Twilight’s pov
The sun stared to come through my window and right onto my face this caused me to crack open my eyes just a little. I was still exhausted because of last night’s party but regardless I knew I had to get up because of some big plans I had for today. I fully opened my eyes to see Emerald snuggling up to me still asleep which brought a smile to my face seeing how comfortable he was getting with me. As much as I would mind staying in bed like this I was to exited about today so I decided to go ahead and wake him up.
“Hey Emerald sweetie it’s time to wake up” I said softly nudging him a little to see if that would do the trick, luck for me it did. He stirred a little before opening his eyes and turning his head to look at me. A small smile then appeared on his face.
“Good morning Twilight” he said while rubbing one of his eyes.
“Good morning, how about we go ahead and get out of bed we have a busy day ahead of us”
“Really what are we doing?”
“It’s a surprise” I said a little teasingly.
He supplely nodded, probably not really sure what a surprise even was but even so I was determined not to say a word until the time was right. I got off the bed to let him on to my back and then we headed down stairs. When we got down to the first floor Spike was already down there eating some cereal. He then noticed us coming down the stairs.
“Good morning” he said.
“Good morning” we said.
“You want me to go ahead and make you two some breakfast, maybe some waffles or somthing”
I shook my head. “As nice as that sounds Spike I think I like to get a head start today, we’ll just get something at Sugar Cube Corner”
“Alright” was all he said but I could tell that he must have been just as excited as I was for today.
“So are you ready to go” I said turning my attention to Emerald.
“Yes if you are”
I nodded then we headed out the door to our first destination of the day.
5 min later
Once we arrived at Sugar cube corner we were immediately greeted by Pinkie who was smiling bigger then I use to think was possible that is before meeting her. Obviously the reason was she already knew what I planned on doing today since I told them everything at the party but hopefully he wouldn’t notice her extra extra happy mood.
“Hey guys what up, is there anything I can get you to?”
“As a matter of fact Pinkie there is, can you get me a blue berry muffin and for Emerald how does a chocolate chip muffin sound” I said looking at him for conformation.
“That fine” was all he said
“Okie dokie” Pinkie said as she went back as fast as she could to the kitchen
Once she left I let Emerald off my back and we went to go sit down. While we sat there waiting I looked at him looking down at his hands that were crossed on the table which made me wonder what was going though his mind right now. As I did this my mind started to wonder. I was thinking about how this was all going to turn out, if he would say yes or no to me adopting him and also when he did get his memories back what he would decide to do. Suddenly my thoughts were interrupted by Pinkie Pie’s sudden return.
“Here ya go enjoy” she said as she bounced back to the counter to tend to the other customers.
He just looked at the muffin in front of him, I guess he was just making sure it was safe to eat or something, so to show him it was alright I took a bit of mine first. Once I did he looked up at me then looked back at the muffin and after another minute he finally picked it up and took his first bite. Once he did his eyes opened wide in shock and I began to get worried but then once the shock left his eyes he continued to eat only this time at a much faster pace which kind of made me giggle a bit.
“So I take it you enjoyed it” I said as he ate the last bit before I even got to my second.
“It was really good Twilight” he said excitedly but then said in a much more quiet tone. “Do, Do you think maybe I could have another please”
I giggled a little “Maybe later” I said as I was glad that he enjoyed what I guessed was his first muffin.
It didn’t take me too long to finish mine as well and I figured it was time to head to our next stop Rarity’s. I talked to her yesterday about making him some new clothes and she said she would be more than happy to. We said our goodbyes to Pinkie as we went out the door and all along the way I kept thinking about my earlier thought about how he would react to my question.
Emerald’s pov
As we went to wherever it was we were going I began to wonder what Twilight was thinking about. I noticed that ever since this morning she had been acting a bit strange which made me a bit worried. If something was bothering her I would be happy to listen to her if she wanted to tell me just like she had done for me. Also I had been feeling more and more comfortable around her like no matter what I would be safe and my inner fears would stay at bay as long as she was around, this made me very happy. You know deep down she’ll just end up abandoning you because you’re worthless. It was that voice yet again, why, why does it continuously say these things. I didn’t want to believe them what I wanted to do was disagree and argue that it was wrong but I just couldn’t. Part of me believed those words; I mean I’m just some foreign creature that wound up in there world, why would they care about me. No one even knows who I am not even myself, which just gives me even less value. As I was lost in these pitiful thoughts suddenly there was a voice that came out of nowhere at least to me, calling my new name.
“Emerald, Emerald Blaze”
“Huh what” I said looking around curiously
“Emerald are you all right, I was starting to get worried when you didn’t answer me the first few times”
“Oh sorry about that, I was just thinking about something”
“What were you thinking about?”
“Don’t worry about it, it wasn’t anything important” I said giving her a strained smile. I don’t think she fully bought it but none the less I think she shrugged it off at least for now.
