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The Author Jumps Worlds (MLP)	By : Haunter_Rayne Category: +M through R > My Little Pony Views: 14328 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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**Author's Note** Hello everyone. It is just a little bit after noon on Rayne's second day in Equestria and now he will finally get to see his welcome party. There will be a lot of new faces introduced in the story as well as some background information provided on Rayne. There is a point where Rayne starts referencing different locations in Equestria. I will provide a link to a map that I found online to help. Credit goes entirely to the artist.
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Author Jumps Worlds (MLP)
By Haunter Rayne
Chapter 7 - The Welcome Party

Water from the central fountain spouted upwards clean and clear before pooling down to the basin below. Rayne watched as it flowed, basking in the simplicity of its design as if it were a metaphor for the livelihood in this settlement. “Heh, not a single coin in the fountain. Guess I've definitely got to get used to the different customs here.” He said to himself as he loitered in the center of town. Looking around he enjoyed just watching the ponies go about their day as if there were not a care in the world.

Then a voice spoke to him from the far side of the fountain. “I'm sorry if I kept you waiting. You know how Pinkie can be.” The voice was dull and monotone however to Rayne he could hear the positive note to the nonchalant voice.

“That's quite alright. I only just got here myself. I had been looking around for work at the shops nearby. Seems like I found myself a position at the Ponyville Day Spa.”

Maud’s eyebrows lifted a bit in surprise even though the rest of her face stayed perfectly unchanged. “Wow, you move fast. I'm glad you have been able to settle in so quickly.” Turning to the side she motioned her head towards the town hall. “Come on, once I told my sister that I found you she partially got half the town together.” Rayne chuckled and stepped up beside her. As they walked side by side Maud glanced an eye in his direction. “So the Ponyville day spa?” She asked blankly.

“Mhm.” Rayne hummed back in response, eyes remaining forward as they walked.

Maud paused just outside the doors of town hall and looked to the stallion next to her. Rayne watched as she placed her hoof upon the door but then lowered it back down without opening it. “I'm sure that with your talents you would be amazing at whatever they would having you doing at the day spa.” Despite still having an emotionless expression on her face, Maud’s eyes were looking anywhere except at Rayne’s.

Seeing this he reached out with one dark hoof and brought her face up to look at his. “Maud, I promise you that I am not that kind of pony.” Rayne could think of half a dozen ideas which could be rolling around in Maud’s head at the moment but he was sure that his answer for any of them would be the same. “I’m not here to cause trouble. Not for you or for anypony.”

Looking into his eyes Maud broke her usual speech pattern as she mumbled, “I know I said that I wasn't ready to have a special somepony yet. But I don't think I would want to hear about you sleeping with anypony else. I'm not saying that I want to control what you do or don't do here in Ponyville. But if something were to happen then I would appreciate it if you made sure that it didn't get back to me.” She paused to take a breath before continuing, “And about what you and I did…”

“-Is no other pony’s business to find out about either.” He stated in a soothing tone. Smiling to her reassuringly, he saw Maud actually smile back.

“Thank you.” She said simply, having heard exactly what she needed to hear. “Don’t worry Rayne, I trust you.” The two looked at each other for a moment just enjoying the peacefulness in each other's eyes. It wasn't until a loud crash followed by murmuring voices was heard from inside that they both remembered there was a party to get to. “Come on, let's get inside. Pinkie is sure to have everypony waiting.”

This time Maud did push the door open and several voices were heard to shush in the dark room inside. Stepping forward into the large building the lights suddenly turned on and a great number of ponies shouted out, “Surprise!”

Even having expected it, Rayne was very shocked by the sudden welcome and couldn't resist the infectious smiles of everypony around him. Streamers hung from the walls and ceiling. Tables were lined with different foods and what he was sure to be a bowl of cider. Then Rayne heard the boom of a cannon exploding before confetti showered everyone. “WELCOME TO PONYVILLE!” Screamed an excited Pinkie pie at the top of her lungs.

