//------------------------------// // EPISODE 1: A Human in Equestria Part 1 // Story: My Little Pony: Courage of Corona // by VirusChris //------------------------------// My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic – Courage of Corona My Little Pony, My Little Pony~ Ahh, Ahh, Ahh, Ahh… My Little Pony~ I used to wonder what friendship could be, My Little Pony~ Until you all shared you its magic with me! Big adventure! Tons of fun! A beautiful heart! Faithful and strong! Sharing kindness! It's an easy feat, And magic makes it all complete~ Yeah, My Little Pony, Do you know you're all my very best friends? EPISODE 1: A Human in Equestria Part 1 Falling… Falling… The feeling of falling through an ocean of darkness is apparent, the strange sensation, feeling the ripples of water touching your body as you slowly descend to the bottom of an empty darkness with no end or light in sight. A strange creature is floating aimlessly in the darkness, a young boy to be accurate. The young boy opens his eyes, slightly, to see the echoing of the world presented in front him before closing his eyes once again. Suddenly a fresh breeze hits the boy's body as the sound of cloth tearing is heard and the force of the fall more real and controlling than the lifeless floating sensation in the darkness. The boy once again flickers his eyes to see the world around it, those deep blue sea eyes staring out into the new world, to see cloud after cloud as it seems they are moving at a rapid speed downward past his feet. However this is strange… clouds shouldn't be moving to the bottom, until the boy realizing he was upside down and facing the world below it headfirst. However, directly below him was a large lake and continued to fall towards it and within a matter of a few seconds the boy splashed into the water, indicating that he wasn't that high up in the sky when he dropped into the world. The force of the dive wasn't strong nor did it hurt, but the young man spun around in the water with no sense of direction as he was in a panic trying to get out of the water and get some air as he didn't think to breathe at first when he came crashing down. Finally emerging from the lake and reached for the shore nearby, gasping for air, coughing, and panting as he got out of the water, and shakes himself off like a dog to get rid of the excess water on his clothes. The young man has short spiky black hair, with the tips of his hair fading into white as if they were frosted, and deep blue sea eyes as he surveys the land around him, his young features showing that he's in his mid-teen or younger. He wore a red open short-sleeve hoodie jacket, a black t-shirt underneath, blue baggy shorts that went past his knees, black fingerless gloves, and black sneakers and around his neck was a eight-pointed star pendant, one side white and the other black, and in the center a circle that spun into a black and white color with a small dot in the opposite color. A symbol called "Yin & Yang" known throughout the world from where he came from. "Sheesh, what was that about?" the boy complained as he wiped the rest of the water around his mouth as he took a look around him, and saw vast amounts of nature around him with lots of trees and hardly any forms of houses nearby, "OK… where am I? This doesn't look like home. I know I live in the small suburbs, but… " However the most daunting experience of this place wasn't that the boy was in a place he never knew before, but how colorful the world seemed to be. Everything seem to brighten up the world even more, in a sense making it seem a more happier, peaceful place than back at the boy's original home, and the boy took a look at himself to see that he magically blended in with the world as his appearance has become more bright and lively as this place with colorful outlines. But before the boy could explore the world to determine where on Earth he is, he stops to think about the events that led him here. Hmmm… if I remember correctly, I was… I was… the boy pondered on the last thing he did before waking up in this strange new place, until a realization dons on him. "Oh… oh dear, I can't remember at all," the boy said, still smiling but his eyes widen in shock to discover he has no memories of his past. The boy stands there with his arms still in their thinking position, until he bursted out excitingly and grinned like a little kid getting a new toy and with great enthusiasm shouted, "This is SO cool! So this is what amnesia is like! No access to any memories or recollection of the past… it's a really interesting experience! Though how does one manage to get amnesia? What part of the head needs to be hit to cause the brain to have trouble accessing the memories to recall them to help the person remember themselves? Why all of the memories are gone or only a selected part? What exactly causes the amnesia to affect certain memories? Though being free from the past is a strange thing it's pretty cool to experience it itself… erm… I really shouldn't be excited about this. Hehe, I better start looking around." The boy laughs to himself as he scratches the back of his head, then suddenly gives a disheartening sigh… though he can't fully remember himself, he can feel parts of his past in his heart still… both good and bad. He faintly recalls living a rough childhood, having no friends whatsoever for years, but enjoyed his time with his family who now might be worried about him. He still doesn't know how he got here, but he ventures into the forest nearby to hopeful find a town nearby to call for help. Shrugging off the last bit of wetness on his clothes, he walks into the forest, however he is unaware of a strange faint pink aura that appeared around him for a second and the swirling vortex above him where he fell from as the vortex closes itself and