After we finished telling Fluttershy what happened while she was unconscious she sat on the couch in shock. She couldn't believe who it was that had cast the spell in the first place that had hit her. Apparently, it was harder for Applejack to believe. I didn’t really get it because back home I was used to the whole trying to keep things under wraps from in order to keep the public from panic It was a common tactic to keep the populace docile.

“Yea, they thought I put Fluttershy under some sort of mind control or something of the sort,” I crossed my annoyed at the thought.

“Ah know you’re upset Asta but can you explain how ya pulled Shy back to the land of the living?” Applejack motioned to me with her hand and with a bit of caution in her voice. “Ah never seen anything like what ya did before. Tap someone with the handle of a sword to dispel a spell. Then there’s the fact ya took a full-on punch from me and didn’t move back at all, not even a flinch. ”

Fluttershy eeped a bit from what Applejack said.

“Let me explain just how I got to this world first,” I said with a huff. Applejack ‘s jaw fell open at this comment. “Fluttershy can we have some coffee?”

“Um, I don’t have coffee. Will tea be okay?” She looked at me a little disappointed.

“Even better,” I smiled. 'I just wanted something to hot to drink.'

Fluttershy then got up and went into the kitchen to fix a pot of her tea. She came back a few minutes later with a trey. On it was a tea set with little yellow flowers on the teapot and cups and some small sandwiches. I picked up one of the sandwiches and pretty much inhaled it.

“Man, I didn’t realize how hungry I was. Great sandwiches Fluttershy.” She blushed.‘So cute.’

“Um Asta, can ya get back to the part where ya aren’t from our world?” Applejack looked at me in confusion.

“Yea, I’m not from this world. Maybe, not even this dimension. I was sent by some dude who calls himself the Gambler after I beat him in a game of Blackjack. He sent me here as the character I was cosplaying as,” I huffed with a bit a sadness realizing I’d never see my friends again. I wasn’t on this best terms with my parents for the past few years so I didn’t really care about that but then there were my brothers. I lost my older one a few years ago due to unknown reasons and now I know how and why. My other brother was about seven years younger than me and the smart one. I was on good enough terms with him.

“Asta?” Fluttershy looked at me in concern.

“Sorry. Spaced out,” I rubbed the back of my head. “Yea, I was sent here after I won a game of Blackjack against the guy calling himself ‘The Gambler’ at the comic-book convention I was at. After that, he sent here with everything from his stall,” They both raised an eyebrow. ‘It’s all in this book but I have no idea how to access the items other than my swords. The note I found said I would have to figure that out on my own but it also said what I choose to do in this world is up to me.”

“Wait, ya said ya were sent here as the person ya were dressed as?” Applejack looked at me confused.

“What I look like now isn’t what I looked like back home. Also, Asta wasn’t the name my parents gave me but everything changed when I came here. I can’t remember my real name so I went with the name of who I was dressed as.” Fluttershy raised her hand as if we were in school. “No, I can’t change back and if I could I wouldn’t.”

“Um. Aj said you tapped me with a sword to break the spell I was under, but when we first spoke this morning you said you couldn’t use magic.” She lowered her hand a little embarrassed. “So how’d you wake me up?”

I concentrated causing my Grimoire to radiate anti-magic. The Demon-Slayer’s handle came out and I took a hold of it pulling the massive blade out of the book. The ponies cringed at the sight of the large sword and the fact that I held it so easily with one hand.

“I said I can’t use magic but when I was sent here I was turned into Asta in every way, except his annoying personality,” 'Mostly as I still have I few of his tendency', I thought to myself as I set the Demon-Slayer sword on the table. “I can use anti-magic and I can channel it into this sword. I have a smaller sword with similar properties. It not only channels my anti-magic but it also absorbs and cancels out any other type of magic the blade comes into contact with. For some reason, I can't get it to come out yet.” I said fudging the truth slightly.

“So that’s why ya tapped Shy,” Applejack wrapped her hands around the hilt the of the sword and giving a loud grunt was, to my surprise, able to lift it about six inches before having to set it back down completely winded. “Why is it that ya can pick it up so easily but Ah can’t?”

“I’m guessing a portion of your strength come from a type of magical link, probably to the land or something,” I picked up the sword and put it back in the Grimoire. “Seeing as how I can’t even channel magic at all, meaning my strength isn’t fueled by magic but is purely physical.”

“Ah think Ah kinda understand ya fer the most part. So what Ah do get is you’re sayin you’re very strong and you wield opposite magic,” Aj scratched her head. “So what are ya gonna do now? Ah doubt the Princesses will leave ya alone with that sword of yours.”

