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// Chapter 5: What now? 
// Story: FEDEX 727-100QF 
// by MLPFIM6444 
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Chapter 5: What now?

"Mike? Mike, wake up!"
"Mitch? What-what happened?" Mitch looked up at Rainbow Dash, who was hovering next to them. She nodded and whispered "Go" very quietly.
"You landed the plane safely, but you hit your head." Mitch lied.
"What did I hit my head off of?" asked Mike. Mitch shut his eyes. They hadn't thought of this. He opened them and looked up at Rainbow Dash, who only gave a shrug.
"I don't know," he said to Mike. "I didn't see, I mean, I hit my head, too, and I was unconscious."
"What did YOU hit your head off of?" Jeez, Mike can be annoying sometimes.
"I don't know! I lost my memory."
"...Who was piloting the plane?"
"We were already on the ground, skidding to a halt-"
"Where?" Mike was the one who had memory loss.
"a field not far from here,"
"Where are we now?"
"a hospital..."
"Wh-what?" Mike stammered. He was panicked at this. He never really liked hospitals too much.
"You hit your head, remember? You had a huge gash in your forehead. It was really bad."
"How bad?"
"...Your skull bone was showing, and it was cracked."
"Great. Okay. Guess I'll recover," he sighed, feeling the stitches on his forehead. He looked around the room, and recognized it as a very normal hospital room. Until he looked up, behind Mitch.
"Hey, Mitch?"
"Yeah?"
"What's that behind you?" Rainbow Dash was hovering in the same spot she had been for a while.
"A Pegasus. No, you're not insane, I can see it too. I'll explain more after you're let out."
"Mitch. What the HELL, is on its hind leg?" he was talking about her cutie mark. Mitch looked up at Dash's flank.
"I don't know," he said. Neither Dash, Twilight nor Fluttershy had thought about explaining that. They both stared at the rainbow lightning strike coming from the cloud on Dash's right flank.
Dash tried to explain, "You said we'd explain after recovery, right? Well-"
"Oh god it talks!" Mike said, cutting off Dash. "I need that part explained right now!"
"Well, uh," started Rainbow Dash.
"You tell me what the hell's going on! YOU TELL ME NOW!"
"Mike, calm down..." Mitch said.
"Why the hell is that thing talking?!"
"We're in another universe!" Mitch said quickly. He really had no idea, but Mike was becoming a bit of a pain.
"Well, that's dandy. Where do we live, then?"
"My best guess is with one of these horses." Mike started laughing.
"You expect me to live with a horse. There's so many things I can say about that." he said.
"I'd be happy to volunteer," said Rainbow Dash. "but I don't think humans can walk on clouds."
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Mike.
"I live in a house made of clouds." There was a very long pause. The only sounds was the clock ticking on the other side of the room, and the distant sounds of doctors and nurses and patients talking to each other throughout the floor.
"You what?" asked Mike.
"I live in a cloud house. Most Pegasi do."
"You mean there's more of you?"
"Yeah, ponies make up the entire population." another short pause.
"And me and Mitch?"
"I dunno. You two just randomly appeared through a portal or something."
"So we're the only ones, of our species, on this planet."
"As far as ponies know." Mike lay in the bed with a very surprised, and slightly fearful, look on his face.
"I'm sure Fluttershy would be happy to have you stay with her, so, uh, gotta go!" she said quickly. And with that, Rainbow Dash flew out of the window.

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"Thanks again, Fluttershy." said Mitch, as he entered Fluttershy's cottage.
"No problem. As long as you're stuck in Equestria, I'm happy to help in any way I can." for the rest of the afternoon, Fluttershy explained to Mitch earth ponies, Pegasi and unicorns, and everything she had been taught about cutie marks, as well as how she and Dash got theirs. Everything that seemed important Mitch wrote on to a piece of paper to send to Mike. By the time they finished, it was evening.
"Do you think the hospital's still open?" asked Mitch
"Probably, but visiting hours are probably over." answered Fluttershy
"That's what I meant by open." Mitch said
"Oh, then no." Fluttershy replied. Mitch sighed a depressed sigh.
"Is there something wrong?" Fluttershy asked, a concerned look on her face.
"Yes. I'm living in a land ruled by ponies. I wanna go home, Fluttershy. I wanna go back to where I came from." an idea popped into Mitch's head.
"Fluttershy, unicorns do magic, right?"
"Yes they do. Um, why do you ask?"
"Could Twilight cast a spell or something to get me, Mike and the plane back to Earth?"
"Is Earth where you came from?"
"Yeah,"
"Well, I don't know, but it seems possible."
"well, what are we waiting for?"
"Day. We're waiting for day. We can't just go to somepony's house at night."
"Alright, good point. So, where do I sleep?"
"Um, the couch, that is, if you don't mind."
"You mean that couch?" Mitch said, pointing at the couch in Fluttershy's living room.
"Yes. Um, I could sleep there, and you sleep in my bed..."
"No, no. I insist. It's the least I could do."
"Okay. I'll go get you a blanket."
"Thanks," said Mitch, looking out a window to the setting sun. "can't wait,"