disappears without a trace... and... Taking a stroll through the forest, he studies the field around him and noticed he hasn't seen a single soul yet. "Strange… My neighborhood had some nature around it, but not this much since I don't live in the city!" the boy said to himself, "Hmm… it seems I do have some of my memories intact, but only the right topic seems to bring themselves out unconsciously. Good to know, at least I don't have to worry about having lost memories for a long time, hehe!" *Chirp* The sound of a bird chirping draws the boy's attention to a nearby tree as he spots a little baby blue bird looking down at him from its nest. The branch wasn't that high up, as it could practically reach out and touch the nest where he stands despite having average height for his kind. "A baby bird? This is a rare sight… I never got to see a baby bird before!" the boy smiled as he waved at the little bird, "Hi there little guy! I don't suppose you can tell me if there's a town nearby, would you?" Though the boy wasn't expecting an answer from the baby bird, however he didn't expect the little baby bird to jump up and down excitedly only to fall from its nest and heading to the ground. Seeing as the baby bird can't fly yet, the boy panics and instinctively dives for the bird catching it safely in his hands. Standing up tall and sighing in relief, the boy gives the baby bird an amusing scolding-like smile, "That was close, I'm glad you're OK, but you need to be more careful. I won't be around all the time to catch you if you fall again and I don't think your parents would be happy if you got hurt." The baby bird nods as if it understands what the boy is saying, "Alright then, time to put you back into your nest," the boy said as he grabs on the nearby branch to give him leverage to reach the bird's nest with one hand and places the baby bird safely back into the nest. "Still… I have no idea where to go," the boy sighed. The baby bird jumped up and down again to get the boy's attention once more as the boy looks up to the bird, "Huh? What's up?" The baby bird lifts its wing and points to a path up ahead with a dirt road, and further ahead what seems to be a small town nearby. "Heh… smart bird," the boy chuckles and smiles at the baby bird, "Thank you! And no more falling from your nest, you hear me?" The boy sprints off, waving goodbye to the baby bird that was flapping its wings to signal goodbye to its new friend as well, and the boy runs down the dirt road to the town up ahead. "I have to say, I never met a bird that smart before and to be treated so nicely by a bird more so than people," the boy hummed sadly, "Hmmm? Whoa! That's a LOT of apple trees!" The boy looked to his side and notice fields upon fields of apple trees covering the entire acre, easily over a thousand trees. The boy whistles upon the sight, thinking that the farmers who own this field of apple trees must make a lot of money, seeing as there's way too many trees placed together that could be naturally be on their own without some form of help. He spots a red barnyard in the distance, and makes a mental note to check it out later as he continues to walk towards the town. After several minutes of sprinting he comes across a small bridge leading to the town, and he stops to catch his breath a bit. He's not an athletic person though he has good stamina, but he tired out very quickly as it's been a while since he did any form of exercises. "Whew… I made it… *pant*… oh boy, I need to work out some more," the boy panted, "Finally I made it here… though I feel a little strange now that I think about the running I did." The boy flexes his arms and notices he's not as tired as he should be and ponders to himself, "Curious… I don't know how to say it, but I feel slightly stronger and faster than before. I got here much quicker than I thought, but my stamina seems to be the same more or less. I'll worry about that later… time to see if anyone can…" "LOOK OUT BELOW!" a voice from the sky. "Wha-?" the boy blurted out and looked up barely catching what exactly was speeding towards him and knocking him out cold as whatever it was collided with him. Before passing out, he saw a faint trace of a rainbow that slammed at him and falls on his back as the thing that collided with him laid on his belly. The creature that crashed into him was… a Pegasus, a pony with wings on their side to fly through the skies! This Pegasus had a slightly light cyan body color and rosy pink eyes, but the most distinctive and eye-catching appearance of this Pegasus was the mane it had the color of the rainbow, each section of the mane in a different color of bright red, bright orange, light yellow, strong blue, and a moderate green and all of them together reflects the appearance of a rainbow and not only that but her tail was well was in a rainbow color theme. "Ouch… oh nuts, I thought I nailed that trick down!" the Pegasus sighed, female no doubt but with a tomboyish voice, she stands up rubbing her head with her hoof. "Rainbow Dash? Are you alright? You really need to be more careful with these stunts of yours," another voice called out, as a group of 5 more ponies came rushing to the rainbow-theme Pegasus, and the voice belonging to a purple Unicorn. She had a lavender purple coat and has violent eyes, and her mane was dark blue in color yet two strands of her mane was in two different colors, one in pink and one purple. