//------------------------------// // A Humans Forgiveness And A Trip Home // Story: The Human And The Well // by Zandar13 //------------------------------// ---------- 2 Days Later, Crystal Empire Hospital, Room #13 ---------- “GASP” I suddenly exclaimed as I shot up from my spot and I began breathing heavily, my body was slowly catching up to me as my hearing and sight returned to me. What I saw was a light green colored room that shined a bit and I was lying under a blanket roughly the same color in what seemed to be a hospital bed. My ears picked up a beeping noise that blipped every few seconds, turning my head I saw that it was a heart monitor, beeping in rhythm to my heart. When I looked down at myself I saw that I was wearing a long hospital gown that was either made for me or for minotaur guests. How in the world did I end up here? Last thing I remember is screaming in pain after that chaos orb went inside of me then nothing. What did Discord do to me? Ugh, nevermind that for now cause now my body just spiked in pain and I slumped back down and groaned in pain. Great, body in pain and I am in the hospital after blacking out. Thanks magic. Wonder how long I was out this time. Hopefully not too long, I don't want to worry them all again. UGH! Another shot of pain just rippled through my body, I am just gonna close my eyes and see if I can just relax my body. So I did and it seemed to help a little but every now and then a small spike would hit me but it quickly went away, thankfully. Minutes rolled on by and if not for the ticking clock the room would have been dead silent, next to the heart monitor of course but that did not bother me anymore. If not for the silence though I might of missed the tiny sound of the door being gently opened and the sound of hooves sluggishly moving towards me. It is probably the doctor or nurse so I kept my eyes closed and let my body rest, I would get up when they start talking but when I heard them stop and stayed silent I was kinda curious as to what they were doing. I was about to open my eyes when I then heard sniffles coming from my guest “I am so sorry Adrian” said a familiar voice belonging to a certain pink alicorn princess. “I am so sorry that this happened to you” Cadence stepped closer and I heard the scuffle of a chair being moved and her getting up to sit before I felt something lay against my left leg and from the new sniffles I heard I guessed it was most likely her head. When she finally stopped moving I felt my leg start to get wet, oh no Cadence started crying! This is bad, like really bad! But how should I let her know I am awake? Cause I am sure no matter what she will spring on me and hug me to death, not that I mind but I just want it to be a smooth transaction. But after giving it some thought I mentally shrugged and decided to just go with it. So I opened my eyes and there she was, my adorable and cuddly friend crying over me and I felt my heart sink. Twice now I have made them worry over me because of me almost dying, I need to fix this. Taking a small breath I lifted my left hand and guided it over to the top of her head and I began to gently pet her mane and like a bullet she shot straight up with red, surprised eyes that stared at me in disbelief and shock. Guess they thought I was going to be out a while longer. We simply stared at each other and decided to speak first I let a gentle smile roll over my face “Good morning Cadence” I simply said to her. “ADRIAN?!?! YOUR AWAKE!” She loudly stated as a look of glee overtook her and she began to lurch towards me but she stopped herself and drew her hooves back to her chest and adopted a sullen look on her face and looked away in shame. “I'm sorry, you probably don't want me of all ponies to touch you” she grimly said. I looked at her very confused “Whatever do you mean? If your worried about hurting me due to whatever injury I have, don't be. I'll be fine and I would probably feel better if I had a Cadence hug” I explained to her while I gave her a wink at that last part but this did not get any sort of positive reaction out of her and she seemed to flinch when I said her name. She shook her head and said “No, no you wouldn't. I am the one who hurt you and I don't want to hurt you even more again. All of this is my fault” “What's going on Cadence? Your not acting like yourself, you can tell me anything you know. That is what friends are for” I said as I smiled at her while my hand reached out for her but she slapped it away and new tears formed in her face. “I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND!” Cadence yelled at me with her eyes shut as they cried. “I can't be your friend anymore, not after all I did to you behind your back!” “C-Cadence? Wha-what?” I quietly asked as I registered her words in my head and became very worried and sad. “A true friend would not sneak behind the other and keep secrets from them! If I had told you the truth from the beginning then you wouldn't be here in the hospital! You wouldn't have had to get hurt just to answer our hidden questions! You could have been home already!” She screamed at me with overflowing tears. After her outburst she simply stared at me with an angry look on her face but it wasn't directed