Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Dan’s eyes snapped open at the light behind his eye lids. A light blue light filled his vision. It stung for a second but his eyes finally adjusted to it. The light came off a visor that covered his face. Over the visor was a helmet. The helmet had three lines going towards the center of his face on both sides of his head and they were stacked on each other. He was on an elevator going down. He looked at his right hand and noticed he was holding something. It looked like a gun but it was not. He took a closer look at the object. It was a plasma cutter. He blinked in amazement at the weapon. He took a closer look at what he was wearing. It was a Security Suit. Sure enough he looked at his right shoulder and the label was there.
Ok he thought how the hell did I get here?
Before he could think anything the lift stopped. In front of him was a door with a holographic OPEN in front of him.. Automatically he reached his hand open and went through the door that yielded to him. He entered an empty room. There was ice sticking out the side of the next pair of doors with the same OPEN sign. He moved forward and went through. This room had things in it and was very narrow. There where cryotubes in this room. He looked up and put his hands on the tube. It was colder then hell. He jerked his hand back from the tube. The moment he did this his head split open with pain. Suddenly the cryotubes where smashed and he could see the bodies inside. It was of his family and friends back on earth.
WHY DID YOU LEAVE screame the decomposed body of his friend Eric He backed awat from Eric and hit his back on the next tube. He was grabbed by a pair of hands above him.
WHAT DID WE DO WRONG? Yelled his mother. He broke free of her grip and stood in the middle of the cryotube. He looked for a way out but there was none. The door he entered was locked close. Then suddenly he heard smashing behind him. He turned around suddenly and looked. It was a necromorph version of his friend Nathan. It ran and scrammed towards him.
“AHHHH” Dan yelled as he awoke from his nightmare. He looked around at his surroundings. He was in the library. He looked at what he was lying on. It was a very comfortable bed. His shirt had been removed and his arm was hooked uo to a ECG machine. Breathing heavily and very quickly he let himself calm down. He was drenched in sweat from what he just woke up from. He rubbed his face with his hands. He took another glance around
It was just a nightmare he thought just a nightmare
He stared at the room he was in. Sure enough it was Twilight’s place.
Alright so I did come back he said to himself in the head.
He looked out the window and saw it was midday.
How long was I out for? A few hours
The next thing he noticed was that he was very thristy. He got up and went to the sink. He drank as much water as he could. After he was finished he noticed he was no longer pudgy. His body had been slimed down, now he had what he would call a normal body. There were no muscle and no abs. Just a skinny physic.
He heard the door open and Twilight enter the room
“I see somepony finally woke up“she said with a smile to her friend.
Dan returned the smile “I just woke up like 2 minutes ago”
“Splendid, how do you feel?”
“Hungry”
“I would think so, you have been out for the past four days”
“Are you serious, four days?”
“Mmmmhmmm. Celestia said that whatever brought you here drain some of your energy. Then using the lunar armor it made you weaker. So you passed out”
No wonder I was so thirsty he thought
“Princess Luna hasn’t left your side since you came here” Twilight said as she walked up to Dan and gave him a good look “But Princess Celestia insisted she needed to eat. So she and the others are at Sugarcube Corner. Which I think we should head on over to?”
“Yeh I think we should too. But first can I get my shirt back?”
“Oh yeh” said Twilight as the expression showed that she just remembered something. She went over to the closet “The other day Rarity made you a bunch of different shirts.” She pulled a green shirt out. She handed it to him. “She thought your shirt was dirty and that you might want something else to wear”
Dan put the shirt on. “Can you remind me later to thank her Twilight?”
The shirt was a comfy fit. It felt nice and light.
“Sure will, let’s go”
“Wait where’s my necklace?” Dan asked her
Twilight went to the desk next to the bed and pulled it out. She gave it to Dan who put it back around his neck
“OK, ready”
Dan and Twilight left the library and headed towards Sugarcube Corner. Whenever Dan looked around he saw ponies whispering. Apparently they had made the connection he was the brave hero Bright Star.
“Twilight?” asked Dan
“Hmm” responded Twilight
“Why was I at the library and not at the hospital?”
“Oh that. Well ponies really don’t know how you help you. Than Luna thought it would be a good idea that you stay at my place so I could monitor you.”
Dan looked forward after listening to this. He was glad he had good friends he could count on. Soon they arrived at Sugarcube Corner. It seemed to be closed cause it looked only like a few ponies where inside. But he figured since two princesses where in there that they didn’t want to be bothered at a time like this. Twilight entered first.
“Guess who finally woke up” she announced to everypony there.
Dan walked in behind her and saw who all was there. It was Luna, Celestia, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and his pony parents. The moment he walked in Luna ran to him she didn’t knock him down this time but she nudged her face with his. When she backed away he stared at his friends and family. He looked at his parents who seemed to be afraid of him. He dropped his head from their gaze. It saddened him to see that look on their faces. After a moment he looked back up.