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine," said the cyan Pegasus named Rainbow Dash, "But did you see my trick earlier? It was totally awesome… until the part I messed up on the landing, heh." "Twilight's right, it ain't no laughing matter Rainbow Dash, ya really could've hurt yerself this time," one of the ponies said, and this one wearing a cowboy hat and speaking with southern accent. She had an amber yellow coat, green eyes, and her mane light yellow and there's seems to be the faint sight of freckles on her cheeks. "You worry too much, Applejack," Rainbow Dash said with her hooves crossed. "Um… girls," another pony spoke out, though one very shy in nature, who is another Pegasus like Rainbow Dash. Her coat is light yellow color, bright cyan eyes, and has a pink-colored mane and tail. Everypony looked at the shy Pegasus to see what she wants to say. "Something the matter Fluttershy?" asked Twilight, the purple Unicorn. "W-Well if I may… I don't mean to interrupt your conversation, but… I mean… to point out… um, Rainbow Dash, who is that you're sitting on?" whispered Fluttershy directing her hoof right below Rainbow Dash to the creature she is sitting on. "Huh? Oh, I forgot I did hit something when I crashed," Rainbow Dash looked behind her to see a giant creature she's never seen before and jumps into the air, hovering a few inches from whatever it was, "Whoa! What in Equestria is that?" All of the ponies finally noticed the strange creature that Rainbow Dash has crashed into and landed on, and until just now, noticed the creature's presence. To them they have never seen a creature like this throughout Equestria, it seemed to be a bipedal creature of sorts considering its forelegs and hind legs were different from each other, it had a furless body except for the clothes the creature wore and the only source of a 'mane' it had was on its head. "Well, I'll be a donkey's uncle!" Applejack expressed her surprise and turns to the purple Unicorn next to her, "Twilight, do ya know what kind of creature this thing here is?" Twilight shakes her head, "No… I've read many books on many different creatures that live throughout Equestria, but I've never heard or seen anything like this before! I don't have the faintest idea what it could be." "Oh, whoazie! I've never seen anything like this! Look at that mane, look how tall it is! How come it doesn't have a tail, what a weird pony! Do you think it's friendly? Do you think it like parties? I hope it does because I want to throw a surprise party for the most surprising thing I've seen before! I've never been more surprise by anything in my life, I mean except it even beats that time…" another pony hyper-actively starts chatting up a storm with no signs of slowing down. She is a pink-colored pony, with matching pink mane and tail that were puffy who matches her excited behavior, and blue eyes. And she is currently hopping around the creature without a care in the world or a thought it might be dangerous. "Pinkie Pie, not now! I think its hurt," Twilight scolded the pink energetic pony as she took a closer look at the creature lying down. The creature is unresponsive and the look of the eyes has a spinning swirling daze to them to show it's been conked out cold when Rainbow Dash crashed into it. "Not only that, but look at its clothes!" the last of the ponies gasped with a sophisticated accent belonging that to a higher society, a white-colored coated female pony who is also a Unicorn like Twilight, looked over the creature's body with her azure-colored eyes with shadow eyeliners, her indigo violet mane bobbing up and down as she looks over the creature a few times, "I mean, look what happen to its magnificent clothing! There's dirt all over its rather unique and unusually outfit and, if I do say so myself, this creature has quite the good taste in fashion especially with the color choices. It's a fashion disaster that its clothing has been ruined with dirt all over it!" Applejack rolls her eyes on the white Unicorn's comment, "Right… 'cause that there is what's really important. Rarity, we'll worry about… um… its clothing later, I think we all need to help this poor critter get to the hospital." "O-Oh dear… I hope it's not hurt too badly," Fluttershy mutters, shuffling her hooves nervously as she's still wary of the creature as they haven't determine if it's dangerous or not but worried for its safety nonetheless. "Come on everypony, let's get it to Ponyville's hospital," Twilight said as her horn glows a purple aura around the creature, only for the aura around it to frizzle out and disappear. Everypony looked surprised at this and looks towards Twilight. "Well that was strange… this has never happened before," Twilight was perplexed at her magic not working on the creature, "I guess we have to carry it the old-fashion then." "Hopefully it's not too heavy," Applejack pointed out as the girls lifted the creature off of the guard. "Wow! This guy is really light! Almost like a cloud!" Pinkie Pie giggled. "Huh, well I'll be… Ah wasn't expecting this critter to be this light, but it's still going to take everypony to carry it," Applejack spoke in surprise by the weight of the creature. "Huh… it must not be very strong if it got knocked out from me crashing into it. Though it is a rather cool-looking creature, I wonder what kind of sports it likes! It looks like it's very athletic! Maybe I can get it to help me with some of my tricks!" Rainbow Dash commented as she helped carry the creature with her friends. "Rainbow Dash…," Twilight rolls her eyes. "Eh…," a voice groaned. The boy slowly flickers his eyes open to see a white ceiling above him. Remembering everything before getting hit by a rainbow earlier, he opens eyes to a half-awake state and hums to himself. "I guess everything was a dream?" However he clearly remembers he can barely remember his past and sighs. He lifts himself up as the blanket covering him falls down and takes a lot around his surroundings. There were desks, medical equipment, and a curtain to his side and he realizes he's in a hospital but doesn't recall ever going there. "Huh… that's strange? Was I dreaming about something earlier about a memory loss telling me that I indeed lost my