at me. I was silent while I let her words tumble in my mind, what in the world was she talking about? What is all this secret behind my back stuff? Especially that already being home part, that struck a bit of a nerve but I did not let out any emotion because I needed answers and I needed them now. So I took a long, deep breath before I looked back at her “Explain” I simply said with no emotion. The way I said it must of struck her cause she flinched again and stayed silent for a few moments before she forced herself to stop crying and took a few calming breaths and once she regained her composure she stood up in her seat and looked at me once more “I guess I should start in the beginning” “So, first off Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Shining Armor, Twilight, and myself talked in secret after she found you unconscious in the Everfree. Twilight had sensed something wrong with you and the fact that the new found magic inside you had gathered. Now we know that it was your inner magic bursting free and had been mixed with the Alphas Soul, but at the time we were all scared at what you might become when you woke up” “We did not wish to have negative thoughts against you but history had shown us that usually whenever a pony or other creature gains hold of new and very powerful magic they change and not always for the better. But since we have no idea about your race or anything about you in general it made our worries double and we came up with a plan of action for you. Simply put we would write secret reports to Celestia and inform her if you showed any signs of change or destructive thoughts and/or actions” “We were to also report to her about your magic growth for a while and study it to see if it was too dangerous. Thankfully all the reports were good and you showed no signs of aggression or change in general, that was until you found that book. I cannot tell you much about it but all I do know is that it should not of been found by you. It is the first book in an ancient and dangerous series of books written long ago” “As for the reason they are dangerous I cannot say and will have to ask Princess Celestia but when I saw it I reported it to her immediately and only I was told to keep a close eye on you since she did not want knowledge of the book getting out. But as for what happened next I swear to you I did not know and I apologize again for it all” “The day after you collapsed I wrote a letter to Celestia explaining what happened to you and after her genuine shock to the ill news she informed me that she was the one who sent over Discord to try and help figure out how your body worked since the magic you now hold inside is dangerous and possibly deadly since it is magic that has never intertwined before. None of us could of ever guessed that his Chaos magic would have such disastrous effects on you” she carefully explained to me before she forced herself to stop as she was on the verge of tears again. “I......I-I am so sorry that we hurt you Adrian. If I had known I would of sent Discord away at once! But I allowed him to continue and......and......” Cadence briefly said before her tears interrupted her speech and made her stop. But not for long as she grabbed the tissue box next to my bed and quickly used it to clean herself up. “I-I see. But what about me being sent home?” I quietly asked her. “Yes, yes, home. (sniffles) I apologize again for the secrecy and for the accidental misinformation. Celestia informed me that Luna had found the only scroll that held information about travel between different worlds, information that was found with some sort of magic portal project conducted by Star Swirl. However she asked me to keep this a secret from you for now for two reasons, one she wanted to see if the new magic inside would not corrupt you” “And second, the spell does allow you to go home but for only a single day before you must return to Equestria. After that it would take ten years time to allow you to travel back again for another day. She wanted to keep it a secret as to not disappoint you in her failure to find a more permanent way back home” she finally and fully explained to me and I saw her shudder for a moment “That is honestly everything we have held from you and I can understand if you can never forgive us for this betrayal” I layed there in my hospital bed and just let my mind wander and spin around this new information. Honestly, all in all, I am actually not all that mad. Yeah I am a little upset that they were sneaking behind my back with all this spying on me but I can also understand why and see that it was for a good reason. Heck, back home if we saw Cadence walking around the government would of probably kidnapped her and experimented on her and question her endlessly. So compared to us there methods were very sane and safe. I also would of liked to have known about the book and that it was possibly dangerous or whatever, guess that is something I will have to inquire from Celestia later. I was shaken from my inner debate when I heard Cadence sniffle again and was on the verge of tears again, for goodness sakes these ponies have such kind and pure hearts. Not wanting to see her suffer any longer I quickly reached over and