later. I'll give her credit, her magical regeneration is really good if she can get up that fast.

I really hope I can get a nap soon. Staying up all night is tiring.

I here's to making it out another year of school everyone! Enjoy!

Edit: Another one for the time being. Edited, and changed a bit.