memories in the real world and my family brought me here? Or was everything real before?" the boy pondered to himself. The door suddenly opened, possibly a nurse or a doctor came in to check on him, and the boy looked towards the door, but what he saw wasn't what he was expecting at all! It was a pony, or something very similar-looking to the creatures back home as he recalls now, and the pony had a white coat, a pink mane and tail with the bottom of her mane tied into a bun on the back of her head, wearing a nurse's cap with a red cross on it, and the boy noticed a strange tattoo on the pony's flank that looked like a red cross with four tiny hearts in the corners of the cross. Since when did hospitals allowed ponies into them, let alone have them as potential nurses? The boy was so taken aback his eyes widen and backed away further to the bed to keep his distance, he wasn't sure how to react to this situation. The nurse pony saw that the boy was up and smiled as she approached him, causing the boy to back away a little though not as much as before, "How are you feeling today?" "What the what?!" the boy blurted out as he scampered backwards away from the pony, almost falling from his bed, freaking out a bit with his eyes shot wide open. OK, he did NOT expect the pony to talk to him since he recalls clearly that ponies don't talk or more specifically not in his language, "Y-You… you c-can talk!? How?" The pony was taken surprised at first from the boy's sudden reaction and tilted her head, perplexed by his behavior as if he ask a strange question to her, "Why, of course I can talk, everypony around here talks as well. You're a very strange creature since I presume you're not from around these parts, are you? What exactly are you as we've never seen such a creature like yourself and where are you from? Sorry for asking such question as soon as you woke up, but I'm curious and perhaps learn something about you to help speed up your recovery." "Um…" the boy hesitant to answer, he wasn't exactly sure how to respond but this pony doesn't mean any harm seeing as she was most likely the one taking care of him and slowly lower his guard, "I-I see… sorry, I wasn't expecting any other creatures besides one such as myself that could talk. Then again I assumed we spoke different languages." The pony nodded, "I understand. I was a bit surprised when Twilight and her friends brought you here, unconscious as you were. We ponyfolk have never seen a creature like you before, but we weren't going to turn a blind eye to an injury patient, pony or no pony at all." "I see, thanks… and who's Twilight?" the boy asked, as the door behind the nurse opened revealing a group of six different ponies coming into the room, causing the boy to once again back away again with slight fright. There was a purple Unicorn, a white Unicorn, a blue Pegasus, a light yellow Pegasus, a pink Pony, and an amber yellow Pony in the group along with a reptile-like creature riding on top of the purple Unicorn's back from what the boy could tell. "Oh, what perfect timing!" the nurse pony said as she spotted the group of ponies entering the room, "However girls, please remember, he just woke up so don't take long as he needs his bed rest." She walks out of the room, but turns away and looks at the boy and smiles, "Sir, I'll be right back soon so please don't leave the room until you're all better and we've given you permission to leave." "Thank you Nurse Redheart," said the purple Unicorn as the nurse pony left the room and turned her attention to the boy walking over to him as he shifts himself in the opposite direction still a little wary with talking ponies and getting close to his personal space. "Hello there! I'm Twilight Sparkles, it's nice to meet you!" the purple Unicorn said to the boy, "My friends and I brought you to the hospital after you… um… were out cold. So, what's your name? Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?" The boy fiddled his hands together, a little nervously, and looked at the purple Unicorn before him, "O-Oh I see… um… thanks. Where exactly am I?" "You're currently in Ponyville Hospital, and Ponyville is where me and my friends live which is located far southwest from Canterlot. Our land is called Equestria which is ruled by our co-rulers, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, the former whom I'm her number one student and both Princesses live at the Canterlot Castle," Twilight explained happily. The boy nodded, understanding the basics of the pony's explanation, "I see. I have a better understand where I am now. Definitely not back home. Well let me introduce myself, my name is Christopher Corona, but everyone calls me Chris, and my kind are called a Human, and if you're not aware yet I'm a male of my species, and I'm currently 16 years old and I'm from a world called Earth seeing as I've never heard of Equestria before and is completely different from my world has it doesn't have talking ponies and the world here seems much brighter and colorful than back home." The ponies were a little surprised with the information the boy told them and nodded to show they understand. "Oh wow!" The pink-color Pony with the puffy mane suddenly blurted out and jumped over to the boy's side in lightning fast speed that the boy didn't notice her until she touched his hand which he pulled back in recoil, "We already have something in common! You're from Earth and I'm an Earth Pony! And you have blue eyes just like me! And you have such a crazy mane, which means you must like to party! Ooh, this is so amazing meeting a human for the first time and you're new in town, too, which means I get to throw you a party! I hope you like parties, because I like parties, but I mean who doesn't like parties? I've never been more surprised or excited in my life, except for that