Inside Fluttershy's cottage, the pegasus was busy making something for the little boy asleep up in her bed. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie were assisting her by getting her the ingredients.
Twilight came downstairs with Rarity, and Spike. Fluttershy looked over at the three, "How is he?"
"He's resting comfortably now." Twilight explained.
"Though the state of his clothing and hair was so unkempt," Rarity added, "He looked like he was sleeping on the ground."
"Well, he did look like he was coming from the Everfree Forest," Applejack noted, "And there ain't no beds there."
"Poor little guy." Pinkie said sadly.
Rainbow looked out Fluttershy's window and saw Anton's bike set up, "But what is that thing? It looks almost like Scootaloo's scooter, but with two wheels?"
Twilight spoke up, "That's a bicycle, Rainbow Dash. It's like a unicycle, but with two wheels."
"And how do you know that?" Rainbow inquired.
"While I was at CHS last time, I saw some of the inhabitants there riding them. Sunset Shimmer filled me in on it."
"Do you think he came from that other world?" Pinkie asked.
"I wouldn't think so. He doesn't really look like he came from that world." Twilight answered.
Rainbow was looking in Anton's backpack, "Check out all this stuff he's got in here."
"Rainbow Dash!" Rarity called, "Looking at other ponies stuff is an invasion of privacy."
"I'm just wondering what he's got in here is all. Maybe something can give us a clue about him." Rainbow replied, as she dropped a bunch of comics on the table.
"Hey, comic books," Spike said, as he looked at some of them, "Batman, Superman, Spiderman? Never heard of these guys."
Pinkie looked in the bag seeing the chips and cookies Anton packed, "Ooh, snacks."
"That's awful lot." Applejack noted.
Rainbow continued to look in the bag for anything else until the sketchbook fell out, "Hey, what's that?"
"Let's see." Pinkie said as she picked it up and opened it.
The group looked at saw each page of the book had an assortment of drawings sketched on it. Among the drawings included people, animals, plants, landscape, scenery, and buildings.
The girls looked at the drawings in wonder, "These are pretty good." Twilight admitted.
"So detailed." Rarity said in awe.
"Ya think he drew these himself?" Applejack wondered.
"If he did then he's got a natural talent." Rarity answered.
Twilight snapped out of her stupor and started levitating all the things back into the backpack, "All right I think we've done enough snooping into somepony's privacy long enough."
"Um, Twilight, I think I speak for all of us in this matter," Spike began, "But what are we going to do when he wakes up?"
"We'll throw him a party of course," Pinkie answered, "That'll make him feel welcomed!"
Rainbow looked at her with a dry expression, "Yeah, I don't think that's the best thing to do right now."
"Rainbow's right. For now we just have to play it carefully. We don't wanna alarm him." Twilight stated.
Upstairs in Fluttershy's room. Anton was asleep in Fluttershy's bed, until he started stirring Slowly his eyes opened up and he sat up in bed groaning.
"Oh, what happened?" he felt his head before feeling a band aid on his forehead. He groaned from touching it, "Ugh, must've fallen off Silver."
He suddenly realized what he was on top of, "Hey, whose bed is this? For that matter what is this place?" he surveyed the room before seeing a window. He looked out it and saw the Everfree Forest in the distance, "That's the forest I was in, but this whole area isn't familiar." he suddenly heard voices.
"Who is that?" he wondered before opening the door to the bedroom and proceeded down the stairs.
Downstairs, the girls were continuing to talk about the situation, as Rarity spoke up, "When he does wake up the first order of business is to outfit him with some appropriate clean clothes."
"Don'tcha think we should tell Princess Celestia about this?" Applejack suggested.
"I know, but I don't wanna send a message to her until we understand the situation with the boy." Twilight answered.
Pinkie spoke up, "Well, why don't we just ask him now, see?"
The girls and Spike looked in the direction Pinkie was pointing to. They saw Anton standing on the last stair looking at the group in shock. The girls looked back at him not sure how to respond to him. Pinkie decided to make the first move.
"Hi!" she waved.
Anton burst out screaming in fright before bolting up the stairs as fast as he could. The girls looked at Pinkie with some sporting deadpan expressions.
"Nice move, Pinkie." Rainbow said in sarcasm.
"Come on." Twilight said, as they went up the stairs.
Anton returned to the room and closed the door while looking around frantically, "Where do I hide? Where do I hide?" he looked at the bed seeing there wasn't much of an option, "Worth a shot." he got on the bed and hid under the covers.
The door opened, and the group trotted in seeing the bulge underneath the covers. Rainbow whispered, "He's terrible at hiding."
Fluttershy spoke in a whisper, "Rainbow Dash, can't you see the poor little thing's scared to death?"
"Sorry." she cringed knowing that fact.
Twilight and Rarity used their magic to lift the covers off the bed exposing Anton who was curled up in the fetal position. When he realized he was spotted he screamed again and backed away to the headboard the bed.
"Please, I have nothing of value to you!" he cried while cowering in fright.
Fluttershy knowing how to handle an animal or anything that's scared went over to Anton and gently rubbed his back with her hoof. Anton ceased his cowering and looked at the pegasus.
"There-there. No need to be scared. We're not going to hurt you." she promised.
"You promise?" he asked.
"I do." she nodded.
Anton looked at Fluttershy and almost felt as if he was looking at his mother once again. He shook off the feeling remembering what was going on.
