Circles and other strange tales #1

>Consciousness flutters back to you, bringing with it a number of odd sounds

>You swear the temperature just dropped a few degrees

>You slowly raise your head

>There is a hollow, dull ache wrapped over your entire body, but at least you can feel the nanobots doing their thing

>Your eyes creak open

>You see half a dozen multicoloured equines

>You close your eyes

>You open your eyes

>You see half a dozen multicoloured equines

>...

>Interesting

>A purple one moves closer. You could almost describe it as a pony except its got a horn protruding out of its forehead

>"hello there, do you understand me?"

>All of your what

>Well this just won the weirdest day ever award

>You would think on this more but your head feels like it has been dragged across the surface of the sun

"Naturally"

>The equines take a step back at your answer, shock clear in their eyes

>Well this might be fun

>Protocol first though

"You don't happen to have a level 8 clearance ship nearby?"

>"A what?"

>Somewhat primitive life it seems

>You bring your head up further and look around the.... room?

>The walls appear to be made of wood

>Wood? Scratch that last thought, very primitive life

>And the entire room is stacked with old paper books

>Judging by the shape and the adjoining rooms, it seems this house was modelled as if it were inside a huge tree

>You chuckle, What a silly thought

"Sorry, I was just checking. Which sector is this?"

>The purple one takes a step forward, seemingly even more curious now

>"Sector? Well this is ponyville an-"

>Suddenly a pink 'pony' (?) bounces in front of her and starts half shouting at a ridiculous pace

>"And we're very happytoseeyou anyway mynameispinkie and I'm everyone's friend here in ponyville and ohmygosh I can't wait until we can become friends it's going to be so much fun and-"

>You tune out

>Friends?

>"What's 'friends'?"

>The 6 equines stare at you in horror

>Uh oh, already rustled some jimmies with a taboo subject? Good going jac-

"Erm anyway I'm anonymous, 5th knight of the round and celestial over-study to 4 of the sectors in the known parameters of-"

>Their faces, lighting up as you introduced yourself started to decline back into confusion

>nevermind.

>You're not really ready for a barrage of questions anyway

>The purple one steps forward again

>"Nice to meet you Anonymous, I am twilight sparkle and this is applejack, rarity, rainbow dash, pinkie pie and fluttershy"

>She gestures to each one as she names them, they are all smiling, except fluttershy who is hidden behind a wall of pink hair

>Suddenly your own name doesn't seem as embarrassing

>"And if you don't know what friendship is then you've definitely come to the right place!"

>You came here? Or was that just a poor choice of words?

>This seemed a bit far-fetched even for your imagination. But you're unsure of what other explanation there could possibly be

>"But what -are- you?"

The white equine Rarity stepped forward, eyeing you up and down with a look caught halfway between astonishment and inquisition

"I am a homo sapien, or human. And may I extend the same question to you"

>Something about your tone pleases her. Must be one of those old-human types. Except she isn't human. She's-

>"why, we are ponies of course!"

"I see. But you must understand that talking multicolour ponies with horns and wings are kinda completely unheard of where I come from"

>There's that clichéd shock look from them all again

>From what you've heard so far, they aren't feigning it

>This was getting old already>"You... you mean you've never seen an Equestrian pony before" Twilight stammers

"Nope"

>equestrian pony was an odd choice of words. Was it a joke?

>meh

>"Well then there is only one thing for it!" Twilight exclaims, as her horn starts to glow with a light pink light

>You've run out of surprise energy by now

>Should brain.exe run a system reboot?

>y/[n]

>Various books coated in pink light come flying from the shelves as an ink well(?) and some paper come flying in from another room

>heh, flying objects. Almost as if she's using telekinesis

>....

>"Right anonymous, this is a brief history of Equestria and these contain most of the basic information about ponies" Twilight looks... excited now

>The books are hovering in front of you

>"Spike - take a letter!"

>Woah, you hadn't noticed the small dragon(?) hiding behind applejack

>And her solution to this entire situation was to present you with a load of books?

>She turns to look at you as you are still slumped in the corner

>"Anonymous, can't you read?"

"yes, however I have broken both of my hands and it will be at least 2 hours before I can walk again

>"Hands?"

>Seems like they really had never seen a human before either then

>You raise your arm, revealing 5 glorious digits, one of them opposable

>The armour made it harder to make them out, and the blood was clotting some of the joints, but they got a good idea anyway

>The ponies gasp

>"Ohmygosh what is THAT?" The cyan pony Rainbow dash finally spoke up

"A hand"

"It looks like a hoof that's been split loads of times... can you fly with those?"

>Whut

"No, I-"

>She starts to hover and then looks away, suddenly disinterested

>"Well then... hands suck"

>Notsureifserious.jpg

"hands have their advantages... trust me" you give a devious smile

>Looks like spike had finished writing the letter

>He blows fire on it and it disappears

>wut

>Your brain starts to protest and warning lights fill your eyes

>Your thoughts start to become light and wispy again, sweet unconsciousness is beaconing

>You hear panicked voices as you collapse once again