//------------------------------// // Realization of the world around // Story: Just a kid from Texas // by Funkierparty //------------------------------// Fire Nothing but Ash smoke and fire all around me. And an unbelievable sense of urgency filled my mind. I could tell I was struggling to stay at my feet as I desperately looked around.I could tell I was struggling to stay at my feet as I desperately looked around. I could see figures moving back-and-forth quickly Awful sounds of Barking And a familiar sour smell. I held my sword in my hand just frantically swinging around randomly trying to keep whatever it was attacking me at bay but I didn’t even see anything or I could smell it I could hear it so I knew it was there. Tears roll down my eyes as an unbelievable sense of fear overwhelms me. It was something I have never experienced before that wasn’t too sure how to handle it. I can sell something was charging at me and I close my eyes tightly as I continued one large swing in the direction of some beast. But then suddenly everything just seem to freeze the bright white light just made all go away. I slowly open my eyes realizing that I was.I slowly open my eyes realizing that I was...... well floating. ‘What is this...... Where am I‘ unfamiliar sense came to me I was awake but I think I was still sleeping or dreaming it was for shot a strange feeling. “There is no need to fear” I heard a female voice either in my head or echoing around me I couldn’t. “Who wa...what..... wait wait who’s there? where am I“ I looked around frantically trying to find the source of that voice but I could see was the void around me that I floated in “You are safe now you can rest” The Voice said seemingly becoming a bit more clear as if it was getting closer. But then everything started moving quickly as if Rush of wind was pushing me back. “ What’s happening“ I called out feeling myself moving faster through this void. “ We shall meet soon Young one” this is all I heard before I woke up gasping for air. I looked around in my surroundings frantically realizing I was.......in a hospital. I tried to calm down my breathing a bit as I could tell I was hyper ventilating almost. ‘That was one craze dream. one of the craziest dreams I’ve ever had. and vivid to’ I thought to myself wondering why I was even dreaming like that. I took my notice to my surroundings and realize that the bed that I was laying in the bed to short my feet were hanging off the edge. I noticed that most of my clothes were going to sitting in nothing but my running shorts are usually were underneath my pants And they look A little tour up. At the same time I noticed the bandages that covered Half my body pretty much. As I took notice to my wounds the memories of what happened kind of came back to me. I just stared blankly at the wall in front of me. ‘Lost in some dense forest, attacked by some wolves made of wood, by the massive look of God I found a castle, found weapons, then pissed off stone golmes, pissed off an even bigger pack of wolves, blew a hole in the side of the wall that castle, shove those wolves inside that castle and ran away. Then found a pack of dragons And piss them off, Stopping them from cooking a......pony alive As well as me then carried it back.......here?’ I looked around my surroundings as I finish my thoughts. And then a sense of worry struck me. That little pony. her name was sweetie Belle I don’t even know if she’s OK. I hope she is if she got help then that’s how I’m here.......here. Where is here. I am mediately struggled to get to my feet and limped over to the window on my right. What I saw shocked me it was a town but I can see it mWhat I saw shocked me it was a town but I can see more pony’s like her all going about there Business. I just simply sent back in a chair next to me i soon realize it was too small for me so I just pushed it away and sat on the floor. I quickly realized I wasn’t on earth anymore And I was probably stranded here. I started to hyperventilate again and realization actually hitting me. I stopped all emotions by clapping my hands together shutting my eyes angerly trying to force myself to calm down. I relax a little placing my hands on my knees lean forward taking deep breath‘s well almost on the verge of crying. I heard the door open in front of me. I didn’t realize how long I’ve been sitting on the floor. A pony walked in she seem like she was caring something on a trey. She slowly scan the room Realizing I wasn’t in my bed anymore and gasped when She saw I was sitting on the floor. She was kind of frozen for a moment before developing the courage to slowly approach me. “Ummmm sir what are you doing out of bed? You should lay back down you have quite severe injuries“ she approached me a little more replacing her fear with concern now. “I’m....I’m sorry” That was all I could say as I try to force myself to stand up. I almost tripped over but she immediately ran up to my side putting one of her hooves on my hip. “I’m sorry” I said again as I try to make my way back to my bed. “It’s ok. What where you doing on the floor” she looked me up and down as I laid back down on the bed it was quite small so I just set up crisscrossed. “I fell.....in sorry” I apologize wants to again I didn’t mean to make her so worried about me. “It’s ok sweetheart just rest now you’ve been through a lot“ she walked back and picked up the tray that shit sat down and walked over to my left “I came bye to replace some of your bandages so just sit tight ok” “ Yes ma’am“ I just simply sat there and she tended to my bandages. She