grabbed her and pulled her in close for a hug, which was met with a very surprised reaction. “Wh-what are you doing?!” She worryingly asked as she struggled a bit in my arms. “I forgive you Cadence” I simply stated and she stopped squirming the second I uttered those four little words. “What..... did you just say?” Cadence confusingly asked. “I said I forgive you Cadence” I said again. “Bu-bu-bu-But how?!? How can you say that! You should be furious! Upset! MAD! I was suppose to be your friend but I betrayed your trust! I got you hurt! How can you just forgive me so easily?!? How? How? HOW?!” Cadence furiously asked in a strained voice as she tried to comprehend my words. I simply held her closer and used my hand to cradle the back of her head and pet her mane. “Why that's simple Cadence, I’m your cute and silly human!” I said as I gave a quiet little laugh that hummed through my body “And you are my friend. Yes sometimes friends make mistakes and maybe sometimes they do something that upsets the other. And yes I am a little upset at this but I understand why you did this and I would of done the same thing if a new, strange creature suddenly got hold of something dangerous to himself and others” “As for Discord, you all said that it could be dangerous and that I had a choice to say no but I took that risk upon myself and I am the only one to blame. You did not force me to say yes or for him to use his magic on me, so you have nothing to be sorry for. I saw it as a chance to learn about what is happening to me and I took it, yes it is unfortunate that I got hurt and blacked out but that is no way your fault” “I want to talk to Celestia about that crimson book sooner or later but I also understand her reasons as well and I forgive her as well. I also want to let her know that I am so very grateful that they were able to find that spell to send me home, they had no obligation to fulfill and I would never force them to do so. To be able to find such a spell is a tremendous accomplishment, one they should be proud of” I explained to her. I felt her start to cry a while ago so I sat there and held her in my arms and allowed her to get it out of her systems. It was only a minute or so before I heard her ask “Can you really forgive us so easily?” “Of course I can and I just did silly” I quickly said to her before I leaned my head back and gave her forehead a quick kiss and chuckled to myself “I love all of you girls so much and I don't think I could ever stay mad at one of you for long, especially if you pull out those puppy dog eyes” Cadence simply stared at me in wonder and awe with her shiny eyes and I felt her lurch back into my chest while she wrapped her hooves around me and snuggled up with me “You are the most amazing human I have ever met, thank you” she quietly said as she layed her head against my chest. “Oh? And here I thought I was the only human you had met” I jokingly said and this time I heard her give a faint laugh. “Shut up and hug me more” Cadence said as she snuggled me more. “There's my Cadence, I was beginning to miss her” I teasingly said to her as I lifted my hand to her ear and gave it a good scratching and was happily met with a moan of approval. So with that I gently lowered myself back down and against the back of the bed while the two of us just silently enjoyed each others company. “You should not of said that though” I heard Cadence say. “Said what?” I asked her. “That your weakness is our puppy dog eyes” She said with a grin. “Oh dear, what have I done” I jokingly said as I went along with her silliness before the two of us started laughing. –-------- 2 Hours Later, Hospital Waiting Room –-------- Once Cadence was satisfied with her hugs and snuggles, well I should the doctor forcing her out so he could give me a final examination which lead to a clean slate of health. I had learned that after I blacked out, I had coughed up a significant amount of blood but since they did not know the original amount I had, they were worried that I had lost too much. But after day one when they reexamined me they determined that I had recovered most of it back, probably due to my human physiology and my healing magic. During this time I had asked Cadence to gather the others so I could let them know I was alright and to let Twilight know that I forgive her as well since she was probably feeling the same as Cadence about this whole thing. It wasn't long after the doctor left my room that I saw a purple flash and was set upon by Twilight who was blubbering about the same things that Cadence apologized for. Gosh she was adorable in the end though after I explained that I understood and forgave her. She told me that the others were going to meet us in the waiting room, so after giving her a few more hugs we finally left my room since I was given the all clear. The two of us walked out and saw the girls waiting, so I sped up a little and finally stepped into the room. “Hey girls! Sorry for making you-” was all I could say before a pink missile bombarded me and I found myself rolling backwards and crashing into the wall “-wooooooorrrrry. What in the world hit me?” I looked down and I saw a pink party pony clutching me tightly with her face buried in my chest and I