A Pony...And Her Starbucks

Chapter 2: New World And New Species

It was both frightening and exciting to be falling through a portal. This was my first ever encounter with this kind of magic, yet it was terrifying at the same time. Did I just discover a new kind of magic? Accidentally as well? Now this was making the experience much more enjoyable! Just imagine what everypony would say when I told them about this!.... If I could ever get back to them." I thought to myself for what seemed like the longest time. It was extremely exciting to discover something new with magic but on the other hoof, was I ever going to see my friends, Spike, and every pony again? I wasn't sure if where I was going would be a place I knew but I had a feeling, it was going to be an adventure for sure. Even though I tried to pay attention to what happened next, I'm not sure as to what exactly happened. I just remember appearing high up in the sky, far away from the ground, trying to slow my fall but since I still hadn't fully gotten used to my new pair of wings, I fell faster and faster until I used my magic to summon a shield around myself at the last second. Needless to say, I hit the ground shortly afterward and then I can be extremely sure I was out for a while. I can't remember anything afterwards since I'm sure I was out cold but afterward, I slowly opened my eyes to the strongest smell that I have ever smelled before. As soon as I caught a whiff of this extremely strong new smell, I gagged harder than I ever had before. "What...what is this....smell?" I asked myself while breathing heavily through my mouth. Judging from what I saw, It appears that I was in some sort of rectangular box filled with disgusting, horrid, and repulsive smells and these black bags as well. I can only imagine if Rarity was in the same situation. "Daring! This smell is repulsive! How can such smells exist here?" I imagined her screaming something like that over and over again with it bringing a slight smile to my face. "Now, how does one get out of here?" I thought to myself as I tried to use my magic to do...something. Luckily, I was able to get some light in the box using my magic to do so. I looked around to find a slight opening in the top where there seemed to be something resembling the outside. Knowing what I needed to know, I tried to push the top of the box off as hard as I could. Unfortunately, it was either too heavy for me to lift or there was some lock on it. No matter what kept me in here, I had to use my magic to get myself out of here. I then closed my eyes as I used my horn to pry open the top of the box, to which the top fell off and the sunlight fled through the box. "Thank Celestia! Fresh air!" I exclaimed as I took a few big breaths of air and I climbed my way out of that awful-smelling box as quickly as I could. When I stopped smelling the...strong smells from the box, I looked around and knew that something was wrong. I haven't fully explored all of Equestria just yet but something tells me that where I was, was not the Equestria I knew, if I was still in Equestria. It almost looked like I was in some city like Manehattan or Canterlot but even then this place was very different. I saw what appeared to be very tall buildings, a clear sunny sky, and roads with these strange vehicles on as they moved along the road. They had what looked like some fancy wheels underneath this futuristic carriage with a roof over it and some windows on its side. I want to say that this was the strangest and most fascinating thing that I saw but you would be incorrect. On what I presume to be the sidewalks, I saw these...creatures who were very tall, had tannish skin, had mostly brown and blackish hair colors, were wearing these flexible tubes on their legs, they didn't show any sign of having a cutie mark and all of them were walking on two legs of all things. They too were also wearing what looked like shirts with different designs and words on them as well. The biggest and most curious part that wasn't on the list was that they had these legs near their heads and at the end of these upper legs, they had five of these, small, bendable tubes that they used to pick objects up with. In short, I was ecstatic that I had discovered a new living species that I could write a report about. It's not every day that you just happen to discover something that you've never seen before in your life. After a little while of seeing these new species living their life, I wanted to take a closer look at them, just to see if there was any other information I could get on them, or if they knew where this place was hopefully. Without a moment to lose, I slowly approached the sidewalks they were walking on with their two legs and tried to blend in as best as I reasonably could into the crowd. Granted, with me being purple and them having a tan skin color, I stuck out like a sore hoof and I'm sad to say that the species were rather quick to notice me. After a few seconds of trotting along the sidewalk as I took another look around the place, I saw that quite a few were looking at me with what seemed to be a surprised face. After a few seconds, some of them started to pull out these rectangles with some sort of camera in them as they pointed in my direction. I already had a taste of the paparazzi back in Canterlot since yesterday with my coronation party and I still wasn't used to it, at least that's what I was hoping as to why they were taking pictures of me. After a few seconds, more and more of them started to take pictures of me as it was becoming a little scary for me. "Why are you all taking pictures?" I asked in a questioning tone as the looks on their faces changed from surprised to freaked out. "The unicorn can talk??" I heard one of the species ask in a very surprised voice when I started to panic a little. I wasn't in Equestria if they haven't heard of a pony I can say...or an alicorn I should say. After a few more seconds of this, I started to trot a little bit faster, but it didn't stop the species from taking pictures of me as more and more showed up. It was just like at Shinning and Cadence's wedding from a while ago with the changelings, there were just too many of them and only one of me was here. Eventually, the fast trotting turned into a full-on run as I ran as fast as my legs could, trying to get as far away from the species as I could. As I suspected, they kept following me at very high speeds. After a solid few seconds, I froze as some sort of spotlight appeared around me. "Chopper #1, we have eyes on the purple unicorn!" I heard a voice say from somewhere above me. I looked towards the light to find something scary. These species also had futuristic hot air balloons that they started to use to track my every move. "Now this is scary alright." I exclaimed in a panicked voice as I sprinted away while they were in hot pursuit of me. I don't know how long I was sprinting for, or how the crowds and the balloons were able to keep following me but the sun had set long ago and the moon was in full display. After a good while of sprinting from the crowds, I tried to cast a teleportation spell a few times over and over again while thinking of Ponyville as my destination. Whether it was me being out of breath from sprinting for so long, this place having no real signs of magic, or for a reason that I just can't explain, I couldn't cast the spell to save my life from these crowds potentially. Even if I had fully mastered flying, there was at least an 86.009% chance that the hot air balloons would catch me as well so in short, I was sprinting for my life yet again. After a little while, I turned a corner to find myself in some sort of strip-like area that happened to be filled to the brim with shops of the sort. As the crowd was getting closer and closer to my tail and capturing me, I turned to the closest set of doors that I could find and pushed them open as fast as I could. Without a second thought and a moment to lose, I pushed the doors closed in one swift motion as I pushed for dear life, hoping that the crowds wouldn't try and break down the door. I could feel that at least a few of the species tried to push the doors open, but they stopped after a few seconds due to my resistance. "Check every store here! That unicorn has to be here!" I heard a voice say from outside the doors in a very loud and scary voice as more voices spoke up to agree. When I knew it was safe, I walked away from the doors and saw a window with the scene unfolding. I looked out of this window and it was just as I feared. The crowds of the species along with those hot air balloons and the carriages were covering the area as people started to open every one of the doors, trying to find me as there was no doubt about that. "I'm not safe! I have to find a way out of here!" I said in a very scared and panicked voice as I looked around the room. It almost resembled "The Hayburger" with its layout but what they seemed to be selling was very different. Conveniently, they had what looked like their menus near the counter and I began to look at them with curiosity. " A Mocha Frappuccino Blended Beverage, Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino Blended Beverage..." I said out loud as I started to remember the names of the drinks for when I write a report on these species of course! Just then, while I was examining the menu, I heard hoofsteps from around the corner. I was about to duck and hide when I saw that just like last time, there was nowhere to hide. As I tried to search for someplace to hide, I turned around and there was another one of this new species. They froze as they looked at me with surprised eyes. "Welcome to Starbucks."