5. My Little Bolin

[buymedumplings]

WHO: Bolin & OPEN
WHERE: Ponyville
WHAT: Going to explore the world that his friends all talked about.
WHEN: Shortly after the portal opened (and after he's caught up on sleep)
WARNINGS: TBD...


He hadn't been a big fan of the large, metal ship. It wasn't fun to be in a place where you couldn't use your bending and everything was so over his head and scary with the invisible, creature thing attacking at random. It was why Bolin had been so excited to check out Ponyville. He'd heard about it from Luna, Rarity, and others of course and there world hadn't sounded SO bad. In fact, he was kind of looking forward to it. Plus, he knew what to expect since Master Eraqus had gone first.

Although, even if he was ready for it he was still a little nervous. What if it hurt? Or what if once he went there he wouldn't change back? The others had stayed ponies...but then again Bolin supposed they were originally from that world. It hadn't taken him long to decide his curiosity was going to win out and had set out for Ponyville.

And as soon as he was on the other side of the portal tripped over his own hooves and did a rather nice roll across the grass. He eventually came to a stop, Mako Jr. and Pao, chasing after him. Bolin crashed into a nearby tree and fell onto his back, staring up at the gorgeous blue sky. "Ow. Okay, yeah, that's a LOT harder than Rarity and the others make it look."

Pao bent down and nipped at Bolin's ear. "Right, you're right, they were walking on all four hooves all of their lives just like I was walking on two. That makes sense. I just have to practice like anything else." Bolin wiggled and finally rolled over. He was curious as to what kind of pony he looked like. They didn't have ponies where he was from so all he had to go by was what he had seen from Rarity, Luna, Celestia, and Pinkie. Bolin looked over his shoulder and noticed that his body was now a light green color. He had no wings and he couldn't feel a horn on his head so he assumed he was a pony like Pinkie Pie, an earth pony (which made sense to him). He tilted his head a bit more and saw that the mark on his hind quarters consisted of a dark brown earth disk, similar to what he used in the Pro-Bending arena. "Cooool," he marveled.

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[colorbymemory]

Namine had stayed away from the Mother of Invention for many of the same reasons Bolin had. While the invisible enemy was there, it was far too dangerous for her to visit. Even without that sort of danger, she had to be on her guard more than others since she couldn't fight as well. Exploring on her own with an unseen, powerful enemy present, she would have needed others to help her. She couldn't ask anyone to put themselves at that kind of risk just so she could look around.

Now that issue seemed to have been resolved, she could go look around more easily. Before that, though, there was an even newer world, which looked relatively safe. Of course, it was also one of those worlds which made humans change form. Being a pony for a little while might be odd, but form changes had never seemed to hurt Sora...

So she cautiously made her way through the portal, Petals and Stormy following her. At least it wasn't a surprise to suddenly find herself a pony. She should have guessed she'd be mostly white, but she couldn't help sighing inwardly.

Before she could think about too much, though, she heard someone else nearby. Apparently she'd arrived not long after Bolin. Taking slow, cautious steps (and stumbling more than once), she made her way over to him. "Hello, Bolin."

[buymedumplings]

By the time Namine was making her way towards him Bolin was working on standing back up. His legs were a bit shaky, much like any new colt trying its legs for the first time, but he was taking it slow and taking a few minutes to adjust. He looked up when he heard a familiar voice, though he still wasn't very good at recognizing people-turned-ponies yet.

"Oh, hello. Getting used to this too, huh?"

[colorbymemory]

New ways of walking took getting used to, which was inconvenient. Namine was moving a lot like a new filly herself. At least she wasn't falling (much) and Stormy helped if she stumbled. It hadn't occurred to her that Bolin couldn't guess who she was just yet.

"Yes, it's not as easy as Rarity and the others make it look."

[buymedumplings]

"I've been looking for her. I thought Rarity might want to see her home again but maybe she wants to make sure her shop in the other world is okay first." Bolin wasn't thinking about it and started pawing at the ground. He tilted his head and smiled, "Oh, but you're a unicorn like her, have you tried any magic yet?"

[colorbymemory]

"She probably does." Namine briefly wondered if Rarity might eventually move back here; it was her home after all. That was a subject for another time, though. For now, she returned Bolin's smile. "Not yet, but I've been getting used to walking this way first."