could tell she was crying and once again I saw her mane was straight and her fur color was slightly darker, oh dear Pinkie Pie. Seeing that she was really sad again I simply sat up a little and wrapped my arms around her and pet her mane, that is when I noticed that Twilight was looking at her with a sad face “She has been like this ever since we brought you to the hospital” she informed me. “I'm so sorry for making you worry Pinkie, but see? I'm all fine and better now!” I informed her and tried to sound enthusiastic but I got no response from her. I decided to stand up and cradle her in my arms “We better get going, I think it would be better to cheer her up in the castle” I said and the others simply nodded in agreement, though Applejack and Rainbow didn't look any better then Pinkie. Thankfully I was able to change into a pair of larger green scrubs instead of that flapping gown earlier. Once we left I was thinking in my mind how to get Pinkie out of this funk, so I decided that the best thing to do first was to get her talking again “Pinkie Pie?” No response “Piiiiiiinkie Pie” still nothing “Oh Piiiiinkie Pie!” I added a gentle poke to her head and finally she moved her head up a little to only show me her watery eyes staring sadly up at me, ACK! I think I just felt my heart break a little, this is not good. “Come on, tell me what's wrong. I wanna make you smile again!” I said as I made it as enthusiastic as I possibly could but she still gave me a sad look. “I don't feel like smiling” was all she said before she slumped her head back down. “Well I don't care! I wanna see my friend smile!” I boldly declared and she looked back up again. This is good, so I toned my voice back down and spoke friendly “Pinkie, if this is about me getting hurt then don't worry. This was not your or any pony elses fault. I chose to have Discord inspect me with his magic and anything that happened to me afterwards was my fault alone. So please don't beat yourself up and feel sad over that, ok?” She simply shook her head “That is not why I don't feel like smiling” Pinkie sadly said. “Then what else could possibly make the super duper party pony feel so blue?” I asked her with a gentle smile as I stroked her mane. “Your going to leave me and go back home” Pinkie said before she hugged me tighter “I don't want you to leave” she quickly added before I felt her cry a little more. Well, there goes another little piece of my heart. But I understand now why the others looked to glum, they probably heard Cadence or Twilight talk about that spell about sending me back home but not the part where it was only for a day. I simply let out a sigh as I rested my head on her own. “Who told you about the spell?” I asked her. “Twilight told us who learned about it from Cadence who learned about it from Celestia. Are you really going to leave us?” she asked me without looking up. “Before I answer that, I need to tell you all something about that spell” I said out loud which caused our group to stop and stare at me “Now according to Cadence that spell can send me back home BUT only for ONE day then I will be brought back to you all in Equestria” POOF “SAY WHAT?!?!” Pinkie suddenly and loudly shouted as I saw her mane and color explode back to normal and she used her front two hooves to stand against my chest while she looked at me with two beach ball sized eyeballs. I chuckled under my breath a bit “What” I responded back with and for a few seconds Pinkie did not respond and looked confused until her eyes lit up and she laughed and laughed and every second she did I felt my heart heal just a little more. I even heard the other girls chuckle a little but mostly they looked happy at the news and that Pinkie was......well Pinkie again. Finally after getting all her happy emotions back Pinkie looked back up at me with sparkling eyes that shined with hope “So your not leaving?” She asked. I gave another quick little chuckle before I ruffled her mane a little “No, I am not leaving you Pinkie or any pony else any time soon” I told her which earned me a happy hug from said pink pony. Responding in kind, I squeezed her with my hug which got a giggle out of her. “Phoo! Glad to hear that partner! I was getting mighty worried that I would have to tell Applebloom that you were leaving” Applejack said as she walked up. “Yeah right AJ! You were all worried that he wasn't gonna tell YOU goodbye!” Rainbow pointed out which made the apple farmer puff out her cheeks. “Mighty rich comin from YOU Dash! I seem ta recall a certain phrase, now what was it? Oh yeah 'It would stink if he left without giving me one last ear scratch' I believe” Applejack grinned when she was done and now Rainbow was getting all flustered and was muttering gibberish. “DID NOT! I was simply sad that I would lose my best and only human fan is all!” Rainbow huffed as she crossed her hoofs and pouted. This made Pinkie and Applejack laugh hard and I even heard Twilight and Cadence give a hushed chuckle. I looked around and saw all of them laughing and having fun with their smiling faces and I smiled as big as I could. Now that we were all in high spirits we continued our walk back to the castle and soon enough we found ourselves right outside the castle