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// Part 1: The Price for Safety ** 
// Story: MLP: Equestria 
// by Draconis187 
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MLP: Equestria (Hold on, where am I?) 
Part 1: The Price for Safety
Author: Draconis187

Being on the run from the First Fleet is not simple, the Bleach Protocol is usually completed within a galactic year, I’ve been two steps ahead for the past two years but I know they are getting closer. Everywhere I’ve been, everyone I’ve helped has sent me a message after a month saying that a representative from the First Fleet approached them, asking about me… I needed to leave. I couldn’t let them shoulder my burdens no matter how much they argued to the contrary. I need somewhere safe, somewhere I can make a last stand against the Fleet and a have a chance of success.

Two months later…

It finally happened: the First Fleet has finally caught up with and in full force. Now I know why they are feared: 230 capital ships, 300 cruisers, 250 dreadnaughts, 1200 frigates and light craft and 900 000 bombers, fighters and interceptors. It was greater than any invasion force in recorded history.

This was not going to end well, the Bleach Protocol doesn’t allow the First Fleet to take their targets prisoner, they are ordered to kill them outright. Luckily I had a home advantage, because I set myself up a base of operations in a small solar system consisting of 4 planets and an asteroid belt just past the fourth planet. I had found this uninhabited alcove while on a routine trip a few years back. 

I knew the First Fleet would never give up trying to get me. They had a job to do and had a reputation to uphold. I got some assistance from those I’ve helped before, they brought materials and built most of the defences that are now scattered around the entire solar system, even Icarus came and refused to let me face them on my own since they would have come for him anyway.

I had Icarus set his scaly backside up on one of the planets to co-ordinate defences and oversee all the construction. The entire operation took six gruelling months. I barely kept tabs on it since the Fleet would have obliterated everything if they knew of the system’s purpose. But now it was ready, my last defiant stand against the Empire that wanted me dead and the fleet that would stop at nothing to eliminate their target. They didn’t care about the lives of other races they affected or hurt, only their objective mattered to them.

“Everything ready Icarus?” I asked from the bridge of the Infinity, I removed the D.E.S.S. designations from the Twilight Fleet.

“Yes all defences are operational and the First Fleet are inbound, one hour out,” Icarus responded, “I won't let them take out a friend, but if push comes to shove, fire the Cannon… hello? Infernus?” 

I chose not to respond, the Cataclysm Cannon was a last resort, I ran the risk of destroying everything in the system including myself if I wasn’t careful. My HUD went red as I got ready for the battle and I checked the Infinity’s 3-D radar. We waited for them to get through the belt that actually encased the system like a shell and we had placed explosive proximity mines on the asteroids and in the gaps between each planet and their moons. 

“Contact Infernus, several mines just sent a detonation confirmation, the First Fleet has arrived and on approach. All defences are ready and in range, awaiting you order,” Right, I guess it’s time to see if my preparations were enough.

“OPEN FIRE!!” My six ships that made up the Twilight Fleet, the orbital defences and planetary weapons started firing on the First Fleet, we were trying to reduce their numbers so when they came in range we might have a chance. 

‘HIT CONFIRMED,’ I knew we were doing damage as I detected several light ship and frigates were being torn apart from the weapons’ fire, a few dreadnaughts were taking damage as well as the cruisers but only a few were actually incapable of carrying on, but it was progress.

The 3-D radar lit up as a mass of small dots appeared heading in our direction, “We incoming light ship-to-ship spacecraft. Icarus, Infinity, Redemption and Salvation launch all interceptors!”

“Understood, launching. Let’s bring the pain,” In total we fielded 2 000 000 multi-role interceptors to make up for the low number of ships that made up the fleet. Salvation alone fielded 900 000! 

The fleet consisted of only two capital ships and four dreadnought class ships: Infinity (Dreadnought-Class): my pride and joy and the deadliest in the whole fleet as it fielded the Cataclysm Cannon, it also fielded 2000 interceptors.

Salvation (Capital-Class):  it assumed more of a carrier role but could still easily defend itself. Retribution (Capital-Class): a Multi-role ship that fielded 450 000 interceptors. Ragnarök (Dreadnought-Class): mainly an offensive ship with multiple large turrets and missile bays. Armageddon (Dreadnought-Class): Ragnarök’s sister ship and just as deadly (the truth was that they were identical in every way except for the AI that controlled them, different personalities). The last was Judgement (Dreadnought-Class): this was larger than Infinity at 3 km long and 2.3 at its widest point, it had multiple but powerful turrets, missile bays and an electronic countermeasure suite which allowed it to fill a fire support role. 