“They can have it if they leave me alone,” I said plopping back down on the floor. “I don’t want any trouble from anyone or anything. I haven’t even been here a day and I’ve already caused trouble for Fluttershy here,” I took another sandwich. “The best thing for me to do is go back into that forest. I’m not here to fight, cause trouble, or even bother anyone,” They both looked at each other in horror. “That place has all the resources I need to live peacefully. I have the necessary skills to live on my own too. I know those Princesses are still watching me. I saw a glint in the tree line earlier. They probably won’t ever leave me alone. Even if they have the sword.”

“I think the Princess know you aren’t going to hurt anypony,” Fluttershy said pouring a cup of tea. “But they’ll still want to keep an eye on you because of the sword.” Nero flew over and landed on my head.

“Ah think you should try an stay close to town instead of the in the forest Asta,” Applejack pointed to me. “If the princesses are keeping an eye on ya as ya think then it’s best to show them that ya aren’t a threat to the ponies.”

“I get that but what am I supposed to do about a place to live, a job, and most importantly, income,” I counted down on my fingers. “I can’t just bunk here with Fluttershy all the time.”

“Why not?” came from the very person I just talked about. “I mean, I have plenty of room and I won’t charge you rent if you help me take care of the animals. In fact, the only one who has a problem with you seems to be Angel. But he has that issue with most ponies that are new. Everyone else loves you. Harry never lets others he just met rub his tummy.”

“I don’t know Fluttershy?” I rubbed the back of my head. “I might just cause more trouble for you if I stick around here.” I looked at her. She seems as if she was about to cry. ‘Oh, my heart. Why must you be so cute?’

“Ah see your point, Asta,” Applejack said as she looked at Fluttershy. “But, Shy and myself made good points too. If ya want a job Ah can always use some extra help on mah farm. It’s just me, mah older brother, little sis, and Granny Smith out there. And the later of the four of us can’t really do much when it comes to fieldwork. Ya’ve already proven you’re more than strong enough to handle it.”

“If it’s okay with your family then I don’t mind. As long as you pay me in some way, I’m game.” I looked back to Fluttershy who was still about to cry. “Don’t worry your pretty little head Fluttershy. I’ll stay here and help you with the animal. At least until I’ve earned enough to get my own property where I can build my own home.” I smiled at her, “Let dry those eyes. Your way to pretty to look sad.” I handed her a handkerchief from my pocket. “The Hell. Why do I have this and where’d it come from?’

“Now that we got most of your plan squared away, Ah think maybe ya should mee the rest of the girls,” Applejack smirked with a bit of an evil undertone in her voice.

“Girls?” I raised an eyebrow. ‘Wait a minute. I think I remember the main cast from the show has at least seven main characters or even eight. This could turn out very badly for me. This could also be good and let me know which point in the show’s timeline I was dropped.’

“Oh yes. You really need to meet the others if you plan on living here. It’s actually inevitable that you’d meet them,” Fluttershy explained gleefully as a schoolgirl. “Most of us have been friends since we were very young. So we're actually closer to sisters than friends.”

“She’s right Asta,” Applejack added. “In regards to meeting them though. Ya should watch yourself,” She said with some fervor. “We all have a few quirks that tend to get us a little over-excited. Me it’s apple related stuff, for Shy it’s animal-related stuff, Rainbow Dash it’s herself or Daring Doo, Rarity has a fashion kick, Pinkie its a pretty much anything and everything,” Applejack paused for a bit with a look of concern that I really didn’t like. “Then ya have Twilight. She’s an egghead to the max and we ask as many questions as there are stars in the sky. You're new, so she’ll want to know everything there is to know about ya and then some.”

“Be especially careful with your anti-magic around her. She’ll want to turn you into a guinea pig,” Fluttershy giggled but I could also tell she was serious on the matter.

“We should probably get goin, Ah told the others to meet at the park under the big tree where we meet for the pet play dates,” Applejack explained as she headed to the door. “Hope ya have a big stomach Asta,” She sang.

“Guess I never had much of a choice I the first place, aye Nero,” I looked up to the owl who was snoozing. ‘Really? Freaking Bird!’

“Shall we go Fluttershy?” I held out my hand.

“Let’s” She took my hand and we made our way to town. ‘Good thing the ponies here are actually humans with a few extra appendages. I think I can pass the same type as Applejack. If someone asks where my tail is I can say I keep it cut extremely short to tuck it in my pants.’

We walked through town fairly easily. As I predicted, most of the attention was on me but mostly cause I had an owl perched on my head. No really stair for too long except for the occasional little kid the would stop and point ask their parent why that man had a bird on his head.

“Wish you were the size of the actual Nero. Then you wouldn’t draw any attention at all.” I murmured putting my hands in my pockets.

Applejack and Fluttershy were whispering stuff to each other just ahead of me.