"Who're all of you?"
"Well, my name's Fluttershy."
"Fluttershy? That's actually a beautiful name."
"Thank you," she giggled, "And these are my friends."
Twilight approached, "My name's Twilight Sparkle. It's very nice to meet you." she smiled.
Applejack trotted up, "Name's Applejack, sugarcube."
Rainbow flew above him, "I'm Rainbow Dash, the fastest pegasus around."
"My name's Rarity, darling. It's so nice to make your acquaintance."
Anton looked at her and thought, 'Whoa. She's cute... Wait a minute what am I saying? I can't think that way.'
Pinkie bounced over, "And I'm Pinkie Pie. Nice to meetcha!"
"Uh, likewise?" Anton answered, while feeling unsure.
Spike went last, "My name's Spike."
Anton's eyes widened, "You're a real dragon?"
"Uh-huh." Spike confirmed.
"This is so cool." Anton said with amaze.
Fluttershy spoke up, "So now that we told you our names, can you tell us yours?"
"My name's Anton. Anton MacLeod."
"Anton. I like it." Fluttershy smiled.
"Thank you," Anton said feeling a bit sheepish. He then asked, "So you're ponies and yet you're talking?"
"Yeah, so?" Rainbow asked.
"Well, where I'm from ponies don't talk," Anton began before looking at Rarity, Fluttershy, and then Twilight, "And we certainly don't have unicorns, pegasi, or... whatever you are."
"I understand that, but you have to know Anton. You aren't in your own world anymore." Twilight explained.
"I figured that out." Anton admitted.
"But don't you worry, I'm sure we'll find a way to get you back home." she promised.
Anton's face looked depressed, "Well, I'm afraid that's impossible."
"Why's that?" Applejack asked, as the rest looked just as concerned.
"I have no home to go back to anymore." Anton replied dismally.
"What?!" the ponies gasped.
"But everypony has to have a home." Pinkie said.
"Well, I'm not that lucky." Anton sighed.
"Don't you have a mother or a father to get back to?" Rarity inquired.
Anton shook his head, "I don't. My dad died about a year ago. And my mom... I just attended her funeral yesterday."
The girls gasped, as Fluttershy spoke with sadness, "So you're an orphan?"
"Pretty much." he answered with a sigh. He was taken aback by the warm embrace of Fluttershy.
"I'm so sorry. To be this young without a family... Why I can't think of anything more sadder." she sniffled.
"Neither can I." Applejack sighed knowing how Anton felt.
Twilight spoke, "Anton, wasn't there anyone who was there to take you in?"
"There was... But I don't wanna talk about it." Anton answered, while looking away to hide his anger.
"Why not?" Rainbow asked.
"I just don't." he replied.
Before Rainbow could continue to question, Rarity shushed her wanting her to let it be for the moment. The fashion pony spoke, "We understand if you don't want to talk about it right now, Anton."
Anton smiled, before another thought crossed his mind, "Wait a minute. Where's Silver?"
"Silver, who's Silver?" Spike asked.
"My bike. Where's my bike?" Anton panicked, until Twilight spoke up.
"It's ok. Your bike's right outside."
Anton sighed in relief, "Thank God. It's very special to me," suddenly everyone heard his stomach grumble, "Sorry. Haven't eaten yet." he said sheepishly.
Fluttershy giggled, "Don't worry, I have some vegetable soup being made."
"Sounds good," Anton said, before noticing the state of his attire and his hair, "Can I take a bath first?"
"A good idea," Rarity confirmed, "And if you don't mind I would love to have your measurements taken."
"Measurements?" Anton asked in confusion.
"Of course. You see I make clothes for a living, and you look like you could use a fresh set of them."
Anton remembered he was wearing the same clothes he wore at his mom's funeral, "Yeah. I do need to get out of these. I had slept in them all night and on the ground for that matter."
"Twilight, can you and Rarity take Anton to the bathroom and draw him a bath?" Fluttershy asked.
"Sure thing, Fluttershy." Twilight answered, as she and Rarity led Anton out of the room.
Angel came in and was doing gestures to Fluttershy, who suddenly remembered, "Oh, my gosh. The soup!" she ran downstairs with Applejack and Rainbow to make sure it wasn't overflowing or burning.
In the bathroom, Twilight was filling up the tub with warm water with a mix of bubble bath to it. Rarity meanwhile was using some measuring tape to get Anton's clothing size.
"And that's it." Rarity said, as she jotted Anton's measurements on a notepad, "With these I'll be able to make you more comfortable clothing."
"Thank you, Rarity." Anton replied.
"No trouble at all, sweetie." Rarity nuzzled his head.
"Ok, Anton. Your bath's all ready." Twilight called him over.
"Thanks, Twilight." Anton said, as he walked to the tub.
"I'll head over to my place and get started right away." Rarity said.
"I'll see how Fluttershy and the others are doing." Twilight said, as the two left Anton to himself.
So Anton removed his dirty clothes, and placed them in a basket. He stepped into the tub and relaxed as the warm sensation of the water washed away his stress.
"Oh, this is perfect," he leaned back in the tub. He gazed up at the ceiling, while remembering what he had been dealing with in the last moments, "So I'm no longer in my own world, I have no home, and no family. What do I do now?" he sighed, "Guess I should just roll with things now and maybe the answer will come to me." he said, before he started scrubbing up.