“Okay if you say so but just know that if something’s bothering you, you can always talk to me”
I just nodded my head.
“Anyway it looks like we’re here”
I looked to see that we had arrived at another one of her friend’s places, Rarity’s. Curiosity compelled me to ask “Why are we here.”
“Well yesterday when we were over here I asked Rarity if she could make you some new clothes and she said yes”
I didn’t really know what to make of this new information. On the one hand I was happy and excited because I was getting new clothes but on the other hand I was curious and a little scared mostly because I didn’t understand why she would agree to do this.
“She…she doesn’t have to make me something new if she doesn’t want to, I’m sure she must be busy and I don’t think” suddenly I was cut off by Twilight.
“Now Emerald I’m positive she doesn’t mind, she wouldn’t have said yes if she did and also I don’t want you to go without new clothes”
“Why”
“Why what”
“Why do I need clothes?”
She then became really red and started to stutter out a response. “W-Well you see um I oh boy how do I put this um well I’m no expert on human anatomy but um from what I might have heard and seen it’s considered indecent for a human not to wear clothes when there out in public”
“I’m still not sure if I understand”
“I’ll…I’ll explain more later okay, all you need to know right now is that it would be better if you had them.
I shrugged at that. “Okay”
She sighed in what sounded like relief and then turned her attention to Rarity’s door. She then knocked which cause what I assumed was Rarity to say come on in from the other side so we did. Once we walked in Rarity walked in from the other room.
“Oh Twilight, Emerald, just on time, I had just finished getting everything ready to make Emerald’s new clothes do come this way” she said heading back the way she came from so we followed. Once we got to the room she motioned for me to come over to her and said “can you come over here for a moment dear I need to take your measurements.
I did as she asked and got off of Twilight’s back to walk over to her. One I was right in front of her she looked me over and then went over to a desk. Suddenly something floated off of the desk and towards me which caused me to back up in fear.
Seeing me back away Rarity spoke up. “Don’t be afraid, this isn’t going to hurt you I promise”
I wasn’t really paying attention to what she was holding it was more to the fact that it was floating that freaked me out. Twilight then came next to me.
“Rarity I think he’s more afraid of the magic then he is the measuring tape”
I sudden look of realization came upon Rarity’s face but this just left me more confused.
“You don’t need to be afraid the magic isn’t going to hurt you, she just using it so she can take your measurements okay”
I was still a bit unsure but as long as Twilight said it was okay. Your seriously going to trust her, hahahahahahaha, your dumber then you look, the moment you let down your guard they’ll ether abandon, torture or kill you, of course that makes since seeing as how you’re not like them you’re not like anyone. Why would this voice not leave me alone? Every time I would get comfortable around them at least a little it would start to say all of these horrible things about both me and them. Because the truth hurts and the truth is that no one will ever care about a monster like you. I just wished it would stop, I hated these feelings but it was like I couldn’t control it like it was just a part of me that I had to live with. That’s because I am a part of you the real you. It said as darkness surrounded my vision.
Twilight’s pov
It appeared as if he had spaced out as Rarity and I continued to try and get his attention but to no avail. Then Rarity sighed and said.
“I suppose I can still take his measurement since he is holding still and then will take him to the other room and try and lay him down on the couch”
“Alright” I said as rarity brought the measuring tape to Emerald. But then something else strange happened. The magic that was surrounding it suddenly vanished once it touched him and it dropped to the ground. This apparently also caused him to snap out of it as he responded with a “huh” and look around again in confusion.
“What happened” he said
“You spaced out again and we were just about to take your measurements when” I trailed off at the end of my sentence. At first I was unsure if he knew about his body’s reaction to magic but going but his reaction to Rarity’s a moment ago I would say he doesn’t even know it exists.
“Never mind, Anyway how are you feeling, if there’s anything bothering you, you can always talk to me”
He shook his head “N-No that’s a-alright it’s nothing to w-w-worry a-about” he said giving me that same smile he did earlier but again I chose not to push it.
“Alright but if you change your mind I’d be more than happy to lend you an ear”
He nodded at this so then I turn to Rarity.
“Will you still be able to take his measurements even without using magic?”
“Of course darling, it might take a minute more but it’s easily doable.” She then looked at the measuring tape on the floor than back at me. “Though it might be easier if you assist me”
“Alright”
We then proceeded to each grab a end of it and measure him. About a few minutes later we were finished so rarity told us that his new outfit should be ready by this afternoon and that we could come back later to pick it up.
“Okay see you later Rarity”
“Aright Darlings see you later”
We then made our way out the door but the only problem was I had no idea what we were doing next. I thought we would have been at Rarity’s longer so we were ahead of schedule a bit and the surprise I had planed wasn’t until it got dark out so we still had plenty of time. I looked back at him and he still looked like he was deep in thought. He had been like that ever since he snapped out of his thoughts earlier but now he was doing it again, I just wish he would tell me what was bothering him and maybe I could help him. As we were walking I continued to think of something to do when suddenly it came to me. I decided that maybe we could just spend the rest of the day relaxing at the park and I could tell him a little bit about equestria. There weren’t many ponies at the park today which meant it would be nice and quiet for us to talk. I walked over to a nearby bench and bent down.