was hesitant at first but she seem to relax as she messes my bandages I guess she was maybe scared of me. I don’t blame her she probably has never seen anything like me before. But she seem to relax a bit more as she worked Saying that I was pretty much non-moving. I simply just stared off down at my sheets deep in thought. “I’m nurse red heart by the way” she smiled at me placing a half on my knee. I was a bit shocked she was acting quite kind to me. “Oh nice to meet you ma’am. I’m brady” I just went back to staring off into space not really knowing what to do. Still a little freaked out that a talking pony was helping with my wounds “If I may ask. What exactly are you” She looked at me with a puzzled expression after finishing wrapping my leg. “Well I’m a human.......and I’m not really from around here” I asked honestly kind of rubbing the back of my head. I’ve never really had to explain to someone what I was so it was a bit weird. “Well I could Guess that but it’s Nice to meet you Brady. now I’m sure you’re hungry so I’ll go get you something to eat please stay in your bed while I’m gone” She laughed a bit as she made her way out the room closing the door behind her. I was left alone once again with my thoughts. ‘ how in the world is this happening‘ I wasn’t really too sure if any of this was actually happening but it felt pretty real just in case I slap the shit out of myself. I seen realize that I’m pretty damn dumb. as a rug my face I could tell I was already in pain from my wounds I didn’t really need to do that but I’m stupid. I took a deep breath and ran my hands through my hair. I just kept throwing ideas, theories, and just dumb thoughts back-and-forth in my mind. I was getting anxious just sitting here I wanna know what was happening around me like that town outside. I was hoping I could probably ask at least one of these ponies more about where I’m at. I had a lot of questions after all. The door open once again and there’s red heart walk-through followed by another pony who look like maybe a doctor. “Here I brought you oatmeal I’m not too sure exactly what you eat but I thought you might be able to like this” she set the bowl down on the table next to me. “ also brought the doctor with me” “ good morning young man“ The doctor called as he made his way next to my bed. “ good morning sir“ noticing the clipboard he seem to be looking at. he was proceeding to check off a few things as he was looking back-and-forth between me and the clipboard. “Well I’m surprise you’re already awake you’ve gone through a lot no we did the best we could do patchwork but we’re not very familiar with your anatomy” he placed on the clipboard as he seemed a bit concerned looking at me up-and-down. “That’s all right so you.......... seem to have done a pretty good job” I brought one of my arms up patting my muscles as I gave him a small smile. “Well I’m glad you’re all right now son Now I got a bunch of ponies downstairs in The lobby that Have been buzzing with all kinds of questions about you Go in a minute I might send them up here to talk to you” He picked up his clipboard and started heading towards the door checking off a few more things and heading out. I know this nurse red heart was still in the room seems like she was cleaning up a few things and look like she was about to leave as well I stopped her and try to ask question. “Uh ma’am could you tell me what happened to that little pony is she all right” she walked over to me the bright smile simply knowing exactly I was talking about. “Oh you mean miss little sweetie Belle She’s all right all thanks to you. she’s at home right now resting“ “Oh......well that’s good” I feel the relief and a bit of weight coming off my shoulder. At least I did something good. “ is there anything else“ “No ma’am I’m good” I waved my hand at her I wasn’t wanting to bother her anymore. “Ok well call if you need anything” she proceeded to walk to the door closing it behind her. Others for wanting to talk to me And to be honest I was a bit scared I didn’t know if I was in trouble all I could do is just wait I looked over to the window again having just a slight urge in the back of my head. just jump out And run as fast as I can. I was pretty sure I was gonna need to do that is ponies so far us treat me pretty good fed me patched me up and been pretty nice to me so far. I decided I’m just gonna have to let this play out would be a pretty bad idea to run I don’t even know where I am I don’t even know where I am or where to go. After a while I heard a knock on the door and there’s red heart so they stuck her head out around the corner. “Brady I brought you a visitor” She called happily looking over at me. “Oh. Ok then” I saw a purple pony seem to walk in her eyes are bright now when she saw me she quickly walked up right next to me. “Well hello there how are you feeling” shit quite a bright personality she seemed almost happy and excited looking at me with also a puzzled expression at the same time. “I’m doing good enough.....thank you” I shifted a little bit getting a little uncomfortable as she just looked at me Intently seemingly Intently seemingly amazed at what I was. “Did you need something” I asked as she shift around her weight a little smiling sheepishly. “ Oh I’m sorry it’s just that..... i’ve never seen anything like it before“ this made me laugh a little it seems like this is going to be a common trend while I’m here. “I wanted to see if it was all right if I could ask if you A few questions” seem to have paper all around her as if she was ready to take notes