one time when I went *GASP* when Twilight came to Ponyville for the first time but seeing as Twilight was new in town of course I would be surprised! But this tops this! I hope you enjoy your stay in Ponyville, because we're going to be the bestest-best-friends ever!" Chris blinked, completely in stun by what exactly happened, and darted back and forth to Twilight and where Pinkie Pie was a moment and finally got out of his daze, "Wha… What just happened? I just blinked and it was over!" Twilight giggled, "Yeah, Pinkie Pie has that effect on everypony. You'll get use to it." "O-OK…," Chris stuttered, not sure if he'll ever get use to that. "Well, as you could already tell, this is Pinkie Pie," Twilight said pointing her hoof to the energetic pink Pony that spoke a mile a minute earlier to Chris who was waving her hoof at him happily. "And this here is, Rainbow Dash," Twilight said pointing to the blue Pegasus with rainbow-colored mane and tail. "Yup, that's me!" Rainbow Dash boasted with pride in a tomboyish voice as she took a proud stance, her head held high and her left hoof up as if she was in a crouching position, "The fastest flyer of all Equestria, and one day to become a member of the Wonderbolts! There's no pony else who's cooler, faster, amazing, or more awesome than me and I'll sure surprise you with all of my amazing moves! It's nice to meet ya!" Chris sat there gawking at the Pony, "Wow! T-That's so cool!" The boy's eyes lit up with a twinkle in them, "I mean, not only does that sound cool, your mane is… amazing! It's like the rainbow itself! T-That's just… so cool! So what kind of stunts do you perform? Are you some sort of dare devil? How fast can you go? Erm…" Rainbow Dash was a little surprised when Chris started praising her like that, but she smiled at his enthusiasm. Chris blushed a bit and looked away embarrassingly, "Um… sorry. I tend to get very talkative and passionate when it comes to a topic I'm interest in or get into." "No worries, I don't mind at all! If you want to learn how to become 20% more cooler and everything, I'm your Pegasus!" Rainbow Dash proudly said. Chris chuckled a bit and rubbed the back of his head, until something clicked, "Wait a minute… before I passed out, I recall a blur… a rainbow-colored blur. Wait… that wasn't…" Rainbow Dash suddenly blushes in embarrassment and her eyes looks down to the floor, with an embarrassed smile plaster on her face, "Oh yeah about that… Yeah, I'm sorry for crashing into you like that. I was performing a new trick and I messed up on the landing. Oops… hehe." "It's OK, I forgive you," Chris smiled and Rainbow Dash let out a sigh of relief and smiled, "And next time, I'll remember to step away when you crash land." And that comment earned a playful chuckle from the Pegasus and a "Hey!" from her as well. "Well it's seems like you're good friends already," Twilight smiled. Huh? Friends? Chris thought to himself for a second when Twilight mentioned the word 'friends'. "And moving along, this here is Rarity," Twilight pointed to the other Unicorn, a beautiful white pony with purple-colored mane and tail that waved and curved at the end giving off an elegant and gorgeous appearance for the pony, even the light eye liner makes her appearance glow even more. "Hello darling, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance," Rarity said as she took a little bow towards Chris, who in return blushed a little bit. "O-Oh! Y-You don't need to bow or anything… it's alright," Chris said nervously. "Think nothing of it my dear. It's just my way of showing courtesy after what befell you," Rarity smiled, "Oh! And if you don't mind, I took the liberty of cleaning your fine clothes after they got all dirty and brought them with me in this bag and I so happen made that hospital gown for you that you're currently wearing. If I do say so myself, I quite enjoy making such a unique and new type of clothing that I could've never had imagine in my entire life!" "I-I see… your welcome?" Chris stuttered, he wasn't exactly big on fashion and this pony was obviously passionate about fashion and design clothes, though when she mentioned she made him his hospital gown he looked down and notice he was indeed wearing one. He was so stunned by the appearances of the ponies he didn't notice, "And thank you for cleaning my clothes and making this gown, you didn't have to." An embarrassing thought crept into Chris' head, If I'm wearing this gown now, that means… one of these ponies undressed me. OK… that's embarrassing. I don't even want to know which one of them did it or how. A slight pink hue burned on Chris' face, but he kept his head down slightly so none of the ponies noticed. "But of course! I was given a chance to make something entirely new, something no pony has seen before, and I thank you for giving me such an opportunity to do so and I would so like to return the favor," Rarity smiled, who was all too happy to do so and Chris was taken aback from such a generous nature as he recalls no one has ever be this kind to him before. Rarity's horn started glowing with an azure color, one matching her eyes, as her bag opened up and Chris' clothes floated to the desk next to him, sneakers and all, "And here are your clothes back, so when you're ready to leave the hospital you'll have your clothes ready to put on." "Whoa!" Chris jumped back a little as he wasn't expecting his clothes to magically float into the air. "Oh dear me, I'm so sorry!" Rarity apologized as she believes she scared the poor boy when her magic without meaning to, "I didn't mean to scare you or harm you in anyway. I take it you're not familiar with magic?" "W-Well no," Chris waved his hands frantically, "I just wasn't expecting it, that's all, even though unicorns are magical creatures back home in stories and humans don't actually