doors. Pinkie had hopped down at this point but was bouncing in her steps all the way with a smile permanently plastered on her face. But just before we entered Cadence stopped us “Adrian, real quick. I forgot to tell you before we left but when I was gathering them I sent a letter to Celestia telling her you were awake and wanted to peacefully talk to her. So be prepared to see her soon, since she will probably want to resolve this issue quickly” She explained to me. I nodded my head in acknowledgment and we walked inside and she lead us to the throne room and the second she did we all gasped in unison as we saw that waiting for us was both Celestia and Luna. “Hehe, guess she REALLY wanted to resolve this as quickly as possible” Cadence nervously said. As soon as Cadence talked the two sisters noticed us, mainly me and our two groups met in the middle. Before any could speak I saw the two of them bow before me, ok this was weird. “C-Celestia! Luna! Please, you don't need to bow!” I quickly said as I walked up to them. “But we do Adrian, there are no words or actions we can do to ever express our sincerest apologies for our actions against you” Celestia said with her head still down. “We agree with our sister, Adrian. Our heart is heavy and full of sorrow and regret for our inexcusable actions brought against you. We could never ask for you to forgive us” Luna added with her head also still bowed. Ah jeez, these ponies. Inside my head I was smiling and sighing at them. But what would these two understand to make them stop bowing? Hmmm, what would older royalty understand the best? Hmmmmmmm..................... AH HA! I GOT IT! “Princess Celestia. Princess Luna. Please, raise your heads. You are correct and as such I believe it would be fair if I were to impose a punishment upon the two of you, only then would I deem you two worthy of my forgiveness” I said to the two of them in a very posh but stern voice. This grabbed their attention and thankfully they raised their heads and looked at me and patiently waited. “Adrian?” I heard Cadence say from behind me, so I turned around and very quickly flashed her a smile and a wink before turning around with a serious face. “Now for your punishment” I took a step back and very dramatically pointed my right hand and finger at them “My punishment for both you Celestia and Luna is as follows!” I loudly said which made the two of them flinch and close their eyes “For one week I shall not allow either one of you to receive The Royal Ear Scratch! That is all” I concluded my speech and waited for them to respond. That took a while for the moment I told them their punishment I saw them stare at the ground in confusion, it was talking all my willpower not to laugh at them. Finally they both raised their heads back up to me and stared at me. Their expressions practically were asking me 'What?' “What? I told you my punishment, that means I have now forgiven you both!” I told them with a smile on my face. “Bu-bu-but how? Why?” Luna finally pieced together her sentence. “How and why can I forgive you so easily? Simple, I told this to Cadence and Twilight and now I shall tell this to you two as well. You are my friends and friends forgive each other for their mistakes. Yes I am still a little upset about the secrets but I fully understand your reasons why and think you were right to keep on eye on me. I would not of been upset if you had told me though, you were simply protecting not only your people but myself as well” “AND I am not mad about you not informing me about the spell back home. I am extremely happy and grateful that you two took the time and effort for someone like me and were dedicated to help me. So instead I thank you, thank you for looking out for me like one of your own” I happily informed them. When I was done talking the sisters faces went from confusion to that of being happy and grateful and that was before I found myself being pounced by Luna. “Oh thank you so much Adrian! We are so happy that you do not hate us!” Luna said as she nuzzled me while her hooves were wrapped around me and hugging me tightly. Letting out a light laugh I reached up with my hand and gave her ear a scratch “I could never hate you Luna. I could never hate any of you” I said. “GASP! Adrian? We thought you said our punishment was an entire week without receiving The Royal Ear Scratch?” Luna confusingly asked me. “Oh I did, but I never said when it would start. It could start tomorrow or in three hundred years. I am still deciding on that” I jokingly teased her with a wink before I heard them all laugh. “Well we hope you think about it later. Much, much later” Luna said as she leaned against me while I scratched. I looked over and I saw that Celestia was looking at me with a kind and caring face and she gave a small head how thanking me. So I smiled back and returned one to her. “So Adrian, since you have been informed of the spell I would like to ask you something” I nodded my head “Are you still interested in returning home for only one day? “Yes I do Celestia, if anything I would like to retrieve my personal possessions and bring them back since I probably won't be heading back anytime soon” I explained to her. “Very well then. We can perform the