We were hardly making a dent in their numbers despite the pounding we were giving them, only managing to reduce them by 5%. I didn’t know what else to do. If they got in range, everything would be wiped from existence… I decided to ready the Cataclysm Cannon. 

‘T-MINUS 2 MINUTES TO FULL POWER,’ The control panels went a deep crimson. You think ‘red alert’ red is red, you haven’t seen this, it bordered on black.

“Everyone hold on for two minutes I’m going to fire Cataclysm,” I got acknowledgements from the fleet’s AI’s and from Icarus.

‘T-MINUS ONE MINUTE THIRTY SECONDS,’ we lost the contact with two planets the First Fleet ploughed though our defences. They were desolate wastelands, barely even habitable so thankfully I didn’t have a multitude of deaths on my hands.

‘T-MINUS ONE MINUTE,’ Half of interceptors were destroyed and Retribution was destroyed while the rest were reporting multiple hull breaches. I could see the Retribution’s electrical wiring spark as it was literally torn apart from laser and torpedoes.

‘T-MINUS ONE MINUTE,’ The Infinity was being bombarded but the shields were still holding. Sadly the rest of the fleet had been destroyed. If the Infinity falls it will be game over for myself and Icarus.

‘T-MINUS THIRTY SECONDS,’ No!! They fired a Clean Slate Cannon at the planet Icarus was on! Clean Slate erases all organic life on a planet no matter if it’s sentient or not. Now I was beyond pissed, time to use one last ditch attempt to get rid of the First Fleet.

One of the things I learnt with tech from my exposure to the Hellfire Project is that I can physically interface with any form of technology and effectively make it my own.

“INITIATE INTEGRATION PROTOCOLS!!” My body sort of ‘melted’ into the Infinity’s steel floor as I effectively fused my consciousness with the Infinity’s structure.

The process took just over five seconds then I could feel it… I WAS the Infinity. The integration worked despite it was the first time with something as large as big as a dreadnought class ship. I usually used it on either a tank or some form of aircraft, something a lot smaller than the Infinity.

‘T-MINUS TEN… NINE,’ I was nearly ready to fire so I aimed for the centre of the First Fleet, transferred all remaining power to the Cannon and readied myself for the recoil.

‘TWO… ONE… READY. FIRING CATACLYSM CANNON,’ The Cannon’s principle of destruction is all rather simple really.

The Cannon’s seven hundred pound slug has two stages once it is fired and it can be remotely detonated or set after a certain distance. One: causes an implosion when it reaches its destination to draw in other targets by increasing the gravitational force around itself; Two: it explodes with so much force that if compared to a nuclear bomb from Earth it would be comparing the size of a golfball with Jupiter. The biggest downside is that it could destroy our reality or rip a hole into another one. I was prepared to take that chance, the bastards deserved the same mercy they gave their targets.

I fired it once before without problems but I was not integrated into Infinity and it was just a test. The resulting detonation still wiped out the entire solar system I tested it in though. Five planets… vaporised instantly.

The cannon fired but I felt no recoil from the railgun it fired from (Cataclysm’s railgun is 1 km long and 0.4 km wide). As the slug reached the First Fleet’s location it detonated in the centre of their formation. All of their ships were being drawn in to the epicentre of the slug’s gravity well. As one of their capital ships touched the shell, it disintegrated into dust, causing the shell to initiate the second stage. The blast engulfed the fleet, disintegrating them on contact and the shockwave pushed me backwards. The blast also knocked out several systems and I was forced into a hard reboot of all the ship’s systems.

‘WARNING: IN HIGH GRAVITY WELL. RECOMMEND EVACUATING TO A SAFE DISTANCE IMMEDIATELY,’ What in hell?

I shouldn’t have been near the slug and there was not any other high gravity source other than the system’s star. Once my A/V systems came online I saw it or I didn’t see it: a black hole (they are not easy to spot in the darkness of space but you will feel them). I tried to turn and get away but I was past the point of no return. 