“Wow, thank you, thank you everypony!” Rayne called out to everyone happily. “I had heard that Ponyville was friendly but to have so many of you come out to welcome a pony that you don't even know… well, that's great. It really is just great.” Rayne said sounding charming and sincere. He smiled seeing the emotionally touched feeling in the eyes of lots of ponies.

Suddenly three little fillies appeared right in front of him. “Uh well, about that… I might have gone ahead and helped Pinkie pie with the invitations and talked you up a little bit to the other ponies.” Applebloom admitted bashfully. Rayne looked around seeing a few of the adults nod their heads in laughter.

Rayne beamed down and said, “Well then I'll try not to disappoint their expectations. Any friend of the Cutie Mark Crusaders is a friend of mine.” He smiled and nodded as Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle introduced themselves.

Then an explosion of pink jumped up into the air screaming, “Let's get this party started!” Rayne was thrilled to hear the ponies shout and he happily stepped forward eager to mingle.

- A Few Hours Later -

Rayne was loving getting to socialize in Ponyville. Everyone was genuinely happy to meet him while they shared stories and opened up to him. Some ponies had already heard favorable mention of him from those he had interacted with. Meanwhile others were eager to see what they were missing out on with not having talked to the new stranger yet. “Please, everypony. I promise that I do want to meet you all.” He called out politely, noticing that he was becoming a little crowded. Not wanting to offend he added, “I'm not quite used to having this much attention to be honest. Where I come from I am used to being a bit of a loner. All of this friendship is a bit more than I could ask for.”

“Oh dear, oh my. Now, let's not gang up on him everypony. Being put in the spotlight when it isn't wanted can be a very uncomfortable experience.” Fluttershy did her best to call out to the nearby group. “This is a party, there is lots to do while we each wait our turn to speak to our new friend. If we can all just be patient then I'm sure we can all find out more about him.” She smiled seeing the nearest group take a step back. But then the pegasus frowned seeing a different group fall into the open space.

“Yes and where is it that you do come from?” Called out a new pony. Rayne looked into the group seeing an older pony with gray hair questioning him. Her coat was a dulled yellow and she wore a white neck band of authority. “Oh forgive me, where are my manners? My name is Mayor Mare and it is a pleasure to officially welcome you to Ponyville.” Her smile was ernest however something in his instincts told Rayne that it would be important to avoid her when possible. “I understand that you are a traveler, is that right?” She continued. “Traveled from where exactly?”

Rayne looked out into a sea of smiling faces all anxious to hear him answer the mayor's questions. He thought for a moment knowing that he had to be careful with questions like these. “Well I have actually moved around quite a bit. I have visited Haywaii several times. I recently traveled through Fillydelphia but I didn't really stay long enough to see much of it. Before that I grew up in a small town just off of Mexicolt. Originally though my family is from Coltugal.”(1) Fortunately for Rayne he had remembered once looking at a MLP map online. It depicted where the locations in the MLP universe would be in relation to earth's basic geography. Since his family descended from Spain he figured Coltugal was as close as he could relate to. Also since his hometown of San Diego would technically be in Gryphon territory in this world he figured that would only invite more questions to explain.

“Oh wow, you've seen so many places.” Cheered a light yellow pony with a blue and fuchsia colored mane. Rayne thought that her cutie mark of little wrapped candies looked familiar but he had not yet been properly introduced to this pony.

“Oh yes and this coming from a stallion who is still a small town pony like us!” Chimed in another mare that was a vibrant dark pink with an even darker pink mane. Rayne noticed what looked like fruit printed on her flank and sighed wondering how long it would take to get to know everyone.

Suddenly there was a loud cheering of ponies from across the room. A mare with a rainbow mane had done particularly well at her turn of ‘Pin the Tail on the Pony.’ When everyone was distracted Rayne took this as his opportunity to slip away from Mayor Mare and those others around her. “Phew. Well, I guess things are going well so far.” He consoled to himself.