“Well I guess I need to explain myself” he finally said.
“I think that would be a good place to start” said Celestia
He walked over to them and took an empty seat. Before he said anything Rainbow Dash got in his face and said “How can we tell this is the REAL Bright Star and not some imposter?” Dan looked into Dash’s eyes and she backed up a little in shock. He looked over to his mother and gave her a good look. His mother stared back at him. Soon her eyes began to grow as she stared. She took some steps towards him not breaking eye contact. The next thing he knew she came flying towards him and embraced him in a hug.
“It’s him” she said as Dan heard her start to cry. He returned the hug and squeezed his mother. “It’s my little stallion”
“How can you tell dear?” asked his father
“It’s the look in his eyes. Nothing else can give that look as he can”
Dan could feel tears start to come from his eyes.
“Gezz mom, do you gotta embarrass me in front of my friends” he said with a smile
His mother laughed between tears. Finally she broke apart and his father came over to him. He too stared him in the eyes. Soon his mouth began to quiver as the realization dawned on him as well. His father took a hoof and placed it on his left cheek.
“M..My boy” he finally managed to say. Dan smiled at him and his father finally embraced him.
“My boy’s back “he said through the hug. He felt his father rub his back to make sure he was really there. His dad broke the hug and stood next to his mother. He smiled at them and they smiled back. Gone was the fear they had in their eyes.
“I guess I’ll start on what I am” Dan said as he began to speak “My first name is Daniel. I am a human. A human is a being mammal. We are related to monkeys but as you can see there are some differences between us. I am from a place called Earth.” He looked at everypony to make sure they were listening to his tale.
“One day a magician granted me a wish. My wish was to come here. But there was a catch. For him to do this he had to take my memory and make me be reborn into this world. Well what happened two years ago was that the spell broke. Sending me back to Earth. Any questions?”
Twilight asked the first question “How did the spell break?”
“Well, it was more of a failsafe then it breaking. Under the circumstances that I am pushed physically and emotionally past my pony form limits they failsafe activates and I’m sent back home soon.”
“How do you know this?” asked Twilight again
“I was told it when I was little. He came to me in a dream and warned me. At the time I thought nothing of it but when I got back to Earth I remembered it”
Next was Celestia “How are you able to control the essence of Nightmare Moon” Normally only somepony can take a little. But not all”
“That I pit a lot of thought into actually. Well let’s see, my species are sort of chaotic beings. We are unpredictable in ways. We are capable of great good or great evil. The essence of Nightmare moon is evil but we humans are more evil then it is. This doesn’t mean I’m evil it just means we humans can bear it without it being corrupted by it and don’t worry about me going all evil on you guys. It will never happen. Cross my heart hope to fly stick a cupcake in my eye” he finished with motion
Then the question he feared came up. It was Luna who asked
“When you say you wished to come here. How did you know of Equestria? Cause we know nothing of humans”
This he knew might not sit well.
“Well back where I come from there is this ummmmm children’s book let’s call it that. That depicted the adventures Twilight had from when she got to Ponyville to the royal wedding.”
After that Dan expected what came next. All their faces showed it. They were just told that they existed for children’s enjoyment. Let’s just say what happened next wasn’t good
“WHAT”
“HOW IS THAT POSSIABLE”
“OUR LIVES ARE A LIE”
“FROSTING WAS STUCK TO MY MANE FOR A WEEK AFTER THAT”
Everypony looked over at Pinkie Pie after that in wonder. She just smiled back and went back to what she was doing that. Finally Dan put a stop to the madness.
“Hold on everypony” he said “Now before you guys flip out on that I actually have a theory on existence that implies that you are real. This also goes for me because even we humans don’t know why we are here. Now it is true that humans wrote your guy’s story but it doesn’t mean it really happened. My theory is the moment something is thought of it becomes reality. The things that actually happened to your land was real. For all I know my world could be a book. Just because you were made up for entertainment does not make you not real. Right now I’m talking to you and I could feel you guys. That’s what makes you real. Does everypony understand?”
Dan had to repeat it twice for Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. After he finished all their questions he felt his stomach growl. He was hungry and before he could say anything Pinkie Pie said something.
“Come on everypony, let’s go have a picnic to celebrate Star’s return. Oh and Star you gotta meet my new coltfriend MusicNote. I just know you two will be the most best of friends”
Before anypony could say anything she went behind the counter and grabbed 2 picnic baskets. Everypony just agreed to do because they didn’t want Pinkie Pie sad.
“Are you coming too Princess? Asked Twilight Sparkle to Celestia
“I guess I can take a day off to relax with my favorite pupil” responded Celestia with a smile.
And with that they left for the lake. All planning on having a good time. For soon the good times would be gone.