At least I was able to see the system before I disappeared from existence but there was only the star left, the planets were destroyed from Cataclysm. I was prepared to die and yet from what I heard, I was supposed to stretch infinitely as black holes distorted time as well as gravity. Yet I was falling into it with more and more speed until I was shrouded in absolute darkness. All of a sudden my systems detected stars behind me so I turned around, this must have been a wormhole not a black hole. This was odd as I have not seen any wormhole that exerted that much gravitational pull, and I have gone through a few, they are like the rollercoaster of the cosmos.

I was ejected from the wormhole and saw it close behind me. I was heading towards a nearby planet, but something was off. The stars did not match any star chart of any point in time once I cross referenced them with my database which was working, thankfully. Oh damn! My engines got fried trying to escape the wormhole so I couldn’t slow or even stop from crashing but I had a trick up my sleeve to minimise the damage I would cause on impact with the ground.

“INITIATE DECONSTRUCTION PROTOCOL!!” As I broke though the atmosphere the Infinity was - in a sense - collapsing in on itself, retracting, folding and shrinking in size until I was in REX form. As much as the damage would be minimal it was too late to reduce my velocity let alone stop myself from colliding with the ground below.

The force of the impact had knocked me unconscious and forced a hard reset of my systems… again (a hard reset mainly has me reboot my Operating System. I have to do a full diagnostic scan to make sure there are no malfunctions or defective code and I usually lose most of my transformation roster i.e. the list I have of what I can transform into).

I was laid on the dirt for what felt like an hour and finally had the strength to get up. I was human again but my HUD was flashing a large number of error messages. Just what I needed: stuck on a planet in a section of the galaxy I don’t know and with nothing but my human form. At least the atmosphere was breathable.

I checked my roster and all I got was ‘NO DATA AVAILABLE,’ which meant I probably won’t be able to leave anytime soon. My body ached all over, from top to bottom. It was a miracle I could move at all given the height I fell from.

I saw a few buildings in the distance so I decided I might get some help and maybe an understanding of the planet I'm on and in what galaxy I'm in. Travelling through any wormhole is a pain, especially when you don’t know where it sends you. I picked up my halberd and Starblade and headed for the town. 

The place turned out to be a quaint and relatively medium-sized town with odd medieval styled cottages and with a lot of vibrant colours on the doors, the windows and the walls. Sadly I could not find any form of sentient life around me. The place seemed deserted.

“Hello?” I was too lost in thought to notice a purple creature next to me. “Excuse me?” I felt something touch my leg.

“Uh, excuse me but who are you?” Holy Divines above! This creature just about made me jump out of my skin! Its hoof was still outstretched. I gathered that was what touched my leg.

This looked like any normal horse from Earth except for the horn on its head not to mention its coat was purple, albeit faded but PURPLE nonetheless, violet coloured eyes that just looked as if it was looking though me. The creature’s mane was straight, well kept and had the same colouration as its tail: dark blue, with a single purple and pink stripe.

It also had some weird pink star on its hindquarters like a tattoo which also had smaller white stars around it. This creature was too small to be a horse so I gathered it must be a pony and - judging by its facial and body structure – a female at that. 

“Who or better yet what are you? I have not seen anything like you before.” It said in a female voice. She tilted her head a little to the side as she asked.

“What the hell! You can speak English!” I just about had a heart attack. 

The talking pony thing did not really affect me because I have seen much weirder talking species in my journeys throughout space. The thing was that they did not usually speak in plain English. I usually would need to run a translation program to learn the other species’ language. That sort of thing takes days to properly compile.

“Of course, all ponies in Equestria can talk, but back to my question: who and what are you?” She asked a little more firmly that time.

“My name is Michael and I’m a human. Who are you, uh… ma’am?” I asked nicely. It was probably for the best that I did not tell her about the other side of me.

“My Name is Twilight Sparkle and I am a unicorn. Pleasure to meet you Michael,” She replied happily.

I have never heard of Equestria, I have never seen it mapped on any star chart or in any galactic survey. It must be an ‘underdeveloped’ planet. That is until I remembered the arrangement of the stars when I cross-referenced them. I concluded that I was possibly in another universe, or maybe a parallel one, or maybe a completely different reality, the number of explanations was long but I settled on the theory of this being another universe. Twilight smiled at me and we started to walk together into the town.