“Seems like you're learning that life in a small town isn't always so simple, is it?” Rayne turned hearing a pony call out to him from the other side of the punch table. There he saw an orange mare in a cowgirl hat stepping around and chuckling. “Don't you worry none about them.” She stated while gesturing towards the crowd. “The folk of Ponyville can be a might overwhelming when they're all together like this. But they mean well and they're all just excited about making a new friend.” She smiled and raised a hoof out. “The names Applejack. Nice to meet you.”

Rayne was happy to walk up and shake her hoof. He had been looking forward to meeting Applejack and becoming friends with the most honest pony in Equestria. However, once he got a good look at her he found himself standing awkwardly, unprepared for the sight before him. “Holyshit, Applejack is ripped!” He thought amazed.

“Uh, is everything ok? You're making me feel a might bit embarrassed the way that you're staring at me like that.” She said with a slight blush to her cheeks.

“Crap! Well that was a bloody stupid way to first meet Applejack!” He scolded to himself as his mind raced. “Hmm quick, how to save this situation? There's got to be… Oh, of course! I think that pulling a Twilight should help here.” After letting go of Applejack’s hoof Rayne started by blushing back to her in return. “Oh yeah, I am so so sorry about that. Um, have you ever accidentally done something REALLY embarrassing in front of another pony and then you realize that if you try to explain it into words that it actually sounds worse than what you actually did?!” Rayne ended with a small gasp. Rayne felt if he could imitate one of Twilights more moderate freakout moments then that would give Applejack something more personal to relate to.

Applejack bit her bottom lip nervously having not expected such an outburst. But then after listening she looked around and motioned for Rayne to follow her away from the crowd. Now standing near the corner she took off her hat and smiled at the stallion. “Listen, I don't want you to have to be so nervous. We've all had a time or two where a first impression didn't go quite right. Why don't you just go on ahead and let me know what just happened. And if it sounds a little hairy the way that you word it then I promise that I'll try to focus on the message that you're trying to get across.” She ended with that smile of hers that just radiates her integrity for being honest.

“Thank you Applejack.” He replied while trying his best to reflect the sentiment. Now dropping the Twilight ruse, he proceeded to drop a few clever lines while still sounding genuine and sincere. “So anyways, I was happy to have somepony walk up and introduce themselves all civil like instead just rushing me like the crowd has. I guess I just naturally took a better look at the pony who was being so nice to me and well... I was surprised because you are really beautiful Applejack.” The farm pony faulted slightly having that been the last thing she expected to hear. “Listen if hope you won't think I'm just trying to sweet talk you or anything like that. I'm just trying to be honest when I say that I took one look at you and I just thought, well… wow.”

Applejack looked away for a moment, giving a nervous trot with one hoof. She wasn't one for charms but hearing how this pony talking about honesty and her being beautiful was still having an affect. “Aw well shucks. But I don't know why you would take such a notice to me. I ain't no fancy pony or nothing.”

Now Rayne saw his chance to be his sly self and decided not to waste the opportunity. “Sure you might not be sporting a fancy dress or covered in jewels. But Applejack, you have the most stunning figure of any pony in here.” He said with just a hint of suave but still tried to keep it calm for the country pony. “I may have met other farm ponies before but this is my first time meeting an Apple. I think you might not give yourself enough credit there Applejack.” He smiled seeing her eyebrow raise curiously. “You have a strong and proud stance that tells me how hard working you are.” Applejack smiled hearing her work ethic be praised. “I'd imagine that all that bucking you do for the apple trees is what gave your hips their shapely figure.” Applejack suddenly blushed scarlet and looked back at her own hips as Rayne continued. “Your hind legs are quite taking Applejack. Look how firm and toned they are. Not a single other pony here could claim to be anywhere near as finely sculpted as your body is.” Applejack was stunned, looking to her own legs in disbelief and then took an embarrassed pose almost like Fluttershy. “And uh,” Rayne added coyly “I’ll spare you hearing how nice I think your tail is.” He ended with a flirty smirk as he watched the mare almost trip over herself.