spell anytime your ready” Celestia said and at this Luna found the will to move from her spot in order to stand next to her sister and nodded in agreement. “WAIT!” Rainbow suddenly yelled out which brought all attention to her “Can we come to?!” she excitingly asked. At this the others suddenly were inspired to join her side and looked at us expectingly. “I dunno, would be really dangerous and risky to have even one of you come and accidentally be seen” I said to them. “No problem! We can use our magic to either hide or disguise ourselves!” Twilight happily said. “Well, while that would work here I don't know if it will back on Earth since my world doesn't really have magic as far as I am aware” I explained to them. “Hmm, that would be problematic. I will leave the decision up to you Adrian since this is your home” Celestia said. I pondered this for a moment but I made the mistake of turning around to think and that is when I saw the five of them staring up at me with huge puppy dog eyes and fierce quivering lips. GAH! MY HEART! I think an arrow just shot through it! Ack! Guh! Ffffffffuuuuuuu- “Fine” I finally said which made them all jump in joy but Celestia cut it short. “I do have to inform you all that only three of you can accompany him, it would be safer to travel in a smaller group just in case and with a spell of this magnitude it would easier to transport fewer numbers” Celestia informed us. Instead of grumps and groans the five of them started discussing how to settle it and after a few minutes of arguing they decided to draw sticks, whoever drew the two shortest sticks would stay behind and after a long five minutes it was decided that Cadence, Rainbow, and Pinkie would come while Twilight and Applejack would stay behind. “Alright, now that everything is settled, are you ready to go Adrian?” Celestia asked as she walked up to me. She stopped in front of me and waited for my answer while she had that loving smile on her face. It is really weird to see her up close and being so tall in compared to the others.......wait. Hold on a moment, something is different. Last time her horn reached above me and was taller but now that she is standing in front of me now her horn is level with my forehead. Have I grown taller? She must of noticed me taking my time and looking us both over up and down “What's wrong Adrian?” she asked. “Um, this is kinda a weird question to ask but have I grown taller?” I asked in return. With this Celestia now looked me up and down and noticed where her horn was according to me. “I do believe you have Adrian, how strange” she calmly stated “By my guess I think you have grown about three inches” “Three inches?! Wow, do you think it had something to do with the crimson book?” I asked her again. “Most likely and when you return we will be having a lengthy discussion concerning that book” Celestia sternly said as she looked at me with a serious look in her eyes. I nodded in acknowledgment “Very good, now you four go and stand in the middle of the room and we shall began” With that being said we did as we were asked and grouped up in the middle of the room, huh three inches? So now I am six foot five inches, with the new height and my eyes and hair I doubt anybody back home will easily recognize me. Then again I am literally the only tall person in the county so that might be a clue but I shall cross that bridge when it comes. But that also makes me think, how long have I already been here in Equestria? Lets see, three then the week then that plus these few days...... eighteen days. Almost three weeks already? Well nine of those I spent passed out but still. Enough of those thoughts for now as I see both Celestia and Luna charging up their magic and I can see their magic starting to swirl around us and wrapping us in a shape of some kind. That's interesting, instead of a bubble the magic is forming a box around us, a blue box. No. No freaking way. HAHAHA! This is perfect. “All right, get ready everypony! Here we go!” Celestia loudly said as the magic hummed around us. I could see our bodies start to fade away as the magic started to work and deciding this was the best time to unleash my dorky side I quickly said out loud “ALLONS-Y!” and with that we warped and found ourselves surrounded by darkness but with the feeling of falling up instead of down. “Allons-y? Do you know what that means Tia?” Luna asked. “I have no idea Luna” Celestia honestly said as she looked upon where we once stood. ---------- Earth, USA, Michigan ---------- “Ugh, that was not as smooth as I was led to believe” I groaned as we all sat on the ground and tried to make the world stop spinning. “Was it that bad when you came through the first time?” Cadence asked me. “I don't know, I was unconscious the first time and now I guess I should consider myself lucky” I groggily said. The next few minutes were spent breathing heavily and getting our bearings. Thankfully once the world stopped spinning everything else came back to us and in no time we were all good to go. “All right, now that we are all settled first things first. Cadence, are you able to use your magic?” I asked. Right away I saw her start to concentrate and her horn was actually glowing and the next thing I know