“Welcome to Ponyville Michael, how about I introduce you to my friends and we can talk about how you got here. The only humans we get are in some of the oldest books I have in my library,” So, she’s not only a unicorn but a librarian as well? Well colour me surprised.

So began my tour of Ponyville, I met Pinkie Pie: her coat was a bright pink, her mane was magenta and looked like someone stuck cotton candy on her head and backside. Her eyes were a brilliant blue shade and she had three balloons and streamers on her flanks where Twilight had that star.

She also seemed to have far too much sugar in her bloodstream, the moment Twilight introduced me she jumped over three feet into the air and ran off, leaving in a cloud of dust in her wake. It was almost as weird as meeting the Strentons from Sector 23-4Z. Pinkie Pie came second to their custom of blowing a hole into your ship as a friendly greeting.

The next one I met was called Rainbow Dash who we found sleeping on a cloud floating above one of the town’s bridges. She was an extremely confident pony, a little over confident if you ask me. Her fur was a light shade of blue (cyan, I believe it’s called), her eyes were purple. She had a short rainbow coloured mane and tail but it was in a more wild style in contrast to Twilight’s more straight style. Her mark was a red, yellow and blue coloured lightning bolt coming out of a white cloud.

Rainbow Dash decided to take over her own introduction and proclaimed herself to be the greatest flier in all Equestria. I just remained silent so she decided to fly up high into the air but as she came down she was as close to the ground as possible and was headed straight towards me! When she was about two meters away from me she shot upwards again but I noticed a cone in front of her hooves and then we heard a huge sonic boom and a rainbow coloured ring appeared behind her and she had a rainbow trailing behind her. She flew around us one more time and landed next to Twilight who rolled her eyes.

“Aw yeah! What do you think of my Sonic Rainboom, Michael? Pretty awesome if I do say so myself,” Great, she is a real arrogant show off but I’ll admit it was impressive.

“Yeah, it’s not something I’ve seen in my universe,” I got some strange stares from the two of them. Dash was rubbing her head with her hoof in confusion while Twilight looked like she just won the galactic lottery.

“You’re from another universe?! You have got to tell me everything about it, I've got to know!” Twilight said with this strange sparkle in her eyes. She must like everything not from here. Dash rolled her eyes and shook her head.

“Boooorrring. Come on Michael, I’ll take you to meet Rarity. Don’t worry Twi, I’ll take it from here. Go get Applejack, I'm sure she’ll want to meet our new friend,” With that Twilight said she’ll meet us with Applejack at Sweet Apple Acres later.

“Have you met Pinkie Pie yet Michael?” I told her about the very brief meeting I had with Pinkie, and she just laughed. “That’s Pinkie for ya! She acted the same way when she met Twilight. Didn’t she tell you?” I shook my head.

“Twilight does tend to forget a lot when it comes to anything other than magic or her studies with Celestia,” I asked her who that was. “You don’t know? Oh, that’s right: you said you're not from here. Well here’s the short version: Princess Celestia is our monarch, she raises the sun and protects us basically. She has a younger sister, her name is Princess Luna. Unlike Celestia, Luna raises the moon every night and does not seem to have as many responsibilities. Long story short about her: she only came back from a 1000 year trip, so to speak. It has been a year since last week. I’ll tell you the entire story some other time, but first there is something else I want to ask you.” 

She asked me if it was me that made that huge crashing noise a while back. When I asked her how long ago it was, she told me it was a week ago! I told her it may be possible but I was not sure (I was out for a week? I'm not out for that long, usually I'm unconscious for a day at the most. The physics of this universe might have affected some of my systems).

We soon arrived at a place called Carousel Boutique. It had pink tiles on the roof, the second floor looked like a carousel (hence the name I gathered). The walls were blue and I could see some yellow around it as well. Dash said that Rarity both worked and lived there. We went in and heard someone shouting.

“NONONONO!! This simply won’t do, I’ll have to start again. All I need is a little inspiration, come on Rarity dear, think! Ah, Rainbow Dash how are you darling? And who is this unusual friend with you?” Said a white unicorn.

She bore some similarities in terms of body structure to Twilight but that’s where it ended. I guessed that this was Rarity. Rarity’s eyes were an azure colour, her coat was white like snow, and her mane and tail were curled and indigo in colour. She had three blue diamond-shaped gems on her flank as well. Dash and I walked up to her and I introduced myself.