have magical powers so it's not like I was expecting it so suddenly like that." "Wait… Humans can't use magic?" Twilight asked, quite puzzled by it. "Well yeah, I mean there's stories and legends that certain humans can use magic, called wizards for males and witches for females, though there's no one around today that can use magic," Chris explained, "So I can't say for certain if humans can or cannot use magic." "Really? So humans can't use magic? But are there any that can fly?" Rainbow Dash butted in. Chris chuckled, "Sorry to say, nope. Humans can't fly or perform magic, except for a few cases though no one can confirm or deny it and most people now-a-days don't believe in it. Sorry, I can't exactly remember clearly since my memories are a bit hazy." "Your memories are hazy?" Rainbow Dash asked rather worried, thinking she might have caused it. "Hehe, don't worry! My memories were unclear when I got into this world, which had me splash down in a cold lake I might add," Chris said with a smile, "It's not your fault, don't worry! I'll get my memories back… eventually…" "Wait… so you don't know how exactly you got into Equestria?" Twilight asked surprised. "Don't know… I just woke up when I was free falling from the sky and splashed into the lake. Swam to the shore, walked through the forest, got to the entrance where Ponyville is I assume as that's where Rainbow Dash here crashed into me. That's all I remember clearly so far," Chris said as he holds his head, "I really don't know how exactly I enter into this world to be honest." "I-I see… sorry for asking that," Twilight apologized, her ears shifting down. "It's OK, I'm fine! I have to say the experience is quite interesting! I never imagined a land like this exists, or that I found talking ponies here! Back home ponies don't speak or speak in the same tongue as humans," Chris smiled trying to cheer up Twilight. "Well, we're here for you darling so feel free to ask us for anything!" Rarity chimed in, "And once you're discharged from the hospital I would quite like it if you could come down to my boutique shop as I would make you any clothes you need in the future, and I would love to make more of your unique clothing." "Thanks," Chris scratched the back of his head embarrassed-like, "I will… I don't think wearing the same clothing everyday is good for me. I'll definitely stop by!" Rarity smiles at Chris' response, happy to know she'll be making more 'human' clothing in the future and really see what kind of fabulous styles she can make with them. Twilight smiles as well as she points to another one of her friends, "I'm glad to hear it, and moving along this here is Applejack!" "Howdy there partner, name's Applejack, and it's a pleasure to meet ya!" Applejack said as she walked over to Chris and takes shaking his hand with her hooves was rather strange, as he wasn't expecting this amber yellow-colored pony wearing a cowboy hat to come over and shake hands and hooves with him. Her yellow mane and tail, which had a knot tied at the end of her mane and tail to give off a slight ponytail look, bouncing up and down as she continued to shake his hands until she let go of them, "Ah live over at Sweet Apple Acres just outside of Ponyville, so feel free to stop by and my family and ah will give you a grand o' tour of the place. Don't worry we'll take real good care of ya!" "Thanks," Chris chuckled then remembered something, "Wait… outside of Ponyville? Oh! You mean those fields of apple trees and farm I saw on my way to Ponyville? Is that where you live? That's so cool! I would love to check it out sometime as I've never been to a farm before." "And don't be afraid ask for anything, if there's something ya need just say so," Applejack smiled, "I'll be happy help ya out, honestly and truthfully. Ya can always count on me." Chris smiled at the pony's honest nature, and starting to feel a strange warmth around these ponies. Here they are talking to a total stranger and a very alien creature at that to them, yet they're incredible friendly and nice to him. Back home no one paid him any mind at all, except his folks, and brought a smile to him… but he still feels wary. How can they trust him so quickly like that? Humans… aren't that trusting or not that trusting any more. He's not exactly sure how to react to this sort of… social gathering as he's never be in others company before as he's not anti-social as he's more socially awkward. "Wait that reminds me… you walked through a forest to get here, right?" Twilight spoke up, "You didn't happen to be at the Everfree Forest, did you?" "The Everfree Forest? I'm still new here, so I'm not sure, but the part of the forest I was in wasn't exactly dense and easy to navigate through," Chris recalled back when he first appeared in Equestria. "Oh, that's good… you were only in the outskirts of the forest," Twilight sighed with relief, "Though you have to be a little careful around there, it's a dangerous place and we don't know much about that place or what other creatures live there. So don't go wandering in there alone, alright?" "Got'cha," Chris nodded, making a mentally note to avoid that place if possible in the future and let out a mental sigh to know he didn't encountered anything dangerous in that place. "I'm glad you understand," Twilight smiled and pointed her hoof to the last pony in the room, who was a little further away from Chris, "Now let me introduce you to Fluttershy here." "H-Hello…," Fluttershy said in a hush low voice, a very gentle voice at that but also a shy one which is appropriate given her name, "I-I'm Fluttershy…" She had a light yellow coat and a long pink mane and tail, as her bring cyan eyes glance back and forth from Chris and to the floor and Chris could understand as she probably doesn't trust him completely like the rest and is wary of him