When Mike woke up, it was dark, 48 hours since he was knocked out. At first, he thought he just had a nightmare, and was sleeping in his own bed. After a while, though, he realised that the bed was really small. Then he realised that he had the worst cramp ever. After trying to adjust to the size of the bed several times, he eventually gave up and got up to stretch. That's when he came face to face with Twilight Sparkle.
"Oh!" Twilight was surprised. "You're awake! That's good. How are you feeling?"
Mike was silent, but he shrugged his shoulders.
"Oh, good you can understand me. Well, you might still feel a little drowsy, that knock-out spell takes a while to wear out. Would you, um, like anything to eat or drink? You must be hungry after all this time."
Mike shrugged again.
"Um... okay. Wait here, I'll see if I can find anything." Twilight left and came back with a glass of water and some carrots. "Now, I'm not sure what you eat, but I hope this is okay."
Mike accepted the food and started eating. As he ate, Twilight began jotting down some notes, while Mike continued to stare at her. Twilight, after realising she's being watched, became embarrassed and quickly put away the notebook.
"Eheh... *ahem* So, do you know how you got here? Or how to get back to your home? Not that I'm kicking you out! It's just that, um, you're quite... different from the other ponies here, so I was wondering if, you know, um...?"
Mike continues to stare at Twilight.
"Well, would you feel better if I got the other girls here? That way, maybe we can clear up any misunderstandings we have between each other. Does that sound like a good idea to you?"
Finally, Mike spoke up.
"I'm still dreaming..." he murmured, trying to go back to bed.
"So... I'm not dreaming?" Asked Mike for the fifth time that evening. The rest of the ponies just shook their heads.
"No, silly, you're in Ponyville!" Said Pinkie Pie, for the third time that evening. "Fluttershy here says you've been here since seven days ago. And now you're stuck here forever!"
"So, if I get this straight, I'm trapped in a world dominated by colorful ponies, my teleporter is broken, and I'm stuck in this world with no way back?"
"Yes!" said Pinkie.
"And... this isn't a dream?"
"NO!" everypony shouted.
"Look," Rainbow Dash was getting tired of talking in circles. "you're stuck here, deal with it. There's no way back, because according to you, your only way back is broken to bits," She points at the teleporter, which is now busted up, wires and jagged metal sticking out in random places, "and we don't have the knowledge or tools to fix it!"
Fluttershy whimpered. "I'm really sorry about that. Honest."
Mike sighed. He was really hoping that this whole thing was just a dream. But after being stuck in this world for seven days now, that hope is quickly diminishing. He's just going to have to face up to his misfortune and make the best of it.
Mike got up and walked out of the living room. Every pony wondered where he was going, but didn't try to follow him. After a while, he came back with a book, the cameras, and his laptop.
"My journal!" cried Twilight, looking at the worn notebook. "Where did you get that?"
"In the room I secluded myself in." replied Mike. He handed the book to Twilight. "It was my only source of knowledge about this world. I figured it was yours, so I'm giving this back to you."
Twilight bit her lip. True, it was her book, filled with her letters to Princess Celestia, as well as the adventures she had with her friends. She treasured it dearly, and would hate to lose it. But, here is a lost creature, who can't go back home, and if the book really helped him, then...
"You can keep it." Twilight levitated the book back to Mike. "I think you can use it as a guide to our world."
Mike hesitated from taking the book, not because of the book itself, but because he was still unfamiliar with magic and was worried about the levitation. Eventually, he grabbed the book and held on carefully. "Thanks." he said. Twilight beamed.
"But there's still one thing I don't understand," said Rainbow Dash. "What made you even come to our world, anyways?"
Mike shrank back from the question. "W-well, I h-had to, um... no, w-wait, I was... um... ah..."
Applejack put a hoof on Mike's shoulder. "You ain't gotta tell if you don't feel like it. We understand." Everypony nodded in agreement. Well, almost everypony. Rainbow Dash was a bit reluctant, but in the end she also agreed.
Mike paused for a moment, then looked down. "No, I probably should explain, I got into this mess because I screwed up. I was-"
"Why don't we tell this story together? C'mon, it'll be fun!"
Everyone looked up to see who was talking. The room erupted in blue flames that faded away, revealing a familiar Draconequus in the middle.
"DISCORD!?!" The ponies shouted in surprise. Mike looked at Discord in shock.
"Wait a minute." said Twilight, "what does Mike have anything to do with you?"
"Well, I sensed a disturbance in the balance of magic here. Anyways, why don't we let him explain?" said Discord, pointing at Mike. He frowned. "Hmm, uh, Mike. It seems that you have a little something on your shoulder there... "
Everyone turned to look at Mike's shoulder except Mike himself. He already knew what was going on. He has seen enough of Discord's shenanigans to know what happened. Even if he had any doubt, the intense heat gave it away anyways.
Some of the blue flames Discord made had accidentally hit Mike's shoulder. Mike is now covered in flames.