which kind of surprised me I wasn’t expecting someone to be this interested in me as to want to write notes. “ OK that’s fine. I also have a bit of my own questions as well“ I said laughing nervously. “ Well I’d be happy to answer them“ she’s slightly puffed out her chest pridefully and had a bit of a smile. “And I would like to start off by saying thank you for what you did. You saved one of my close friends sister and you got really hurt doing so. I’m sorry that happened, it must’ve been awful” She gently place to hop on the edge of my bed as she looked at my. concern filled eyes as well as sadness which made me feel a bit sad myself. “ Well.....that wasn’t nothing really I was just in the right place at the right time......I guess“ I simply just stare down at my sheets. trying to keep my emotions in check. Not really wanting to act like a crybaby while in first contact with this new species of intelligent life. “Well anyways......would you like to get started“ She kind of jumped up a little bit. Her attitude her attitude lightening up even more. “All right then ask away” “So first off what’s your name” I was slightly a bit shocked that she asked who I was and not what I was it made me laugh a little bit. “I’m Brady Ray but you can just call me brady” I simply leaned back putting hand on my chest as I introduced myself. “ It’s a pleasure to meet you Brady, im Twilight Sparkle“ “ it’s a pleasure to meet you too man“ she simply return a smile as she went back down to her notes. “ so I would like to know what exactly you are as I can’t seem to find anything if you’re kind in any of my books“ I ran my hand through my hairs trying to figure out how to answer that question correctly. “Well I’m a human. And from what I could put together my kind is it from this world.....well I don’t think so that is“ She seem to have a confused look on her face she just stared back at me. “ What do you mean you’re kind isn’t from this world? where are you from and how did you get here?” The quilt that she was sorting in her magic seem to be on fire almost going out 1000 miles an hour. “Well I’m not to sure to be honest but where I come from there’s no talking ponies, no dragons, no wood wolves, and definitely no.....magic“ I sent while I was pointing at the floating quill and paper. “WHAT? What do you mean there’s no magic where you come from? What is this place called” she looks shocked for a moment even froze from writing down her notes to look at me. “Well i’m from a planet called earth and to answer your other question I don’t really know how I got here. I just kind of woke up falling from the sky and fell into a river I wasn’t even doing anything out of the ordinary back on earth. just walking home from school.” “ interesting“ She proceeded to look back down at her notes quill zooming a crazy speed I’ve never seen anyone write this fast I guess it’s just magic. I’m really looking at magic. WOW. “What you said school, how old are you if I may ask“ She looked at me with her usual puzzled look after I’ve began to get used to know. “Well I’m 17 and I was going to high school” “Oh I thought you would be older or a fully grown adult. you’re so tall” I laughed a little at this not really used to someone calling me tall. “Well I’m only 5’9 most other humans from my world can get even taller and bigger than I am” I raise my hand over my head showing how tall other people could get. “ fascinating“ she continue to speed run her notes. I was surprised by how much she was writing down just from what I told her. We went back-and-forth with questions I got to ask a few of my own learning that this place was called a Equestria And had two rulers Which was interesting to me. I explain to her briefly about how my country’s political system worked. But just a brief summary she asked me if I could elaborate a bit more on the subject later on which I’d gladly excepted. I thought that I should maybe let her see some of my history books that I brought with me from but I guess she might actually be interested in that but that brought up another question for me. “Um miss Twilight” I called pulling her attention from her now growing pile of notes. “Oh you don’t have to call me “miss” Twilight but I appreciate your politeness” She Giggled a bit covering her mouth with her hoof “but what were you going to ask me”. “Oh I was wondering where my things were like my clothes in my backpack” I felt a bit rude asking for my things. I didn’t want to be demanding. I just got to know her after all but I was a bit worried about where my things were I didn’t know if I was just robbed underneath my nose. “Oh there at my friends rarity’s she took the liberty to try and repair Your clothes. don’t worry they’re safe I’ll bring them back tomorrow when I come bye. I might bring the rest of my friends along as well if you would like to meet them” she gently placed a half on my leg assuring me that my things were OK. “OK then tell Miss rarity that I said thank you and that I owe her later” “Oh don’t worry Brady, Rarity is quite generous and after all she said that it was the least she could do for saving sweetie Belle from this dragons. Which I was hoping to ask more details on that I couldn’t get much from sweetie Belle and I didn’t wanna pressure her to say she seemed quite scared shocking up by what happened” she stop taking notes and just looked at me. Her face full of concern again. “ well I was kind of just wandering around the forest randomly hoping to find any form of civilization and I had happened to make a little friend while I was out there not too