‘Wonder what they’re talking about. I hope things don’t too crazy.’ I rolled my eyes. ‘The show would often be entertaining when I watched it but there were times that when it just got outright ridiculous and outright crazy weird as all get out of hell. Great fight scenes though.’

We finally made it to the large tree on a hill on the edge of the park. Have to say, that walk was quite refreshing, even with the funny stares from having a bird on my head. I saw Applejack and Fluttershy’s friend un the tree. They’d already set up a blanket to sit on with their own baskets and everything. They certainly seemed like a colorful bunch judging from all the different shades of hair colors. Then it happened, I was hit by a pink. I kid you not, I was literally tackled by this pony chick wearing a pink T-shirt with three balloons on it, pink denim pant, and pink sneaker with pink socks. To top it all off she had pink poofy hair and a tail to match.

‘Hm. Must be a thing for there tail style to match their hairstyle.’ I laid on the ground with her talking ninety to nothing. I caught enough to know her name is Pinkamena Diane Pie and that most call her Pinkie Pie for short and that she likes parties. Applejack manages to pull the hyperactive ball of pink off me and we made our way to the others.

The first of the group my eyes were drawn to was a green spiky-haired boy who looked to be around seventeen or eighteen years old. He had green slit eyes that were just a little bright than his hair. His outfit consisted of a purple T-shirt with a bright green flame fringed design on the sleeves and bottom of the shirt. He was wearing a pair of khaki shorts and black sneakers. He was rather well built for a skinny lad. He was enjoying some sort of comic book form the loos of it.

‘Where’d that lad comment come from. Eh, never mind. I’ll go up and say hi to everyone. I hope I make a good impression. Never had the best luck with girls. At least dating why’s but friends no issues. They're all very cute in different ways.’

I walked up in front of the group and wave. “Nice to meet all of you. My name’s Asta and I’m just wanderer that made it into town last night. Hit my head last night and then Nero here,” I pointed to the owl on my head. “Led me to Fluttershy's cottage. She treated my head and let me spend the night. Some stuff went down this and then I met Applejack not long after and here we are now.” I threw my hand up in the air.

A purple hair girl that led into a curl wearing a frilly white top with black pant and gold strapped sandals with a whitish clear crystal on white hand band spoke up first. “My Name’s Rarity Bell and I’m run The Caresoul Beautique in town. I must say your outfit is rather odd but fashionable, Darling, Well kept to, even for a wanderer. It’s nice to meet you, Asta.”

Next up was a Rainbow hair pegasus chick with cyan wings in jogging gear. ‘Sports nut, I think. She’s one of those people or ponies that gets everything done fast and either trains or sleeps.’

“My name's Rainbow Dash. And I’m the fastest flyer in Equestria,” Rainbow looked at me as if she was squaring me up. “You’re pretty strong aren’t you.”

“Sure is Rainbow. Took a full-on punch from me and didn’t even move an inch,” Applejack smirked.

“Wow, you must pretty strong. Even for an Earth pony,” The one with straight purple hair and a light purple stripe in it interject in surprise. She was wearing a purple plaid skirt with a light blue v-neck shirt with some sort of purple starburst on it and brown lace-up shoes and a black hair band with a form of crystal in it.”Applejack it the strongest pony in Ponyville and you tuck a punch from her,” She had glitters in her as some paper, a bottle and a feather appeared in a puff of purple glitter as the crystal on her head glowed. “Mind answering a few questions?”

“Now I really want to test how strong you are.” Rainbow was eager, too eager for my taste, to test me. “How about a race?”

“I can’t fly, so pretty much out of the question. If it’s a foot race then maybe.” I said as I eyed the teen behind the girls. “I’ll answer a few questions be if they get to personal then I won’t. But first who's the fella over there?” I pointed to the guy sitting under the tree.

He looked up and finally noticed me. “Oh Sorry. Name’s Spike Dragus Everfree. Number one Assistant to Twilight,” He pointed to the girl with the feather and paper. “Are you a dragon too? Your hairstyle and eye color are kinda like mine.”

I quickly changed the subject and asked about his comic. I noticed the others talking in the background. I couldn’t hear but I knew it was about me. I just kept to Spike and his comic.

“Hey, Aj.” Rainbow murmured. “You think he could beat you in arm wrestling?”

“Ah have no doubts Rainbow,” Applejack looked at me as the two whispered. ‘That fella may not look it but he is really, really, strong and solid to boot. My hand's still a little numb from this mornin’s punch.”

“You’re not telling us something Aj,” Twilight joined in. “Like why you punched Asta in the first place.”

“Yea,” Rainbow got in Applejack's face. “Spill now,” She demanded.

“Ah can’t,” she looked down. “It’s not my place to explain. You want to know then ask Asta to give ya’ll the detail.”

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