“My name is Michael, I take it you are the one responsible for these lovely clothes?” She battered her eyelids at me and smiled.

“Oh darling, flattery will get you everywhere you know. Yes I am the genius behind these fabulous works of art, oh where are my manners? I am Rarity, it is a genuine pleasure to meet you.” -  she gasped for some reason - “What lovely clothes you have, they give you that sophisticated, refined yet casual look,” I never thought of my clothes like that but drawing attention to them also made me a little sad.

It was one of the few things left I had to remind me of my universe, save for my halberd and Starblade. My clothes consisted of a long trenchcoat that reached my knees and was completely white with silver buttons. It had some very pale blue trimming along the edges and the stitching was the same colour, my coat - despite having buttons – did not close so the white shirt I wore was clearly visible. I had normal long black pants and black shoes that you could probably find in any store. My shirt was also white but it had the word ‘HELLFIRE’ across the chest area in big black capital letters. I did not wear a hat as I was never comfortable having anything on my head.

“Come on now Michael we should go meet Applejack now, but we may just meet Fluttershy on the way, just watch out though she’s shy and a bit of a wuss,” Rainbow Dash sure doesn’t sugar coat her words does she?

“Rainbow Dash! How dare talk about sweet Fluttershy in such fashion! Just hold on for a bit dears, I just want to lock up and I’ll join you,” She knew how berate someone, I’ll give her that much.

Took only a minute, I saw her horn glow as the door closed behind her and I heard the sound of the door locking. So Rainbow Dash, Rarity and I made our way to Sweet Apple Acres, where Applejack and her family lived and worked. Did everyone here live where they worked?

On our way we heard some birds chirping, as if they were in a co-ordinated group. Dash told us to be quiet and we made our way towards the source. There were 10 different types of birds all singing together on a tree.

Below the tree was a Pegasus pony similar to Dash but this one had a yellow coat and her mane and tail were pink. Her mane was parted, mostly to her right but ended in two large bangs on either side. On her flank were three butterflies with pink wings and turquoise bodies.

Dash snuck up behind her and shouted very loudly, “BOO!”

Boy did she squeal, she shot straight into a nearby tree, Rarity wasn’t impressed and was scolding Dash who was too busy laughing her mane off. Fluttershy eventually came back from the tree but she kept her distance from me, she seemed very scared, shy or both. Rarity walked up to her as I introduced myself and Dash was still laughing too hard to follow Rarity.

“Hello, my name is Michael, I guess you’re Fluttershy, right?”

“Yes, I’m Fluttershy,” She really was timid, I could barely hear her.

“Pardon? May you repeat that please I didn’t quite hear you,” I requested, trying my best to not intimidate her in any way but it seemed unlikely.

“[size= 14]I’m Fluttershy,”

“Don’t worry dear, Fluttershy is just nervous around new ponies, or humans in your case,” Rarity said as Fluttershy tried to hide behind her friend.

Sadly for Fluttershy, Rarity was not having any of this and her horn glowed. Fluttershy then was raised into the air and got placed down in front of me. I got down on my knees and placed my hand on her front left shoulder. She was shaking heavily but I made no movement as a gesture to show Fluttershy I meant no harm.

She slowly opened her one eye and looked up at me as she opened the other. She began to smile softly and placed her hoof on my left shoulder and her wing came over the shoulder my hand was on as if to hold it. She then started to ask me a couple of questions.

“You’re a human? I’m sorry… I was just scared. It’s just that I’ve never met one before and I tend to be afraid of new ponies. Can you tell me what you eat, where do you live, where did you come from… s-sorry if I’m too pushy, I’m Fluttershy,” I re-introduced myself and shook her hoof. 

“Come along darlings we must get to Applejack’s, it’s getting dark,” Rarity interjected with an accepting smile.

Fluttershy said goodbye to her birds saying she’ll continue practise tomorrow. With that done, and Dash having stopped laughing, the four of us went to conclude the introductions at Applejack’s.

The sun was setting when we finally got to Sweet Apple Acres. Well I must admit that if you called this place a simple farm, it would be an understatement. It was huge: there were some fields that seem to have recently been tilled while there were a large number of apple orchards of various types. Smack dab in the middle of all the fields and orchards was a big red barn and a two storey farmhouse, amongst other things like pens for your standard barnyard animals.