the three of them disappeared. “Whoa! Cadence? Rainbow? Pinkie?” Did they teleport? “We are right here silly!” I heard Pinkie say but I could not see her. Before I could ask I saw the three standing where they were before come back. “Sorry Adrian, I thought it would be best to try an invisibility spell. Looks like our magic works in your world! What about yours?” Cadence said. Hmmm, well lets give it a shot then shall we? I started by stirring my magic inside of me to see if I could feel it and once I did I concentrated it on my hand and snapped my fingers and I summoned a little electrical ball that crackled in the cold air. “Looks like mine works as well, now there is one other problem” I declared. “What's wrong?” Cadence asked. “It's the middle of winter and we are all standing here in next to nothing!” I loudly declared. It was only now did I think about changing clothes instead of staying in my green scrubs, I was already starting to feel the cold, crisp Michigan air strike at my skin. Thankfully I had my shoes on but the rest of me only slightly shivered. “No worries, I can use a warm heating spell to keep us warm” Cadence said to us all. “No need! I got some stuff here for all of us!” Pinkie suddenly popped up and using her front hooves she dived into her mane and after some digging around she pulled out one of my outfits and some scarfs and hats for them. My jaw unhinged and just hung there in disbelief and I barely made my head turn to stare and Rainbow and Cadence who simply shook their heads. “It's Pinkie Pie, don't ask” is all Rainbow said before she scooped up a pair of blue and yellow marked scarf and hat. Taking a few more seconds to try and ignore how Pinkie broke the universe I eventually walked my way over to my stuff before I saw a blue aura surround and lift them. “Let me help you real quick” Cadence said to me and the next thing I know my whole body tingled and hearing a popping sound I found myself fully dressed, wearing a pair of black slacks, a long sleeved purple buttoned shirt, and a black vest. Huzzah for magic! “Thank you Cadence, saved me the trouble of finding a place to change. Hehehe” I said to her as I smoothed out my hair. “No problem, so where to Adrian?” She asked me. “Hmmm, well I suppose we should head to my house first so I can get all my stuff ready to go before we do anything else” I suggested. “Sounds good, well lets go gi-” Cadence started to say. “Hey mister! Whatcha doing?” a new voice chimed in and I felt my blood freeze. CRAP! Barely here for five minutes and someone has already seen us. How am I going to explain this? Hoping that my brain will come up with something on the spot I turned around and in between a pair of frost covered trees I saw a little red headed girl with blue eyes standing there looking at us in fascination. Ok, its a kid, I can hopefully come up with a good lie to fool her. “Well, you see, um, we are-” I droned off a bit to think before Pinkie Pie stepped up. “Were here to party!” She loudly said. UGH, PINKIE! I gave her the stink eye “What? Everyone likes to party silly!” “Party? Oh! You mean the Fantasy Convention in town?” the little girl said. OH THANK YOU MICHIGAN! Wait, their was a Fantasy Convention coming to town? Nevermind, I don't care. We just found our cover. “Yes! Yes! That, we were heading over there but....... my friends costumes got a little messed up so we wanted to come somewhere private to fix it before going in!” I quickly told her, thank you brain. “Cool! So, what are they?” she asked. “Ah, well guess no harm in introductions I suppose. Well my name is Adrian Frost and the pink earth pony over there is-” I started to say. “PINKIE PIE AND I LOVE TO PARTY!” Pinkie happily exclaimed. “Yes, thank you Pinkie. Next the cyan pegasus over there is Rainbow Dash!” I showed her. “Yo! What's up?” Rainbow casually said. “Yeah (cough) and finally the tall, pink alicorn is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, or simply Cadence” I waved my hands as to showcase her. Cadence did a quick bow and smiled. “Greetings little one, it is an honor to meet you” Cadence softly said. The little girl did a cute curtsy before looking over us all. “Cool! Well I gotta get going, my mom is probably worried about me! It was nice to meet you all! Bye!” the little girl said as she turned around and ran off, when she turned around I saw on her backpack in big, bold letters the initials 'L. F.'. Wonder what her name was, L, L, L, probably Lauren or something. “Phew, all right. Spell up now! Before any one else sees us!” I quickly said to Cadence. She nodded in agreement and casted the same spell again but this time I could still see them. “Did it work? I can still see you three” “Yes, I made it so you could see us in case we accidentally get lost or anything” Cadence explained. “Ah, good idea! Well my little ponies, lets get rolling!” I said as I started to walk off with the three invisible ponies following me. What I did not notice and wouldn't notice in the future was that we had just walked by a newly built well with a sign hanging on it reading 'Beware: Use extreme caution when observing the well as accidents could occur that might lead to injury or death. In memory of' the rest was covered in snow.