Glaring down the fire, I let out a deep sigh as my mind yet again started to roll out the questions, as if I didn't have enough trouble already.

Me and Alex had trotted back to the campfire Mike had somehow lit up, but for the time I ignored the obvious question and instead just sat down by the flame. Both Mike and Alex did the same, so we soon find ourselves just staring at the fire with bland expressions, stripped of all emotions and pain we had experienced. To me this was little absurd, as I remembered us always planning to go on a camping trip on the summer holidays to have some time away from our normal routines, but the plans were never put into action.

Well, here we are in the wilds but the fun is nowhere to be found.

I cleared my throat and the guys looked in my direction. Without raising my head, I stated:

"Look, if you're gonna blame anyone, it might as well be me."

Chuckle blinged out.

My head rose to find Mike stifling the rest of his outburst. To my surprise, even Alex was grinning. They looked at each other.

"Which one of us?" Mike said. Alex looked like he wanted to talk, but instead he just lowered his head back to the fire with the same emotionless expression as before. Mike sighted and turned towards me.

"Why should we blame you? You weren't the one that drove the van and you tried to warn us before it....you know.." Mike said, lowering his voice at the end as he recalled what happened.

I gazed over to him, trying to come up with answer but I was cut short by Alex.

"Guys... It doesn't help to talk about it at this point." Both me and Mike glance at him. Mike raised his hoof as if to put it to his shoulder, but Alex quickly stood up and walked away before either of us could talk to him.

Mike looked at me with frustrated look in his eyes.

"What has gotten to him? I know we died, but that doesn't explain his current state."

"Mike..."

"Normally he would have just laughed at our bickering, but now it's like he has lost all hope."

I look over to him and I don't know if it was my eyes or my voice that gave me away.

"Mike... Let's give Alex some time to deal with it himself. He has suffered by far the most of us. We'd just hurt him more if we get involved too much.”

Mike just groaned in defeat and turns back to the fire. I sighted and also turn back to the fire, but with a pain in my chest.

Should I tell Mike what Alex told me? Alex showed all the signs of very depressed and emotionally wrecked person, but he trusts me. I mean, how can I explain to Mike that Alex had suffered for hours and had to go through us both passing on when he died instantly? Even I was emotionally affected, but I hadn't suffered much in body and mind. Also it doesn't help that we are in world filled with talking rainbow coloured ponies and we have turned into them.

"This is pretty fucked up."

I looked at him again.

"Well, except for you. This has to be a paradise for you. But for me and Alex, this is pretty fucked up place."

Rage! That was what I felt before I leapt over Mike, imprisoning him down under my body. Back on Earth this would have been out of question, but Mike was now a Pegasus so he weighed quite little compared to me. He struggled to get up, and to my surprise, he flapped his wings few times, perhaps from instinct. Before Mike could react to anything, words were splurging out of my mouth.

"Say that again and I will cut your wings with a rusty spoon. I might be a brony, but that doesn't mean that I hoped this would happen. If I would have any part on this, I would have gone to hell on the second I died.”

Mike looked like he had been hit with a brick to the forehead, as he struggled to come up with a answer, while trying to get up. Suddenly, he stops and looks behind me and his face just radiates fear. I slowly turn my head, preparing for the most evil monster to pop up, ready to eat us in a blink of eye.

It was Alex, but something had happened, as this wasn't the mentally struck Alex. This one was enraged as he pointed at us.

"Okay, that's it!" He was shivering, but not from fear but from the adrenaline that his body pumped into him.

Only one thing crossed my mind. He was on the edge right now, only one more step from insanity. I let MIke go and he just jumped straight up to Alex.

"Alex, what are you talking about?." Mike muttered while trotting towards Alex, who just glanced at us.

All of sudden, Alex just sucker punched Mike, making him fly about five feets away. Now I was really terrified, as I had psycho earth pony who cannot face the truth. I swallow nervously, while taking a light step forward.

"Alex, what happened?" I said, trying to get his attention from Mike, who by now had gotten back to his feet and was coming back. Turning his head back to me from Mike, he burst in all out maniacal laughter, while pointing at me and trying to stand on three hooves.

"You sound like my best pal, so perhaps my mind hasn't gone all that insane from this pony bullshit." He said while maniacally laughing all the time. I saw from the corners of my eye, that Mike was down on the ground sobbing. I knew that if this continued, someone wouldn't survive.

"Alex, don't you remember what we talked about under the tree? You said that..."

I was cut short, as Alex had now stopped laughing and started to trot towards me.

"I was really down there, so of course I opened to someone else. Even to a creation of my mind." Alex said blandly, now standing right infront of me, looking directly at my eyes with a cold stare.

"After I left you, my friends, alone, I started to think about this whole thing about death and rebirth. Then it struck me." He said, looking more massive, as I was basically kneeling infront of him. He started to laugh again, but more blandly.

