A Pony Masquerade

Chapter five: Revelations

Twilight PoV.

Something about Masquerade isn't right. He has traces of minerals I've never seen before. There's nothing about these in any Equestria geology books. Unless...

It's not from Equestria.

I rushed around the library looking for he fiction section. It was small because I've never enjoyed fiction. It's kind of like lying.

I found it at last and started flinging books from the shelves, glancing at the covers before they hit the floor.

Nursery rhymes, fiction novels, kids' picture books... Mythology! I flipped through the pages of several books until I found a short passage in a book called Ancient Pony Lore And Mythology.

"The basis of many stories in ancient mythology is a world in another dimension called earth. These stories often depict beings called humans. These creatures supposedly have extra appendages for holding objects, walk on their hind legs, and have complex emotional patterns. These emotional patterns often lead to wars and feuds in the stories, and rarely, love."

The book went on to describe the way plants grew on this world and the way humans would add things to the soil to help plants grow. Chemicals that are dangerous to most living things.

I went back to the sample I took when I first met Masquerade.

My horn started glowing and the sample shook and shifted. I rooted through it until I found what I had the first time.

Dangerous chemicals that had a strange effect on plants.

I ran as fast as I could looking all over Ponyville for my friends.

Masquerade PoV.

I was walking through the town square with Dashie when Pinkie bounced up to me.

"Hey Masquey!"

"Hey Pinkie."

It was kinda awkward talking to Pinkie after our mutual breakdown. But we both hid it pretty well.

"Watcha doin'?"

"Walking with my mare-friend."

Dashie smiled and kissed my cheek.

"Well... Twilight needs you. Says it's an emergency."

"Why didn't you say so earlier!?"

"Because I needed to know what you were doing."

"Geez Pinkie. Whatever, let's go."

We arrived at the library in minutes since we thought the emergency was something life-threatening.

She burst through the door seconds after us scanning the room until her eyes landed on me.

"I assume Pinkie sent you."

"Yeah, but why?"

"I have important news involving the lack of the ability to recall events in your past."

"Like what?"

"You may be from another dimension."

"What!?"

"It's just a theory. I found traces of soil in your mane that had chemicals unlike anything in this world."

"Uh..."

"Let me see your teeth."

"What?"

"Open your mouth so I can see your teeth."

"Why?"

"Because I need to check something."

"Okay..."

I opened my mouth and she lit up her horn and peered inside.

"Woah..."

"Wah?"

"You have canines."

"Isn't a canine a dog?" Dashie pitched in.

"Yes, but it's also a type of tooth."

"Like the sharp ones dogs have?"

"Yes."

"Han I hlohe hy houtsh?"

"What?" Twilight asked.

"Can I close my mouth?"

"Yes."

I closed my mouth and mulled over what me having canines meant.

"Why does me having canines matter?"

"No pony has ever had canines. Ever."

"So..."

"You're not a pony. Your teeth indicate a omnivore's diet. Ponies are herbivores."

"I'm not a pony?"

"I believe you are from a land called Earth and you are really a human."

The word earth struck something in my mind and memories started flowing in. Why I was sad, who my family is, my real name.

My name is Celadon Masque. My friends called me Cell before they abandoned me. My parents died when I was four. Their names were Jane and Oliver Masque. I have two brothers. They both grew distant when my parents died. I have been alone most of my life. I am miserable. I traveled to Equestria through the power of Discord when I wished to leave Earth and never return.

And then one last word flashed through my mind.

Bipolar.

It was overwhelming. I blacked out.

Rainbow Dash PoV.

After Masquerade passed out we brought him to the hospital and they put him in intensive care. They told us he had slipped into a coma and they don't know if he'll ever wake up.

Please wake up Masquey. I need you.

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That's the end of the intro chapters.

They were kinda short, but it's just to establish

the relationships with the ponies and setup the story.

See you guys when I write the next chapter.

-Infectious Brony