which doesn't surprise him that much given he's a very strange creature to her. "Um… hiya," Chris mutters, too, and just as shy as Fluttershy with a slight nod understanding her actions. The room quickly became more awkward over the past few seconds, as Chris wasn't sure how to break the uncomfortable atmosphere but tried his best, "I-It's nice to… um… meet you Fluttershy." Fluttershy still darted between him and the floor with her eyes, but gave a very subtle nod, while she still remained silent while shuffling her hooves. Chris also looks around unsure, though returns his gaze to the shy pony from time to time, feeling very awkward and embarrassed all of a sudden. "I-I'm sorry… I guess I spook you," Chris apologized to Fluttershy, feeling that his appearance is making her very uncomfortable despite slowing warming up to him. "O-Oh… no it's not that…," Fluttershy muttered quietly, "I-It's just that… um… I'm very shy…" "I-I understand…," Chris answered back equally as quiet as Fluttershy. "I see that Fluttershy and Chris have a lot in common," Rainbow Dash whispered to Pinkie Pie with Pinkie Pie giggling at Rainbow Dash's comment. "I know, right? He's like the ultimate best friend ever, having everything in common with everypony here!" Pinkie Pie answered back to Rainbow Dash with great joy as she throws her hooves up into the air. Chris and Fluttershy continue to glance back and forth from each other, not uttering another word, and unsure what to say next. Twilight looks back and forth between the two, as if they were on the same wavelength and understood each other without words already however they are simply respecting each other and not wanting to embarrass the other any further which seemed to be happening regardless of them trying hard not to. "Ooook then…," Twilight said to break the ice and cough to get Chris' attention and pointed her hoof to the last person… erm… creature in the room to greet, "And, finally, this here is Spike, my number one assistant and good friend since the day he was born." The purple reptile-like creature that was standing by Twilight's side, and remained quiet until now, walked over to Chris' bed and hopped onto the desk next to his bed while avoiding standing on his clothes that Rarity place there a few moments ago. The reptile-like creature had a purple-color scale body with a lime green underbelly, bright green eyes, green scales on the top of his head that looked like a mohawk, lime green feather-like wings on the side of his head which would be his ears, claws and an arrow pointed tail and was about half the height of the ponies in the room. The reptile stretched out his hand, or claws, to Chris and smiled, "Hey there dude, my name's Spike! It's nice to meet you and I hope we get along together!" "Nice to meet you, too, Spike," Chris smiled back and shook Spike's hand for a handshake, and the contact was an odd one compared to shaking Applejack's hooves as they felt soft and smooth, despite some of the fur, and here Spike's scales felt a little rough but also soft for some reason which was an interesting handshake to say the least as they broke shaking hands after a while. "You got some strange hooves there, buddy," Rainbow Dash pointed out. "Huh?" Chris looked at Rainbow Dash with a curious look. "Rainbow Dash, those aren't hooves… he's not a pony, so those are… um… ah… Chris what do you call them?" Twilight corrected Rainbow Dash only to be unsure to what the correct name for a human's 'claw' hands are. "Fingers?" Chris answered, a little unsure about the situation as its common knowledge… back home, and here ponies don't know humans so it's alright if they're unsure what to properly call his fingers. "Ah, fingers, so that's what they're called! I see," Twilight smiled. "Yeah, they're really soft and squishy… I thought they were claws there for a second there," Spike said looking at Chris' hands. "Squishy?" Chris seemed a little confused on that bit of fact, "Are you saying I'm fat?" "What?" Spike exclaimed, "No, I didn't mean it like that!" "I'm just pulling your leg there for a second," Chris chuckled, "Sorry about that… by the way. Spike, what kind of creature are you?" "You can't tell? Spike's a dragon, well a baby dragon in his case," Twilight answered Chris' question. "A-a… a dragon!?" Chris' eyes widen and looked completely freaked out, causing everypony and dragon in the room to look surprised and worried by Chris' sudden expression. "You… don't like dragons?" Spike hesitantly asked, fearing the answer as he doesn't want to lose the only chance to have a male buddy to pal around. Chris stood there gawking at Spike… until the return of those sparkles in his eyes came back and smiled widely than before, "So cool!" "Huh?" everyone in the room blurted. "You're a dragon, really, truly?!" Chris shouted with excitement looking at Spike with great admiration as he draw in closer to him, "That's amazing! I love dragons, they're totally awesome! I mean, dragons don't exist in my world except for stories and legends, but they're the most awesome, radical, cool, and the most majestic creatures in my book! It's just so amazing to meet one, and even more awesome being friends with one! You're so lucky Twilight! I'm… just so happy to meet one! This is a dream come true! And… erm… I'm doing it again aren't I?" "Well, well, well," Spike said proudly and looked back to Twilight with a smug and cocky grin, "Did you hear that? He thinks I'm majestic." "Heheh, sheesh this guy's a riot," Rainbow Dash giggled at Chris' admiration for Spike, especially with the way he express himself. Twilight sighed and rolled her eyes, "*Sigh* There's not going to be no living with him now." "I wonder… can you fly? There are all kinds of dragons in legends that fly, like the Chinese dragon that can fly without wings and bring good luck to