“Ok, okay! I'm beautiful, I get it!” She said in a rush for him to stop before some other pony overheard their conversation. Rayne could tell that she wasn't actually upset. She was blushing far too heavily for that.

Returning back to a more comforting tone Rayne added, “I'm sorry, I don't mean to put you on the spot. This all kinda just hit me at once and I thought it might sound creepy if I just started talking about your legs.” He chuckled.

Applejack had a nervous look for a moment but then seemed to shake it off leaving only a smile on her face instead. She walked right up to Rayne speaking in a hushed but confident voice. “You ain't got nothing to apologize for. You can't help who you fancy and I think you handled that like a real gentlepony. You were brave enough to tell the truth even though you were concerned I might take it the wrong way. Now that is something I can really respect you for.” It was subtle but Applejack shared a flirty stare with Rayne and for a moment neither of them needed to say a thing.

When it came time where Rayne felt that he should say something Applejack just raised a hoof to halt him. He raised an eyebrow picking up that she seemed to be waiting for something. Suddenly there was a pony right next to him that screamed, “HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING YOUR PART-MmfMlm!” She mumbled at the end having Applejack suddenly stuff her hoof into Pinkie Pie’s mouth.

Speaking as if nothing had just happened Applejack softly said, “I've got to be heading back to Sweet Apple Acres. I'm glad that I got to meet you Rayne. Oh and I liked what you said. Maybe you can come by and meet me sometime and I'll let you tell me a little more?” After speaking she let go of Pinkie’s mouth and just stepped away with a smile on her face.

“Oh wow, what was that all about?” Pinkie Pie asked with what sounded to Rayne like genuine, naive, confusion.

“Oh it's nothing. I'm just having such a great time getting to meet and make friends with everypony.” Rayne replied in a somewhat elated voice. After taking a breath to calm himself, he turned to Pinkie Pie smiling, “And I owe it all to you for throwing me this fantastic party. I mean there are games, great food, party cannon confetti and just some of the nicest ponies that I could ever meet!” He beamed.

Pinkie gasped and shouted, “You like my party cannon confetti?”

Rayne grinned. “I love party confetti.” Then he allowed for just a brief pause before continuing with, “And who doesn't love just everything about cannons? I mean confetti, plus cannons, equals win in my book.” He scoffed as if no other truth could be possible.

He enjoyed watching her eyes light up. “AAUUUUH WIN! Haha that's so catchy, I LOVE IT!” She did her bouncing into a ball thing which looked even stranger in person than it did in the TV show. “Ha, you're such a trend setter. I'm so going to use that now! You are the pony with the most win Rayne!” He chuckled as that wasn't quite how the catch phrase is used but he decided to let her have it. “Hey mister.” Pinkie then said to him in an playful accusatory tone. “You've been pretty slick here with some of the ponies. Are you trying to come on to me?” She pointed to a few doting mares nearby who he hadn't even spoken to yet. But then Pinkie giggled not being able to keep a straight face through her light hearted joke.

Rayne became deep in thought as he decided something to himself for a moment before replying, “Oh no, not with you Pinkie. I am single and wouldn't mind a special somepony but I would never try to get with you.” He was trying to sound very serious.

Suddenly Pinkie dropped to her bottom and looked up to him surprised. “Oh what? Really? I mean, I was just joking around but… how come? Is there something wrong with the Pinkie Pie?” She asked ending with a pouty lip.

“Oh not at all!” Rayne assured her. “In fact I think that you are adorable.” He laughed seeing her suddenly change to a happy grin with that squeaky toy noise she makes. “But I could never do that to another pony whose heart I believe you've already captured.” He said softly and then immediately grinned seeing her curiosity overwhelm her.

“What?! I didn't try to capture anypony's heart. Are you saying that someone out there actually likes me, likes me?” Her desperation was indeed adorable to Rayne as he planted his seeds where he felt they should be.

“Yes, or I believe so. It’s somepony you know actually, though he's not from Ponyville.” Rayne began but was interrupted before he could continue.