sure what it was but it led me to sweetie Belle I was about to get cooked by those dragons. I did the best I could to fight them off but they were way too strong. When I punched them it felt like I was just punching a brick wall and when I tried to hit them with my sword all It did was make sparks and make them even more mad. I just so happen to accidentally make a distraction and pick her up and ran as fast as I could I was pretty hurt I guess that freaked her out a bit...... i’m sorry” I looked down in Shane A bet. Sad that I couldn’t of done anything more and even more mad that I couldn’t on more to fight off those dragons I felt like a dumb idiot just charging in headfirst. it could’ve been a lot worse if I wasn’t lucky. “There’s no need to apologize you did the best that you could and I think what you did was pretty brave. Not many ponies are willing to go head to head against dragons, well except for Rainbow Dash maybe“ She giggled a bit as she mentioned I guess to be one of her friends. “Well I guess you’re right But I wouldn’t really Call it brave call it brave. More like really dumb but I didn’t really know what else to do......oh well what happened...happened“ “ i’m sorry you had to go through that it must’ve been terrible....But you’re safe now and that’s all that matters“ Twilight said replacing her for my shoulder. “ thank you. You’ve been really kind so far I appreciate that. I don’t usually experience that a lot“ “Really?” “Well people back home can tend to be quite mean and selfish it’s something that you usually just have to get used to. but the doctors here Have been very nice to me so far. doctors back home would look at you it’s just another paycheck” I kind of chuckled at disappeared so I look back at her. she seem to have a bit of a shock expression. “ That’s so mean why Would doctors treat their own patients like that“ she asked almost taken aback by what I said. “ Well twilight, that’s a question that most professionals can’t seem to answer. I guess it’s because people seem to see how profitable it can be and people tend to become greedy. You’re even willing to keep people sick so that they can keep getting a good paycheck. But not all doctors are like this only a small for you but only takes a small few to ruin the name for most“ I simply stared at her blankly trying to be honest. This was the first time actually explaining how mean as humans can be to one another. from what I can tell she has never heard of something like that before. How peaceful and kind even is this world that I’m in? “Well those doctors should be ashamed of themselves” I smiled she kind of took the thought right out of my head. that’s what a lot of people of been saying for a long time. There was a lot to unpack with the subject of humanity and I kind of just now realized how brutal and mean we are compared to these ponies. from what twilight has explained this word is extremely peaceful probably more peaceful than any part of earth which I’m not too surprised about. I Wondered if I should even continue explaining how awful as humans can be it would be the most accurate description of us. But I was a bit scared that she might get the wrong idea of me so I thought I’d hold on that for now. I don’t even know where to start when it comes to wars. After a few more questions going back-and-forth explaining little things twilight said her goodbyes she said that she would be back with a couple of her friends to meet me apparently one was very excited to meet me I wasn’t too sure if I was supposed to be excited or scared she also mentioned that she was going to be sending a letter to the princess which seem to scare me for some reason I didn’t know if I actually wanted what I guess what the government really know about me but at this point I think it was too late I made a bit of a entrance I guess. In any case I just had to play along hopefully they can help you get back home if magic somehow exists in this world which I’m still trying to understand the concept of how that even Would be possible ‘magic’ I guess it kind of explains why am even here in the first place unless the government back home figured out how to use magic and accidentally sent me here which brought up another thought with other humans have been brought here. I stop my thoughts right then and there. I didn’t wanna start freaking myself out I knew what would happen if humanity somehow figured out a way to open a portal to a world like this which was probably rich with resources. I just pushed that thought too the back of my head I didn’t wanna worry about it. At the time it was pretty late the nurse as usual was being as kind as ever, feeding me and checking on my bandages. It felt nice being taken care of like this I could get used to it real quick. not even my mom usually took care of me this well of course she always made sure I was OK but she raise me to be tough as well as the rest of my family. I worried about them, what were they thinking, did they think that I just ran away, or that I got kidnapped. I already know that my old man is calling up every single police department in every county within a 50000 mile radius To try and find me. he was always rough on me. but I knew he cared about me. I just laid back trying to get comfortable my slightly too small of a bed. I could feel myself again to get homesick I’m getting scared that I might not ever go back home. ‘ I could Actually Actually be stuck here forever‘ Start to feel really scared for a moment I as I almost felt myself crying. I try to take a deep breath and put myself to sleep.