We met Twilight as we neared the gate to Sweet Apple Acres. We soon saw an orange pony pulling three overfilled apple carts. Her mane was blond and tied into two ponytails (no pun intended) on either end while her tail ended in a single ponytail. She was wearing a large, brown Stetson hat. As she turned her head to us as could hear us walking towards her I noticed she had freckles on her cheeks and green eyes. All I could think at that moment was: ‘Ten bucks she’s got a southern accent.’

“Howdy there Dash, Rares. I see ya brought Fluttershy with ya,” Eeyup, called it. “This the strange feller Twi’s been telling me about?” I introduced myself. “Pleased ta meet cha Michael, I’m Applejack. Come on over to the barn, I need ta get this off me.”

It was already dark out when we went in, but the lights were off, I could only guess what was in store for me.

“Surprise!!” Turned out Pinkie had put together a party for me to introduce myself to the residents of Ponyville.

Pinkie Pie was there, her employers: the Cakes. A grey Pegasus with blond hair and bubbles as her Cutie Mark as Twilight called it (apparently it has something to do with a talent a pony is best at, Twilight said hers was magic hence the stars) was called Derpy Hooves. She was also the town’s mailmare. An aquamarine unicorn with a very short mane a few shades lighter of the same colour except for the white stripe in both her mane and tail introduced herself as Lyra Heartstrings. She seemed a little over-excited with the fact that I was human.

I was then introduced to the rest of the Apple family, namely Granny Smith; Golden Delicious; Apple Fritter; Big Macintosh and Apple Bloom to name a few of her very extended family and then there was the rest of Ponyville who’s names escape me.

“SodoyoulikeitIknowyoumustlikeitIthrowaprtyforallthenewponiesinPonyvilleyoumightnotbeaponybutstilldoyalikeit? Doyadoyadoya?” Divine powers above! Pinkie Pie sure can talk damn fast when she wants too, I barely understood what she said. I just nodded, “Oki doki loki!” after that she ran off again.

“Pinkie can sure throw a party huh Michael, uh Michael?”  Twilight asked, I nodded.

Well I’m here in on an unknown planet, in the middle of an unknown galaxy and more than likely in another universe. If I needed to leave it would be next to impossible until I can rebuild the blueprints of any of my transformations. I went over to one of the tables to get a drink only to find that Pinkie had put hot sauce in almost everything she has. This piece of valuable info was a tad too late for me as I nearly burned my tongue straight off. 

Pinkie insisted that I danced, that or she would force me to drink the entire case of hot sauce she brought for her drinks, so I danced enough for Pinkie to leave me alone. Fluttershy came up to me as the party was ending and most of the ponies went back home to sleep.

“Do you have somewhere to stay Michael?” I told her I didn’t but she shouldn’t worry, I’ve slept on more uncomfortable places than on the dirt. “Oh no, please don’t do that. I have a spare room in my cottage that you can use if you want and you can help look after my animals with me.”

The idea was reasonable so I accepted, and she gave a very lovely smile. If she weren’t so shy she’d have all the men - or ponies in her case - drooling at her hooves with that smile. Fluttershy and I informed the others where I’ll be staying and we all said goodnight. Rarity told me to come by her Boutique if I got the chance the next day, I told her I’d try and followed Fluttershy to her cottage.

It was rather modest and spacious but rather strange in its own way. There were coops, pens, cages of all kinds outside the building itself as I looked out the window, each with a different kind of creature inside. She took care of a menagerie of animals. Her cottage is not far from a place called the Everfree Forest. I’m surprised she lives this close to such a dark place. Then again it’s for her animals so I guess she had to make some sacrifices.

My room was up the stairs and down the hallway from hers, she showed me the bathroom and wished me goodnight. My room was alright, but as I sat down all I could think was Icarus and how the Clean Slate Cannon wiped him from existence. I took out my Starblade and halberd, just placed them on my lap and looked at them.

I’ve fought many battles, killed many times over to save others, yet I couldn’t save him, the one who gave me my new existence even if his training was meant to kill me and even if he was a self-righteous prick. I knew it was something I had to leave in the past, I needed to move on and yet I felt like something was amiss.

I leant my weapons against the wall and laid down on the bed. Maybe I just feel strange being in another universe. I made more friends today than I had my entire life, it gave me some comfort. Fluttershy said she gets up early so I decided to think about it tomorrow and went to sleep.