“It's somepony I know?!” Pinkie suddenly pulled a wooden stand out from nowhere with a large scroll on the top of it. When Pinkie pulled down to open the scroll Rayne suddenly saw a what looked like a picture list for the entire male MLP cast one after the other.

“It's Cheese Sandwich.” Rayne said, just before his picture appeared in the scroll which made Pinkie jump in disbelief. “Pinkie Pie, I want to explain that he never actually said that he wants you as his special somepony. But the way he thinks of you as the greatest, funniest, loudest, most exciting other party pony that he's met… Well let's just say that it shows even if he might not even realize it himself yet.”

Pinkie’s eyes went wide before she started streaming excited statements from her mouth. “Oh my gosh! This is so incredible! I can't believe it! I always saw him as a friend but I never would have thought to consider him that way! Oh if he really does like me then he would make the BEST special somepony! Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!” Rayne stepped up with a hoof to stop Pinkie before her head exploded. Then she turned towards Rayne and softly said, “Awww you gave up the perfect chance to flirt with me on your own to tell me how much I mean to somepony else. You must be the nicest, most considerate, pony around. Thank you very much for telling me this."

“Oh it was nothing.” He said, waving it off. “Trust me Pinkie, whoever ends up as your special somepony is going to be SUPER lucky. I'd bet no one could throw a S.P.S.S.P like you could.” He said coyly.

Twisting her head Pinkie asked, “What is SPSSP?” She spat, attempting her best to say the acronym as a word.

“Secret, private, special somepony, party.” He grinned.

Pinkie gasped and looked around to make sure no one was listening. Then she leaned in with a hoof over her mouth and whispered, “I totally have things for a SPSSP party!” She giggled.

Rayne whispered, chuckling back with her. “I might not be a party pony but let's just say I'd know a thing or two about a SPSSP party hehe.”

At this point Pinkie leaned back from their whispered conversation and smiled. “You're totally awesome Rayne. I'm really glad you decided to move to Ponyville.”

“I am glad you feel that way. I think that I am going to like it here. I only just arrived and I already have a place to stay, an exciting job for myself and now lots of new friends. But I might need help with one thing though.” He watched as the earth pony leaned in curiously. “Do you know somewhere that I could get some stylish clothes? I kind of left everything I had behind when I came here.”

He tried to act surprised when Pinkie Pie jumped with excitement. “Do I ever?! You need to meet Rarity! She is one of the best clothing designers in Equestria! Come on!” She shouted, zipping her way through the crowd.

As Rayne followed the darting pink dash through the sea of ponies he had to contain himself from laughing. He couldn't believe how well everything had been going and how easily things were falling into place. “I know I'm not deceiving the ponies in anyway. I have no desire for undermining or conquering Equestria. Despite that though, some ponies are making this far too easy.” Now that he had parted through most of the crowd he saw Pinkie Pie zip up to a small group. There he saw Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Twilight Sparkle all standing together. Since Pinkie Pie had run ahead, Rayne couldn't quite hear her but Rarity suddenly spit out her drink in shock to whatever was said leaving the other two to stare at her disapprovingly.

**Author's Ending Note** So there was a lot of social interaction in this chapter. I am very proud of this one and I hope that the voice of each pony rang clear for you readers. As for the "pulling a Twilight," I hope that made sense. Rayne was mimicking her attitude and speech patterns instead of talking like he normally would. This will be a recurring ploy that Rayne uses when he deems it necessary. Also, even though Rayne is clearly being manipulative with others from time to time he hasn't done anything malicious thus far. He definitely pulled one over on Applejack to make her like him. But when he did the same thing to Pinkie Pie it was to direct her heart into a relationship with Cheese Sandwich, not for personal gain. So that begs the question... Is Rayne really a hero or a villain?
As promised, below is the link to the map that I referenced in the story.
(1): https://lz0291.deviantart.com/art/LZ0291-s-MLP-AU-World-Map-269826667
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