people and then there's the classic European dragons with wings and breathe fire! I always enjoy reading different mythology books on many legendary creatures!" Chris explained without rest, clearing overjoyed to meet a real live dragon for the first time. "Wait… there are dragons that can fly without wings in your world?" Rainbow Dash said intrigued with her eyes showing interest in this little detail. "Yup! I've read many books on the different cultures around the world back now, when I went to the library from time to time as I recall," Chris smiled. "So you like books, too?" Twilight seemed very pleased with this, "I'm happy to hear that! So do I and I stay at the Ponyville Library, the Golden Oaks Library, which is also my home so you're welcome to stop by and read any books you want!" "Books…?" Rainbow Dash seemed surprised and sighed with disappointed, "Aw man, so you're a bookworm? I thought you were the athletic type given your clothes, though you do look kinda scrawny. Oh well, that means I get you to train you and have you exercise regularly then!" "A-Ah well… I do know martial arts a bit, so I exercise from time to time… if you have that here in Equestria," Chris muttered quietly. "So you have kung fu back at your world, like here?" Rainbow Dash seemed to brighten up, "Awesome, so you are an athlete after all! You must've had instructors to help you out a lot!" "Well… I know martial arts, but I didn't have instructors… I've practiced the forms from the books I read by myself so I'm self-taught," Chris stuttered embarrassingly and smiled awkwardly, which Rainbow Dash sighed in defeat and everyone in the room burst into laughter. The door to the room opened up and the nurse pony from before, Nurse Redheart, walked back into the room. "Alright, everypony, that's enough for now. He needs his bed rest now, you can come back tomorrow to pick him up as he'll be ready to leave the hospital tomorrow," Nurse Redheart said as she entered the room. "Oops, looks like time's up," Twilight said, "We'll continue tomorrow and work out a place for you to stay since you're new here and don't have any money or thought on where to go yet." "That's true…," Chris pondered to himself, "I really don't know yet, but I guess that can wait until tomorrow." "Alright, take care, Chris! It's was fun meeting you!" Twilight smiled and waved a goodbye hoof as she exited out of the room with her friends. "Okie-Dokie-Lokie take care! Don't let the bed bugs bite, and sleep tight! Have fun tonight since tomorrow is going to be the bestest-best-day ever and even more speculator fun!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed happily as she bounced out of the room. "Take care sugercube, and get plenty of bed rest!" Applejack kindly advised as she stepped out of the room. "Well it was very nice meeting you! We're definitely going to have a lot of awesome things planned in the future to do, so be ready! See ya!" Rainbow Dash said as she galloped after her friends. "Um… take care, Chris… I hope you feel better tomorrow," Fluttershy said kindly despite saying it in a hush tone and followed her friends out. "Now darling, listen to what the doctor and nurses said, alright? I like for you to make a full recovery so I can have you come over to my boutique store so I can start making all of your clothes you'll be wearing at once, but only when you're ready," Rarity generously offered helping make more clothes for Chris to wear, which is a good thing since he'll have to re-wash his clothes every day since he only has one set, and off with a smile Rarity follows her friends elegantly. "Well it was great meeting you! When Twilight told me about you, I have to meet you for myself since it sounded like you were an awesome creature to meet and I'm glad I did! Since we're both guys we got to hang out together and do a lot of guys-only activities! See ya later, dude!" Spike told Chris, looking forward to have someone to pal around now as he hops on Twilight's back as he joins his friends and everyone leaves the room, save only for Chris and Nurse Redheart. "I hope you feel right at home already, Twilight and her friends are the greatest ponies to be friends with here and I believe you'll have a grand time here in Ponyville," Nurse Redheart smiled as she strode over to Chris' bed and had him lay down and shifted the blankets over him, "But for now, you need your rest so you'll be ready to leave tomorrow and it's getting late." Nurse Redheart walked over to the wall and turned off the lights, "If there's anything you need, just press that button over there. Don't be afraid to ask, we'll do the best we can to help you." "Thank you," Chris blushed embarrassingly then recalled something important to ask, "By the way… how long was a sleeping before coming to?" The nurse simply smiled as she turned her head back to him, "You've only been sleeping for a day so far, so don't worry, you weren't out for long and the injury was very subtle." Ah… so I was here already for the day at the hospital and that would make two days since I entered this world, Chris thought to himself and smiled. Happy to know he wasn't out cold for days on end, but a sad thought popped into his head… how were his uncle and aunt taking his disappearance? "Thank you for answering my question," Chris smiled warmly back at the nurse, shaking off the thought as there's no point in dwelling on it for now, who also returned the kind gesture. "And good night, you're going to need, especially what Pinkie Pie has in store for you tomorrow," Nurse Redheart giggled as she left the room and closed the door leaving a certain human boy laughing at the little comment about Pinkie Pie given her enthralled personality. "Wait…," Chris stopped his laughter as he recalled something Pinkie Pie said earlier, "Did she say… a party?" EPISODE 1 END