“Emerald Sweetie” I said hopping he would answer this time, luckily he did.
“Yes” he said barely looking at me.
“How about you and I talk a little, you can sit on the bench next to me”
He did what I asked him to do and I sat next to him thinking of where to start.
“So how about I tell you a few things about Equestria which by the way is what the country is called.
He looked up at me with a little more interest so I took that as a sign to continue.
“Alright then next is this town is called Ponyville and are species are called ponies which you might have already figured out, but Ponies aren’t the only species there are also dragons which is what Spike is and Gryphon’s but I’ll get into them a little bit later”
We talked like that for a good hour or two. It was mostly about ponies in general like the different types Pegasi, Unicorns, Earth, and Alicorn ponies. Also what we ate, what some of us did for fun stuff like that? The last thing I talked about involving pony society was all of the princesses myself included. He didn’t understand what the term royalty meant at first but once I explained in thoroughly enough to where I think he understood it and explained that I could be considered to be in this class I immediately regretted it. This is because I noticed the looked of fear on his face as he got off of the bench and bowed to me. I figured it was because I had explained Alicorns so well and how powerfull they were combined with what royalty was, that was the only reason he would have done it in his current condition considering that he had amnesia and he probably wouldn’t have know what classified as royalty here since he wasn’t from equestria. This saddened me greatly especially if since I wanted to adopt him and I didn’t want him to treat me any differently than a son would a mother, if he said yes. I told him to get up and that he didn’t have to do that. He nodded meekly as he got back up on the bench still with that same look of fear evident in his eyes. I thought it was best to move on to the next topic something that I hoped would interest him and maybe distract him from his fears, humans or at least what I knew about them from visiting a human world.
“How about we move on to a different topic, humans”
This immediately caught his attention.
“I believe you now know that’s what you are after your encounter with lyra but nothing else”
He nodded sadly
“While I’ll admit I don’t know a great deal about them I do know a few things that I can tell you”
He smiled excitingly awaiting in anticipation for me to talk about his species. I was sure that he would be happy to learn as much as he could of his species at least.
Spike’s pov
I was on a nearby hill at the edge of Ponyville setting up a picnic for Twilight, Emerald, and Myself. After Twilight had told me that she was planning on adopting Emerald I became very excited and I want to help any way I could so when she said she wasn't she how to do it we stayed up for a couple of hours think about it. Twilight then remembered that there was suppose to be a meteor shower tonight and suggested that maybe he would like to see it. I then told her that I could make us something to eat while we enjoy the show; she thought it was a great idea. Next we decided that she would keep him busy while I set everything up which is pretty much what I’m finishing up doing now and just as the sun was going down to. They probably would be here soon which made me even more excited because I really wanted him to be a part of our family I mean Twilight was already like a mom to me so that means that if she adopted him he would be my brother. I never have had many male friends before so it would be nice to have someone to hang out with that might have been around my age and who was a guy. As I continued to think about what would happen I noticed a very familiar purple carrying a very familiar human on her back heading in my direction.
Twilight’s pov
While we were talking I almost didn’t notice the sun going down so when I did I decided that it was time to end our little talk at least for now. He was kind of disappointed that I couldn’t tell him anymore but once I told him that I had a surprise for him this immediately got his attention. I told him to get back on and then we headed for our last stop for the evening. I had told spike to get everything ready for a picnic tonight while I kept Emerald busy and now all that had to be done was to get him there and hope everything was ready. It wasn’t very far to the particular hill that I had chosen, in fact I could already see it within a few minutes and I could sort of see spike in the distance and it looked like he had everything ready. It only took another minute to reach the hill and Emerald was actually the first to great Spike when he saw him.
“Hey Spike, what are you doing out here” he ask curiously.
Spike looked at me for permission to tell him when I nodded my head Spike told Emerald what was going on. “Well buddy Twilight and I thought it would be a good idea to surprise you with a picnic tonight and also there a couple of extra surprises yet to come” he said with a big smile.
“Why…..why would you want to go through all of the trouble of doing that just for me?”
I’ll admit I was a little confused by the question but seeing how he had acted since he had gotten here and the fact that he didn’t have any memories it really shouldn’t have been a surprise. After a minute of think of a response I finally knew the answer.
“Because I, I mean we wanted to”
“But” I gently put my hoof to his mouth and smiled sincerely.
“I already know what you’re going to say and the answer is simple” I took a deep breath and look into his eye. I was still afraid and I could tell that he was to but behind him I noticed Spike mouthing the words “you can do this.” That gave me just the extra bit of confidence I needed and as the sun had finally set and the meteor shower had started to light up the night sky the words finally came out. “Will you be my son”