New Home, New Wounds

by Pure Note


Chapter Two: Rude awakening

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"Gender?"

"Male"

"Age?"

"18"

"Build on scale from one to ten?"

You had to pause for this one, you're not one to boast or anything but you are pretty fit, guess it comes with growing up in a dangerous neighborhood.

"mmmmm, an eight"

"alright, Family?"

Should of seen this coming. You take a long sigh, Better sooner then later I guess

"None"

"What?" Twilight started "no parents?"

"no" your eyes drop to the floor.

"Siblings?"

"brother"

"ah, his age?"

"24, and... deceased... recently"

"oh... i'm so sorry"

"its not your fault, but can we perhaps finish this some other time?"

"sure thing" the purple pony replies. she closes the note book she had been writing in and sets it on the table in between the two of you. "Now, i'm starved, I'm going to make dinner, Uh, what to humans eat?" you don't exactly know how to reply, you've never had to explain what humans eat.

"Umm, Food?"

Twilight gives you a stern look.

"What?" you say with a sheepish smile, She just roles here eyes and continues walking to here kitchen.


*****


your dinner wasn't special just a salad with thin apple slices, but it was still pretty damn good. The meal was spent in silence you didn't mind but it was still a little awkward. Twilight gets up from the table to deposit her dishes in the sink and you're close in stride

You both deposit your dishes and Twilight levitates the sponge from the counter, you're quick to grab it.
"Its only fair" Twilight gives you a smile and you begin to scrub. if there's one thing Max taught you was how to be a gentleman.

"well, its getting late" twilight started and began walking toward the stairs "the guest room is just down the hall first door on the left"


*****


After finishing the dishes you head toward the door that twilight described and open the door, the room is a decent size. its furnished with a single bed a dresser and a small bed side table with a lamp. The flop onto the bed, its been a long day and your spent. You close your eyes and you welcome sleep with open arms.

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You turn the corner and begin to walk down the street to your house, Max close in stride, you can see your house now, then something jumps in your path. the next thing you know your being shoved to the left and then you here the unmistakable sound of a gun begin fired. "Run!" you turn and begin to haul ass down the road.

The last thing you hear before the sound of your breathing overtakes all else is one more bang.

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You wake up and quickly sit up in bed, your panting and sweating. You slowly rise out of bed and decide to head for the balcony, some fresh air could do you some good.

When you open the balcony door you see twilight already outside looking up at the night sky.
the light clicking of the door closing behind you, causing her to turn around she greets you with a tired smile.

"can't sleep either huh?" you say as you walk towards the purple unicorn and stand next to her on the balcony, Placing your hands on the railings to support your weight.

"No" a quick and simple reply, strange coming from a -as you can tell- very talkative pony. you both spend the next several minutes just sitting together in silence, taking in the beautiful midnight sky and the peaceful scenery of the quiet town. you have never experienced a sight quite like this, the city you lived in was always bustling with sounds and lights.

"Hey, um can i ask you something?" Twilight says finally breaking the blissful silence.

"Go ahead, shoot"

"well... i a..."

"yes?"

"I was just wondering..."

"wondering what?"

"Never mind" she quickly stammered as she turns and walked towards the door. "Goodnight"

"goodnight twilight and thanks... again".

She just simply smiled and went back inside. I wonder what she wanted to tell me you shrug at the thought and return your gaze back to the sleeping town. you wish you could stay here forever but nothing lasts forever so you make your way towards the door. before you enter however you steal one last glance at the moon.


*****


The sun, the sun -if your brother taught you correctly- is over 100,000,000 kilometers away from earth, although this isn't earth, you wager its about the same distance, Yet somehow its light can still travel many light years and hit a target the size of your fist. The target in this case is a gap in the curtain and the light is shining directly on your face.

You cover your face with the pillow in an attempt to block out the light and go back to sleep but its futile. Your already wide awake, you slowly but surely get out from the covers and the bed and begin to stretch before you move any further. after a private display of popping sounds and groaning you make you way toward the door.

(A/N: If you just thought what I think you just thought you're a sick minded bastard)

Immediately after you open the door you are met with an overwhelming smell. instead of going across the hall to the bathroom like you initially planed you walk towards the kitchen, when you arrive you are met with a warm smile from Twilight and a plate of pancakes complete with whipped cream, raspberries, blue berries and syrup. Pancakes? God, you can't remember the last time you had pancakes.

you sit down at the table and grab the fork, you look up to twilight before you begin. you cut a small piece from the pancake and slowly raise it to your lips, its sweet smell beckoning you to take a bite. And so you do and it was magnificent, the mix of the berries and syrup blended perfectly but did not overpower your senses. the pancakes themselves where brilliant in there own way, soft and light but still crispy. Best pancakes ever.

You finish quickly after your first bite and are now standing in front of the sink washing your plate. you gesture to clean Twilight's but she insisted otherwise. you return to the dining table and sat down and just began to lose you self in your own thoughts.

one of which thoughts was will any one miss you? or did they even know you are gone in the first place. you retract from your deep introspection and realize you have been staring at twilight the entire time. you quickly avert your gaze, hoping that she didn't notice you staring at her for the past five minutes.

after she finishes cleaning her dish she walk towards the table and sits in the seat adjacent to you.

"So" she starts " ill be going out for a while to run some errands and i will be back in a while, you'll be fine here right?

"sure thing" you say waving you hand dismissively.

"alright i will be back in an hour or two"


*****


And with that Twilight left, you where alone in her house with nothing to do. you begin you think of things to do, you look around and see nothing but books... Books! you walk towards the closest wall shelf and look what there is to read.
the first book that catches your eyes is "The history of Equestria" you put your hand on you chin seems like a good place to start.