"What if all this is just a hallucination or a dream the medication caused? That makes sense, as I'm a human, but now I'm a pony, a talking pony no less."

I could just stare back at him as even a whimper wouldn't come out of my mouth. He must have noticed this, as he stopped laughing and turned back over me.

"Now, I don't know how you came up with me being your pals, but it's time to stop this lie. I'm now going to wake up and greet my family waiting beside my bed. I can almost hear them, talking ab..."

He never got to finish his words, as Mike was back in action and leaping to his back. Alex had been too busy chatting with me, so he hadn't noticed Mike coming behind him. I didn't know what Mike thought he would gain from doing this, but at least it gave me some time to back up and gather my thoughts. Alex had been completely surprised, but soon he had the upper hand yet again and Mike was thrown few feets away. I had to resolve this situation and quick!

But what could I do? Alex was more powerful than me and Mike combined. He didn't listen to a word we tried to say and was now most likely going to kill us. What could I do?

By the time I was back from thinking, Alex had trotted over to Mike was now standing over him, perhaps to make sure he doesn't interfere anymore. Alex raised both of his front hooves and lowered them over to Mike's throat, basically choking him. Mike let out wheezes, trying to catch breath, and started to wriggle around, but Alex kept him in place. All the time, he laughed maniacally.

"Wake up dear, wake up dear. I can hear my mother talking to me and I NEED TO WAKE UP!"

Panic struck me. I started to gallop towards them, gathering speed to strike him down. Luckily, he was too busy talking and choking Mike, so he didn't see me coming. I tilted my head down, to make my horn act as battering ram.

Alex didn't see what was coming. My horn struck him from the side, causing what seemed to be like a minor flesh wound. He screamed and called on his back, trying to cover the wound. Mike was still on ground, but was still able to mutter a little thanks to me.

I had just hurt my best friend...

I touched my horn with my hoof. It was wet from blood and some of it started to dribble down to my face or down the ground, forming red stains on the green ground.

Alex was still down, covering his wound. It bleeded, but not as much as I had thought. I still feared for him, but it was unnecessary as he seemed to have calmed down. I approached him carefully as I didn't want him to surprise me.

"H-h-how c-can you h-hurt me? Y-you're not real..." Alex said, looking at me with fear in his eyes. How could I blame him? I would be scared if someone would approach me with a bloody horn. I just sat down next to him, putting my right hoof to his shoulder. I sighed deeply.

"Alex... You, me and Mike have been through a lot, so I know you can handle the truth. THIS IS REAL! This isn't something your mind or the pain medication has made up. We really have turned into talking ponies, specifically My Little Pony: Frienship is Magic ponies and it seems we're also in the same world as in the show."

Alex just stared at me and Mike had gotten up, also looking at me. I ignored both of them and continued.

"You are sane, whatever you may think. So stop this madness and get a hold of yourself. I know it will be tough for all of us, but we have to just get over the fact that WE DIED! I have no idea why we are here, but think of it as a second chance."

Silence. None of us said or did anything for a minute. Even Alex had calmed down, so I let him go but he stayed down. Alex just glared down, just like before so I was afraid he would go back to the depressed mode. Mike was also silent, but he trotted next to Alex, also putting his hoof over his shoulder. Alex had by now started to cry.

"Oh God what have I done..." Alex whispered silently over and over again. This time, Mike was ahead of me. He lifted Alex from the ground and looked him straight in the eyes.

"We don't blame you. Even I was shocked when I woke up. Just promise us that this won't ever happen again." Mike said sternly, with still some compassion ringing from his voice.

Alex simply nodded in agreement, and soon Mike was leading him back to the campfire. I just stood there for a while, glaring at their backs. I allowed myself to breath again, as the situation had resolved with only one injury and a sore throat. Touching my horn, I find that the blood has already dried up. I muttered a swear and started to gallop towards the pond, hoping the blood would come off with a wash. But even though I tried, the blood was stuck in my horn as if to mock me. Ultimately I give up and pray that we won't get into trouble because of it.

By the time I was back to the campfire, both Mike and Alex were already sleeping around it. I smiled and happily joined them in the sleep, taking my place around the fire. I glared at Alex, who looked so calm, even though he tried to choke Mike only couple of minutes ago.

How could I blame him? It could have happened to anyone of us. Hell, I would have been more surprised if none of us would've gone nuts over the fact that we had been reborn as My Little Ponies.

I sighed, as I glared down the forest, which surrounded us, knowing we would have to wander through it and hope to find some other ponies soon. If not, we would starve to death or far worse, end up as dinners for the forest creatures, as I remembered from the show the manticore and hydra.

Knowing, that thinking wouldn't help me, I decided to quit for the day, as I took my place besides the fire and laid down. I looked at the moon before closing my eyes.

I even prayed a bit, thought I soon embraced the darkness.